"It seems that you can't be complacent, this strength is far from enough......"

Under pressure, Qiao Xiu had a clearer understanding of his own strength and cultivation.

The Transcendent Second-Order Superior in his twenties, his combat power is comparable to the Transcendent Second-Order Peak, such strength is not bad, and he can even be regarded as a leader among the younger generation.

But it is not enough to rely on this strength to live better in the current magnificent and crisis-ridden world.

"Cultivate, cultivate, continue to cultivate......"

Thinking of this, Qiao Xiu no longer had the intention of sleeping, turned around and walked to the bed, sat cross-legged on the floor directly, and began to operate the fighting energy in his body.

Because Qiao Xiu's cultivation of the Fighting Qi Breathing Method in the Northland Army, the artistic conception contained in it has been crushed by the artistic conception of the two major exercises of the Eight Desolation Fist Intent and the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Body in the breakthrough not long ago, and has been melted into the soul, so now it is as natural as breathing.

The more and more vigorous fighting spirit began to flow in Qiao Xiu's body, one circle or two circles......

With the more and more runs it is, the strong body that has almost been strengthened to the limit of the current realm by the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Body can still continue to slowly improve under the nourishment and tempering of the fighting qi.

Although this improvement is extremely subtle and almost imperceptible in a short period of time, with the accumulation of time, the equivalent changes into qualitative changes, which is probably when Qiao Xiu makes another breakthrough.

When Qiao Xiu entered the cultivation state of forgetting things and self, the surrounding environment became quieter and quieter.

The night passed quietly.

"Is it dawn?"

Qiao Xiu woke up from his meditation and found that it was already dawning outside the window.

"Is it half past seven?"

When I got up, I turned on my phone and looked at the time, it was already half past seven in the morning.

If it is a normal sleep, with Qiao Xiu's biological clock, it is estimated that he will wake up at more than six o'clock and less than seven o'clock. However, once you cultivate, if no one disturbs you, it is easy to immerse yourself in it, and you don't know how time has passed.

"Dad, good morning. ”

Walking out of the door, Qiao Xiu saw his father sitting in the living room reading the newspaper, and casually greeted him.

"Morning, Axiu. ”

My father was fascinated by it, and he replied casually and continued to look down at the newspaper.

Qiao Xiu didn't care about this, and walked straight to the bathroom next to him, ready to brush his teeth and wash his face.

When he walked over, Qiao Xiu found that his sister-in-law was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, the eldest brother seemed to have just gotten up and was changing clothes in the room, and the little niece had already dressed up and washed up, and was sitting at the dining table in the dining room, waiting for breakfast.

"Good morning, uncle. ”

Seeing Qiao Xiu coming over, the little girl shouted very politely.

"Well, it's early. ”

Qiao Xiu smiled and waved at her, and then walked directly into the empty bathroom.

"It's time for breakfast. ”

When Qiao Xiu came out of it after washing, it happened that the sister-in-law also made breakfast and began to greet her.

Hearing the shout, the three elders of the family responded in unison, and then walked to the living room.

"Brother, you look a little tired, didn't you sleep well last night?"

When he came to the living room, Qiao Xiu saw that his eldest brother Qiao Feng looked a little haggard, and even had a little dark circles under his eyes.

"Uh, didn't I learn a few tricks from you last night, I was a little excited to practice, I closed my eyes and thought about the moves, but I didn't sleep well all night......"

Speaking of this, Qiao Feng was a little embarrassed.

"Haha, brother, shouldn't you have been practicing martial arts even in your dreams last night?"

After listening to Qiao Feng's words, and looking at his depressed face, Qiao Xiu couldn't help laughing.

"Hey......

Being asked by Qiao Xiu, Qiao Feng laughed more and more embarrassedly.

Because he was indeed like Qiao Xiu said last night, after falling asleep, he dreamed about comparing the boxing moves he had just learned, and even in his dream, he incarnated as a martial arts master and defeated countless enemies with a pair of iron fists.

As a result, his body unconsciously reacted in his sleep, and he almost didn't squeeze his wife Jiang Lu out of bed.

In the end, Jiang Lu, who was a little angry, directly asked Qiao Feng to hit the floor in the second half of the night.

Regarding this private affair between husband and wife, Qiao Feng naturally would not say it.

Hey laugh twice, even if it's over.

Qiao Xiu was also smart, looking at his reaction, he guessed something, so he didn't ask any more questions, and passed the topic.

Then the father and son chatted and ate breakfast at the same time.

Sister-in-law Jiang Lu brought out the last two items of food and sat down next to her daughter.

Although she was a little angry last night because she was almost beaten out of bed by her husband Qiao Feng in his sleep, it was only a momentary anger, and after punishing Qiao Feng for sleeping on the ground in the middle of the night, the anger when she woke up in the morning was completely gone, and she even apologized to Qiao Feng.

Qiao Feng naturally didn't blame her, and the couple resolved this little contradiction in a few words. Then the two of them also had a morning intimacy by the way, which made Qiao Feng so happy.

As for Qiao Xiu, the "culprit" who taught Qiao Feng boxing and caused him to think about practicing martial arts in his sleep, Jiang Lu would not blame anything, and even only gratitude.

Because she had already learned about the recent situation around Maocheng from Qiao Feng, she knew that her husband was likely to need to go to the front line.

In this case, it would be best if the uncle could help improve his strength.

She even wanted to find an opportunity to thank Qiao Xiu, and at the same time begged him to protect Qiao Feng at that time.

After breakfast, Qiao Feng and Jiang Lu went out with Xiao Guoguo. Both husband and wife still have to go to work, and their daughter has to go to school.

Originally, her father was responsible for picking up her daughter's school, but recently the outside situation was unstable, so Qiao Feng was personally responsible.

When he goes out in the morning, he drives his daughter to kindergarten first, then his wife to the school where classes are held, and finally goes to work in the bureau.

"Ah Xiu, do you have anything to do today? or just stay at home and rest?"

After Qiao Feng's family of three went out, only Qiao Xiu and his father were left in the family.

The father and son were responsible for cleaning up the breakfast table, and in the process of division of labor, Qiao's father suddenly asked.

"Well, Dad, I'm going to go to Maocheng Hospital to see Director Fan Lifan, I've been busy cultivating in the past few days, and I don't have time to see him, and I don't know how he's recovering. ”

Qiao Xiu thought for a moment and replied.

Fan Li was seriously injured when he was admitted to the hospital, but with his transcendent second-order cultivation, he would recover much faster than ordinary people.

According to Qiao Xiu's estimate, if there is no accident, he may have recovered seventy-seven or eighty-eight, and he may even be discharged from the hospital.

With the previous life and death experience, Qiao Xiu and Fan Li can be regarded as good friends.

Although the other party has not taken the initiative to contact him these days, he feels that he should still visit, and he can't wait for the other party to be discharged from the hospital.

"Oh, that's right, Director Fan Li has always taken good care of you, you should visit people more, remember to buy some gifts when you go, don't go empty-handed. ”

Regarding Fan Li, Qiao's father also knew a lot from his two sons, so when he heard Qiao Xiu say that he was going to visit each other, he was very much in favor of it.

At the same time, he did not forget to remind Qiao Xiu to pay attention to etiquette.

"Well, I know. Well, Dad, wait until I go to the hospital, I may not be back so soon, and I shouldn't be at home for lunch. ”

Qiao Xiu nodded yes to his father's reminder, and then thought that he might stay in the hospital for a long time, so Qiao Xiu told his father in advance, so that he didn't have to prepare his own lunch, so as not to be ready when it was ready, and he wouldn't be able to come back to eat it in vain.

"Okay, I see. ”

As the father and son spoke, they quickly cleaned up the table and utensils as they put their hands together.

Seeing that the time had come to more than half in the morning, Qiao Xiu greeted his father again and went out alone.

In order to save time, Qiao Xiu didn't plan to take transportation, so he called a taxi directly at the entrance of the community, and then went straight to Maocheng No. 1 Hospital.

Coming to the vicinity of the hospital, Qiao Xiu stopped the taxi driver, then got out of the car and walked into a supermarket next to it.

After buying some supplements and a fresh fruit basket in the supermarket, Qiao Xiucai continued to walk to Maocheng No. 1 Hospital.

Because he had been here before, he didn't need to ask at the front desk, Qiao Xiu came directly to the inpatient building where Fan Li was, and then took the elevator upstairs.

Fan Li, as the head of the town of the official Extraordinary Administration, is still a little preferential when he is hospitalized. He was now living in a single room with a special care level.

Knock knock!

Qiao Xiu came to Fan Li's ward and found that the door was closed, and there was only Fan Li's breath inside, so he knocked lightly on the door.

"Is it Qiao Xiu? Come in. ”

Fan Li deserves to be an extraordinary person in the spiritual department, and the moment Qiao Xiu knocked on the door and took the initiative to release his breath, he already knew who was coming through the door.

Click!

"Good morning, Captain, didn't disturb your rest, did you?"

Qiao Xiu got the other party's consent, so he pushed open the door and walked in. Because of the previous team to explore the secret realm of space, Qiao Xiu has become accustomed to the title of captain.

In Qiao Xiu's opinion, this title is better than calling the other party Director Fan or calling him by his name, which not only expresses respect, but also does not appear too unfamiliar and unfamiliar.

After saying hello, Qiao Xiu put the things in his hand on the table next to him, and sat down on the chair next to the hospital bed.

"Morning, Qiao Xiu. You kid hasn't come to see me in a few days, I wish you could disturb me a few more times, it's so boring to lie here alone. ”

When Qiao Xiu entered, Fan Li was half-lying and half-sitting on the hospital bed, holding a book in his hand.

Seeing Qiao Xiu come in, he closed the book in his hand, put it aside, and then said to Qiao Xiu with a smile.

"Ha, I'm sorry, captain, I've been in some trouble with the Eight Desolations Martial Arts Pavilion recently, so I've been staying there for the past few days, and I didn't go home until yesterday when the matter was resolved. ”

Although there was no obvious complaint or blame in Fan Li's tone, Qiao Xiu still hurriedly explained.

"Oh, I see, it's all settled, is there any trouble, if you need help, remember to tell me......"

Hearing Qiao Xiu say this, Fan Li didn't ask about specific things, but offered to help as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, captain, the matter has been settled, and now the martial arts hall is back to normal. ”

Fan Li's reaction was expected by Qiao Xiu, after all, they had been together for so long, and the two still knew a little bit about each other's personalities.

Not enough, because the previous events of the Eight Desolation Martial Arts Hall involved more than a dozen lives, and there was a very strange demon of unknown origin, so Qiao Xiu did not plan to tell Fan Li the details.

"Well, I see that your aura is a little stronger and heavier than before, has there been a breakthrough recently?"

Fan Li could also see that Qiao Xiu didn't seem to want to talk about the specific details of this matter, so he took the initiative to change the topic.

His spiritual sense is quite high, but he has actually noticed a little clue when Qiao Xiu came in.

Because Qiao Xiu just normalized his aura, maintained it to the extent that it did not affect ordinary people, and did not deliberately hide it, so in the eyes of Fan Li, who had a high spiritual sense, the change in Qiao Xiu's aura was quite obvious.

"Well, the captain has good eyesight, a few days ago, in order to deal with the trouble of the martial arts hall, he desperately learned a few boxing techniques, and then he realized a little bit in retreat, so he made a small breakthrough. If I'm not mistaken, Captain, you should have broken through too, right?"

Qiao Xiu was not surprised that Fan Li was able to sense his breakthrough, and at the same time generously admitted it.

Not only that, but he also saw that Fan Li, like him, had recently made a breakthrough in his cultivation, and he should have reached the intermediate level of the Transcendent Second Order.

At this point, as a transcendent second-order high-level, he naturally saw it more accurately than the other party.

"I know that I can't hide it from you, my injury this time can be regarded as broken and then standing, and after a little recovery, I broke through a small level and cultivated to the intermediate level of the transcendent second order. But my breakthrough is nothing compared to yours. It's only been so long since you came out of there, and you've broken through twice in a row, leaving me behind. ”

Speaking of this, Fan Li couldn't help but sigh a little.

Although he understood early on that people are different from each other, and he also knew that there is a good saying that "people are more popular than people die", but seeing Qiao Xiu such an awakened cultivator for less than half a year, only in his twenties, and achieved achievements that he couldn't achieve in his forties, he was always a little lost and uncomfortable.

Of course, this emotion is only aimed at himself, and Fan Li's character will not be jealous of Qiao Xiu because of this.

"Haha, this, captain, I'm just lucky, luck, main luck......"

In this regard, Qiao Xiu didn't know what to say for a while.

Seriously calculated, in fact, what Qiao Xiu said was right, because he was not a genius, and he was able to make so much progress in such a short period of time, mainly thanks to the various opportunities he had obtained along the way.

The memory of Lynn from the Crove Continent, the inheritance of the Eight Desolations Fist Intent from the Eight Desolations Martial Arts Hall, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Body from the Ten Thousand Beasts True Monarch, these rare opportunities converged on him alone, as long as he was not stupid, but if he was willing to work hard, it would be difficult to rise or not.

"Okay, don't say that, I can see your hard work, besides, luck is sometimes part of strength, otherwise how can everyone take chance so seriously? ”

Fan Li dispelled the feeling of loss just now, and the whole person returned to normal again, looking quite open-minded.

"It's nice outside, why don't you go out for a walk with me?" ”

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Qiao Xiu to speak, Fan Li changed the topic again.

"Oh, yes. But Captain, can you walk on the ground now? When you get out, if the doctors and nurses can't find you, won't you blame me?"

Hearing Fan Li say that he wanted to go out for a walk with him, Qiao Xiu subconsciously responded.

However, after that, remembering that he didn't know how his body was recovering, Qiao Xiu was a little worried.

"Don't worry, it's okay, thanks to the previous breakthrough, my body has basically recovered now, if the doctor hadn't insisted on letting me stay a little longer, I would have been discharged from the hospital today." Later, I couldn't stand his persuasion, so I decided to stay one more day and wait until tomorrow to be discharged. ”

Knowing what Qiao Xiu was worried about, Fan Li stood up directly from the hospital bed as he spoke.

"Look, I'm fine. ”

After standing up, Fan Li deliberately spun in a circle and jumped a few times.

"Well, congratulations to the captain on your early recovery, then let's go out. ”

After carefully looking at Fan Li's body, Qiao Xiu also found that the other party's external injuries were indeed basically healed.

And from the perspective of breath induction, Fan Li has a trace of extremely subtle weakness, and generally speaking, there is no big problem.

On the whole, Fan Li is indeed as he said, inside and out.

Since this is the case, there is nothing to worry about, and then the two of them walked out of the ward together and went downstairs.

After going downstairs, the two walked side by side in the open space in front of the inpatient building.

As the largest hospital in Maocheng, the greenery between the buildings here is good, and walking in it feels similar to walking in the park.

The green trees, red flowers and grass, coupled with the fresh air, and the bright sunshine overhead, can indeed dispel some of the gloom and make people feel better.

Qiao Xiu and Fan Li walked in it, and the same was true.

But when they talked about a certain topic, the originally good mood suddenly became a little heavy.

"Qiao Xiu, if there is no accident, I will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and after I am discharged from the hospital, I plan to visit their families first, is it convenient for you to go with me?"

When it comes to what to do first thing after being discharged from the hospital, Fan Li doesn't want to go home immediately, although he has already returned to his heart after nearly dying, and he can't wait to see his wife and children immediately.

"Of course, even if you don't say it, captain, I'll go with you. ”

For the "they" in Fan Li's mouth, Qiao Xiu naturally knew who it was.

They are both members of the secret space exploration team, although they were a temporary team at the time, and they have not known each other for a long time, but they have adventured together and experienced life and death together, and the not-so-deep feelings have already become extraordinary.

Especially when only the two of them came back alive and all the others were killed, they both wanted to do something for them, both public and private.

Even just going to see their families and giving them a little help and compensation can make them feel more at ease.

"Well, that's good, let's go together tomorrow. Alas, speaking of which, I'm sorry for them......"

Thinking of those sacrificial teammates, they were all invited to come back to form the secret space exploration team by themselves, and then they all sacrificed inside, Fan Li, who was the captain but survived, actually felt very guilty and blamed himself.

"Captain, it was all an accident, I don't blame you, really, I don't think they will blame you in the spirit of the sky......"

Seeing Fan Li's depressed appearance, Qiao Xiu hurriedly opened his mouth to comfort him.