Nanshu, thatched huts in the valley.

"Emperor Master, the operation failed, and I failed to get the prescription. ”

Li Xuanzhang was looking at a medical book, and there was a Juyuan Pill on the side. After hearing the situation from the visitor, he didn't raise his head, and said expressionlessly: "I can't take a torture mention in the Four Elephant Realm, let's see who organized this operation and send him on the road." ”

Recently, Li Xuanzhang has consulted a lot of medical books and historical records, but what Li Xuanzhang can't figure out is that although Juyuan Dan can be greatly increased in a short period of time by letting the martial artists below the Liangyi Realm cultivate, even the Liangyi Realm can also benefit from improving the cultivation, but according to the degree of proportionality of the prescription and the rarity of medicinal materials, especially the thousand-year-old cold marrow, its effect should be far more than that.

"Yes!"

What if you Qianguo got the prescription, with my Li Xuanzhang's cultivation of the Liangyi Realm to perfection, I only found a thumb-sized cold marrow, which is only enough to refine one more Juyuan Dan, think about it, because of the rarity of this thousand-year-old cold marrow, Juyuan Dan is also a treasure.

When the Jingnan Pavilion was destroyed on that day, Li Xuanzhang personally entered the hinterland of the Great Snow Mountain, and Li Xuanzhang found that the thousand-year-old cold marrow was extremely rare and rare. The deeper you go, the lower the temperature, the deeper the cold will be, and if you don't protect your body with your true qi at all times, you may be frozen into ice cubes by the cold at any time.

Moreover, the cold in the hinterland is extremely strange, and it even affects the operation of the true qi, which consumes a lot. Coupled with the fact that it was almost full of cold qi of the Yin Dynasty, Li Xuanzhang did not dare to refine it into his body at all, otherwise he would be frozen by the cold qi before he could refine his true qi.

Li Xuanzhang went in a total of two times, and finally found a piece of cold pith the size of a thumb, which was really not enough to see. Looking back like this, Si Jing got a jade box and refined about fifty pieces before, which is definitely a big deal.

Li Xuanzhang looked at the sky outside and was a little gray, it seemed that it was going to rain, "It's raining in Nanshu, you can't be idle, come here." ”

"In!"

"Let the mantis Qiao inform the Qin family of the knife village of Qianguo that you can do it when it snows heavily. ”

"Yes. ”

......

A few days ago, just when Xu Xu was still on his way back to the Tang Gate, the news that Hua Ji was not dead and was born strongly, stealing the Guanyin Willow of the Tang Gate, and making trouble in the capital.

Some people are happy and some are worried, and the joy is naturally that this river and lake is lively again, and it is not a big deal to watch the lively anyway. Naturally, the five families who had participated in the siege and killing of Hua Ji were killed in one of the five villages that had participated in the siege of Hua Ji before, and the trapped dragon village was destroyed directly on the night of Hua Ji's troubles in the capital, and there was no one left alive, and the remaining five families suffered even more, and they have been worried, for fear that one day they will be wiped out.

Xu Xu looked at the two gilded characters of the familiar mountain gate built on the mountain, and wrote the word 'Tang Gate' with strong pen, and the continuous halls and countless houses behind him were heard from time to time The sound of disciples practicing martial arts in the door was heard from time to time.

Finally arrived home, Xu Xu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Master, I'm back. Xu Xu, who returned to the door, immediately came to the residence of the Great Elder Wu Taiqing.

Wu Taiqing's face was a little tired, and his spirit was not in a state, obviously it was Hua Ji who stole the Guanyin Willow of the Tang Gate, and there was an internal response in the door, and he was tired of turning up and down.

"Come back, how is it, have you gained anything!" Seeing Xu Xu come back, Wu Taiqing couldn't help but relax, and faintly felt that his disciple's cultivation had improved a lot, and he rarely smiled.

Xu Xu told Wu Taiqing everything he had seen and heard along the way, but looking at the master's hard work for the affairs of the door, Xu Xu didn't talk about meeting the great elder Gong Zhengci of Taohuawu, and talked to the master when he had the opportunity.

Hearing Xu Xu talk about those flower girls making trouble in the Liu family, the big cadres took charge of the law and punished them; in the back, Xu Xu himself was chased and killed by the Qin family, rescued by Yanmu, played in the peach blossom dock, listened to the peach blossom song and drank the peach blossom wine; and then was chased and killed by the Qin family, met Wei Dong, the major general of the Zhenxi General's Mansion, and was rescued by Hua Mengzhu, the owner of the flower building.

Xu Xu saw that the master, who had no spirit, suddenly listened to it with relish, and his blood boiled, especially the fight scenes, and asked Xu Xu to speak in detail, as if listening to a story, which made Xu Xu feel ashamed.

Seeing that Xu Xu didn't look at him quite right, Wu Taiqing coughed: "Disciple, in fact, I won't tell you that when the master entered this river and lake, it was because of this that I felt that such a life was wonderful and interesting." If it weren't for the fact that I'm old now, there are still many things in the door that I need to take care of, but I would like to go out and see the world again. ”

Xu Xu saw that Wu Taiqing looked much older in the past few days when he went out, and he walked on the edge of life and death two or three times, before he felt that it was not easy for the master, "Don't worry, Master, our Tang Sect is not a prison, wait for the Guanyin Liu matter to end another day, and the disciple will take you out for a walk." ”

Wu Taiqing couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he saw that his apprentice had come back from going out for so many days, and then he thought of something, and said with a straight face: "Xiaoxu, you know what is wrong." ”

Xu Xu saw that the master suddenly turned his face, a little dazed and at a loss, "This ...... That...... The disciple does not know. ”

"Biluo Arrow!"

"Here!" Xu Xu hurriedly took out his hands from his arms and handed them to Wu Taiqing.

Wu Taiqing took the Biluo arrow in his hand, touched it, and saw that his disciple had only used it once when he encountered several life and death crises, and couldn't help sighing: "Hey, Xiaoxu, you are too rigid." Since the head of this Biluo Arrow and I are willing to hand over to you a martial artist of the Four Elephant Realm to keep it, so that you can walk the rivers and lakes for self-defense, it is naturally because you are more important than the utensils. If you encounter danger in the future, you must be decisive, you must save your life, the utensils are dead, and there is all the possibility for people to live, and the future sect will still expect your fresh blood to continue, you know?"

Xu Xu lowered his head and said softly: "The disciple knows, the disciple remembers." ”

Wu Taiqing nodded and handed the Biluo arrow to Xu Xu: "It's good to know, you can go back to rest and rest later, you must be quite tired for so many days." After I have dealt with the matter in the door, I will take you to the head of the door to ask for the Huangquan Bead to help you cultivate, so that you can break through to the Liangyi Realm as soon as possible. Listening to what you have seen and heard along the way, now this river and lake is not as good as before, and the cultivation of the masters of the Four Elephant Realm is not enough to see Luo. ”

"Yes, thank you, Master. Hearing Wu Taiqing's words, Xu Xu was about to laugh happily, and just as Xu Xu was about to turn around and leave, he remembered that he still had something to ask.

"Master!"

Wu Taiqing raised his head and replied.

"Have you found out who it is in the door?" Xu Xu asked after looking around at no one.

Wu Taiqing frowned slightly and said, "I found out, it's the fifth elder, who has been guarded by the head of the house and is being interrogated." ”

Seeing that the master didn't want to say more, Xu Xu didn't continue to ask more questions, so he retired first and left the house of the great elder Wu Taiqing.

Xu Xu looked at the familiar figures in the sect and greeted them politely, and the disciples of the sect also smiled and called out affectionately, "Hello Senior Brother Xu." ”

Back in his room, Xu Xu finally stopped being vigilant all the time, put his mind down, and fell asleep very peacefully.

Perhaps, this is the charm of the rivers and lakes, some people enjoy the tension and excitement, some people enjoy the open and secret battles, and some people enjoy the peace of mind when they return to their own small world after worrying.

But if you want to ask Xu Xu what he enjoys, Xu Xu doesn't know that it is the first time for him to go out so far when he grows so big, unlike before, at most, he was walking around Shuzhou and taking care of his own brothers and sisters. And this time I was all on my own, and I finally got through the danger, but I also made a lot of friends, and sure enough, people always need to grow.

It must be said that Xu Xu's most abundant harvest and deepest feeling in the rivers and lakes this time is Yan Mu's righteous shot, Wei Dong lifted a gun and let Mo Dao Wei go first, of course, the most memorable is the charming eyes of Yun Yao girl and the face under the veil, although Xu Xu has never seen what Yun Yao girl looks like, but it does not prevent him from seeing her in his dreams.

In this way, Xu Xu slept until noon the next day. After sleeping and washing up briefly, Xu Xu found that his stomach was already grunting with hunger, and he remembered that he hadn't eaten dinner last night, so he ordered someone to send some food.

Just as Xu Xu was eating his lunch with relish, a disciple walked in, "Senior Brother Xu, the Great Elder has asked you to go." ”

"Okay, I see, I'll go right away. Xu Xu hurriedly wiped his mouth, swallowed the food in his mouth, and got up to go to Wu Taiqing's house.

When Xu Xu arrived, he found that Wu Taiqing was standing at the door waiting for him, Xu Xu stepped forward and bent down and hugged his fists and made a disciple salute, "Master." ”

Wu Taiqing nodded and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, let's go, I'll take you to the main hall to meet the master." ”

"Good. Xu Xu followed behind Wu Taiqing, and the two walked towards the main hall.

In this way, Wu Taiqing walked slowly to the path where there was no one, and seeing that the master was not in a hurry, Xu Xu also followed behind without hurry.

"Xiao Xu. ”

"In. Xu Xu heard the master call him, so he stepped forward to listen.

"How old is this year. ”

"Back to Master, the disciple is already twenty-five this year. ”

Wu Taiqing smiled, looked at the sky with his hands behind his back, "Twenty-five years have passed, think about how you were picked up by the teacher in the mountains when you were still an infant, at that time the teacher was not a great elder, old man." ”

Xu Xu lowered his head and said: "Master's great kindness and disciple are remembered, if it weren't for Master, the disciple would have frozen to death in the barren mountains and mountains. ”

Wu Taiqing waved his hand and said: "We don't need to say kind words between master and apprentice, the master didn't save you back then, it's the master's business, it has nothing to do with you; Remember, don't take the good for the small and don't take the evil for the small. ”

Xu Xu nodded and said very seriously: "But if you are a teacher for one day and a father for life, the disciple will do his filial piety in the future and let the master take care of his life." ”

Wu Taiqing laughed: "Xiaoxu, you are not too young, if you are in the ordinary people's house at the bottom of the mountain, there will be two or three children." ”

Xu Xu said embarrassedly: "The disciple is still young, so he is not in a hurry. ”

"Well, I won't ask much about you young people. When you come back in the future, remember to bring your female companion back, don't be like Master, you are still alone at such an old age, it is best to come back with a little doll, and it is not too late for Master to hold a wedding for you at that time. ”

Xu Xu saw that the more the master said, the more outrageous it became, so he quickly changed the topic and said: "By the way, master, the disciple met Gong Zhengci's senior in Taohuawu and asked me to take her to say hello to you, and the senior is now the great elder of Taohuawu." ”

Mentioning Gong Zhengci, Wu Taiqing's body trembled slightly, paused and continued to walk forward, and after a while, he said: "I didn't expect to hear Xiaoci's news after so many years." Hey, we got acquainted in the rivers and lakes, but people are not as good as heaven, maybe it is fate, let's have a chance to see each other again in the future. ”

Wu Taiqing walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at Yunhai stunned, as if he had returned to his youth, remembering the scene when he met and knew Xiaoci back then, but in the end, he never came together for various reasons.

Wu Taiqing exhaled in a turbid breath, "The past is all over, the past is like smoke, scattered with the wind." Xiao Xu, Master asks you. ”

"Master, excuse me. ”

"Do you know where is the south side of this sea of clouds?" asked Wu Taiqing, pointing in the direction of the sea of clouds.

"The disciple has never been there, but I have heard that the south should be the Nanshu Kingdom!"

Then Wu Taiqing pointed behind him: "Then what do you think of Daqian?"

Xu Xu didn't think much about blurting out: "Thriving, the country is strong, the people are healthy, and the court has its own style." ”

Wu Taiqing nodded and said: "Nanshu, that is, our original Shu Kingdom, although it is not as strong as Daqian, it is also a good country. ”

Eight years ago, Xu Xu was seventeen years old when the Tang Sect was not ceded to Daqian by Nanshu, but he didn't know much about this.

"Xiao Xu, you say, if there is a chance in the future, will my Tang Sect return to Nanshu, or will it always be like this. Tell me what you think, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Wu Taiqing asked Xu Xu coldly, Xu Xu didn't expect it, but Wu Taiqing didn't urge, and it was not too late for Xu Xu to think about it and then answer.

After a while, Xu Xu said: "When the Great Qiannan Expedition attacked Shu, my Tang Sect used Guanyin Willow to intervene in the dispute over the plank road of the Sword Pavilion was also right and wrong. Yes, it was my Tang Sect that was based in Shu at that time, and I was also a member of Shu State, so I should serve the country and do my part. The mistake is that my Tang Sect is a sect of the rivers and lakes, it is different from ordinary people, the disciples in the door come from all over the world, they are rootless duckweed, and there is no reason to help the war between countries, just judge the situation. ”

Xu Xu paused and saw that the master did not speak, so he continued: "This is okay, but when Nanshu signed the covenant under the city, my Tangmen took another wrong step. Southern Shu was defeated, forced to cede the land, and divided Shu Prefecture to Daqian, since my Tang Sect chose a position before, why was it reluctant to relocate to Shu after that. In the end, he offered treasure to Daqian to sue for peace, and this time my sect was equivalent to making another choice of position. In this way, it has invisibly branded the entire sect of my Tang Sect, and even gave people the impression that they had defected from the Shu Kingdom. Therefore, according to the humble opinion of the disciples, things can be one, again and again, but not three, since the Tang Sect has been subordinated to the Great Cadres, we can no longer waver, otherwise my Tang Sect's reputation will be damaged, and I will be ridiculed by the world, and I will still have a reputation in the rivers and lakes in the future. ”

After a long time, Wu Taiqing sighed, turned around and patted Xu Xu, "You're right, in the end, young people have a broad vision and a long term." Let's go, it's been a long time, the head is waiting for us in the main hall. ”

Xu Xu was very puzzled, and he didn't know why the master suddenly asked him this question, confused.