If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 371 Male and Female Swords
That night.

"Xiao Fengxian, you're back!"

Seeing Xiaoyu coming up from downstairs, Shaoyao went to meet her with a happy face, took her hand, and said excitedly: "This afternoon, I went to Yonghe Palace, met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and explained your situation to him.

He expressed his understanding and was very grateful for your strong support for the work of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

He will wait for you at Yonghe Palace tomorrow morning and introduce you to He Xuan, Xiang Tianshi, Zhao Zhen and others. "

Seeing her beaming with joy, as if she was happy that her silly daughter had found a good husband, Xiao Yu frowned and asked, "Have you been to Yonghe Palace often recently?"

Shaoyao was stunned for a moment, then turned her eyes away and said, "I don't go there often. I will only be invited if there is a banquet. This afternoon is mainly for your matter. Cao Wei led his troops to Tianbaoju to look for you before, so I have to report back."

Xiao Yu opened her mouth, but eventually swallowed the persuasion and said, "No problem, you will accompany me to Yonghe Palace tomorrow morning."

"Did you go to Hongxiufang to see Aunt Liu this afternoon?" Shaoyao asked.

Xiao Yu shook her head and said, "I met with the three elders of Lianghe Township at Qinghe Villa to discuss the Lianghe Beach Shrine. When I left the villa, it was almost dark.

That was the busiest time for Hongxiufang, so I couldn’t disturb her.”

Shaoyao asked again: "Have you had dinner? I saved some food for you."

"Thank you! But I've already eaten."

Taoist Shuilong had invited her to have dinner at the Black Dragon Temple.

Shaoyao looked at her carefully and said, "You look worse than this afternoon. Do you want me to play a song for you?"

"Play a song?" Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I thought you would advise me to rest early."

Shaoyao said: "I feel that your current condition cannot be adjusted by simply resting."

"Okay, you try it. I do have sleeping problems now. I have nightmares as soon as I lie down." Xiaoyu said.

She really wanted to put aside all distractions and have a good sleep, but she didn't dare to sleep.

A moment later, at the top of the seven-story tower.

Shaoyao washed her hands, lit some incense, sat down in front of the zither, and said, "How about I play 'Orchid Tune - Clear Spring' for you to help you fall asleep?"

"Fall asleep?" Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Try it. I might have a nightmare."

Avoiding it all the time was not a solution, she couldn't stay awake forever.

"Ding ding dong dong~~"

There is a peaceful smile on Peony's face, and her eyes seem to have traveled through time and space, seeing the scenery of melting ice and snow and gurgling clear springs in spring. There is both appreciation and yearning in her eyes.

As she gently stroked the strings with her hands, Xiaoyu seemed to come to the edge of a clear spring, hear the sound of melting ice and snow, see the reflection of her and the spring flowers on the clear water, and smell the fragrance of wild flowers in the mountains.
Xiaoyu lay on the couch, resting his head on Shaoyao's thigh, and slowly closed his eyes. The fatigue on his face was like the darkness in the room in the early morning, which quickly dissipated as the sun rose high.

"Yu Fengxian, Yu Fengxian~~~"

It's time to come.

Xiaoyu's eyelids trembled slightly and she woke up from her sleep.

Shaoyao disappeared, and the furnishings in the room changed. There was only a bed left in the empty room, and they returned to the "No. 2 Yu Mansion" in Yingxiang Mansion.

"Ding Ding Dong Dong~~~" The sound of a piano came from outside the house, as if someone was playing the piano in the yard. The sound was clearer than the call of "Yu Fengxian".

Xiaoyu sat up from the bed and felt around on the bed with his hands, but found nothing; the Qiaoshi sword was gone.

"Where is my sword?" She was a little confused.

Or rather, she seemed like a different person.

Just like last time, she couldn't remember many things, but many things that never happened became her memories now.

"Yu Fengxian, Yu Fengxian~~~"

"Who is it~~~"

She had an impulse in her heart not to agree, but the constant calling made her very irritated.

"It's me, Yu Fengxian, open the door quickly~~"

As she agreed, the faint voice coming from afar suddenly came closer and came into the yard.

Xiaoyu stood up and looked at the window paper on the door frame. She seemed to see a dark shadow.

The shadows of people outside are cast on the window paper.

That figure made her feel inexplicably familiar, just like that voice, as if she had heard it somewhere before.

Just as she moved towards the door, the sound of the piano outside the house suddenly changed, from the gentle and melodious sound of a spring spring to a violent storm.

"Boom~Crack~~~"

Blue and white lightning flashed outside the house. Under the bright light of the lightning, the shadows cast on the window paper were distorted like ghosts.

Xiaoyu's cheeks were also brightly reflected, and the "real Yu Fengxian" in her mind suddenly woke up.

"Yu Fengxian~~~" The nightmare demon outside the house immediately noticed that the dream connection was interrupted, and the voice became gloomy and vicious, "You can't escape, I will always watch you and guard you, I'm waiting for you~~~"

The sound gradually faded away, and the distorted shadow projected on the window paper also slowly disappeared.

Xiaoyu looked around, then went back to bed and closed her eyes.

"Oh~~~"

Xiaoyu was awakened by a scream.

Her nose felt a little itchy, a faint fragrance wafted through her nose, and her cheek was pressed against soft, warm skin.

She opened her eyes and saw Shaoyao's right calf placed under the piano.

She was still lying on Shaoyao's thighs, Shaoyao's wide sleeves fell on her face, shaking gently, making her face itchy.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu just sat up and asked in surprise, "Why is my Qiao Shi sword here?"

The sword without a scabbard was placed horizontally between her calves.

"Are you awake?" Shaoyao looked at her first, and when she saw that she looked much better, she pointed at the Qiaoshi Sword and said, "Just now a beam of red light flew in from the window and landed directly on your leg.

I thought it was an enemy attacking you using some magical skill, and I screamed in fear.

I didn't expect the red light to disappear in an instant, and it turned out to be your sword."

Shaoyao saw that Xiaoyu also had a puzzled look on his face, and asked in surprise: "Didn't you use the Immortal Martial God to control it to fly out? Ah, I remember, you didn't bring a sword with you when you came back."

Xiao Yu didn't say anything. He stood up first and used his mind and pure Yang sword energy to sense the spirit fetus in the sword blade.

The spirit fetus was still two souls in one body, but she clearly felt that it had undergone tremendous changes.

Before, there were two souls in one body, two yolks in one egg. The egg had not yet hatched.

At this time, the two souls in one body
“Buzz buzz buzz~~~~clang!”

The sword blade vibrated at a high frequency, and the sword body gradually became illusory, and finally it split into two, becoming two swords, one wide and one thin.

"Uh, it turned into two swords? Matter cannot be conserved!"

Xiao Yu held a sword in each hand, his expression becoming both happy and a little weird, "A pair of male and female swords, I don't have a matching sword technique! Or, can we try to fight with both hands?"

The two souls in one body at this time were actually the fusion of two sword spirits.

The spirit fetus hatched, and the double-yolk egg hatched into two "chicks" (sword spirits).

For some unknown reason, the two sword spirits merged into one on their own initiative.

It looks very similar to the previous dual-soul spirit fetus, but its size and aura are completely different from those of the spirit fetus.

It is far more spiritual than the spirit fetus.

Xiaoyu felt that they were living people.

As she thought to herself "Can they be separated now?"

There was no need to inject the Immortal Martial God into the sword blade. The two sword spirits that had merged together understood her intention and took the initiative to split into two, turning one solid sword into two.

There was a clear difference between the blades of the two swords: one was a broad sword, as wide as Xiaoyu's four fingers put together, the blade was fiery red, like a piece of red-hot charcoal, the red light contained real heat; the other was a thin sword, not even two fingers wide, the blade was like a pool of autumn spring water, almost completely transparent, and when viewed under candlelight, there was a hint of flowing water.

"Welcome back!" Xiao Yu smiled and threw the two swords upwards with both hands, "clang!"

As simple and clean as a sword returning to its sheath, the two swords merged into the previous clever sword.

There is no change in appearance.

"What happened? Why did the Qiao Shi sword just split into two?"

Only then did Shaoyao look puzzled and asked.

Xiaoyu was about to explain when she suddenly noticed that she looked tired and was yawning continuously.

She turned to look at the oil lamp, which had consumed more than half of its oil, and then looked at the sky outside.
"It's already four o'clock in the morning? I actually slept for so long."

Shaoyao was stunned for a moment, then said hesitantly, "You did sleep for a while, but I'm not sure of the exact time, and the night watchman doesn't go into the alley."

The night watchman only called the tune on Xianyang Street outside the alleys.

Xiao Yu pulled her and sat side by side on the couch, saying, "This afternoon, I met Chen Laoshi's brother."

She told him about the sword she had sent in the afternoon, and then fumbled with the blade of the Qiao Shi Sword, saying with a complicated expression, "The spirit fetus is about to hatch.

This time when they returned to their hometown and saw their old relatives, Chen Laoshi and Zhang Xiaoqiao's "sword spirit bodies" finally awakened.

I thought they would stay at home and accompany their old father after they woke up.
I thought I would stay for at least a while, but I didn't expect that I would fly back late at night.

Just coming back from this trip, the two sword spirits have lost a lot of spiritual energy, and their spiritual bodies are weak. "

Shaoyao looked at her profile and asked, "Do you really want to give the Qiao Shi Sword to the Chen family? If Chen Laoshi is willing to stay."

Xiao Yu said: "You can see that the sword is very spiritual. A forced melon will not be sweet. It is better to leave a blessing and part ways amicably."

Shaoyao stared at the Qiaoshi Sword with an uncertain expression, "No wonder Princess Thirteen said that a sword needs spirituality, but spirituality cannot become a soul.

If the Qiao Shi Sword had not flown back from Chen's house just now, but had quietly been unsheathed in the middle of the night, it would have stabbed you in the neck."

Xiao Yu's voice was very soft, but her tone was extremely firm, "Qiao Shi Sword will never hurt me.

If it comes out of its sheath on its own, it must be because an enemy is approaching and I am unaware of it. The spirit sword comes out of its sheath to protect its master."

Shaoyao said with emotion: "You are willing to give up a magic sword just to fulfill the love between them.

They are all good people, how could they not repay you? "

——Chen Laoshi and Zhang Xiaoqiao are indeed a loving couple. Why not return the Qiaoshi sword after recasting the sword bone and let them accompany their old father, which can also be regarded as returning the love of companionship~~~
As soon as this thought came into Xiaoyu's mind, the sword in his hand began to buzz.

"Wow, so smart!" she said in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Shaoyao asked curiously.

"I was thinking, since Chen Laoshi and Zhang Xiaoqiao treated me like this, I should send the Qiaoshi Sword back to its hometown when I become strong enough and no longer need it, but it disagrees." Xiaoyu said with a smile.

Shaoyao said sternly, "You are humiliating them by thinking this way. Although you think you are kind-hearted, you have not considered their feelings and have not taken their insistence seriously."

"Well, you're right, I apologize."

Shaoyao yawned again and asked, "What did you dream about earlier?"

Xiao Yu's eyes flashed, "You changed the sound of the piano, and it's a tune I haven't heard before."

Shaoyao said: "You were sleeping soundly, but suddenly your expression became distorted with pain, and your body kept twisting."

A trace of confusion appeared on her tired face, "I don't know what's going on, but I just feel that 'Early Spring Spring' is no longer suitable for you.

It was very strange. I didn't know what piece to play next, but I knew what you needed. I just followed my feeling and improvised a piece called "Thunderstorm". The name is a bit unpleasant and doesn't fit the mood of the piano. "

Xiao Yu said, "Why not call it "Thunderstorm to Punish Evil"?"

"Thunderstorm to Kill Evil. The name is still ugly, but the artistic conception seems to be more fitting. But I don't know how to kill evil at all!" Shaoyao said in confusion.

Xiao Yu sighed, "You are indeed gifted in the way of the zither, but your talent in the way of the zither is far superior to my talent in the way of the sword."

Shaoyao frowned and asked, "Are you praising me or bragging about yourself?"

Xiao Yu said: "I am telling the truth and praising you. I often do the same as you just now. When faced with a special scene, I will be inspired and create a new sword technique.

I have experienced what you just experienced many times. I am very familiar with it and I can understand it very well. "

If Shaoyao had not been exhausted from playing the piano all night long, she would have been very excited and mocked her loudly.

"Why do you have a nightmare?" Rather than mocking her, Shaoyao was more worried about her condition.

"Why can your piano music enter dreams?" Xiao Yugang asked, and then said thoughtfully: "I knew that your piano music could spread the artistic conception to other dimensions, but I didn't expect that it could even penetrate the dream dimension.

Awesome, really awesome, my sword intent."

Her sword intent should also work towards this direction.

Xiaoyu found the direction for his swordsmanship again.

"Go to bed early, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)