A sword flew past like a light geese, rolling up thousands of strands of draft leaves.

Wherever the sword energy passed, the ground was like a huge plow, dragging it out of a huge gully, which looked shocking.

Then the sword energy shot straight at Li Yang, who was quite like a human sword unity, and shot him down from mid-air to the ground with one sword.

Li Yang was half-kneeling on the ground like a puppet. Wherever he looked, it was not the Xu Yan who was staring in front of him, but the place where the sword energy flew. Unfortunately, there was no powerful sword cultivator in front of him except the reed marsh that turned yellow after the winter had begun.

A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, adding a touch of deep red to Li Yang's pale face. However, Li Yang fell among the mountains and rivers at this moment.

"I dare to ask which senior you have helped me, please show up!"

After the sound came from Xu Yan's mouth, it turned into huge echoes, resounding in this quiet valley. However, except for a group of birds hiding in the reed marsh, no one could appear from the valley.

After waiting for half a quarter of an hour, Xu Yan's solemn face gradually relaxed. He walked to Li Yang and picked up the ancient sword Yandang, which was held tightly by him, and put it into his storage bag. Then he led the other's horse and continued walking like a mountain.

Jinxi Town.

A middle-aged man with a square face was eating noodles, but in his hands, he had lost a bamboo chopstick because the chopstick had just turned into a powerful sword energy. After flying out of the city for more than ten miles, he killed a powerful sword cultivator who had half his foot stepped into the seventh floor.

The square-faced man could only pull out a chopstick from the bamboo tube again to eat the handmade noodles in the bowl. However, before he put his mouth down, he couldn't help but whisper in contempt, "It's fine for people nowadays to go through such a big trouble to kill a junior, but they still do it themselves, don't you think the price is lost?"

...

Xu Yan had just sent out a horse not long ago, but now he has gotten a horse for nothing. He no longer chose to walk along the remote mountain path, but began to ride his horse on the road in a galloping manner.

Although the distance to the road outside is much further than when walking on the small road, the speed of the galloping horse is undoubtedly faster than when he walks normally with his feet. Therefore, after almost six days, Xu Yan successfully entered Baoxi Township.

Baoxi Township contains eight villages, but there is only one market. The market is located at the southernmost point, close to the next door of Datong Township, Linxiang, and Xujia Village is located in the deep mountains to the northernmost point.

After Xu Yan entered Baoxi Township and passed the market, he could no longer ride a horse and could only lead it to walk in the mountain trail. Fortunately, the horse was not afraid of the dangerous mountain roads. Although the iron hooves slipped from time to time, he finally staggered all the way to his final destination.

Looking at the village built in the valley in the distance, which had hundreds of families, but now it is estimated that half of them are left, Xu Yan finally felt a little mixed feelings in his heart.

"After all, this place has become lonely because of the times!" Xu Yan sighed slightly in his heart and thought to himself.

As he walked into the village, Xu Yan held a horse in his hand, which looked like a ranger from a foreign country. At the entrance of the village, he saw two old women with silver heads washing vegetables grown by the farmhouse by the stream, including radishes, vegetables, and sweet potatoes.

When Xu Yan saw the old man turning to look at him, there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes. He obviously couldn't recognize him anymore, so he didn't care. He just smiled at them and then entered the village.

"The young man looked familiar, just like he had seen it somewhere."

When Xu Yan's back slowly disappeared on the small road in the village covered with stone slabs, one of the women by the stream spoke.

"I feel this way, but I can't remember it anyway."

"Oh, I'm just blaming the young people in the village. There are fewer and fewer people every year. However, it's really strange that this young man can lead a horse to our village. I don't know what he wants to do here."

"This is not something we can control. Anyway, he looks pretty and doesn't look like a bad guy, so he just lets him go."

...

Xu Yan didn't hear this conversation, but even if he heard it, he probably wouldn't say much.

He led the horse to his home, the wooden house with a closed door, which was the copper lock he put on when he left. Now, more than three years of storm have passed, and it is already rusty on it, and it is obvious that it is impossible to open it with the key.

Of course, he had actually been unable to find the key he had ever found, so he had to break the copper lock apart.

Xu Yan reached out and pulled the copper lock hard, and pulled the copper lock, which was not particularly reliable. He gently pushed open the wooden house that had been with him for more than ten years, and a strong rotten and moldy smell came towards him, which was very pungent, and the smell was much heavier than when he climbed the fifth floor of the sword tower of the Lotus Sect.

Xu Yan couldn't help but slap the smell coming towards him in front of his nose until after a while, the smell gradually faded.

There is no doubt that the house was covered with dust, and there were countless spider silk webs, like dense gauze tents hanging everywhere, but the furniture was pitiful. There was only one square table and two benches placed in the house. Other things that could be sold second-hand were sold together after his father passed away to collect the cost of the funeral, and his later travel expenses to the Lotus Sect.

Two benches were placed upside down on the table of the square table, with four legs facing the sky. Although they looked old, they were undoubtedly intact. However, the base of the square table was gradually rotting.

Xu Yan had no intention of sorting them out. However, after seeing them, he couldn't help but remember the scene when he was a child when the drunkard father made these two benches. He had never seen his mother before, only to know that his father eventually became depressed because of his mother's accidental death. However, the latter pulled him until he was thirteen years old and fell drunk on that snowy night.

Logically speaking, although it will snow in Xujia Village during the twelfth lunar month and it is not small, it will not be able to freeze people to death. In the end, his father was still frozen to death.

"Why!"

Xu Yan sighed softly.

This heavy emotion that inexplicably arose in his heart made him feel nostalgic and unfamiliar at this time, but he was actually very clear about the specific reasons for this complex emotion.

"What has passed, and after all, it has to be passed."

Xu Yan sighed in his heart again, and then he walked out of the wooden house that carries his entire childhood memory, and then gently pulled the door up again. As for whether to lock it, it seemed to make no sense.

After Xu Yan left the wooden house, he no longer turned around and walked straight to the other side of the village.

About a quarter of an hour later.

He led the horse to another wooden house.

This wooden house is obviously still living in. Although it is dilapidated, it is kept very neat. There are bursts of herbal smells in the house, all of which are familiar. Xu Yan stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath, then crossed the threshold under his feet and walked into the patio of the wooden house.

"Grandpa Xu."

Xu Yan looked at the old man sitting in the main hall, hunched over and was grinding herbs with his feet on the medicine mill, and shouted softly.

When the old man heard the voice, he was humming a little tune. He looked leisurely and self-intoxicated. He immediately stopped his movements. He turned his head and looked out the door. After seeing Xu Yan's face clearly, his face suddenly showed a strong sense of excitement. He said in disbelief, "Yan'er, are you back?"

When Xu Yan saw the old man's reaction, he looked so excited. He immediately walked forward with a smile and replied, "Well, Grandpa Xu, it's me who is back."

The old man's name is Xu Er. It can be said that the reason why Xu Yan went to the Lotus Sect to practice was that he asked the latter to do so. If it weren't for his suggestion, Xu Yan might have been just a waiter at the Fulu Inn in Wangchuan City.

Xu Yan has a lot of respect for this Grandpa Xu, who has almost changed his destiny. You must know that when he was young, his father was gambled, and sometimes he gambled all day long, and he didn't care about his daily life at all. If the old man in front of him had no food to go to the latter's house for free when he told him that he had no food, his childhood would undoubtedly be even more bumpy.

When Xu Yan saw Xu Yan walking to him, he couldn't help but look at him seriously. Seeing that the latter was full of energy and was already handsome, he couldn't help but exclaimed and said excitedly, "Okay, okay, it's good to be back." While speaking, Xu Yan also saw tears appearing in his eyes, and he couldn't help feeling moved. However, afterwards, Xu Yan saw him secretly wipe the corners of his eyes, and then continued, "By the way, Yan'er shouldn't have lunch yet? Grandpa Xu is going to warm you up. It just so happened that your uncle Yuting went to the mountains to hunt a wild boar yesterday. He gave me a front leg. Grandpa Xu is really old. Now he feels greasy when eating some meat. You can help me solve it."

Xu Yan originally wanted to say that he had eaten dry food on the road, but when he saw the latter, he went to the kitchen and started to get busy, and he immediately changed his mind, because such kindness and love do not require politeness or rejection. Instead, taking the initiative to accept is the best reward for the other party.

When Xu Yan saw that the fire had already started to burn in the kitchen stove pit when Xu Yan was stabbing, he naturally was not idle, so he sat on the bamboo chair he had sat on before and helped the latter start crushing the herbs.

After seeing this scene, Xu Li, who was burning, couldn't help but roll down after seeing the tears that had just stopped.

Once upon a time, when he was a child, he also helped him crush medicine like this. This scene seemed to have not changed at all, but in fact, they had changed a long time ago, and the heart that remained firmly maintained was only between each other.

Without spending much time, the smell of meat came from the kitchen. There was no doubt that this was from the smell of childhood again.

Xu Yuting is good at hunting, and he knew this when Xu Yan was very young.

At that time, the village had much more population than it is now. Therefore, when Xu Yuting hunted wild boars or deer in the mountains, not everyone had a good meal, but Xu Yan was called to his home by the other party to have a good meal. Therefore, Xu Yan was also grateful to Xu Yuting, and the other party was Xu Hui's father. He would definitely visit him when he returned home this time.

Xu Yan was called to the kitchen and started eating. During this period, Xu Yan kept asking him to eat more meat. Xu Yan was also very well-behaved and obedient, and feasted without any "mercy". Four or five kilograms of wild boar meat were quickly eaten, and he was even a little unsatisfied.

Xu Li was relieved after seeing this and laughed. Just when Xu Yan was eating oil, he suddenly remembered that the items he bought for the old man in Jinxi Town were taken out and placed on the table, and he almost couldn't put them down.

Seeing that he was so filial, Xu Yan almost burst into tears after buying so many things for himself. After seeing this, Xu Yan hurriedly smiled and said, "I know how convenient it is for Grandpa Xu to go to the market. When I came back, I passed by the town. I thought that you should usually need these daily necessities, so I brought some back to you at one time. Oh, by the way, Grandpa Xu still has the habit of drinking now?"

While talking, Xu Yan took out a jar of ten-year-old flower sculptures bought from the town of the city like a magic trick.

Huadiao is yellow wine. Drinking it in warm water can warm your stomach. It is suitable for people with cold constitutions. Now the winter months are coming, and the weather is very cold. Drinking yellow wine is the most suitable.

Xu Er didn't want to sweep away Xu Yan's excitement, so he immediately poured out a can of rice wine and put it in the pot to warm it up. On the other hand, he said with a smile, "Grandpa Xu is now up this year, and he can only drink a small glass of health every day. I don't dare to drink as much as I did when I was young. He drinks a drink as soon as he drinks. But today Yan'er comes to see me, Grandpa Xu is really happy and happy. He must drink two more glasses."

When Xu Yan heard him say this, he immediately smiled and persuaded him, "This is not true. Even if Grandpa Xu is happy, he cannot drink too much. Drinking alcohol is healthy when you drink it in moderation. A greedy drink will hurt your body."

When Xu Er heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, then Grandpa Xu will listen to Yan'er."

After drinking for three rounds, it was approaching Shenshi.

Xu Yan finally drank two glasses of rice wine, of course, because of his greed, and Xu Yan really couldn't bear to see Huadiao looking at him, but he was holding it back.

After drinking two glasses of yellow wine, Xu Li was satisfied. He was a wine lover. Unlike Xu Yan's father who was just drunk, he could naturally drink the flower carvings that Xu Yan bought for him, which was of excellent grade. However, after drinking, Xu Li asked Xu Yan, "Do you plan to see your parents?"

When Xu Yan heard him mention this issue on his own initiative, he nodded seriously. He did not hide anything and replied bluntly, "Well, Yan'er dares not hide it from Grandpa Xu. This time when I returned home, in addition to coming to visit you, I also want to go and enjoy incense sticks for my parents."

After hearing this, Xu nodded with relief and said, "It's so good. Yan'er is determined. It's still early now. Then you go. By the way, are you prepared for the incense? If not, Grandpa Xu has it here, you can use it first."

Xu Yan smiled and replied, "Some, some, I bought them all when I was in the town, and all the tributes were prepared."

When Xu Er heard this, he stopped saying anything and just said, "Then go, when you come back from the mountain, it will probably be close to the hour of Hai. Then we, the grandfather and grandson, have some more drinks."

Xu Yan smiled and replied, "Okay, then I'll go to the mountain first."

...

Xu Yan's parents were buried together. They were built on the hillside of the back mountain in the village, which was quite a distance from the village. Under normal circumstances, it would probably take about an hour and a half to go back and forth. However, that is relative to normal people. If Xu Yan was anxious, he could run wildly on the mountain road, which would probably not take half an hour.

Therefore, after leaving Xu Yan's home, he did not set out to walk back mountain immediately, but went to Xu Hui's parents' home first.

Xu Yuting was not at home at this moment, so he naturally went to work in broad daylight, so the one who received him was Xu Hui's mother Wang. Wang was not good to him before, because when Xu Yan was in Xujia Village, she was quite arrogant and perverse, so she certainly didn't like him. Looking back now, he was actually just to avoid being bullied by his peers, so he took advantage of himself in this image. After all, he didn't have a mother, and his father was drunk all day long, and his temperament was very gentle and honest. If he was not stronger, he would definitely be bullied by other peers in the village.

However, he had a bad temper back then, so naturally he would not be like this anymore. Therefore, when Wang saw Xu Yan appearing in front of him with a polite look and a lot of gifts, she could hardly believe that the person in front of him would be the same person as the bad boy back then.

Xu Yan did not stay at Xu Hui's house for too long. After a simple and polite greeting with Wang, he explained the reason to Wang, and said goodbye to continue to go to the back mountain after a simple and polite greeting.

After hearing the reason, Wang was also happy that he was so filial, so he could not force him to stay at home for too long. However, when saying goodbye, she still asked him to remember to go to her house for a meal before leaving the village.

Xu Yan did not refuse her kindness and agreed with a smile.

After leaving Xu Hui's house, Xu Yan felt much more comfortable. Because his goal of returning to Xujia Village was to be two completely, and there was only the last one left. Although during this period, he did not see the uncle Yuting who had been scolded by his wife and wanted to let him go to the latter's house to eat wild game.

"But before leaving, I always find an opportunity to thank the other person in person." He thought.

However, Xu Yan didn't know that after he went up the mountain, an elderly man was welcomed by the remote and poor village.

The old man was wearing gorgeous brocade clothes and his hair was as white as snow.
Chapter completed!