The Shenwu Continent is billions of miles vast and divided into five major states. They are Dongzhou Zixuan Dynasty, Nanzhou Orc Alliance, Beizhou Spiritual Clan Contract, Xizhou Nether Dynasty and Zhongzhou, which are occupied by four major tribes: human race, beast race, spirit race and ghost race.
Zhongzhou is special among the five major states.
This place is located in the center of the continent and does not belong to any party. It has been a place of war for the four major clans since ancient times. The never-ending flames of war almost accompany the rise of the four major clans. Whether it is during the Thousand Years of War or the Thousand Years of Peace, this place is an extremely cruel meat grinding battlefield.
In this land of Zhongzhou, no force dares to boast that it has absolute control, and the territory it occupies may be lost at any time.
Any race must be careful here to avoid being violently attacked by other alien races.
The Purple Phoenix Sect has such a huge power in Dongzhou, but it is nothing in Zhongzhou. No one in this war-torn land will act based on the face of the Dongzhou Sect.
Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue did not intend to stay in Dongzhou. No matter where they were in Dongzhou, they would eventually be attacked by the Purple Phoenix Sect.
Based on the current cultivation level of the two of them in the early stages of the Martial King, it will take a long time to break through to the Martial King realm, at least several decades. It would be very troublesome if he was discovered and hunted by the Purple Phoenix Sect and forced to hide in Tibet. Even if it was the Ancient Sacred Mountain in the Ancient Land of the Ancestral Gods, if the Purple Phoenix Sect sent three or four Martial Emperors to kill them, it would be difficult for Gu Xinyue to resist.
After discussion, the two simply decided to go to the distant Zhongzhou, find a place to live in seclusion and practice, and completely get rid of the entanglement of the Purple Phoenix Sect.
In a war-torn place like Zhongzhou, where lives are like nothing and countless lives die every year, no one will pay special attention to the two of them. The influence of the Purple Phoenix Sect is also minimal in Zhongzhou.
However, there is still a trace of concern in Ye Fan's heart, which has not yet been resolved.
"I'm afraid it will take decades to go to Zhongzhou. If there are other accidents, it is still unknown whether I can return to Dongzhou! Xinyue, I plan to return to my hometown to pay homage to my parents, visit their graves, and then go to Zhongzhou! "
Ye Fan said.
"Um!"
Gu Xinyue nodded slightly.
She had planned this, but her hometown was in the Purple Phoenix Sect, and her father was buried in the Ancient Land of the Ancestral God. Both of these places were now inaccessible, as people from the Purple Phoenix Sect would be watching. She could only accompany Ye Fan on a trip to his hometown in Luyang Mansion.
After Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue left the imperial city, they rode the golden bird and flew millions of miles in the air to Luyang Mansion in Canglan Kingdom.
After Gu Xinyue's careful raising over the years, the Golden Bird is now in its beastly stage. It has a pair of golden eyes like the bright sun and moon, and its golden feathers are made of gold and iron. Its two-foot long black sword is unsheathed, and its steel claws are pecking , flies as fast as lightning, has an extremely fierce temper, and is unruly and difficult to tame.
Whether it is fighting or riding, this golden bird is a top-notch bird.
This is an ancient winged beast with the bloodline of the emperor. It was once a vassal of the Phoenix Clan and followed the Winged Clan. It is no worse than the ancient wild beast Mammoth with the bloodline of the Beast King. Although it is in the beast lord stage, its flying speed is slightly faster than that of King Wu flying in the air, and ordinary King Wu cannot catch up with it.
Thanks to Gu Xinyue's bloodline of the Phoenix Ancestor, she has natural pressure on the winged beasts. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to tame a wild and fierce golden bird, even if she is the king of beast control.
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One month later, a handsome young man and woman who looked like a young couple, wearing black hats and raincoats, appeared in the suburbs of Luyang City.
Ye Fan came to the tombstones of the Ye family, bowed three times and put incense candles.
Gu Xinyue also bowed three times and burned a lot of paper money as a memorial.
What surprised Ye Fan slightly was that there were no weeds on the grave, and the surrounding area was clean and tidy. It was obvious that people came here often to clean up.
He doesn't have many relatives in Luyang Mansion. Who would come here often to help him clean his parents' graves?
He thought for a while and decided to go to the city to have a look.
Luyang City is a thousand-year-old ancient city. The top of the city is covered with green vines and moss. The city is peaceful and peaceful. Some old city guards in their forties and fifties stand lazily in twos and threes holding long guns, checking passers-by and business travelers entering and leaving the city. .
The two of them came to the streets of Luyang City as if they were in a deserted place.
Compared with Ye Fan's memories when he was a boy, Luyang City seemed a bit more depressed. There were not many pedestrians on the road, the city was old and quieter.
The two came to the Ye family's old house, an old mansion in the yard.
"Drink~! Hey~!"
I saw that the courtyard door was open, and inside the courtyard a chubby young man in his twenties was practicing "Gravel Fist" vigorously. The fists were strong and he was sweating profusely from the hard practice.
On the table in the center is a plate of fruits and steamed buns.
After practicing for a long time, he felt a little hungry. He glanced towards the back room, quickly grabbed a pastry on the table and stuffed it into his mouth.
Immediately, an old man who looked like a country squire and was wearing coarse clothes from the back room rushed out, picked up a broom, hit him on the head and face, and cursed, "You bastard, hurry up and practice! Eat, eat, eat, and you will become pigs." ! Think about it, your cousin is the top of the six departments at the age of fifteen, the leader of the court examination at the age of twenty-two, and the general commander of the Canglan Kingdom at the age of twenty-five. Dad doesn't ask you to do more, you have to pass the exam anyway. Our Luyang Mansion Martial Arts Academy, don't embarrass our old Ye family!"
"Dad, who is Brother Fan? He is the reincarnation of Wu Kuixing. How can I compare with Brother Fan? Besides, you go to visit your cousin's grave every day. I don't know where he became famous, and I don't accept your favor." ah."
The young man ran around with his head in his hands, hiding from the broom, feeling so aggrieved that he wanted to cry.
The old squire was tired of pursuing him. He dropped his broom out of breath and said earnestly, "Haozi, don't blame your father for forcing you. If your cousin is still the Grand Marshal of the Canglan Kingdom, the two of us will probably be more majestic than the relatives of the emperor." , you don't have to work so hard, you can choose whatever is popular or spicy. But after he left, no one in Luyang Mansion took us seriously, so we had to rely on ourselves for everything. At your age, you wouldn't have been able to pass the exam long ago. Luyang Martial Arts Academy. Your father went to Dean Mu to ask for help. Thanks to your cousin's reputation back then, Dean Mu finally showed mercy and relaxed your age limit. If you don't work hard, even You can't even enter the Luyang Martial Arts Academy, it's a disgrace to your cousin. Keep practicing, and you can eat it only after you finish practicing!"
"I have already mastered the "Broken Stone Fist" very well. I can break a big stone with one punch. I will definitely be admitted to the Luyang Academy this year! How can I practice boxing if I don't have enough to eat!"
Brother Hao just muttered and danced his fists, very dissatisfied.
Ye Fan stood outside the courtyard and listened, feeling dumbfounded. He couldn't help but lower his voice and said, "Uncle Ancai!"
"Are you...two adults?"
Ye Ancai looked outside the courtyard and couldn't help but be stunned. The two men and women in bamboo hats and raincoats had a mysterious and powerful aura on their bodies, as if the Holy Spirit had descended, making him tremble all over.
Listening to the man's voice, it seemed a bit familiar, vaguely Ye Fan's voice.
It's just that this voice is less childish in the impression and more mature and steady.
Ye Ancai was excited, but he didn't dare to confirm.
"Practice martial arts requires a lot of high-level herbs to temper the body. Brother Hao can't do it just by practicing hard, his body can't keep up, and his energy and blood are depleted. He needs to buy some good herbs to nourish his body, and buy a book of high-level martial arts for him. He practices. Thanks to Uncle An Cai for taking care of the cemetery these years, there are tens of thousands of silver taels here, keep them for use... Remember, don't mention to any outsiders that I have come back, otherwise it will cause unexpected disasters! "
Ye Fan stepped into the hospital without taking off his hat. He just took out some banknotes and put them on the table.
He didn't dare to keep high-level martial arts items such as yuan stones and runes. When someone found out that he was connected to Ye Ancai, he could only keep some secular silver notes.
Two young men and women came and went without a trace, disappearing outside the hospital.
"Fan Zi! You still understand how hard Uncle An Cai has been going through these years!"
Ye Ancai clutched a thick stack of banknotes and looked longingly at the two people disappearing outside the hospital. He felt like he was in a dream and sat down on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
There is a spirit in the sky. He has been visiting the grave every day for these years without slacking off, hoping that one day Ye Fan would return to his hometown to take a look and remember his distant cousin. Today he was finally seen.
"Is it ~ cousin?"
Brother Hao was stunned when he saw the figure disappearing outside the hospital. He turned around and stared at the tens of thousands of taels of banknotes in his father's hand. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed.
In all his life, he has never seen so many banknotes. He finally had a lot of silver to buy high-grade herbs for tempering!
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Leaving the Ye family's old house and walking in the streets and alleys.
Ye Fan also let go of a worry. Uncle An Cai often visited his parents' graves, which made him feel better.
Walking in the city, looking at the familiar places in the streets, shops and martial arts schools, scenes from the past appeared in his mind.
Suddenly, Ye Fan stopped and looked at a figure in front of him with an extremely complicated expression. He didn't expect that he would meet him.
Gu Xinyue was a little surprised and followed his eyes.
At the door of a herbal medicine shop at the end of the street a hundred feet away, a young woman dressed in civilian clothes was busy selecting some dried herbs with a four or five-year-old child on her back. This young woman should be a pharmacist's apprentice and run a herbal medicine shop.
"She is...Cao Shanshan?"
Gu Xinyue seemed to understand immediately when she saw Ye Fan's complicated expression.
In Luyang Mansion, Cao Shanshan is probably the only one who can make Ye Fan look so complicated. Fast forward ten or twenty years, Cao Shanshan has already married to another woman.
The young woman raised her head and inadvertently glanced ahead, seeing two men and women wearing hats and raincoats on the street.
I couldn't see the face, only the man's eyes.
Her heart trembled.
Those cold, ruthless eyes with a touch of tenderness and incomparable determination. She will never forget the day Luyang City was destroyed and everyone was fleeing. Only he descended from the sky and rescued her from the dead. The expression in those eyes was almost the same as that of the man in a bamboo hat and raincoat.
The two men and women stood on the street for a while, seemingly looking at her.
But soon, the two turned and left together.
She looked around, but could no longer see the two of them, and tears suddenly fell from the corners of her eyes.
"Mom, why are you crying?"
"No, it's nothing. The wind blew sand into Mom's eyes! It will be fine in a while. Mom will make you some egg drop soup tonight."
"Oh, that's great. Ever since dad went to fight in the front, I haven't eaten delicious food for a long time!"
Cao Shanshan quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and comforted the little baby with a smile.
This life.
There is no right or wrong!
No regrets!
It's just that when we meet young people by fate, our love is deep, but if we don't, we are like strangers together!
The woman in a bamboo hat next to him must be the woman he loves, and he only hopes she can cherish her.