Xu Han, who had returned from Zhong Changhen's mansion, pushed open the courtyard door of the small porch window.

Unexpectedly, Chu Chouli, who was blindly wandering outside every day, was surprisingly honest at home today.

The bearded middle-aged man was drunk with a pot of wine in his arms.

"Xiao Han? You're back?" Seeing Xu Han push open the courtyard door, Chu Chouli greeted Xu Han with a flushed face, signaling him to sit down.

Chu Chouli's address towards Xu Han always changed. After a while, Young Master Xu, Old Brother Xu, and now, Little Han.

Xu Han was accustomed to this. He shrugged his shoulders and slowly sat down.

When Xu Han was an Asura, he would occasionally drink some wine. Walking in Jianghu, wine was always an indispensable thing, but he rarely drank it like Chu Chouli did. In the end, he didn't really like the smell of alcohol.

"Brother, I'm so bored by myself. Come drink two cups with me." Chu Chouli was never a person who obeyed the rules. When Xu Han sat down, he casually poured a glass of wine for Xu Han. He raised his glass towards Xu Han and drank it in large mouthfuls. He didn't care what the person who drank with him thought.

Xu Han's wine cup was still in mid-air, and in a blink of an eye, Chu Chouli had three large cups in his stomach.

Massive. Xu Han thought to himself, and then he drank the glass of wine in his hand in one gulp.

He said that he wanted Xu Han to drink with him, but Chu Chouli had never cared about Xu Han from the beginning to the end.

He raised his glass and shouted, "Cheers!" Then he drank it all in one gulp, but what about Xu Han? Not even lifting a cup..

In a blink of an eye, a jar of wine was drunk to the bottom by Chu Chouli.

"Xiao Han, I'm not bragging to you. Back then, in our Thieving Sacred Sect .." It was mostly a common illness of middle-aged men. After drinking too much wine, they would have to talk nonsense and tell us what kind of outstanding young man they were back then, how they were different from the others.

"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Han nodded repeatedly and was about to get up and tidy up the stone table stained with wine. Otherwise, when Ye Hongjian came back at night and smelled the soaring smell of wine, he would probably lose his temper again.

However, the moment Xu Han stood up, the drunk Chu Chouli suddenly reached out and grabbed Xu Han.

"Little Han .." he cried out, unable to pronounce clearly.

"Do you think it's not good for this person to be alive?"

"Huh?" Xu Han was stunned. Previously, he had noticed that Chu Chouli was somewhat different today. Although he was drunk like this, he smiled happily as if he enjoyed drinking very much. Today, however, it was somewhat different.

"It's good to be alive." He hesitated for a moment before sitting back at the stone table. "Only by living for a long time can we see more different sceneries and know more people.."

This question was also a problem for Xu Han.

It took him sixteen years to survive, but now that he was alive, he didn't know where he should go or what to do.

But no matter what, living was a very happy thing, and Xu Han firmly believed in it.

"Then why would someone have to die if they were alive?" Chu Chouli asked drunkenly.

His voice was wrapped in dense confusion, and the question that could confuse a person of this age was definitely not a simple question.

But unexpectedly, after hearing this question, Xu Han was only slightly stunned and gave his own answer.

"More than a year ago, I also asked someone such a similar question."

"He told me that everyone has a mission in this world."

"Big or small, good or bad."

"As long as you find your own mission, you can do anything for it, including your life."

"Is that so? Is that thing more important than life?" Chu Chouli's wine seemed to have woken up a little. He stared blankly at Xu Han, and the light in his eyes became even more confused.

"It should be." Xu Han nodded and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

He thought about the Great Abyss Mountain that year.

Thinking about the old man's amazing sword strike.

"At the very least, I feel that it is a very happy thing to be able to find something for which I can give up my life."

..

Xu Han did not know why Chu Chouli suddenly felt so confused, nor did he know if his words would be of any help to Chu Chouli.

However, in the afternoon, Chu Chouli, who had woken up from his alcohol, suddenly sat up from his room and stammered to Xu Han, who was practicing his sword, for a long time. Only then did Xu Han understand that this big man seemed to have something to do and wanted to leave for a while.

Xu Han intentionally asked him what exactly was going on and whether he needed help, but Chu Chouli did not say anything.

Xu Han thought for a moment and did not ask him to stay. He only instructed him to be careful along the way.

Afterwards, Chu Chouli brought his pitifully small luggage and left the small porch window alone.

He walked quickly, hurriedly, but firmly.

Xu Han was somewhat uneasy.

He had to admit that these days he was used to having such a drunkard by his side.

Thus, before Chu Chouli's back completely disappeared, Xu Han opened his mouth and shouted at his back, "Hey! Don't die outside! I don't know how to cook!"

Hearing this, the burly man turned his head and smiled at Xu Han. "He can't die. As long as the people from the Sacred Bandit Sect don't want to die, they will never die."

..

Night fell.

It was already dark.

After dinner, Xu Han reviewed the [Mountain Destroying Sword Technique] once more. He recited the sword technique essentials in his heart and then used them in one go. He wrote down his insights and confusion once again, preparing to seek Zhong Changhen's advice tomorrow.

Then he put away his sword, washed himself and entered the room, ready to go to sleep.

He had been sleeping with Ye Hongjian for nearly a month. The two of them respected each other like guests. Xu Han would wait for Ye Hongjian to go to sleep every day for about half an hour before entering the room, leaving enough time for Ye Hongjian to sleep.

Of course, he slept underground.

Fortunately, Xu Han was accustomed to sleeping in the open, so he didn't feel the slightest bit uncomfortable about it.

He put out the lamp and covered himself with the blankets, then lay down.

However, the sound of Ye Hongjian turning over could be heard.

"What? Can't sleep?" Xu Han asked.

"Yes." Ye Hongjian's clear voice rang out in the darkness, and then a pair of jet-black eyes looked over from the boat.

"Is it because of Big Brother Chu?" Xu Han asked. He could roughly guess that Ye Hongjian had known Chu Chouli before this, and even planting Chu Chouli beside him was most likely the idea of Ye Hongjian or Tiance Prefecture behind her back.

Ye Hongjian sat up. Her exquisite figure was wrapped under a thin quilt. She could not see clearly, but it made people daydream.

She shook her head. "Although Big Brother Chu sometimes does things in an unrestrained manner, he is still alert. I'm not worried."

"Then what is Miss Ye worried about?" Xu Han couldn't help but tease Ye Hongjian as he looked at her, who had a different flavor even though he frowned.

Hearing this, Ye Hongjian rolled her eyes at the youth and finally said in a deep voice, "The Sword Dragon Guan Mu Ji refused to accept the challenge. With his ability, he held a total of 200,000 Mu Clan soldiers in his hands. He wanted to deal with a Cui Ting, but he didn't fear him. I'm afraid that something bad might have happened to him."

Xu Han was stunned. He then remembered that this Ye Hongjian in front of him was not only the Linglong Pavilion's Junior Martial Uncle, but also the daughter of the Marquis of the Great Zhou Ning Kingdom. Although he was responsible for national affairs, it was too far away from Xu Han.

"Even if Wang Mu of Beijiang is unable to defend the Sword Dragon Pass, isn't there a natural danger behind him, Big Yellow City?"

The Sword Dragon Pass was the gateway to the Great Zhou Empire.

Behind the Sword Dragon Pass, there was also Big Yellow City, next to the three main peaks of the Exquisite Pavilion. Behind Big Yellow City was the fertile Liangzhou, the Emperor's residence, Chang'an.

Once Big Yellow City was destroyed, Great Zhou would be considered dead.

However, Big Yellow City was heavily guarded by veteran general Lin Shou.

Thirty years ago, the old Shepherd King died in battle, The newly appointed commander of the Mu Clan was Mu Ji's twin brother, Mu Tai, who had been beheaded for conspiracy to rebel. She wanted revenge on her father and was tricked by the villain, After losing the Sword Dragon Pass, Hou Yun led 500,000 Great Xia cavalry into Great Yellow City. At that time, Lin Shou, who was already over 50 years old, was ordered to defend Great Yellow City for five months until the Mu Clan army regrouped. Mu Tai and Zhao King Zhao Chu sent troops to help. Only then did he solve the Great Zhou's calamity of annihilating the country. The name of the number one general in the world fell on Lin Shou's head.

"Big Yellow City? You can count on an eighty-year-old old general? Furthermore, once the Sword Dragon Pass is broken, wouldn't the people of Jizhou fall into deep trouble?" Hearing this, Ye Hongjian rolled her eyes at Xu Han and said discontentedly.

Xu Han knew that he had misspoken, so he quickly shut his mouth.

How could a commoner like him, who only wanted to live, compare to the Ye Clan's daughter, who was focused on the world's big plan?

As a result, the two fell into silence.

"Hello." After about a hundred breaths of time, Ye Hongjian's clear voice sounded again.

"Huh?" Xu Han replied. His voice was slightly undetectable, as if he had fallen into a state of chaos where he was half asleep and half awake.

"One day, I mean if one day." Ye Hongjian hesitated. She bit the accent on the word if, as if she was emphasizing something, but it was more like she was hiding something.

"The Tian Ce Mansion needs you.. I.. also needs you.."

"Will you help us?"

Whoosh..

Whoosh..

However, these words were sincere, and he even summoned all his courage to ask a question, only welcoming Xu Han's continuous breathing sound as a response.

Xu Han fell asleep.

Ye Hongjian was stunned for a moment before she quickly regained her senses.

Humph!

Her face turned red. Finally, she harrumphed fiercely, wrapped in a quilt, and fell asleep.

In the darkness, Xu Han, who was sleeping on the ground, leaned sideways. His tightly closed eyes suddenly opened after a few breaths, and he looked at the front empty-handed.

He didn't sleep.

He just didn't know how to answer the question..

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