My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

"What should we do next?" Han San asked.

"Next..." Zhang Hao practiced alone in the room according to the methods in the book.

Han Shan had been standing outside the room. When Hao Xie and others came over, Han Shan did not help to lie and directly said that Zhang Hao was practicing inside.

Because of his recent state, the others completely believed that he was practicing, and instead of disturbing him, they asked Han San to take good care of Zhang Hao.

As time went by, Han Shan gradually lost confidence. He knew he shouldn't go in and disturb them now, but so much time had passed, was it really okay?
After thinking about it, he decided to wait outside the door. Among all the people, perhaps only Han Shan could trust Zhang Hao unconditionally.

It was already the third night. Hansan had been waiting at the door. To be honest, I felt a little tired, not physically, but mentally.

He was in torment and couldn't calm down.

"When exactly will ..." Before he could finish his sentence, the door opened with a click.

Han Shan subconsciously raised his head and saw that the door was opened a crack, but the person inside did not come out. He could feel that Zhang Hao was behind the door, but he didn't know why he didn't come out.

After taking a few deep breaths, Han Shan made up his mind, pushed the door and walked in.

Zhang Hao was indeed standing at the door. He didn't have any special reaction when he saw me come in.

Han Shan suddenly felt that the man in front of him was a little strange. Zhang Hao was shirtless, his hair had grown very long for some reason, almost reaching his shoulders, and he seemed to be stronger than before.

What Han Shan couldn't ignore the most was his expression. It was like a pool of stagnant water, without any ripples, his eyes were empty, staring at him silently, but without any other reaction.

"How do you feel?" Han San asked.

"I feel good. I'm stronger than before." Zhang Hao said as he clenched his fists and released his pressure without any concealment.

At that moment, Han Shan felt a powerful force that almost overwhelmed him! This force had no emotion at all, it was just a one-sided crushing force.

"You..." Han Shan hesitated to speak.

"Now that I'm so powerful, I should be able to defeat the Demon Lord, right?" Zhang Hao asked for confirmation.

Faced with Zhang Hao's request for verification, Han Shan didn't know how to answer.

There was a knock on the door, followed by Hao Xie's voice: "I just suddenly felt something was wrong... Lao Han, are you okay?"

No one answered, but Han Shan's heart was in his throat. How would Zhang Hao answer? How would he face the concern of his companions now that he had lost all emotions?

Unexpected but reasonable, Zhang Hao said nothing, silently returned to the bed and sat down, ignoring the urgent shouts outside the door.

Hao Xie had no choice but to let Han San respond.

"Don't worry, he'll be well soon and will be out soon. Brother Haoxie, go downstairs and do your work first, I'm here."

Although Hao Xie was still worried, with the reassurance of Han Shan, the "good boy", he finally went downstairs.

As the footsteps faded away, Han Shan immediately asked anxiously, "Have you forgotten everything?"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Hao asked back.

"I mean, have all your previous memories disappeared? Do you still remember who the person outside the door is?"

Zhang Hao seemed to understand why Han San asked this question.

"It seems that I have really lost all my emotions... Judging from your reaction, it seems that I shouldn't have responded to that person's voice just now."

Han San was almost choked by these words and didn't know how to judge whether this statement was right or wrong.

"Do you really no longer have those feelings?" he asked.

"I don't know," Zhang Hao answered frankly. "I still remember everything in the past, even all the emotions and moods I had, but now I can't seem to understand them. I don't understand how those emotions came about."

This means that Zhang Hao is still the same Zhang Hao, but he is completely different from before because he has completely lost all his emotions.

"Should I regret it now? I regret practicing this technique and becoming what I am now."

Hansan shook his head.

"Since you haven't lost your memory, that means you still remember your decision. You may not regret it, but you may feel sad about who you are now."

Zhang Hao didn't say anything else. Han Shan took a deep breath and prepared to enter Zhang Hao's jade pendant and let him take her downstairs.

However, Zhang Hao rejected him.

"Why are you so close to me?"

Zhang Hao’s refusal left Han Shan stunned for a moment.

"I...I am your guardian. There is a curse in your mind that requires you to protect the person I want to protect. And the person I want to protect is the person you want to protect when you have feelings for me."

In order to prevent Zhang Hao from not understanding, Han Shan changed his words to be more straightforward: "You need to protect the hearts of those people downstairs. You can't let them find out about your current changes, and you can't make the people you care about sad."

Han San felt sad and fortunate at the same time, fortunately that he could still play a role and prevent everything from becoming too bad.

He realized that there was indeed such a curse in his body. Although he didn't care now, he must have set this curse himself, and he should listen to Han San's words.

"Ok."

Hearing the sound of someone coming down the stairs, Hao Xie subconsciously looked up. However, when he saw Zhang Hao with long hair and a naked upper body, he was stunned and didn't react for several seconds.

——What kind of outfit is this?
How come my hair has grown so long in just three days?

Facing Hao Xie's puzzled gaze, Zhang Hao continued walking down with an expressionless face.

At this moment, a guest staggered into the room, crying and staggering.

Hao Xie was just about to stand up to greet her, but he saw that the woman finally collapsed as she passed by Zhang Hao.

The woman instinctively grabbed Zhang Hao's arm to steady herself, but Zhang Hao shook her arm off calmly and took a step back.

The woman just knelt on the ground and looked at Zhang Hao in disbelief.

Not only was the customer surprised, but Hao Xie also looked at him in confusion.

In this situation, shouldn't we lend a helping hand?

Most people would do this, right?
Hao Xie walked forward to help the woman up, and asked Zhang Hao: "What's wrong with you? You look very bad. In the past three days, have you been--"

Before he could finish his words, the cold umbrella rushed out of the jade pendant.

"Brother Haoxie, Brother Han is almost crazy from practicing his skills. Let him rest for a while."

Looking at Zhang Hao's numb appearance, Hao Xie believed what Han Shan said.

He must be really "stupid".

Hao Xie asked Zhang Hao to rest aside while he handled the affairs.

This female guest was not a member of the sect, but her father was a retired member of the sect and was hunted down by the demon king's men. Now her father's body could not be moved and needed to be handled by professionals.

Since there was only one body, it was not very busy, so Zhang Hao arranged for Huo Xiuxiu to deal with it alone.

Huo Xiuxiu has learned a lot of skills from Zhang Hao and is now able to stand on her own.

Huo Xiuxiu did not refuse and nodded in agreement. Days passed like this, and with Hansan around, Zhang Hao's secret was not exposed. But Haoxie's insight was too sharp, and he almost discovered the clues several times. If it weren't for Hansan's smoothing things over, Zhang Hao might not have bothered to explain.

Since his successful cultivation, Zhang Hao's state of mind has undergone a drastic change.

Anyone would feel swelled up if they suddenly gained power that was once out of reach, but Zhang Hao still maintained basic rationality. He knew that even if he was confident now, he couldn't easily go to the Demon Lord for a decisive battle. He had to wait until he had a good chance of winning.

Seeing that Zhang Hao could still think was Han Shan's only comfort.

To be honest, Han Shan felt very uncomfortable seeing Zhang Hao living like a wooden man every day.

The person who once felt warm and cold has now forcibly closed off his emotions and turned into a fighting machine.

If he continues like this, he will be misunderstood by others sooner or later.

Han Shan had already begun to feel sorry for him, but things had come to this point and there was no turning back. She could only stay by his side even more firmly.

That day, Zhang Hao sat on the grass outside the village to rest, feeling the flow of spiritual energy between heaven and earth and replenishing his strength.

"Brother Han." Zhang Miaomiao walked in front of Zhang Hao.

After hearing the sound, Han Shan quickly got out of the jade pendant, but then realized that Zhang Miaomiao couldn't see him.

Zhang Hao was still lying on the ground and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I think it's about time for me to go back... Thanks to your care during this period, I can now pass on the power of our sect. It would be inappropriate for me to stay any longer."

It was originally agreed that Zhang Miaomiao would become a disciple when she had enough ability. Now that Zhang Miaomiao took the initiative to propose, Zhang Hao naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Do you think your current abilities are enough to protect the disciples in your sect? Do you think you are qualified to support a sect?"

The cold words pierced Zhang Miaomiao's heart like two sharp blades. Zhang Miaomiao was stunned for a moment, unable to believe that these words came from Zhang Hao's mouth.

After all, Zhang Hao had always encouraged himself in the past, and no matter how slow his progress was, he had never been anxious.

But on second thought, he was right. His strength was indeed not enough, and he should indeed give himself a warning.

"I will try my best. Even if it costs me my life, I will protect my sect, my parents and the precious wealth left by my ancestors."

Zhang Miaomiao was referring to those books, which had been sealed by Zhang Hao and no one except Zhang Hao could open them. If Zhang Miaomiao went back, she would have to ask Zhang Hao to unseal those books.

Zhang Hao found this incident in his memory and looking at Zhang Miaomiao's reaction, he realized that she was planning to draw a line between herself and him.

But before he practiced his skills, it seemed that he had made some other preparations for this person, and it was not something that could be done simply by bowing.

"Well, let Hansan handle it when we get back."

"Who is Han Shan?" Zhang Miaomiao looked confused.

Since the accident, Zhang Miaomiao has never seen Han Umbrella, and at that time she thought Han Umbrella was the ghost of her parents, so there is no need to explain.

Han Shan quietly reminded Zhang Hao: "Tell her to go back to the inn, and I will give everything you asked me to do to Zhang Miaomiao."

Zhang Hao directly said to Zhang Miaomiao: "Go back to find Hao Xie, what you want is there."

"it is good."

Han Shan returned to the inn one step ahead, entered Zhang Hao's room, and found a package in the closet. When he went downstairs, he saw Zhang Miaomiao asking Hao Xie for something.

Hao Xie, on the other hand, was completely confused.

"What do I have? Zhang Hao never told me!"

"Brother Haoxie!" Han Shan shouted at the stairs: "Come here, I will explain to you."

"it is good."

When they got upstairs, Han Shan handed Hao Xie a package.

"Please give this to Zhang Miaomiao."

"what is this?"

"…These are the various magical instruments that Brother Han carefully selected for Zhang Miaomiao, so that she has enough power to protect herself. The key to the mechanism that seals the collection of books is also inside."

After hearing this, Hao Xie understood that Zhang Miaomiao wanted to leave on her own.

"Why doesn't Zhang Hao give it to you personally?"

"Brother Han is practicing and can't leave, so he asked me to come back and get something. But Miaomiao can't see me, so I can only ask you to give it to Zhang Miaomiao. There is one more thing that Brother Han asked me to tell her, so please help me convey it."

……

"So many?" Han Shan watched Zhang Hao take out treasures one by one like a magic trick and stuff them into a cloth bag, and said, "Are you sure these things are suitable for Zhang Miaomiao?"

"She will be able to use them. Now she is the only one left in the sect. If she doesn't have these magical instruments, something bad will happen sooner or later. You should take good care of her in the future."

Han San felt bitter.

This is really about making arrangements for the afterlife.

Zhang Hao was afraid that he would no longer be able to protect others sincerely in the future, so he arranged everything he could think of and do in advance.

Just like this bag full of magical instruments, any one of them is priceless, but he wanted to give them to Zhang Miaomiao without hesitation.

Although Zhang Hao is Zhang Miaomiao's apprentice in terms of master-disciple relationship, in fact, Zhang Hao is the one who has always taken care of her.

"And this. All the books in their sect are here. Tell Zhang Miaomiao to take a good inventory when she returns."

Han San curled his lips and took over and said, "That's really thoughtful."

"…That's all I can think of. If there's anything else that requires my involvement in the future and I don't want to do it, you can use that curse to force me."

Curse, curse again.

Han San's eyes dimmed.

Zhang Hao already has a curse on him, and now he has to bear another one. This is so unfair to him.

"Will you hate me?"

"Maybe by then, I won't even know what hate is... But at least now I don't hate you. I am grateful to you. Fortunately, I have you, so I don't have to worry about anything."

……

"Tell Zhang Miaomiao that if she gets wronged, she can come back to the inn. This will always be her safe haven."

Coming from Han Shan's mouth, these words must have been told by Zhang Hao!
Hao Xie finally felt something was wrong.

"He's not even willing to personally show up for something like this? Tell me, is the person we spend every day with Zhang Hao?! I've felt that something is wrong with him for a long time. What happened to him?"

Oops, Hao Xie finally found out.

Han Shan took a deep breath, knowing that he couldn't just lie and get away with it this time.

But he didn't want to tell Hao Xie and the others about Zhang Hao's situation and make them worry. This was not what Zhang Hao wanted to see. (End of this chapter)