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Chapter 369: Conversation with an Old Friend
It's like a fine wine that becomes more mellow as time goes by.
Zhang Mo's dressing style is also very different from before. Take today's outfit for example. Zhang Mo is wearing a light blue long skirt with several elegant patterns carved on it, and the hem just covers her feet.
The style is relatively loose, but it can't hide the curvy figure.
Beautiful and graceful.
There are jade pendants, sachets and jade belts around the waist.
If she were the same as she was in the past, from her temperament to her dress, she would be a female knight with a distinct personality.
Now, she looks more like a female elder who has been in a high position for a long time.
The transformation here is huge.
"How are you doing?" Li Changxiao added some firewood to the fire, and the fire burned a little more vigorously.
The two sat opposite each other in front of the fire.
Zhao Qiu and Wang Huang just went out to look for firewood.
Without anyone to disturb you, isn't this a good time to reunite with long-lost friends and chat?
Zhang Mo sighed softly, "It's neither good nor bad. Nowadays, I rarely travel outside, and I have to put on airs gradually, otherwise those younger generations will not obey me."
"It's just that in the past ten years or so, the situation in the world seems to be unstable, and Lijiu City has also been affected. There are more strange cases than usual, but we can still deal with it."
"What about you?" Zhang Mo looked at Li Changxiao.
"As for me..." Li Changxiao sighed, "Well, I'll just wait and see. Sometimes I feel a little confused, but... not really confused. I can't really describe what I feel."
"You really don't need my help with this rope?" Li Changxiao remembered something and pointed at the black fire rope on Zhang Mo's body.
Zhang Mo rolled her eyes at him, "You rashly help me, aren't you afraid of your strength being exposed?"
"I have never thought of hiding my strength." Li Changxiao explained helplessly.
Zhang Mo's face showed a bit of girlish cuteness, and she said, "It's better not to bother you to do it. I don't want to become your thug for no reason."
There is a hint of anger in these words.
She knew that Li Changxiao had some magical methods that could influence people's behavior invisibly.
Therefore, he could easily solve many things without having to do it himself.
She had experienced a lot in the past few years when they were investigating cases together in Lijiu City. For example, in a critical moment, the other party suddenly got flustered and made mistakes... and so on.
Li Changxiao joked, "You've matured, but why are you even more irritable than before? You're like an unmarried girl."
"Hmph." Zhang Mo snorted.
"By the way, have you found any young talents you've taken a fancy to over the years?" Li Changxiao asked casually.
Zhang Mo said: "I spent all my energy waiting for someone, so I don't have time to look at others."
A strange light flashed in her eyes, and then immediately went out.
Then, he added again: "But, there's really nothing to like about them. It's not that they're bad, it's just that I don't like them."
"Li Changxiao." Zhang Mo suddenly called out.
"what happened?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
Zhang Mo stared at the drunkard's face.
His expression suddenly became serious.
She opened her red lips slightly, "Are you... a monk?"
"Yes." Li Changxiao did not hide it. In fact, he had never insisted on hiding anything.
Whenever she asked a question, Li Changxiao would give her the real answer.
"Sure enough." Zhang Mo's expression darkened inexplicably.
"When did you know about the existence of monks?" Li Changxiao asked.
"I knew it a long time ago." Zhang Mo exhaled and said, "The cultivators move mountains and fill the sea. Compared with them, mortal warriors like us are just poor imitators."
"As long as you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find this group. And this time when I dived into the ancient ruins, I gradually discovered some information about the exercises, which made me more certain of the existence of the monks."
"So... as a monk, you rarely fight yourself. Do you think that our fights are as childish as those of children?"
Zhang Mo looked at the swaying firewood with a complicated expression and felt a little uneasy.
Li Changxiao shook his head, "No."
He said seriously: "I don't think that reformers are poor imitators, but pioneers who are striving for progress."
"I seldom participate in battles because I am lazy. Also, the fights between warriors are more entertaining to watch than those between monks."
"Besides, if I get involved in any battle, wouldn't I be bullying the weak?" Li Changxiao said in a relaxed tone with a hint of joking.
Zhang Mo was amused and wanted to laugh. The vague worry in her heart dissipated a little, but the three words "pioneer" attracted her attention.
Her eyes reflected the firelight, unusually bright, "Pioneer?"
"Hmm." Li Changxiao pondered for a moment and said, "Let's put it this way. One road has been cut off, and everyone has decided to open up a new road. And you are the first group of people walking on this new road."
“Even if this new road is far inferior to the old one, those who return halfway have no right to laugh at the pioneers.”
At this point, Li Changxiao half-jokingly said: "If any cultivator dares to laugh at you, tell me and I will help you get revenge."
"Not really." Zhang Mo chuckled, drawing circles on the ground with her toes, and asked, "I want to ask another question."
"Since you are a cultivator, with a long life and great strength... will you treat me as a friend? A true good friend, or... are those years away from Jiucheng just a small splash of insignificant water to you?"
Li Changxiao was stunned when he heard this.
He couldn't help but laugh and said, "When did you become so indecisive, like a little girl?"
Zhang Mo was a little annoyed. "Don't worry about it. Just give the answer."
Li Changxiao said sincerely: "Of course we are friends."
"In fact, it doesn't hurt to tell you that I have only a handful of friends in my life today."
"I have always regarded you as a true friend. This friendship is real. You don't have to doubt it."
"What a silver tongue." Zhang Mo spat, with the corners of her mouth raised, happy from the bottom of her heart.
That's enough.
In fact, over the past few decades, Zhou Qingyu, the leader of Dayan Huazong, once found Zhang Mo and told her some things.
Tell her that Li Changxiao is a monk.
I also told her that the experience she cherished might be just a bland splash in the long river of life in the eyes of the other person, or it might have been forgotten by the other person long ago.
Or maybe, to him, it's not worth remembering at all.
She didn't think Li Changxiao would do this, but... she still had some questions to ask.
Today, she asked.
Li Changxiao's frankness made her very happy and completely dispelled the little concerns that had arisen in her mind for unknown reasons.
Even if I am just a small splash in the long river of his life.
But he will remember himself longer than anyone else.
"You say I, Zhang Mo, am unlucky... I am really unlucky, but if you say I am lucky, then I am lucky."
Zhang Mo sighed softly.