Chen Chao dispersed everyone and walked into the dilapidated courtyard with only Mao Jiacao and Xiao Du.
No one had lived in it for a long time. The courtyard was dilapidated and overgrown with weeds. One of the walls had even collapsed. There was a big hole above the house.
There is an old bamboo chair placed under the eaves.
Perhaps it won't be long before this small courtyard will be completely reduced to ruins.
But who would have thought that such an ordinary small courtyard would be the old residence of the northern general.
Xiao Du frowned and murmured: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Chen Chao turned to look at the young man and asked, "Impossible? What's impossible? Do you think that as a general, you should have a house that is huge and full of gold and silver?"
Xiao Du couldn't answer this question, he just murmured and shook his head: "But, but... he doesn't look like a general at all!"
When I walked in to pick up the kite, the old man was lying on the chair. Didn't he look like he had the aura of a murderous general?
Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and said: "Why, you have to be a general if you feel that he is not easy to mess with at a glance? In other words, you are not a monster, why do you want to eat you when I see you?
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After a pause, Chen Chao said softly: "What's more, when the general retired from old age and returned home, he knew that he wouldn't live for a few days and just wanted to return to his roots."
Xiao Hezheng devoted most of his life to the court and the people. When he finally left the northern border, he actually had less than half a year left.
He has no way to live a long life and can only return home alive.
Mao Jiancao said softly: "Old man... the general is too easy-going. If I had known better, I shouldn't have asked for the general's money for those drinks."
Chen Chao looked at the bamboo chair under the eaves and said calmly: "The general didn't want any preferential treatment. He just wanted to prevent the demon clan from going south so that you don't have to worry about being used as food one day."
If you want to be an official and have power over the government, why go to the north?
Going to the northern border is so dangerous and enduring such a bitter cold, and it is not what you want for fame and fortune.
"Miss Mao, I really want to ask you a question. If Wang Xi died in the north, would you never marry?"
Chen Chao glanced at Mao Jiancao and suddenly asked about this.
Mao Jiancao was about to answer, but Chen Chao shook his head, "Actually, the answer I want to hear is no. When I was twenty years old, I liked someone and it didn't matter if we couldn't be together. I can remember it in my heart.
, but don’t let yourself be unhappy for the rest of your life after the age of twenty.”
Chen Chao said: "He doesn't dare to come to see you, and he is also worried about this."
Mao Jiancao looked at Chen Chao and asked hesitantly: "Lord Guardian...will he really die in the north?"
"I have no idea."
Chen Chao came under the eaves, shook his head and said: "I don't know how far the war in the north will go. But if one day, the situation gets so bad that he is not ready and has to go to the north, it means he is dead.
A lot of people came.”
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Mao Jiancao's eyes were a little dim, "Then... can we... win?"
Chen Chao glanced at this woman whom he met for the first time and would probably be the last time he met in this life, and said: "Try your best."
Xiao Du, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly said: "I also want to go to the north to kill monsters!"
Chen Chao looked at him, shook his head and said: "I hope this day will never happen."
Xiao Du didn't know what to say, but Chen Chao patted his shoulder and said, "Keep the wooden sword well."
Xiao Du nodded vigorously.
Chen Chao raised his head and looked at the sky, and saw a stream of light passing above his head.
Mao Jiacao said: "These days, there has always been such a stream of light."
Chen Chao smiled and said nothing.
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After Mao Jiancao and Xiao Du left, Chen Chao withdrew his gaze, came to the eaves, and sat on the old bamboo chair.
Then the young guard raised his head, looked at the roof, and said sincerely, "General, although I have the heart to kill my country, I am not sure of victory."
"If you really didn't keep it..."
Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and shook his head, "If I can't hold on, I won't even have the nerve to come see you."
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After the previous war in the Northern Territory came to an end, many monks in the Northern Territory actually chose to go south and then return to their sect to have a look.
Leaving the sect and going north, and almost losing their lives in a battle in the north, this will undoubtedly be a special experience, and it will naturally make them start to re-examine life.
The northern border did not stop a large number of monks from heading south for a short period of time. On the contrary, they held a farewell banquet for these monks before they went south.
It's just that although there are a large number of monks going south, there are always exceptions.
There was a sect where no monks returned south.
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Huanglongzhou, Jianzong.
These days, the rice harvest in the small mountain village has almost been completed, and the farmers carry the rice back home and dry it in the sun in their yards.
The straw was twisted into simple scarecrows and piled up in the paddy fields. Some half-year-old children invited people to catch loaches in the paddy fields.
But every once in a while, they would look up because of the light streaking across the sky.
They didn't know what those streams of light crossing the horizon meant, they just thought it was beautiful.
And at the beginning of the stream of light, there is a cave.
The surrounding area of the cave is covered with ivy and is full of greenery.
A tall man has been sitting at the entrance of the cave since he came out of seclusion, holding a glass of water in his hand and looking at
The stream of light in the sky.
This man's life is just like the white water in his hand, very dull and uninteresting.
So much so that when he wanted to recall some interesting things from his earlier years, he couldn't remember them at all.
It seems that he only has swords in his life.
After taking a sip of the water in the cup, before the man got up, he heard a voice from the front of the cave, "Sect Master, what's the point of drinking water? Come and drink!"
Following the words, someone threw a bottle of wine.
The master of the Sword Sect stretched out his hand to catch the pot of wine, and then looked down at the young great swordsman standing at the foot of the cave.
For a moment, the leader of the Sword Sect was actually in a trance, because he remembered that about a year or two ago, when he was about to leave the Sword Sect and go to the capital of the gods, that guy was standing there and told him that it was wrong to do so.
At that time, he was focused on realizing that perfect sword, so he didn't listen at all. But Yu Xiyi, who was not even a swordsman at that time, was so bold that he wanted to use the sword against him, the master of the sword sect. .??.
This is a rare thing in the whole world, not to mention in the Sword Sect.
But regardless of whether it was rare or not, the guy in front of me did it, and he did it very directly, even throwing his own life away without any care.
The leader of the Sword Sect shook the wine bottle in his hand, narrowed his eyes and looked at Yu Xiyi in front of him, and asked: "Why are you back?"
Yu Xiyi did not hide it, but went straight to the point and said with a smile: "I used to wander around and went everywhere, but Jian Zong didn't even look at it. I just have time now, so I came back to take a look."
The leader of the Sword Sect asked: "Just a few glances?"
Yu Xiyi took a sip of wine and smiled: "I hope it's not the last few glances."
The leader of the Sword Sect did not speak in a hurry, but just looked at the young man in front of him. In the same situation, he had been defeated twice in his life, once to Emperor Liang, and the other time to the young man in front of him.
The first time probably didn't mean much, but the last time was of great significance.
Because Yu Xiyi is also a swordsman.
The leader of the Sword Sect said calmly: "I originally intended to pass on the position of leader to you."
Yu Xiyi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Of course, it's hard to find someone more suitable than me for this Sword Sect, right?"
The leader of the Sword Sect said calmly: "You are not suitable for managing the Sword Sect, but to be a leader, you don't necessarily need to do these things. What you need is a strong enough realm and a decent enough person. You are very consistent with these two points."
"If you are tired of being the sect leader, you can naturally pass it on to me, but it depends on whether I can come back from the north."
While drinking, Yu Xiyi found a place to sit down and looked up at the Sword Sect Master above.
The leader of the Sword Sect changed the topic and said: "I heard that Yun Jianyue has been in retreat these days, so she probably needs to take a step forward."
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The meaning of what he said was very obvious, because in today's world, Chen Chao, Yu Xi, Yi Yun Jian Yue and others have always been equally famous.
Yu Xiyi took out his ears and said with a smile: "It's mainly because I'm busy. I run around every day, otherwise I wouldn't necessarily be worse than him."
"Have you ever thought that a Fuyun Realm is more useful than a Wangyou End?"
The leader of the Sword Sect stared into Yu Xiyi's eyes in front of him. He absolutely believed that Yu Xiyi could reach that state, and it would not take much time.
Now is the time when wild flowers are in bloom.
Yu Xiyi scratched his head and said: "I just can't calm down, things are too big, and I always want to do something."
The leader of the Sword Sect didn't say anything. In fact, he understood very well that he and Yu Xiyi were like two extremes. He was indifferent to worldly affairs, while Yu Xiyi cared too much about worldly affairs.
"You are in the northern border, and you have experienced the first war personally. According to you, do you have a chance of winning the second war?"
The Sword Sect leader gave up his mind and asked about the matter in the North instead of asking about this.
Yu Xiyi rarely became serious. After being silent for a long time, he slowly shook his head and said: "It will be difficult to fight."
He has been in the north for so long, and he can feel that the atmosphere there is different from the past.
"However, if the sect leader goes to the north to kill everyone, it would be best to kill the demon emperor with one sword, and things will be simple."
Yu Xiyi could only be serious for a moment before he turned into that careless person again.
The leader of the Sword Sect said: "These days, many people have gone to the north."
Every stream of light on the horizon is a sword cultivator.
According to the agreement with the imperial court, there is actually no need for so many sword cultivators to go north. This situation is just their own wish.
"As the last pure swordsmanship sect in the world, the Sword Sect has always been indifferent to worldly affairs for so many years, but in just a dozen years, everyone seems to have changed."
The Sword Sect leader was a little confused.
Yu Xiyi shook his head and said solemnly: "It's not that it has changed, it's that the world was so bad in the past. No one saw hope, so they had to suppress their thoughts. But now that the world has improved, they have their reasons.
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It's like a weed that is pressed down by a stone and cannot be seen, but when the stone is removed, you can see that it has been working hard to grow.
The leader of the Sword Sect asked: "Has anyone from the Fuyun Realm gone to the Northern Realm?"
Yu Xiyi shook his head.
The leader of the Sword Sect stood up, took a sip of the wine that Yu Xiyi threw to him, and said, "Then I will be the first one."
Yu Xiyi was startled.
But before Yu Xiyi could say anything, a strong sword light rose from the ground and flew towards the sky.
On this day, not only the sword cultivators of the Sword Sect, but also the people of the entire Huanglong Prefecture could see an extremely bright sword light from south to north!