One day two months later, Qiao Yuan was trying to perform the Crane Secret Technique, but at this moment, his eyes flashed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Walking out of the bamboo house, in a flash of ghostly light, a beautiful girl with a delicate smile appeared in front of Qiao Yuan.

"Brother Qiao, Xiao Yao has broken through to the late stage of foundation building. ”

Zhan Yao smiled so that his eyebrows and eyes were bent into two crescents, and the pear vortex on his lips was bright and moving, as soon as he came out, he was as happy as a butterfly, pounced on Qiao Yuan, and said excitedly.

"Okay, don't be like a child, Brother Qiao will make you something to eat. ”

Qiao Yuan couldn't hide the smile on his face, he grabbed Zhan Yao's fragrant shoulders with both hands, pushed her out of his arms, and said like coaxing his own little daughter.

"Xiao Yao wants to be a child in front of Big Brother Qiao. ”

Zhan Yaoying's lips curled, her big eyes were full of attachment, and then she squeezed into Qiao Yuan's arms again, and said coquettishly.

Qiao Yuan smiled helplessly, stroked her hair, and the two of them stood at the door like this and said something about cultivation, and then he took Zhan Yao to the forest to hunt for the night's ingredients.

In the evening, when the two were eating barbecue and drinking wine, Zhan Yao couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Brother Qiao, Xiao Yao has already broken through to the late stage of foundation building, when do you think we will go out to practice again?"

"You ghost girl, you want to go out and play every day, you can't calm down and cultivate well. ”

Qiao Yuan pursed his lips speechlessly, glanced at her, and said angrily.

Zhan Yao's face was bitter, and he said quickly with a wrinkled face.

"Brother Qiao, Xiao Yao has already broken through, didn't you say that monks must have more experience?

"The experience also needs to have a degree, we have only been back for more than two months, and your breakthrough is only one day, and the cultivation is not yet stable, what kind of experience. ”

Qiao Yuan's face gradually became serious, and he looked at Zhan Yao and said very solemnly.

"And the cultivation world has been turbulent recently, and the war between several major sects seems to have started secretly, it is really not a good time to practice, let's stay in the mountains and cultivate honestly, and wait for Grandpa Zhan to come back. ”

Zhan Yao saw Qiao Yuan's serious face and didn't want to make him angry, so he muttered a few words and drank silently.

Qiao Yuan sighed in his heart, and didn't say more, just drank wine with her one by one.

After Zhan Yao got drunk, Qiao Yuan sent her back to the room and ate and drank with Bai Yue and Bai Xiong.

Bai Yue likes to eat Qiao Yuan's barbecued meat, and also likes to drink some wine, but the white bear doesn't like to eat meat at all, just hugging the bamboo, gnawing on it, and licking it with a wine glass.

Early the next morning, after having breakfast with Zhan Yao, Qiao Yuan continued to enter the bamboo house and retreat to practice.

There is no time for cultivation in the mountains, and in the blink of an eye, it is another five years, and in these five years, Qiao Yuan and Zhan Yao have only gone out once.

It was still two years ago, Zhan Yao's cultivation reached the peak of the late stage of foundation building, and when it came to the bottleneck, Qiao Yuan had no choice but to take her out to practice.

There was no danger in that experience, and the road was peaceful, but the two of them saw the scene of the Fengyangmen disciples fighting with the disciples of the Rihe Sect.

Later, they inquired and learned that Fengyangmen had united with the remaining three sects of the Nine Feudal Kingdoms and formed an opposition to the four sects of the Chushui Kingdom.

There are often frictions and disputes between the two countries, although there have been no conflicts between high-ranking monks, but it is very common for hundreds of low-level disciples to fight.

Qiao Yuan knew that this was just the beginning, and I was afraid that it would not be too long, and there would be fierce disputes among high-ranking monks, and then large-scale wars would ensue.

And once it reaches that point, there will be no pure land in the South Thai continent, and it will be impossible for the other two countries and eight sects to stay out of it.

In times of war, human life is as cheap as grass, and low-level monks will suffer countless casualties, and if they want to survive, the only way to improve their strength is to improve their strength as soon as possible.

Qiao Yuan was worried and didn't want to stay in the outside world for long, so he only took Zhan Yao to travel for half a year before returning to the Hengshui Mountains.

This stay is two years, no matter how coquettish Zhan Yao is, Qiao Yuan will not take her out.

Moreover, it has been nearly ten years since Zhan Yuan left, and Qiao Yuan thought that if nothing happened, he should be on the way back.

At this time, he can't take Zhan Yao out, in case Zhan Yuan comes back and doesn't see the two of them, wouldn't it make him worry in vain.

"Brother Qiao, it's so boring, can't you take Xiao Yao out to play?"

On this day, Qiao Yuan had just finished his cultivation and walked out of the bamboo hut, but before he could breathe two breaths of fresh air, he didn't see him, he heard his voice first.

Then he saw a bright and moving girl in pink floating down from the big tree in front of him and landed in front of him.

Now Zhan Yao is twenty-one years old, although her appearance is still sixteen or seventeen years old, her figure is more mature, a pink dress wraps her convex and backward delicate body, and her tall figure is only half a head shorter than Qiao Yuan.

"Xiao Yao, Grandpa Zhan is coming back, if he comes back, won't he be worried if he can't see us, can you bear to watch Grandpa Zhan worry?"

Qiao Yuan looked at this slim girl, and it was no longer good to touch her head like a child, so he had to persuade her in a soft tone.

"Brother Qiao, you have said this every time in the past two years, and now grandpa has not come back, and Xiao Yao can leave Yujian, if grandpa comes back, he won't worry if he sees it. ”

Although Zhan Yao was a few years older, in front of Qiao Yuan, she still had the same little girl temperament, she stepped forward and hugged Qiao Yuan's arm, and said coquettishly while shaking.

"Yao'er, now that I have Brother Qiao, I don't want Grandpa anymore. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound behind the two of them that was extremely familiar to them, which made Zhan Yao and Qiao Yuan's bodies stiffen suddenly.

"Brother Qiao, Xiao Yao seems to have heard grandpa's voice just now. ”

After being stunned for a while, Zhan Yao turned her head to look at Qiao Yuan and whispered.

Qiao Yuan reacted immediately, his face showed a look of joy, and he hurriedly pulled Zhan Yao to turn around.

At this look, I saw a gray-haired old man in a black robe standing three feet behind the two of them.

The old man had a kind and kind smile on his face, his small eyes narrowed into a slit when he laughed, and his gray hair was slightly disheveled, although it was not much different from his usual life, but it had an air of wind and dust.

"Grandpa!"

When Zhan Yao saw Zhan Yuan, the tip of her nose was sour, her eyes were red, and she immediately pounced.

Now that Zhan Yao is half a head taller than him, Zhan Yao can't fall into his arms like when he was a child, so he can only lean on Zhan Yuan's shoulder and cry.

"The little girl has grown up, and grandpa can't hold it. ”

Zhan Yuan touched Zhan Yao's head dotingly, let her tears wet his shoulders, and said softly.

After Zhan Yao had cried enough, she slowly raised her head and took a step back, and then she reached out to wipe the snot and tears from her face, and said with a smile.

"Grandpa, where's the gift?"

"You girl, grandpa didn't even drink saliva when he came back, and you want to ask for a gift?"

Zhan Yuan laughed, pinched her little ears, and said dotingly.

"Grandpa, please drink water, if you want to eat, Xiao Yao can also do it now, but grandpa wants to give me a gift." ”

Zhan Yao's peach blossom eyes flashed with a cunning light, and with a move of raising her hand, the water scoop in the water tank not far away automatically flew over, and then she handed the water scoop to Zhan Yuan and said playfully.

"Okay, Yao'er will cook first, and the gift will be given to you later. ”

Zhan Yuan saw the cunning in Zhan Yao's eyes, and obviously felt that this granddaughter was a little different from when he was a child, but he didn't think much about it, just took the water scoop and took a big sip, and said happily.

Zhan Yao blinked, hummed softly, and then walked towards the kitchen like a cheerful little rabbit.

"The disciple visits the master. ”

After Zhan Yao left, Qiao Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, with joy and excitement on his face that could not be concealed.

"Xiaoyuan, hurry up. ”

Zhan Yuan stepped forward in a few steps, supported Qiao Yuan's arms with both hands, and immediately helped him up.

After Qiao Yuan got up, he didn't speak, just looked into Zhan Yuan's eyes.

He could see that there was a trace of tiredness in Shizun's eyes, and it was obvious that this trip had gone through a lot of twists and turns.

"Xiaoyuan, thanks to you for taking care of Yao'er in the past ten years, it can be seen as a teacher that she can cultivate to the completion of the foundation and have a solid foundation, you must have put a lot of effort into it, but ......"

Zhan Yuan looked Qiao Yuan up and down carefully, nodded, with a hint of relief and gratitude on his face, and said slowly, but in the end, his face showed a strange look.

"Master, but what?"

Qiao Yuan sighed secretly in his heart, could it be that Master Fei saw that Xiao Yao's temperament had changed.

As he expected, Zhan Yuan showed a hint of curiosity in his eyes and asked softly.

"But Yao'er's temperament doesn't seem to be the same as when she was a child, I don't know what you've experienced in the past ten years?"

He still knows his granddaughter very well, although he hasn't seen it for ten years, but what has changed, only need to be seen through some small details, and just Zhan Yao's cunning gaze, the more he looks at it, the more he feels that his little granddaughter looks like a cunning little fox.

"Huh...... This one...... It's a long story, Master, let's talk about it later. ”

An embarrassed smile appeared on Qiao Yuan's face, and he could only prevaricate the matter for the time being.

"Well, you must have experienced a lot in the past ten years. ”

Zhan Yuan nodded, did not continue to ask, but pondered for a moment, turned his hand and took out a silver jade slip and handed it to Qiao Yuan.

"This is the way to form the perfect golden pill. ”

When Qiao Yuan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up like stars, the sun and the moon, and there was irrepressible ecstasy and excitement on his face.

However, when he saw Zhan Yuan's slightly regretful and sad gaze, he couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

"Master, what's wrong with you?

Qiao Yuan didn't immediately check the jade slip, but restrained the joy on his face and asked solemnly.

"There's nothing wrong with the method, it's just that the conditions are too harsh, you ...... Let's take a look at the jade slip first. ”

Zhan Yuan sighed lightly, with a look of helplessness on his face, and said in a low voice.

Hearing that the conditions were too harsh, Qiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, this kind of thing of condensing the perfect golden pill has not happened in the cultivation realm for ten thousand years, and the conditions are harsh, which is natural.

The opportunity is determined by heaven, Qiao Yuan does not force it, if he can meet those conditions, then he will try his best to do it, if he can't achieve it, then he will only think that he does not have this opportunity.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yuan slowly probed his divine sense into the silver jade slip.

Not long after reading it, he frowned, and then Qiao Yuan's face changed several times, one moment puzzled, one moment overjoyed, one moment sad, and one moment depressed and helpless.

Zhan Yuan was confused when he watched from the side, he thought that Qiao Yuan would be extremely disappointed when he saw the harsh conditions in Yu Jian, but he didn't expect Qiao Yuan to change his expression.

Zhan Yuan secretly said that this kid was hit too hard, he couldn't bear it psychologically, and he became stupid, but he didn't bother with words, but waited quietly.

After a stick of incense, Qiao Yuan slowly withdrew his senses, he lowered his head, didn't say a word, and his expression looked very strange.

Zhan Yuan couldn't help but want to ask for a long time, but at this moment he leaned in and asked with a curious expression.

"Xiaoyuan, why do you have such an expression?"