Looking at the swordsman with scars on his face and a long sword on his waist, Xiang Rong felt as if he was in another world.
If the other party hadn't suddenly come to his door, he would have almost forgotten that there was such a disciple. After all, compared with Da Chu's great cause of restoring the country, a mere disciple is really insignificant - but looking at the other party's The familiar look and the familiar sword at his waist, some dusty memories finally came to mind.
That was when he was still traveling around the world. When he came to Jibei, he picked up the orphan of this horse thief by chance. At that time, he was planning to stay in Jibei for a while, so he raised him and taught him a few things.
As for the content of the teaching, it will naturally not be the secret treasures of the Chu royal family. If he can teach something about Taixue, it can be regarded as his philanthropy.
People will be a little soft-hearted in their lifetime. The Great Chu Dynasty also studied this when they were studying the way to become an immortal. After all, even those with extraordinary talents, or even a generation of geniuses, would often be a little soft-hearted. Falling on these seven emotions and six desires, they mess up the original mind, fall into madness, and even turn into monsters.
Therefore, after studying it for generations in the Chu dynasty, the conclusion recorded in the secret books of the royal family is that blocking is worse than sparing.
Forcibly restraining yourself is indeed very powerful, at least it looks very powerful, but in fact it will make your reason become a tight string, which will be broken on the spot at the slightest sign of trouble. Therefore, in order to stabilize the consciousness in the impact of those weapons and weapons, and to make the state of mind more mellow and comfortable, it is relatively necessary to occasionally do whatever you want and do things that others cannot understand.
After all, for him at that time, this boy really touched his heart. Although he was a descendant of the Chu royal family, what was the difference between his hidden life and the orphan of a horse thief?
What's more, he also heard at that time that his old friend had also come to Yanzhou to live in seclusion and teach students because he was excluded from the court.
"Then let's raise one."
With a thought, the fate of this child named Cui Yuan was changed.
But for Xiang Rong, this is no different from raising cats and dogs.
In the following years, he finally confirmed that the little emperor of Nanchen actually gradually reduced the armaments of various states in order to have peace of mind for his family. This also proved that Nanchen's strength had indeed been exhausted - it was just that at that time He is alone, and it may be difficult for him to complete this feat of national restoration on his own. So he set out to go north to find the Mobei Royal Court and became the national advisor of the grassland people.
Even though the grassland people were at war with the Chu people, there are no permanent enemies in this world. Just like how Nan Chen Taizu was even willing to accept the remnants of the former Yu Dynasty in order to attack the remnants of the Chu people, the current grassland man and he, the last person of the Chu people, also have a common enemy.
As a result, the two sides hit it off immediately.
Using the world as a chessboard and all living beings as chess pieces, with such a grand move, he has left all the leisure entertainment in the past behind. Anyway, these leisure moves are nothing to him.
Just like Ruan Shantao, he thought that by taking his disciple, he would be able to get rid of him, but he didn't know that this was a cover-up he put outside, just to let those who wanted to attack him have a clear picture. The target can be hit.
What's more, in addition to targets, these leisure moves can also play some other roles.
Like now.
"My good disciple, you have grown into an adult."
Facing his former disciple, Xiang Rong first went up and hugged him hard, letting him feel the Chu people's enthusiasm, and he also felt the other's physical quality.
Not bad, he is worthy of being the disciple he chose. Just look at his strong back. I'm afraid this kid has never lost his sword skills in the more than ten years since he left.
Very good, really good.
With such good swordsmanship, this disciple is of some value.
"Come on, come on! Come in first!"
There was no place to talk outside, so Xiang Rong brought Cui Yuan into the tent - but facing this former master, Cui Yuan was also a little excited. But while he was excited, he was also confused. The master in front of him felt somewhat strange to him.
The Master back then was melancholic, dull, unsmiling, and possessed of a scholarly spirit. But today's Master is flamboyant, enthusiastic, high-spirited, and has a bit of domineering power in every move he makes. .
Although this should indeed be his master, and they also talked about some past events during the conversation, but no matter how he tried to get closer, there seemed to be a thick barrier between them.
Obviously at this moment, they were sitting closer than before.
"So, you later became somewhat famous in Jizhou and Yanzhou."
After a moment of chatting, Xiang Rong couldn't help but sigh.
"Then you should know all the masters in these two states, right? How are their levels?"
"...very strong."
Cui Yuan was silent for a moment, but in his mind he recalled several fights between himself and Du Chengfeng.
"It's really strong and shouldn't be underestimated."
"Is that what you said..."
Xiang Rong nodded slowly and then continued to ask.
"Then do you know if there are any masters who are good at using flaming blades in these two states?"
"...Fire Blade?"
Cui Yuan was stunned.
Thinking of the so-called battles between himself and those masters, it seemed that no one had ever used such a weird thing as a fire blade. Even in the several fights between him and Du Chengfeng... the first time, Du Chengfeng fought with bare hands and a short blade, the second time, he cut off his sword with a broadsword, and the third time,... It was Liu Qingyun's long sword that cut off the horse and defeated him, the original winner.
After three fights, Du Chengfeng never used anything that could be regarded as a fire blade.
"I don't know, my disciple has never heard of it."
"never heard of that?"
Xiang Rong's brows immediately wrinkled.
His disciples are relatively single-minded and should not tell lies, and this means that the master of using the fire blade appeared almost out of thin air in Jibei.
Things are getting weird. God knows where the disciple Ruan Shantao came from. He must be cautious.
"So you'd better go back to the city first. This can be considered helpful as a teacher."
Thinking of this, Xiang Rong spoke.
"Also, if you see a master who is good at using the fire blade, go up and give him a sword."
"Give him a sword?"
Cui Yuan couldn't help but be a little confused.
"But the disciple has no enmity or grudge against that person. He doesn't even know who that person is..."
"But he's better than you, isn't he?"
Xiang Rong raised his hand and patted Cui Yuan on the shoulder.
"My good disciple, my master has seen how you practice along the way. Challenging the strong is part of your practice, isn't it?"
"Part of the practice?"
Cui Yuan's heart suddenly jumped.
If it were before, he might really feel that challenging the strong was indeed part of his practice.
But now, after hearing these words, Cui Yuan instinctively felt that this master was planning to trick him into dying.
