A mountain is covered with moonlight and full of bamboo wind.
Jiang Shanxue lowered her head and quietly stepped on the shadows of trees on the night path, walking leisurely in the view.
After getting some food for You Chunshan, the young Taoist went to the temple again to borrow money from some brothers and sisters.
But the results may still be unsatisfactory.
Jiang Shanxue stopped on the trail with some sadness, but happened to see a figure walking slowly in the shadowy woods. It looked like he looked similar to himself.
Under the moonlight, the Taoist looked at the sword carried behind the man, raised his eyebrows, then walked forward and chased after him.
That person was naturally Cheng Lu.
The long journey is filled with misty dew.
Jiang Shanxue stood in the forest. The sword cultivator stopped at the edge of the forest and looked quietly at the steps going down the mountain, probably thinking about something.
Jiang Shanxue walked over and walked to the side of the Liuyun Sword Sect sword cultivator.
Cheng Lu turned around and took a look, and when she saw it was Jiang Shanxue, she softly called her senior brother.
Jiang Shanxue looked at Cheng Lu for a long time, and then said slowly: "Have you met the temple owner?"
Cheng Lu nodded silently.
Jiang Shanxue thought for a while and asked, "So have you found such a person?"
"No." Cheng Lu looked down at the mountain path, then looked back at the end of the upward mountain path, and whispered, "But sometimes, it doesn't matter whether you find it or not."
Jiang Shanxue looked at the Liuyun sword cultivator quietly.
The latter raised his head and continued with a wry smile: "Your Majesty may not be able to do anything, but what can I, Cheng Lu, do?"
There are three swords in the world from generation to generation.
But for thousands of years, the real three swords have always been those three people.
If Cong Ren hadn't died suddenly, perhaps these three swords would have continued for many more years.
Cheng Lu may have thought of what the white-haired swordsman in blue had said to her in a certain period of autumn rain, and she said in a self-deprecating tone: "I'm not Zhang Xiaoyu either."
Not only the fierce and fierce approach, but also the talent.
Although the world doesn't want to admit it, sometimes they have to accept the fact that Zhang Xiaoyu, a 26-year-old young man who practices both Taoism and Swordsmanship, does have the capital to replace Cong Ren and become the new generation of Three Swordsmen.
Jiang Shanxue turned his head and looked at the mountain road that Cheng Lu had been looking at for some reason. Then he said softly: "You smell of rain. It doesn't rain near Qingtian Road."
Cheng Lu looked at the Taoist quietly. Such a sentence was indeed very sudden.
Jiang Shanxue said slowly: "Dejected sighs are naturally meaningless."
The Taoist said, then thought about it seriously, and continued: "Perhaps this is also the reason why you and I have always taken different paths. You are a disciple of Senior Chen Yunxi, and among the entire Liuyun Sword Sect, The status is not low. If your seniors are around, your status will never drop. If your seniors are gone, then you will be the one sitting in the same position."
That's why Cheng Lu would lament that she was a person outside the stage.
Jiangshan Snow is naturally different.
Cheng Lu also knew that the people of Liuyun Sword Sect were always well-informed.
So the sword cultivator in black said softly: "But you have to fight for many things by yourself. Your ancestors have no shadow left, and the entire Qingtian Dao looks at you as Chen Huaifeng."
Cheng Lu sighed softly, looked at Jiang Shanxue for a long time and said: "So after you were seriously injured by Zhang Xiaoyu's sword, you knew that you were invincible, but you still felt that you didn't continue to look for it. Something to be ashamed of.”
Jiang Shanxue was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Cheng Lu would mention such a thing again.
But as You Chunshan said, Jiang Shanxue has already tried and tried his best.
I got up, but with one sword strike I was dead, what can I say?
The two stood there quietly, and after a long time Cheng Lu continued: "So you said that I have the smell of rain on my body. What do you mean?"
Jiang Shanxue smiled and said: "Sigh, why don't you continue to give it a try. The smell of rain means that you have left Qingtian Road today, but I didn't see it, so maybe you just went to the years, and the years are a very big thing. It’s a confusing and broad-scope word, but rain has become some definite signs. Which year was it? Was it spring rain or summer rain? I guessed it was autumn rain, because the breath of this kind of rain is not soft, but a bit cold. Then it must be autumn when you go..."
Cheng Lu looked at the snow in the mountains and rivers quietly, silent for a long time, and then said softly: "In the autumn of the year 983, it was a rainy day. It probably started raining in the afternoon - I appeared in the mountains at that time. When Yao lived by the lake, the rain was still drizzle, but then it gradually became heavier, covering the mountains and forests in mist."
Jiang Shanxue said softly: "So those who have not been found in the years may not be unable to find them in the future."
Cheng Lu was silent for a long time, looking deeply at this unfamiliar Taoist.
"Why are you helping me?"
Jiang Shanxue raised his head and looked at the night quietly, and said: "There is a saying in the ancient Qingtian Dao, which is that the road is like the blue sky. I can't find it alone."
"Senior Qinglian's words."
Cheng Lu said softly.
"Yes." Jiang Shanxue said with a smile, "Perhaps the world today prefers the sentence "When will the moon come to the blue sky? I will stop drinking and ask. At least compared to the depression of the previous sentence, the latter sentence is more free and unrestrained, Later, Qingtian Dao did stop drinking and asked. But regarding the previous sentence, I have always not understood it. How could I not come up with it? "
Jiang Shanxue lowered his head, looked at the sword cultivator beside him, and said softly: "You Chunshan's words reminded me today."
Cheng Lu looked at the Taoist quietly, and the latter said softly: "It's never impossible."
"It's a single word."
Cheng Lu looked at the Taoist thoughtfully, but still did not speak. Jiang Shanxue suppressed her smile and said slowly: "Seeing the mountains and knowing the waters, leaving the seclusion, hearing the wind, watching the rain, walking on the snow to search for plum blossoms, climbing the nine-fold tower with overlapping waves, it's like practicing spiritual practice. It’s always been a lonely place.”
The Taoist looked deeply at the human world and said softly: "But the human world is not the same. Cultivation is always just a means, not an end."
“Don’t go into the night alone, and don’t go up the mountain alone.”
Jiang Shanxue smiled softly and said, "That may be true. Looking back when I climb the stairs, my eyes are filled with snow."
Cheng Lu said softly: "So..."
Jiang Shanxue smiled slightly.
"So I help you so that you can help me in the future."
Cheng Lu stood there for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he said softly: "Maybe Bai Fengyu is indeed a person worthy of praise."
Jiang Shanxue raised an eyebrow and looked at the Liuyun Sword Sect.
Cheng Lu said softly: "He doesn't want chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven alone. He wants chickens and dogs to also achieve Tao."
Jiang Shanxue turned around and looked quietly at Qingtian Dao, who had been silent for a hundred years. After looking at it for a long time, he said slowly: "Yes."
Cheng Lu didn't say anything else. She looked at Jiang Shanxue and said softly: "Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me. I will go find the temple master again tomorrow."
Jiang Shanxue nodded.
...
You Chunshan ate everything Jiang Shanxue brought, and then slept peacefully.
While sleeping in Qingtian Road, nothing messy would happen naturally. The mountain was quiet and quiet, and You Chunshan didn't get up until noon of the next day.
Pushing open the door of the bamboo house, the sun is already shining on the fallen leaves in front of the house, and the path leading to the depths of the forest is covered with sunlight; the branches and leaves on both sides are very bright and green.
Jiang Shanxue was heading here on the trail with some food and drink.
Looking at You Chunshan who had just woken up, Jiang Shanxue smiled and said, "I thought I was late. It turns out you stole cattle last night?"
You Chunshan scratched his head and said, "What about stealing cattle?"
Jiang Shanxue stopped in the middle of the ground and said with a smile: "It's nothing."
As You Chunshan went back to the bamboo house and moved the low table out, he still asked with some confusion: "Did you steal the cow last night?"
Of course, stealing cattle is not really stealing cattle, it is just teasing You Chunshan for getting up late.
After all, you have to steal cattle in the middle of the night to avoid being discovered.
Jiang Shanxue didn't expect You Chunshan to ask this, so he had to explain to You Chunshan.
This young man just smiled.
You Chunshan was naturally very hungry, so he sat down at the low table, grabbing some food while looking at Jiang Shanxue and said, "Have you ever gone to see the Guanzhu?"
Jiang Shanxue shook her head in shame and said, "Not yet, because Senior Brother Cheng is still there."
You Chunshan said in surprise: "He has been gone for so long?"
Jiang Shanxue said softly: "Because he went there twice, maybe because the problem is indeed a bit complicated."
"All right."
Jiang Shanxue not only helped You Chunshan buy some food in the town below the mountain today, but also brought a bottle of wine.
The two of them sat in front of the bamboo hut, eating something and drinking wine slowly. They seemed to be feeling quite comfortable.
"After I help you solve these things, I will recuperate."
Jiang Shanxue sat there and said softly: "I want to go to the East China Sea again."
You Chunshan thought for a while and said, "After you recover from your injuries, can you beat Zhang Xiaoyu?"
Jiang Shanxue shook his head and said: "Of course we can't win, but after all, Chen Huaifeng is also a senior brother, and he is also the disciple of the master. After all, we are like brothers, so we can't really watch him being killed in the East China Sea. If you kill him, if you tell him, Qingtian Dao will not look good on his face."
You Chunshan thought for a while and said, "Actually, this can be regarded as an internal matter of their Human Sword Sect."
Jiang Shanxue sighed and said: "But do you think any of them still has the identity of the Human Sword Sect? If the Human Sword Sect is gone from now on, the world will probably attribute both of them to the Human Sword Sect, but the Human Sword Sect is still there. Naturally, everyone has to go his own way."
Jiang Shanxue said, but fell silent for a while, looked up at the mountains and forests to the east, and said softly: "Actually, I have always had a question."
You Chunshan licked his fingers and asked, "What's the problem?"
Jiang Shanxue squinted his eyes and said, "Zhang Xiaoyu seems to want to kill me."
This is something that You Chunshan and the others don’t know.
They always thought that Jiang Shanxue's serious injury was caused by a battle with that sword cultivator.
Perhaps the only one who can make some guesses is the young man under the umbrella.
Among the swords in the world, the one with the longest momentum is the Sword of Cause and Effect.
The wound on Jiang Shanxue's heart came from the Karma Sword. This was also the reason why the young man was silent for so long when he looked at those familiar sword wounds.
You Chunshan sat there in a daze, looking at the empty wine glass in front of Jiang Shanxue, but he suddenly understood why this Taoist brought wine.
"Why?"
You Chunshan asked puzzledly.
Jiang Shanxue pondered for a long time, then came back to his senses, shook his head and said: "I don't know. I thought that the eyes of such a sword cultivator should not fall on me. Although I am also a cultivator of the Dao, I am not like them. For a person, natural talent is not considered good. Even if you really want to be holy and abandon your wisdom, how could it fall on me so early?"
Jiang Shanxue didn’t understand it, and You Chunshan certainly couldn’t understand it either.
So Jiang Shanxue drank some wine and did not continue talking. She just stood up and stood on the edge of the courtyard, quietly watching a forest swaying in the mountain wind.
You Chunshan didn't care so much. After all, it was something he couldn't do anything about. It was quite comfortable to drink wine and eat food there.
After a long time, there was a sword cultivator slowly coming towards the path.
You Chunshan and Jiang Shanxue turned around to look, and it was Cheng Lu who came.
The latter stood on the path with a frown, looking this way.
Jiang Shanxue looked at Cheng Lu and asked, "How is it?"
Cheng Lu shook her head and said softly: "The temple master went into seclusion that year. She really didn't know what happened in Qingtian Dao."
You Chunshan intervened and said: "Didn't you say that Bai Yuyao, the leader of Qingtian Taoist Temple, is the junior sister of Fortune Teller and is also good at spying on fate?"
Looking at Cheng Lu's frown, Jiang Shanxue understood something and said softly: "There are some things that you cannot and dare not look at."
When the autumn water came down the cliff, Bai Yuyao didn't dare to go directly to see it. He just went to see Lingnan.
So Jiang Shanxue has actually guessed a lot of things.
After all, everyone knows who the Liuyun Sword Sect is.
Even Kamigawa didn't personally enter that period to take a look, let alone Bai Yuyao.
Jiang Shanxue thought for a while, looked at Cheng Lu and asked, "What about Your Majesty?"
Cheng Lu said softly: "Although His Majesty is in Qingtian Road now, he was naturally not here back then."
You Chunshan, who was on the side, jumped up in shock when he listened to the two talking about these things calmly.
"Your Majesty is in Qingtian Road now? What is he doing here?"
Of course You Chunshan was a little panicked. After all, when he was in the East China Sea, he had been slandering the human emperor for a long time.
Jiang Shanxue looked at You Chunshan strangely and said, "Why are you so flustered? Did you say bad things about him?"
You Chunshan scratched his head and gestured with his fingers: "A little bit!"
"..." Jiang Shanxue was speechless, and then said helplessly: "Your Majesty will not care about these things."
After all, there are so many people in the world. If everyone has to settle the past, will they still be alive?
Only then did You Chunshan feel relieved.
Cheng Lu and Jiang Shanxue returned to the original issue again.
The Qingtian Taoist stood there and thought for a long time, and then said slowly: "I will take you to find my great uncle. He may know something."
Cheng Lu nodded.
"good."
The two left hand in hand, leaving You Chunshan alone and shivering.
The food no longer tasted good, the wine tasted no more, and even the sun was getting hotter. Of course, this might be because it was past noon and the sun was a little bit harsher.
You Chunshan felt melancholy for a long time. In order to avoid starvation, he sincerely finished the meal. After all, what's wrong with the meal?
Of course it is shameful to waste food.
You Chunshan pinched the rice grains that fell on the low table and brought them to his mouth to chew, while looking around, he finished the wine, then he picked up the low table and ran to the bamboo house with a guilty conscience.
"Ouch!"
He was probably running too fast. Before he reached the threshold, the young man from Donghai fell down and fell down.
Things on the low table were thrown to the floor.
Fortunately, You Chunshan was used to falling, so he was busy picking up things.
But at this moment, there were some footsteps behind You Chunshan.
This young man was so frightened that his hands and feet were trembling, and he kept thinking that it was over, His Majesty came to me to settle the score.
So the things that were almost packed fell down again in a mess.
You Chunshan picked it up in a panic.
The man behind him stopped and said nothing, as if the emperor was standing there, looking coldly at the young man who had scolded him.
You Chunshan thought that if he had known that he would really see His Majesty, why would he have said such nonsense in the first place.
Seeing that it was probably impossible to escape, You Chunshan stopped picking up those things and turned around cautiously.
Just when he saw the person behind him, You Chunshan was stunned for a moment.
That was not some particularly gloomy emperor wearing black robes.
It was a Taoist girl wearing a blue and white Taoist robe, who was looking at You Chunshan with a strange look on her face.
"What are you doing?"
You Chunshan let out a long breath and felt relieved. He just looked back at the messy things. The young man became panicked again and quickly waved his hands to explain.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm not a thief. I was brought up to the mountain by Master Jiangshan Xue. Oh no, I brought him up to the mountain. It doesn't seem right either."
You Chunshan was probably a little confused because of the impact.
The Taoist cultivator girl just looked at You Chunshan silently. What could be stolen in the Taoist cultivating place? It is better to steal from here than from the foot of the mountain.
But the girl still raised her hand, with words flowing on her fingertips.
You Chunshan hurriedly backed away holding his wooden sword.
"If you have something to say, don't do anything."
It's just that the Qingtian Dao girl didn't seem to hear it, and still had her hands clasped in front of her chest.
The wind is flowing in Manping Road.
You Chunshan shouted in panic.
"Jiangshanxue, Jiangshanxue! Cheng Lu! Help, it's murder."
The Qingtian Dao girl frowned.
"Stop yelling. If you disturb those senior brothers and uncles in Qingxiu, it will be over."
Such threats do work.
You Chunshan shut his mouth obediently, but the gloomy Qingtian Taoist uncle from yesterday was still vivid in his mind.
"If I don't scream, can you let me go?"
You Chunshan looked at the Taoist girl pitifully.
The latter just tilted his head and said seriously: "Didn't you notice that your face was covered with blood?"
You Chunshan was stunned.
The girl's Taoist skills came out, but they had no lethality. On the contrary, they were like the mountain wind in March, making this young man from the East China Sea extremely comfortable.
