I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Mu Chaoyun walked into the Prince of Pingxi's Palace in Tianwaitian.

She did not try any unnecessary movements and calmly followed the old eunuch with a face as pale as paper into the mansion.

Since Situ Wan had seen through her identity, there was no need for her to escape;
Mu Chaoyun had no idea of ​​the old eunuch's strength, and his intuition told him that he had no confidence in escaping from him.

As a master of divination, her intuition is correct 90% of the time.

Mu Chaoyun walked into the spacious and magnificent palace, and the old eunuch was not surprised at all, as if it was just an ordinary invitation.

Carved beams and jade buildings, pavilions, towers and waterside pavilions in the middle of the lake.

When Mu Chaoyun walked into the back garden, he saw a stunningly beautiful woman standing quietly in the pavilion beside the pond.

Her long black hair fell casually on her shoulders, each strand of hair looked like it was falling. Her facial features were breathtakingly beautiful, and there was nothing flawful about them. She didn't seem like something that should be seen in this world.

Her age is unclear; she has both the youthfulness of a girl and the gentleness of a woman, embodying the beauty of all women in the world.

However, the woman's expression was indifferent, even dull, as if she were a clay sculpture, lifeless.

Mu Chaoyun looked at the woman standing by the pavilion, facing the pool, her head slightly tilted back, staring at the sky in a daze, as if she didn't notice her arrival at all.

The old eunuch had retreated quietly. Mu Chaoyun looked at Situ Wan for a while, then followed her gaze towards the sky.

The sky in Tianwaitian is not much different from the outside world, except that it is always a little foggy and the sun becomes extremely far away and small.

"I saw something and thought maybe you'd like to know, too."

Situ Wan still looked up, but suddenly said:
"come on."

Mu Chaoyun was silent for a moment, then stepped forward and walked into the pavilion.

It was the first time she met Situ Wan, but Situ Wan seemed to have noticed her a long time ago.

Mu Chaoyun didn't know how he was exposed.

Although it is very dangerous to enter Tianwai Tian, ​​she has been here for some time.

And before entering here, she had made sufficient preparations. With her skills, even in a place like this, under the nose of the Grand Master, she would have a certain chance of hiding.

Was it bad luck? Or did I underestimate them after all?
Maybe it doesn't matter anymore.

Situ Wan's attitude was a little puzzling, and Mu Chaoyun could only wait and see.

She walked to Situ Wan's side, not looking up, but lowering her head.

The water in the pool in front of me suddenly changed.

Scenes emerged one after another, like water curtain divination, except that the area covered the entire pond and the images were extremely clear.

Mu Chaoyun looked at the quickly flashing images and his pupils suddenly shrank.

After a long time.

The surface of the pond returned to calm.

"call."

Mu Chaoyun took a deep breath and came to his senses, only to find that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.

She suddenly turned her head and found that Situ Wan had been staring at her silently, and her expression seemed to move slightly.

"This is……"

Mu Chaoyun asked subconsciously, her voice even a little hoarse, completely unlike her clear and pleasant voice, but she herself did not notice it.

Situ Wan replied calmly:

“I went to see this recently on a whim.

"I now know what the old man has been doing for the past thirty years."

Her tone fluctuated for a rare moment. She lowered her head and looked at the water, revealing a hint of complexity:
"Originally it had nothing to do with me, but the old guy showed up yesterday and said a few words to me..."

She was silent for a moment, then suddenly interrupted and looked at Mu Chaoyun again:
"Maybe there isn't enough time. You can see that, right?"

Mu Chaoyun's face turned pale and he looked dazed, but he still nodded slightly.

Situ Wan looked calm:
"This is his fate."

"I know. But I thought there was still a lot of time, long enough for me to finish what I was doing before I could make changes."

Mu Chaoyun said while biting her lip.

Situ Wan glanced at her, her expression seemed slightly surprised:

"You knew it all along? You could see his fate clearly?"

As she spoke, her eyes suddenly moved, the black hair that fell on her shoulders suddenly fluttered, and her eyes emitted a tangible light.

After just a moment, Situ Wan's hair fell back down and her eyes returned to normal.

She sighed and smiled strangely:

"Sure enough, the time has come. All kinds of people show up."

Mu Chaoyun just frowned tightly and ignored him.

Situ Wan put her hands behind her back, looked at the water, and said quietly:

"I can tell you who that person is, and then you can choose how to do it."

She said a name lightly, and then Mu Chaoyun trembled all over.

Seeing Mu Chaoyun's gloomy and uncertain expression, Situ Wan smiled and said:
"What would you choose?"

How will you choose?

Situ Wan was not curious, she had already seen the answer.

Mu Chaoyun stood quietly for a while, suddenly let out a long breath, turned around and left.

Before I even walked out of the garden, I heard a voice behind me.

“They say that fortune tellers cannot see their own destiny.”

Situ Wan said calmly behind her:

“Do you want to know your future?”

Mu Chaoyun paused, and then a cold and calm voice came:
"I know."

After saying this, she walked without stopping, left the Pingxi Palace, and left Tianwaitian.

A look of surprise flashed across Situ Wan's eyes.

She stood in the pavilion for a long time before she sighed softly and sat down reluctantly.

She rested her elbows on the railing of the pavilion, held her face in her hands, looked down at the pool, and whispered:
"You're not going to blame me for manipulating her again, are you? She did this voluntarily, she understands everything, I just told her what she wanted to know anyway.

“It’s just that a woman like this, even if she is Qin’er’s opponent, is already pretty good.

"Never mind, it's all the young people's own choice. Let's just wait and see.

"Your Majesty, if what the old man said is true, we may be able to meet soon..."

……

When Xie Yuan finally saw the majestic city walls of Xiguan and the pass as high as the mountain, he couldn't help but sigh:
"I'm finally back. My mouth tastes like sand."

Situ Qin smiled, her big eyes curved:

"Don't you like it? After all, the girls here wear less."

She had a hint of something, and Xie Yuan was very embarrassed.

God have mercy on him, he really was just saying it casually, just chatting casually with Situ Qin.

When they passed by the King's City of Kucha, they happened to see a group of young women passing by on the street.

Although it was spring, the plateau was very cold. The women were all wearing light gauze skirts, revealing their slender waists. Xie Yuan couldn't help but sigh:
"You're wearing so little."

As a result, Situ Qin remembered it.

From one end of the Western Desert to the other, Situ Qin kept muttering to herself. Although she was just smiling, her big blinking eyes made Xie Yuan quite nervous.

Xie Yuan quickly said:
"I like people who wear more clothes, look dignified and serious, and are not as feminine as people from the Western Regions."

Situ Qin said "oh" and walked towards Xiguan with his hands behind his back:

"You didn't like the dresses I wore that hot day, either?"

"You look good in anything you wear."

Xie Yuan said without hesitation.

"That's fine."

Situ Qin smiled:
"Then I will wear so little too - since you like to see it anyway." Xie Yuan pondered for a moment and said:
"That's not necessary. We should pay attention to the royal demeanor and be dignified and proper."

Situ Qin chuckled and rolled her eyes at him coquettishly:
"What's the point of talking about the royal family now?"

She didn't really want to embarrass Xie Yuan, she was just joking with him.

A good-looking couple walked and chatted side by side. The atmosphere around them was intimate and comfortable, as if they were in the spring scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

If it weren't for the yellow sand all over the sky and the wrapped human head in Xie Yuan's hand, the atmosphere would be more appropriate.

After entering the customs, the two did not return to Yunzhou Prefecture first, but went to Yunzhao first, and went to Linjiazhuang not far from Yunzhao County.

Xie Yuan had already sent a message to the Lin brothers and sisters in advance, so the two of them took leave early and returned to the farm to wait.

One of them was a down-to-earth kid who worked hard and was well-liked by the inner sect teachers; the other was a man of good talent and a direct disciple of the abbot of Yaoyue Peak, so it was easy for him to take leave.

Especially such a big event as worshiping parents.

Today, Linjiazhuang has regained its original appearance, and even surpassed it.

After all, the family has produced two warriors who have reached the Qi and Blood Transformation Realm, and they are not ordinary warriors, but top disciples of the Yunshan Sword Sect, or even direct disciples of the Grand Master. The people in this manor are enough to walk all over a small northwestern border county like Yunzhao.

After all, the former chief escort leader Shen Longteng, the strongest man in Yunzhao, was actually just an ordinary transformation realm warrior who was lucky enough to break through the Qi and Blood Transformation Realm and had not even practiced internal energy.

Even though the Lin brothers and sisters acted low-key, Linjiazhuang, a farm that ran a rice and silk business, still became Yunzhao's new largest force.

Although it is not a special martial arts school, but as long as the brother and sister are there, no one in Linjiazhuang dares to mess with them. Even the newly arrived county magistrate and county lieutenant, as well as the largest martial arts school in Yunzhao, Tieyimen, are quite polite to this place.

As a result, the business of Linjiazhuang became more and more prosperous, and it had already become bigger than when Mr. Lin was still around.

However, most of the sayings of “golden swords and feathered swords cannot leap over the Dragon Gate” have faded away, and no one has mentioned them for several years.

The martial arts schools in the county were reshuffled, and almost all of them were replaced by new faces.

The largest one was the Iron Armor Gate.

Monk Liu took advantage of the vacancy in the county town and moved the Tieyi Gate into Yunzhao.

In addition, Xie Yuan secretly gave him a few bottles of high-quality elixirs, which helped him complete the Iron Shirt skills of the Golden Bell Cover.

With the help of Monk Liu's business acumen and several quick-witted disciples, Tieyimen, a small martial arts school with an ordinary-sounding name, has now become Yunzhao's best place to learn martial arts.

In particular, they hinted that "Although Tieyimen is small, it has a deep connection with Prajna Temple and Chenjun Xie's family"...

Disciples are flocking to sign up, and it is no longer the situation where disciples were snatched away in Panlong Town as in the past.

After all, in today's Iron Armor Sect, there is a real chance to learn the Golden Bell Cover.

The argument that the Iron Armor Gate is roughly equivalent to the Prajna Temple seems to make some sense.

Monk Liu showed Xie Yuan his secret Iron Shirt technique, which helped him comprehend the Golden Bell Cover. Xie Yuan then returned him a real Golden Bell Cover.

It is also a cycle of cause and effect. Every sip and every bite has its own destiny.

Xie Yuan secretly helped these old acquaintances several times, allowing them to live a very comfortable life, but he did not help them to rise to the top.

As the head of the thousand-year-old Chen County Xie family and a master at the age of twenty, with his current status, not to mention making Monk Liu, the old man from the escort agency, the Lin brothers and sisters and others become martial arts masters, but also making them the leading figures of a county or a prefecture, becoming the owner of a large martial arts hall in Yunzhou Prefecture, etc., are all easy and a matter of just a word.

Or to be more direct, let them join the industrial branch under the name of Xie, or bring them directly to Chen County, their situation will be much better than it is now.

Longwu Academy would not lose to Yaoyue Peak, and Xinglong Hall or other places were definitely not comparable to Yunzhao.

But Xie Yuan did not do so.

If you suddenly get something that doesn't belong to you, you may not be able to bear it.

Not everyone's destiny can support great wealth and glory. It is very difficult to tell whether it is a blessing or a curse.

The higher Xie Yuan stood, the more he saw, and he discovered that there were many such examples.

In addition, the Xie family is now facing many challenges, and Xie Yuan naturally has more enemies. He has never had much contact with these old friends, and he even rarely sees them.

In the ancestral hall of Linjiazhuang.

Xie Yuan solemnly handed Lu Laosan's head to Lin Cheng.

Lin Cheng was so excited that his whole body was shaking, and he almost dropped Lu Laosan's head to the ground.

Although it wouldn't be a big deal if it fell to the ground, I was still afraid of disturbing Mr. Lin's spirit in heaven.

After taking the head, Lin Cheng bent his knees and was about to kneel down, but Xie Yuan held him up. He then swung his sleeves and used his strength to catch Lin Zhen, who was a step slower.

"Thank you, Chief Escort! We brothers and sisters will never forget your kindness! No matter in this life or the next, even if we have to work like slaves for you, we will..."

Xie Yuan shook his head, his face straightened, and interrupted directly:
"Since you still call me your friend, don't say these words. The days when we discussed swords at night in Yunshan and made progress together are very relaxing and pleasant when I think about it now. I will always remember it."

Hearing this, Lin Cheng was both excited and ashamed:
"If I had delayed you at that time, I'm afraid it would have delayed your practice. But you have already become a master..."

Xie Yuan smiled and shook his head:
"That's not true. I benefited a lot from it."

He looked at Lin Zhen again and nodded:
"Seeing that Miss Lin has become an excellent swordsman, I'm sure Mr. Lin's spirit in heaven will be very pleased."

Lin Zhen had been watching him silently. When he saw him looking at him, he immediately lowered his eyes and said:

"It's all thanks to Chief Xie, Lin Zhen will never forget it."

Xie Yuan shook his head:

"You're welcome. Let me burn some incense for you."

He straightened his clothes, picked up a stick of incense, bowed three times respectfully, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner in front of the spirit tablet.

Lin Cheng murmured excitedly beside him:

"Dad, Xie Biaotou has avenged you! The head of this evil thief is right here!

"The manor has doubled in size, and my uncles are listening to my advice and doing their duty. I haven't forgotten your teachings that we should not make money against our conscience. We have reduced the rent year after year and set up a porridge stall. The villagers around us are all friendly to us.

"My sister and I have both become swordsmen of Yunshan, and we are already warriors at the Qi and Blood Transformation Realm! The master you met when you were young who inspired you to practice martial arts was probably about the same level as me now, right? My sister and I will work hard to practice, be kind to others, and live a good life. Dad, do you see that?"

Both the brother and sister had slightly red eyes, and Xie Yuan also sighed a little.

He then said goodbye to the Lin brothers and sisters.

Situ Qin naturally accompanied him. There were only four of them here, but when the sacrificial ceremony started, more people would come, so it would not be convenient for Xie Yuan to show up.

After the Lin brothers and sisters saw Xie Yuan and the other person off through the back door, Lin Cheng looked at their backs as they walked away and said reluctantly:
"After this separation, I don't know when I can see Xie Biaotou again? Sigh...

"But is that the woman in the legend? Yes, she is indeed like a fairy from heaven, radiant and dazzling. Although she seems to be humble, I dare not look at her for too long. A woman like this is worthy of Xie Peitou."

Lin Zhen's already fair cheeks became even paler, and he just remained silent.

Only a woman like this is worthy of him, no wonder...

Looking at the invisible figure, Lin Zhen felt that after parting with Xie Yuan this time, the two of them were in completely two different worlds.

"It would be nice if he had always been Junior Brother Zhang."

Lin Zhen murmured.

Lin Cheng, who was about to go back to the house, was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion:
"Why is it good? It's not all about him."

Lin Cheng used to only know how to study, and now he only knows how to practice sword. He has not yet considered marriage, and he does not understand his sister's thoughts.

Although Lin Zhen had expressed some intention back then, he had not mentioned it for so many years, so Lin Cheng did not think of it at all.

"Yeah, all the same."

Lin Zhen sighed softly and subconsciously stroked the hilt of his sword.

This has become her habitual action over the years.

She suddenly thought, if she practiced sword skills harder and improved her strength, would she be able to be closer to him?
Lin Zhen tightened his grip.

"Sister, what are you daydreaming about? The guests are here."

Lin Cheng called out from inside the house.

"coming!"

Lin Zhen answered.

There was no one to be seen on the official road. She turned and walked into the door, holding the hilt of the sword, her eyes showing determination again.

The moment he saw Lu Laosan’s head, the goal of practicing swordsmanship was suddenly in front of him, and Lin Zhen was a little confused.

But just now, she had a new goal in sword practice.

And the moment he turned around, Lin Zhen understood.

Even if I am not worthy of him, even if it is impossible, as long as I practice sword skills, it will never be wrong.

Even just the practice itself is worth it.

After so many years, she is no longer the tearful young lady she once was. (End of this chapter)