Sitting on the bed, the house is spotless inside, it's been so long since I left, nothing has changed at all.
The flowers and grass in the courtyard have always been taken care of by someone.
Standing in the courtyard, the willow tree had grown a lot taller than before he left, and this place was filled with too many memories.
The time to come back will be less and less, even bidding farewell completely. The Great Yan Dynasty will eventually leave, after finishing the Qin history, Liu Wuxie will plan for the future road.
"No problem, I'll bring some wine and water over, let's have a few cups together!"
Xu Yilin's voice sounded outside the yard, Liu Wuxie withdrew his consciousness, and his eyes returned to their normal calm state.
Opening the courtyard gate, my father-in-law was holding a jar of wine and a roasted chicken.
"Father-in-law, is your injury okay?"
Please sit down, Father-in-law. Winter has passed and the willow trees' leaves are blocking out the sky, with a faint starlight shining down. The roasted chicken and wine have been placed on the stone table, and Xu Yilin is just about to pour wine for Liu Wuxie.
"I'm coming!"
Liu Wu Xie took over the wine jug from his father-in-law and filled two cups.
Clash the wine cups together and drink in one gulp.
"No evil intentions, I recall from your memory, we haven't sat down and had a drink together since you were born."
Xu Yilin put down his wine cup and picked up the wine jug to refill Liu Wuxie's cup.
"I was ignorant before and caused trouble for Father-in-law."
In the past, every time Liu Wuxie saw his father-in-law, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, hiding in no time. How could they drink together?
"You've grown up, Changlan City is too small, and the pool of Great Yan Dynasty is not big enough for you. You are a true dragon, and sooner or later, you will soar to the sky. What I can do is not to hold you back. The sky is high and the bird flies freely. Your stage does not belong to the Great Yan Dynasty, but to a wider world."
Xu Yilin suddenly looked much older, and after drinking a cup, his mood was somewhat down.
"No matter how big the outside world is, there's only one home."
Liu Wuxie raised his wine cup, directly pouring it into his mouth. The spicy flavor was like a ball of flames, going down his throat and entering his body, a wave of intoxication rising to his head.
"Alright, with your words, I can rest assured leaving Xue Er in your care."
Xu Yilin poured a full glass of wine and stood up, Liu Wuxie followed him and stood up together.
He and Xu Lingxue's matter, Liu Wuxie didn't know how to deal with it for the time being, could only follow the natural course.
The estrangement and contradictions that had been generated before were too deep, although Xu Lingxue's attitude towards him had changed a lot in the past few months, it would still take a long time to thoroughly accept him.
"Father-in-law, you didn't come to find me just to say these things, did you?" Liu Wuxie asked after finishing the wine in his cup.
Everyone sat down, and the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive. Suddenly, Father-in-law came to find himself, absolutely not saying these words, there must be something important.
"I had no intention of telling you until after you and Xue Er got married, but a series of things happened and it was delayed until now. Now that you're all grown up, it's time for you to know."
Xu Yilin's face turned serious and solemn as all the intoxication disappeared from his body.
What was it that made him so solemn, his true energy circulating, the wine dissipating, Liu Wuxie concentrated and looked at his father-in-law, had something big happened to the Xu family?
"Father-in-law, please speak!"
Liu Wuxie was able to guess that this matter must be very important.
"Your parents didn't abandon you on purpose, they were taken away by someone."
Xu Yilin had just finished speaking when Liu Wuxie suddenly stood up, "Could it be that his parents were taken away by someone, rather than intentionally abandoning him?"
"What did you say?!"
When I was young, I always thought that his parents had abandoned him on purpose, which led to the great change in his character. But it turned out that his parents were taken away by someone.
"The day before your parents were taken away, Brother Liu suddenly entrusted you to me and told me to wait until you're eighteen years old to tell you all this. He instructed me to remind you not to go looking for them, but instead to live a simple life in Canglang City, get married, have children, and spend the rest of your life in peace." Xu Yilin said slowly.
The night Liu's parents left, it was raining heavily outside, and a group of mysterious people took him away. Fortunately, the day before, he had already sent Wu Xie to the Xu family.
Liu Wuxie seemed to understand his father-in-law's bitter kindness, all these years no matter how he was pampered, always letting him indulge, even giving his most precious daughter to himself, just wanting him to live a plain and simple life in Canglang City.
"Who took them away."
After rebirth, Liu Wuxie accepted this body and also inherited his emotions.
Hearing that his parents were taken away, his heart skipped a beat, and he had an impulse to rush out and rescue them immediately.
This is blood thicker than water, with parents' fresh blood flowing inside the body.
"This group of people is too powerful, a thousand times stronger than that group of people today, they can ride the clouds and drive the fog, and are no longer ordinary people."
Recalling that night, Xu Yilin's face was still filled with lingering fear, the group of people who took Liu Dage away had actually flown away.
Flying is too far away for human beings.
The true energy transforms into form, merely supporting the body, unable to achieve flight.
"My father-in-law just needs to tell me who they are."
Liu Wu Xie was very clear in his mind that once his cultivation reached a certain level, flying would no longer be just a dream. He planned to investigate the whereabouts of his parents as soon as he left the Great Yan Imperial Court.
"I'm not sure either, this was left to me by your parents, and you can only open it when you're eighteen years old. Who knew so many things would happen recently."
Xu Yilin took out a box from his storage bag and placed it in front of Liu Wuxie, the only thing left by his parents.
On the wedding night, Liu Wuxie almost died in the brothel, and later suffered a blow from the Wan and Tian families, one after another, Xu Yilin almost forgot about this matter.
After putting down his things, Xuyilin stood up and turned around to leave the yard.
When I was about to leave, my body had shrunk a lot.
Watching his father-in-law leave, Liu Wuxie's heart was filled with a hundred flavors. Over the years, his father-in-law had been accommodating himself to repay the kindness of his parents for saving his life. This feeling and this kindness, he would never forget in his lifetime.
If it weren't for my father-in-law taking care of me all these years, I might have long been lying dead on the streets.
He owed a favor to the Liu family and used his entire lifetime to repay it; this kindness was greater than heaven.
Holding the box and walking into the house, sitting on the bed, gently stroking the surface of the box, the exquisite patterns carved on it do not seem to be from the Great Yan Dynasty, this is a spiritual pattern.
These years Xu Yilin never opened it and always carried it with him.
Gently open the box, inside is a purple jade pendant, a book, and a handkerchief with some small words embroidered on it.
Pick up the handkerchief, place it flat on your palm, and under the lamp light, this is a woman's handwriting, embroidered with needlework, which will not fade or rot even after decades.
Ordinary paper would have rotted away after a decade or so.
"None of you, when you see this handkerchief, it means you've grown up. We owe you an apology for leaving you alone in Canglang City at such a young age. But don't worry, I've entrusted Brother Xu to take care of you. Remember, don't come looking for us. Live a humble life and be sure to respect your father-in-law. When we arrived in Canglang City, we met him and he's a real man of integrity. Time is running out, Mother owes you an apology, take care!"
The next few lines of embroidery are crooked and twisted, probably because they realized the danger was approaching and didn't have time to continue writing.
Liu Wu Xie's eyes were slightly moist as he put down his handkerchief, carefully folded it and placed it back in the box.
Pick up the palm-sized jade pendant, very delicate, with many incomprehensible patterns carved on the front, like a bird, also like a flame, should represent some kind of power or symbol, temporarily not sure.
On the other hand, there is a willow character on it, this jade pendant should be something that Father carries with him all the time, used to prove his identity.
After researching for half a day, I couldn't find any information about the jade pendant in my memory, so I had to put it back in the box.
Finally picked up that book, it was heavy, lightly flipped open, and it turned out to be a set of martial arts techniques.
"Fatal Blade Technique!"
This turned out to be a set of knife skills and martial arts techniques, and Liu Wuxie flipped through page after page.
"Could this be Father's swordsmanship?"
There are not many memories of childhood, fragmented and intermittent. Occasionally, I can recall the scene of my father practicing knife skills, but the memory is very vague and only remember so much.
A portrait of parents, Xu's family kept a copy, about the appearance of parents, was etched in memory.
"What a profound and exquisite swordsmanship!"
Liu Wuxie was more and more shocked as he watched, this set of knife skills is extremely high-level, far surpassing the Shanhe Swordsmanship by countless times, it's absolutely not a Xuanji Wuqi, it might have reached the absolute top-grade, or even Tianjie.
"Great, the Blood Rainbow Sword Technique has been cultivated to its peak. What's missing is a set of sword techniques that suit me. This Life-Taking Sword Technique is overbearing and extreme, just right for my cultivation."
Closing the knife spectrum, Liu Wuxie closed his eyes and sorted out the information in his mind.
He suddenly learned that his parents were taken away by someone, which had a certain impact on his heart.
There are only three things about his parents, and even his father-in-law doesn't know who took them away. Wanting to find them is like looking for a needle in the ocean.
This jade pendant is better than having no clue at all.
Walked out of the house, the brain was rapidly turning, the deadly knife method had a total of nine moves, one move after another, each move was fatal.
This is the killing knife method, and the art of killing has been performed to the extreme.
The knife method is as fast as lightning, requiring extremely strong true energy to drive the life-taking knife. Liu Wuxie's Taohuang True Energy is just suitable for this.
The evil blade comes out of its scabbard, the right hand tightly grasps it, the knife tip points to the sky at a 45-degree angle, this is the starting move of the life-taking technique.
Brewing!
An invisible wave of air churned around him, stirring up dust on the ground and causing tiles on rooftops to explode by themselves, unable to withstand the invasion of his intent.
The sword's intent already possesses attacking power before it is even unsheathed.
"Fatal Blow!"
Evil Blade Slashes Down, using only about 10% of his true energy.
Like a raging torrent, it flowed along his arm and into the evil blade.
Right away!
A long ditch appeared in the middle of the courtyard, extending endlessly.
After last time's practice of the Overbearing Fist, Liu Wuxie's courtyard was specially built. Every stone used in its construction was extremely hard, and ordinary weapons could hardly cause any damage to it.
"Rumble!"
A massive boulder suddenly exploded into countless fragments, shooting towards the night sky, and then turned to dust, disappearing without a trace.
The knife intent disappeared, and a ten-meter-long ditch appeared in front of Liu Wuxie, with a width of three meters. This was only using about one-tenth of his true energy.
Go all out, isn't it going to destroy half of the Xu family?
"What an overbearing swordsmanship!"
It seems that he still underestimated the True Martial Continent. Compared with the entire continent, the Great Yan Empire was just a grain of sand in the ocean.
Sheathing his sword and standing up, he gazed at the ravaged ground, a bitter smile flickering at the corner of his mouth.
From Aiwan.