Time flies, and a year and a half have passed.

Xiao Ling's cultivation still did not break through to the peak stage because of the Yuqing Sword, but he completely stabilized his cultivation, and through continuous learning with Yun Xuzi and the three of them, his actual combat experience has been greatly improved.

Among the people in the Xiao Mansion, the two brothers Xiao Yu and Xiao Hui have successively broken through to the middle stage of Guiyuan; although Lin Wanrou has not broken through to the middle stage of Guiyuan, she has also reached the peak of the early stage of Guiyuan, and may break through at any time; Xiao Xuan'er's cultivation speed is faster, she reached the late stage of Huagang half a year ago, and now she is preparing for the impact of Guiyuan.

At this time, everyone in the Xiao Mansion was discussing things in the hall, because the city lord of Yulin City sent someone to send an invitation, inviting Xiao Yu to go to the city lord's mansion tomorrow as a guest.

"Big brother, what did you think Zhao Tianhu had in mind when he invited you to be a guest?" Xiao Hui asked. Zhao Tianhu is naturally the city lord of Yulin City.

"I don't know, is he trying to suppress the power of my Xiao family? But the strength of his City Lord's Mansion is not as good as my Xiao family. ”

"Dad, I remember you said before, then Zhao Tianhu's cultivation should be above you, since he knows that the comprehensive power is not as good as our Xiao family, will this visit be a trap, and want to rely on the advantage of cultivation to be unfavorable to you? With me here, I don't think Zhao Tianhu should be able to do anything to you. ”

Xiao Ling thought for a while, and felt that Zhao Tianhu was very likely to have this thought. After all, the City Lord's Mansion and the Xiao family had no friendship, and Zhao Tianhu suddenly invited Xiao Yu to be a guest, which had to make people think a little deeper.

"Well, there is some truth in what Ling Er said. However, the power of our Xiao family has been on a par with the City Lord's Mansion a few years ago, if you want to suppress our Xiao family, why not suppress it at that time, but wait until our Xiao family's power is stronger than his City Lord's Mansion before suppressing it? Moreover, after I reached the Returning Yuan Period, I also had contact with Zhao Tianhu a few times, and he must have seen that I had reached the Returning Yuan Period. I have investigated the forces of several nearby cities in the past few years, and found that there must be masters of the Guiyuan period in the city lord's mansion, but all the families in the city, regardless of the size of their power, almost do not have masters of the Guiyuan period, so I speculate that the secret of how to break through from the Huagang period to the Guiyuan period is in the hands of the people of the imperial court and the cultivation realm, and ordinary people will never come into contact with this secret if they do not have adventures. Then Zhao Tianhu will definitely investigate our Xiao family when he sees that I have reached the Returning Yuan Period, and he will definitely find out that there are masters in the cultivation realm behind Ling Er. In that case, how dare he suppress our Xiao family?"

Xiao Yu is worthy of being the head of the family, and he is the head of the analysis of some problems.

"Could it be that the imperial court sent someone to assist him?, or maybe he himself had an adventure, his cultivation has soared, and his self-confidence has been overinflated, so he doesn't take his brother's three masters in his eyes?" Xiao Xuan'er frowned and said thoughtfully.

"I don't rule out this possibility, the latter is a little more likely than the former, after all, although my Xiao family is powerful, it is located in the remote Yulin City, and it has not done anything that threatens the imperial court, and the imperial court will not suppress us for no reason. Xiao Yu nodded.

"I don't want to think about it so much, anyway, I can't think of a reason, let's see Zhao Tianhu tomorrow after seeing Zhao Tianhu in the City Lord's Mansion, is our Xiao family still afraid of him! Xiao Hui was not afraid of Zhao Tianhu at all.

On the morning of the second day, Xiao Ling and his father Xiao Yu came to the City Lord's Mansion early.

Not long after the father and son sat down, they heard a loud laugh:

"Brother Xiao came to the cold house as a guest, Zhao has never greeted him from afar, and I hope Brother Xiao will not mind. ”

Xiao Yu and the others followed the sound and looked at it, only to see that the person who came was dressed in green clothes, with a square face and broad ears, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was quite powerful, it was Zhao Tianhu, the city lord of Yulin City.

The father and son hurriedly got up to greet each other. Xiao Yu laughed: "City Lord Zhao, I haven't seen you for many days, but you still have the same style." ”

"Haha, Brother Xiao has won the prize. Zhao Tianhu said modestly, then looked at Xiao Ling and said: "This must be a virtuous nephew, sure enough, he is a talent, and he will definitely be the dragon and phoenix among people in the future." ”

"Looking for the city lord to pass the award, it is the dog Xiao Ling. Ling'er, I haven't seen City Lord Zhao yet. ”

"Xiao Ling has seen City Lord Zhao. Xiao Ling gave a salute to Zhao Tianhu.

"Haha, okay, sit down. ”

Everyone sat down, Zhao Tianhu took a sip of tea, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to speak, looking like he wanted to say something and stopped.

Xiao Yu had been secretly observing Zhao Tianhu, and seeing that his expression was different, he took the lead in speaking: "I don't know why the City Lord Zhao invited Xiao to come here as a guest?"

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Zhao Tianhu said: "Brother Xiao, I can't hide it, I invited you here today to ask for something." If Brother Xiao can help me with this, Zhao is grateful, and he will be grateful!"

Xiao Yu and Xiao Ling were both stunned when they heard this, and said in their hearts, what tricky thing could this small Yulin City do to make Zhao Tianhu, the lord of the city, helpless, and need to ask for help from others.

"Oh, I don't know if City Lord Zhao needs Xiao's help with anything, if Xiao does his best, he will definitely not stand idly by. "The Xiao family's revenge is imminent, Xiao Yu doesn't want to make more enemies, and it is beneficial and disadvantageous to have a good relationship with the lord of a city.

"Here's the thing," Zhao Tianhu slowly said the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that a month ago, when Zhao Tianhu went out to run errands, he met a wandering monk, and the monk's treasure was solemn, and he was also the head of the way when he talked about Buddhism, so Zhao Tianhu talked with him a few words. Who knew that the two hit it off at first sight, so Zhao Tianhu invited him to live at home. Unexpectedly, the monk turned out to be an obscene monk, and he actually molested Zhao Tianhu's wife three days ago, but fortunately Zhao Tianhu arrived in time, and his wife was rescued.

However, no one can bear to be molested by someone, not to mention that Zhao Tianhu is the lord of a city, so he naturally can't bear it.

In anger, Zhao Tianhu thundered and made a move, wanting to take down the monk and then deal with him well. Zhao Tianhu is a cultivator in the middle of the Guiyuan Dynasty, I thought it would be easy to take down an ordinary monk, but who knew that the monk was hidden deeply, and the cultivation was still above Zhao Tianhu, and Zhao Tianhu gradually felt overwhelmed after fighting with him for dozens of moves.

Just as Zhao Tianhu was about to be defeated and injured, the monk's breath suddenly fluctuated for some reason, and the power between the shots was much smaller. Zhao Tianhu found the opportunity and struck hard, which forced the monk away. However, when the monk was leaving, he said that he would come back in five days, and let Zhao Tianhu and his wife wait for him.

When the monk comes again, he must be in the best state, and it is impossible to be as unstable as before, and now that three days have passed, Zhao Tianhu can only ask for help when he thinks hard and has no results. And the only one in the entire Yulin City who may be able to help him Zhao Tianhu is the Xiao family.

"That's the way it is, please Brother Xiao help me with this no matter what!"