Winter goes to spring, in the blink of an eye in March and spring, the earth is in spring, everything begins to recover, the apricot trees in the academy under the mountain are still dead and silent, the dry branches linger in the wind, and the apricot blossom trees that have lived for sixteen years seem to have come to the end of their lives and can never be recovered.

The imperial city of the Chu Dynasty, with many mansions, and the Spring and Autumn Period of the Ten Martial Marquis, exuded a blazing light like a god, so that the forces around the Chu Dynasty did not dare to act rashly.

However, when the Spring Festival arrived this year, the days of peace were over, and the Chu Dynasty was in the north, and the Wu Dynasty once again raised 700,000 troops, and the troops were divided into three ways to attack Chu.

Half a day later, the colorful light in the Heavenly Oracle Hall of the Chu Dynasty Palace rushed into the sky, and the emperor's holy decree was issued, resounding throughout the imperial city:

"The Marquis of Triumph, the Marquis of Beiwu, and the Marquis of Ziyang, in accordance with my holy decree, will go to the northern frontier to defend against the enemy on the same day, there must be no mistake!"

"Yes"

Sanwu Marquis Mansion, Shenyang appeared in his true body, his battle clothes were sonorous, and the breath of slaughter shook the imperial city.

Hou Mansion, Triumph Palace, the curtain stirred, behind, an immortal figure standing, below, the generals of the Quartet stand in awe below, the atmosphere does not dare to breathe, is afraid of the power of the man above, but also respects the meaning behind the word Triumph.

The gauze curtain parted, and an incomparably heavy pressure pressed down, and the staring gaze and silent majesty pressed everyone present.

"Expedition!"

Sonorous steps stepped, triumphant Hou stepped down the high platform, the majestic figure, not majestic, the pressure is breathless, the military god of the Chu Dynasty, after 16 years, finally set out again.

"Madam, the Hou Mansion will leave it to you" Hou's voice reached the backyard of the Hou Mansion and sounded in Mrs. Xi's ears.

"I understand," Madame Xi replied with a slight nod.

In the small garden of flowers, the little girl sat among the flowers, looking at the young man in front of her with beautiful big eyes, and from time to time flashed a trace of distressing timidity.

Luo Qiu smiled softly, under the long gray hair, the sadness in his eyes could not be dissolved, pointed at the little girl, and then pointed at himself:

"Otone, brother"

"Brother" The little girl murmured in a low voice, looking at the former's gentle smile, she was much less timid, but the confusion in her big eyes still never disappeared.

After a short awakening, the little girl fell into a deep sleep again, I don't know how many times, Luo Qiu couldn't do anything, she could only watch weakly as Yinyin became weaker and weaker day by day.

The scroll of life is almost useless, perhaps, it is not that the scroll of life is useless, but that he is too useless.

He's too weak.

"Don't think about it, it's not your fault, it's Yinyin's life, you've done a good job" At some point, Mrs. Xi came behind Luo Qiu, looked at the latter's bloody hands, and sighed lightly.

In the past two years, whenever she saw Luo Qiu's dead gray hair, her chest was clogged abnormally, there were so many elixirs in the Hou Mansion, plus she and Hou Gong's body helped, no matter how incurable the injury was, the only explanation was that Luo Qiu gave Yin Yin all the recovered vitality.

"Legend has it that there is a god flower in Tianduan Mountain, I want to go there" Hearing Mrs. Xi's voice, Luo Qiu let go of her clenched hand and said softly.

He didn't know how long he could last, let alone how long Yinyin could last, if he could find the Divine Flower, perhaps, the body of Heavenly Doom would be able to suppress it.

I have to say that the foundation forged by the scroll of life is unparalleled in the world, and it has dragged Luo Qiu to this day.

However, just breathing was not enough, Luo Qiu knew that if he couldn't break through the boundary of the Nine Heavens, the scroll of life would no longer be useful to Yinyin, but, in a short period of time, it was impossible.

In two years, he had only reached the Fourth Heaven, and he was still far from the Ninth Heaven, let alone breaking through the legendary human boundary.

"No, there is no need to say anything about this matter, I won't agree" Mrs. Xi didn't even think about refusing, and a rare look of gloom flashed on her graceful face.

"Prepare, tomorrow I will send you back to the Four Courtyards, everything has been arranged, half a month later, it will be the time when the Four Courtyards will reopen, and there will be a chance to enter the Dragon Pond at that time, but this opportunity is limited to the top five of each Academy, if you can't get the qualification to enter it, you don't have to come back in the future, I Zhaoxi will do what he says"

When the words fell, Mrs. Xi turned to leave, her cold tone did not allow the slightest discussion, didn't she know that the seemingly ruthless words contained the most good intentions, she couldn't watch Luo Qiu completely ruin her life for Yinyin.

"Suzaku, look at Childe"

"Yes"

The void shook, and a cold voice came out, without a trace of emotion, cold and piercing, as if it was a puppet who only knew how to carry out orders.

When night fell, the bright moon hung high, Mrs. Xi silently came to a stone room in the Hou Mansion, in the stone room, a famous sword, a long knife, and a war halberd were displayed in turn, and the sharp blades still had a trace of murderous aura, which were all treasures of the Hou Mansion for hundreds of years, each of which had an extraordinary origin, however, Mrs. Xi did not look at these divine soldiers, but walked directly to an inconspicuous corner of the stone room.

Dusting off the dust, a broken stone box appeared, and when the box was opened gently, a simple and dark bow lay quietly in it, the bow body was dull, and the charm was restrained, and there was nothing special to see.

Mrs. Xi sighed lightly, and said with a complicated expression, "Broken, you have been asleep for too long, it's time to show your edge."

"Suzaku"

In the cold voice, an illusory figure slowly manifested, covered in black, and it was impossible to see the true face, but it was vaguely recognizable as a young woman just by listening to the voice.

"Give the Broken Bow to Childe, and from tomorrow, you will follow him to the Four Courtyards, without my orders, no matter what happens, Childe will not be allowed to take half a step out of the Four Courtyards."

"Yes"

......

There was silence all night, and in the early morning of the next day, a carriage went straight from the Hou Mansion to the Siyi Courtyard, and after putting Luo Qiu down, he left, without superfluous words, he seemed indifferent and ruthless, and Mrs. Xi's ruthlessness was understandable to a few people.

Pushing open the door of the medicine garden, looking at the scenery of things and people, Luo Qiu's eyes were slightly distracted, and in a blink of an eye, four years have passed, the original medicine concubine has left, and the original young man has grown up, everything has changed......

The guqin was already covered with dust on the stone table, and there were dried blood stains on the piano wires, Luo Qiu didn't know what happened back then, and the scene of that day was still vivid, and it was a knot that he could never untie in his heart.

Leaving the Medicine Garden, Luo Qiu headed in the direction of the Fan Fire Tower, and now, finding a way to obtain the qualification to enter the Dragon Pool is the most important thing.

Mrs. Xi's words were still echoing in Luo Qiu's mind at this time, and he couldn't help but hurry up, "Remember, in the Si Yi Academy, unless you have to do it as a last resort, try not to use the scroll of life, in the past two years, I and Hou Jiao you Hou Mansion Martial Arts are worried about this matter, the Book of Immortality cannot be born, otherwise, the consequences are unpredictable."

He doesn't have much time, he can't use the scroll of life, his skills are severely limited, and besides, the geniuses of the four courtyards are concentrated, how can the top five of one academy be obtained so easily.

The reopening of the four courtyards is imminent, except for the last two floors of the Fan Fire Tower, all floors are almost full, Luo Qiu's luck is not bad, and he found an empty fire room on the sixth floor.

The phantom of the divine furnace on the sixth layer was much more condensed than that of the fourth layer, red as blood, floating above his head, and before he could get closer, he felt a terrifying heat wave coming.

Luo Qiu got out of the wheelchair, sat on the ground, and ran his body, once again attracting the fire of the divine furnace into his body, and carried out the final tempering before the opening of the hospital.

The red flames were as blazing as blood, constantly falling down, and Luo Qiu's body was instantly submerged in the blood light, and he could no longer detect the slightest breath.

"Is that madman again?"

The ninth layer felt the same way, a pair of eyes opened, and when the body was forged, it would cause a temporary change from the furnace, and an abnormal blood light would fall, but they couldn't determine the specific location, and they couldn't know who was going crazy.

In the stone room next to Luo Qiu, a student who was still cultivating was thrown out by Suzaku, and the young man who was originally furious didn't dare to say anything more after being slapped down by Suzaku.

Suzaku is the most unreasonable person in the Hou Mansion, and reasoning with a woman is the most irrational behavior in itself.

On the ninth floor of the Mortal Fire Tower, an astonishing light erupted in the cloudy eyes of a Supreme Elder, and the young man finally appeared again.

"Don't worry, such a ruthless person will not be buried, and the four courtyards will definitely show extraordinary when they reopen" Next to him, another Supreme Elder spoke, and said in a hoarse voice.

"En" the former replied softly, and then closed his eyes again, falling into silence like a fossil.

The opening of the courtyard is imminent, and the atmosphere of the imperial city is solid, attracting everyone's attention, which is a major event of the imperial dynasty, and even the emperor will pay attention to it.

It's just that this time the opening time coincided with the war between the two dynasties, and the three martial marquis left the imperial city, but there was a strange atmosphere brewing in silence in the coincidence.

Most of the imperial powers felt the unusual atmosphere, but they couldn't say what was wrong, so they waited and waited to see the situation of the dynasty.

In the four courtyards, the atmosphere is also condensed, the excitement of the past can no longer be seen, there are few people in the four courtyards, and the feeling of tension permeates the entire four courtyards, making people dull and breathless.

On the sixth floor of the Fan Fire Tower, Luo Qiu has been staying for ten days, and there has been no movement, and in the fire room next to him, Suzaku has been waiting quietly, never leaving half a step.

Thousands of miles away from the imperial city, a lonely figure slowly appeared, black and white big rain hunting with the wind, unhurried pace, there is a strange sense of disobedience, every step out, the figure is a trance, and then looking back, it is already three zhang away.

Jun Shaoqing, who had been away from Qingshuang Valley for a long time, reappeared in the world today, carrying the ink sword, and walked towards the imperial city of the Chu Dynasty step by step.

Half a month passed quickly, on the fifteenth, in the Fan Huo Tower of Xuanqi Courtyard, a pair of eyes opened, at the same time, in the three courtyards of heaven, earth and yellow, almost identical three towers, the powerful breath came out of the gate one after another, out of the tower gate.

At this moment, in the imperial city, the Wuhou Mansions, which symbolize the pinnacle of human combat power, finally made a move, and the three mansions opened together, Kaiyang Hou, Xuantian Hou, and Nanyu Hou wore battle clothes and walked towards the direction of the Kaixuan Hou Mansion together.