A sound of the master made several people in the room change color together.

Pan's father-in-law's eyes widened, and after staring at Shi Xiaole carefully for a moment, he actually became a little dazed.

Her Royal Highness the princess touched her chin, and a pair of phoenix eyes swept over many colors, but she didn't say a word. Because she knew it wasn't time to speak.

Shi Xiaole looked at the extravagant and majestic young man in front of him, but he was not in awe of the other party's identity, but he was also stunned by his words.

He carefully observed the lines of the other person's face, corroborating it with memories of the past, and finally, an old past that had been almost forgotten came to mind.

"Master, do you remember?"

The man asked, with a smile on his face.

"Xia Xiaojiu. ”

Shi Xiaole said softly.

It was not long after he broke into the rivers and lakes, and after participating in the snow appreciation and wine cooking conference held by Bai Yuxue, he went to Wangyuan City in the floating river basin, and accidentally rescued a pair of master and servant there.

The master was an eight- or nine-year-old child, and the servant's voice was high-pitched, named Chang Wei, and Shi Xiaole suspected that the other party was a eunuch. (Chapter 130)

Xia is the national surname of the Great Xia Dynasty, although there is some speculation about Xia Xiaojiu's identity, Shi Xiaole is not sure, he only thinks that the other party is an ordinary member of the Great Xia royal family.

After all, if Xia Xiaojiu was really important, how could it be a few Qi Realm martial artists who were chasing and killing him.

But things in the world are so wonderful, Shi Xiaole never imagined that today, more than 20 years later, he would see that stubborn and calm child again.

Xia Xiaojiu laughed: "The master really has a good memory! If there was no help from the master, I would have died in the hands of a group of Xiaoxiao, although the state affairs have been busy all these years, but I still pay attention to the news of the master, the four words of the young emperor of the unicorn are really like thunder!"

Shi Xiaole glanced at the other party deeply and said, "Your Majesty has won the prize." ”

Xia Xiaojiu waved his hand, turned his head to Her Royal Highness the princess and said, "Imperial sister, I hope to have a good conversation with the master." ”

Xia Youying licked her plump lips and said with a smile: "This is interesting, the emperor's master." A charming gaze swept over Shi Xiaole, and then he turned around and walked out of the room, and Grandpa Pan also left.

Xia Xiaojiu sat on the pineapple wood chair that Xia Youying had sat on, his majestic expression was closed, and he bowed down and said, "Master, please accept Xiaojiu's first salute!"

Shi Xiaole didn't want him to be like this, and hurriedly excused himself.

Objectively speaking, his fate with Xia Xiaojiu is somewhat wonderful. The other party fled to the Pegasus Dynasty and was rescued by himself. And the first Chinese New Year's Eve when he came to this world was also spent with Xia Xiaojiu.

At that time, he saw that Xia Xiaojiu was quite fond of martial arts, so he taught them one by one, which can be regarded as a master and apprentice.

Xia Xiaojiu smiled bitterly, and suddenly sighed: "The master is still as young as when I first saw him, but Xiao Jiu is already old." ”

He looked like he was around twenty-five or sixteen, but he had a few gray hairs on the top of his head, and he was in the same frame as Shi Xiaole, who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he did look older.

"Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, and naturally it is not comparable to an idle cloud and wild crane like me. ”

Shi Xiaole felt that Xia Xiaojiu's strength was probably at the level of the Xuan Qi Realm, and this realm was too low relative to his identity.

Don't think that the emperor doesn't practice martial arts, as far as Shi Xiaole knows, the royal families of the three major dynasties all started with martial arts, and martial arts can be said to be a compulsory course for people in the royal family. In fact, in this kind of high-martial world, without extraordinary military background, it is impossible to dominate the world at all.

Today's Shi Xiaole is far better than before, and he soon discovered that Xia Xiaojiu was in poor health, which should be the reason why his cultivation was not too high.

Xia Xiaojiu was obviously aware of each other's differences, but it was normal, so he smiled and told everything that had happened over the years.

Only then did Shi Xiaole know that Xia Xiaojiu's father was the younger brother of the former Emperor of Great Xia.

When the Great Xia royal family arrived, the bloodline withered, and the previous Emperor Xia was unable to have children for some reason, so the throne naturally passed to Xia Xiaojiu.

When Xia Xiaojiu was hunted down, it was by no means as simple as Shi Xiaole saw, but ninety percent of the strength was blocked by the former Xia Emperor and his father, and there were three or two small fish and shrimp left, which was solved by Shi Xiaole, and it could be regarded as a chance meeting.

What Shi Xiaole didn't know was that when Emperor Xia was critically ill, Zongmiao was aggressive, and even staged a drama of usurping power and seizing the throne and supporting the puppet to ascend to the throne.

Fortunately, the predecessor Emperor Xia had already prepared and secretly handed over the jade seal of the country to Xia Xiaojiu's father, and then attracted the pursuit of the power of the temple.

In the days when he first met Shi Xiaole, Xia Xiaojiu was actually not at ease, because in the cloth bag he carried, there was a jade seal of the country.

Fortunately, this warm big brother and master did not disappoint him.

Later, Wu Tianwei of the Wuhou Temple found him, and after taking out the jade seal of the country, Wu Tianwei supported him to ascend to the throne according to the ancestral legacy, until today.

"Master, the imperial sister has a detached personality, I hope you don't mind, Xiao Jiu will stop her. ”

Talking about Xia Youying, Xia Xiaojiu rarely showed a hint of blush, after all, what kind of personality Xia Youying is, he knows better than anyone else.

Shi Xiaole was originally an open-minded person, and when he saw that Xia Xiaojiu was not holding a shelf, he asked curiously: "I heard earlier that she talked to Gonggong Pan about the blood sacrifice ceremony, I don't know if this is the case?"

He could tell that Xia Youying was eager to 'do something' to himself, obviously because of the blood sacrifice ceremony.

Xia Xiaojiu sighed, hesitated for a moment, and slowly explained the reason.

Unlike the royal family of the Pegasus Dynasty, the foundation of the Great Xia Dynasty was an alliance. After that, the alliance was divided into the royal family and the Jongmyo family, and due to the balance of power, the royal family eventually managed the imperial court, while Jongmyo held the underground power.

It goes without saying that this distribution method is extremely dangerous.

Over the years, the influence of the royal family has weakened, and the composition of the temple has become more complex, and there are more people, and it has gradually gained stronger power and greater discourse.

In the generation of the previous Emperor Xia, this situation is extremely obvious, and now, Xia Xiaojiu is even more embattled, and the pressure can be imagined.

The so-called blood sacrifice ceremony is the most direct contest between the royal family and the temple.

In the deepest part of the Great Xia Palace, there stands a temple of the Witch Queen, who is said to be the master of the first Xia Emperor and the master of the first Zongmiao.

Before the witch queen disappeared, there was a proverb that if anyone could condense the blood of the witch ancestor and illuminate the statue of the witch queen, he could enter the depths of the witch queen's temple.

For thousands of years, even Wu Tianwei, who had lived in the Wuhou Temple for a long time, did not know what was hidden in the depths, and this has become the supreme secret that countless people in the royal family and the temple are eager to explore.

"What does this have to do with Sister Ling?"

Shi Xiaole asked.

"The master didn't know that entering the depths of the Wuhou Temple, although it was only an honor, but what he got was Wu Tianwei's approval! It was Wu Tianwei's pressure over the years that made the temple dare not act recklessly. And the imperial sister, who bears the Yin Demon Bone among the ten demon bones, is the same as the witch queen back then, once she gets her virgin yin, the probability of condensing the blood of the witch ancestor will increase greatly. ”

Originally, Xia Youying had the best hope of condensing the blood of the Wu Ancestor, but unfortunately, like Xia Xiaojiu, she also lost most of her cultivation ability, and she couldn't even get close to the statue of the witch queen.

However, Zongmiao learned about Xia Youying's physique from somewhere, and recently threatened and lured the royal family again and again, insisting that Xia Youying get married.

Seeing that the royal family is about to be unable to bear it.

Shi Xiaole nodded and said, "So Sister Ling hopes to find a man, combine in advance, and break the illusion of the Zongmiao." ”

His face was as usual, but his mood was not very good. Because according to Xia Xiaojiu, once he gets involved with Xia Youying, he will definitely become a thorn in the side of the temple, and he will be able to get rid of it quickly.

Isn't this wading into troubled waters in a daze? Shi Xiaole is not afraid of the enemy, but he also doesn't want to provoke the enemy for no reason, especially a behemoth that can't be defeated.

Xia Xiaojiu obviously understood this, and said apologetically: "Master rest assured, Xiao Jiu will definitely dissuade the imperial sister and never embarrass you." ”

After chatting for a while, seeing that there were not too many topics, Xia Xiaojiu told Shi Xiaole to recuperate from his injuries, and said that he would come to see him in two days, and said goodbye and left.

That night, Xia Youying did not ask Shi Xiaole to sleep, and did not appear for a few days afterward, perhaps Xia Xiaojiu's advice had an effect.

In this regard, Shi Xiaole is naturally happy to see it. He didn't waste time, he spent all day in the room to recuperate, and under the operation of the martial arts of life and death, in just five days, the injury was completely healed.

Shi Xiaole wanted to ask about the process of being rescued and the whereabouts of the Zimu Sword Emperor, but he couldn't find Pan Gonggong and Xia Youying, so he had no choice but to continue cultivating.

Every day, Shi Xiaole condensed the Gang Qi whirlpool in the morning, and in the afternoon, he comprehended the innate body-breaking formless sword qi, the Holy Spirit Sword Technique, and the Sacred Heart Technique.

Perhaps because of the success of the heart sword, his insights into the two swordsmanship are getting deeper and deeper, and some problems that he couldn't understand before have also been solved in these days, and he only feels extremely happy.

And more than half of the Sacred Heart Recipe is related to spiritual cultivation, which is also Shi Xiaole's strength, and it is also a great benefit.

Shi Xiaole had a feeling that if he broke through the Void Yuan Realm now, he would definitely be able to cultivate the three top-level martial arts, and he would definitely reach an extremely high level in a short period of time.

Time flies.

A month later.

Shi Xiaole's Gang Qi Vortex changed from one hundred and ninety-two to two hundred and twenty-one. Because of the perfection of the vortex theory, the increase speed is not as fast as before, but the increase in strength is much better than before.

"The gap between the pseudo-realm and the realm is huge, and I shouldn't be able to reach it now, but it's very close. ”

The meal has to be eaten in one bite, Shi Xiaole never thought that he could achieve such an achievement in a month, and spread it to the outside world, he had to scare a bunch of people.

While cultivating, Shi Xiaole occasionally wanted to get out of the room, but the entire room was covered with a layer of high-level Void Yuan Realm level formations.

Shi Xiaole wanted to break it easily, but it would inevitably attract the masters of the princess's mansion, so he simply closed his door.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, Your Majesty has been on the throne for more than ten years, and his position has been unstable, you must not want him to fall down and make him half dead, right?"

The sound of the room cannot be transmitted, but the sound of the outside world can be transmitted into the room. On this day, Shi Xiaole clearly heard the conversation between the two people.

"You threaten me?"

On the side of the corridor outside the house, Xia You's eyes were cold, and he looked at the young man opposite.

"It's not counting, it's just a kind reminder, my eldest brother is talented, and it is more than enough for Her Royal Highness the Princess, for the friendship between the royal family and the temple, I hope Her Royal Highness the Princess will not be obsessed. ”

In the midst of laughter, the young man walked away, leaving Xia Youying with a smile on his face, but standing in place with a cold expression.

Similar conversations, Shi Xiaole has listened to many times these days.