Chapter 2405 What an old friend wants

"Second Uncle Xu told me before he died that I should have the birthday I wanted and not be bound by the fate of the Xu family."

Xu Nian spoke in a calm voice: "I have already gotten rid of the fate of the Xu family, but what about Second Uncle Xu? He has been guarding the ancient tomb all his life, but who still remembers them? Even the First Emperor and the famous generals sitting under him, no one has ever mentioned them!"

"My Xu family is like a tool. When we need it, we pick it up gently. When we don't need it, we throw it away!"

After hearing Xu Nian's words, I looked at him deeply and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

He shook his head: "I haven't thought about it yet, but... I will probably wander around the world and spend my whole life drifting in loneliness. Or maybe... I will find a proper job like a normal person and live a stable life!"

"If you need help, you can come to me!" I looked at him and said seriously.

But he shook his head: "I don't want to have any intersection with this world of martial arts anymore, and I don't want to join any Wu Shushan reserve force and continue to be bound. I am free now. Before, my body was corroded by evil spirits, and I became neither human nor ghost. Now, I have a good body, so I want to walk around and take a good look at this beautiful land! Also... let's not meet again in the future. You are a man of the world, and also a government official. I don't want to have any intersection with you anymore!"

"Then I wish you good luck!"

After I said that, I turned around and left quickly, but Xu Nian did not follow me, and still stood silently in front of Xu Zhengchun's grave.

When I came to the familiar courtyard where I had lived for eighteen years, I couldn't help but sigh when I saw the weeds all over the courtyard and the warehouse that was about to collapse due to disrepair.

Time has passed, and the world has changed. The people who used to be there are no longer here. Even those familiar streets and houses will soon collapse, and finally, they will only remain in my memory!

I sighed, but still walked into the courtyard.

The moment I opened the door, I seemed to see my sister with two big braids coming out of the house, holding a plate of fragrant chicken stewed with mushrooms.

And my master was sitting on a recliner with a wine pot in his hand, enjoying the cool and drinking alone.

But this picture soon faded away, and then disappeared completely.

The small courtyard covered by weeds and darkness also came into my sight again.

I smiled faintly, then walked under the eaves, patted the dust on the recliner with my hands, and then sat down on it.

"Huh..."

After I sat on the recliner, I felt a sense of relief for no reason.

It was as if at this moment, I was back to my youth again, when my senior sister would help me with everything and my master would support me.

"When we were little, Hu Zi and I always wanted to leave the mountains and go to the big city. In the end, we both dropped out of school, and only Miao Cuicui was admitted to the art college. Hu Zi and I could only stay in this place that outsiders thought was a deserted place."

I opened my mouth and said softly with a hint of nostalgia: "But I didn't expect that after seeing the big city, this place that outsiders thought was a deserted place was the most comfortable to stay in. If... the villagers were still there, it would be great if the world hadn't changed, it would be great if we could go back to the past, if..."

I suddenly shook my head, because I knew that there were no ifs in this world.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps. The footsteps were very light, coming from far away and finally stopping in front of the courtyard gate.

"Come in!"

I didn't look up, nor did I look, but I still knew that it was the female demon Miao Cuicui who came.

"You're back!"

She slowly walked into the yard, but did not approach me. Behind her, there was a boy crawling on all fours like a frog.

The child, named Xiaohu, was also Hu Zi's child.

"Why don't you come over and talk?" I said casually.

"I dare not get too close to you, the aura emanating from your body...will hurt me!" She spoke in an ethereal voice.

I shook my head and sighed, then slowly sat up and looked at her. I

saw that Miao Cuicui had a heavy evil spirit on her body. It was obvious that her Taoism had reached a certain level. Although her strength was not as good as that of the Ten Thousand Year Corpse King, it was not much different.

"I didn't expect that after not seeing you for a long time, you have made great progress!" I asked in a cold voice, "Have you ever hurt anyone?"

"Never!" She shook her head, and the sneaky little guy behind her bared his teeth and growled at me.

"Hu Zi has a new life and a child, you shouldn't stay here!"

After hearing what I said, Miao Cuicui fell silent.

After a long time, she said, "I have been away for a while, but there is no place for me in this world anymore. I came to see you this time not because I want to go back to Hu Zi, but because I want to ask you to give us a place to stay."

As she said that, she knelt on the ground with a plop. Her lifeless eyes looked at me steadily and said, "Zhang Qianyu, you are no longer the young boy you used to be. I know that you are not the same boy anymore. You are an official now, I don't ask for anything else, I just hope... to live a stable life with Xiaohu. Don't worry, under my discipline, Xiaohu has never hurt anyone, he just eats some raw food. We don't ask for much, just a house to live in. I hope... you can help me... for the last time because we grew up together!"

Miao Cuicui's words were like a knife, piercing my heart deeply.

Miao Cuicui used to be someone that Huzi and I couldn't reach.

But now Miao Cuicui knelt in front of me, asking for nothing more than a place to live.

"I can help you, and even give you a proper identity, but... you must discipline Xiaohu. If he continues to hurt people, I can't protect him!"

As I said that, I took out an identity card from my arms.

That was my ID card as the chief of the Wushushan Reserve Force. It had my name and a number 1 on it.

"If you want to live a stable life, take this card and live in this village. If anyone gives you trouble, you can take it out." I took out a piece of paper from my pocket, wrote a few words on it, and handed it to her.

"If you want to join the Wushushan Reserve Force, take the card and this letter and go to any sect!"

"Just your words are enough!"

Miao Cuicui took the ID card and the letter, looked at me deeply, picked up the child, and left with a "whoosh".