There is a mansion in the west of Zhaoye City that is incompatible with its surroundings.

First of all, this mansion is not very big. Compared with those evil demons who like to show off, this mansion looks like it was built by someone who just entered Zhaoye City, as if he knew that he would not be able to live in the future. I have been huddled here for a long time, like a temporary place to stay.

Other evil spirits often have crypts or rivers in their mansions, which are used to raise things that are not humane to outsiders. Otherwise, there would be a huge garden to bury some leftovers.

There is nothing in this mansion, only a small courtyard surrounded by several rooms.

Secondly, people who come to the Night City like strong colors. Everywhere they look is brown, black, brown and red. At first, it was to cover up the blood stains, but later it gradually became the preference and habit of most evil spirits. But this mansion is mainly green and white. Green is the kind of jade-colored blue, and white is not pure white, with a hint of hibiscus pink.

When this house first appeared, the demons passing by did not know its origin and even ridiculed it: Why, is this some scholar coming to build an academy here? There is actually a word 'Li' hanging on the door.

Not necessarily, maybe some noble lady has had enough of the hypocritical and boring days and decided to join Zhaoye City.

I don't think so. This pavilion, and the pair of jade gatekeepers. Look, there's a little cinnabar on the forehead. It's disgusting and pretentious!

The evil demon swallowed his curse words and said: It looks like those Immortal Sects.

Don't worry too much. Which immortal sect is crazy and wants to settle in Zhaoye City!

Speaking of the Immortal Sect...

Well, it won't be...Feng, the new city lord, right?

It didn't take long for them to discover that the person who built the mansion was actually their new city lord, Feng Xue Li.

As a result, for a long time, those evil spirits did not dare to pass by the front of the mansion, for fear of being dragged in to settle accounts.

The demons in Zhaoye City are always a little afraid of the city lord, but the method of fearing them is different. Just like when Wu Xingxue was there, no one dared to stay near Quebuluo for miles around. When Xue Li was granted the title of city lord, they only avoided it slightly.

Just because in the eyes of many people, Feng Xue Li's position as city lord was not very convincing, and his position was not secure.

***

When Feng Xue Li first arrived in Zhaoye City, Zhaoye City was in chaos - it was less than a month after the collapse of the Immortal City at that time. Under the collapse, thick immortal energy flowed from the sky to the human world, and it was almost impossible to die. , because the evil spirits gathered in Zhaoye City were like a huge living target, and all the fairy energy naturally poured in here.

Those evil spirits can fight with the immortals in the human world, and some of them are so powerful that they can survive against a single fairy. But the influx of immortal energy from the entire Immortal City was more than they could bear.

So much so that the evil spirits in Zhaoye City suffered for a long time, and they almost thought they were going to die. Fortunately, there was a slight turn of events later and he was able to save his life.

At that time, the demons in Zhaoye City were either hiding in caves and unable to come out, or their vitality was so damaged that they could not become demons.

Feng Xue Li appeared at that time, and the timing was just right, neither too early nor too late.

It is said that when he came to Zhaoye City, he was empty-handed and only brought one entourage. At first he was not willing to build a mansion, so he found a random inn in Zhaoye City and stayed there for a long time.

What kind of good place could an inn in Zhaoye City be?

If you don’t have some ability, it is very likely that the person will disappear and disappear without a trace if you continue to live there.

As soon as Feng Xue Li checked into the inn, news about him secretly spread throughout Zhaoye City——

Everyone said that there was a weirdo in the city. He looked... It was true that he looked like a lady. He dressed like a fairy, walked and spoke like a fairy, and was quite upright. Walking on the street, some people would believe any scholar who said he was out for a spring outing. The only thing that seemed a bit evil was the tattoo on the left side of his neck that spread to the side of his face.

Zhaoye City never accepts money for food, accommodation, gambling and entertainment. Gold, silver and jewelry are really useless to them, and they are far less cost-effective than cultivation utensils. When Feng Xueli stayed in an inn, the fee was paid for by spiritual stones and spiritual weapons, which was also a hobby of people in the Immortal Sect.

It is said that his entourage took out spiritual stones in handfuls, and the brocade bag was like a bottomless pit. This was not something ordinary immortals would do.

Later, the evil demon people from Zhaoye City quietly inquired and found out that he was a member of the Feng family. The current head of the Feng family, Feng Juyan, is his sister, and the elder Feng Fei is his brother. He is the youngest son of that generation. And this Yaozi rarely showed up in the past and had no sense of existence, so he was almost unknown.

The demons in Zhaoye City often deal with the immortal sects. The bigger the immortal sects are, the deeper their hatred will be. For example, the Hua family and the Feng family are all old enemies.

For this reason, how could they like Feng Xue Li? So when Feng Xue Li stayed in the inn, he was attacked almost every night.

All the demons that could move in Zhaoye City went to say hello to him. They originally wanted to show him some color and make him suffer a little. Unexpectedly, no one who went there was left behind.

So Feng Xueli stayed in the inn for a year. He himself was unscathed, but everyone in Zhaoye City made a difference.

In places where there are many evil spirits, there is only one truth - whoever is strong has the final say, and whoever is powerful is the city lord.

But regarding Feng Xue Li, although everyone suffered losses at his hands, they were all a little unconvinced. Because in the eyes of these evil spirits, they were not at their peak when they were affected by the immortal energy from the collapse of the Immortal Capital. It was just that the timing of Feng Xue Lilai was just right and they took a huge advantage.

In order to prove that Feng Xue Li had taken advantage, some evil spirits would look for trouble from time to time.

They are not fond of fighting either.

Seeing that he could not gain the upper hand, he turned around and ran away. After pulling back and forth like this for half a year, Feng Xue Li still couldn't be hurt at all.

After another half month, they finally learned that Feng Xue Li was injured!

But it was not someone who hurt him, but Que Buluo's ban.

From that time on, everyone in Zhaoye City knew that the reason why Feng Xue Li had been living in an inn instead of building his own mansion was because he wanted to occupy the place where Que Bu Luo was.

As a result, all the demons' attention was drawn to The Bird Doesn't Fall, and every day they worked hard to study what was so special about the Bird The Bird Doesn't Fall, which made Feng Xue Li miss this point. As a result, there were fewer people looking for trouble for Feng Xue Li.

Since then, Feng Xueli has been in seclusion in the inn, raising his hand that was cut off by Que Buluo.

When everyone heard about him again, it was the temporary mansion that was carved in pink and made of jade.

The mansion was really small and could not accommodate more than a few people. But for the weirdo Feng Xue Li, it was enough.

Later, there were not many people who followed him in Zhaoye City, but no one could stay in his mansion for a long time. The only one who lived with him was his entourage from the Feng family.

The follower is famous for his unshakable smiling face and is now the Smiling Fox.

***

At this moment, the master and servant who came out of the Feng family were in the open room of the Li house.

Anyone who has been to Li House knows that there is really a room here with no doors or windows, only a screen. There are some tables and futons neatly arranged in the room. At first glance, it looks very much like a human academy.

However, if anyone from the Immortal Sect sees it, they will find that the layout is more like the regular disciple hall of the Immortal Sect.

At this moment, the tables in the Disciple Hall were not empty. There was a young man sitting on the futon behind each table.

Those boys were in their teens and had the unique figure of a young man's joints. Their hair was tied high, they all held a pen in their hands, and they had long volumes spread out in front of them.

They also sat very awkwardly, some with one leg propped up, a bit wild. Although some of them cross their legs obediently, they always like to sway back and forth, not holding the pen well, and making secret gestures like dancing with a sword.

At first glance, he looks like the kind of young man who has little patience for books but is obsessed with swordsmanship.

Xiaohu stood aside, glanced at the young people, and then immediately looked away.

At times like this, he never dared to look too much, because those young people were all shameless...

It was an extremely strange scene. Seven or eight young people occupied all the desks in the Disciple Hall, and their every move was extremely vivid, no different from living people. But they are indeed not living people, they have no faces.

The first time he encountered this kind of scene, even Xiaohu was startled.

He asked Feng Xue Li at that time: Master, what are these?

At that time, Feng Xue Li glanced at the young men and replied: The layout of the disciple hall.

The laughing fox felt a little creepy when he heard this answer. It's understandable to say that vases, pen stands, screens and the like are decorations, but it's really a bit weird to say that those teenagers are decorations.

Xiaohu asked again at that time: Why don't you have any face?

Feng Xueli said: That's good.

After that, Feng Xue Li talked about something else, and Xiaohu didn't ask any more questions.

Until one day, Xiaohu passed by the teenagers, lowered his head and took a few more glances, and suddenly found that although the teenagers were moving in different ways, some were immersed in reading volumes, some were holding pens to draw, and some were holding talismans. The paper is balled up. But they seemed... identical.

Although they don't have faces, you can tell by looking at their hands, hair, and body shape that they seem to be the same person.

Thinking about it this way, the scene in the Disciple Hall becomes even weirder.

So during that time, Xiaohu looked at Feng Xueli and felt that he was a little crazy.

But how could it be?

Xiaohu was a little confused.

He and Feng Xueli grew up together. The previous Feng Xueli was obviously not like this.

He was brought back by the Feng family when he was begging on the street when he was a teenager. I heard that the Feng family often took in some abandoned children. Even the head of the family, Feng Shulan, was not the biological daughter of the old head of the family, but an adopted daughter who was later taken in.

When Xiaohu first entered the Feng family, Feng Shulan had been the head of the family for many years.

At that time, Xiaohu had heard some rumors from unknown sources, saying that it was difficult for the Feng family to have direct heirs, whether due to physical differences or being cursed by evil spirits. But Feng Shulan broke this rumor. Everyone knew that she had three children.

The eldest brother's name is Feng Feishi. Perhaps he was born with a bit of the rumored curse. He was born with poor physical fitness and unstable soul. No matter what he cultivates, there is an upper limit. However, he was young, intelligent, understanding, and well-educated, so all the disciples of the Feng family liked him.

The second child is a daughter, slightly one year younger than Feng Feishi. Her name is Feng Juyan. It is said that she can drive the spirit sword at a very young age. She has excellent bones and is an excellent practitioner. But his personality is stubborn and tough, completely opposite to his brother.

Their youngest son, Feng Xue Li, was much younger than them. Feng Fei was eighteen years old, when Feng Xue Li was just born.

It is said that Feng Xueli was a little weird when he was born. Other children often cried when they were hungry, sleepy, uncomfortable and even when no one was around. But Feng Xue Li was extremely quiet. He slept most of the day, always curled up with his eyes closed, motionless, and even the ups and downs of his breathing were almost non-existent. At first glance, it was not even possible to tell whether he was still alive. .

That look scared a lot of people.

The Feng family thought he had grown up

It would be better, but no.

Even when he was three or four years old, he was still extremely quiet and seldom spoke. Whatever was said to him or asked, he would just nod or shake his head. Sometimes it feels like an empty shell.

He often squatted alone under a tree in the courtyard, staring at the soil under the tree for an entire afternoon. I don’t know if I’m looking at the ants passing by in a string, or something else.

He didn't like fire, the smell of burning things, and the sound of swords clashing. Sometimes when he saw disciples passing by with swords, he would stand up from under the tree and run into the house. , but couldn't help but look at the backs of those disciples.

This kind of temperament and habit really shouldn't be born in the Immortal Sect.

Fortunately, Feng Shulan did not dislike this young boy because of this, and even doted on him - if he didn't like fire, he wouldn't let fire appear around him. If he doesn't like swords, don't let him practice swordsmanship. Such a big sect can't support a person who doesn't understand magic.

However, Feng Xueli seemed to like his brothers and sisters very much. When he was young, he would often sit on the steps of the disciple hall, staring at Feng Feishi and Feng Juyan, watching them practice physical skills.

As soon as it was time for sword practice, he ran away again without saying a word.

Feng Feishi and Feng Juyan would often be stared at by that little thing with horror at one moment and their scalps would be numb, and the next moment they would be laughed at by his back that turned around and ran away.

However, the age gap was there, and Feng Feishi and Feng Juyan had always worked hard and had little time to play around with Yao Di. After a long time, I became somewhat unfamiliar.

After Feng Xueli turned eight, he stopped going to the disciple hall to see his brothers and sisters. He stayed in his courtyard all day, never leaving or taking a step outside the door. Feng Shulan was afraid that he would get bored, so she wanted to find someone to accompany him.

Xiaohu entered the Feng family at that time. The only thing he had to do after entering the Feng family was to accompany Feng Xueli.

When Xiaohu was young, he was often said to have a straightforward personality and was therefore not lovable. But this point became an advantage in front of Feng Xue Li.

Because of his straightforward personality, he agreed to accompany Feng Xue Li and never left for a moment, spending almost every day and night together.

No matter where Feng Xue Li goes, no matter what he wants to do, there will always be him beside him.

After so many years, even the most boring and showy person will change.

Therefore, Feng Xueli spoke more and more in front of Xiaohu every day. From nodding and shaking his head at the beginning, he gradually turned into responses, and then occasionally answered, even took the initiative to chat and laughed.

In Xiaohu's view, Feng Xue Li has always looked like a somewhat elegant young master for a very long time.

Therefore, he never thought that one day he and Feng Xueli would betray the Feng family and come to Zhaoye City, known as the Devil's Cave, and even become the new city lord of Zhaoye City.

He couldn't remember exactly when the change in Feng Xue Li started.

He only knew that Feng Xueli had always been in a trance since he was a child. He would often stare at a certain place for a long time without moving, his eyes glazed over and unblinking.

Normally, the Laughing Fox would not be disturbed at this time, and would only stay by the side. But there is one exception...

That time someone came to the courtyard, so Xiaohu patted Feng Xueli to call him back to his senses. At that moment, Feng Xueli froze suddenly, blinked, and when he turned to look at him, his eyes were very strange...

It was a calm look, as if a stranger was looking at him through those eyes.

At that moment, Xiaohu had a strange thought in his heart - this person didn't seem to be Feng Xue Li.

But he soon got rid of this thought, because in the next moment, Feng Xueli turned into the one he was most familiar with, as if the previous strangeness was an illusion.

Later, this situation became much more frequent.

Once Xiaohu couldn't hold it back anymore and asked him: Master, are you... the master?

Feng Xue Li was stunned for a moment and said, This question is so weird.

The laughing fox asked again: Then why did you look at me like that just now?

Feng Xueli thought for a while and said, I was just thinking about some things randomly, and I couldn't react when I was called back to my senses. How did I look at you just now? Is it uncomfortable?

Xiaohu said: No. You can look at it as you like.

After that time, Xiaohu stopped asking.

He has an upright character. When he was brought into Feng's house, he promised to accompany Feng Xueli, and he would always accompany him, no matter what.

But it seems that since then, Feng Xueli's character has become more and more eccentric. Sometimes he is polite and a bit shy, he will laugh at the smallest things, and sometimes he is calm and enigmatic.

This makes him seem a little separated and a little weird.

Although he doesn't have close contacts with other people, as time goes by, this strange feeling will eventually be noticed. He has been eccentric since he was a child, so everyone just thinks that the older he gets, the more eccentric he becomes. Without thinking, they gradually become afraid of him and deliberately avoid him.

Feng Xue Li didn't touch swords when he was young, but then he suddenly got better, so his swordsmanship and skills didn't fall too far. Occasionally, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and his swordsmanship still had the style of a great master.

Therefore, after Feng Juyan became the head of the family, he initially intended to let his younger brother co-manage the disciple hall. But she and Feng Feishi also noticed that Feng Xueli had an eccentric temperament. Perhaps because of concerns or simply out of dislike, they slowly changed their minds.

As time passed, anyone with eyes in the Feng family could tell that Feng Juyan and Feng Fei were together, while Feng Xueli was far away.

From Xiaohu's point of view, it seemed that Feng Xueli and his brother and sister were destined to break up, but he never thought that they would completely separate and go in opposite directions. He doesn't even trace back

A breaking point.

Twenty-five years ago, due to the collapse of the Immortal City, the immortal sects in the human world were also in chaos, and the Feng family was no exception. But the chaos did not spread to Feng Xueli's courtyard. He fell asleep as usual, but suddenly opened his eyes late at night.

At that moment, the unfathomable feeling was particularly strong.

Xiaohu remembered that he was standing by the window, listening to the footsteps of Feng family disciples walking outside the courtyard, and suddenly said, I'm going somewhere, you don't have to follow me.

At that moment, Xiaohu actually felt a little uncomfortable.

He did not answer, but took the scimitar he often used, walked up to Feng Xue Li, and said in a deep voice: I will go wherever the young master goes.

It wasn't until he swept away a group of Feng family disciples and broke the Feng family's barrier, breaking countless places along the way and causing countless immortal sects to move, that Xiaohu realized something was wrong.

But he said that no matter what happens to Feng Xue Li, no matter where he goes, he will follow him and will never break his promise.

So, one day later.

The Feng family lost a youngest son, and Zhaoye City gained an evil spirit.

From that day on, the gentle young master never appeared again. No matter day or night, Xiaohu saw the calm and unpredictable Feng Xue Li.

Since arriving in Zhaoye City, Feng Xue Li has become less and less like the original person, and there is still a hint of calm madness in the strangeness.

For example, the Disciple Hall in front of you.

In Xiaohu's memory, Feng Xue Li practiced all his kendo techniques in his own courtyard and had never been to the disciple hall a few times. Why do you want to set up a disciple hall in the mansion when you arrive in Zhaoye City?

And there are these identical young men in the Disciple Hall...

At first glance, it looks like I am missing something.

For a moment, Xiaohu had that long-lost thought again——

He felt that the Feng Xue Li in front of him was not the one he had been with for decades. It was like another stranger, staring at Feng Xueli's body, looking at him calmly with Feng Xueli's eyes.

***

Why are you staring at me? Feng Xue Li suddenly said calmly and looked up.

The laughing fox suddenly came to his senses.

He shook off the weird thoughts in his mind and asked Feng Xue Li: The young master asked me to keep an eye on the bird's movement before. Now that Wu Xingxue is back, why has the young master never made any move? Shall I keep an eye on it again?

Feng Xueli walked up to one of the young men, patted the young man's wrist, and said: Don't turn the sword down or raise it when thrusting.

He spoke as if the young man was a living person.

The madness was most evident at that moment.

The smiling fox's expression changed, then calmed down, and he lowered his eyes and waited for an answer.

After Feng Xueli finished the boy's actions, he straightened up and said to Xiaohu, No need to go.

The laughing fox was startled: Why? Don't we always have to be one step behind to know the movement of the bird?

Feng Xueli said: No.

He was quiet for a moment, then saw that the young man was acting recklessly again, so he patted him again. While patiently correcting the boy's movements, he replied to Xiaohu: There are people watching over there.

The smiling fox looked puzzled...

Who else will help Feng Xue Li keep an eye on it?

***

At the same time, it was almost nighttime.

Fang Chu who was quietly waiting outside the bedroom suddenly moved and glanced in the direction of the bedroom.

Perhaps due to the backlight, the expression between his brows and eyes was a little blurry, as if he frowned slightly and then relaxed quickly.

The movement was so fast that it was almost indistinguishable, but Wu Xingxue saw it in his eyes. He gently rubbed his blue fingers to slowly absorb the cold air.

His attention was focused on Fang Chu's expression at that moment, and he didn't notice that the person behind him who had been in trance for a long time suddenly moved, as if his spiritual consciousness had finally returned to his body.

Just as the hoarfrost on his fingertips was about to melt, he felt his fingers being held by someone, and Xiao Fuxuan's deep voice rang out: It's still cold indeed.

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