When the scorching long sword rested on his shoulder, Xu Chen knew that maybe everything was coming to an end, life, memories, or dreams.

"Do you hate me?"

The old man with the long sword in his hand asked abruptly. He looked at Xu Chen carefully, but in his heart he felt the peace of the young man in front of him, the peace beyond his age.

"Hate!"

Xu Chen was very frank, because he didn't have to hide it, and he couldn't hide it.

The old man naturally knew the answer in his heart, he just wanted to see how Xu Chen would answer him.

"Haha!" the old man smiled with satisfaction.

After the laughter, the old man withdrew his sword, but his face was cold, "Hate! That's right, it proves that you are not lying." I'm not going to be bored and ask if you're going to retaliate. ”

As he spoke, the old man turned around, turned his back to Xu Chen, sighed and said, "You can go!" Of course, if at any time, you remember the ten years of captivity, and it makes you angry, you can come back to me, I will wait for you!"

Xu Chen couldn't believe his ears, he thought he was going to die, and asked with a slight trembling: "Are you really willing to let me go?"

The old man shook his long sleeves fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "I, Bai someone, have always kept my promises, and if I say that I will lock you up for ten years, I will lock you up for ten years." However, if you drag it out a little longer, I might really change my mind. ”

For ten years, Xu Chen spent more time with the old man than with his relatives, so he naturally knew the other party's temper, he no longer hesitated, and turned around to leave.

At this time, I only heard the old man behind him say leisurely, "The clothes were brought by you ten years ago, but the shoes are from my Bai family!"

Xu Chen was stunned for a moment, nodded silently, bent down and took off the shoes on his feet, neatly placed them at the door, turned around, bowed humbly to the old man's back, and turned to leave.

As soon as Xu Chen walked out of the door, a middle-aged man walked out from the back of the hall, he respectfully came to the old man, and asked softly: "Father, it's been ten years, I have never understood, why you didn't want his Xu family's property in the first place, but you had to be a hostage with this kid?"

The old man glanced sideways at the middle-aged man, and said with a slight distraction: "Because, when I saw him for the first time, he made me feel ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the old man suddenly raised his head slowly and closed his eyes, as if he was remembering something.

At this time, the middle-aged man also looked at the old man intently, listening carefully, he wanted to know what Xu Chen, who was only seven years old, made his father feel.

After a few moments, the old man finally spat out those two words.

"Fear!"

......

The sun is about to set, and the sky is still hanging with dark clouds, and looking up, people feel extremely depressed.

A boy who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, walking slowly on the road alone, as if he did not care about the impending storm. He had his arms folded over his chest, but no shoes on his feet.

Walking all the way, the young man left a string of red footprints behind him, and the mountain road for more than ten miles was not too far, but it was not smooth.

Siye was silent, and only the extremely faint rustling sound not far behind him accompanied him.

The young man wanted to look back and take a look at the Danyang City that had been locked up for ten years. However, he tried to control not to turn around. He wanted to rush back to the town ahead, but he tried to control his pace so that it didn't look so eager.

Who is it for? Of course, it's the rustle in the back.

The young man knew that the Bai family was still not at ease with him. At this time, if he dares to look back, or run to his home as if he is running, then what awaits him is the fatal knife of "rustling" behind him.

There were only a few miles left, and when we got to the town, everything would pass, the boy gritted his teeth, and kept reminding himself.

The pain in the soles of his feet and the fear in his heart accompanied the boy all the way. It wasn't until he entered the town safely that his trembling heart calmed down a little, and the "rustle" behind him quietly disappeared.

The old man of the Bai family told "Rustle" that as long as the young man looked back at Danyang City, he would make a decision on the spot. Because that means that the young man will definitely take revenge on the Bai family in the future. However, if the old man really knew that the young man had never looked back, would he have become even more frightened because of the young man's heart?

When night falls, the town is already empty, and the silence makes people feel a little lost. The young man came to the door of a mansion and kept knocking on the copper ring on the door, which was so familiar and so strange. Half a bag of cigarettes had passed, and there was finally movement inside.

"Who......"

"I, I'm ......" The young man's throat seemed to be suddenly stuck, and he choked up after a while, "I'm Xu Chen." ”

For some reason, the door of the mansion was suddenly covered with silence again, and even the footsteps just now were gone.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard a trembling voice sound, "Big Young Master, is it really Big Young Master?"

After a flurry of doors opening, an old man with white hair walked out, his hands trembling and his cloudy eyes glistening with tears.

"Young Master, you're finally back!"

The old man had tears in his eyes, and before the door was closed, he took Xu Chen's hand and walked to the main hall of the mansion. Maybe it was too dark for him to notice a string of bright red footprints on the ground.

Xu Chen is the eldest young master of this Xu Mansion, ten years ago, he was taken to the Bai family in Danyang City, and it was ten years after one pass, and he didn't even step out of the Bai family's mansion. His mother became ill because of longing and died half a year later. And this was told to him by the subordinates in the White Mansion.

His father's name is Xu Zijie, and he is the head of the Xu family. In this Yong'an Town, it is a figure like calling for wind and rain, the two big square cities in the town are in hand, and the industry in Danyang City is also quite rich, although it cannot be said that it is rich and rivals the country, but it can be regarded as a rich party. The so-called two major families in Yongan Town, one of which is the Xu family. Even in Danyang City, Xu Zijie can be regarded as a figure with a head and a face, although there is no way to compare with the Bai family now, but on the surface, he can still give a few thin faces.

Half a pillar of incense, the house was brightly lit, and everyone in the family rushed to the main hall from their own houses to take a look at the eldest young master after a long absence.

Xu Chen sat quietly on the wooden chair on the side of the main hall, although the pain in the soles of his feet had not subsided, but his heart was extremely excited.

At this time, a middle-aged man stomped into the main hall with hurried steps, but as soon as he entered the door, he stopped, and he looked at Xu Chen who was sitting quietly on the wooden chair from a distance, his whole body trembled, and his eyes were blurred with tears. It's been ten years, and he can't recognize the son in front of him anymore.

This middle-aged man is Xu Zijie, although his face is sad and distressed, but his eyebrows are still heroic, his eyes are deep and calm, and people with clear eyes know at a glance that he must be a cultivator.

When Xu Chen saw his father enter the door, he stood up silently and looked at it stupidly, his father had not changed much, but there was a little more gray hair on his temples.

"Father!"

Xu Chen choked out those two words, and knelt down as soon as his knees became weak, crying silently.

Xu Zijie came in front of Xu Chen with a brisk walk, his son was only seven years old when he left, and now he looked at his son, who was almost tall, and he was a little afraid to recognize it. The height is tall, but the originally heroic and unruly face is full of wood at this time.

Xu Zijie had too many things to say in his heart, but when he opened his mouth, he only said one sentence, "Are you okay?"

Xu Chen nodded desperately, but he couldn't speak.

Xu Zijie slowly helped his son up, let him do it back to the chair, when he saw the bright red blood stains on the ground, he couldn't control it anymore, and said silently: "Chen'er! For the sake of the Xu family, you have suffered." ”

Xu Zijie sat down beside Xu Chen, held his cold hand, and talked about the past ten years, as if there were endless words.

When asked if he had cultivated in the past ten years, Xu Chen closed his eyes and shook his head.

Xu Zijie instantly felt that he was asking a nonsense, how could he let his son cultivate in the opponent's home?

"Alas, what a blind man. Back then, a passing Taoist said that you had excellent qualifications, and also said that you would be the fate of Long Xiao for nine days in the future, alas!" Xu Zijie was full of emotion, this is probably the reason why the Bai family wanted to imprison him.

In that battle ten years ago, Xu Zijie lost to the Bai family, but he lost convincingly, the old man of the Bai family has broken through the fourth realm and reached an astonishing fifth realm in the early stage, I am afraid that there will not be a second person in this area of Danyang City who can be his opponent.

Xu Zijie, who was originally discouraged, thought that his own industry was about to run out, but the other party did not take away the Xu family's property in the end, but wanted his son Xu Chen to live in the Bai family for ten years. For the sake of the future of the family, Xu Zijie tearfully agreed, in a world where the weak eat the strong, this is something he can't choose.

Xu Chen is seventeen years old this year, and he has long passed the golden age of cultivation. However, in the blink of an eye, Xu Zijie said firmly: "Don't worry, Chen'er! Since you are my Xu Zijie's son, even if you don't practice, you will be a dragon among people." Starting tomorrow, I will teach you to take care of things at home, so we don't have to practice!"

Xu Chen's handsome face twitched suddenly, the reason why he was able to endure the life under the fence for the past ten years was that he first wanted to return to his home, and secondly, he wanted to one day achieve something in cultivation, defeat the Bai family, and regain the due status and honor of the Xu family, but his father's words actually made him break his mind.

"Yang'er, come over and meet your brother, I'm afraid I don't know each other, right?"

Xu Zijie suddenly waved his hand and said to another teenager in the hall.

The young man had been standing beside a beautiful woman, he was Xu Chen's half-brother, two years younger than Xu Chen. The beautiful woman next to him was his mother and Xu Zijie's former concubine, of course, now she has been corrected.

Xu Yang came to Xu Chen's face embarrassedly, but he didn't know what to say, just looked at this strange brother and smiled slightly.

Xu Zijie took Xu Yang's hand and said to Xu Chen: "Chen'er, don't worry, our Xu family will not decline, do you know, although your brother is only fifteen years old now, he has already broken through the first realm and reached the early stage of the second realm, in our Xu family, it is also unprecedented! In the future, the two of you will have to work together, I believe! Our Xu family will be able to trample his Bai family under his feet sooner or later." ”

After greeting each other in turn, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, and the servant found a pair of shoes for Xu Chen, and Xu Chen finally felt the warmth of home.

"Your room has been empty, I'll wait for this day, it's not early, I'll take you back to your room to rest first, and we'll have a good chat tomorrow." After Xu Zijie finished speaking, he was about to leave the main hall with Xu Chen.

Xu Chen slowly stood up, thought for a moment, but said calmly: "Father, where is my mother's grave?"