On a quiet mountain, a man and a woman sat side by side, closed their eyes and focused their minds, practicing the mental method. After a long time, the man gently exhaled a breath of turbid air and looked at the woman with concern. The woman seemed to have noticed it, and also exhaled a breath of turbid air, opened her eyes, and looked at the man and smiled.

The man said, "Are you tired?"

The woman nodded gently: "A little bit. Alas, we have been breaking through the intermediate level of meditation for three years, but we still haven't entered the advanced state. It's so anxious."

The man handed the towel: "This kind of thing is unhurried. Anyway, we have time, so it's good to practice slowly here."

"Husband, our strength should have been recognized, why haven't we had the chance to come out yet?"

The man shook his head solemnly: "The Zong family's subordinates are not short of masters at all. If they reach this level, they will definitely have a chance. To get out of the mountain, strength alone is not enough."

"What else do you want?"

"Just like I told you many years ago. Tolerance."

"We've been holding it for too long."

"Continue to endure." Sima Jiuhe looked at the mountains in the distance with his hands behind his back: "Although the meditation warriors under the control of the Zong family do not communicate with each other and have no contact, I estimate that it is at least between fifty and one hundred people. We have to wait until there is fluctuation at the hidden level, when the four major families begin to maintain balance, when the sect leader starts to consider changing chess pieces, and... when our children grow up and become adults."

There were tears in the woman's eyes: "I miss the children, I don't know if they are fine."

The man hugged the woman and gently touched her head. She was no longer young and no longer had the handsomeness and agility of the girlhood, but in his heart, she was still the girl who made him fall in love with at first sight.

"They are all talented and intelligent children who can definitely shoulder the burden of the family. And I firmly believe that Ping'er and Luan'er must have begun to prepare for our comeback."

The woman shook her head: "I would rather they live quietly, I would rather they enjoy wealth and honor peacefully, I would not want them to be caught in the whirlpool. I don't care about the name of a hidden family at all, I just want to be with them sooner!"

"Haha, wife, you are stupid again. If you don't become a hidden family, how can you reunite with them?" Sima Jiuhe said: "We not only have to wait for the four major families to appear, but also defeat other masters. We should not do martial arts, but patience, wisdom, obedience and loyalty to the Zong family, so that we can get into the Zong family's sight and have a day of turning over."

The woman shook her head and said sadly: "We have been waiting for thirteen years, and we are here, and we have always been respectful and dare not step beyond the line..."

"We..." The man suddenly stopped talking and looked into the distance and said, "Wife, stop talking, someone is here."

At this time, someone at the door knocked gently.

The man jumped and jumped back to the courtyard a hundred meters away, and walked to the wooden door. Because this was a yard with no high walls around and only a row of fences, although the door was closed, people outside could see it.

A tall and thin man was wearing a long gown and a straw hat with a low brim. He was holding an ancient sword in his hand and knocked on the door politely.

There are countless ways for those who can come here to enter this yard, but he knocked on the door properly and politely patted the door knocker without smashing it directly.

Sima Jiuhe opened the door bolt and said, "I wonder who is your master? Could it be that the Zong family has a task to convey to me?"

"Senior Sima is so forgetful. Has my appearance changed so much?" The sect leader smiled and raised his head, revealing his face.

Sima Jiuhe was stunned and his brain buzzed.

It has been thirteen years, and I haven't seen this face in thirteen years! That's right, I was just a child back then, and the old sect leader held him in his arms and announced the decision that made him suffer for thirteen years. After that, he and his wife endured the pain and separated from their flesh and blood, and were confined to practice hard here. At that time, the child was still holding a wooden sword in his hand, looking confused, and was anxious to compete with his playmates. For some reason, although the whole world began to collapse that day, what impressed him the most was not the ruthlessness and decisiveness of the old sect leader, but the innocence of the child in his arms and the puzzled look at him.

Thirteen years passed in a flash, and he recognized this face almost instantly. Although it changed a lot, from a child to a young man in his twenties, he still recognized this person at a glance. The only change was that his face contained the confident smile of the old sect leader, and the mystery and majesty of the king.

Sima Jiuhe was stunned at the time and almost lost his reaction. He had been waiting for thirteen years. The first time a member of the Zong family came here, and he suddenly appeared without warning. Look again, Ouyang Shisan behind him kept winking at him with a tiger face.

Sima Jiuhe responded in lightning in his brain, and immediately leaned on his long sword and knelt on one knee: "I don't know that the sect leader will arrive, Sima Jiuhe will be punished for death."

The sect leader looked indifferent and took off his straw hat easily and dusted the dust on it: "Well! I came suddenly, I should apologize to you."

At this time, Sima Jiuhe's wife, Liang Yuling, had already arrived behind him and immediately knelt on one knee: "We are welcome to the Sect Master."

The sect leader laughed: "You two are here, husband and wife, but they are in love with each other, and they have suffered the rest of the family. They have lost the energy to practice cultivation and have spent all their time working for me. Get up and formally invite me in to sit in. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and I really miss you a little."

Sima Jiuhe immediately stood up, with a calm, calm and humble smile on his face, and his heart was already bursting out. His heart was beating like a drum, his fingertips were trembling, and he had a premonition that his fate would turn around! Maybe!

"If the sect leader doesn't dislike it, please talk in the house."

The sect leader smiled and handed the straw hat to Ouyang Shisan and said, "Look, this is blaming me, too. It's hard for you to keep you in this broken thatched hut for thirteen years."

Sima Jiuhe quickly said, "I dare not! Although my subordinates and my wife live here, they live comfortably. To be honest, the scenery here is not as good as your mountain peak, but there is still some spiritual energy. We might as well go to Huating, the top of the mountain to have tea and talk, not only the sect leader obeys the wishes?"

"Well, your territory, the guest will follow the host's will, and I will listen to you."

Sima Jiuhe and his wife and the sect master were sitting in the wenting on the top of the mountain drinking tea. Behind Sima Jiuhe and his wife were two maids and two male servants, all of their subordinates. Behind the sect master was his new guard, Ouyang Shisan.

"Senior Sima! You said it well. The scenery here is really fun and beautiful."

"Where is there, there is a way to live on the shore of West Lake, but West Lake is not West Lake. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will become ordinary after you have seen it for a long time. The scenery here is as majestic as the sect leader's peaks, but it feels a little fresh to the sect leader."

Ouyang Shisan stood behind him with a smile on his face, saying no. But he secretly praised in his heart, and this sentence sounds nice. It means that the sect leader’s mountain is majestic and grand, and of course it means that the sect is majestic and grand. While he is humble, he also elevates the sect leader.

The sect leader nodded: "How long have you been here?"

"It's been thirteen years since I returned to the sect leader."

"Thirteen years." The sect leader sighed: "When you came here, you still obeyed the old sect leader's wishes. At that time, I was still a child, and time flew so quickly! If time could go back, I wouldn't care about the sect leader's throne. I would rather be a playful child and fight with people everywhere, so as to save myself from thinking like this, working hard and being misunderstood."

Sima Jiuhe said humbly: "The Sect Master carries the foundation of his father and grandfather, and has given great responsibilities to himself. He is destined to be unable to enjoy the comfort of ordinary people. Over the years, the Sect Master has worked hard. We, our couple, dreaming day and night, have the opportunity to share the troubles and solve problems for the Sect Family again. If the Sect Master needs us, we and my wife will definitely devote ourselves to our lives until we die."

"Ah, yes, it's rare for you to have this kind of heart." The sect leader said, "I'm going to tell you, the world is in chaos now, and my influence is declining. The four major families who were respectful and obedient are now proud and tough. Sometimes I can't beat or scold me. I don't have the talent of my father, and now I really have the will but lack the ability."

Sima Jiuhe immediately left his seat, knelt on his knees, gave a big gift, and sweared: "The four major families originally carried the favors and glory of the clan family. How could they not be loyal and fulfilled their duties? Sima Jiuhe and his wife were willing to obey the commander's command, and they were in a sea of ​​swords and fire, and they were absolutely unspeakable!"

Sima Jiuhe's wife also knelt down and expressed her opinion.

The sect leader ignored Sima Jiuhe and his wife kneeling on the ground, but turned around and said to Ouyang Shisan: "Look, listen, if the Hou family and the Shi family also had such a grateful attitude, how much relief would I have?"

Ouyang Shisan just smiled and didn't speak because no one needed him to speak.

The sect leader sighed: "Get up, I'm here to talk today. Oh, by the way, Senior Liang, you haven't seen your child for thirteen years. You must miss him very much, worry, are you very worried?"

Sima Jiuhe quickly said, "Our children are protected by the Zong family. I never worry about them. I leave them to the Zong family to take care of them. It is more reassuring than we take care of ourselves. Where do we worry about them?"

Liang Yuling said dissatisfiedly: "You know that you are talking cheaply in front of the sect leader! I haven't seen her child for thirteen years, so who doesn't want to be a mother?"

Then he said embarrassedly: "Return to the sect leader, we actually miss our children very much. We just think about the important task of sharing the worries of the sect family and improving our strength for the sect family. We can only suppress this longing in our hearts, focusing on the great cause of the sect family!"
Chapter completed!