"The life in Nanyi City is very prosperous, but also very dull."
The prosperity of Nanyi City often surrounds the Nanyi River that flows from north to south. There is an endless stream of people at the entrances of the pavilions and restaurants along the river, and the lights are on day and night. Relatively speaking, the west side of the city was much quieter. Liu Sanyue wore a green robe and held a gray umbrella, walking slowly along the long street in the west side of the city.
When he passed by an inconspicuous tea shop on the street, he stopped and looked at the hands under the window curtain that were constantly stirring the tea leaves in the pot, and said this.
"People sometimes don't think of it. Zhang Xiaoyu, who plays cards all day long and loses everything, will be the most outstanding person among the contemporary disciples of the Sword Sect in the world." Liu Sanyue picked up a tea leaf from the pot and put it away. I sniffed the fragrance at the tip of my nose, but unfortunately the rain was too heavy, so the smell only stayed near the shop. "I wouldn't have thought that someone from Qingtian Dao would be frying tea leaves for them."
Liu Sanyue put the tea leaf back, lifted the curtain, looked at Bai He who was frying the tea leaves, and said with some curiosity: "Is this the trend of the intersection between the human world and the spiritual world in the future?"
Bai He didn't answer. It seemed that she was concentrating on frying tea leaves. There was no atmosphere of heaven and earth vitality and Taoism in the shop. She was like a girl from an ordinary family who had to go out to make a living because her husband was idle.
Of course, Zhang Xiaoyu won't bully others with a sword when playing cards. Although Beitai is idle, the Beitai family also has many industries in Nanyi City, so Bai He will not be allowed to make a living by frying tea leaves.
After Bai He stir-fried the tea leaves, he shoveled the tea leaves into a bag on the side, tied the bag tightly and put it on the counter behind him. Then he opened the curtain, looked at Liu Sanyue and said softly: "Why can't it be?"
Liu Sanyue stood up straight, looked at the people in the spring rain on the long street under the umbrella, smiled and said, "Of course."
The two of them were leaning against the window and the other against the wall, watching the rain and the people in the rain.
The world in the rain.
"Nanyi City is an amazing place. This is the place where various forces in the world are most intertwined, but also the most harmonious. The world, witches and ghosts, great demons, Taoist sects, sword sects, and various major cultivators. People are mixed together like this, But no one would find it weird, and sometimes they would forget each other's identities, sit at the card table together, laughing and scolding." Liu Sanyue said softly, "In this aspect, Huai City is not as good as Nanyi City, and neither is Your Majesty. Not as good as Master Congren."
Bai He stood by the window, still wearing an apron in front of her body. She really looked like someone's little daughter-in-law. Listening to Liu Sanyue's last words, she said softly: "Huaidu are naturally different, and they are all the same." If you want to show it to the world, Nanyi City only needs to show it to Nanyi City, not to mention..."
Bai He looked at Liu Sanyue, smiled softly, and said, "Senior brother, when he left Qingtian Road for the first time and went to Huaidu, didn't he also sigh with similar words?"
Liu Sanyue laughed and looked up at the rainy sky, as if reminiscing.
"Yes, I should have been twelve years old at that time." Liu Sanyue said softly, "I, you, and a few senior brothers are going to attend His Majesty's birthday banquet."
"I was really amazed at that time. I have lived in Qingshan Taoist Temple all day long, and I have never seen such a prosperous world. That night, I watched it all night long on the high-rise building in Huaidu, and I couldn't tell the difference. Let’s find out which one is brighter, the bright lights in the world, or the stars in the sky.”
Even though Liu Sanyue is already twenty-five years old, when he talks about the Huaidu he met when he was twelve years old, his eyes still have the light of longing that has not faded. He kept smiling, then lowered his head, looked at the spring rain in the world, and said softly: "That's why I chose to go to Huaidu."
"If you have been practicing Taoism for hundreds of years, if you don't want to see the human world, what's the point?" Liu Sanyue said slowly, "Then I went to Zhaixing Tower."
Bai He looked at him quietly and whispered: "Yes, you not only want to see the human world, you also want to participate."
"I want to protect it." Liu Sanyue said with a soft smile. "The world is so wonderful. Sometimes my heart trembles when I think about dying. This is not the thought a cultivator should have."
"But I still think so."
"So I came to Nanyi City."
Liu Sanyue said softly, and when he said this, his expression became solemn.
Bai He didn't speak. She was wearing a plain dress and a floral apron. She stood behind the stove and looked at Liu Sanyue quietly.
"When I come to the human world, I don't just want to look at the sun or walk on the street with my sweetheart." Liu Sanyue calmly looked at everything in front of him, "There is peace in the small, but there is great necessity in the big."
"What does senior brother mean by big?" Bai He asked softly.
"Strong wind." Liu Sanyue looked up at the tea flag waving in the rain. "Maybe a lot of wind."
Liu Sanyue turned to look at Bai He and said, "So today is not a friendship between fellow disciples of Qingtian Dao, nor is it a reminiscence of the past. I am here on behalf of Huaidu."
Bai He smiled and said, "Then senior brother should go to the city lord's mansion."
"I have been in Nanyi City for five days." Liu Sanyue said slowly, "If the Lord of the North City wanted to see me, he should have met me long ago."
Bai He lowered the curtain, walked out from the door on the other side, stood under the eaves and looked at the rain, and said: "You also know that the Bei family has always had opinions about Huai. Since you have something to do, you should go and visit him in person. "
Liu Sanyue remained silent for a while and said, "I won't hold any grudge against what happened back then."
Bai He turned to look at him. This young Minister of War, who was once the most outstanding disciple of Qingtian Dao, said calmly: "But I still have a grudge."
Bai He looked at him blankly, but suddenly remembered.
This is a person whose heart trembles when he thinks about dying because the world is so good.
How can he be a heartless person?
The two stood under the eaves for a long time, watching the rain.
Just like it was in Guanli many years ago.
But at that time, they were not as silent as they are now.
Topics are blocking, words are alienating.
So I had no choice but to talk about righteousness and the human world.
But the bigger the saying goes.
In fact, what you think in your heart may be smaller.
Liu Sanyue looked at the long street and thought there was no sun today.
what a pity.
Bai He doesn't know.
Maybe I wouldn’t mention it again if I knew it.
So she said: "I thought senior brother came to Nanyi City just to see All Souls' Day."
"You should watch it on All Souls' Day." Liu Sanyue didn't mention those things again. "But some things are more important."
"for example?"
"For example, the world that has been peaceful for thousands of years may be disrupted by the wind."
Liu Sanyue stood under the eaves and umbrella, but the wind from the rain still wet the corners of his clothes, turning them into a dark blue color.
This is inevitable.
Especially in a place like Nanyi City.
If there is going to be chaos in the world, Nanyi City will always see the first signs of chaos.
Bai He looked at Liu Sanyue's green clothes and said softly: "I don't know what senior brother is talking about. In my opinion, Nanyi City still looks like that."
Liu Sanyue said calmly: "Because this wind has just begun, only those at the top can detect subtle changes. It is difficult for you and me to detect."
Bai He was silent for a long time and said, "So what do you want me to say to them?"
Liu Sanyue said softly: "Hand over the 300,000 Qingjia troops in the mountains outside Nanyi City."
Bai He's expression changed, he stared at Liu Sanyue for a long time, and murmured, "This is impossible."
Liu Sanyue looked at Bai He quietly and thought to himself, Junior Sister, you have indeed sided with Nan Yicheng.
But the sigh in my heart was just for myself.
Liu Sanyue said calmly: "This is a must, otherwise it won't be me who comes."
Bai He fell silent.
Yes, Demon Emperor Kamigawa has many human cultivators under his command.
But why did Liu Sanyue come?
Because he was born in Qingtian Dao, and was the Minister of War in Huaidu.
Bai He's tone softened and he said softly: "They will not agree. The Bei family has not had a single cultivator in the past thousand years. The three hundred thousand green armor is their only source of confidence. They cannot leave it to you... ...Huaidu.”
"They don't believe your Majesty, and your Majesty won't believe them." Liu Sanyue said calmly. "If it really comes to that day. I believe that with His Majesty's character, he would rather dispatch a large army from the north to cross Fengqiling. First, he would kill these 300,000 Qingjia in Nanyi City, and then go to Yunmeng Daze. Side things."
Bai He stood there in a daze, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Nanyi City is the gate to the entire Huai'an." Liu Sanyue said softly, "If your Majesty believes in you, you can leave the gate to you. If your Majesty does not believe in you, you will be uninvited guests outside the gate, even if the human sword sect Even in Nanyi City, I won’t fall out with His Majesty because of the Bei family.”
Bai He was silent for a long time, looking up to the north of Nanyi City.
The reason why Nanyi City can live in such harmony and harmony between the world of cultivation and the human world is because there is a sword there. Even the entire world of cultivation must avoid the three-point sword.
But everyone in the world knows it.
Cong Ren and Demon Emperor Shenhe, two of the three swordsmen in the world, were brothers in the past, and both were disciples of the previous sect master Cong Zhongxiao.
People who are also members of the Sword Sect will naturally not fall out with the Bei family, a descendant of Bei Gu who was once one of the seven sons of the Tao sect.
"Your Majesty is a wise and sage king." Liu Sanyue continued, "You can choose to believe in him, or you can choose to believe in me."
Liu Sanyue looked back at this junior sister who was no longer on his side and said softly: "That's why Huaidu chose to let me come."
Bai He was silent for a long time and said softly: "I will tell them."
Liu Sanyue smiled softly and said, "This is naturally the best."
The two stood under the eaves, looking at each other in silence, and then turned to look at the heavy rain.
"Where is Mr. North Taipei?" Liu Sanyue said.
Bai He shook his head and said, "Maybe he went out to drink."
"It's not good for men to go out and drink all the time." Liu Sanyue frowned, "What's more... forget it."
Liu Sanyue wanted to say that there had been something between him and Bai He, and Beitai should always come and watch. But think about it, my current status is not suitable for saying such words.
Bai He naturally knew what Liu Sanyue wanted to say, so he shook his head slightly and said, "We did something before and he was a little unhappy. If he wants to drink, go ahead and drink."
"What did you do?"
Bai He thought about his words and said, "Perhaps there may have been some misunderstanding between him and his friends? It was Junior Brother Zhuyu who was too busy and said too much."
Liu Sanyue didn't care what it was about. He smiled softly and said, "Those are unimportant things. For a fifteen-year-old boy, just let them go."
Bai He slowly shook his head and said, "But this is not good."
Liu Sanyue turned to look at her.
"How can there be any big or small things in the world?" Bai He said softly, "If it concerns you, it is a big deal. I will go to the young man from Xuansheyuan to explain it clearly when I have time."
Liu Sanyue said nothing more.
Finally, he stood under the umbrella and nodded to Bai He, saying goodbye. He held the umbrella and left quietly in the rain.
