Li Twelve, the Yeyu Sword Immortal of Xihe Sword Sect, looked at the blue-shirted Confucian scholar bowing and apologizing, and suddenly sneered without saying a word, planning to leave directly with the unhappy little girl Li Yuyao beside him.
Su Sanzai, a young man in black who had been hiding behind Mr. Cui just now, suddenly showed his head from behind the Confucian scholar. He rubbed his chin and stared at the little girl. His eyes turned around, as if he was a businessman who didn't want to pay. of profiteers.
The young girl Li Yuyao frowned, her unhappy expression suddenly turned as cold as ice, and she pressed one hand on the handle of the knife at her waist again.
The Confucian scholar Cui Jue had a headache and looked back at the sneaky Su Sanzai. As a result, the young man in black smiled and winked at the Confucian scholar.
Cui Jue was stunned for a moment, then frowned again, and then blinked.
Li Twelve, a stunning woman standing at the door, watched the two men standing in the yard flirting with each other. She felt that they were uneasy and well-intentioned, so she took a slight step to the side to block the little girl behind her.
Su Sanzai smiled when he saw this, moved two steps from behind the Confucian scholar to reveal his figure, cupped his hands towards the two women, one large and one young, standing at the door of the school, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, you two, it was just because of It's rare to meet a good young talent with outstanding talent, so I couldn't hold it back for a while, but you should have seen that I didn't actually do anything cruel. If you two are not satisfied with this, I can personally apologize! Of course, if you want If you want compensation, that’s fine, as long as this little girl sets the terms!”
The stunning woman Li Twelve, who was blocking the little girl behind him, stared at Su Sanzai and said indifferently: "Mr. Su, right? Although you and I have never met, I have heard of your reputation to some extent. I must have heard of you." Sir, you should also know that although our Xihe Sword Sect cannot do anything to you for the time being, we do not want to have anything to do with you!"
She turned to look at the junior sister behind her, then looked back at Su Sanzai and continued: "So we accept the apology, but compensation is not necessary. I just hope that Mr. Su can be more at ease and not act too excessively. Otherwise, don’t blame me, a disciple of the Sword Sect, for not recognizing anyone with his sword!”
Hearing this, Su Sanzai shook his head repeatedly and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, Mr. Twelve! I have been here for such a long time, but I have never done anything that violates the rules. Isn't that the conscience of heaven and earth?"
Li Twelve just watched quietly as Su Sanzai, who had an exaggerated expression and tone of voice, was talking to himself there, his face expressionless and as cold as snow.
Su Sanzai, who was asking for trouble, couldn't help but touch his nose, then thought about it and smiled: "How about this! Since you two are not interested in compensation, why don't I give you a free article? How about news as compensation?”
He glanced at the girl standing behind Li Twelve and said with a smile: "I heard that the boy named Chu at the east entrance of the town has already been on the road to death because of the Shui Yun incident, but the copper mouth at his door Zhong seems to be interested in him, so I suggest you, Miss Thirteen, to go there again later. I think that guy may need some help. If Miss Thirteen is interested, I want to pay off the money in your hand. If you owe me a debt of gratitude for that knife, you can do another business with him, buy or sell, and the money and goods will be paid, and you won’t be considered to have taken advantage of him.”
The stunning woman looked at the feminine and handsome man in black opposite her and frowned slightly, but in the end she didn't say anything. The girl in white behind her listened to Su Sanzai's words, lowered her head and thought for a moment, and then appeared from behind her senior sister. Come, nodded towards Su Sanzai, then turned around and left.
The stunning woman looked back at the girl who was walking away, then turned back and stared coldly at Su Sanzai, and the Confucian scholar in blue shirt who had been silent since just now. Without saying a word, he disappeared. not see.
The two men standing in the school courtyard watched the two women, one older and one younger, leave one after another. Su Sanzai glanced sideways at Cui Jue, his eyes seeming to say: What do you think, I'm smart, right?
The Confucian scholar raised his eyebrows and looked back, then said, "You should know that no matter what the outcome of this matter is, you will probably be chased and killed by those people in person."
Su Sanzai didn't care about Cui Jue's so-called reminder. He waved his hands and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter. If you don't dare to be killed as a master, then you are incompetent. If a disaster really comes, I will definitely say You are also responsible for this! Don’t worry, the rules of the world are that when you get beaten up, it’s better to be alone than to be happy for everyone!”
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At the east entrance of the town, the down-and-out young man Chu Yuanxiao didn't get up early for the first time today. He slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up from the bed. He washed briefly, ate half a hard steamed bun and went out. However, he didn't go far. I walked a few steps towards the entrance of the town and sat down under the old locust tree, leaning against the trunk.
The young man was always diligent, and it was not easy for him to eat alone. He went to bed early and got up early so that he could have more energy and energy to eat the three meals a day. But today was different, not because he was willing to stay in bed, but because he had not stayed in bed since last night. Starting in the second half of the night, he felt sore and weak all over. The young man, who was tossing and turning and unable to sleep, thought secretly in his heart that this was probably the sequelae after the so-called water charm was stripped away, right? The old monkey had said before that once Shui Yun was robbed, he would be on the road to a dead end, and he would most likely not live past the age of thirty. Now that he had personal experience, he had to admit that this statement was true. .
The down-and-out young man sitting under the old locust tree had already gotten up, but he still felt uncomfortable. There was no one around the town entrance. After sitting alone for a long time, he suddenly remembered the man who looked like he was not in a good mood last night. The young man in black gave him the copper coin, so he raised his sore arm and took it out from his arms. He slightly raised his head and looked at it over and over again. There was a small square hole in the middle of the copper coin. This shape was quite interesting. Just like the ordinary copper plates they usually use, he closed one eye, held the copper plate in his hand and covered the other eye. He could see through the small hole and see a small piece hanging on the tree. The sky above the top is as blue as blue, with long white clouds, clear and light, in all directions.
Thousands of families and thousands of mountains are still and the sun is shining, but who can hear the immortality leaking out of the poor house?
The young man put the coin in front of his eyes and kept moving the position of the copper coin. His eyes wandered back and forth, seeing the town from the sky, wandering from the west of the town to the east of the town, and suddenly through the small hole he saw the man from the north side of the long street. A girl in white clothes walked out from a certain intersection, carrying a long sword on her back and wearing a long sword on her waist. She was pure and elegant, with an extraordinary grace.
The girl opposite was probably a little surprised when she saw the young man's appearance, and raised her eyebrows in a funny way. This made the already embarrassed young man even more embarrassed. He hurriedly took the slightly larger copper coin. He took it off, but after thinking about it, he did not choose to put it back in his arms. He just held it between his fingers and smiled as he watched the pretty girl slowly approach. He smiled and asked: "Miss Li, why are you here today free?" What's matter?"
The girl Li Yuyao's steps were not very big, but she walked very quickly. She arrived in front of her in a short time. She did not directly answer the boy's question. She first frowned and looked at the money thoughtfully, with a twinkling light in her eyes. Thoughtfully, he moved his eyes to the young man after a while, looked up and down, and said slowly: "I heard someone say at the village school that you were robbed and got it from Xuannv Lake. It looks so charming, so come and take a look.”
The young man was a little surprised, but when he heard her mention the word "country school", he probably understood the cause and effect. He also heard the girl say: "I only heard the little senior sister mention it after I returned to Li's place. I got the water charm that belongs to Northern Xuanwu, but I didn’t expect..."
The girl stopped talking after she was halfway through speaking. This was tantamount to exposing someone's scars in person, and she felt that this was not good.
After a night of digestion, Chu Yuanxiao felt calm now. He looked at the girl and smiled, "Well, I haven't even understood yet. How can a good thing turn into a bad thing in the blink of an eye? The old monkey said, such a result If that happens, I may not be able to live past the age of thirty..."
He shook his head with regret and said with a helpless expression: "I probably had a bad life since I was a child. Even if great luck comes, I can't keep that good luck."
Li Yuyao didn't answer when she heard this. She looked down at the coin in the young man's hand again, which was slightly larger than the normal copper coin. Then she looked at the young man and said, "Then what are you going to do next?" ?”
Chu Yuanxiao naturally saw the girl's eyes looking at the copper coin twice, but she did not mention it directly at this moment. She just smiled and shook her head, "I don't know yet. I'm thinking if I can't practice, how will I do it?" Do what I want to do before I’m thirty?”
As he spoke, he lowered his head and rubbed the coin between his fingers. He hesitated before raising his head, raising the coin, and said to the girl: "Miss Li, I won't beat around the bush. There was a young man in black last night. A man came to my place and said that I could recognize him as half a master, and even if he couldn’t practice, he could still learn other things... Mr. Cui said that this choice had both good and bad qualities, and he did not object directly. I asked the old monkey again later, but He doesn’t seem to want to say it clearly, and I don’t know anyone else. I wonder if I can ask you, what exactly is this money spent on?”
The girl in white with a sword on her back was a little surprised by the boy's confession, but at the same time she was also a little inexplicably happy. After all, it was a happy thing to be trusted by a stranger whom she had known for a short time. She slightly curved her beautiful eyes, which were red. The corners of her fair lips also curled up. After thinking about it, she explained: "Actually, there is not much emphasis on things like spending money among the immortals. It's just a special copper coin used to win prizes and as a souvenir. That's it. When the government mints money, most of the time, in addition to the regular copper coins, they also mint various types of coins that are not within the regulations. They are also called winning coins. There are many types, such as those used to suppress coins in the official treasury. The evil town treasury coins, or the furnace coins used to worship the god Naji when the furnace was used to cast money, and some were not cast in the furnace, but carved by the money maker, such as those used for royal custom-casting of regular copper coins. Carved mother coins are not necessarily made of copper, but can be made of ivory, jade or other materials. Generally speaking, there are many kinds of coins, to name a few... It itself is very important to the cultivation of immortals. The help is not as special as imagined, it is useful for certain specific things, but it is not universally applicable.”
The young man seemed to understand, and looked a little confused.
Li Yuyao smiled when he saw this, raised his finger and pointed at the coin in his hand, and continued: "The most valuable thing about the coin in your hand is actually those four words. It's not so much how valuable the money is, but how valuable it is. The person who gave you the money is valuable.”
Chu Yuanxiao naturally thought of the young man who gave him the feeling that he was not very smart, and also thought of the evaluation of him by the Qingshan private school teacher at that time. He hesitated and said: "I think... that person is a bit weird..."
Li Yuyao smiled and didn't say much about the person's origins. He just said: "This matter can only be chosen by you. I can't give you any advice, and I can't. I came here to see how you are doing, and secondly. Is it to see if I can make another deal with you to repay the favor I owe you for this knife?"
When the poor boy heard the girl's intention, he wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he hesitated and said nothing. The relationship between people is often unclear. There is no way to calculate it when you come and go. The benefits were just right, and more importantly, for the young man at this moment, he vaguely felt that he might just need this deal.
The girl in white seemed to be quite satisfied with the young man's reaction. Her eyebrows were curved and the smile on her face was a little bigger than before. She slowly stretched out three slender jade fingers and smiled at the young man: "Anyway. Say, there are three things I want to say.”
Chu Yuanxiao was dazzled by the girl's smile. He smiled and said nothing. Waiting for her to finish, he saw the girl flip her wrist and a thin booklet appeared from nowhere. He handed it to the young man and said: "This book is called "Spring and Autumn Immortal Artifacts Book". I bought it from the storyteller Mr. Lu at Wufang Pavilion before. I originally wanted to find a chance to I gave it to you as a sign of sincerity in doing business, but I didn’t expect that I got into a fight later and didn’t get it. But it’s not too late to give it to you now. It’s not a valuable thing. It’s just an introduction to Jiuzhou from ancient times to the present. You can use the atlas and booklet of the more famous immortal weapons and magic weapons that have appeared in the past to learn Chinese characters and so on."
As she spoke, she reached out and patted the long knife hanging on her waist, and joked with a smile: "This sword whose real name is 'Daxia Longque' is also recorded in this book. You can take a look at it then." What good stuff did you miss?"
Chu Yuanxiao heard the words and took the book, but he didn't say much to the girl's brisk teasing. He just smiled and didn't care.
Li Yuyao did not delay, raised his head and glanced at the Hidden Dragon's back in Zhendong, and then continued to the young man: "The second thing is the fish dragon pendant I gave you. There are many things in Jiuzhou Jianghu that are ancient. According to the mysterious legend, a great scholar in the Middle Earth Divine Continent once wrote a book called "Huai Lu Tang Ji", which said that this fish and dragon had another name called Chi Kiss in earlier years, which was the dragon. Yao'er, the last among the nine sons, was born with a love for water, a loud mouth, and was easy to swallow in his life. Although the jade pendant I gave you is not the real body of Long Zi, there is still more or less a trace of it. Its essence, I think it may be of some help to you. This thing is not the magic weapon of the Xihe Sword Sect. Although it has some origins, you don’t need to care about it for the time being. As long as you don’t give it to others, it doesn’t matter. I can promise it. I won't take it back until you find a way. It should be somewhat helpful to you who have no charm now. At least it can help you stabilize your body as much as possible and prevent it from getting worse. Although it still can't I’ll help you solve the problem of the dead road, but it’s better than nothing, and maybe it will allow you to live a little longer and give you more opportunities to find solutions to the dead road.”
As soon as these words came out, the girl didn't do anything. Instead, she relied on the young man sitting under the tree to shake her head hesitantly and said hesitantly: "Miss Li, I don't know much about the methods of you immortals, but I guess the fish-dragon jade pendant you are talking about is not something that can be seen everywhere, right? I heard Mr. Lu tell some stories that extremely precious things like this are more or less not easily given to others. If you give me this kind of rule now, won't it have any impact on you?"
Li Yuyao was stunned when he heard this, looked at the young man carefully, smiled, and said happily: "Oh, I said you are quite strange! You have reached this point, it is not easy to have a life-saving straw, why do you still think about it? Isn’t it inconvenient for others? Shouldn’t we just take it into our hands to save our lives regardless of the situation?”
The young man smiled when he heard this and scratched his head subconsciously, his expression a little embarrassed, "Maybe it's because I've been living alone for a long time, and I'm used to trying not to cause trouble to others, right? I'm not used to oweing favors to others, even if I go to When Old Shopkeeper Fan exchanges things for money, he always thinks of giving him more things so that he can make more money, so you suddenly give him such a precious thing, and I... am a little uncomfortable with it."
The pretty girl in white opposite listened to the young man's casual words, and could hear his sincerity. She felt a little sad for some reason. She shook her head and said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to be too polite. I As I said before, this sword actually has a great origin. Although the jade pendant I gave you is considered precious, it is not as high as you imagined. It is still much worse than your sword, so you don’t have to worry. I still didn’t lose money on this deal, and I’m not one of them.”
After the girl said this, she saw that the young man who had already tried to stand up by holding on to the tree pole still looked hesitant and said helplessly: "It's really hard to talk to you! I have rarely spoken so long to someone before. Can't you just be happy when it's time? I really don't like nonsense!"
These words made the boy feel even more embarrassed. Looking at the girl's impatient face, he was too embarrassed to say anything more to refuse.
Seeing that the other party acquiesced, Li Yuyao quietly raised her lips, then looked up at the tall and straight sword mountain called "Hidden Dragon's Back" in the east of Zhendong, then turned back and continued: "The third thing, I just need to tell you about your dead end road, has Mr. Hou explained it to you in detail?"
Chu Yuanxiao thought about it for a moment, but he didn't seem to clearly explain why. He just said that if Shui Yun was lost, his road would be cut off, and his life would be short. So he gently shook his head towards the girl and said, "I only know now I may not be able to practice like you in the future, and I may not live too long, and the rest is not clear.”
The girl nodded, this was pretty much what she thought, so she pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Then let me explain to you, why did you end up on the road of death? This may be useful to you."
There has always been an inaccurate metaphor in the world. When it comes to spiritual practice, the most important thing is spiritual roots, luck, and closeness to the great road. This is like a farmer farming in the countryside. The quality of the spiritual roots in the body is determined by Equivalent to the fertility of the field, the more fertile the soil, the higher the yield when harvesting crops.
Luck is like a farmer's luck in the season. Whether he can plant seeds into the field on time and without any trouble or accidents, whether he can be rained by God when there is a lack of rain, and whether he can be lucky when there is a shortage of fertilizer. It happens that there is farm fertilizer at home. Luck is very important at this time.
Being close to the avenue is like seeing whether God is willing to take care of you. You originally have half a bucket of water to water the ground. If God is willing to take care of you, it will rain and fill your bucket, allowing you to water the ground thoroughly.
The latter two seem to be the same thing in this analogy, but that's because this is just an inaccurate analogy. When it comes to practice, they are completely two different things. People in practice spend all their efforts to verify the practice. The Great Dao not only depends on the richness of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the dojo, but also depends on the thickness of the treasures of geniuses, magical artifacts of the immortal family, etc., so there is a large group of people in the world who are always busy. , go searching for immortals and visit the Tao without touching the ground, explore various secret realms and relics, and pursue various opportunities that are beneficial to practice. This depends on luck, and whether the Tao of Heaven and Earth is close to you has nothing to do with it. The former is another matter compared to nature.
Chu Yuanxiao's strong aura of water was related to the monk's closeness to the road, as if he had filled the half bucket of water used for watering the ground into a full bucket. Watering it on the ground would make the crops grow better and the harvest higher. , this was a real good thing, but it’s a pity that someone took away the water charm later. This is not only equivalent to taking away the second half of the bucket of water given by God, but also equivalent to taking away the bucket together. The final result is this For a poor boy, not only does he have no water to water, but he also doesn’t even have the means or opportunity to scoop water from elsewhere. The consequences are tantamount to killing the goose that lays the eggs and drying up the lake to fish. This is why it is said that when it comes to this, it is This is the reason why the path of spiritual practice has reached a dead end.
Li Yuyao said these words, glanced at the peer standing under the tree, hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "The human body is a small world, and the aura used to water the realm is a thing. Before you embark on the path to immortality, there is no distinction between the five elements." Type, it's like half a bucket of water that is colorless and odorless. When you get Shuiyun, it means that the half bucket of water added later has color, so the whole bucket of water has color. This is why there are later The saying "Dao Dao is close to water". Up and down the mountain, there is a blessed land and cave sky. It is not common to see the charm. Most monks of the Immortal family can only rely on their own half bucket of water to water the ground throughout their lives. Therefore, "Dao Dao is close to water". Not being close to each other was already destined, but now you don’t even have a bucket. To put it another way, as far as practice is concerned, you are directly abandoned by the great road of heaven and earth, so you will not be able to practice no matter what in the future. There will be no results, and because the peeling has weakened your whole body's energy and blood, your lifespan will also be damaged."
The young man standing under the tree felt dizzy after listening to these introductions. After thinking about it, he looked at the girl in white and asked softly: "Miss Li, before me, there are others. Has this ever happened to anyone?”
Li Yuyao glanced at the young man, nodded and said, "Yes."
"In the end, did any of them succeed in practicing?" When the young man asked this question, there was an obvious caution in his tone, but there were little undetectable lights in his eyes.
Then, he heard the pityful voice of the girl opposite saying calmly: "The cultivation lineage of Jiuzhou in the world has been passed down for a long time, and the river of time has been flowing for tens of thousands of years. However, it is recorded in history that all those who cut off the road to the great road were short-lived in the end. And die, without exception!"
Although Chu Yuanxiao had been prepared, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard this result. He had hoped for a contingency before, but now it sounded like he was saying that there was no such contingency.
Just when the young man was about to give up his spiritual practice completely and was thinking about whether to find another way to seek revenge, he heard the cold and beautiful girl across from him say quietly: "But, although no one has succeeded, there are thousands of people in the world. But there is a theory that has been widely circulated for hundreds of years, and it has never disappeared even if no one has done it.”
The girl paused for a moment, looked at the sudden light in the young man's eyes, and said eight words in a calm tone: "Enter the Tao with your own body, fellow practitioners of the Three Paths!"
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