"Who is this?"

Seeing Zhan Yao, who was sideways in front of Qiao Yuan, Di Qingzhu frowned, with a hint of annoyance on his face, staring at Qiao Yuan and asking.

"Xiao Yao, don't mess around! hehe...... , she is my sister-in-law, Zhan Yao. ”

Qiao Yuan naturally understood what Zhan Yao meant, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and quickly pulled her behind him, then looked at Di Qingzhu and said with an apologetic smile.

After speaking, without waiting for her to reply, he pulled the topic to himself for more than ten years, so as not to pursue Di Qingzhu.

Qiao Yuan understood that once Di Qingzhu misunderstood himself and Zhan Yao, he was afraid that he would turn his face and deny people, not to mention the news of Ling Wanchen, I was afraid that she would directly hit her face with her fist.

Di Qingzhu was really curious about where Qiao Yuan had gone in the past ten years, so he didn't think much about the relationship between Zhan Yao and Qiao Yuan.

Zhan Yao also saw that this woman didn't seem to have a close relationship with Brother Qiao, so there was no hostility, but her big peach blossom eyes still retained vigilance and vigilance.

The two talked for a while, and Qiao Yuan saw that Di Qingzhu's condition was not very good, so he didn't ask more, but just said that he would visit another day.

Di Qingzhu was injured in his body, so he didn't say much, told Qiao Yuan where he lived, and left in a hurry.

She is now a monk in the early stage of Jindan, and she is the captain of the team that has just returned, and seeing that this team is so miserable, the battle for the sandbar should not be optimistic.

Qiao Yuan said goodbye to Di Qingzhu, and came to the gate of the city with Zhan Yao, found a disciple who was in good condition, and asked.

"This senior nephew, Yi Chenfeng, Fang Jingxing, and Chen Surou are in your team?"

That disciple may have just returned from the bloody battlefield, and he still had a sense of anger on his body, and when he saw someone coming up to talk, he immediately frowned, and he was about to scold angrily.

But when he saw that the people who came were actually two Jindan period monks, he immediately stopped talking, and hurriedly showed a smile, then thought about it, shook his head and said.

"Back to the elders, there are no three of them in this team. ”

"Do you know these three?"

Qiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and asked again.

"The disciple knows these three people, but he just doesn't know which team these three people are in now. ”

Seeing Qiao Yuan's extremely unfamiliar face, this person thought that it should be the newly sent Jindan Period Elder from the sect, so he replied respectfully.

Qiao Yuan didn't show any surprise, thanked him and turned to leave.

He once asked Tang Li which team Yi Chenfeng and the others were assigned to, but unfortunately their departure time was inconsistent, and when Tang Li and the others set off, Yi Chenfeng had not yet been assigned to the team.

On the second day, Qiao Yuan found an excuse, temporarily got rid of Zhan Yao's little tail, and quietly came to Di Qingzhu's residence.

In a bamboo garden in the west of the city, Qiao Yuan stood in front of the moon gate outside the bamboo garden wall, and waved his hand to send out a transmission note.

It didn't take long for the prohibition in front of the moon gate to disperse, and Qiao Yuan slowly walked inside.

Looking at the verdant bamboo in the garden, Qiao Yuan smiled slightly, thinking that Di Qingzhu's name was appropriate, but her own personality was indeed slightly different from bamboo.

Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum is known as the four gentlemen by the world, and bamboo, not withered in winter, and become a beautiful scenery by itself, it is upright, strong, humble, not humble or arrogant, chic and chic.

Di Qingzhu does have the upright and strong strength of bamboo, but she does not have the humility of humility, but she also has a domineering momentum.

"Qiao Yuan, what do you want?"

At this moment, a woman in black came at the end of the bamboo forest path, looked at Qiao Yuan, and asked lightly.

"It's nothing, it's just that Senior Sister Di has a beautiful scenery here, and she was distracted for a while. ”

Qiao Yuan shook his head and smiled, he naturally wouldn't say what he thought just now, otherwise Di Qingzhu would not be angry and drove himself out.

"Come in. ”

Di Qingzhu's expression was flat, and he nodded and said.

There is a delicate bamboo building in the depths of the bamboo garden, and when the two of them entered the bamboo building, Di Qingzhu poured Qiao Yuan a cup of tea, and said directly to the point.

"You came to me, presumably to inquire about Senior Sister Ling's news. ”

Seeing Di Qingzhu's purpose, Qiao Yuan smiled, a little embarrassed, after all, he had only come back for a day, and his injuries in his body had not recovered.

"Senior Sister Di just came back yesterday, and Senior Brother came to disturb me today, I'm really sorry. ”

Qiao Yuan nodded and smiled apologetically at Di Qingzhu.

"Hmph! You have a bit of a conscience. ”

Di Qingzhu was very unimpressed, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he snorted coldly.

Qiao Yuan smiled awkwardly, did not answer, and secretly said in his heart that this woman has been this woman for so many years, and she still has this temperament.

In fact, what he said just now was regarded as a praise for himself, but before he thought too much, Di Qingzhu sneered and said mercilessly.

"Qiao Yuan, you are really good at messing with flowers, you were unclear with Qu Yunwei back then, and now you have hooked up with a woman. ”

Qiao Yuan's face froze, and after a long while, he pulled the corners of his mouth, showed a smile, and said lightly.

"Senior Sister Di misunderstood, Qu Yunwei and I are just ordinary friends, as for Zhan Yao, she is my sister-in-law. ”

Yesterday, Zhan Yao blocked Qiao Yuan's side, although Di Qingzhu didn't think much about it at the time, but after he came back, he found a clue, and the girl in the colorful skirt looked at her with obvious vigilance and vigilance.

Although Di Qingzhu has never experienced an affair, she is a woman after all, and she is born with a keen insight into this aspect.

She understood that the girl in the colorful skirt must be worried that she would snatch Qiao Yuan from her, so she was so vigilant and vigilant.

And if, as Qiao Yuan said, the two of them are just brother and sister, how could the girl in the colorful skirt show that kind of vigilant and vigilant gaze.

"Qu Yunwei, I won't mention it more, but that little girl, you treat others as a righteous sister, do people regard you as a righteous brother?"

The corners of Di Qingzhu's mouth sneered, his eyes stared at Qiao Yuan extremely fiercely, and there was an aggressive momentum in his words.

When Qiao Yuan heard this, his brows furrowed, and his face showed displeasure.

He has lived with Zhan Yao for more than ten years, and knows Zhan Yao's mind best, knowing that she regards herself as a family member, and the two are called righteous brothers and sisters to the outside world, but in fact they are comparable to brothers and sisters.

Now that he heard that Di Qingzhu doubted the relationship between himself and Zhan Yao, and intentionally or unintentionally slandered Zhan Yao, even if Qiao Yuan had a good temper, he was a little annoyed in his heart.

"Senior Sister Di, as I said, Zhan Yao is my sister-in-law, as for whether she regards me as a brother-in-law, this is not something that Senior Sister Di should speculate about. ”

"You ......"

When Di Qingzhu heard these somewhat unkind words, a trace of annoyance also rose in his heart.

If it weren't for Qiao Yuan who saved her once in Caoling Valley, I'm afraid she would have turned her face and didn't recognize anyone at this moment.

"Senior Sister Di doesn't have to be angry, you must know that other people's attitudes are not important, the important thing is that my heart towards Wanchen has not changed, and I hope Senior Sister Di will tell Senior Brother what is Wanchen's situation now?"

Qiao Yuan thought about it, but he still couldn't force himself with this woman, so he stood up and gave a salute, and said slightly apologetically.

Di Qingzhu's face changed, and finally he sighed and said in a deep voice.

"To tell you the truth, I don't know what the situation of my sister is now. ”

"Senior Sister Di, what do you mean by this?"

Qiao Yuan frowned, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

When Di Qingzhu saw Qiao Yuan's expression change, she immediately understood that Qiao Yuan's heart must be worried about Ling Wanchen, so her expression eased a lot, and her tone softened.

"Ever since we entered the Grass Spirit Valley, Senior Sister Ling has been in retreat, and until now, she hasn't left the customs, and we don't know the specific situation of Senior Sister Ling. ”

"Impossible, she was only refining Qi and cultivating at that time, how could she be in retreat for fourteen consecutive years?"

Qiao Yuan's brows furrowed even more, with a look of disbelief on his face, and he said in a deep voice.

It is important to know that the monks can retreat for a long time, ranging from a few days to ten or a hundred years, but only high-ranking monks will retreat for more than ten years.

And a Qi refining cultivator's one-year retreat is considered a long time, if he does not retreat for fourteen years, even if he can improve his cultivation, then there will be something wrong with his heart.

It can be said that the long-term retreat of a low-level monk will do more harm than good, even if Ling Wanchen doesn't know, doesn't her master know either?

"I don't know about this, but I really haven't seen Senior Sister Ling for fourteen years, and Shizun has also explained that Senior Sister Ling has been in retreat, so let's not disturb. ”

Di Qingzhu's face also showed doubts, it was not that she didn't understand the disadvantages of long-term retreat, but the master had an order, and Ling Wanchen's retreat place was shrouded in a formation, even if Di Qingzhu had a heart, he was powerless.

Qiao Yuan took Di Qingzhu's look into his eyes, and from her eyes, Qiao Yuan could see that Di Qingzhu was not lying.

After being silent for a while, Qiao Yuan showed an unwilling look on his face and asked again.

"Senior Sister Di, haven't you investigated Wanchen's situation for so many years?"

"It's not that I don't want to investigate, it's just that Senior Sister Ling's retreat place has been set up by Shizun, and I can't get close at all, and as long as I get close to the formation, Shizun will immediately notice it. ”

Di Qingzhu shook his head helplessly and said bitterly.

Qiao Yuan took a deep breath, a faint cold light flickered in his eyes, from Di Qingzhu's words, he could hear that this did not seem to be Ling Wanchen's initiative to retreat, but was under house arrest by her master.

"Senior Sister Di, I wonder when was the last time you saw Wanchen?"

"That is, the day after I came back from the Grass Spirit Valley, I went to visit her once. ”

Di Qingzhu's eyes flashed, and he said without the slightest hesitation.

"Can you tell me about the specific situation that day, did you tell Wan Chen that I didn't go back to the Moon River Sect?"

Qiao Yuan had a hunch that this matter would definitely not be simple, so he asked urgently.

Di Qingzhu nodded, then took a sip of the tea, with a look of memory in his eyes, and said leisurely.

After a stick of incense, Qiao Yuan walked out of Di Qingzhu's residence with a calm expression, although there was a trace of worry in his eyes, but it was not as deep as before.

When Di Qingzhu met with Ling Wanchen, she just said some strange things about the Grass Spirit Valley, and Ling Wanchen also focused on inquiring about Qiao Yuan's situation.

Because Di Qingzhu was afraid that Ling Wanchen would be worried, he told her that Qiao Yuan returned to May Peak safe and sound.

In addition, Di Qingzhu said one sentence emphatically, after Ling Wanchen learned that Qiao Yuan was safe and sound, he took the initiative to say that he wanted to close the pass, and also said that his master was not allowed, so let her help persuade her.

Hearing this, Qiao Yuan could be sure that Ling Wanchen was not under house arrest by her master, but that she really needed to retreat.

"Could it be because of her God of War bloodline, so she has to close her cultivation to the death?"

Qiao Yuan walked on the road, lowered his head, and thought silently in his heart.

When he returned to his residence, Qiao Yuan put away his thoughts.

He understood that it was useless to think too much now, and only when he had enough strength to make his master have some scruples, he could climb the March Peak and go to see Ling Wanchen in a bright light.

"Brother Qiao, where have you been? Someone just came looking for you. ”

At this moment, a lively girl rushed out of the attic, she blinked her curious peach blossom eyes, and said crisply.

"Who is looking for me?"

Qiao Yuan asked without thinking.

Zhan Yaoyu's hand flipped over, and a piece of transmission rune paper flew down in front of Qiao Yuan.

Qiao Yuan's divine sense swept over the transmission rune paper, his eyes flashed, and he hurriedly pulled Zhan Yao towards the outside of the courtyard.