When Xu Yan returned to the door of the Liuyun courtyard, there was already a figure in a green shirt standing in front of him, and through the faint candle flame from the courtyard, he could vaguely identify who the person was through the faint light.

Xu Yan stepped forward and saluted, "Master!"

Zhao Bailian nodded slightly, but he had always been concise and to the point, and he didn't like to beat around the bush, so he got straight to the point and asked, "Then why did Li Ku kill you in the end." ”

Xu Yan thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "When Huang Maojian traveled to the sect mission, the disciple once met a group of inner disciples from the Chenyang Sect, they tried to compete with me for the injured Demon Rock Fierce Tiger, I refused, so I fought with them, during this period, I successfully injured two people in their team and scared them away, and when I was leaving, I learned from one of them that the two people I injured were named Li Zifan, and the other was called Zhang Chun. ”

Xu Yan paused for a moment, and then said, "I think the person called Li Zifan should be Li Ku's younger brother. ”

Zhao Bailian's consciousness was very keen, and then asked, "You just said that among the disciples of the Chenyang Sect, someone gave you information about them, why is this?"

Xu Yan was not surprised by the other party's questioning, and replied with a calm face: "That person is from the village of the disciple's childhood, and they are all from Xujia Village, so I let him go." ”

Zhao Bailian said in an indifferent tone: "You should have cut the grass and eradicated the roots at that time, instead of such a woman's kindness and old feelings, do you know that as a cultivator, it is not a good thing to have this kind of children's affection on your body." ”

Xu Yan couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the sternness and ruthlessness in the other party's mouth, but he didn't argue about it, he just said: "The disciple's previous cultivation was only two floors, and it was a fluke to be able to seriously injure the other party's two, and then in order to scare off the other party's third-grade martial arts cultivation, he tried his best, and when his strength was exhausted, I didn't have the strength to do anything more." ”

Zhao Bailian sighed to herself, waved her hand and said, "That's it, since this matter has happened, you can only let it be, you can go back and rest." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he bowed and retreated, and turned around and walked towards the Liuyun Courtyard, but just as he was about to step into the threshold with his foot raised, he suddenly asked, "What will be the final result of Li Ku's punishment?"

Zhao Bailian glanced at him meaningfully and did not answer.

Xu Yan didn't get the reply he wanted, and returned to the small courtyard by himself, but he didn't actually have any sympathy for Li Ku, after all, the other party wanted to kill him in the chaos before, and he abolished the other party's foundation with one punch, and did not hurt the killer, which was already considered merciful.

Xu Yan knew that in that situation at that time, even if he killed Li Ku, he would not suffer any responsibility, but he just felt that it was not necessary.

......

After returning to the small courtyard, the candles in the courtyard were flickering, and the fire was bright, Xu Yan first went to the pool to wash up, and then changed into the robe that had been stained with a lot of Li Ku's blood, and then came to the kitchen.

The cardinal has finished his meal at this moment, and is crossing Erlang's legs, like an eagle standing on a branch, as domineering as ever, without any scruples.

Xu Yan felt a little crying and laughing while cooking, but when he saw that she was reading a book very seriously by candlelight, he didn't dare to bother, but he glanced at the name of the book in her hand carefully, it didn't look like any martial arts exercises, but like a collection of miscellaneous essays describing the human geography of the market, the title of the book was 'Shanshui Collection'.

Xu Yan immersed himself in the rice, and after eating two large bowls in a row, he finally felt full, and he was immediately satisfied, as if his physical fatigue had also been relieved. Then, he consciously went to clean the pots and pans after the meal.

Cardinal suddenly said to Xu, "I heard that you are from a village called Xujia Village?"

Xu Yan didn't know that the other party would suddenly ask this question, so he let out an 'ah' at a loss, and then came back to his senses before replying seriously: "Yes, it's Xujia Village." ”

Cardinal frowned and asked, "Which Xujia Village?" This book is a collection of landscapes, and there are six Xujia Villages recorded in Lingzhou alone. ”

Xu Yan clearly remembered that his hometown was almost in the northernmost part of Lingzhou, so he replied with a smile: "It should be the northernmost one in Lingzhou, but my village is not big, the largest number of people was when I was five or six years old, and there were almost 100 families, but when I grew up and said goodbye to Grandpa Xu and came to the Lotus Sect, there were less than sixty or seventy families left in the village." ”

When Xu Yan said this, a trace of remembrance couldn't help but flash in his eyes, and then said: "Now it is estimated that the number of people is even less." ”

The cardinal sensed the bitterness in his smile and asked, "Why is this happening?"

Xu Yan washed the porcelain bowl in his hand, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Because time keeps moving forward, and Xujia Village was originally gathered in a deep valley, and there are many constants with the outside world. ”

Cardinal seemed to understand the meaning of Xu Yan's words, nodded, and continued: "I have just taken a special look at the route described in this book, it seems that it does not conflict with your journey north to Yong'an City, if you want to, you can take this opportunity to go back to the village first." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he looked at her very curiously, and asked with a smile, "Sister Hong, how did you know that I wanted to go back to the village?"

Cardinal remembered that on a rainy night, someone was muttering to herself in the patio, although the voice was very slight, but how could it escape the ears of her sixth-layer cultivation peak sword cultivator?

So, she just glared at him fiercely, but did not answer.

Xu Yan felt funny in his heart when he saw her pretending to be angry, but he closed up and stopped asking, but changed the topic again: "By the way, Sister Hong, where are you from?"

Cardinal lowered his head to read the book again, but said in a calm tone: "I have been staying at Lotus Peak since I was born and have never descended the mountain. ”

Hearing this answer, Xu Yan was stunned, and was a little speechless, until he had washed all the pots and pans, Xu Yan asked the cardinal: "Then Sister Hong, has you ever thought about going down the mountain to see other places, such as the largest county town in Lingzhou?"

Cardinal looked up at him very seriously, shook his head, and said, "I used to often want to go down the mountain to see, but unfortunately I have to practice swords all the time, and I don't have the opportunity, but now I don't want to do it at all." ”

Xu Yan asked in surprise, "Why?"

The cardinal said leisurely: "Because the Lotus Sect is now in danger, who knows how long it can be as comfortable as it is now?"

The cardinal suddenly showed an extremely rare smile, and his clear eyes looked out of the house, and said, "Actually, this is my hometown!"