The foundation building stage of the immortal cultivation process starts at the age of twelve, and generally takes about two years, and then it takes three years to clear the spirit, and seven years to reconcile. Stepping into the realm of refining the gods and returning to the void, the cultivation time is longer. It takes eight years to cultivate the Yuan Infant, and eleven and fifteen years for the Void and Void respectively. Of the three realms of the final refinement of the true level, it takes twenty-five years for extinction, thirty-five years for Mahayana, and there is no approximate limit for the final tribulation, which is as fast as a few years and as slow as decades.

The above time for cultivating immortals is only in terms of normal circumstances, and it is not absolute. The speed of cultivating immortals varies depending on the cultivator's root bone qualifications, diligence, and special experience. However, it is rare for Tianxiao and Tianyao to build a foundation in four months and reach the late stage of Qingling in less than a year, which is of course due to talent, and it is also related to the fact that the two of them were forced into a desperate situation.

On the path next to the Dark Monster Forest, Han Ming, who was seriously injured, flew to everyone: "Don't worry. I'm fine. He took out a pale green pill from his bosom, stuffed it into his mouth, sat cross-legged, and began to breathe and heal. Tang Junhe bravely fought the masters of the late stage of the void with the realm of the early stage of the void and the underworld, although his clothes were torn, but fortunately he suffered all the injuries of the flesh and skin, and did not hurt the muscles and bones or hurt the viscera, the strength of the "Source Shadow Sword Book" can be seen. As for Tianxiao and Tianyao, they were almost unharmed, that is, the masked man pierced Tianxiao's clothes with a sword, leaving a faint white mark on the Outer Heaven Meteorite Heart Armor. Everyone saw that Han Mingfei was not injured to death, so they put their minds at ease.

Tianyao suddenly remembered the scene just now when Tianxiao was fighting to block the sword for himself, and he was moved, and said to Tianxiao: "Brother, just ...... Thank you so much. ”

Tianxiao smiled nonchalantly: "I am your elder brother, it is right to protect my younger brother, and we brothers don't need to say thank you." ”

"I didn't even dare to watch that thrilling scene just now, but fortunately, your brother has a life-saving baby. Tang Junhe still had palpitations, and suddenly, she smiled again, "However, the moment of life and death has contributed to the two of you to have an epiphany and reach the realm of the late stage of the Qing Spirit, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise." ”

"That Hua Qiwei deceived people too much, such a sinister and vicious person, it's a pity that he didn't kill him. "Heaven hates the earth.

"It's okay. Hua Qiwei has already suffered a big loss under the combination of the two of you, and now his life and death are uncertain, which can be regarded as a lesson for him. After returning to the sect, report the matter to the master, and the master will negotiate with Mangjingzong. With Master's personality, this matter will definitely not be reconciled. Tang Junhe said.

"Then let's hurry back to the sect. If the Hua family sends someone to hunt us down again, it will be miserable. We'll talk about family visits later. Tianyao was very worried.

At this time, Han Mingfei, who had finished conditioning, opened his eyes and comforted: "Fourth junior brother, don't worry. Now I can still resist the sword, we quickly rushed to Xuzhou, even if the Hua family sent people to catch up, in a crowded place, they would not dare to kill the immortal cultivators at will. Moreover, Hua Qiwei's life is now in danger, and they are afraid that they will not be able to treat him, and it is estimated that they will not send anyone again. ”

So, the four of them took two fairy swords and flew towards Xuzhou in the south.

After a while, the four of them landed outside Xuzhou City, changed their broken clothes, and came to the door of Yundu Villa. Tianxiao and Tianyao were full of excitement, they finally arrived home, and they could see their father and mother! The two quickly ran towards the gate of the villa, and Han Mingfei and Tang Junhe behind them looked at each other and smiled.

"Dad!Mother!We're back to see you!" Tianxiao shouted excitedly, slamming open the gate of the villa with one shoulder.

But strangely, there was not a single person in the courtyard. Tianxiao and Tianyao continued to run to the front hall. As soon as he entered the front hall, Tianxiao immediately stood up, and Tianyao, who came in from behind, didn't even have time to react and bumped into him.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Tianyao asked suspiciously, stabilizing his figure.

Tianxiao didn't answer, and stood in place, stunned. Tianyao was puzzled, and looked into the hall with Tianxiao's dull gaze. The plain yarn is hung high, and on the table of the eight immortals in the middle, there are two spirit tablets, which are respectively written: "The spiritual position of He Yundui, the lord of Xuzhou Yundui Villa", and "the spiritual position of Li Yuru, the wife of He Yundui in Xuzhou".

Tianyao's mind "buzzed", he was groggy and unstable, and he fell to the ground.

Daddy and Mother's Spiritual Position? ...... He's dead?

After a suffocating moment of silence, Tianyao suddenly burst into tears, tears falling like broken beads.

The kind father He Yundui and the gentle mother Li Yuru loved their parents so much, but they all died.

"Daddy...... Mother...... Wow-" He Tianxiao trembled and whimpered, and then sat on the ground with his butt, hugging his younger brother Tianyao and crying.

Inside the villa, miserable cries echoed everywhere. Han Mingfei and Tang Junhe, who came in later, heard the two crying, and immediately came to the door of the front hall, and saw the two spirit tablets enshrined in the hall, and immediately understood everything.

Tianxiao and Tianyao cried so much that they couldn't open their eyes, their faces were full of tears, and the two brothers hugged each other, venting their great grief to the fullest.

Tang Junhe couldn't bear to see the two lively and lovely junior disciples so sad. She squatted down, put her arms around the shoulders of the two, and comforted softly: "Tianxiao, Tianyao don't cry, you still have grandpa, master, and senior brother and sister, we are all a family, and senior sister will definitely love you like a mother." After saying this, she herself burst into tears.

Tianxiao and Tianyao listened to what Tang Junhe said, and both plunged into Tang Junhe's arms, and the three of them cried together.

Han Mingfei's eyes were slightly red, and he turned his head, unable to bear to see this sad scene again.

"Young Master Tianxiao, Young Master Tianyao, are you back......" An old voice suddenly came from behind.

In the middle of the courtyard stood an old man with a white beard and a hunched back.

Tianxiao and Tianyao saw it, and they all pounced on the old man, crying and shouting: "Grandpa Huang......"

The old man hugged the backs of the two of them, and couldn't help but cry and lament.

Tang Junhe wiped away his tears and walked over with Han Mingfei.

Han Mingfei arched his hand and said, "I've seen Mr. Huang." The two of us are the senior brothers and sisters of Tianxiao and Tianyao, and this time they were ordered by the master to go down the mountain to do errands, and after the matter was completed, they accompanied the two junior brothers to save their relatives, and they didn't want to encounter such a miserable thing. Please also ask Mr. Huang to tell me what happened?" He understood after a little thought just now, with the age of Li Yuanxiao's daughter Li Yuru, she died so early, and it was definitely not a natural old death.

The old man said with tears in his eyes: "The old man has been the housekeeper of the He family since the grandfathers of the two young masters. After the two young masters left home, life in Cloud Twilight Villa has been very peaceful. Unexpectedly, late one night a month ago, suddenly several immortal cultivators rushed into the villa with their faces masked, holding fairy swords, and killing people when they saw them, even the old and weak women and children. The old man was furious, and took a group of people such as Deng Huwei to resist, but where could the people who practiced martial arts fight the people who cultivated immortals? Deng Huwei was killed first, and the old man was also seriously injured, vomiting blood, and the lady was very sad when she saw this, and threw herself on the master, and those who cultivated immortals were all extremely brutal, and immediately killed the old man and his wife in one place with several swords. I waited for the people to flee to the gate of the villa, I didn't want to be guarded by two immortal cultivators at the door, and once someone approached the door, he immediately swung his sword and killed him. When I woke up, it was already early in the morning, and those immortal cultivators had already left after killing on a large scale, plundering all the money in the village. The scene inside the villa is truly shocking and miserable. The corpses are everywhere, the blood is flowing like a river, except for my great disaster and immortality, there are more than 100 men, women and children in the whole village, and they have never escaped a ......"

What a tragic massacre incident! Han Mingfei and Tang Junhe listened to the old man's description, as if they had seen that bloody night with their own eyes, and their hearts trembled. Such a brutal massacre is really terrifying. Those who cultivate immortals are not allowed to kill the people of Li at will. Even if He Yundui is as strong as martial arts, he is definitely not the opponent of an immortal cultivator. Killing the people at will, not to mention that heaven does not tolerate it, even other immortal cultivators are not allowed. All the immortal cultivation sects in the Qinglong Continent warned their disciples not to harm the people, otherwise it would be difficult to transition to the heart demon in the future. What kind of hatred could make an immortal cultivator kill all the people in the mountain villa so fiercely and brutally?

The old man continued to say in a trembling voice: "The lord and the lady treat us like family, and the whole manor is harmonious. I couldn't bear to let everyone's bodies be exposed, but I didn't have the money to buy coffins, so I had to find a place to incinerate them one by one. The old man thought that the two young masters would not be able to go home for many years, so he took it upon himself to bury the ashes of the old man and his wife at the foot of the mountain outside the village. After that, I cleaned the remaining blood stains every day, and it took me ten days to clean them. I thought about it for a long time, firstly, the journey to Taiqing Sect was far away, and secondly, I was too old to go to Taiqing Sect to inform the two young masters of the bad news, so I had to stay here and wait for the two young masters to return. If the life span is at the end, a letter will be left in front of the spiritual position, hoping that the young masters will be successful in cultivating immortals, and after finding the murderer, they will stab the enemy and avenge the master, Mrs. and the people of the whole village. ”

Tianxiao and Tianyao were in tears. Uncle Deng, Aunt Wang, and Xiaocui are all dead. The amiable Uncle Deng taught them to practice swords and swords, the kind-hearted Aunt Wang often made delicious snacks for the two, and the lively and lovely Xiaocui often accompanied the two to watch them wield swords and dance swords...... It's all gone, it's all gone.

Han Mingfei and Tang Junhe sighed. Han Mingfei asked, "I don't know if the old housekeeper still remembers the characteristics of those immortal cultivators?"

The old man shook his head: "Those people have obviously been premeditated for a long time and came prepared. The clothes were all black robes, and they all covered their faces. Their fairy swords are so bright and colorful that I can't recognize them as a mortal. One can only guess from the similarity of their moves that they may be from the same sect. ”

"It seems that this matter is difficult to investigate. Han Mingfei thought to himself.

Afterwards, the old housekeeper took everyone to the grave of He Yunwan and his wife at the foot of the mountain to pay respects. Seeing their parents' graves, Tianxiao and Tianyao were so grief-stricken that they almost fainted. After a long time, the two gradually stopped crying, but their eyelids were already puffy and their eyes were bloodshot.

Tianxiao wiped a handful of tears and said to Tianyao: "Brother, I don't want to say goodbye to my father and mother that day, today I am separated by life and death, and after returning to the sect, I will let my grandfather quickly track down who the murderer is!"

"Well, the enmity of parents is not shared! When the murderer is caught, he will definitely break them into pieces!" Tianyao gritted his teeth with hatred.

"Alas, the last wish of the old decay has been fulfilled. Two young masters, I don't want to stay in this villa anymore, there are too many past events here that I don't want to remember. I will spend the rest of my life in Jingren Village, not far away. If the young masters get revenge in the future, please come to my grave and tell me. After the old housekeeper Huang finished speaking to Tianxiao and Tianyao, he bowed to Han Mingfei and Tang Junhe, "Childe, girl, please take care of the two hard-working young masters in the future, thank you here." Then, Old Butler Huang left alone.

Han Mingfei said to Tianxiao and Tianyao: "Two junior brothers, people can't be resurrected after death, and the festival mourns and changes." You go to the village to look around first, pack up the things you need, and my sister and I are waiting for you at the gate of the villa. ”

Tianxiao and Tianyao endured their grief and returned to the villa, checking room by room to see if there was anything worth taking away. Walking into their parents' room, the two of them looked at the calligraphy and paintings written by their father hanging on the wall, and the needlework basket used by their mothers on the bedside.

Sobing, Tianxiao opened the drawer of the small bedside cabinet, and there were some jade pendants, copper coins, and longevity locks in it, all of which were gifts from the guests who came to congratulate when the sky was far away. At the innermost of the drawer, Tianxiao found a square folded white scarf.

"What is this?" said to herself. Tianyao also came over when he heard the sound, and watched Tianxiao unfold the white towel layer by layer. After spreading it out, two lines of words were written on the white silk. The first line reads: "The ugly hour on June 26, 507 of the Qinglong calendar". The font is beautiful, I don't know who wrote it. Tianyao thought to himself, "Isn't this my birthday? Why is it written on a white scarf?"

Puzzled, the two continued to look down, and the second line read: "When my child was a hundred days away, he found an abandoned baby outside the Yundui Villa, and it was just an hour long in the sky, so he named Tianxiao, and the Tianyao brothers were companions." This line of words is strong and powerful, and at first glance it is written by He Yundui.

The two words "abandoned baby" were so conspicuous that the white towel slipped from the stunned Tianxiao's hand. It was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and it turned out that he was not born to his father or mother.

Tianyao was also surprised at first, but he quickly calmed down, the two have grown up together for so many years, even if they are not biological brothers, they are better than biological brothers, so Tianyao doesn't care about this at all, he is just a little worried that Tianxiao can't accept it for a while.

"Brother, you ...... Are you alright?" asked Tianyao timidly.

Tianxiao came back to his senses and looked at Tianyao, who was a little uneasy next to him: "I really didn't expect that I was picked up by my father and mother...... Brother Yao, do you say we are still brothers?"

Tianyao's eyes suddenly became wet again, and he nodded and replied firmly: "Yes, of course it is! What if it's not biological? I have lived with my brother since I was a child, I have experienced so much, and my brother has the courage to sacrifice himself to save my life at a critical moment...... How can we erase the brotherhood of so many years just because of a line on the white scarf? Once we are brothers, we will always be brothers!"

Tianxiao also said excitedly: "Yes, you are right! Once they are brothers, they will always be brothers!" The two hugged each other tightly. It's just that Tianxiao has a question in his heart: "So, who is my biological father?"

After checking their father's room, Tianxiao and Tianyao came to the courtyard and buried the white scarf. This white scarf no longer means anything to the two.

The two of them continued to check room by room, and since the immortal cultivators of those slaughtering villages had already plundered all the valuable things, there was basically nothing left in the room. The books, calligraphy and paintings in his father's study, neither of them went to flip through them. After the death of a person, those have become memories.

In the end, Tianxiao and Tianyao came to the front of the weapon room, only the door of the sword room was open, and it seemed that it had also been ransacked.

"Brother, what should I do with these weapons?" asked Tianyao.

"Let's see if there are any swords left in the sword room, and I'm going to take the Tengma Saber away, so don't take the other weapons. Tianxiao replied.

Tianyao was puzzled: "You plan to bring the Tengma Saber back to the sect?

Tianxiao shook his head: "I'll be careful, I won't be found if I hide it." ”

The sword rack in the sword room is still so neat, but the swords in a few places are gone.

"Pangang, Chunyang, Yulong...... Most of the better swords are gone, and even my Pei Min sword has been taken by those people. Tianyao said while inspecting.

Tianxiao thought for a while: "Although these are mortal swords, it is also good to use them for those who have not yet built a foundation. Let's wrap up the rest and bring it to grandpa. ”

So, the two put the rest of the swords together, and the day after tomorrow Xiao knocked open the door of the knife room, took the long-lost Tengma knife, mixed it in the pile of swords, and found a large piece of canvas to wrap it into a bundle, and the two carried it together and walked out of the gate of the villa. Han Mingfei and Tang Junhe, who were waiting outside the door, flew to Tiandao Mountain with the two of them.

After returning to the sect, the four of them went back to the bamboo garden first, Tianxiao quietly took out the Tengma saber and hid it under the bed, and then the two brothers went directly to Li Yuanxiao to report the bad news. When Li Yuanxiao heard that his daughter and son-in-law Quanzhuang had been killed, he was furious and immediately sent someone down the mountain to investigate the real culprit. Then he comforted the two grandsons, and the three of them cried together.

Then the two brothers returned to the bamboo garden and changed into white filial piety clothes. Master Yu Ruijiang had already left the Taiqing Sect at this time. It turned out that after Han Mingfei reported the encounter of going down the mountain to Yu Ruijiang, he learned that the four beloved disciples almost died in Huangquan, and Yu Ruijiang was so angry that he went directly to Mang Jingzong to settle accounts without waiting for Tianxiao and Tianyao to come back.

At night, Tianxiao and Tianyao thought of their father and mother, and felt sad, so the two climbed on the roof and lay down, looking up at the night sky.

"Brother, I heard that people become stars in the sky when they die, and I don't know where the stars of my father and mother are. Tianyao said suddenly.

"No matter where we are, they will always bless us. ”

"Hmm...... Dad, mother, I miss you so much......"

In the fluttering clouds in the sky, there were a few faint stars, winking softly at the two of them......