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At this moment, two little girls, He Xiaolan and He Xiaozhu, poked their heads in: "Huh? Where's the big brother?"

In fact, according to Shen Lin's age, these two girls could call him father, but Shen Lin was good-looking and looked very young, so the two silly girls kept calling him "big brother", Shen Lin accepted it happily and didn't say anything.

Shen Huaiyu walked over quickly, knelt down and asked the two little girls: "When we left, didn't you two play with him here? Where did he go?"

He Xiaozhu said: "Big brother said that he had to leave beforehand, and told us to come and find him after dinner, so we went back."

He Xiaolan nodded vigorously after listening to her sister's words.

"Then did he say what he was doing?" Shen Huaiyu asked.

"He probably won't tell these two girls." Lu Huaiyuan stood behind with an uneasy expression, "...he didn't even tell us."

"Maybe it's something trivial that isn't worth talking about alone." Shen Huaiyu stood up and patted the two children, "Go back first, and come to him tomorrow."

The two little girls nodded and ran away.Lu Huaiyuan said: "How long can a small matter be delayed?"

Shen Huaiyu was noncommittal: "Let's go, take a look around, this is the territory of the He family after all, the He family cannot bear the responsibility if something really happens."

The two of them went out again with their sabers, and searched all the places where Shen Lin might go. On the way, they met the mothers of the two little girls of the He family. She was also very surprised that Shen Lin had disappeared, but But don't know more.

"A lot of people came to this grand ceremony, maybe they were called by an old friend to reminisce about the old days, and the time was delayed by talking," she said, "Why don't you two young masters go back to the courtyard to have a look, maybe your master has passed away. gone back."

The two had no choice but to go back to the small courtyard before, but Shen Lin hadn't come back yet.After all this tossing, the sky was completely dark.Lu Huaiyuan was a little anxious and kept walking up and down the yard. Shen Huaiyu didn't show it so obviously, but he also felt very disturbed.

"... Huaiyuan," Shen Huaiyu said, "stop shaking, come and sit for a while."

Lu Huaiyuan kept dangling in front of his eyes, making him feel that something called calmness in his heart was falling like leaves in late autumn.

Lu Huaiyuan sat next to him, made himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp.

"Maybe he'll be back in a while," Shen Huaiyu said, "Isn't it rare for him to be by our side these years? Why do we get anxious after such a short while?"

Sitting closer, Lu Huaiyuan vaguely smelled the fragrance of Shen Huaiyu's body again.When he smelled it earlier, he didn't know what it was, but later Shen Huaiyu brought him some, and after he lit it, he realized it was sandalwood.

Sandalwood has a beautiful fragrance, and when it is ignited, the whole room is full of ambiguous fragrance.Most of the Taoist clean places dislike it and discard it.However, Shen Lin has always ignored these rules and used whatever he likes. Although Shen Huaiyu seems to be a decent person, she is in the same line as Shen Lin in this respect and doesn't care at all.

According to Shen Lin: "There are many interesting things in the world. If you are concerned about this and that, wouldn't you be restrained everywhere and feel uncomfortable?"

Zhang Xinglan disagreed with his opinion, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to let Shen Lin do as he pleases. Fortunately, most of Shen Lin's little hobbies are harmless, otherwise Zhang Xinglan felt that he would be fine when he went west in the future. Know what to say to your ancestors.

Shen Lin said that he brought this incense from a foreign land.There is no sandalwood produced in the Central Plains, and most of the incense burned outside is grown and made from species brought from other regions, which is not as high-quality as those produced in other regions, so Shen Lin bought a lot from them and brought them back.Some people in Qing Yunzong were not so free and easy. Shen Lin knew that Shen Huaiyu didn't mind these things, so he gave them all to Shen Huaiyu, so Shen Huaiyu lit them for many years, and the room smelled faintly of sandalwood on his clothes.

Lu Huaiyuan took a deep breath, smelling this scent, he felt a little calmer.He paused and said, "...It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's just that I'm not in a familiar place, and the master suddenly disappeared, so I feel a little uneasy."

"...When it's time, if you don't come back, ask the He family steward." Shen Huaiyu said.

Suddenly there were footsteps outside the door, and there were a few light coughs in between.Lu Huaiyuan was alert: "Who is it!"

"I can't even recognize my master's footsteps, my heart is chilling..." Shen Lin appeared at the door staggeringly, his expression was as usual, but his complexion was frighteningly pale.

"Master!" Shen Huaiyu and Lu Huaiyuan went to support him together.

"What's the matter?" Lu Huaiyuan's face darkened.

Shen Lin waved them away with a wave of his hand: "Let's go! Look at you, it seems that I have reached the bliss early."

Shen Huaiyu hesitated: "...Master, don't you want to tell us what happened?"

Shen Lin's expression didn't change: "I met an old friend, and I was too excited to talk, so I went through a few extra tricks. It's nothing serious, just sleep and it will be fine. You children, don't meddle in it."

Shen Huaiyu and Lu Huaiyuan were no longer "children" anyway, but Shen Lin didn't want them to know, so they had to agree, and then let Shen Lin rest.

On the second day, Shen Lin's complexion really improved a lot.As if he wanted to prove himself, he followed Shen Huaiyu and Lu Huaiyuan to watch the competition in the arena.

He Hongguang was still standing on the ring, tall and straight like a pine tree.Yesterday's competition didn't seem to bring him any physical or mental fatigue, and he looked the same as before.

With the first day's competition as a foreshadowing, more people came up to compete with him today, and many of them have good skills.Every time He Hongguang beats down a person, he has to go to the side to rest for a stick of incense.Among them, some performed well. After the He family inspected the invitations, they handed them tokens that allowed them to visit the Sword in the Stone.

Shen Lin followed his two apprentices to watch for a long time, and suddenly let out a "Huh".

"The people over there... are there people from Xingyue Pavilion?" Shen Lin asked softly.

Everyone in the Xingyue Pavilion wears the waist pendant of Xingyue brilliance. Many people don't know what the certificate of the Xingyue Pavilion is, so they feel that the Xingyue Pavilion comes and goes without a trace, which is very elusive.

"People from Xingyue Pavilion came to participate in the competition...?" Lu Huaiyuan asked, "Why didn't they get invitations from Phnom Penh?"

No matter how uncomfortable the He family looked at Xingyue Pavilion, they still had to give them the face they deserved.For such a powerful force as Xingyue Pavilion, if the He family were to give a silver-bordered invitation just because the He family was dissatisfied with the expansion of its power, it would seem that the He family was too petty and lacked everyone's demeanor.

Shen Lin said, "...that's not right."

The person with the star-moon pendant hanging on his waist wears the clothes of another sect.

Shen Lin felt his temples throbbing.

Was it the people from Xingyue Pavilion who took the initiative to kill the person who originally had the silver-bordered invitation... or did the power of Xingyue Pavilion penetrate to such a degree——?