() Three days later, although winter has arrived, the sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly.
Li Ling was discharged from the hospital and, accompanied by Mandala, came to the ancient residence area of Yanjing.
Yanjing Ancient Residence Area! There are a group of elderly people living here who are leisurely at home after retirement, but do not want these ancient houses to be demolished. When the demolition office received the demolition order, they wanted to demolish the Yanjing Ancient Residence Area.
He went there and changed it into the Century Building, but was stopped by General An Lan! And he settled here.
Li Ling went to the ancient residence area of Yanjing today to look for the home of old General An Lan.
Yanjing Ancient Residence Area is a collection of very quaint courtyards with a very retro atmosphere. Most of the courtyards are planted with various rare flowers, plants and trees, and there are many birds, cats and dogs. In this narrow area
When walking in the alley, you will often see some small animals popping up suddenly, adding a lot of vitality to this already ancient alley.
This was Li Ling's first visit here. Walking in the alleys, he was attracted and attracted by the retro atmosphere here. Here, Li Ling did not feel the impetuousness and inner uneasiness brought by big cities, but a sense of tranquility.
A state of comfort and concentration, it is like an oasis in the city.
Mandala had been here several times, so he knew An Lan's home and the etiquette. When he arrived at an ancient An family house, he came to the door first and knocked on the copper ring on the door ceremoniously.
A delicate voice responded from inside the door. A beautiful girl in red cotton clothes came out and opened the door. She stuck her head out and looked outside for a few times. Then she first saw the mandala waiting outside the door, and then
It's Li Ling.
"It's my sister who is here. Uncle, the sister from last time came to see you. There is also a... very handsome big brother." This is An Lan's grandniece... Wu Xiaomei! She just entered the second year of high school this year. She is kind and polite.
cute.
Li Ling suddenly became shy when others called him handsome.
"Oh... let them in." An Lan coughed from the inner courtyard, as if he was not in good health.
Li Ling felt extremely guilty when he heard An Lan's weak voice and coughing. Therefore, he never dared to raise his head when he entered the door.
When he walked step by step in front of An Lan, he raised his head slightly and looked at An Lan's complexion. An Lan's face was pale, his hair seemed to be a lot grayer, his body was thinner, and he was wearing a spacious cotton uniform.
The coat is currently lying on a rocking chair, leisurely basking in the sun, holding a gray kitten in his arms.
When Li Ling looked at it, his eyes were slightly warm. An Lan seemed to have aged ten years instantly, and he felt very guilty and sad.
"Li Ling, you're here." An Lan raised his eyes, looked at Li Ling with a smile, put his fist to his mouth, and coughed twice.
"Uncle, please go in and rest. It's cold outside." Wu Xiaomei felt heartbroken and hurriedly knelt down, holding An Lan's cold hand and rubbing it, hoping to warm it up.
"It's weird, kid. It's okay. Spend more time in the sun. It's good for your health." An Lan stretched out a hand and stroked Wu Xiaomei's hair kindly.
"Uncle, I haven't seen Sister Jingjing for a while. I miss her a little bit." Wu Xiaomei said sadly.
"You're a kid, why are you frowning? Sister An Jing, you went out to travel around the world. Why don't you come back so soon." An Lan comforted the grandniece in front of her.
Although Wu Xiaomei was a little confused, she still didn't ask.
When Li Ling heard Wu Xiaomei mention Anjing, her heart suddenly hurt and she almost couldn't hold back her tears.
"Little sister, didn't my neighbor Xiaolin just ask you to go skating with us? You go quickly, I have something to talk with the two brothers and sisters who came here." An Lan patted Wu Xiaomei's hand and said with a kind smile.
"Well, okay, I'm going to play for a while, and I'll be back right away to rub Grandpa's hands." Wu Xiaomei stood up, bowed very politely to Li Ling and Mandala and said, "Grandpa, just leave it to the two of them.
Take care of me. Please!"
"Okay." Li Ling looked at this very sensible Wu Xiaomei. She was very pretty, elegant, and very polite, making people feel very comfortable and friendly.
Wu Xiaomei nodded to the two of them again and went out.
"There are two small chairs next to you, so just sit down." Seeing Wu Xiaomei walking away, An Lan pointed to the two chairs in an open space next to her and said.
"Yes, Grandpa An."
"Yes, General."
Li Ling and Mandala sat down respectively. Li Ling lowered his head, waiting for An Lan's reprimand. As long as An Lan reprimanded him, Li Ling would never retaliate, which would make him feel better. However, An Lan just fell down on the rocking chair.
, stroking the cat in his arms, closing his eyes and enjoying the sun bathing, without any intention of scolding Li Ling.
After waiting for almost two minutes, Li Ling couldn't help it anymore and said sadly: "Grandpa An, I'm sorry, I didn't protect Anjing well."
"Well..." An Lan said a simple favor, waved his hand and said: "Silly boy, this is none of your business. You have tried your best. It's because our defense measures were not done well and allowed the other party to take advantage of the loophole. This led to
The entire institute is facing a catastrophic crisis."
Li Ling gritted his teeth. Thinking of the blond man, Li Ling wanted to cut him into pieces.
"General, how many valuable things are left in the research institute now?" Mandala also fainted at that time, not knowing the situation at all.
"There aren't many things left. All the scientific researchers, information, and S-level alien species have all been stolen by them. The current underground research institute is just an empty shell." An Lan coughed.
"How disgusting. They actually escaped the satellite surveillance." Mandala's eyes were full of anger, and then she said: "What about Dr. Ye Sheng?"
"Dr. Ye Sheng is the core staff of the institute. The other party will not let such an important person go. He must have been taken away." An Lan sighed slightly, half-opened his eyes, and looked helplessly at Wanli Wuyun.
of clear sky.
"What about...the arm of God?" Although Mandala knew that he would not be spared, he still couldn't help but ask.
An Lan didn't speak, just looked at the sky and said, "You should know this better than me."
Mandala is indeed very clear, because no one can sense the power of God’s Arm more clearly than Mandala. Mandala himself is the genetic modifier of God’s Arm. Therefore, if God’s Arm is within a thousand miles
, Mandala can definitely sense it, but at the moment there is no feeling at all. It is obviously that he was taken out of the country.
"Xiao Ling!" An Lan called slightly.
"I'm here." Li Ling lowered his head to listen to the scolding.
"Hey, you child, you don't need to look like you are asking for forgiveness. It is Anjing's fate to be taken away by others, and protecting Anjing is the most difficult thing in the world. You tried your best, I know it.
." An Lan comforted Li Ling again.
"But..." Li Ling actually couldn't forgive himself.
"There are not so many. But, you are a soldier now, and a soldier should have the perseverance of a soldier." An Lan said.
"I understand." Li Ling lowered his head seriously.
"So...I came today to resign." Li Ling still expressed his thoughts.
Mandala was surprised for a while and said: "Jun Zhi, why?"
An Lan said nothing, knowing that Li Ling had more to say.
"I want to go back to the mountains to find my master and practice in seclusion for a while. This experience has made me realize how weak I am. If I want to protect Anjing, my strength is far from enough." Li Ling responded to his previous arrogance.
Big and arrogant, I made a summary and confession.
"Well, if you can realize your own weaknesses, you can improve further. The old fox is naturally mysterious. It is a wise move for you to find him. I promise you, but I only promise you to take a one-year vacation. After one year, you
Come to me and take over. You will give that military order to Mandala for safekeeping first." An Lan looked at the blue sky and hummed a Peking opera.
"Yes, Grandpa An." Li Ling took out the black iron military order from his pocket and handed it to Mandala. Mandala stretched out his hand to take it and said: "Junzhi, I'll wait for you to come back.
"
"Well, I will come back as soon as possible, because Anjing is waiting for me to rescue her." Li Ling stood up, bowed to An Lan, and said, "Grandpa An, goodbye."
"Wait a minute." An Lan stopped Li Ling and said.
"Grandpa An, is there anything else?" Li Ling turned back to look at An Lan and said respectfully.
An Lan took out an envelope from his coat and said, "This is your reward for the past five months. The total is 500,000 yuan. Take it."
Li Ling paused and remembered the situation of Teacher Tian Shujing. Her mother needed money to help because of cancer. Li Ling himself went to the mountains and the money was useless, so he said to An Lan: "Grandpa An, this money,
To my class teacher, Teacher Tian, who needs this money more than me to treat her critically ill mother."
"Haha, good boy, you really have the style of your master Nine-Tailed Fox back in the day!" An Lan put away the money and said, "Okay, I will transfer the money to Teacher Tian in a few days."
"Thank you, Grandpa An." Li Ling smiled slightly and left the compound. After leaving the compound, Li Ling immediately set out to find the traces of his master's nine-tailed fox.
According to this time period, the nine-tailed fox should go to Huashan Mountain to pay homage to the ancestor.
After a day and night of hard work, Li Ling returned to Lijiazhuang, a village at the foot of Huashan Mountain. Li Ling grew up in Lijiazhuang. When he came back, he also received many greetings from the villagers.
When Li Ling returned home, he found that spiders had formed webs in his house. Fortunately, the weather was cold and there were not bugs everywhere.
After cleaning up casually, Li Ling headed towards the back mountain of Huashan Mountain. Huashan Mountain is one of the great fairy mountains in country Z. It is known as Xiyuan Mountain, one of the five mountains. Now the nine-tailed fox should have penetrated deep into the south peak of Luoyan Mountain.
Feng went to pay homage to the ancestor.
The roads in Huashan Mountain are steep, and it is winter again. The steps on the mountain roads are covered with thick layers of snow, making it very slippery. If you are not careful, you may fall into the deep valley next to it.
All of them were shattered to pieces.
After passing the man-made stairs, Li Ling had to climb two more wild mountains. This is an area that has not been artificially developed. The vegetation of the wild mountains here is particularly rich. In addition, in winter, the mountain peaks are covered with snow and the peaks are steep, so few people climb them.
In order to see his master Nine-tailed Fox as early as possible, Li Ling had to rely on his own lightness skills to climb down. However, he had to stop and rest for a while before climbing a certain distance. After all, the peaks here are almost as steep as
At ninety degrees.
Li Ling sat on the mountainside, took out a small bottle of Erguotou from his purse, and took a swig to resist the cold wind on the mountain.
"Tao can be said, but it is very Tao! It can be named, but it is very named! Wu is the beginning of heaven and earth; existence is the mother of all things..."
In the mountain stream, a long and distant singing voice sings the Taoist scripture, the Tao Te Ching.
Li Ling was suddenly shocked. It was the voice of his master's nine-tailed fox. He was the only one who could roam freely in this wild mountain and still hum a song.
Li Ling followed the sound and continued to climb the steep mountain in front of him, trying to catch up with the sound of the song. However, the more he chased, the further away the song sounded. Li Ling lifted up and jumped between the rocks, as if
Apes can climb rocks as quickly as they can.
However, the more Li Ling pursued the voice, the further away it became.
"Could it be that I chased in the wrong direction? But, no, I chased in the direction where the sound came from." Li Ling became more and more confused.
"If you don't respect the virtuous, the people will not fight; if you don't value hard-to-find loans, the people will not steal;..."
The sound of singing the promise sounded again.
Li Ling was anxious in his heart. He gathered his strength and shouted at the place where the sound came from: "Master, come out quickly, I have something to ask you!"
"Good boy, it's okay. Why did you come to the deep mountains of Huashan? Aren't you protecting Miss Jingjing?" The rich voice of the nine-tailed fox came from the other side of the mountain.
Li Ling was dejected, gathered his strength and shouted: "Master, my disciple is incompetent, An Jing was kidnapped, and the mission failed."
"Haha, you kid, you finally realize that you are incompetent. I didn't see you so self-aware before. At that time, you called yourself a top killer?" Another voice came from the other side of the mountain.
"I know I was wrong. I didn't know the heights of the sky at that time and I was self-righteous. That's why I hurt everyone." Li Ling gathered her strength and shouted back.
There were not many people in this wild mountain. It was really strange that the two of them were shouting here and there across the mountain, but no one came out to disturb them.
"Climb this mountain and find me first." A deep voice came from the other side of the mountain again, and it was obvious that his internal skills were very superb.
Li Ling sighed slightly and looked at the mountain above his head. Then he raised his spirits and continued to climb. This mountain was at least 800 meters high. Moreover, it was like a sword thrust straight up into the air, with a sky-shattering momentum.
Li Ling climbed over several rocks and suddenly discovered that there was still a height of 300 meters, which was very difficult to climb, just because the steepness was still close to 90 degrees, and there were no protruding rocks that could be climbed with tentacles.
, the entire rock wall is extremely smooth.
"How to climb over this?" Li Ling suddenly had a headache.
"Master, there is a steep mountain wall of 300 meters in front of us. There is no starting point at all. How should I climb over it? Otherwise, come here." Li Ling shouted to the other side of the mountain.
"You brat, this level of difficulty stumps you. No wonder people don't protect you well. Find your own solution! I'll sleep in the snow for a while. Wake me up when you come over." A lazy voice came from the other side of the mountain.
sound.
"Fuck..." Li Ling felt depressed in his heart. Looking at the steep, mirror-like mountain wall in front of him, he felt a headache.
