Laughing at Chang'an

This is a rather ancient tea room.

Walking in from the entrance porch, the light is light yellow that makes people feel warm but not very bright.Behind the exquisitely carved wooden lattice, a low couch is placed by the wall, occupying almost half of the inner room area.A long and simple tea table is quietly placed in the center of the room, and a few wisps of dark fragrance silently overflow from the incense burner on the wooden frame in the corner and waft into the room.

——Because there is no fixed location or name, let's call it the secret tea room.

The door of the tea room was pushed open, and a figure walked in. He stopped at the porch, took off his black raincoat that was soaked by rain, and revealed his true appearance hidden in it.In fact, even if he walked on the street undisguised, no one would recognize who he was, even though he had lived in this city for decades.

He took off his hat, and his gray silver hair was neatly tied on top of his head with a wooden hairpin. The green cloth gown on his body was also very clean, without any wrinkles.Walking past the wooden grid, someone sat on a low couch and turned to look at him.

"Mr. Su Xing?"

The old man whose name was called froze, and looked at the person on the bed with some hesitation. Although he also guessed that the identity of the other person would be unexpected, now that the answer was revealed, he was still slightly surprised.

He raised his hand and made a bow, respectfully said: "I have seen a sage."

"Haha, there's no need to be too polite, come on, please sit down." The other party smiled heartily, invited him to the couch, and said while pouring tea, "Mr. Su, we are all on our own, so I won't talk about polite words... you are in the letter What is it that needs to be said face to face, as mentioned in the book?"

The old man lowered his head and stroked the rim of the cup, but did not pick it up. Hearing this, his eyes darkened.

"Don't hide it from the sage." He said, "I'm here for Yang Xingxing."

The sound insulation effect of this tea room is naturally excellent, even if the building outside collapses and the walls are turned upside down, you can't hear the slightest sound here.After the old man finished speaking, he looked up at the person opposite, who looked down as usual and took a sip of tea.

"You want to save him?"

"It was me who turned him into a torturer at the beginning, and now he has been convicted because of this, and I cannot shirk my responsibility."

"Zhu Tang chose him as a target not because of his identity as the torturer, but because of his half-step altar strength and relationship with Li Shen. You rashly arranged Wang Zhen next to Li Shen, which is a mistake. Playing the wrong game, I can understand your desire to protect your grandson... Don't be so surprised. The fact that Lin Ling is your daughter has been recorded in the file since she was born. You have been fighting for our cause all your life, Whether it is me or the previous generation, I fully recognize and respect your contributions, so even if you do one or two irrational things because of your personal relationship, we will not treat you too much. Harsh."

Hearing these words, the old man went from being shocked at the beginning to gradually calming down, and finally grinned a little self-deprecatingly and shook his head.

"There are no secrets under the light, and I forgot that."

"In the dark, but your heart is light, you have done enough, don't blame yourself."

The old man shook his head and smiled without saying a word, and drank the cold tea in his cup in one gulp.

"At the beginning, I persuaded Yang Huxing to join the Tongxin Society. On the one hand, I liked his potential. On the other hand, I couldn't bear to see him give up on himself. I felt guilty. However, ten years later, he gave me an unexpected answer... …He said that even if our business can be successful and we overthrow everything and start over again, after thousands of years, I’m afraid it will be the same as today. He said that he wants to find the root of the problem and fundamentally change the world... something like this Empty talkers have never been uncommon in history, but it didn't take long before Yang's method of opening the sky appeared."

"He really showed me another way."

"Even so, I don't have enough wisdom to judge whether his path will work or not, but I think it is not a bad thing to have one more path."

The old man looked across, with hope in his eyes, but also with an indifference that was acceptable no matter what.

The other party poured him a cup of tea.

"Yang's method of opening the sky is really remarkable. Everyone can open the sky, breaking the monopoly of practice that has become commonplace. If there is Yang's method of ascending to immortals and Yang's method of altar, everyone will be immortal. The altar, this Fang Lu, I am afraid that he really needs to change his appearance..."

"But that's impossible."

"Warrior's practice is to plunder the world to nourish himself and support an altar. The resources of the world are enough to support the people of a country. Even if the exercises can be shared publicly, the resources are limited after all. In Donghuang, there are many ancient countries. There is no lack of skills, but it is still difficult to cultivate top warriors. Why? What is lacking is resources. You see, this small Chang'an has gathered seven or eight of the top warriors in the world, and the resources it plunders from all over the world every year , but it is an astronomical figure.”

The old man was silent for a moment, then he laughed.

"Wake up the person in the dream with one word, you are worthy of being a sage, I never thought that before I died, I would be able to get rid of this worry... I don't have any regrets."

"I can arrange for you to fake your death." The other party said, "It's not too difficult. You can find a place with green mountains and green waters to spend your old age peacefully. You deserve it."

"No, there's no need." The old man said frankly, "I'm already a little tired, and I want to return to the embrace of the light sooner."

He drank the tea in his cup and was about to get up to say goodbye, but he seemed to think of something again, he hesitated to speak.The person opposite did not urge him, and waited patiently for him to make a decision. For an old man who has dedicated his life, such patience is a matter of course.

"Among the students I have taught, Wang is really the most special one, not because he is my grandson...Sometimes even I am inspired by the light in his heart."

"Please rest assured, I will arrange an excellent mentor for him and continue to guide him."

The old man finally showed a gratified smile, let go of the last trace of concern, and stood up.The person opposite also stood up, opened his arms and hugged him gently.

"Goodbye, Mr. Su Xing."

"Goodbye, sage... and, actually, the word hang."

"Uh……"

"It's okay." The old man showed a playful smile, "It's better than being called Li Hang."

The old man who had been called Li Hang all his life put on his hat and raincoat again and disappeared outside the door.This conversation, which will never be known by a third person, ends here, and the name Su Xing will be buried along with it.

………………

It rained non-stop.

Yang Xingxing ran wildly in the rain.

The battle armor on his body is called Tao Lang, general grade, with a boost factor of forty, single armor texture, and no special effects.The dignified half-step altar is wearing such a thing, and no one will believe it if I tell it, but this is the most helpless fact.

Because Yang Xingxing is too poor.

He is so poor that he can't even afford a decent house, so he still lives in the Martian Club.Clothes are all from street stalls, smoke the worst cigarettes, don't drink or drink, and occasionally go out to play cards with Li Shenfenghe, and only after winning money can he improve his life and eat something good.Living such an ascetic life, worrying about getting gray hair, raising a cluster of sparks that can't be kept alive.

Don't ask him if it's worth it, he will tell you, this is called a man's persistence.

Yang Huxing and Huang Sha chased after each other in the night rain, and they came to the light blue light curtain to the east in an instant.Two collapsed high-rise buildings were stacked together in a cross shape. Yang Huxing held his love gun upside down to stabilize the country, jumped up suddenly, hit the top of the ruined wall like a cannonball, turned around and stabbed out without warning.

The man from Huangsha was jumping in mid-air, only to see a cold light flashing in front of his eyes, and the gun light falling like a torrential rain hit him head-on.He unhurriedly set up his double maces to block, and even joked with Yang Xingxing with ample leeway.

"It's good that you brought back the carbine, but it's a pity that the horse is missing."

Yang Huxing gave him a supercilious look from the air, and after poking a few times, he turned around and ran again. He had no energy left to fight back against such a vulgar altar.The two chased and fled across the wreckage of the collapsed building, and when they were about to bump into the light blue light curtain, Yang Martian stomped his foot on the ground, blatantly opening up his aura.

Huang Sha understood what he wanted to do almost instantly, and his eyes widened silently.

There are two choices in front of Huang Sha, either to counter-control the aura, or to prevent Yang Huxing from breaking through the protective shield. However, there is no need to choose at all. If you want to prevent Yang Huxing from breaking through the protective shield, you must first break his aura.

Huang Sha couldn't help scolding his mother.

Rumbling and shaking, the energy barrier with a protection level of up to 3S is only a two-shot effort. To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is used to protect the environment, let alone a half-step altar, as long as there is enough time, come here It can break through six steps on the immortal road.

Huang Sha had just completed the countermeasure of the aura, and Yang Huxing had already stepped out of the light curtain with one foot.

If you want to win, it's impossible, if you want to run, it's not difficult—at least, if you want to run out of Chang'an City, there is no problem at all.

At this moment, a light flew from a distance.

is an individual.

With his back facing Yang Martian's direction, he flew upside down in the air at high speed, the battle armor on his body exuded a dazzling light, and the complex and exquisite energy lines on it were pushed to the limit, and the increase was fully opened.

A frost-white spear was pressed against his chest.

In this short period of less than a blink of an eye, he only did one thing, swung the knife to cut off the cloth strips on his body, and sent Rong Hu on his back with the tip of the knife.

In the next second, the spear pierced through his body, piercing through his chest and protruding from his back. The castration remained undiminished until it hit the light blue light curtain.

A cloud of brilliant blood mist exploded in the sky.

The boy fell from the sky, like a bird with broken wings, crashing into the muddy ground.He opened his eyes weakly, his vision dimmed little by little, and the flame in his eyes, which seemed to never go out, gradually turned into darkness.

In the rainy ground, Rong Hu's mournful howl suddenly sounded.

"Wang Zhen——!!!"