I am dying of old age, and I have awakened to the character of longevity.

At this moment, the sky was dimly lit, and the black market was closed. Despite the icy and snowy weather, many merchants still came and went, making it lively.

Xie An went to the stable not far away, led out a black-maned horse, and jumped on its back.

Giddy up!

With a loud shout, the black-maned horse darted out quickly, galloping in the icy and snowy land.

It swept past rows of people, rushed out of the canyon, and headed straight for Water Lantern Town.

Many merchants on the road were startled and turned to look, revealing displeased expressions.

"Who is it? So rude, scaring my donkey carrying goods!"

"Is it allowed to ride horses here? There are people everywhere..."

"Shhh! Keep your voices down, this is the Second Warden of the black market."

"Oh, then it's okay. I'll tell my donkey to move aside..."

"..."

Giddy up! Giddy up!!

Xie An heard the merchants' discussions, but he couldn't care less. Instead, he kept urging the black-maned horse to accelerate.

It wasn't that Xie An intentionally wanted to show off his status. It was that he had clearly felt Wei Dian's body becoming weaker and weaker in the past few days when he went to the branch courtyard to practice his saber techniques.

The day before yesterday, when practicing the saber, Wei Dian only came to the courtyard to give Xie An guidance once before returning to his room to sleep. The voice he made when leaving was hoarse.

Yesterday, Wei Dian didn't even leave the bedroom. He only spoke a few weak words to Xie An through the doors and windows, saying that if he could see Xie An master the Heavy Mountain Saber in his lifetime, he would have no regrets.

Xie An was worried that he wouldn't make it in time.

In the beginning, Wei Dian's favor towards him was indeed a transaction, valuing the Tang Family Fort behind Xie An. But since Wei Dian gave the Essence Vigor Pill to Xie An, the nature of their relationship changed.

It was no longer a transaction.

Instead, Wei Dian genuinely hoped that Xie An could master the Heavy Mountain Saber.

There was no cure for the Corpse Poison Pill, and Xie An couldn't do anything about it at the moment.

However, Xie An wanted to let Wei Dian see... the Heavy Mountain Saber he had mastered before he passed away.

By the way, Xie An wanted to say thank you to him.

Facing the piercingly cold wind of the early morning and braving the falling goose feather snow, Xie An rushed to the branch as quickly as possible.

He dismounted and went straight to Wei Dian's courtyard.

Knock knock knock.

Xie An knocked hard on the door.

There was no response.

In the past, the courtyard door wouldn't be closed, not even the living room door. It was evident that Wei Dian looked forward to him coming here to practice the saber every day.

But now...

Xie An suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Branch Master, this subordinate, Xie An, requests an audience."

Xie An announced his name.

There was still no response.

Just then, a disciple passing by with a broom said, "Branch Master Wei Dian went out with Lin Yun early in the morning. They said they were going to Blood Ridge for a stroll."

Returning to his roots?

Xie An rode his horse again, galloping wildly in the snowy weather. He rushed back to the black market and knocked on Zhang Lin's courtyard door.

"Brother Zhang, have you seen Branch Master Wei come here?"

Zhang Lin was wearing his uniform and carrying his saber. He was drawing water from the well to wash his face, probably just finished his patrol. Tiredness was visible in his eyes, "I haven't seen him. You can ask Liang Zhi. He definitely knows."

Xie An found Liang Zhi again, "Liang Zhi, have you seen Branch Master Wei come to the black market?"

Liang Zhi said, "I saw him. Chief Warden Lin accompanied the Branch Master early in the morning, but they were very low-key and went directly to the Blood Ridge hilltop to the north."

Giddy up!

Xie An spurred his horse and headed straight for the north hilltop.

The snow was getting heavier.

It fell in abundance, covering the mountains. The entire world was a hazy white.

Even though Xie An was a martial artist, he felt the dry, cold wind blowing on his face, scraping it slightly painfully. But he couldn't care about that at the moment. After passing the black market, he followed the heavy snow on the mountain path and went straight to the hilltop.

Finally, he stopped at the edge of the hilltop, near the cliff.

There was a solitary grave there. Next to the solitary grave was a pine tree more than ten meters tall. At this moment, the pine tree was covered with flying snow, becoming a huge umbrella. It sheltered the solitary grave from the wind and snow, resisting the cold.

The location of the solitary grave was very good. There was nothing blocking the front, and you could see the bustling Water Lantern Town covered in ice and snow in the distance.

Wei Dian was kneeling in front of the solitary grave motionless, and Lin Yun was standing next to Wei Dian, holding an oil-paper umbrella to shelter Wei Dian from the wind and snow.

A thick layer of white snow had accumulated on the umbrella, indicating that they had been here for a long time.

Xie An dismounted and walked quickly behind the two, cupping his fist and said, "Branch Master, Warden Lin. Why didn't you say anything when you came to the black market? The wind and snow are heavy here. Branch Master, your health is not good. Come to my courtyard to warm up."

Wei Dian didn't answer.

Lin Yun also stood there woodenly, and said lightly: "There's no need to warm up. Buried in this solitary grave is Wei's older brother's own younger brother, Wei Bao'er. Branch Master is nostalgic, and today is A-Bao's memorial day, so he came to see A-Bao."

Xie An glanced at the solitary grave and then looked at the black market at the foot of the mountain.

He suddenly understood...

No wonder Wei Dian valued Blood Ridge Black Market so much, no wonder Lin Yun insisted on going on stage to test... Perhaps not only because the black market was their hard work, but also because... of A-Bao.

Lin Yun seemed to know Xie An's doubts and continued: "At the beginning, Brother Wei brought me and A-Bao here in response to the Sect Master's request to open a black market. At that time, there was a lot of resistance. The bandits of the Great Yin Mountain repeatedly harassed us, and later the Giant Whale Gang also came to stir things up. It also violated the interests of major markets. Disputes continued. When Brother Wei and I were away, the bandits brought a horse team to loot the black market. A-Bao was young and vigorous and refused to yield, so he was beaten to death..."

"Brother Wei has been feeling guilty about this, so he was determined to make the black market a success. Every year on A-Bao's memorial day, he will come here to visit A-Bao."

"If you have anything to say, say it to the Branch Master here."

Sure enough...

Xie An came back to his senses, thinking that telling Wei Dian that he had mastered the Heavy Mountain Saber might make Wei Dian feel relieved, so he cupped his fist and said, "Branch Master... I have already mastered the Heavy Mountain Saber."

However, Wei Dian did not respond and remained kneeling on the ground.

The cold wind夹着飞雪, blew up the hard cloth under Wei Dian's bucket hat, and you could vaguely see the fluttering white hair under the bucket hat.

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Xie An suddenly had a bad feeling, could it be...

With his extraordinary senses, Xie An clearly felt that Wei Dian was lifeless and listless at the moment.

He exclaimed: "Branch Master!"

"What are you yelling about? I can hear you."

Xie An breathed a sigh of relief, carrying the broadsword, stepped on the heavy snow and walked to the front of Wei Dian, and secretly glanced at the motionless Wei Dian.

"Don't look, I'm not going to die that fast. Just show me the Heavy Mountain Saber."

Xie An smiled, "Okay."

His legs stood straight, his chest tucked in and his back straightened.

The snow fell rustlingly, the ground was covered in silver white, but it couldn't cover Xie An's bright eyes.

Clang!

Draw the knife out of its sheath.

Step forward and stab!

Twist your waist and chop horizontally!

Suddenly slash vertically!

The blade suddenly stopped when it was an inch away from the snow on the ground. The wind was gone, the knife had stopped, and it looked like this knife was over.

Suddenly, Xie An pressed down hard on the handle of the knife in his hand.

Inch distance to release power.

Boom!

A thunderclap rose from the ground!

The sword power erupted like a flood breaking a dike, and it broke through the snow with a bang, cutting out a gully more than a zhang long on the ground, and set off the snow all over the sky, which fell one after another.

It fell on Xie An's head, on Wei Dian's bucket hat, and on Lin Yun's face.

Lin Yun's calm eyes gradually brightened, revealing an unbelievable look.

In one month, he mastered the highest martial art of the Tiger Wolf Gate, the Heavy Mountain Saber...

"Good, good, good, hahaha... Fang Baiyu, you tricked me into the Corpse Poison Pill, but you didn't expect that a warden from my Blood Ridge lineage would do what you haven't done in half your life. Hahaha..."

Wei Dian, who was kneeling on the snow, slowly let out a loud laugh, then slowly got up and walked to Xie An, reaching out and patted Xie An's shoulder, "Good. The older you get, the stronger you become. The people of Tang Family Fort are all late bloomers. In this way, I, Wei Dian, have no regrets in this life."

Immediately, Wei Dian retracted his hand and glanced at Xie An's horse, "Can you give me this black-maned horse?"

Xie An was a little confused.

The dignified Branch Master did not lack horses.

"Of course."

Wei Dian staggered to the side of the black-maned horse, gently stroking the horse's face, "What a good horse, and still so young. Enough to accompany me through the rest of my life."

Xie An vaguely felt something, "Branch Master, what are you..."

Wei Dian stepped on the stirrup and used his strength to jump on the horse, looking at the vast mountains and rivers in front of him, "I have spent half my life in Qingwu County, confined to this black market, which makes me very irritable. I also want to go out and see the world outside. It's a pity that I'm burdened, and I'm a very responsible person, so I can't convince myself to leave."

"Now it's better, my life is not long, my whole body is festering with pustules, and I can't accept my ugly appearance. I have done everything I should do, and finally let go of my worries, and I can go out and see the vast mountains and rivers. Even if I die, I would rather die outside, it's better than dying ugly in front of acquaintances."

He raised the reins and slapped the horse hard on the back. The black-maned horse rushed out, galloping wildly in the icy and snowy land.

"Lin Yun, take care."

"Xie An, I promised you the Heavy Mountain Saber, you gave me the black-maned horse, galloping and singing towards freedom, then we don't owe each other. Hahaha! Giddy up!"

The blizzard was still raging, trying to stop the black-maned horse's footsteps. But the horse stubbornly broke through the wind and snow again and again, galloping forward, leaving behind sonorous and powerful hoofbeats, leaving behind the figure of one person and one horse galloping forward on the snow-capped mountain, getting smaller and smaller, and finally becoming a black spot, disappearing into the end of the field of vision.

Pa da.

Lin Yun, who had been holding back his emotions, finally couldn't hold it any longer, and knelt heavily on the ground, kowtowing towards the distance, "Brother Wei!"

Xie An looked at the vast white world in the distance, as if he saw a person with both despair and hope, a winter plum blossom that was blooming freely.

Gradually, Xie An's eyes also became hot and moist, and he bowed deeply: "The road of the world is long, Brother Wei, take care all the way!"