First meeting

That night, not only one person did not fall asleep, but another person also did not sleep well.

Lin Yan was lying on the bed, playing with the sword tassel in his hand, his mind full of Lin Yi's question, "Sister, do you still remember Xie Zhou?"

Of course she remembered. How could she not remember? Among the most important people in Lin Yan's life, apart from Old Lin and others, Xie Zhou almost occupied an indelible position.

The first time they met was in Lao Zhao's Miracle Doctor Valley.

Song Yizhou suffered from heart disease since childhood, and all the doctors who saw him asserted that he would not live beyond the age of ten.

At that time, His Majesty took out a jade token and asked Song Yizhou to find the legendary doctor Zhao.

In his early years, Lao Zhao had some connection with the royal family. He left behind a jade token and promised that whoever held it could let him save people.

Therefore, Song Yizhou had half of his life given by the emperor. When the emperor passed away, he ordered him to assist the crown prince Song Jing to secure the throne before his death. Song Yizhou had to go.

Song Yizhou's father took him to find Doctor Zhao, holding the jade token, and asked Doctor Zhao to treat Song Yizhou.

Song Yizhou's illness was very complicated, and Lao Zhao could not cure it immediately, so Song's father left his son in the Valley of Divine Doctors.

This stay lasted for ten years.

Song Yizhou used his mother's surname, the pseudonym Xie Zhou, and stayed in Yaogu.

He met Lin Yan in his first year in the Valley of Divine Doctors.

Zhao Mengsheng and Lin Jiumen are friends regardless of age difference. Every year, Lin Yan would come to the Divine Doctor Valley with his master to stay for some time.

This year was Lin Yan’s second year in Nanshan, and she was six years old.

Her personality also changed from being reserved at the beginning to being bold and daring. In fact, it could be said that her true nature was exposed. The brothers and sisters on Nanshan Mountain would run away when they saw her because she was so prone to getting into trouble.

With one sword, he could chop off the roofs of his senior brothers and sisters' houses, and in the river, he could stir up the water and make everyone soaked. He could be said to be the number one devil in Nanshan.

When Lin Yan saw Xie Zhou, her face was full of surprise. After all, he was the only child she had seen in the Valley of Divine Doctors.

In addition, there were no children of the same age around her, and the children on Nanshan were all much older than her, so there were only a handful of children who could play with her.

Although Lin Yi is two years younger than her, he is a nerd who just holds a book all day long. He is extremely bored and always quarrels with her.

Xie Zhou has been good-looking since he was a child. His appearance does not have a trace of aggressiveness and he looks easy to talk to. In addition, Xie Zhou is in poor health and has a pale face, which makes him look very pitiful.

The first time Lin Yan met him, he felt that he was someone who was easy to bully... ahem... easy to get along with.

When Xie Zhou first met Lin Yan, his eyes were full of curiosity. Lin Yan was strong and had enough strength to kill a cow. For him, who had been weak since childhood, Lin Yan was vivid, lively and enviable.

Lin Yan was very talkative at that time. After all, there was no one around her who had common topics with her. After knowing that Xie Zhou had been ill since childhood and had few friends, she felt even more empathetic.

Besides, she practiced martial arts all day long and was curious about many things. When she finally met a child of the same age, she couldn't help but ask him a lot of questions.

What Xie Zhou remembered most was this first meeting. Lin Yan looked at him curiously, and asked a lot of questions: "What's your name, where are you from, why are you here, you look so weak, are you sick, what is your relationship with Lao Zhao, you are not his son, can you fight, or do you know medical skills, you are not like that bastard Lin Yi who only likes to read, right?"

It was the first time that Xie Zhou met such a familiar person who asked him so many questions at once. He was stunned for a moment, and then answered them one by one obediently. However, he did not say that he was from the capital and his identity could not be revealed.

Lin Yan was very satisfied with Xie Zhou's answer, and then began to introduce herself. Seeing that her master was chatting happily with Lao Zhao, she told him everything from what she liked to eat to how she got punished by her master for fighting.

Xie Zhou laughed out loud after hearing this. Since he came to this strange environment without any familiar people, he has been panicking every day. This is the first smile he showed since he came here.

The two of them had a great chat in the Valley of Divine Doctors and stayed there until Old Lin had to go back to Nanshan for something, and Lin Yan reluctantly said goodbye.

When they parted, she stretched out her hand and signaled Xie Zhou with her eyes.

Xie Zhou didn't understand and looked at him suspiciously.

Lin Yan raised Xie Zhou's hand, clapped his hands, and said, "We are friends now. Don't forget me. I will come to play with you next time."

Xie Zhou was stunned for a moment, with a thick smile in his eyes, he said solemnly: "Okay."

Even though he was reluctant, Lin Yan still waved to Xie Zhou and said, "See you next time."

Xie Zhou was of course reluctant to let Lin Yan stay, but he had no way of letting him stay. Looking at Lin Yan's departing back, he lowered his eyes dejectedly to hide his sadness.

Two friends who had just met for a short time separated like this.

As a result, a month later, Xie Zhou was helping Doctor Zhao clean the yard when a figure came running towards him. He lost his balance and was knocked to the ground by the figure.

Before Xie Zhou could see who it was, he heard a familiar voice: "Xie Zhou, I'm here again."

However, Lin Yan was unable to hear Xie Zhou's response because Xie Zhou was knocked unconscious by Lin Yan.

When Xie Zhou woke up, he saw Lin Yan arguing with a strange child.

"Lin Yan, how come you are so strong that you knocked people unconscious?"

"I...I was careless." Lin Yan felt a little guilty when he said this, and then he became confident: "What? What does it have to do with you? I didn't bump into you. Why, do you want to get beaten?"

"Tsk!" The strange child rolled his eyes, picked up the book and didn't look at Lin Yan.

At this time, Lin Yan noticed that Xie Zhou had woken up and shouted, "Old Zhao, Old Zhao, Xie Zhou is awake."

"Here he comes, here he comes, my little ancestor." Doctor Zhao heard Lin Yan's call and hurried over.

He took Xie Zhou's pulse and touched his non-existent beard, saying, "It's nothing serious."

After saying that, he began to educate Lin Yan, "Xiao Yan, Xiao Zhou is not in good health, you should be more careful next time."

"I know, I know." Lin Yan waved his hand and looked at Xie Zhou with concern: "How do you feel?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to knock you out."

Xie Zhou blinked and said, "It's okay."

"You are Xie Zhou, and you don't look that good," Lin Yi's sarcastic voice sounded.

"I think you are just jealous." Lin Yan patted Lin Yi.

"This is the Lin Yi I told you about. How is he? Is he very nice?" Lin Yan introduced him to Xie Zhou.

Lin Yi nodded to Xie Zhou and looked at Lin Yan with anger in his eyes: "Lin Yan, you are saying bad things about me again."

"This is the truth, okay? Also, I'm older than you, and Master said you should call me sister. It's disrespectful." Lin Yan made a face.

"I've heard a lot about you." Xie Zhou nodded to Lin Yi and asked Lin Yan, "Why are you here?"

"Let me tell you a good news. From now on, we will stay here for three years. My master has to go on a long trip for something, so he left us to Lao Zhao." Lin Yan danced with joy.

"Why are you so happy? Don't forget what my father said before he left. If you don't practice Baguazhang to the fifth level, you will have to wait for his devilish training when he comes back." Lin Yi poured cold water on him.

"Read books every day, be careful or you might damage your brain one day."

Then the two began to quarrel.

Hearing Lin Yan say that he would live in the Valley of Divine Doctors for three years, Xie Zhou could not hide the joy in his eyes, and looked at the two people who were making a fuss with a smile on his face.

Zhao Mengsheng looked at the two people making a fuss and shook his head: "From now on, there will be no peace in the valley."

As Zhao Mengsheng said, Lin Yan, along with Lin Yi and Xie Zhou, almost tore down the Divine Doctor Valley. The three demon kings were about to dominate the Divine Doctor Valley.

To be precise, it was the big devil Lin Yan who led the other two astray.

Xie Zhou liked watching Lin Yan practice sword the most, and he could play the piano, which was just right for him to entertain Lin Yan while he was practicing sword.

At this time, Lin Yi was holding a book and looking at the two of them. "If I didn't know, I would think you two were the hero and heroine in a storybook."

"But didn't you two switch roles? Isn't it usually the female lead playing the zither and the male lead practicing swordplay?"

Lin Yan rolled his eyes and said, "What do you care?"

In this way, several people spent three years in peace in the Valley of Divine Doctors.

As soon as Lin Jiumen came back, he took Lin Yan back to Nanshan. Lin Yi didn't want to go back, so he stayed in the Divine Doctor Valley.

"Why is Senior Lin so anxious to take Ah Yan away?" Xie Zhou asked anxiously, looking at Lin Yi's leisurely appearance.

"Of course my father went to capture Lin Yan for training. He must have found a martial art suitable for my sister in the past few years." Lin Yi put his hand on Xie Zhou's shoulder, "Let me tell you, my sister is a freak. She was born with special meridians. Others would faint when they practiced martial arts to the limit, but she has no limits."

"If my father hadn't picked her up, I would be the one being scolded by him now."

"Was Ah Yan picked up by Senior Lin?" Xie Zhou was surprised.

"Yes, didn't sister tell you? That's right, she doesn't like to talk about her parents." Lin Yi sighed, "Although Lin Yan usually likes to argue with me, she was really miserable in the past."

"My sister has been disliked by her parents since she was a child. When she was four years old, she was washed away by a flood while trying to save her younger sister. Her parents only cared about her younger sister and watched her get washed away by the flood. It was the master who saved her and discovered her extraordinary talent in martial arts, so he accepted her as his disciple. Otherwise, she might still be being tortured by her parents."

Xie Zhou was very happy and didn't expect Lin Yan to have such a life experience. In his impression, Lin Yan was very open-minded about many things, which made people feel that she should grow up in love.

"Sister doesn't seem to care about her biological parents anymore, but in fact she cares more than anyone else," Lin Yi said again, "Don't ask about this, otherwise she will hide in a corner and cry again."

"Okay," Xie Zhou said in a muffled voice. He felt bad for Lin Yan. She seemed so cheerful on weekdays, but he never thought she would have such a life experience.

Lin Yi didn't want to go back to Nanshan, because during the three years of getting along with Xie Zhou, Lin Yi discovered that Xie Zhou was a walking encyclopedia and he knew everything.

It would be so boring to go back to Nanshan, and he would have to endure his father's sharp eyes for no reason. It would be so much better here, Xie Zhou could answer the questions in his book.

Xie Zhou stared at the gate of the Valley of Divine Doctors in a daze.

Seeing this, Lin Yi put his hand in front of Xie Zhou's eyes and waved, "Don't look at me, Lin Yan will be scolded by my father for at least a year."

Xie Zhou came back to his senses and asked Lin Yi: "Senior Lin is the best in the martial arts world, why don't you look like you know martial arts?"

"I know a little bit," Lin Yi scratched his head. "I was born lazy and would get out of breath after practicing for a while. Over time, my father gave up."

Lin Yan stayed in Nanshan for three years before coming down. The first thing he did after coming down was to go to the Valley of Divine Doctors.

But she didn't see Xie Zhou. Lin Yi said that his father had passed away a year ago, but he was not well yet and should be back soon.

Lin Yan waited in the Divine Doctor Valley for a month. When he saw Xie Zhou, whom he had not seen for three years, he had grown a lot taller and looked very tired.

Lin Yan walked over and hugged Xie Zhou, silently comforting him.

Xie Zhou buried his head in Lin Yan's shoulder, and finally couldn't hold back his tears, "Yan, my mother died giving birth to me, and now my father is dead too. Tell me, am I a disaster star?"

Lin Yi watched from the side and tried to comfort him, "What kind of disaster? It's God who wants to take your parents' lives. What does it have to do with you? How about I give my father to you? That's good enough, isn't it?"

Lin Yan was speechless when he heard this, "Lin Yi, no one will think you are dumb if you don't speak."

However, with the company of his two friends Lin Yan, Xie Zhou was able to get out of the shadow of losing his father.

In the following years, several people began to travel around the world.

Lin Yan is responsible for fighting, Xie Zhou is responsible for paying the money, and Lin Yi is responsible for arguing with others.

In a certain street in the world of martial arts, several people were arm in arm, and one of them was shouting: "We will keep wandering around the world and make our way in the world of martial arts."

"No, I want to be a high-ranking official in the future," Lin Yi interrupted.

Lin Yan snorted, drank some wine, was a little drunk, and walked unsteadily. He said to Xie Zhou: "Lin Yi abandoned us, but Xie Zhou, you have to promise me that you must accompany me to the world of martial arts, for the rest of my life."

Xie Zhou smiled and gently took the wine jug from Lin Yan's hand, "Okay, I promise you."

"We've made a promise to each other for a hundred years, and we won't change it"

After that, Lin Yi and Lin Jiumen had a big fight and ran away from home. Lin Jiumen said that he would never come back after he left.

Fortunately, with the help of Lin Yan and Xie Zhou, Lin Yi embarked on the road to imperial examinations.

But the threesome is still a threesome, except that one of them has become another little guy.

When Xie Zhou was imprisoned in the Valley of Divine Doctors by Zhao the Divine Doctor for treatment, Lin Yan traveled alone in the world and picked up the little girl Zhong Ningning by the way.

Later, Xie Zhou also left.

The day before Xie Zhou left was Lin Yan’s sixteenth birthday.

That night, Xie Zhou accompanied Lin Yan shopping at the market, and Xie Zhou bought whatever Lin Yan liked.

Lin Yan looked at Xie Zhou who kept paying money, and joked with a smile: "Azhou, you look a little different tonight."

Xie Zhou's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show it on his face, "What's different?"

"You are especially gentle and beautiful tonight." Lin Yan leaned close to Xie Zhou's ear, and his breath made Xie Zhou's ears slightly itchy.

Xie Zhou's ears turned red, but fortunately it was dark and Lin Yan couldn't see it.

The two drank on the roof of the inn until midnight. When they went back to their rooms to rest, Lin Yan said good night and prepared to go back to his room.

"Ayan" Xie Zhou said.

Lin Yan turned around and was pulled into Xie Zhou's arms, "Happy birthday."

She smiled and hugged him back: "Happy birthday."

On the second day, the room where Xie Zhou stayed in the inn was empty, leaving nothing behind, not even a note.

Lin Yan hurriedly went to find Doctor Zhao, "Old Zhao, Xie Zhou disappeared out of thin air. Did an enemy capture him?"

Then Lin Yan looked at the calm face of Doctor Zhao. She stopped talking and asked with difficulty, "You know? Then tell me where he went."

"Xiao Yan, just pretend Xie Zhou never showed up."

Doctor Zhao remembered what Xie Zhou had said before: "Don't tell A'yan about me. You know, if A'yan knew, he would come to me regardless of the danger. I might lose my life in the capital. I can't let A'yan be involved. Nanshan School and even the Valley of Divine Doctors may be in danger."

"Did something happen to him?" Lin Yan knew Xie Zhou, he would not leave without saying a word.

"Just assume he's dead. You can't help him with his problem," Doctor Zhao refused to say.

Lin Yan went to ask Lin Yi, but he knew nothing about it.

Even if Old Zhao refused to say anything, Lin Yan could guess that Xie Zhou was in big trouble and she could do nothing about it.

Lin Yan was very frustrated at that time. If they didn't tell him, he wouldn't be able to help even if he knew.

Later, Lin Yan continued to challenge martial arts geniuses from various schools and sects, constantly challenging her own limits, until she became the number one in the martial arts world, and no one could defeat her.

Lin Yan did this not only to live up to her master's expectations, but also to let Xie Zhou know that she could help him when he needed her.

But Lin Yan waited for Xie Zhou for a long time, but there was still no news from him.

Gradually, Lin Yan began to blame Xie Zhou. Was he so untrustworthy that he didn't even leave a letter and there was no news from him for so many years?

But later on, Lin Yan hoped that he was still alive, and only hoped that he was still alive and well.

The two have known each other for ten years, so how could Lin Yan not know that Xie Zhou chose to leave without saying goodbye simply because the place he was going was very dangerous and he didn't want to drag her down.

But, it's been eight years, your problem should have been resolved by now, and, Xie Zhou, you broke your promise.

Lin Yan was mumbling in his dream, with a tear flowing from the corner of his eye.