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After Zhang Xiaofan, Baguio and Shi Shi left Xiaochi Town, they headed east, flew a distance, and fell to the ground.

The stone first asked Zhang Xiaofan, "Brother Zhang, where are you going next?"

Zhang Xiaofan pondered for a moment and said, "Since Senior Sister Yanhong of Incense Valley has said that my master is going to Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, then I will also go to meet them." What about you?"

Shi thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go too! Anyway, Master asked me to come out and travel the world and cultivate the Tao and accumulate goodness." This time, I happened to hear that the remnants of the Demon Sect were going to make waves again, so I went and did my best. ”

"Hmph!" Suddenly, a sneer came from the side, but it was Baguio who snorted and said coldly: "Good ambition, good decency, don't you fail to subdue demons when the time comes, but be subdued by those remnants of the demon sect." ”

The stone was stunned, he didn't know what to say for a while, he turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaofan, only to see Zhang Xiaofan look embarrassed, looking at Baguio, but he was speechless like the stone.

Baguio sneered, "What do you see me doing?"

Zhang Xiaofan and Shi looked at each other, Zhang Xiaofan was better, after all, he had been with Baguio for a while, and he knew her temper to some extent, and he knew Baguio's identity in his heart, so he didn't care very much.

But a rough and straightforward man was suddenly inexplicably rejected by Baguio at this moment, and he was depressed, but he was embarrassed to be angry with this pretty and delicate girl, so he had to stuff it in his heart. I thought that the master had warned many times before going out that he must stay away from women, saying that the most unreasonable thing in this world is women, especially beautiful young and beautiful women. When I saw it today, it was indeed the case, and the master was really wise.

Zhang Xiaofan glanced at the stone, and saw that he was stunned in place, without saying a word, and he felt a little unhappy in his heart. How did he know that this guy was sighing in his heart, talking about the women in the world and praising his master's wisdom and wisdom, and thought that the stone was robbed by Baguio for a few words, and he was sulking.

He turned his head, looked at Baguio, saw that she was still cold-faced, sighed, and said, "Where are you going?"

Baguio glanced at him, snorted, and said, "I want you to take care of it!"

Zhang Xiaofan was choked back by her, and she couldn't speak, but she wasn't too angry in her heart, after all, if she went to Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, she would almost be her enemy, and it was normal for her to be angry. It was at this time that the stone walked behind Zhang Xiaofan, his eyes were full of sympathy, and he reached out and patted him lightly on the shoulder, looking like I understand you.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at his appearance, opened his mouth wide, but he still couldn't say a word for a long time, he just felt that this meeting was really embarrassing, and he couldn't say it because he was bitter, so he was really depressed.

At the end of that day, Zhang Xiaofan and Shi still didn't ask where Baguio was going. In fact, after the two of them were pushed by Baguio for a few words, they didn't dare to ask again, anyway, they were going east, but Baguio was walking in front of the two of them.

Along the way, her mood was not very good, she spoke coldly, endlessly, and later, Zhang Xiaofan and Shi were a little afraid of her. The two were chatting to their own happiness, and when they saw Baguio in a blink of an eye, they immediately fell silent, or lowered their voices, or temporarily stopped.

After walking like this for two days, the three of them traveled eastward and came to a large city called "Changhe City".

They walked to the city, and Shi and Zhang Xiaofan inquired separately, and it turned out that this Changhe City was already the closest to the East China Sea, a relatively large city. Four hundred miles east from here is the coast of the East China Sea.

The three of them walked in Changhe City, only to see the houses of the East China Sea and the costumes of the people, all of which were almost the same as those in the Central Plains. This place was originally a key point in the East China Sea, and most of the merchants and travelers rested here for trade. However, for a period of time, there have been many cultivators in this city, and at this moment, when they are walking on the streets, they also see many people wearing different sect costumes, walking around, I don't know if they also want to go to Liubo Mountain?

Zhang Xiaofan and Shi summed it up on the side, and planned to find a small inn here first, stay for one night, and set off for Liubo Mountain early tomorrow morning. The two of them agreed, and turned to look at Baguio who was standing aside. In fact, when the two of them spoke just now, their voices were deliberately amplified, and it was expected that Baguio was standing next to them, so they could naturally hear it clearly.

Unexpectedly, Baguio stood there as if he didn't know anything, looking at the pedestrians on the street with a pair of pretty eyes, and didn't react at all. Helpless, Zhang Xiaofan had no choice but to stiffen his head, stepped forward, and asked, "Baguio girl, do you think this is good?"

Baguio's body moved, as if he was startled, and his eyes were retracted from the distance on the street.

Zhang Xiaofan saw that her brows were slightly furrowed, and she was silent, not like she was deliberately snubbing herself, but as if she had seen something suspicious, she couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?"

Baguio's eyes fluttered, and he looked into the distance again, Zhang Xiaofan followed her eyes, but saw that the people coming and going on the street were pedestrians, and there were also many people in strange costumes, who thought they were all characters on the path of cultivation, but they didn't know what she was looking at.

Baguio was silent for a moment, turned his head, and said, "What do you ask me?"

Zhang Xiaofan carefully told her about discussing with the stone and saying that he would stay at the inn for one night, and seeing that Baguio did not answer, and saw that the stone was still standing in the distance, he lowered his voice and said: "You, what are you going to do next? You can't go with me to see my master! I see that there are many righteous people in this Changhe City, and if your identity is revealed, it will be dangerous!"

Baguio glanced at him and suddenly said, "Are you worried about my safety, or are you afraid that I will affect you?"

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, raised his eyes to look at Baguio, and saw that her eyes were like water, staring at herself. In the depths of his heart, he suddenly jumped.

Baguio suddenly smiled, turned around and walked away, the stone came over in the distance, glanced at Baguio, and said to Zhang Xiaofan: "How is it?

Before Zhang Xiaofan could answer, Baguio had already turned his head in front of him, with a rare smile on his face in the past few days, and said, "Didn't you say that you were going to stay in the hotel?"

Zhang Xiaofan and Shi were both stunned, and then glanced at each other. There was admiration on the stone's face, and he secretly gave Zhang Xiaofan a thumbs up, and said, "Brother Zhang, you really have the ability, you can make this eldest lady happy in a few words!"

Zhang Xiaofan was praised by the stone for some reason, and wanted to be distinguished, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to silently follow Baguio with the stone, but he had already changed his mind in his heart: Is it really too deep that he is involved with this demon sect woman?

According to the meaning of Zhang Xiaofan and Shishi, as long as they find a small inn to stay for one night. Unexpectedly, as they walked, the two watched Baguio walk into an inn called "Haiyun Tower" without looking back, and this inn was more than ten times more luxurious and spacious than the "small inn" they imagined.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at each other with the stone, but when he saw Baguio walking in, he had to follow.

Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan whispered: "Brother Shi, is the silver on your body enough? I only have four taels of silver......

As soon as he said this, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly lost his voice, but he remembered that even the only four taels of silver had been deceived by that Jianghu Xiangshi Zhou Xian.

Shi didn't notice Zhang Xiaofan's face, and said with a bitter face: "I'm better than you, but it's only a few taels." After a pause, he whispered: "I look at the furnishings here, at least thirty or forty taels ......."

At this moment, Baguio had already walked to the counter of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper raised his head, with a smile on his face, and said, "Girl, do you want to stay in the hotel?"

"Bang", a small ingot of gold was thrown in front of the shopkeeper, and it looked like it was worth at least one hundred and eighty taels of silver. The shopkeeper immediately smiled and even his eyes were round, and he said in a stacked voice: "Girl, rest assured, this store is a century-old store, you will feel at home, come with confidence, and go with satisfaction......

Baguio interrupted him and said, "Bring me an upper room, it must be clean." ”

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "This is natural, this is natural." ”

Baguio glanced back and said, "You can find another room for the two people standing there!"

The shopkeeper glanced at Zhang Xiaofan and the others, turned his head to Baguio and smiled: "Then these two are also going to ......."

Baguio snorted and said, "Just give them a firewood room." ”

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded.

Zhang Xiaofan stood there with the stone, and he was also generally dumb.

At the end, the shopkeeper greeted the man and entertained Baguio like a princess. As for Zhang Xiaofan and Shishi, the shopkeeper still didn't dare to really arrange them in the firewood room, but he only arranged an ordinary room.

Zhang Xiaofan and Shi didn't care very much, after all, none of them were pampered characters, but they knew a little more about the temper of Miss Baguio.

After the three of them entered, calm returned to the inn, and the pedestrians on the street were hurrying, coming and going, seeing the changes in the sky, and gradually it was dusk, but there were two people, an old man and a young man. The old man was holding a cloth gown with the words "Immortal Guidance" written on it, and the little one was a little girl who was no more than ten years old, holding a string of rock sugar gourds in her hand, and was eating it with relish.

It was Zhou Zhou Xian and his granddaughter Xiaohuan.

Zhou Zhou Xian looked around, Xiaohuan was also looking at the environment here, seeing the magnificence of the decoration here, he gasped and whispered: "Grandpa, are you going the wrong way?"

Zhou Xian's face was proud, and he said, "Do you think your grandfather is really useless for so many years?"

Xiao Huanqi said: "Isn't it?"

Zhou Zhou Xian was stunned by her question, glared at her, and said, "You wait and see." ”

After that, he turned his head to look around, and saw the shopkeeper standing behind the counter in the corner of the room to settle accounts, and then pulled the small ring and walked over.

The shopkeeper felt that someone had walked forward, so he raised his head and was about to greet him, when he was suddenly stunned with a surprised expression on his face.

Zhou Zhou Xian smiled, the whole person was like a crane bone fairy wind, how much like a master of the Tao, and said: "Shopkeeper Wang, do you remember me?"

The shopkeeper Wang exclaimed "ah", and ran out from behind the counter, his face was extremely respectful, and his expression was even more surprised, only to look at the small ring next to him dumbfounded. I only heard him say, "Oh, it's you, the old fairy! Why are you here? Alas, this, this has not been seen for thirty years! I have been thinking about you all the time!"

Zhou Zhou Xian smiled slightly, his temperament was excellent, he stretched out his hand to brush the dust on his clothes, and said with a faint smile: "I am not a layman, I have traveled all over the world over the years, and I have even gone to the famous mountain fairyland, visited the immortals, and absorbed the aura of heaven and earth, how can I have time to come?"

The rings fell to the ground next to it.

But the shopkeeper Wang was convinced, nodded frequently, and said, "Yes, yes, of course, the old immortal, you are different from us laymen. ”

As he spoke, he beckoned Zhou Zhou Xian and Xiaohuan to sit on a clean table, and hurriedly called the guy and asked him to serve the best tea.

Zhou Zhou Xian looked around with a smile and said, "Look at it like this, over the years, your business should be pretty good!"

The shopkeeper said respectfully: "Yes, I entrust you with the blessing of the old man." ”

Zhou Zhou Xian coughed and said, "I came here this time to visit a Taoist friend in the East China Sea, and I remembered that I still had a relationship with you back then, so I came over to take a look." Then I'll stay with you tonight!"

Shopkeeper Wang nodded again and again, and said, "Of course, you must give the little one this face, and I plan to let the little ones come to see you!"

Zhou Zhou Xian smiled, stretched his hand into his arms, and said, "How much silver ......taels will it cost to stay for one night?"

Shopkeeper Wang immediately shook his head and said, "Look at what you said, I can't look forward to you coming to me, how can I still collect your money?"

Zhou Zhou Xianshou was still in his arms, shook his head and said: "Alas, shopkeeper Wang, I know that I gave you a few words of guidance back then, but when you do business, I can't break the rules......

The shopkeeper Wang was a little excited, and said: "Old immortal, look at what is going on, if it weren't for your guidance back then, and let me be—" Speaking of this, he suddenly looked around, then lowered his voice, and said: "If you hadn't let me plant the God of Wealth Tree in the 'Dragon Den of the East China Sea', how could I have been in a row for thirty years." If I pay you back, I'm going to be thundered!"

Zhou Zhou Xian smiled and took out his hand, and said, "Since this is the case, then I will be disrespectful." ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, and chatted a few more words at the moment. The guy came over and said that the upper room had been arranged, so the shopkeeper Wang got up and personally sent the two of Zhou Xian over. All the way to the back hall, I saw that the house was built very strangely, three stories high, but in the shape of a hexagonal shape, and a large courtyard was vacant in the middle, all paved with bluestone slabs.

It may be that it has been a long time, and there are green grasses in the cracks of the stones everywhere. Only in the very center is a solitary birch tree, but its branches and leaves are withered and skinny.

The shopkeeper sent them to a secluded upper room on the third floor, sat with them for a while, and then walked away with interest, and said that he would definitely come to invite the old fairy to have a big meal at night.

The "old immortal" naturally shirked in every possible way, saying that he had attained the Tao for many years and had not touched the fireworks of the world for a long time. But the shopkeeper Wang was kind and sincere, and in the end, the old fairy finally looked at his granddaughter Xiaohuan's face and reluctantly agreed.

After the shopkeeper Wang left, Xiaohuan closed the door, and only Zhou Zhou Xian and her were left in the house. Zhou Zhou Xian smiled and said, "What?"

Xiaohuan asked, "Did you really want to pay him just now, what if he really took your money?"

Zhou Zhou Immortal was awe-inspiring and said, "What's the matter? I, Zhou Zhou Immortal, is a Dao Immortal, how can I care about that little thing outside my body?"

Xiaohuan snorted and said, "You don't come to this set, do you think I don't know? You don't have any money in your arms!"

Zhou Zhou Xian was startled and said, "What did you say?"

Xiaohuan said: "You have three parts of the money, one is hidden in your belt, one is in your boots, and one is hidden in your "immortal guidance" cloth coat, do you think I don't know? ”

Zhou Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment, his face turned red, and said, "You little ghost, how can you know everything." ”

Xiaohuan glared at him and said, "What did you deceive him about thirty years ago?"

Zhou Xian said angrily: "Nonsense, when did I lie to him?"

Xiaohuan snorted, and said angrily: "You don't come, the East China Sea Dragon's Den is the source of the giant sea, the spiritual realm of heaven and earth, and it is definitely under the ethereal deep sea, how can you be in this world? ”

Zhou Zhou Xian smiled embarrassedly, but then, he sighed, and he actually felt a little bit of vicissitudes and desolation.

Xiaohuan frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Zhou Xian was silent for a moment and said, "Actually, this matter has something to do with your father. ”

Xiaohuan was surprised: "Didn't my father, he died twenty years ago?"

Zhou Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Thirty years ago, I took your father, who was still a teenager, to Changhe City. Although he is young, like you, he is really talented in this physiognomy. At that time, the shopkeeper was just a fellow in an ordinary inn, but your father said that he had a good face, a wide and flat forehead, no horns on his face, big eyes but no hooks on his eyebrows, and the lord had a peaceful life, but he could make a fortune safely. I'll ......" Speaking of this, he smiled and said: "I found a time, secretly pointed him out, and said that as long as you plant a birch tree on the dragon's lair in the East China Sea and pass the word "hair", you will definitely be able to get lucky." So ......"

Xiaohuan continued: "So he did as you said, and he really made a fortune, opened this big inn, and the business was prosperous, so he thought that he relied on you for guidance back then, right?"

Zhou Xian smiled.

Xiaohuan glanced at him and said, "But I'm quite curious, where did you tell him that the Dragon Den of the East China Sea was?"

Zhou Zhou Xian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You come here." As he spoke, he pulled her to the window, pointed down, and said, "That's it." ”

Xiaohuan was taken aback, and when he looked down, he saw that he was pointing to the half-dead birch tree, and said, "This is it? Why does this tree look dead?"

Zhou Xian said: "Nonsense, if your tree is planted on a bluestone slab, can it live well?"

Xiaohuan was dumbfounded.

Zhou Zhou Xian looked at the sky leisurely and said, "It's so gloomy today, I'm afraid it's going to rain at night!"

The night was getting deeper, and the rain began to fall in the evening, and when everything was quiet, there was still no intention of stopping.

Baguio lived in the upper room on the third floor, but Zhang Xiaofan lived on the lowest first floor with Shishi, and after the rain, he felt a little damp in the air.

Zhang Xiaofan tossed and turned, and he couldn't sleep all the time, but there was a reason for that.

The stone was asleep, but the snoring of the rough man was also very suitable for his figure, not to mention earth-shattering, but also the faint sound of the bed.

Zhang Xiaofan sighed, sat up, put on his clothes, sat in the dark for a while, then walked over to open the door and walked out.

In the darkness of the night, the courtyard where he was was seemed to be deeply invisible.

The faint light from nowhere brought a faint light, allowing him to see the faint shadow of the birch tree standing in the rain in the depths of the courtyard.

He looked up and looked at the sky.

Take a deep breath.

Cool, slightly cold, damp air poured into his chest, and although he stood in the hallway, the wind outside hit him in the face.

He turned back and closed the door and strolled down the circular hallway.

The night was deep, the wind was howling, and the rain was deep.

The raindrops that fell from the sky hit the bluestone slabs in the courtyard, splashing one after another.

Between the roof tiles above the cloister, the rainwater gathers into a stream, thin wisps, and flows down gently, like a small waterfall. Along the way, it seems to be walking in a deep and quiet cave in the depths and quiet.

It was as if once upon a time, in the memory of a teenager, there was such a thing

Night!

In the darkness of the unknown, there is a low sigh!

The wind blew, and with a "woo" sound, the rain in the sky was also slanted.

Zhang Xiaofan's clothes were wet in a few places, but he didn't care at all, and only looked forward in amazement.

In the wind and rain, some people hold umbrellas with their bare hands, standing silently under the trees in the rain, standing quietly.

Her eyes were as bright as water, and her eyes flowed, as if she had heard something and felt something, and the woman turned her head slightly.

The sky is silent, the wind and rain are silent.

He and the woman looked at each other silently, silently.

The wind and rain are still blowing and falling......