When Xu Yan returned to the door of Liuyun courtyard, a figure in blue shirt was already standing in front of him. With the faint candlelight emitted from the yard, he could still vaguely identify who the person was through the faint light.

Xu Yan stepped forward and saluted, "Master!"

Zhao Bailian nodded slightly, but he had always been concise and did not like to beat around the bush, so he asked straight to the point: "Why did Li Ku kill you in the end?"

Xu Yan thought for a while and replied truthfully: "When Huangmaojian was traveling to the sect mission, my disciples met a group of inner disciples from Chenyang Sect. They tried to compete with me for the injured Demon Rock Liehu. I naturally refused and fought with them. During this period, I successfully injured two people in their team and scared them away. Before leaving, I learned from one of the people in their team that the two people who were injured by me were named Li Zifan and the other was named Zhang Chun."

Xu Yan paused and continued, "I think the person named Li Zifan should be Li Ku's younger brother."

Zhao Bailian was very keen and asked, "You just said that among the disciples of Chenyang Sect, someone revealed their information to you. Why is this?"

Xu Yan was not surprised by the other party's questioning, and his face was calm and calm, "That person was the disciple's hometown when he was a child. They were all from Xujia Village, so I let him go."

Zhao Bailian said indifferently: "You should have eliminated the roots at that time, rather than being a kind woman like this. Thinking of the old love, do you know that as a practitioner, it is not a good thing to have such love for children on her body."

Xu Yan heard the stern and ruthlessness of the other party's mouth, and couldn't help frowning slightly. However, he did not argue about this, but said: "The disciple's cultivation level was only two floors before, and it was a lucky chance to seriously injure the other party. Later, in order to scare off the other party's third-grade martial arts cultivator, he tried his best. When he reached the point where his strength was exhausted, I had no spare energy to silence him."

Zhao Bailian sighed and waved her hand and said, "Forget it, since this has happened, I can only let it go. You can go back and rest."

When Xu Yan heard this, he bowed and said goodbye, and turned to Liuyun Courtyard. However, just as he raised his foot and was about to step into the threshold, he suddenly asked, "What will happen to Li Ku's final punishment?"

Zhao Bailian glanced at him meaningfully without answering.

Xu Yan did not get the reply he wanted and returned to the courtyard. However, he did not have any sympathy for Li Ku. After all, the other party had to take advantage of the chaos to kill him before. He destroyed the other party's foundation with one punch and did not kill him. It was already considered as showing mercy.

Xu Yan knew very well that in that situation at that time, even if he killed Li Ku, he would not suffer any guilt. He just felt that it was unnecessary.

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After returning to the yard, the candles swayed and the fire was bright. Xu Yan first went to the pool to wash, then changed into a long robe that was stained with Li Ku's blood, and then came to the kitchen.

The cardinal had finished her meal at this moment, crossing her legs, standing on the branch like an eagle, as domineering as ever, without any scruples.

Xu Yan felt a little amused while cooking, but when she saw her reading a book very seriously under the candlelight, she did not dare to disturb her. However, he glanced at the name of the book in her hand. It didn't look like a martial arts technique, but like a collection of essays describing urban humanities and geography, with the title of the book "Shishui Collection".

Xu Yan buried his head in the rice. After eating two big bowls in a row, he finally felt full. He was immediately satisfied, as if his physical fatigue had been relieved. Then, he consciously went to clean the pots and pans after the meal.

The cardinal suddenly said to Xu: "I heard you are from a village called Xujia Village?"

Xu Yan had no idea that the other party would suddenly ask this question, so he said "ah" in a daze, then came to his senses before replying seriously: "Yes, it's Xujia Village."

The dragon brow frowned and asked, "Which Xujia Village? This book is concentrated in the mountains and rivers. It records six Xujia Villages in Lingzhou alone."

Xu Yan clearly remembered that his hometown was already in the northernmost part of Lingzhou, so he replied with a smile: "It should be the northernmost part of Lingzhou. However, my village is not big, and the number of people was the most was when I was five or six years old. It looked like a hundred families. But when I grew up and bid farewell to Grandpa Xu and came to the Lotus Sect, there were only less than sixty or seventy families left in the village."

When Xu Yan said this, a trace of recollection flashed in his eyes, and then said, "Now, the number of people is probably smaller."

The cardinal noticed the bitterness contained in his smile and asked, "Why is this happening?"

While washing the porcelain bowl in his hand, Xu Yan thought for a while before he replied: "Because time is constantly moving forward, and Xujia Village was originally gathered in a deep valley, and its contact with the outside world remains unchanged. In the past, ancestors could rely on the mountains to eat and be self-sufficient. Nowadays, people can still live the poor days of the past. The younger generations think about going to the county town to work hard."

The cardinal seemed to understand what Xu Yan said, nodded, and continued, "I just read the route described in this book. It seems that it does not conflict with you when you head north to Yong'an City. If you want, you can take this opportunity to go back to the village first."

When Xu Yan heard this, he looked at her curiously and asked with a smile: "Sister Hong, how did you know that I want to go back to the village?"

The cardinal remembered that on a rainy night, someone muttered to himself in the patio. Although the sound was very slight, how could he escape the ears of the sword cultivator of the sixth level cultivation peak?

So she just glared at him fiercely, but did not answer.

Seeing that she pretended to be angry, Xu Yan felt funny, but she shut up and stopped asking, but instead changed the topic and said, "By the way, Sister Hong, where are you from?"

The cardinal looked down again, but said calmly, "I have been at Lotus Peak since I was born and have never fallen into the mountain."

When Xu Yan heard this answer, he was stunned and speechless. It was not until he washed all the pots and pans that Xu Yan asked the dragon cliff: "Have Sister Hong ever thought about going down the mountain to see somewhere else? For example, the largest county town in Lingzhou, etc."

The cardinal looked up at him very seriously, shook his head, and said, "I used to want to go down the mountain to see it, but unfortunately I have to practice swords all the time. I don't have the chance, but now I don't think about it at all."

Xu Yan asked in surprise: "Why?"

The dragon bree said, "Because the Lotus Sect is in danger now, who would know how long it can be as comfortable as it is now?"
Chapter completed!