the next day.

Anne, Xu Ziling and Shi Qingxuan leisurely left the palace that looked like a fortress on the outside and a palace garden on the inside in the extremely luxurious two-wheeled carriage presented by Xie Hui, the owner of the Sovereign Castle early in the morning.

Duzun Castle.

At noon, the vehicle arrived at the intersection of Youlin Xiaozhu. When Shi Qingxuan got out of the car, he suddenly asked Annie about her performance last night. Of course, the heartless Annie casually replied: It's pretty good.

Is it a little noisy to listen to at night?

After receiving the evaluation, Shi Qingxuan naturally turned red with anger on the spot, and then walked away quickly without looking back.

Seeing this, of course Xu Ziling followed him in a hurry, as if he wanted to comfort or do something else?

Anne, of course, didn't care about anything. She just took the opportunity to take out a few gold coins to send the driver of the Monarch Fort out of the car, and let him find a way to walk back and get out. After that, she quickly controlled the pair of

The luxurious carriage he drove ran eastward along the main road in Shuzhong, leaving Xu Ziling and Shi Qingxuan behind.

That’s right!

Just dumped it.

After all, compared to those two troublesome morons who had to discuss everything first and then ask for instructions, Annie still preferred to play around, walk around, look around and wander around.

, do whatever you want, go wherever you want, instead of playing boring roles like master or senior.

Of course, the most important thing is that Shi Qingxuan has almost eaten all the snacks and side dishes that Shi Qingxuan is good at, and the other party no longer has much use value.

Not to mention Xu Ziling.

Therefore, since she has the opportunity now, of course she will take the opportunity to play with herself.

As for the expressions and reactions of the two people after they returned to the secluded forest house to sort out their things but could not see themselves, Queen Anne had nothing to do with her. Anyway, she would not wait for those two people anymore.

Where is the troublesome guy!

(…)

(●￣?￣●)

(However, Tibbers has a different opinion on this. In its view, who among the three is the one who gets in the way and acts as a 'lightbulb' is really a question worth discussing.

Big question?)

…

Just like that, while Anne was lying in the luxurious carriage and taking a nap and eating snacks, the two-wheeled carriage sped eastward.

"Oh..."

?(?′0`?)?

"Um……"

(っ?-?)

It wasn't until half a day later, when the two horses were half exhausted and panting heavily that they had to stop slowly beside the stables of a roadside tea stall and wine shop, that she stretched and rubbed them.

Eyes jumped out of the car in a hurry.

"here it is……"

(O ^~^ O)

"Where are you?"

(?Д?≡?д?)!?

Obviously, Annie didn't know this place, and the people she might know had already been left behind. They were probably at least half a day's journey away from her.

But it doesn't matter if you don't know her, Anne never pays attention to such trivial matters.

"ha!"

?(￣??)???

Then, she ignored the astonished expressions of the tea shop owner and waiter who came up to her. She directly ordered them to take care of the horses and vehicles, and then walked to the nearby table next to the small bridge.

Located in the poetic location of Fanxiaoqiaoliushui, I am going to eat and order anything at this small shop that is specially designed to provide rest for pedestrians and other vendors.

"Ouch!"

First, he directed the waiter to untie the horses and take them to the stables to take care of them with good fodder and beans. After discovering that no more people were getting out of the car, he curiously opened the curtain and took a look, confirming that there was really only Anne.

After the little girl came out, the shopkeeper couldn't help but be a little frightened. He quickly exclaimed and came to Anne who was already sitting at the table and asked carefully:

"This little guest!"

"Why did you go out alone?"

"You can't run around!"

"Look over there, it's a chaotic situation, be careful of those frivolous beggars kidnapping you!"

After all, the world is currently unstable, there are many refugees, and this place is still in the wilderness with no villages or shops. A lady like Anne, who is well-dressed and behaves well and drives a luxury car when she goes out, sneaks away alone.

He came out and ran so far, so from the shopkeeper's point of view, once he was abducted by those asking for help, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"??"

(???.???)????

After being stunned for a while, it took a long time for him to come back to his senses and figure out that the other party was referring to the beggars sitting on the roadside in the distance and looking at him with numb and complicated eyes.

Anne then curled her lips and waved her hands and said disdainfully:

"People are not afraid!"

o(′^｀)o

“It’s still unclear who will abduct whom at that time!”

(??ω??)

"Just don't worry!"

(゜▽＾*)

Come to think of it!

She, Queen Anne, has been wandering around in that endless world and endless plane universe. What kind of people have she never seen? There are just a few people over there who have evil intentions, and they really want to find an opportunity to rob her.

How could she care about a guy with carriages, horses and property?

(…)

(●￣?￣●)

"oops!"

(??へ??╬)

"Uncle, don't worry about it for now. Go quickly and bring the most delicious and delicious food in your store to others. Your money will definitely be indispensable!"

(*?^?*)???

As she spoke, Annie patted the table impatiently and waved her hands to urge her.

"this……"

"Sir, are you serious?"

However, the kind-hearted shopkeeper still felt uneasy.

He felt a little hung up in his heart, and even wanted to send someone to the Duzun Castle to deliver a message or something. After all, he had seen that the horses' buttocks and carriages had the exclusive signature of the Duzun Castle.

Mark, do you think Anne has anything to do with Duzun Castle?

Maybe, when the time comes, he will probably be praised by Duzunbao, one of the three major forces in Sichuan and Sichuan, and then be rewarded with a large sum of money or something?

"Ah!"

"Do not worry!"

"If Grand Master Anne, who is known as the best in the world, can be offended by a few thieves, wouldn't you and I be looking for a piece of tofu to kill her?"

At this moment, when the shopkeeper was hesitating, a man in black clothes, tall and straight, with gray hair, but with a cold face like a forty-year-old man, was exuding an astonishing aura.

A terrifying man with an imposing manner that made people dare not look directly appeared.

He walked over the bridge over the creek, and while walking towards the elegant square table where Anne was sitting and talking jokingly, he did not forget to look firmly at the person who was exuding the radiance from him with his eyes.

The terrifying aura prompted the shopkeeper, who was too frightened to say a word, to urge him in a cold voice:

"go!"

“Just serve the best wine and food you have here!”

After saying that, he didn't care about Annie's beautiful big eyes that were blinking and looking at him with a puzzled look on her face. He just sat directly opposite Annie, and then reached out and picked up what the shopkeeper just brought.

He poured himself a cup of the pot of hot tea first.

"Okay, okay!"

"Sir, please wait a moment..."

"The shop collected a few golden pheasants brought by some hunters nearby in the morning, and they are still alive right now!"

"Keep it safe so that you two can eat comfortably!"

Until this moment, the aura emanating from that scary man was too terrifying, and Anne didn't show any fear, although she didn't know what the man said before about being the best in the world.

, but the shopkeeper subconsciously thought that the two of them knew each other, so he was no longer worried. He just put away his little thoughts as if he had been granted amnesty, and ran towards the kitchen in a blink of an eye.

There were shouts from behind to get busy.

"??"

く(＾_?)ゝ

"Uncle, who are you? Why do people think you look strangely familiar the more they look at you?"

(^～^;)ゞ

After the shopkeeper walked away and stared at the visitor for a long time, and then Anne was sure that she had seen him somewhere before, but couldn't remember it, she asked strangely.

"ah!"

"Doesn't it look familiar?"

"Last time……"

"I almost caught your two beloved disciples!"

The visitor looked at the tea in his hand and stared at the dense steam for a while. Then he raised his head and saw that Annie's expression didn't seem to be fake. He sighed to himself, and then whispered like this with a half-smile.

.

"Beloved disciple?"

(゜-゜)

"oh!"

(?▽?)

"You mean Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong?"

(o?▽?)o

"You are talking nonsense!"

(?^▽^?)

"They are not my fans. In fact, I don't like them at all!"

o(′^｀)o

After thinking about it for a while and realizing that the other party had used the wrong word, Anne quickly protested.

Because, in comparison, Shi Qingxuan, who knows how to cook, and Huanwan, who knows how to serve and make people happy, are much more likable to her than those two idiots Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

The sister Shang Xiuxun in the horse ranch who is very good at finding delicious food and often shares it with her is much better than those two idiots!

Anyway!

Anne would never admit that those two idiots were her disciples, and if she hadn't accidentally agreed to it, she wouldn't have wanted to teach those two idiots!

Although, she may have never taught her seriously, she just left the secrets and asked the other party to practice by herself and occasionally help out a little bit?

"correct!"

!(;?o?)o

"I almost forgot, uncle, who are you?"

\(“▔□▔)/

After protesting, Anne continued to ask with some surprise, as if she suddenly remembered something very important.

After all, there were many people who almost captured Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling. Those two guys also encountered many enemies, such as Yu Wenji, Du Fuwei, or

How could she remember so many other cats and dogs?

But no matter what, Anne was very sure that the guy in front of her was probably not one of those people she had met in person, but it seemed like she had seen him somewhere before, so he looked familiar?

"..."

The weird man did not speak in a hurry, but first picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, then frowned and slowly put down the cup and looked at Anne for a while, then said again leisurely:

"Shi Zhixuan!"

"We met from a distance at the Manqing Courtyard in Luoyang."

Finally, the visitor looked directly into Anne's eyes and revealed his identity. At the same time, he also burst out with momentum and pressed towards Anne.

"Shi Zhixuan?"

(???.???)????

"I seem to have heard it somewhere..."

(??_?)

Anne didn't react at all. It was not like the guests and refugees around her who were frightened and looked at her with horror or fear, nor was it like the horses in the stable that snorted and tried to break free.

The reins ran away, and she just blinked and stared at the 'Shi Zhixuan' in front of her with her beautiful eyes that seemed to be able to speak, and thought about it.

"ah!"

(??ω??)?

"I remember it!"

d(′ω｀*)

Finally, Annie remembered something not very important.

She remembered that one night when she was in Luoyang, she was watching the fight between Huanwan and Concubine Shixuan, and when she was enjoying watching it, she suddenly discovered that the two idiots Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were being raped by someone.

Someone was arrested?

Then, she had no choice but to end her viewing of the battle early and hurried away, but who would have thought that the man was so cunning that he left without waiting for her to pass?

Now take a closer look, isn't it the guy in front of her? No wonder she always feels familiar!

but……

Thinking that the guy in front of her seemed to be the old tease from Miss Shi Qingxuan's family, and that he only wanted to capture Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling at that time, and did not kill them completely, so she thought about it again and again.

At least he resisted the idea of ​​hitting the opponent directly.

This is just like what she said just now, Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong are not her disciples, they are just two stupid and troublesome guys. And since this guy did not cause any bad consequences to those two people at that time, then

Of course she was too lazy to stand up for them.

"That……"

(°ー°〃)

"Uncle, what do you want to do today?"

(???.???)????

"You don't want to fight, do you?"

=????(???*)

Then, looking at the back kitchen, I saw that the shopkeeper hadn't finished it yet and brought out the delicious red golden pheasant that the other party just mentioned. Annie felt that she was idle and bored at the moment, so she carefully

asked.

Although she is not afraid of each other, nor is she afraid of fighting, but in comparison, now she still wants to sit here motionless and wait to eat delicious food!

"..."

Shi Zhixuan did not speak, but after seeing that the aura and some kind of mental oppression were completely ineffective on Annie, he sighed silently, restrained the aura that had just emitted that made other people and horses restless, and then lowered his head.

He looked at the tea cup on the table silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time, when Annie was a little impatient, he asked softly:

"The environment of Youlin Villa is very good, right?"

"Now……"

"she……"

"How is Qingxuan's situation?"

With that said, before Annie could answer, Shi Zhixuan slowly turned his head and looked into the distance, towards the west, in the direction of the small secluded forest house that was at least dozens of miles away from here.

"??"

く(＾_?)ゝ

Anne was quite surprised that the other party was acting like this.

She thought that the other party would brazenly come to fight with her!

After all, the other party was said to be a very scary and powerful guy in the rumors, but he didn't expect that he just came to ask about Youlin Xiaozhu and Shi Qingxuan?

"well enough?"

「(°ヘ°)

"It's not far from here. Sister Qingxuan should still be at home. Why don't you go back and have a look yourself?"

(?_?)ヾ

After briefly explaining Shi Qingxuan's situation, Annie asked a bit strangely, not knowing what the other party was doing.

"I can not……"

"I'm afraid that if I'm too cruel, I won't be able to help but attack her..."

"nature!"

"I am also more afraid that I am too soft-hearted and dare not make decisions."

However, what surprised Anne even more was that after Shi Zhixuan pondered for a while, he finally just shook his head with a wry smile and said such a strange thing?

But what he said is really true!

Because Shi Zhixuan has never been afraid of anyone in the world, including the original three great martial arts masters in the world, or the "Queen of Yin" Zhu Yuyan, or even the little girl Annie in front of him. He is not afraid at all!

However, he only dared not face his own heart and his daughter.

Many years ago, he should have allowed Butian Pavilion's mental method to occupy his body, mind and dominant position. From then on, he would not be moved by any emotions in the world and directly reach the state of the Great Perfection of the supreme magic power. In one fell swoop, he could reach even

Break through the shackles of the Grand Master level!

However, as fate would have it, the existence of his daughter Shi Qingxuan always touched some past events in his heart that he should have forgotten...

As a result, a moment of softness and intolerance caused his tangled heart and spirit to sometimes be normal and sometimes crazy.

In fact, it was no longer a battle between the Huajian Sect and the Butian Pavilion, but a battle in his own heart. He had wanted to be more ruthless and more ruthless many times... However, every time,

Seeing his daughter Shi Qingxuan from a distance always made his heart touch the softest side, which was the one he least dared to face.

"strangeness!"

(ー`′ー)

"It's so good. You don't seem to hate her that much. Why would you want to harm her?"

(′△｀)?!

Although it was easy to see the entanglement in the other person's heart and the messy things he was thinking, it made Anne even more surprised.

“It’s easy!”

"Maybe I lost something important, which caused a flaw in my state of mind."

"And she..."

"That's my flaw!"

Surprisingly, Shi Zhixuan did not hide anything, but spoke openly and continued to sigh sadly:

"Maybe……"

"If she no longer exists, then will it become perfect?"

"This is the reason why I have been struggling for so many years, so you should know it, right?"

"I don't dare to see him yet."

First he spoke bitterly, and then, Shi Zhixuan's expression slowly turned ferocious, as if a beast in his heart wanted him to choose someone to devour.

But fortunately, it was Annie sitting in front of him. Her powerful force and clear eyes successfully made him extinguish some of his thoughts.

"wrong!"

(???3?)

"Some things can't be thrown away."

??(??￣?￣)????

"You can't make something that already exists in this world no longer exist, and even if it really doesn't exist, you can never forget it."

(???????)

"Don't go messing around with things like killing your wife and sister to prove it. How twisted and perverted a guy would have to be to come up with such a crooked idea?"

ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas

Annie curled her lips, then sighed softly and advised her.

Of course, it is not entirely correct to say that she was trying to persuade her, because she could see that the weird uncle in front of her, who was a little mentally abnormal, could not easily be cruel to Miss Shi Qingxuan. Otherwise, the other party would have been killed long ago.

You've already started, why wait until now?

"yes……"

"So I've been thinking of other ways."

Hearing that Annie actually said that this method was not very reliable, Shi Zhixuan's eyes flickered for a while, and then he chuckled like a self-mockery again.

"correct."

"The relic..."

"It should be on your apprentice, right?"

Just like that, after the two chatted casually for a few more words, Shi Zhixuan suddenly asked about the situation of the 'Evil Emperor's Relic', and unabashedly looked into Annie's eyes again and asked with some urgency.

"actually……"

"Before coming here, I had always thought about whether to take action against Xu Ziling."

"but……"

Having said this, Shi Zhixuan stopped but hesitated to speak.

He made no secret of it: He came to Shuzhong this time just to arrest Xu Ziling and interrogate the whereabouts of the Evil Emperor's relics!

After all, Kou Zhong is currently leading troops in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is difficult to deal with Song Que, the "Heavenly Sword", so he has no choice but to target Xu Ziling.

But……

Whenever he thought of what he had seen these days, the smiles of his daughter Shi Qingxuan and Xu Ziling when they were together, he hesitated to make up his mind.

"wrong!"

(?~?)

"That thing is not on Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong. It was taken away by Huanhan and given to Zhu Yuyan."

(′～`●)

"But before sending it away, the three of them have absorbed almost all the power inside."

o(′▽｀)

Anne didn't mean to hide anything and directly told everything she knew.

"!

"

"Is that so?!"

Hearing this, Shi Zhixuan immediately showed a look of astonishment.

"Yeah?"

"It seems that we can't get it easily..."

Then, after frowning and thinking for a while, Shi Zhixuan nodded with understanding and sighed without asking any more questions.

He did not doubt Anne's words because Anne had no need to lie to him.

"??"

(???.???)????

"Is that thing useless anymore? All the essence must have been absorbed by Kou Zhong and the others!"

(°ー°〃)

Seeing that the other party didn't give up completely, Anne couldn't help but continued to ask strangely.

Anyway, in Annie's opinion, the 'Evil Emperor's Relic' is just a low-quality container for storing spiritual energy. She never thinks that kind of thing is of any use, and it is probably not as good as the one she casually picked up from the Yellow Maple Valley.

It's a certain low-level spiritual stone that I took out.

"What I want is not Yuanjing."

"In the evil emperor's relics, the ferocious energy input by those unparalleled evil emperors may make my state of mind perfect. That is the only other way I can think of."

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Shi Zhixuan simply explained that his target was not the essence stored in the relics, but the 'evil energy' that can affect people's minds that most people look down on and think they are all dross.

!

"Is it complete?"

(°ー°〃)

"that……"

(′～`●)

"Uncle, have you ever seriously thought about..."

(=?ω?=)

"Your current state of mind is actually the most perfect?"

ヾ(^▽^*)))

However, Anne shook her head in disapproval, and instead said this with a smile and a smile.

That’s right!

In Annie's view, there is no so-called "perfection" in this world, and there is no need to pursue any "perfection"! Life is like a novel journey full of changes and discoveries, and

Every experience and every little thing on the journey is very meaningful.

Including joy, anger, sorrow, birth, old age, illness and death, as well as all kinds of delicious and unpleasant things...

Anyway!

It is precisely because of their existence that human life is meaningful and complete!

And if you deliberately eliminate certain things and people, such as deliberately eliminating certain experiences and emotions, then it will become one-sided and 'unsatisfactory'. For practitioners, especially for the world, it will become unsatisfactory.

For those who have entered the Taoist martial arts, that is the worst and fatal situation.

"!

"

"you mean……"

Hearing this, Shi Zhixuan was startled, then suddenly raised his head and stared at Annie, as if he had caught something, but it seemed that he had caught nothing.

If anyone else had come to say such words to him, he would definitely sneer and ignore them, there is no doubt about that.

but……

If it is the person in front of me who is recognized as the number one master in martial arts in the world today, this person who looks so young is already powerful enough to defeat the number one Taoist master in China, "Sanren" Ning Daoqi, with one palm, and knock away Zen Master Kong and Jing Nian Zen Monastery.

The words of a hundred eminent monks and the Four Great Vajras, the number one person in today's martial arts world who finally captured Shi Fei Xuan alive, this little girl who faced the full oppression of her own spirit and momentum but remained indifferent said that is another matter.

So, while subconsciously asking aloud, he also began to carefully think and taste what Anne just said, and seemed to have grasped something that he had been dreaming of for many years?

"Guest sir!"

"I'll keep you waiting~!"

Otherwise!

At this moment, the shopkeeper's shout directly interrupted Shi Zhixuan's mysterious state of trance.

"!

"

Then, of course, Shi Zhixuan, who was disturbed, completely lost that mysterious and indescribable feeling, so that he suddenly turned around with a furious heart, and directly used that terrifying expression of wanting to choose people and devour them.

He glared at the opponent with a powerful mental shock.

"..."

(??ω??)

Fortunately, the other party came to deliver food and Anne was nearby. Therefore, the mental shock that was extremely terrifying to ordinary people was directly offset by Anne's look, and at least the shopkeeper did not bleed directly from his orifices.

be frightened to death or become a fool.

"I……"

"This, this is your dish..."

Not knowing what he had done and being resented by Shi Zhixuan, the most terrifying "evil king" in today's martial arts world, the shopkeeper hurriedly placed the two plates of game on the table for the two of them before they tied the knot.

Baba said and turned around and ran away as if running away.

"..."

Seeing that his invisible attack was blocked by Annie, Shi Zhixuan had no intention of continuing to embarrass the shopkeeper. He just slowly turned around and frowned tightly, thinking about what Annie had just said, and also seemed to want to

To grab something that he had almost grabbed before.

pity……

He could never get back to that state.

"Uncle!"

(*?▽?*)o

"Would you like to eat a little together?"

(?^▽^?)

Seeing that the other party still wanted to hang around, although Anne didn't have much sincerity at all, she still managed to ask the other party politely.

At the moment, she doesn't care whether the other party can understand what she just said, because, in the vast world, she, Queen Anne, eats the most!

If the other party wants to think about something, it's best to think about it slowly in a place where no one is around. Don't stay here and affect her eating!

Because being easily disturbed like that just now will also affect her appetite, which is absolutely intolerable!

(…)

(●￣?￣●)

"..."

Shi Zhixuan did not answer.

After a long time, he finally couldn't regain the previous understanding, so he could only sigh and slowly stood up.

"Thank you for your advice!"

"Shi Mou resigned first..."

Then, after slightly arching his hands, Shi Zhixuan seemed to have gained something, but seemed to have gained nothing. After all, Shi Zhixuan felt a little melancholy and hurriedly turned around to say goodbye and left.

"..."

(??~??) Chew!

Of course, Annie had no intention of staying. She just ate her own while watching the other person's back gradually disappear into the dense forest at the corner of the official road in the distance.

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Chapter completed!