At the beginning of Niujia Village, my sister-in-law and I depended on each other.

"Since we have made a promise, we should treat each other with respect from now on. If you ever become disgusted with me, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Maid Lin had a frosty face. After handing over the red silk in her hand, she looked at Yang Tiexin and gave some instructions in a calm manner.

Yang Tiexin took the red silk, clasped his fists solemnly, and said, "Thank you, Master Lin, for your help. If I, Yang Tiexin, change my mind one day, I will commit suicide in front of the ancient tomb to apologize!"

Maid Lin nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Although Granny Sun was a servant of the ancient tomb, she entered the ancient tomb with her young lady when she was young, so she could be said to be a veteran of the ancient tomb. Otherwise, with her cold personality, she would never talk nonsense in front of outsiders.

"Master, is Grandma leaving?"

Just as Yang Tiexin and Granny Sun turned around, the delicate little girl that Li Mochou was holding in her right hand suddenly raised her head and asked Maid Lin in a baby voice.

"What a beautiful little baby." Upon hearing the voice, Niu Ben and others couldn't help but look back.

Maid Lin's cold expression eased a little, she looked down at her apprentice, and said softly: "Grandma lives nearby and will come back to see Long'er."

"Oh--"

The little girl's voice dragged out.

Maid Lin followed behind Yang Tiexin and the others. Li Mochou held her hand by her right hand and she walked slowly while looking up at her senior sister. She said in a baby voice, "Senior sister, if you leave, will you come back to see Long'er?"

They never said they were leaving!
Li Mochou's pretty face froze, and she couldn't help but glare at her junior sister. She glanced at her master with a guilty look, and said with a stern face: "Ancient Tomb disciples are responsible for guarding the tomb, and are not allowed to leave the tomb easily. Why would Senior Sister leave?"

"Oh--"

The little girl said "oh" and walked obediently without saying anything. Although she remembered that her senior sister had said to herself that she wanted to leave the ancient tomb, she did not dare to talk back to the vicious senior sister.

A quarter of an hour later,
With Yang Kang paving the way, the few of them slowly returned to the wooden house.

The wedding was extremely simple. Yang Tiexin and Granny Sun simply bowed to heaven and earth, and then a group of people sat at two tables under the dim candlelight, chatting in low voices as they drank the wedding wine.

Perhaps because her master was sitting next to her, Li Mochou wanted to ask Bao Xiruo who was sitting next to her about the news of her brother Niu many times, but she didn't know how to start.

"If you can't sit still, go back to the ancient tomb."

Maid Lin glanced at the eldest disciple who was looking around and said in a light voice.

"Oh——" Li Mochou didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore. She imitated the tone of her junior sister and responded honestly.

But when she saw the chef put down his bowl and chopsticks, she couldn't help feeling a little anxious, thinking that he might not have a chance to come out if he went back.

Li Mochou gritted her teeth, finished the rice in the bowl in two bites, put her hands under the table, quietly took out a letter from her sleeves, poked Bao Xiruo gently with her fingers a few times, and then passed the letter to her under the table.

Bao Xiruo was chewing her rice gently while thinking about something absentmindedly, but was instantly brought back to her senses by Li Mochou's poke.

Just as I was about to turn around and ask, I felt something being handed to me from under the table, and then I suddenly understood something.

So he calmly put down his bowl and chopsticks, smiled at Maid Lin and said, "I'm full, Master Lin, enjoy your meal."

After saying that, he hung his hands under the table, quietly took it, and stuffed it into his sleeves.

"I am full?"

Maid Lin glanced at the senior disciple opposite her, then glanced at the younger disciple sitting next to her, and asked in a calm voice.

"I am full!"

Li Mochou nodded obediently.

Seeing this, the little girl opposite reached out and wiped her greasy mouth, raised her head and said in a baby voice, "I'm full, Master."

Mu Nianci couldn't help but smile, put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands, took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, and smiled lightly: "What's your name, little sister?"

"Little Dragon Girl."

The little girl's eyes were bright and clear. She looked at Mu Nianci without blinking and spoke in a baby voice.

Maid Lin then remembered that she had forgotten to wipe her apprentice's mouth, so she nodded slightly to Mu Nianci, then looked at the two apprentices and said, "When you are full, follow me back to the ancient tomb."

"Senior Sister, let's go..."

The little girl held onto the bench with both hands, climbed down the bench swiftly, walked to her senior sister and took her hand.

Seeing that the master had already stood up and was walking out of the house with a sword in hand, Li Mochou did not dare to delay. She gave Bao Xiruo a pleading look, then picked up her own sister and quickly chased after him.

As soon as Maid Lin left, the other table suddenly became lively. The three old men raised their wine bowls and clinked them with each other, then raised them to Niu Ben, Yang Tiexin, and Yang Kang, and said with a smile: "Come on, drink, drink, drink it all."

"Cheers, cheers! I'll drink first and wish my dad a happy wedding!" Yang Kang picked up the wine bowl and drank it first.

After drinking a bowl of wine, his face suddenly became much rosier, and before he knew it, he had put his right leg on the stool.

Yang Tiexin couldn't help but frowned upon seeing this, but he put down the wine bowl, opened his mouth, and said nothing in the end.

Mu Nianci and Bao Xiruo sat quietly at the table, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a little subtle.

Mu Nianci's eyes flashed, and she wanted to break the silence, but she didn't know how to address him.

Bao Xiruo must have noticed something, she sat up slightly and said softly: "Follow Dingtian and call me Senior Sister."

After a pause, she raised her eyes slightly, looked at Mu Nianci, and said thoughtfully: "It's too lonely for you to live in that small courtyard alone. Move to my place later, and we will have someone to talk to."

Mu Nianci bit her lip, did not refuse, and finally nodded with a slight "hmm".

The letter her father left for her had already explained everything clearly. She didn't want to be disturbed and just wanted to start over.

Moreover, I also told her yesterday to come here as little as possible in the future. She has nowhere else to go except Niu Dingtian's territory.

After a few bowls of wine, seeing that it was getting late, Niu Ben secretly winked at Suluzhi, and he said goodbye with a smile.

the next morning,
The few of them started their journey back from the town, and five days later, they finally returned to Jiugong Mountain.

After Huang Yaoshi, Yideng and Hong Qigong left, the days on the mountain seemed to have fallen into a kind of isolated dullness and tranquility.

Except for Chen Jiner and Fentian, who take care of some things every day, the rest of the people, apart from practicing martial arts, would rest their chins on their hands and daydream, wasting half a day absent-mindedly.

Time flies by very fast. In a blink of an eye, summer has gone and winter has come. It is already the twelfth lunar month. On the day before New Year's Eve, heavy snow suddenly fell over Xiangyang. In just half a day, the snow on the top of Jiugong Mountain, which was covered in silver, had already touched the ankles.

One year old is eliminated amidst the sound of firecrackers.

In the evening of the next day, the heavy snow stopped and bursts of firecrackers could be heard from the direction of Xiangyang City from time to time on Jiugong Mountain.

But with one person missing on New Year's Eve, the mountain seemed to be dull and boring.

evening
Ke Zhen'e, Zhu Cong, Han Baoju, Yan Fangyu, as well as Niu Ben, Niu Kui and others, led Guo Jing and Yang Kang to the military camp to join in the fun.

Chen Jiner, Miss Huang, Han Xiaoying, Guai Baoer, Mu Nianci, Bao Xiruo, Yan Huaixi, He Yuanjun, Murong Miaozhen, Fentian, and Guo Jing's mother Li Ping, sat together in the hall to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the dinner table was a little cold, Chen Jiner suppressed her disappointment, picked up the Tusu wine in front of her, and said with a smile: "New Year's Day should be lively, don't be silent, let's have a drink together first."

Everyone was quite cooperative. Even He Yuanjun, who couldn't drink, drank the Tu Su wine in his cup.

Chen Jiner put down the wine cup, looked at Miss Huang who was leaning on the table with one hand on her chin, still a little listless, and said with a smile: "Rong'er, do you miss your father? I told you earlier that if you sent a few more letters, Island Master Huang would definitely come."

"I don't want that old stubborn guy!"

Miss Huang rolled her eyes and snorted in a very dissatisfied tone: "Come if you want, Senior Sister Mei can't cook. If you don't go back to Peach Blossom Island, you can go to a restaurant every day!"

As she spoke, she pouted slightly and sighed listlessly, "I was just wondering when Brother Niu would come out. I don't know if he's eating now."

It is necessary to eat when practicing in seclusion, but she just stored some food in advance. She felt uncomfortable when she thought that her brother Niu might be eating steamed buns during the New Year.

After hearing what Miss Huang said, several people at the table put down their chopsticks that had already been picked up involuntarily.

Seeing this, Li Ping hesitated for a moment, looked at Chen Jin'er, and asked hesitantly: "Sister Chen, do you know when Master Niu will come back? He has not been seen for half a year, and Jing'er was still talking about him yesterday."

Chen Jiner smiled and said, "He should be back soon. Before leaving, my uncle said that he had important things to do in half a year. If..."

"What if?"

Li Ping asked curiously.

However, Chen Jin'er did not reply to her. Her eyes were fixed outside the hall, and the smile on her face gradually froze.

"Amitabha--"

A Buddhist chant was heard, and before the women could react, a grey figure had stepped into the hall at some point, and the people in the hall felt the atmosphere suddenly condense.

call out!call out!call out!
Han Xiaoying, Fentian, and Miss Huang reacted and instantly turned into shadows and pounced over.

"Sound the alarm!"

As Chen Jiner shouted, a sword light flashed from her waist. The next moment, the Ziwei soft sword flew across the dining table with a sound of breaking through the air and stabbed at the gray figure.

boom! boom! boom!
hum-

The gray shadow threw three punches in a row, knocking Han Xiaoying, Fentian, and Miss Huang away. Then another punch hit the sword directly, and the soft sword in Chen Jiner's hand flew out in an instant.

At the same time, six Buddhist beads were shot out one after another, hitting the rest of the people who were taking out signals to warn.

"enemy……"

"boom!"

Just as Chen Jiner was about to shout, a gray shadow pointed out and the voice stopped abruptly. Then a shadow flashed and pounced towards Han Xiaoying and the other two who had fallen to the ground.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The three men relied on their swiftness to dodge the gray shadow's moves twice, and then they felt a pain in their Dan Zhong acupoints, and their bodies became like the people at the table, unable to move at all.

Three strokes!

With just three moves, the man subdued everyone in the hall at lightning speed.

"Master, are you here to beg for alms?"

Miss Huang's pretty face was pale, but she still greeted Juexing with a smile. She, Han Xiaoying and Fentian were not hit in the mute point.

Han Xiaoying and Fentian did not speak, both of them were silently trying to impact the acupuncture points.

"Amitabha, I should have thought of it earlier that donor Niu was not on the mountain." Juexing clasped his hands together and sighed softly.

When he arrived in front of Chen Jin'er, he untied the mute point and said calmly, "I only came here for the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Slaying Saber. Donor Han, hand over the swords and stay with me in Shaolin Temple for a few days. The rest of you will be fine."

Chen Jin'er shook her head and said, "It's not a problem to stay at Shaolin Temple temporarily, but I don't know where my uncle put the sword. Master Juexing, please forgive me."

"Mr. Chen, do you really think that monks will give birth if they don't kill?" Juexing's old face turned cold, and he slightly exerted strength on his palms. His indifferent eyes looked around and finally fell on Fentian.

"Master, you were not like this three years ago." Han Xiaoying met that gaze, her heart suddenly shuddered, she stopped practicing, and said with a complicated expression:
"Han Xiaoying's life was originally saved by the master. If Master Jue Xing wants to take action, take mine back first."

Juexing was stunned when he heard this, his eyes fell on Han Xiaoying, and he frowned slightly unconsciously.

Han Xiaoying's eyes flickered slightly, and she said softly, "Master, you should have known that it was my husband who stole the scripture. Why didn't you rush to get it back, but instead stared at his sword?"

She had guessed this in her mind for a long time, but had never wanted to reveal it.

Nowadays in the Sun Moon Sect, Shaolin's unique skills are almost everywhere, and it makes no difference whether you talk about it or not.

Seeing that Jue Xing seemed to be distracted, Miss Huang turned her eyes and quietly winked at Chen Jin'er, then raised her pale and pretty face and said in a tender voice: "Hey, Master, is what you just said true?"

"Of course it's true!" He regained consciousness instantly, stared at me, and said in a deep voice: "If Mr. Huang gives me the sword now, I won't take you. I will leave immediately after I get the sword!"

Tsk, it’s up to you whether to bring it or not.

Miss Huang despised it in her heart, and said calmly: "Untie it! I will take you there!"

Thinking of where the swords were stored, Chen Jiner's face suddenly changed, and she couldn't help but shouting: "Ronger! Don't go!"

After Miss Huang's acupuncture points were released, she rubbed her tanzhong area and said, "Weapons are dead, but people are alive. At worst, you can just forge them again later."

After saying that, he waved to the others and led Jue Xing out of the hall. (End of this chapter)