South of the city.

Walking through the streets and alleys, there is a courtyard at the end.

The three of them came to the courtyard.

Kiyohara was about to reach out to knock when suddenly the wooden door opened and a petite figure bumped out.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

The girl's voice was a little embarrassed.

Kiyohara smiled slightly and said, "It's okay."

Zhou You was beside him and turned his head to look, but saw the smiling young man's eyes gradually getting colder and seemed to be angry.

"Mr. An Huai is here?" Qingyuan asked.

"Are you here to find my father?" The pretty girl was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Here."

...

Under the guidance of the girl, I came to the backyard.

The backyard has rockery, green trees, flowers and plants, ponds, and a pavilion... This is not like the backyard that a simple house should have, but rather like the courtyard of a wealthy family.

"Quiet and quiet..."

Kiyohara looked at the man in front of him and said, "Mr. An Huai is also a elegant man."

The Mr. An Huai in the courtyard was sitting on a bamboo chair, and in front of him was a table with a chess game on it. He was holding a white piece in his hand, frowned and wondering where to make the next move... And opposite him, there was no other chess player, only he himself played chess.

There was tea next to the table. He raised the teacup, took a sip before putting Baizi down.

This son fell, and there was no magic to turn the situation around, but it just maintained the original deadlock.

At this time, he had already stood up and saluted to the Qingyuan and the other two, "I was thinking for a moment, hesitating, and I was rude."

Originally, Mr. An Huai turned a blind eye to the three of them just now, and the worst-tempered Mr. Xu was already full of anger. Even after hearing the other party's apologies, he still showed mockery. He was about to speak a few sarcastic words, but when he spoke, he didn't know how to speak.

It was not because Xu Laoci was exhausted, but because he saw the seriousness and etiquette between the other person's expressions.

This is a plain and quiet man, about fifty years old, but his face is fair and smiling, gentle and elegant.

Somehow, when I saw this person smiling gently, the displeasure in my heart disappeared.

"Zhouyou..." Mr. An Huai looked at him and smiled, "What's the matter with you two friends?"

Zhou You looked at the other party's expression, and seemed a little strange. Finally, he sighed and said, "This Mr. Kiyohara has extremely high-quality materials and needs to refine magic weapons."

"Oh?" Mr. An Huai raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was a little surprised, and then shook his head and said, "You should know that I will no longer refine treasures for others."

"I know..." Zhou You sighed sadly, "But this time I came, I didn't want the gentleman to take action..."

As soon as I said this, a surprising voice had already heard beside me.

“How come there are guests?”

This is a gentle voice.

Mr. An Huai turned his head and looked tenderly, smiling: "Today there is a guest, go and prepare a pot of tea for me and get a few tea cups."

The gentle woman nodded slightly, gave a gentle salute to Kiyohara and the other two, and then retreated.

But Mr. An Huai's daughter was standing aside, secretly looking at Qingyuan, her face suddenly turned red.

"Stupid girl..." Mr. An Huai said with some helplessness and spoiling: "Don't be rude..."

There was not much anger in the words, so the girl stuck out her tongue, which was quite playful and cute.

"The days here make people linger..." Suddenly, Kiyohara sighed and said, "A gentle wife and lovely daughter, for a hermit who is so content with your practice, this is the best day. You accidentally get caught in it and then you can't get out. Even if you know it's fake, you can't get out... Zhou You advised you, but you don't want to wake up, right?"

Zhou You closed his eyes slightly, and his eyebrows seemed to be painful, and he finally breathed a long breath from his mouth.

Mr. Xu looked inexplicably, but he still didn't know the reason.

"What are you talking nonsense?" Even a gentleman like Mr. An Huai, he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his tone at this moment.

"I said this is all fake."

Qingyuan said in a deep voice: "And you have seen that it is fake, but you don't want to admit it...so you died, which leads to you being half true and half false now."

Mr. An Huai was silent immediately.

...

"I have lived here for many years, marrying a wife and having children, practicing with peace of mind, no need to think about anything else, no need to intrigue or plotting against each other, just settle down and practice quietly. Moreover, with such a wife beside me, what else can I expect from such a daughter?"

Mr. An Huai sighed and said, "Although I noticed it later,... this illusion is actually no different from the real one. I can't tell the difference between what I touched and perceived, real and false. I am even more afraid that after leaving here, my life is no longer complete, and I will never meet such a wife again, and there will be no such days..."

...

Mr. Xu suddenly felt a lot of chill in his heart.

Kiyohara knows where this is.

Zhou You even knows where this place is.

But Mr. Xu didn't know that when he heard these words, even if he had the sixth level of Taoism, he felt a little shocked.

"It is rumored that there is a dragon on the sea, and its name is Mirage."

Qingyuan said slowly: "This dragon transforms into a mirage with a mirage. It is known as a mirage in the world. It can make people get what they want and be full of energy. Some people are rich, some are wives and concubines, and some are powerful all over the world..."

"Similar to you, the sixth level of heavenly Taoism, also in which you marry and have children, live a safe life, you can't tell whether it is true or false..."

"When you see the clues, you are already deeply trapped in it. You don't want to destroy the peace in your heart. You would rather deceive yourself and deceive yourself."

"At the end, the mirage dragon swallowed it in one bite. Now you have been eaten by it. Now you are just a manifested soul. You have become part of this mirage and cannot escape."

Qingyuan exhaled, pointed at the girl, and said, "In the mirage, your daughter hit me, and seemed to be quite happy with me, and you didn't seem to object... But in fact, this is just a means to keep me here too? Judging from the previous clues, this mirage dragon is going to change another place..."

At this moment, Zhou You suddenly sighed and said, "But we are here for you, nothing else matters."

Mr. An Huai shook his head and said, "I can't help you... The most important thing is that this mirage dragon does not want to help you at all. At this moment, I am in this mirage, but I am just being manipulated by him."

Zhou You whispered: "We can take you away."

Mr. An Huai smiled, looked at his daughter beside him, looked at his busy wife in front of him, and shook his head and said, "Don't leave."

"but……"

Zhou You talked halfway, his face changed suddenly, and he looked up at the sky.

The sky is still dark.

He was frightened and looked towards Kiyohara.

But seeing Qingyuan's expression is cold, he turned his hand and fell towards Mr. An Huai. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!