The years I was in the human world

"Is that so?" Yu Zhao could barely suppress the corners of her lips. She glanced at the speechless Lu Zhouxue, then turned her head and looked at Xiao Fengzhuo again, teasing, "Uncle Xiao, after so many years, you are still like this, treating me like a fool?"

Lu Zhouxue immediately stared at Xiao Fengzhuo with sharp eyes. He came down after Zhu Huang's Nirvana, so he couldn't recognize that the heroic female general in front of him was Yu Zhao. He wouldn't have any impression of Yu Zhao's particularly early memories unless he went through them specifically. He didn't know that Xiao Fengzhuo and Yu Zhao had a connection in the past.

"Well, what?" Xiao Fengzhuo felt something was wrong when he saw Lu Zhouxue's expression. Even though he had nothing to feel guilty about, he couldn't help but play dumb at this moment. He looked at Yu Zhao and blinked innocently, trying to pretend not to know him.

Although Yu Zhao looked careless, she could see through the secret between him and Lu Zhouxue at a glance. After all, she was a troublemaker when she was a girl. Now that she finally got a "reward", how could she let go of this bad cat who bullied her and Senior Brother Lin when they were young?

Yu Zhao immediately exposed him and said, "Master Xiao, don't you recognize Yu Zhao? I remember when you taught me and my senior brother swordsmanship when we were little, you said you would take me as your apprentice. Why are you pretending not to know me now?"

Xiao Fengzhuo's expression did not change. He was not embarrassed when Yu Zhao revealed his identity. He took the opportunity to continue her conversation and said without blinking, "Time has changed. Yu Zhao is now the commander of an army. He is no longer as innocent and arrogant as he was back then. How could I recognize him?"

"That's true." Yu Zhao's smile faded. She is no longer the little girl who can do whatever she wants. Her parents didn't love her when she was young, but she was fortunately protected by her master and brother. But her master's sect was in trouble, and her senior brother rebelled. She became alone again, and now she holds the fate of the entire Dongshan garrison in her hands, so she can no longer do whatever she wants.

Perhaps this is what growing up is like. It requires giving up some of the beauty of youth, making people become strong and stable, and becoming indifferent.

"Uncle Xiao, where did you kidnap this child from?" The two old friends who met again in a foreign land talked about the ups and downs they had experienced over the years in a few words. Yu Zhao's gaze fell on Lu Zhouxue again. For some reason, when she saw him for the first time, a huge sadness suddenly surged in her heart, but not for others, but for herself.

Lu Zhouxue's attitude towards Yu Zhao was equally complicated. He had heard too many different versions of Yu Zhao from other people, whether it was Baili Changqing, Ye Jin, or even the memories he inherited from himself, the Yu Zhao he knew was a poor woman with a tragic life experience.

Now, after passing through the secret realm of the sexy ghost, Yu Zhao, who had already turned to ashes, was standing alive in front of him. Lu Zhouxue suddenly felt that his evaluation all along might have been too one-sided. The woman in front of him was clearly high-spirited, proud and willful, and there was no sign that she would compromise for some things.

"He..." Xiao Fengzhuo looked at Lu Zhouxue jokingly, deliberately dragging out the tone, blinking playfully, and giving an answer that was even more ridiculous than the top prostitute in Chunfeng Tower, "It was my husband who was married to me with three matchmakers, six betrothals, and eight sedan chairmen."

As soon as Lu Zhouxue saw his expression, she knew that he had nothing nice to say. Sure enough, Xiao Fengzhuo called him "little husband" right away. Lu Zhouxue was not surprised at all. However, even with such an outrageous answer, Yu Zhao seemed to believe it.

She glanced at Lu Zhouxue. Although she was a little confused, she did not raise any objections. She just asked Xiao Fengzhuo suspiciously, "What kind of magic potion did you feed the child? He wanted to marry you in a sedan chair? And Qi Nankuo was willing to let you go?"

"There's no such thing as a magic potion." Xiao Fengzhuo said with a smile, holding Lu Zhouxue's shoulders, and stretched out his hand to hook his chin and kissed him on the cheek playfully, then turned to Yu Zhao and said, "It's just a life-saving favor, and I'm willing to give you my body."

"Junior greets uncle." Yu Zhao bowed respectfully to Lu Zhouxue, "I was inappropriate in my words and actions just now, please forgive me, uncle."

Lu Zhouxue: “…”

Lu Zhouxue didn't expose Xiao Fengzhuo's trick on the spot, but he didn't make trouble with him either. His gaze shifted to the people who were watching the fun next to him, and his eyes revealed the following meaning: You told the lie yourself, so you should solve it yourself.

Xiao Fengzhuo curled his lips in disappointment, but did not continue to mess around. He helped Yu Zhao up and said, "Don't be so particular. There are still rooms available. Arrange one for him and me. It's not good for the two of us to show off in your Rong City like this."

Those who don’t know would think that the soldiers under Yu Zhao’s command were fooling around.

"So Master Xiao is also embarrassed." Yu Zhao didn't care about seniority when dealing with Xiao Fengzhuo. He called his subordinates to take the two of them to settle down, and mocked Xiao Fengzhuo, "You Rong, you go and do this. Find a clean tent for Master Xiao."

A tall and handsome guard walked in from outside the door. He had a stern face and looked serious. He received Yu Zhao's order and said to Xiao Fengzhuo, "Follow me, both of you."

"Mianmian, go with him first. I still have something to ask Yuzhao." Xiao Fengzhuo stopped walking when he saw Yourong. Lu Zhouxue seemed to have sensed something. He exchanged a look with Xiao Fengzhuo, who nodded at him. Lu Zhouxue understood, "Then I'll leave first."

"Well, go ahead." Xiao Fengzhuo patted his shoulder with a smile and watched Lu Zhouxue leave the tent.

"Everyone has left, why are you still reading?" Yu Zhao returned to his desk and continued to read her plans, without raising his head, saying, "You are quite attentive."

"My own young husband, so what if he cares a little more?" Xiao Fengzhuo stood sideways, and turned around and said with a playful smile, "Your guard is called You Rong? He seems to be very loyal to you. Is he your confidant?"

"Uncle Xiao, I've told you not to treat me like a fool." Yu Zhao unfolded the map, took the time to look at Xiao Fengzhuo meaningfully, and then lowered his head to continue writing and drawing. "His name is You Rong, he's only twenty years old, very young, and very capable. He's a very good kid, and I think he's my confidant."

"How did you figure that out?" Xiao Fengzhuo walked up to Yu Zhao and looked at her arrangements. Yu Zhao did not shy away from him. It was clear that they were old friends who had not seen each other for a long time. They still acted in a completely trusting manner when they were together. "Isn't that guy a cultivator?"

"How could a true cultivator be willing to stay in Dongshan and suffer?" Yu Zhao looked up at him with amusement. Although Dongshan was called Dongshan, it was actually located in the northwest. It was extremely remote and desolate. Not only was there a lack of spiritual energy, but it was also often threatened by evil spirits. Most cultivators were unwilling to stay here.

"To be precise, all those who guard Dongshan to resist the evil spirits are mortals with flesh and blood." Yu Zhao threw the pen and ink in his hand back into the inkstone and handed over the newly written deployment book. "This line of defense in Dongshan is built entirely with human lives and flesh and blood."

"They actually listened to your orders and were willing to stay here?" Xiao Fengzhuo asked. In this bitter and cold land that even the cultivators were unwilling to interfere in, mortals actually managed to defend it.

"If they listen to me, they can still have a 30% chance of winning. If they don't, then they won't have any chance at all." Yu Zhao inserted a small flag at the location of the Dongshan Mountain Range on the sand table. "Behind Rongcheng is Dongshan. Once Dongshan is conquered, it will be the heartland of Zhongzhou. The cultivators pursue the supreme way, and they have clearly learned to be heartless before becoming gods. They don't want to interfere in human affairs under the banner of the unkindness of heaven, fearing that it will cause trouble for themselves."

"If we can't rely on the monks, will the people of the world just give up?" Yu Zhao sneered. She pointed to the Zhongzhou land on the sand table and said sarcastically, "The monks have no home, no country, no father, and no mother, but most of these mortals are loyal and righteous. For the sake of those who are still alive, they are willing to die and fight."