After Lu Xiaoxiao left, the sword cultivator was still drinking there quietly.
Of course, he didn't ask for noodles. After all, not everyone likes noodles.
Cheng Lu's favorite thing is, of course, eating nothing.
The black-robed swordsman drank there for a long time, then put the two swords behind his back again, and walked out of the town at dusk.
Going west along the town, there are several overlapping mountains, which are green in April.
This place is not close to Liuyun Sword Sect, but it is not too far either.
Cheng Lu carried her sword and walked quietly in the dusk.
You can also meet some people heading north with their luggage - after all, the south will not be stable for a while, so it is naturally better to go north.
Cheng Lu didn't say anything, but quietly walked past them.
Maybe someone would stop and take a curious look at the sword cultivator, wondering why a sword cultivator was walking so peacefully at such a time.
Cheng Lu acted as if nothing had happened.
He was not stopped by the uncle on the way up the mountain after passing through the siege of Shanhe Temple.
It's like being in the world all the time.
Sometimes I practice a little, and sometimes I just walk around.
The original reverie of a certain young man under an umbrella still has meaning - after the empty rain, he practiced sword practice among the green mountains, not knowing where he was going.
Although it hasn't rained in the south recently, there is no ethereal feeling after the rain in this green mountain.
It's just that the twilight stains the world, and there is a lot of gold in the green.
Cheng Lu kept walking for a long time, and finally there were some stone paths ahead. There were some sword marks on the path, which were probably the marks left by some sword cultivators who danced around with their swords while walking on it.
There are some moss marks on the edge of the stone path, and it seems that there are few people coming and going.
Cheng Lu walked along the stone path for a long time, and finally saw a not-so-high mountain in front of her.
There are faint voices of people in the mountains, and there are also some blue and white buildings.
Of course, there is also the sound of swords.
This is the most southern mountain.
Because there is a sword sect from a certain community of sword cultivators in the Liuyun Mountains in the mountains.
Cheng Lu walked up the mountain, crossed the unguarded mountain gate, and then stopped on a weeping willow sword flat. She found a stone platform and sat down with her sword leaning on it.
The arrival of such a sword cultivator would naturally not go unnoticed.
Soon the sword cultivators from the Sword Sect rushed over.
First of all, there is a sword cultivator in his forties, who is around the minor realm. The sword cultivators in the sword sects surrounding Liuyun Sword Sect naturally wear sleeves and leggings. It is difficult to have the airy feeling of some swordsmanship cultivators in the human world. .
The short-haired swordsman in black is near the Liuyun Mountains, so he doesn't need to think too much.
Therefore, when the sword cultivator first met, he bowed very respectfully.
"Senior Brother Cheng."
Cheng Lu was not familiar with this person, so she said directly: "I want to find someone."
The sword cultivator asked doubtfully: "Who?"
Cheng Lu raised her head, looked at the sky, and said softly: "A person from Nanyi City."
The sword cultivator, who might be the sect master or the elder of the sect, frowned and thought for a long time.
Cheng Lu naturally wasn't here to make things difficult, so she lowered her head, looked at him and added seriously.
"His name is Su Guang."
...
After Su Guang left Nanyi City, he carried his luggage and headed north.
In the beginning, I naturally went to Lingnan.
It's a pity that shopkeeper Su Shao, who used to hang out with Zhang Xiaoyu playing cards on the streets all day long, is not very satisfied with stopping in Lingnan.
Su Guang had been wandering around Lingnan for a long time. When he thought about Zhang Xiaoyu, he was from the Human Sword Sect after all. If he got mixed up in Lingnan, it would be fine. Wouldn't he be suppressed everywhere in the future?
So he wandered again, passed through Lingnan, and continued to go north.
Originally, this kid planned to go to the East China Sea Sword Sect.
After all, among the three major sword cultivators, the East China Sea Sword Sect is the most powerful.
It's a pity that the East China Sea is indeed a bit far away from the south.
After walking through Shanyue City, Su Guang felt a little tired.
So in Shanyue, I started looking for some sword cultivation places while walking.
When he finally reached the Jianzong in the green mountains outside the town, Su Guang didn't want to leave at all.
After all, as a person who plays cards all night long, he is still relatively young to be able to get here.
If you were older and played cards like this, you would have collapsed a long time ago.
At that time, I happened to meet a sword cultivator walking down the mountain with a sword on his back. It was said that he planned to go to Nanyi City to have a look.
So Su Guang shamelessly pestered him, and finally he was helpless, so he took Su Guang back to his sword sect.
This Zhang Xiaoyu's card partner is somewhat talented, and he started practicing here very smoothly. In addition, because he was influenced by Zhang Xiaoyu when he was hanging out with him, the early stage was not a bumpy one. Mountain sword cultivation.
When Cheng Lu came to the door for some unknown reason, Su Guang was refining his sword intent by the stream in the back mountain.
The Wenfeng realm swordsman named Wang Shusheng who introduced him was very uneasy.
After all, Su Guang brought him in by himself, and now Si Po Sword of Liuyun Sword Sect suddenly came to the door. Although his expression was calm, it didn't feel like a good thing.
Therefore, after receiving the message from Jianping, the sword cultivator nervously ran to the back mountain stream with his sword in his arms, and found Su Guang who was still sitting there meditating to raise his sword.
"Has your kid committed anything recently?"
Scholar Wang is much older than Su Guangda, and naturally much older than Cheng Lu, but after all, their realms and strengths are far different, so when he stood by the stream, he was sweating profusely.
Su Guang raised his head with a confused look on his face, looked at Scholar Wang, thought for a moment, and said, "It's unethical. I haven't gone down the mountain yet. What can I do? What's wrong, senior brother?"
Wang Shusheng thought for a while, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. Although Su Guang was not very talented, he was very hardworking and diligent. I heard that he used to like playing cards very much and often lost miserably, but after going up the mountain, he became more and more diligent. I have never seen him play cards once. In addition to practicing every day, it is practice, otherwise he would not be able to see the truth so quickly.
This Sword Sect brother looked at Su Guang solemnly.
"Senior Brother Cheng Lu from the Liuyun Sword Sect is here and wants to see you by name. Think about it carefully. Are you really not guilty of anything?"
A place like Liuyun Sword Sect is naturally different from the Human Sword Sect.
This is a very traditional place for sword cultivation.
If the senior fellow from the Human Sword Sect came to Lingnan, the Lingnan sword cultivators would naturally not think about what they had done.
But Liuyun Sword Sect is different.
Not to mention that this is a place known for thousands of years as a killer.
Even the style within the sect is different from that of the human sword sect.
Therefore, although Shusheng Wang had received a message and wanted to call Su Guang over, he still wanted to ask the matter as clearly as possible so that it would be easier to deal with it when the time came.
This is naturally what the leader of the Sword Sect here means.
When Su Guang heard the news, his heart skipped a beat, but he turned around and thought, what could he have done?
He had never met Cheng Lu, and he had never offended anyone from Liuyun Sword Sect. Why would that senior brother suddenly come here to look for him?
After thinking for a long time, Su Guang suddenly thought of something and said softly: "I probably know."
Wang Shusheng's expression condensed.
"What is it?"
Su Guang said silently: "He didn't come to see me."
"?"
"I once had a friend named Zhang Xiaoyu."
"!"
Wang Shusheng looked at the unremarkable sword cultivator in front of him in shock.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Su Guang smiled bitterly and said: "At first, I planned to hide secretly, then come out to scare him, and then..."
What happened next, Su Guang didn't say.
Wang Shusheng naturally knew it well.
Later, Zhang Xiaoyu was no longer the Zhang Xiaoyu he once was.
However, although this is shocking news, it is also a good thing for the sword cultivation place called Sijiang Sword Sect in the green mountains outside the town.
It's not like there are any disciples who can connect with a sword cultivator from such a high place.
Just because it was confirmed that Cheng Lu came here and had nothing to do with the Sword Sect.
Scholar Wang breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little worried when he looked at the junior brother he had brought in personally, and raised his hand to pat his shoulder.
"You should be more cautious later and try not to make that senior brother feel unhappy. Although senior brother Cheng has always had a good temper, Liuyun Sword Sect is currently in conflict with Shanhe Guan, so it is inevitable that he will be in a bad mood... "
Su Guang nodded.
Carrying their swords on their backs, the two of them left the Qingxi River in the back mountain and headed toward the Jianzong along the stone paths.
Cheng Lu was still waiting on the sword platform with her sword in hand.
Wang Shusheng brought Su Guang there and left in a hurry.
Everyone in the Sword Sect consciously left the area.
Cheng Lu and Su Guang were the only two people left at Jianping.
Su Guang stood there a little uneasily.
Even if he has already started practicing.
It's just that people who once needed to look up to still need to look up to them now.
Maybe the gap will only get bigger and bigger, just like the matchup I had back then.
The short-haired swordsman in black who was sitting with his sword raised his head, glanced at Su Guang, then turned his head away, looking somewhere outside the mountain.
"Are you Su Guang?"
Su Guang said somewhat cautiously: "Yes, senior brother."
After Cheng Lu asked such a question, she looked at the people outside the mountain without saying anything for a long time.
Su Guang waited there for a long time, thought for a while, and said softly: "I wonder why senior brother is looking for me?"
Cheng Lu still didn't speak, so Su Guang raised his head and looked in the direction Cheng Lu was looking.
Sijiao Mountain is connected to the mountains outside the mountain.
Those not-so-distant mountains obscured by clouds and mist are naturally the Liuyun Mountains.
Su Guang didn't understand what Cheng Lu was looking at.
The short-haired swordsman in black just looked at him for a long time and said slowly without looking back: "I heard that you used to have a good relationship with Zhang Xiaoyu."
Indeed, as Su Guang thought, Cheng Lu came here about Zhang Xiaoyu.
Thinking about it, this is indeed the case.
Su Guang naturally had nothing in common with such a sword cultivator, so it was impossible for him to come here for his own sake.
So Su Guang nodded sincerely.
"Yes, we used to play cards together when we were in Nanyi City."
Cheng Lu suddenly turned around and looked at Su Guang deeply.
"What kind of person do you think Zhang Xiaoyu is?"
Su Guang probably didn't expect that Cheng Lu would suddenly ask such a question. He stood on the sword platform with his sword on his back. He was stunned for a long time and thought about it for a long time. Then he said softly: "A good person who often plays rogue."
Although the swordsman in white often lost cards and refused to pay back the money he owed, he also often stole things hung by others at the door to exchange for money to buy food.
But Su Guang is not the only one who thinks so. No one in Nanyi City thinks he is a bad person.
Especially a girl named Li Qinghua.
"Good man..." Cheng Lu whispered these two words, without smiling or showing any anger. She just spoke softly, as if she was sighing.
It was as if the sword cultivator in white who smiled all day long in such an ancient city was just an unrealistic dream for everyone.
The real Zhang Xiaoyu has always been so cold and ruthless, bringing cruel stories to the disciples of Shanhe Guan in the world.
"I think Zhang Xiaoyu is a good person..." Cheng Lu looked at Su Guang quietly. "It seems that you are indeed Mr. Su, the former shopkeeper of Nanyi City."
Su Guang looked at Cheng Lu with some confusion.
Cheng Lu's sighs just now didn't seem to be true. The sword cultivator just stood up on the sword platform with the sword in his hand, and then calmly stretched out his hand to Su Guang.
"Where's the diary?"
Su Guang stared blankly at the sword cultivator in front of him, somewhat surprised.
"How did you know I had a diary here?"
Cheng Lu said calmly: "Where is Liuyun Sword Sect?"
Su Guang naturally realized that this was a question to him, hesitated for a moment, and then said softly: "Killer Sword Sect."
"Yes, since we are the Killer Sword Sect, human news is naturally extremely important. Unless something is really well hidden, it will always be known to us."
Su Guang naturally never thought that one day, someone in the world would want to take a look at the diary written by the sword cultivator in white, so he didn't hide anything.
Even if there was such a diary, no one knew about it in Nanyi City.
But Su Guang brought it to the world.
Maybe I read it in a small town when I had nothing to do.
Su Guang was silent for a while, looked at Cheng Lu and said, "Senior brother, what do you want that diary for?"
Cheng Lu said calmly: "Because there are some things, maybe that diary can give some answers. You can understand that I have encountered a bottleneck now, and I need a unique secret book to successfully break through, and that secret book is in your hands In hand."
Su Guang was silent for a long time, then turned around and headed towards the back of Jianping.
"Brother, come with me."
Along the way, walking between the sword sect's sword pavilions, neither of them met any sword sect disciples. They probably realized that this usually kind-hearted sword cultivator was not in a good mood, so they stayed away from each other. .
The two of them passed through Jian Zong all the way, but they did not go towards the disciples in Jian Zong. Instead, they went to the back mountain, beside the clear stream where Su Guang practiced before.
Su Guang led Cheng Lu all the way upstream along the Qingxi River. They stopped when they heard a stone in the stream. Su Guang stopped and walked into the stream. He felt for a long time under the stone in the stream. Only then did I finally pull out a paper bag wrapped well in oil paper.
"It seems that you also realize that this thing hides many secrets."
Cheng Lu looked at the swordsman who was standing in the stream pulling the water plants wrapped around the paper bag, and said slowly.
The latter just smiled bitterly and said, "Senior brother, you think too much."
Su Guang looked down at the paper bag in his hand with some shame and sighed.
"I'm just afraid that people will see me and know that I was Zhang Xiaoyu's friend."
Cheng Lu fell silent.
Perhaps it was just like Lingnan’s attitude back then.
In the past, I was proud to be called Senior Brother Zhang Xiaoyu, but now I don't even want to mention such a sword cultivator's name in front of outsiders.
Su Guang waded onto the stream bank, handed the paper bag in his hand to Cheng Lu, then turned his head and looked down at the clear stream.
"Of course, senior brother can also understand that this is just me wanting to hide some of my secrets."
The secret about a swordsman who once played cards happily.
Cheng Lu looked at this practitioner in the Mountain Seeing Realm for a long time.
Later, the losing pair in Nanyi City never played cards together again.
Never met again.
Cheng Lu lowered his head and looked at the paper bag in his hand, but felt that it was a little heavy.
It has nothing to do with major events in the world, it is just the weight for such a wet swordsman standing by the stream.
"If you saw Zhang Xiaoyu now, what would you do?"
Cheng Lu did not open the tightly wrapped oil paper bag, but looked at Su Guang and asked such a question.
Su Guang stood by the stream and thought for a long time, and then said softly: "I don't dare to see him."
Cheng Lu looked at him quietly.
This Jianshan-level swordsman just smiled bitterly and said: "For a person like me, meeting him is meaningless. I can't do anything except question him. I'm worried that maybe I will agree with him." I have the same thoughts as him, and I am also worried that I will look at the swordsman who has no trace of his past with anger, draw his sword and seek death."
Su Guang said softly: "So probably, I will pretend not to see anything, look around, raise my head and pass by."
For people in the world, when their friend suddenly turns into a heinous person, this is probably what they think.
Not wanting to fall together and not having the ability to bring him back, I could only pretend to be a stranger.
Su Guang suddenly turned to look at Cheng Lu.
"Senior brother has been asking me, and I also want to ask senior brother, what would you do if it were you?"
Cheng Lu said calmly: "My relationship with him is naturally not as good as your relationship with him."
Although they were both young San Swordsmen at the time, Cheng Lu and Zhang Xiaoyu naturally did not have a deep friendship.
Even Ximen is more familiar with Zhang Xiaoyu.
After all, that sword cultivator was once a Taoist from Shanhe Temple.
It's a northerner.
"So if you ask, I can only say..."
Cheng Lu looked at the oil paper bag in her hand quietly.
"It's a matter of life and death."
Su Guang was silent for a long time, and then said softly: "Senior brothers said this, which proves that at least the shame I have is reasonable and correct."
Cheng Lu looked up at Su Guang and said, "It's always difficult to choose between friendship and righteousness, so I can understand."
But so what if you can understand it, and what if you can't understand it?
