Teacher Xiao personally said:

Thanks to Mr. Xiao's help that day, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, these days my mother and Uncle Nolan are busy with government affairs, and the students are also preparing for the coronation, I have not had the opportunity to thank you properly, I hope you can come to this banquet.

Your student Hazuki.

"I'll go. ”

The letter was very short, and it was stamped with the unique seal of the royal family, Xiao Shu glanced at it, and put away the letter and the three-leaf emblem, he was going to refuse, but after thinking for a while, he still agreed to go to the banquet.

It's really not necessary to thank or anything, Xiao Shu doesn't like noisy occasions like banquets, although Ye Yue was very respectful in the letter, but in fact, Xiao Shu and Ye Yue can be said to be unmasked, no matter what, they are also his teachers, so they should go and meet each other.

This was the main reason why he decided to go to the banquet.

After sending these guards away, Xiao Shu was about to go back to the dormitory, but when he turned around, he saw Mo Qiunian who was frozen to the point that the whole person changed color, his steps were very stiff, and every step would make the sound of Gragra, fine ice chips continued to fall down his clothes, and his hair and eyebrows became frosty white piece by piece.

"Qiang...... Teacher Rose...... I...... I'm probably going to die. ”

Mo Qiunian shouted Rose inarticulately, without any expression on his face, as if he didn't even move his lips, the original cold wind was fierce, and the rainy outdoor was as warm as spring for him now, and every drop of rain was hot.

"Teacher Xiao, can you please explain?"

Rose almost didn't recognize it, the expression in front of her and her extremely stiff, frozen into a snowman was actually Mo Qiunian.

"Ahem...... This actually doesn't have much to do with me, I didn't do it, you have to ask Bai Jun, but you can rest assured, he can't die. ”

Mo Qiunian became like this, Xiao Shu was absolutely inextricably involved, but this explanation obviously couldn't fool Rose, he pondered for a moment, walked to Mo Qiunian's side, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and looked at him with a serious face.

"You have to remember in the autumn year, once you step out of Lingwan, what you will face will be much more cruel than this situation, no one can shelter you forever, you should learn to face it yourself, rely on your own strength to solve the problem, Bai Jun and I did not do this to deliberately fix you, but to let you understand this truth, so, do you understand?"

Xiao Shu said seriously, but Mo Qiunian was confused, he couldn't understand what Xiao Shu was saying at all, he had lost the most basic thinking ability in the cold, and he was able to walk down from the second floor, he had done his best, relying on survival instinct to support.

"Well, it seems that you have understood, Rose, you see, he nodded in the autumn year, he understood the good intentions of me and Bai Jun, and he is a lot more sensible, go and have breakfast. ”

Of course, this was not Xiao Shu's intention, he was just too immersed in the sword domain, so much so that he forgot to sleep on the second floor Mo Qiunian, which was completely unreasonable, until Mo Qiunian came down from the stairs with a head of frost and snow and stood stiffly behind him, Xiao Shu suddenly remembered that there was still a living person on the second floor.

Without relying on Dan Yuan, only relying on the control of spiritual power in the sword domain, Xiao Shu easily helped Mo Qiunian to thaw, but the cold on his body could be alleviated, but the inner shadow could not be solved by external forces.

It is very rare to use the fireplace in the dormitory, Mo Qiunian changed out of his soaked clothes, wrapped in a thick blanket, held hot tea in his hand, and stared blankly at the dancing flames in the fireplace.

"Autumn year, is that really the case?"

Rose was skeptical of Xiao Shu's explanation, she was not stupid, Mo Qiunian was obviously almost frozen to death, this kind of education method is too exaggerated.

“......”

Mo Qiunian didn't pay attention to Rose, he didn't want to talk now, he didn't want to move, he didn't want to do anything, he just wanted to sit in front of the fireplace, drink hot tea, stare at the flames and live like this for the rest of his life, this feeling of being alive is so happy, so beautiful, why didn't he find out before.

Bai Jun and Xi stuck together again, tried all kinds of meals made by Butterfly, Butterfly's cooking skills have grown greatly under the correct guidance of Rose, and basically got rid of the word unpalatable, whether it is dessert or meal, it is done in a good way.

Xiao Shu couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, went up to the second floor alone, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and meditated, the sword intent was raised to the extreme, and he evolved the sword domain, he really couldn't be leisurely, on the one hand, he had to find a way to solve the problem of the demon in his heart, and on the other hand, he had to be proficient in controlling the sword domain, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was anxious.

It wasn't until noon that he slowly opened his eyes, except for Bai Jun and Xi chatting casually downstairs, the other three people were all lying on the table to take a nap, Xiao Shu sighed again, didn't wake them up, and went out alone.

At this moment, mortal nature revived, and an inexplicable sense of loneliness filled his heart.

What are you cultivating?

What's the point of all this?

Xiao Shu stood at the door of the dormitory with a red umbrella, looking at the gray sky, with mixed feelings in his heart, alone, he seemed to have always been like this, for an ethereal truth, he forgot himself, suppressed all emotions, and even cut himself off, giving up too many things that he could have enjoyed himself, is this really what he wants?

There is no emotion, there is no **, everything is not in the heart, only the sword, only the way, is this an immortal?

But in the end, in addition to this realm of self-cultivation, what else did he get, a long life span and endless calamity?

Therefore, people are all in the mortal world, even if the realm is low, they can still live a leisurely life, feel the joys, sorrows, and sorrows, the cold and warm of the red dust, and then look at themselves, what about ascending to the immortals, they don't know what the road ahead is in the void spirit realm, and they are deeply trapped by the demons......

“...... Is it another demon?"

The confusion in Xiao Shu's eyes only disappeared in an instant, and once again became dry, and he attributed all his thoughts just now to the demons in his heart, but he didn't know that the demons in his heart were all in his mind.

A moment later, a carriage with black gold trim stopped in front of Xiao Shu, the coachman poked his head out, looked at Xiao Shu, and then at the number of the dormitory, his eyes were a little confused, and asked tentatively, "Are you Teacher Xiao?"

"Hmm. ”

Xiao Shu took out the three-leaf emblem and threw it to the coachman.

"No, no, you can put away the emblem yourself, get in the car, it's cold outside, I'll take you to Roland Palace, the banquet is about to start." ”

The coachman hurriedly caught the emblem, and hurriedly handed the three-leaf emblem back to Xiao Shu without looking at it, this thing gave him a hundred dares and didn't dare to take it, he was just a coachman, his status was low, if he was seen, he lost his job and lost his life.

"It's the same everywhere, people are divided into high and low, three, six, nine, etc. Xiao Shu couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, let's go. ”

Lingwan is relatively far from the Roland Palace, and it is nearly half an hour away by carriage, and I don't know if I am afraid that Xiao Shu will be bored, or because of habit, the coachman has been chatting non-stop along the way.

"Look at your dress, you shouldn't be a local, I also traveled to a lot of places when I was young, and I don't have a bad vision, but I really haven't seen your outfit. ”

"Hmm. ”

"I heard that all the big people came to this banquet, and I don't know what kind of food and wine they have, I really want to drool when I think about it, and a small person like me probably won't be able to taste it in my life. ”

“......”

"Alas, this ghost God, it will be endless when it rains, but it is much stronger than snow, don't you know, it snows in the winter in North Wind City, and it can bury half of a person's body in it, as long as it doesn't sweep for half an hour, let alone the carriage, people can't walk. ”

Xiao Shu had to deal with a few words at first, but then he simply closed his eyes and meditated, the coachman was bored with himself, and he no longer spoke, secretly saying in his heart that this Mr. Xiao is probably also a noble lord, and he doesn't bother to talk to poor people like him at all, like him, the middle and lower classes, look down on the poor, and can't compare to the powerful, listening to the scolding of his employer every day, and being cold-eyed, which has created his kind of superficial laughter, but in fact, he is extremely inferior and sensitive.

The carriage didn't shake much along the way, and in just half an hour it was just half an hour to the garden in front of the Rowland Palace, an equally ancient and magnificent castle, even more majestic than the Winter Palace.

As soon as Xiao Shu got off the carriage, he saw many guards standing neatly on the boulevard in front of the Roland Palace, they were holding bladeless blunt swords, wearing black armor, and greeted the upcoming guests with solemn expressions, but what surprised him the most was the Duke of Nolan, the old man who was more than half a hundred years old was actually waiting outside with an umbrella, and there was a promise by his side.

"Teacher Xiao!"

The promise trotted all the way to Xiao Shu, he saw Xiao Shu at a glance, this red umbrella is so eye-catching, it is difficult to see it, when Xiao Shu was invited that month, the promise was in favor of raising both hands, after all, Xiao Shu saved his father and helped himself so much, if he didn't even say thank you, it would be too much to say.

"What kind of banquet is so grand that even your father has to come out to greet the guests himself?"

"Greetings, you're joking, if they had come in person, I might have given a good look, but for now...... Forget it, I'm waiting for you, you can sit with me at this banquet, don't pay attention to others, thank you for saving that day, otherwise you will really be succeeded by the traitor, no matter what you want, as long as I Nolan can do it, I will never shirk. ”

Even the funeral of the first king Yebei and the coronation of Ye Yue did not come in person, and Nolan could only sneer at this group of people, just because he was afraid that there would be no return, and sent a few insignificant heirs and retainers to deal with the matter, and he didn't know what he was thinking about in private.

"I have no intention of staying for long, it is only a matter of time before I leave, power and wealth are useless to me, you don't need to say any more. Xiao Shu said indifferently.

“...... Haha, I see, the banquet is about to start, it's cold outside, let's go inside. ”

Nolan didn't care, he didn't expect to be able to use this benefit to attract Xiao Shu, and a master like Shenyuan Lingwu was inevitably too worthless.