"Qiao Xiu, why don't you wait to sit at my house?"

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when the family members of the last teammates came out, standing at the corner of Nanzhen, Fan Li, who was like an arrow, sent an invitation to Qiao Xiu.

"I'm not going today, captain, you better go home and reunite with your sister-in-law. Later, I have to visit a few uncles who are still in Nanzhen for my father, and then I plan to go back to my hometown, but I haven't been back for a long time, I'm afraid that my home will be deserted. ”

Qiao Xiu thought about it and rejected Fan Li's invitation.

First, he felt that going to Fan Li's house now would disturb their family reunion, and second, he also wanted to take advantage of the fact that it was not too late to take the time to visit those uncles.

By the way, he also wanted to go back to his hometown in the evening.

Even though their village was empty due to the destruction of the beast tide, Qiao Xiu decided to go back and spend the night there.

Originally, according to the previous plan, his hometown was the place where Qiao Xiu planned to stay for a long time, but unfortunately the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, and now that the village was deserted, he didn't want to stay alone in such an environment for a long time.

In addition, his family is now in Maocheng, and he is the head coach of the Eight Desolations Martial Arts Hall, so if there is no accident, he will stay in Maocheng most of the time in the future.

"Okay, in that case, you want to be busy. But don't be in a hurry tomorrow, come to my house for a meal, and I can introduce you to my family. ”

Hearing that Qiao Xiu said that he wanted to visit his uncle, Fan Li couldn't delay him, but he still insisted on inviting Qiao Xiu's house as a guest, but changed the time to tomorrow.

"Well, I'm going to bother then. ”

Fan Li invited so sincerely, Qiao Xiu naturally would not refuse, so he agreed.

"In this case, if you don't bother, you and my family will be very happy to come. That's it, I want to go back, see you tomorrow. ”

After receiving Qiao Xiu's reply, Fan Li, who couldn't wait to go home, said goodbye and prepared to leave.

"Okay, see you tomorrow. ”

Qiao Xiu stood in place and watched Fan Li leave, before turning around and walking towards a small supermarket nearby.

After buying some gifts and fruits, Qiao Xiu began to visit the uncles that his father had confessed to before.

Despite the baptism of the beast tide in front and the destruction of the space collapse behind, Nanzhen is more depressed than before.

But thanks to official efforts, order has returned to normal.

The uncles Qiao Xiu wanted to visit were all settled in Nanzhen, so Qiao Xiu didn't have to go around too far to visit, and the process was very smooth.

Those uncles were surprised and delighted when they saw Qiao Xiu, who they hadn't seen for a long time and was carrying a gift, and then received him very warmly.

During the process, they all asked about Qiao's father. Qiao Xiu informed him of his father's recent situation and greeted them on his father's behalf.

In the evening, because these uncles were also old friends and classmates who had known each other for decades, they simply got together to host a banquet for Qiao Xiu.

After being full of wine and food, Qiao Xiu refused to be retained by his uncles and left alone.

"Nobita, come down. ”

Walking out of Nanzhen and coming to no man's land, Qiao Xiu began to summon Nobita, who had followed him during the day.

At night, Nanzhen itself rarely has taxis and other means of carrying passengers, and Qiao Xiu himself does not have a car in the town, so it is the most suitable to ride Nobita back to his hometown.

"The hosts. ”

Nobita in the sky heard the summons and immediately landed.

Syllable!

"Let's go, let's go home. ”

Qiao Xiu jumped lightly on Nobita's back, patted Nobita's head with one hand, and pointed in the direction of his hometown with the other.

"Okay, master. ”

Bang bang, whew!

Nobita responded, and flapped his wings and flew up.

Evolving to the present, Nobita, who is already an extraordinary second-order alien beast, has a very fast flight speed, and Nanzhen is only a few kilometers away from Qiao Xiu's old family Le Village, and it will be there in a few minutes without interference.

"It's only been a while, has it become so desolate?"

When Nobita flew over the village, Qiao Xiu made it lower in altitude. With the help of the moonlight and his super eyesight, Qiao Xiu had a full view of the current situation in the village.

It can be seen that the deserted village has been abandoned for a period of time, and it is almost surrounded and occupied by all kinds of plants that have grown wildly.

Especially for those who are close to the mountains and fields, most of the houses are surrounded by wild plants.

Some people's homes are even worse when they are planted with flowers and plants, and the whole house is no longer visible under the internal and external attacks.

"But the concentration of free energy here is high, so it's no wonder ......"

When he had just entered the area that had been destroyed by the beast tide before, Qiao Xiu had already sensed that the concentration of free energy here was a little larger than outside.

The deeper you go there, the greater the concentration of free energy.

After entering his own village, Qiao Xiu found that the concentration of free energy here had almost reached a peak.

"It seems that the secret realm space collapsed before, and we have been greatly affected here. ”

According to the huge changes in the village in a short period of time, Qiao Xiu quickly had a guess and judgment in his heart.

With the continuous emergence of spiritual tides, the overall free energy concentration of Blue Star is increasing day by day. However, under normal circumstances, even if it had just undergone the second large-scale spiritual tide baptism, it was impossible for the plants of the Blue Star to grow so fast.

The only reason that can explain that the village is about to be covered by forests is that when the secret space collapsed before, an energy gap appeared near Le Village, causing a large amount of energy to gush out of the space.

Under the influence of this energy, the plants around Lecun will grow so wildly.

In fact, it was not only plants, but after Qiao Xiu entered the village, he also found that there were many other foreign beasts with good strength nearby, and there were even a few extraordinary beasts that were obviously mutated from the animals raised in the village before.

However, although the strength of these transcendent beasts is good, they are still far from being compared to Nobita and Qiao Xiu of the transcendent second order.

Therefore, after these strange beasts sensed the two powerful auras in the sky, they all avoided them one after another.

Qiao Xiu didn't bother to pay attention to these extraordinary beasts, and let them escape.

"Sure enough, the house on the backer is the most serious. ”

When he returned to his home, Qiao Xiu found that all kinds of plants that had spread from the back mountain had completely covered his house, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Forget it, let's go in and have a look, it's a big deal to live in a treehouse. ”

Qiao Xiu, who fell into his yard, looked around several times, and finally decided to go into the house to have a look.

Syllable!

As his mind moved, the fighting qi in his body worked, and it quickly converged into a dark red short sword in the palm of his right hand.

Click!

Smack!

Using the short sword in his hand to open the way, Qiao Xiu quickly opened a path that led directly to the door of the house.

Syllable!

When he came to the door, Qiao Xiu, who didn't have a key, directly split the door lock.

Push the door in and find that the situation inside is fine.

Although the inside is a little damp because the outside is tightly surrounded by plants, because it is not very long, the various things inside have not completely rotted and damaged.

Bear!

Qiao Xiu, who failed to turn on the light, directly released the fighting qi in his body, and the whole person looked like a dark red sun.

The heat generated by the fighting spirit quickly dispersed the moisture in the room, making people feel less uncomfortable.

"It looks like this place won't be inhabitable anymore. I don't know what things my parents have very commemorative value and don't want to throw them away, so I'll ask later, and then look for them to take these things out of Maocheng for them. ”

Thinking in his heart, Qiao Xiu quickly went upstairs and returned to his room.

In fact, not only his parents, but of course he himself also has some very commemorative things.

These things are actually not valuable, mainly some photos and letters.

But it is these seemingly worthless photos and letters, in Qiao Xiu's eyes, they are worth thousands of gold and even priceless treasures.

Because it carries the good memories left by some people and things to Qiao Xiu in the past days.

"Hey, Dad...... Yes, that's right, the whole village is completely deserted, and so is our family, and I don't think we will be able to come back to live in the future, so I want to ask you if there are any important things that you are reluctant to throw away, and if so, I will find them later, and then take them out to you...... That's all, okay, I got it......"

Disperse the damp and mildew in his room, and then find out the things that are important to him and pack them in a bag, Qiao Xiu took out his mobile phone and called his parents.

After asking one by one, Qiao Xiu hung up the phone, and then ran to his parents and eldest brother and sister-in-law to search their respective rooms, and found out some of the things they had confessed.

After packing everything into the package, Qiao Xiu began to sit cross-legged in his room and practice.

The current environment at home, if you want to get a good night's sleep, it is really not suitable.

On the contrary, because of the high concentration of free energy here, it is more suitable for cultivation.

With Nobita in charge of guarding outside, Qiao Xiu didn't have to worry about his cultivation being disturbed and interrupted.

Cultivation does not know the years, and the night passes quickly before you know it.

By the time Qiao Xiu woke up from his meditation, it was already bright outside.

"This place is quite suitable for cultivation, but it's a pity that ......"

Qiao Xiu, who woke up, sensed the condition of his body and found that after a night of cultivation, with the assistance of high concentration of free energy, the effect was good.

It's just that this place is no longer suitable for living, and he has not reached the point where he wants to be alone from the world to retreat and practice penance, so he should go or go.

"Nobita, go hunt some prey and come back, let's get a barbecue for breakfast. ”

Walking a few steps to the window, Qiao Xiu gave instructions directly to Nobita, who was resting in the courtyard.

"Okay, master, I'll be right back. ”

Nobita quickly took off when he heard the command and began to look for suitable prey nearby.

After explaining Nobita, Qiao Xiucai slowly went downstairs with the bag containing the family's precious belongings on his back.

After going downstairs, Qiao Xiu saw that the vines in the yard felt a little obstructive, and once again activated the fighting qi in his body and came to a big cleanup.

By the time Nobita returned with a transcendent beast that had evolved from a house dog, Qiao Xiu had already cleared the entire yard of plants.

"Come on, Nobita put it next to the faucet. ”

After cleaning up, Qiao Xiu instructed Nobita to put the prey on the edge of the faucet in the yard, and then began to cook.

Although the power supply has been cut off in the house due to the destruction of power supply facilities such as power lines by wild plants, there is still a water supply.

Qiao Xiu directly used his fighting spirit to condense into a knife, disemboweled the big dog, removed the internal organs and fur, and then turned on the faucet to rinse it.

Then he took a large bundle of dry wood out of the kitchen, lit the fire, and directly set up the whole big dog to roast the whole dog.

Spices or something, of course, are also found from their own kitchens. It mainly includes oil, salt and spices, which can still be used because they are well stored.

After roasting the whole dog, Qiao Xiu and Nobita ate half of it.

"Nobita, let's go. ”

After eating and resting for a while, Qiao Xiu put on his backpack and rode Nobita out of the village to Nanzhen.

When approaching Nanzhen, Qiao Xiu got off Nobita's back and let Nobita move freely in the nearby mountains and forests before he walked into Nanzhen on foot.

"Hey, Captain...... Well, I just arrived in town...... Okay, then I'll wait for you. ”

As soon as he walked onto the streets of Nanzhen, Qiao Xiu received a call from Fan Li. The other side told him to wait outside the gate of the official compound of Nanzhen, and Qiao Xiu had no opinion on this, and after hanging up the phone, he walked shortly and soon came to the gate of the official compound of Nanzhen.

In order to avoid the trouble of asking, Qiao Xiu didn't get too close.

Looking at the official compound of Nanzhen from a distance, remembering that their entire exploration team had only assembled in it not long ago, and now only he and Fan Li were left, Qiao Xiu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart.

Didi!

Just when Qiao Xiu was shaking his head, there was a sudden sound of a car horn next to him, and Qiao Xiu looked back and saw that it was Fan Li who had driven there.

"Let's go, get in the car, let's go home. ”

Fan Li opened the window and didn't talk nonsense and directly beckoned Qiao Xiu to get into the car.

"Captain, you're all at the gate of the compound, aren't you going to go in and have a look?"

After getting in the car, Qiao Xiu saw Fan Li drive directly and turned around and left, and couldn't help but ask.

"No, during my absence, Lao He did things well on my behalf. I'm on sick leave today, so there's no need to rush back. ”

Fan Li replied casually while driving the car.

It can be seen that he is still very relieved about his old partner He Weimin's ability to do things. And he just picked up a life from the ghost gate, and he really wants to spend more time at home with his wife and children.

Regarding Fan Li's thoughts, Qiao Xiu also expressed his understanding after listening to it, and did not say anything more.

The two chatted casually, and Fan Li drove the car through two streets and stopped in front of a house.

Obviously, this is to his house.

The two got out of the car and entered the house, and Qiao Xiu soon saw Fan Li's wife and children.

Fan Li's wife was busy in the kitchen, but when she heard the movement, she came out, and after meeting and saying hello to Qiao Xiu, she ran into the kitchen again to cook the unfinished dishes.

Fan Li's son, who was playing in the living room, was called over by Fan Li and greeted Qiao Xiu obediently.

Fan Li's son, who is over forty years old, is only a few years old, and it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that he is old, but the situation is almost the same.

Although Qiao Xiu is burly now, he still has a lot of children, and after he met Fan Li's son, he quickly got together with one big and one small.

Fan Li saw that they were getting along happily and having fun, so he took the opportunity to sneak into the kitchen and interact with his wife.

The couple put their hands together and quickly prepared a hearty meal.

Then the four of them sat together, eating and chatting, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After eating, sitting and chatting for a while, Qiao Xiu said goodbye and left.

Leaving Fan Li's house, Qiao Xiu prepared to return to Maocheng.

Because he brought Nobita by his side, he didn't bother to wait for the car to take the car.

Now the road conditions are not very good, and there are very few vehicles to and from Nanzhen and Gaocheng, and it can be said that it is quite inconvenient to transfer cars to return to Maocheng after getting off Gaocheng.

Then he came to the outside of Nanzhen, summoned Nobita down in a place where no one was around, and then rode Nobita straight to Maocheng.

There was no danger along the way, and Qiao Xiu soon came to the vicinity of Gaocheng.

"I haven't seen Bei Bei, Huan Yingying and Xiao Yi for some days, why don't you go down and see them......"

Qiao Xiu, who originally planned to fly straight to Maocheng without stopping, suddenly remembered the three sisters of the Chen family and Xiao Yi when he came to the vicinity of Gaocheng, so he temporarily changed his mind.

"Nobita, go over there and put me down. ”

Qiao Xiu, who had an idea, directly asked Nobita to fly to the edge of Gaocheng City.

Coming to a certain place on the outskirts of Gaocheng City, Qiao Xiu fell down, told Nobita to wait for him nearby, and walked into Gaocheng alone.

"Xiao Yi, it's me, Qiao Xiu...... I went back to my hometown yesterday, and now I just got out of Gaocheng, are you free in the afternoon?...... Yes, okay, I'll look for you at school later......"

After successfully entering the Gaocheng City, Qiao Xiu called Xiao Yi.

After obtaining the other party's consent, Qiao Xiu walked directly towards Gaocheng Middle School, where Xiao Yi taught.

Because the urban area of Gaocheng is not very large, and Qiao Xiu's location is not very far from Gaocheng Middle School, Qiao Xiu did not take a taxi or a tricycle on a motorcycle, but directly chose to walk there.

Along the way, he could just observe the specific situation of the current Gaocheng urban area.

Although he and Fan Li had already been here yesterday, they were in a hurry, and they all went straight to the homes of the three teammates by car, so they didn't have time to take a closer look.

Because when the Space Gate appeared before, Gao Cheng encountered a similar situation to Mao Cheng, and a relatively large space gate appeared near the suburbs.

Affected by the beast tide in the space of the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm, and the subsequent collapse of the space caused a lot of damage, making the Gaocheng City look a little dilapidated, and along the way, Qiao Xiu saw a lot of destroyed streets and buildings.

Because of this, there are also many fewer people walking around the streets than before.

Qiao Xiu, who is tall and burly, is very imposing when he walks on the street, which naturally attracts attention, and even more than once encounters officials on official patrols and is stopped for questioning.

Fortunately, Qiao Xiu has all kinds of identity documents, and he is standing up straight, so he is not afraid of being asked.

And after learning his identity and intentions, the official patrol members of Gaocheng did not dare to embarrass him, and after registering, they hurriedly let him go.

In this way, Qiao Xiu soon came to the gate of Gaocheng Middle School.

Just talking to Xiao Yi on the phone, Qiao Xiu knew that the other party still had a class to finish, so he found a random place near the entrance of Gaocheng Middle School and waited patiently.

"Qiao Xiu, I'm sorry, I want you to wait for me ......"

About twenty minutes later, Xiao Yi hurriedly ran out of the school with her bag on her back.

Because Qiao Xiu's figure was too conspicuous, Xiao Yi could see it from a distance, and she trotted in front of Qiao Xiu, her face was slightly red, and she looked a little embarrassed.