Half a month later, on the official road outside Chang'an Town, the Lin family's father and son said goodbye.

"Daddy, after I'm gone, you have to take care of yourself. Lin Xiu was young, no matter how firm his heart was, when he thought of leaving Daddy and leaving the place where he had lived for ten years, his heart still turned up with a sour feeling, and he rushed straight to his eyes.

Lin Qi was even more reluctant in his heart, his son was only ten years old, let him go out alone, and he still had to go thousands of miles away, how could he rest assured. But this is the case with poor people, if you don't want to be ignored all your life, you have to go out and explore by yourself. When Lin Xiu's mother was first retrieved, Lin Qi was also ambitious to go to a bigger city to open a shop, but Lin Xiu's mother refused to let him, saying that he just wanted to stay in Chang'an Town for the rest of his life. Lin Qi didn't know if his wife's decision back then was right or wrong, but to marry that beauty and have such a filial son as Lin Xiu, Lin Qi felt that he was enough.

"Don't worry. At this moment, Lin Qi was smiling, "Oh, when I named you back then, your mother just liked the word 'Xiu', now that I think about it, my Xiu'er may really have the blessing of cultivating immortals, hahaha......"

"Don't talk so much nonsense, hurry up. The men of the horse team urged from the sidelines.

"Daddy, if I don't become a disciple of the Zhongnan faction, I will come back to serve you immediately, even if it is done, I will come back as soon as I have time. Lin Xiu felt that the sourness in his eyes was getting heavier and heavier.

Daddy turned his mouth shut up and said, "Well, my family Xiu'er will definitely be able to be a disciple of the Zhongnan faction." If they don't let me, Daddy, I, I'll run over their eyes with a wheel. ”

After saying that, the father and son laughed. After turning to get into the car, the convoy slowly moved along the official road. Lin Xiu finally burst into tears. Looking back, Daddy's figure with his hands supporting his wheelchair looks so lonely.

Lin Xiu suddenly regretted it, he remembered that autumn was about to begin, the weather was getting colder, what should he do if Daddy's old problem was committed again? After winter, the water in the water tank was going to freeze, and Daddy would definitely freeze when he cooked by himself. Are the firewood piled up in front of the door enough? Why don't you carry some more back these days? If you really become a disciple of the Zhongnan Sect, when will you be able to see Daddy again?

Just when Lin Xiu's face was full of tears, he was about to jump out of the car and return to Daddy. A white handkerchief was suddenly handed over to him.

In addition to Lin Xiu and a bunch of goods in the car, there was also a fair-skinned and handsome young man sitting next to him, and he knew at a glance that he was a child of a rich family. This person was about the age of his early twenties, and after handing the handkerchief to Lin Xiu, he smiled faintly: "Don't let your father see you crying, otherwise, he will be even more sad." ”

Lin Xiu glanced at the man, did not take the handkerchief, but reached out to wipe the tears from his eyes, and then leaned out, waved at Daddy, and shouted with a smile: "Daddy, don't worry, Xiu'er will definitely fight for you this time." ”

In the distance, Lin Qi, who was also in tears, heard his son's words, he raised his hand slightly, leaned forward, and wanted to shout loudly, but he couldn't shout, he only choked up and said, "Eh, good, good ......"

"In the autumn wind in my later years, the ancient road was long and the sun was setting, and the old horse stopped before grinding, leaving me alone. ”

I don't know who wrote this untitled poem with no rules and no evidence, it is said that the poet Saint Li Du in his later years died after reading this poem.

Compared with Li Du, Lin Qi is much better, no matter how poor he is, he has no ability to do anything, but at least he has a son like Lin Xiu. When he returned to the town, Lin Qi thought that if his son wanted to be a disciple of the Xianmen, he would definitely be better than the fat man of the He family in the future. There was no need to suffer with himself, and Lin Qi also began to be happy for Lin Xiu.

On the way, an acquaintance came up to Lin Qi and asked, "Brother Lin, you just sent your Lin Xiu to the car, where are you going to let him go?"

A person next to him agreed: "Hey, I must think that his son has no face to stay in Chang'an Town, so let's send it to a relative's house to raise." ”

"Yes, yes. Someone else said with a smile.

Lin Qi didn't want to say anything more to these people, if those harsh words were directed at him, Lin Qi would put up with it, but these people insisted on saying what Lin Xiu was doing, and Lin Qi suddenly became angry.

"You know what. Lin Qi shouted at those people, "My son Lin Xiu is going to Zhong Nanshan to cultivate immortals, cultivate immortals, do you understand? He will be like the immortal who came back to our Chang'an Town in the future." ”

"What?" Hearing this, all the people on the street were stunned, and then everyone burst into laughter.

Someone pointed at Lin Qi and said, "Brother Lin, I think you and your son are crazy, Zhong Nanshan?

"If Lin Xiu can go to cultivate immortals, my child will be able to find a mountain to set up a sect. ”

"That's it, last time, the immortal saw all the children in the town, except for the young master of the He family, the last one didn't look at it, and Lin Xiu? I think he must be driven down from the mountain. ”

"Do you need to hurry, when he sees our Young Master He Kun on the mountain, he will probably have no face to stay anymore. ”

"Not necessarily, maybe Lin Xiu can plagiarize Young Master He Kun this time and be a squint-eyed immortal for him, hahaha......"

Lin Qi's face turned red with anger, he patted the wheels of the car, and said to those who were full of evil words: "You wait and see, my son Lin Xiu will definitely be able to be a disciple of the Zhongnan faction, hum!"

After speaking, Lin Qi was so angry that he didn't want to go back to the shop, so he went home directly.

Let's talk about Lin Xiu on the official road.

After walking far away from Chang'an Town, Lin Xiu was still very concerned about Daddy. He has never left Chang'an Town for more than ten miles since he was a child, and at this time, he finally saw the scenery outside Chang'an Town through the window in the car.

The young man in brocade beside him spoke: "Little brother, I heard you talking to your father before, it seems that you are going to Zhong Nan Mountain and become a disciple of Zhong Nan Sect, right?"

In Chang'an Town, Lin Xiu had never seen such an extraordinary person as the young man in brocade, but this person seemed to be very free and easy, not only willing to squeeze in this carriage loaded with goods with him, but also not minding the dust and weeds around him staining his clothes. Lin Xiu remembered what Dean Zeng had told him before, but maybe it was because of the bearing of the young man in brocade, maybe it was because of the handkerchief he handed over just now, and after hearing the question, Lin Xiu also nodded.

The young man in brocade clothes smiled, "I advise you not to have any hope, the Zhongnan faction only officially recruits disciples every three years, heh, those people are more sour than the scholars of the academy, not only to look at the talent, but also to test your piano, chess, calligraphy and painting or something, in short, it is very grinding." ”

After finishing speaking, the young man in brocade looked at Lin Xiu. But the young man in front of him seemed to ignore his words, just let out an "oh" and stopped talking.

The words of the young man in brocade clothes are not false at all, Zhong Nan's party has very high requirements for his disciples, which is recognized by the Dixing cultivation realm. The last time He Kun was recruited, in addition to the rich gifts sent to Zhong Nanshan by his father, it was mainly because He Kun's talent was indeed very good.

When he got on the bus, the young man in brocade clothes quickly saw that Lin Xiu's qualifications were very mediocre, and when he went to Zhong Nanshan, he must have run for nothing. Rather than being driven away, the young man in brocade was willing to persuade him first.

After the persuasion was useless, the young man in brocade seemed to find it very interesting to this taciturn young man, so he asked again: "I said little brother, why did you recognize that Zhong Nan faction to death? Not to mention Di Xing, there are many good sects in Qi country." If you want, I can let you directly enter another Xiuzhen sect in the Qi Kingdom, although the reputation is not as loud as the Zhongnan faction, but for your qualifications, ......"

The young man in brocade suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and finally just smiled.

Lin Xiu didn't care at all about what the young man in brocade clothes wanted to say at the end but didn't say, and after listening to it, he raised his head and asked, "Big brother, are you really a master of cultivation?"

The young man in brocade continued to laugh and said, "Where am I a master, but what I said just now counts, do you want to?"

Lin Xiu also smiled and said, "Thank you, but I still have to go to Zhong Nanshan." ”

The young man in brocade shook his head helplessly, "Okay, since you value going there to practice so much, I won't persuade you, but ......"

"Big brother, I know I don't have the qualifications, but I'm still going to give it a try. Lin Xiu interrupted the words of the young man in brocade and said very firmly.

"Oh. The young man in brocade looked at Lin Xiu deeply, and immediately noticed that there were already a few traces of spiritual energy entering the body of the young man in front of him, and he couldn't help asking: "Little brother, has someone instructed you to cultivate?" Hehe, if I guessed correctly, you must have been practicing Tu Na at home for more than two years, right?"

According to the traces of aura on Lin Xiu's body, as well as his talent, the young man in brocade clothes judged so.

Hearing this, Lin Xiu felt as if he was praising him, although he knew very well that most of the aura in his body was the help of that magic pen, he still couldn't help laughing, but he said, "Big brother, you can see it so accurately, your cultivation must be very high." ”

The young man in brocade just smiled slightly, and said with interest: "Little brother, how old are you this year?"

"Ten years old, big brother, my name is Lin Xiu. ”

"Lin Xiu, good name, my name is Shangguan Yuhu. ”

Hearing the name of the young man in brocade, Lin Xiu couldn't help but feel that this big brother Shangguan really had a very good-looking fox face. The two gradually got acquainted with each other, and they talked more and more.

Shangguan Yuhu later said bluntly: "Lin Xiu, your talent is indeed not enough, most of the people who go to Zhong Nanshan now will be rejected, but if you continue to cultivate at home and strive to succeed in condensing qi before the age of fourteen, maybe there will still be a chance, if it is really not possible at that time, Brother Shangguan will personally come forward and ensure that Zhong Nan will accept you as a disciple." If it doesn't work, then, then Brother Shangguan will be your master, how about it?"

Shangguan Yuhu said it with great momentum, but Lin Xiu smiled and said, "Thank you Brother Shangguan, but I really can only go to the Zhongnan faction." ”

If it weren't for the ten-layer dream realm on him, Lin Xiuxing might really be willing to be the apprentice of this Shangguan Yuhu.

Shangguan Yuhu was really convinced by the kid in front of him, and he didn't want to delve into the reason, so he finally shook his head and didn't continue to talk about it.

Lin Xiu turned to Shangguan Yuhu and said, "Brother Shangguan, are you very familiar with the Zhong Nan faction?"

Shangguan Yuhu's handsome face fell silent for a while, "I'm not familiar, but I'm like you, I have to go to that place." ”

"Really, you're going to the Chungnam faction too?"

"That's right. Shangguan Yuhu sighed, "This is really strange, you don't necessarily want to go there, I don't want to go in but I want to go." You and I can't help ourselves. ”

At this moment, the horse team suddenly stopped. Lin Xiu raised his eyes and saw that it was already dark outside, thinking that the convoy was probably planning to rest here.

Shangguan Yuhu looked out the window, then sat up straight, and said in a low voice: "How could the horse team carrying goods stop in this wilderness? Hmph, most of them have encountered roadblocks and robberies. can rob on the official road, and this gang of thieves is bold enough. ”

When Lin Xiu heard this, he immediately hugged his little burden tightly. There were some clothes in it, and ten silver cars, which was the hard-earned money that Daddy had saved for several years.

"Lin Xiu, don't be afraid, Brother Shangguan will take you to be a robber today. After speaking, Shangguan Yuhu smiled deeply.

Without waiting for Lin Xiu to ask more, a noisy sound immediately came from outside the car. Being dragged out of the carriage by Shangguan Yuhu, Lin Xiu immediately saw more than a dozen strong men armed with knives and axes, and they were stopping in front of the convoy viciously.

The middle-aged strong man who took the lead was full of scars on his face, and the merchant who was grabbing the horse team shouted: "Give Lao Tzu all the silver and copper coins." ”

The merchant couldn't stop crying, "Oh uncle, we are all doing small business, and we don't have any silver on us, only these goods." ”

"Hahaha. The strong man with the scar sneered: "I want silver and copper coins, and you want these truckloads and these horses." ”

"Hahaha......" Shangguan Yuhu stepped forward and laughed loudly.

The strong man with the scar immediately let go of the merchant he was holding in his hand, waved his knife and pointed at Shangguan Yuhu and shouted, "Stinky boy, what are you laughing at?"

Shangguan Yuhu said: "You robber is too stupid, you want money, you want goods, then why don't you just rob them all the time, and then kill these merchants, just loot them, talk nonsense for a long time, do you say you are stupid?"

The strong man with the scar scratched his head with the back of the knife, looked back at his brother a few times, and muttered, "Damn, it seems to be the same." ”

Lying on the ground, those merchants suddenly cried and said to Shangguan Feihu: "I'm a dear grandfather, why do you say such unconscionable words." ”

The strong man with the scar kicked the merchant in front of him viciously, and then raised the knife and waved: "Brothers, kill these people!" As he spoke, the long knife in his hand had already slashed at the merchant's neck.

At this moment, Lin Xiu saw a blue light gushing out of Shangguan Yu's fox sleeve, and three foxes the size of adult men suddenly rushed forward, quickly scurrying back and forth between the bandits. In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiu saw more than a dozen robbers all screaming and lying on the ground, deep and long cuts open all over their bodies, and blood immediately flowed to the ground.

The three aura blue foxes quietly returned to the cuffs of the Shangguan Feather Fox.

Immediately, Shangguan Yuhu walked among the robbers and said in a cold voice: "You thieves are really hateful, delaying us to go to the front town to rest, tell me, how much silver should we have to lose?"

Then, the robbers who were still fierce before all knelt in front of Shangguan Yuhu and cried: "Uncle spare your life, all we have on us is these weapons, if you don't believe it, our brothers have stripped naked to show you." ”

Shangguan Yuhu turned around and pouted at Lin Xiu, "We won't be able to be this robber now." After saying that, he turned his head and whispered to the robbers in front of him, "Get out." ”

When those robbers ran away, Lin Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Brother Shangguan, you, do you really have three foxes in your sleeve?"

Shangguan Yuhu smiled, "That's a 'spirit magic artifact', is it...... Well, you'll find out later. ”

Lin Xiu suddenly felt that Shangguan Yuhu's cultivation must be extremely high, if Daddy knew that he was going to Zhong Nanshan with such a master, his old man would definitely be very relieved.

After saving more than a dozen lives of the entire horse team, Shangguan Yuhu found that these merchants in the team had no good looks for him, and his eyes were also very strange.

Back in the carriage, he couldn't help but say to Lin Xiu: "Lin Xiu, you said that these people in the horse team are not strange, I obviously saved them, but instead of thanking them, these people also made faces at me and hissed...... Is this the so-called immortality of the human heart?"

Lin Xiu lowered his head and thought for a while, wanting to speak, but hesitated again. Shangguan Yuhu suddenly became even more strange, could it be that he didn't even notice what happened during this time?

"Lin Xiu, if you don't tell Brother Shangguan if you have something to say, I will be unhappy. ”

Lin Xiu smiled innocently, "Brother Shangguan, I'm afraid I'm wrong." ”

"It's okay, you can say it, I'll help you correct it if it's wrong. Shangguan Yuhu sat up straight.

Lin Xiu said: "Brother Shangguan, although you saved the lives of those people and taught that gang of robbers a lesson, but think about it, the merchants are all walking on this road all the year round, and the gang of robbers has suffered losses, and they will definitely hate them when they go back, if you let the merchants encounter this gang of robbers next time, then I am afraid that they will really die." The people in the team give you a look on your face, probably complaining that you didn't kill the robbers. ”

After listening to Lin Xiu's words, Shangguan Yuhu suddenly showed a look of sudden realization. He was about to add a sentence of "I see" to Lin Xiu's mention, but he suddenly swallowed his words back, and then began to look at the young man in front of him who was less than ten years old.