Nan Dao didn't go with Zhang Xiaoyu and the others. After all, he had been trying to persuade him not to play cards. It would be a bit embarrassing if he was discovered.
He doesn't want to become a South-Fish friend.
Then Nan Dao discovered that he was still too idealistic.
After Nan Dao randomly entered a few poker halls on the street, he was kicked out after drawing the cards.
No one would play cards with a bad guy.
Nan Dao stood at the door of the fifth card hall holding an umbrella and sighed, then he remembered the kindness of Zhang Xiaoyu and his senior brothers.
At least he knew what was wrong, but he still didn't believe in the evil and went ahead with it.
Nan Dao stood there with a frown on his face for a long time, and was about to go back when he heard someone behind him say: "Do you want to play cards, fellow Taoist?"
Nan Dao turned around and saw a young Taoist standing there, looking at Nan Dao with a smile.
"Who are you?"
The young Taoist clasped his hands and saluted, and said, "Young World is a man. When my Taoist friend was in the card hall just now, I was watching from the sidelines."
Nan Dao looked at the Taoist, somewhat unclear about his purpose. He thought for a moment and said, "Now that you have seen it, are you still willing to fight me?"
The Taoist shook his head, smiled slightly and said, "I don't know how to play cards, but I know someone who would be willing to try it with fellow Taoist."
Nan Dao looked at the confused Taoist and said, "Forget it..."
"I have a very good scabbard there." The Taoist interrupted Nan Dao's words and said softly.
Nan Dao's expression suddenly changed, he took a step back warily and said, "How did you know?"
The Taoist smiled and said: "I have learned a little about the art of waiting and watching. My fellow Taoist must have just entered Taoism, and the energy of heaven and earth in his body is in chaos..."
Nan Dao was silent for a while and said, "Why do you want to play cards with me?"
The Taoist smiled and said nothing.
Nan Dao thought for a while, held an umbrella and was about to leave.
"Your Ceres are broken."
The Taoist said calmly behind him.
Nan Dao stopped and looked back at the Taoist. The Taoist looked at Nan Dao with a smile and said, "Why not give it a try?"
Nan Dao looked at this mysterious Taoist and held the umbrella tightly. He turned around and started running.
The Taoist did not catch up, but looked at Nan Dao's running back and said apologetically: "I'm sorry."
Nan Dao ran wildly on the streets of Nanyi City until he couldn't see the figure of the Taoist when he looked back, then he slowly stopped and kept breathing.
Although the Taoist acted very friendly, Nan Dao felt that this incident was too strange.
Walking back to the secluded street along the way he came, Nan Dao felt inexplicably panicked when he stepped on the stone slabs. It just came out of nowhere.
Nan Dao looked back, and behind him was a bustling long street. People were coming and going, and it was so lively. But when he stepped onto this street, those sounds seemed to have disappeared.
Nan Dao held the umbrella tightly and walked forward cautiously.
There was silence everywhere, except for the sound of Nan Dao's own footsteps and the sound of running water under the bridge in front of him.
When Nan Dao stepped on the old wooden bridge, it creaked, making Nan Dao tremble.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Nan Dao passed through the alley without any danger. It wasn't until he saw the door of Xuanshu Courtyard covered with ivy that Nan Dao's heart dropped.
Nan Dao let out a long breath, walked into the Xuanxu Courtyard, and then opened the door of the concierge.
Taking one step inside, Nan Dao couldn't help but take a breath.
The long street was bustling. The Taoist stood there with a smile, looked at Nan Dao and said, "Fellow Taoist, why don't you give it a try?"
Nan Dao suddenly remembered what Hua Wuxi said that day, took a few steps back and said, "Did Hua Wuxi ask you to come here?"
You call this a thug?
But Nan Dao didn't expect the Taoist to frown and ask, "Who is Hua Wuxi?"
Nan Dao was also stunned for a moment, looked at the Taoist and said, "Aren't you here to seek revenge?"
Knowing that Nan Dao seemed to have misunderstood something, Taoist smiled and said, "I really came here to play cards with someone."
Nan Dao sighed and said, "It doesn't matter whether you are right or wrong. I can't run away anyway. Please go ahead."
The Taoist happily saluted Nan Dao and said, "Thank you very much."
Nan Dao left with the Taoist.
The Taoist's name was Li Shi, who came from Xiyun Temple in the north. As for why he came, he didn't tell Nan Dao. He just "sincerely" invited Nan Dao to play cards.
Nan Dao was taken to a small courtyard in the south of the city. There was a card table in the courtyard, and three people were sitting at the table.
Sitting directly to the west was a middle-aged man who was very drunk. His clothes were full of oil stains. He was holding a wine gourd in his hand and was sleeping soundly.
To the east is a woman who looks very ordinary. She is sitting there with a little restraint, just like the people who can be seen everywhere in Nanyi City shopping for vegetables. There is indeed a vegetable basket at her feet.
To the north is a thirty-year-old swordsman sitting upright, with his hair tied up and a sword slung behind his back. He looks very serious.
Nan Dao was brought over and sat due south.
The Taoist simply explained a few words, then stood aside and looked at the four people from Nandao with a smile, and said, "Let's get started, everyone."
The drunken middle-aged man also woke up, and the four of them sat there in silence. It seemed that they were all brought here by the Taoist.
A very strange card game.
Then no one said anything, and they began to shuffle the cards in silence.
There was only the sound of mahjong in the yard.
The Taoist didn't say anything, but kept watching from behind while the four of them were drawing cards.
Nan Dao looked at the cards in front of him. When he was still hesitating, he saw three people pushing the cards together and looking at him. Nan Dao then also pushed down the cards.
Four families of Tianhu.
The Taoist smiled slightly and said, "Continue."
And then the cycle continues again and again.
Until the tenth game, the drunken middle-aged man stood up without any tricks and looked at the Taoist. The Taoist got up and went into the room to get a jar of wine, handed it to the man, and said with a smile: "The last jar of immortal drunkenness in the world." , take it."
The middle-aged man held the wine in his arms and walked out of the yard with a smile on his face.
The three of them continued to draw cards. In the fifteenth round, the woman was also out. The Taoist took out a bag of silver from his arms and handed it to the woman. The woman picked it up and pressed it under the vegetable basket, thanked her diligently and left.
When Nan Dao was about to continue, the sword cultivator sitting opposite him raised his head and looked at him, and then asked, "Are you a sword cultivator too?"
Nan Dao remained silent and did not answer.
The man continued: "You have the residual aura of sword intent on your body."
After the words fell, the man stood up, looked at the Taoist and said, "I lost."
The Taoist nodded and said, "That's true."
Although both of them are good at it now, it is obvious that Nan Daohu will always have a bigger card than him.
The Taoist returned to the room, took out a sword, handed it to the sword cultivator, and said, "Yu Linglin was lost by the Liuyun Sword Sect thousands of years ago."
When it rains at night, it is the best time to kill people.
It's called Yu Linglin.
The sword cultivator took the sword, saluted the Taoist, and then disappeared into sword light.
Only Nan Dao and Taoist were left in the yard.
Only then did Nan Dao realize that the Taoist was unusual. He looked at him and said, "Senior, what are you doing like this?"
The Taoist smiled slightly and said: "If you don't join the Dao, you can't be a senior. Just call me Senior Brother Li. As for what I want to do, I'm looking for someone with good luck. I think it will be you. I will need you in the future." Come to the Northern Xiyun Temple."
Nan Dao was silent for a while and said, "What if I don't come?"
The Taoist didn't speak, just smiled, walked into the room, and took out the last thing - a black scabbard.
The Taoist handed the scabbard to Nan Dao, raised his hand towards the courtyard door, and said with a smile: "Please."
Nan Dao remained silent, but took the scabbard, turned around and walked out of the yard.
Zhang Xiaoyu sat in the poker room, touched the cards in his hand, hesitated for a long time, and then played them.
The person at the bottom pushed the card and said with a smile: "That's nonsense."
Zhang Xiaoyu sighed, stood up, and said, "I have no money, so I won't fight anymore."
Then he got up and walked over to Su Guang to take a look. He was also completely defeated.
"I'm leaving first." Zhang Xiaoyu said with a yawn.
"Go ahead, go ahead." Su Guang said without raising his head as his eyes turned red.
"Crash." The sound of shuffling began again.
Zhang Xiaoyu walked out unsteadily.
But it was not in the direction of Xuanxuyuan or Jianzong, but he walked all the way and stopped at a street corner.
Zhang Xiaoyu stood under the red lantern, clasping his fingers in boredom.
"One, two, three..."
After breaking it for a long time, he looked around, took off the scabbard from his back, and secretly took off someone else's red lantern. Carrying it with the scabbard, he walked quickly through the streets.
Then he stopped in an alley in the south of the city, hung the lantern on a nearby tree, and waited for something while holding the scabbard.
Not long after, there was the sound of slow footsteps in the darkness at the other end of the alley.
Zhang Xiaoyu lowered his head, looked at the scabbard in his arms, and said calmly: "I have a very curious question."
"Junior brother, please speak." The man said softly, walking into the light of the lantern, wearing a Taoist robe, it was the Taoist Li Shi from before.
"What exactly does Guanli want to do?"
The Taoist laughed softly and said, "Aren't you always clear about what Guanli wants to do?"
Zhang Xiaoyu said calmly: "I just think it's too messy."
The Taoist smiled slightly and said: "Yes, it is indeed very chaotic, so how long will junior brother stay in Nanyi City?"
Zhang Xiaoyu was silent for a long time and said: "I lost too much, at least..."
"You have to wait until I win it back."
The Taoist sighed and shook his head, walked past Zhang Xiaoyu, and said softly: "Look a little smaller, play a little smaller, the world is too big, you can't afford to lose so much."
Zhang Xiaoyu said calmly: "You don't know how to play cards, so you don't know that there is something called a gambler's mentality. When I start losing, it will be difficult for me to get out."
When Zhang Xiaoyu said those words, he let go of the scabbard in his hand, fell to the ground, and inserted it into the stone slab with a loud sound. The lantern hanging on the tree also fell down, and fell on the sun. It has not been repaired for a long time, and the bluestone floor has become incomplete and warped.
Sparks flew everywhere, and then the lantern was lit. Zhang Xiaoyu's Daoist intention and sword intention intertwined around him. In an instant, the entire alley fell into a sea of fire, becoming a second world separated from Nanyi City.
The Taoist stood at the end of the sea of fire, looked back at Zhang Xiaoyu, and said softly: "Junior brother, do you really want to take action?"
Those burning fires burned from the stone slab, climbed up the scabbard, fell into it, and condensed into a sword of fire.
Zhang Xiaoyu raised his hand to hold the hilt of the sword, pulled out the sword, held it horizontally in front of his eyes, and said calmly: "I know that senior brother may be right, but it is precisely because you are right, senior brother, that the audience fell into chaos. middle."
"Whether it's right or wrong, just look at stability. Junior brother, you have stayed in a place like the Human Sword Sect for too long." The Taoist put away his smile and looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and said calmly.
"But that's how it should be."
Zhang Xiaoyu let go of the sword in his hand, and his white robe was lifted up by the flames in the fierce fire. The Taoist robe was revealed, and the Tao Yun overshadowed the sword's intention.
In the entire alley that was cut off, countless words began to slowly emerge, as if the human world was a white paper and began to be written, it was black.
Zhang Xiaoyu raised his hand and clicked on the first Taoist inscription. A strong wind rose around him, pulling the Taoist inscriptions and all of them fell on the sword of the flaming sword. All the Taoist inscriptions fell and Zhang Xiaoyu The palm of his hand slapped on the sword body, and the black on the Dao Wen instantly turned into black smoke and fell off. The sword of fire spread all over the golden Dao Wen, and then shot away with fierce fire all over the alley.
The fastest sword in the world.
It is the sword of Mojianya.
Everything happens in a flash.
When Zhang Xiaoyu patted the sword, the sword had already arrived in front of the Taoist.
However, the Taoist just looked at the sword calmly, raised his hand, stretched out a finger, and disappeared in place the moment the sword approached.
Zhang Xiaoyu looked at the finger that stopped between his eyebrows. It was an ordinary finger with very thin knuckles and looked weak. The owner of the finger was also very humble, standing in front of him with a smile. , holding the sword in his other hand.
Suddenly spring rain fell in the alley, the fire receded, and the original calm returned to the alley.
One finger breaks the path.
The lantern that fell to the ground was extinguished.
"The mountains and rivers are pointed at each other." Zhang Xiaoyu said softly, "It turns out that senior brother, you are about to enter the great road."
The Taoist retracted his finger, turned around and walked out of the alley, and said calmly:
"I'll wait for you to come back and argue."
Zhang Xiaoyu stood silently in the alley, pulled out his scabbard from the ground, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.
