Yu Hongchen

After Xie Liuchen had a conversation with Bai Xuan that day, he felt much more cheerful. He spent half of his day at Shanglihang and half of his time taking care of the real Xuansi in the medicine hut.

Under Bai Xuan's care, Shang Lixing's injury gradually improved.The wind blade cut he received in Central Continent was not a serious injury, and he almost recovered after resting for a few days, but he couldn't stand the wind and cold, so he sat outside the door all day, sitting in the study, dealing with the mundane affairs of the door.Every time he thought of going out to Zhoujia Village to find out the situation, he was stopped by the angrily Xie Liuchen.

"You haven't healed yet, don't go out!"

Shang Lixing was halfway through his clothes, and was dragged back to the bed by Xie Liuchen, helplessly said: "Junior Brother Xie, my injury has healed, I'm really fine."

Xie Liuchen shook his head abruptly: "I don't believe it, you must have lied to me like last time." As he said that, he wanted to tear off his clothes and examine his wound.

Shang Lixing backed away with a smile: "Don't make trouble!" Forced by him to back away again and again, he kicked the bed with his heel, and simply lay down on the bed.

Xie Liuchen laughed a few times, took advantage of the situation and bullied him, tore open his front, looked at his chest, suddenly his smile stopped, as if he had been frozen, he did not move.

"What's wrong?" Shang Lixing noticed his abnormality and pushed him.

Xie Liuchen lightly stroked his chest, and his voice became hoarse: "Does it still hurt?" He had stabbed there cruelly with a sword, and although the scar had healed, it was always engraved in his heart.

Shang Lixing understood that what he was asking about was not about those wind blade wounds, so he gently pushed him away: "It's not hurting anymore, it's gone for a long time."

The sword that was owed many years ago, now the memory has long been annihilated with the passage of time, and it is superfluous to mention it any more.

Xie Liuchen, however, kept staring at that spot, obsessed with ghosts, and said in a hoarse voice: "Senior brother Shang, if I receive your sword now, are you willing to give me another chance?"

Shang Lixing sighed slightly, sat up straight and straightened his robe, looked at him directly: "Junior Xie, who do you think I am?"

"I--"

"If you think this will make me change my mind, then you are wrong," he breathed a sigh of relief, "I never felt that you owed me that sword back then, let alone retaliate against you with it. The past is the past Now, don't worry about it anymore."

"I understand," Xie Liuchen said with lowered eyes, "We don't talk about the past, we only talk about the future. If you want peace in the world, I will accompany you to resolve the conflict between the two races."

Hearing his inexplicable words, Shang Lixing was startled for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Did Bai Xuan teach you something?"

Xie Liuchen nodded inconspicuously: "Well, I listen to Sister Bai's guidance and will try my best to keep up with you."

Shang Lixing laughed: "Silly boy, just be yourself, why do you have to be like me? You have to know, there are too many things in your heart, and you are very tired."

As he talked, the smile on his face slowly turned into a self-deprecating smile, Xie Liuchen lowered his head, and didn't notice it.

Shang Lixing was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "By the way, when you were resting last night, I went to see Immortal Xuansi."

Xie Liuchen raised his head: "Senior Brother Shang, have you undone the curse on Master?"

"I can't solve it either," Shang Lixing said sternly, "The spell on him is really weird, I've never seen it before in my life, maybe the exercises recorded in the Yaozu classics can save him."

Xie Liuchen hesitated and said, "Then, shall we go to Xiya Mountain?"

Shang Lixing said with a smile: "No rush, we'll wait."

"Wait for what?"

"Wait for the demon clan to come."

Xie Liuchen was puzzled and said, "But Yuan Sang has been here."

"Don't worry, they will come again."

As soon as the words fell, there were hurried footsteps outside the room, Shang Lixing smiled slyly: "Listen, isn't this here?"

Sure enough, the casual cultivator came in a hurry, stopped outside the door, and said: "Master, the monster clan has come again."

After Xie Liuchen and Shang Lixing packed their clothes, they left the courtyard and walked to the meeting hall.He thought that Yuan Sang would definitely give up after saying such cruel words that day, but he didn't expect Yuan Sang to come to Qiushuimen again a few days later, and he heard that Yuan Sang was not the only one who came this time.

He was full of apprehension, thinking: "This time, will it be the Great Demon King?"

Stepping into the meeting hall, he saw a few casual cultivators standing in the hall, Yuan Sang stood bowed beside him, and an energetic old man with a kind face sat on the guest seat.

When Xie Liuchen walked in, the old man's eyes lit up, and he beckoned to him kindly: "Son, come here."

Xie Liuchen looked at Shang Lixing inexplicably.

Shang Lixing said with a smile: "In the past. This is the Great Elder of the Monster Race."

Xie Liuchen walked towards the First Elder, and seeing his kind eyes, his heart seemed to be injected with a warm current, and he felt very comfortable.

The Great Elder stretched out a pair of hands full of withered spots to hold him, and was staring at him: "That's right, it's you, it's you. Son, you're finally back."

"Big elder..."

Xie Liuchen's nose was sore when he heard the loving tone of the elder in front of him.Ever since he learned the truth about his life experience in Zhoujia Village, he has always been calm and unaware of his bond with the Yaozu.But just a few words from the Great Elder made him feel sore.It was only then that he finally realized the feeling of being connected by blood.

The Great Elder touched the top of his head, then smiled at Shang Lixing: "This old man is anxious to see this child, so he didn't invite himself. Master Shang, please forgive me for being rude."

Shang Lihang hurriedly bowed and replied, "Grand Elder, you are polite."

The Great Elder said again: "Sect Master Shang, I have something to say to this child alone, I wonder if it would be convenient for me?"

Shang Lixing raised his eyes to look at Xie Liuchen, nodded and said, "Yes." Immediately, he ordered all the cultivators in the hall to go out, leaving the space of the conference hall to Xie Liuchen and the three of them.

Because Xie Liuchen turned his back to him, he didn't notice the look in his eyes. He was held by the old man in front of him, and he didn't have the slightest intention of resistance, because the elder was really different from the monster clan people he had seen in the past. Gentle and so kind.

After the casual cultivators left, the Great Elder stroked Xie Liuchen's hair again, and asked softly, "Son, Yuan Sang said you don't want to go back, is that true?"

Xie Liuchen said: "Yes, Great Elder, I want to stay at Qiushuimen to accompany Senior Brother Shang, and I don't want to go back to Xiya Mountain." Afraid that he would be disappointed, he immediately added: "However, I will find a chance to go back to visit you in the future .”

The Great Elder was really disappointed: "You really don't want to go back to Xiya Mountain?"

Xie Liuchen was afraid to meet his gaze, but he still said firmly, "Yes."

He timidly lowered his head, waiting for the elder's stern words to press him, but instead he found that the elder smiled and patted his hand: "Son, do you think I will force you to go back like Yuan Sang?"

He was speechless in astonishment.

Yuan Sang raised his head in astonishment from the side: "Grand Elder, didn't you agree—"

The Great Elder waved leisurely, and said to Yuan Sang, "If I don't say that, would you be willing to bring me here?" Then he said to Xie Liuchen, "I've lived for thousands of years, what can I not see through? Since you are here Only Nanling can be free, so come here as you wish, and don't care what others say."

Yuan Sang said anxiously: "But the Great Demon King—"

The Great Elder said calmly: "I'll go to the Great Demon King to persuade you. Get out and don't disturb our conversation."

Yuan Sang said sullenly: "Okay, I won't talk anymore." He closed his mouth aggrieved, but the corner of his mouth was murmuring something in a low voice.

The Great Elder looked down again and said with pity: "Poor child, he lost his parents when he was born. He must have suffered a lot of grievances while wandering outside these years. How can we restrain him?"

It was the first time Xie Liuchen heard about his biological parents, and he murmured foolishly, "My parents? What kind of people are they?"

The Great Elder recalled: "According to calculations, it was already 400 years ago. Your father was generous and loving, and was deeply loved by the clan. Speaking of it, he was somewhat similar to the owner of the Shang clan. Your mother was the most beautiful in the clan." The girl who was a childhood sweetheart with your father, married him when she grew up, and gave birth to a daughter in the second year after marriage, who is your sister."

"That year, the demon army invaded Xiya Mountain on a large scale. Your father died fighting for the protectors. Your mother passed away after giving birth to you. At that time, I was hidden in the cave and did not participate in it. I only heard about the incident The war was so fierce that the clansmen had to close the passage to the world. Then there was chaos in the clan fighting for the position of the demon king. Your sister came outside my cave with a baby in her arms and begged me to come out of the mountain to serve their siblings. Justice."

Xie Liuchen asked in a low voice: "The Great Elder knows that Jing Feng is a fake?"

The Great Elder sighed: "Oh, of course I know, but how could I have the heart to expose them when I faced their widowed siblings?"

Yuan Sang said: "Hmph, that fake demon king thinks he has some noble bloodline, but he is actually just a counterfeit, so he has the nerve to do his best in front of us!"

The Great Elder pretended to reprimand: "Interrupt again? How can you talk too much here? Get out!"

Yuan Sang scratched his head, and left the conference hall with a face full of unwillingness.

Seeing him walking away, the Great Elder turned his head and said to Xie Liuchen in a warm voice: "Yuan Sang is a monkey with a carefree personality. He always only listens to your sister's words, so you don't have to pay attention to his words."

Xie Liuchen was moved again: "The Great Elder—"

"You can stay if you want, and you can go back if you want. In this life, you don't have to care about anyone's opinion. No one can deprive you of your freedom."

Xie Liuchen sighed secretly, how could he be free?As long as the conflict between the two races remains, he will always be in a dilemma.I couldn't help asking seriously: "Grand Elder, what if I want to resolve the grievances between the two races? Then, it doesn't matter whether I am in Xiya Mountain or Nanling."

"So, that's what you're thinking about," the Great Elder was stunned for a moment, and then said with relief, "Very well, after all, you are more like your father than your sister. Alas, it's a pity that your father can't see it." It's here..."

Xie Liuchen lowered his head sadly.

Sadly, I heard the Great Elder say again: "Okay, today's trip has finished what I have said for hundreds of years, so I can go back with peace of mind."

"Are you going back?" Xie Liuchen felt a little bit reluctant to get along with such a reasonable elder.

The Great Elder said: "I heard Yuan Sang talk about you and insisted on going down the mountain to see you. Seeing you grow into such a good child, I am satisfied."

Xie Liuchen thought of him being a thousand years old and traveling all the way to Nanling in order to see him, he felt really sorry, and said: "I will go back to see you often in the future."

He helped the Great Elder to stand up slowly, Yuan Sang outside the door heard their movements of getting up, walked into the meeting hall, Shang Lixing also walked in, cupped his hands and said: "Wait a minute, Great Elder. There is one thing that may need your help. Master Xuansi of the Yunshan Sword Sect has been hit by an unknown spell and is still unconscious, please ask the Great Elder to step up and go to the medicine hut to find out the cause of the disease for him."

Xie Liuchen asked strangely: "Does the Great Elder also treat people?"

As soon as the words fell, Yuan Sang chuckled, Shang Lixing also smiled and said: "Junior brother Xie, you don't know something, the great elder is pedantic about heaven and man, even Nan Xing's medical skills were taught by him."

Xie Liuchen was surprised: "Master Nan Xing?"

The Great Elder nodded: "Well, Nan Xing is my disciple, and I taught him all his medical skills."

Xie Liuchen was even more surprised.

The great elder stroked his long beard: "Well, take me to see him."