August 18th, the 24th year of Zhaohua.
Noon.
The carriage stopped because there was no road ahead that the carriage could pass.
Li Chenan and his party stood at the end of the road, facing a stretch of majestic mountains.
"This is Sword Mountain."
Ran Shiping, the great elder of Xijian Tower, stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Li, please look at the towering peaks. Are they like many huge swords stuck in the ground?"
Li Chenan looked carefully and didn't see why those peaks looked like swords.
Even if it looks like a sword, it should be a sword with the tip pointing upward!
But he still nodded and asked the question he was most concerned about:
"How far is the Sword Washing Tower?"
"There's still half a day's journey...but the mountain road is rugged, so we have to walk faster."
"Well," Li Chenan turned to look at Qin Rigang and his wife, took out the banknotes that Xia Huana had obtained from his arms and handed them over, "You have worked hard on this journey."
"We may stay in Xijian Tower for a few days. You and your wife can go back with these banknotes."
Qin Rigang and his wife looked at each other in surprise, and Qin Rigang looked at Li Chenan: "Sir, we paid for it when we set off... If the matter of your sword-washing building is over, and we and I send you back, we will be here." How about setting up camp and waiting for Mr. and Mrs.?"
Li Chenan grinned, stuffed the stack of banknotes into Qin Rigang's hand, and took out another letter and handed it over:
"You don't have to wait for me. After you go back, go to Yanyunguan to find a general named Su Muxin."
"Hand this letter to him personally. These banknotes are the reward for this task."
Qin Rigang quickly declined, "Sir, it's too much."
"Take it, silver is an extraneous thing to me, but I'm afraid it's more important to you and your wife... We have to go on our way, so let's say goodbye. See you later!"
Li Chenan turned around and took Zhongli Ruoshui's little hand.
"gentlemen……!"
Dong Niang and Qin Rigang both knelt down and said, "In the future, if we are lucky enough to meet your husband again, the two of us are willing to follow him forever!"
Li Chenan had no choice but to turn around again and said, "Get up, if we are destined to meet again, we will meet again!"
"Farewell!"
Qin Rigang and his wife bowed, "Thank you, sir!"
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Mountain trails.
The Great Elder Ran Shiping walked at the front.
Li Chenan and Zhongli Ruoshui were riding in the middle.
Bu Jinghong and Ximen Chuihua walked at the back.
At this moment, Ximen Chuihua's eyes fell on the back of the black horse——
The mountain road leading to Xijian Tower was rugged and steep. Mr. Li and his wife were riding on the same horse. Mr. Li seemed to be worried that his wife would fall off the horse, so he held the reins with one hand and held his wife tightly around the waist with the other.
The gentleman really doesn't care about the rules of this world.
This is the freedom and ease of Mr.
Li Chenan hugged Zhong Li Ruoshui and rode the little black donkey, just like he once held Xiao Baozi and rode the little black donkey.
This idiot is much taller than the little black donkey, but after these days of training, it's not that Li Chenan's riding skills have improved, but that this idiot understands the needs of his master.
Even when it was climbing uphill, it walked extremely smoothly, for fear that the owner would fall off and kill himself with a knife.
Zhongli Ruoshui had never ridden a horse in his life.
But she wasn't afraid at all.
She leaned against Li Chenan's chest, and what she felt was the warmth and safety from Li Chenan.
After drinking the medicine prepared by Xiao Wu in the past two days, she felt better again.
There is only the last half day's journey to reach the Xijian Tower... Next, how long you have to stay in the Xijian Tower depends on how long it takes for Chen An to master the eighteen techniques.
Maybe half a year, maybe a year, maybe...
Zhongli Ruoshui looked forward.
There are towering mountains on both sides.
This winding trail is in the canyon between two mountains. There is a gurgling stream on the roadside, and many wild chrysanthemums are blooming along the stream.
Autumn has really arrived.
Then, winter will be closer.
A gust of autumn wind blew from the valley, carrying a little moistening water vapor, which was a bit cool. Zhongli Ruoshui's body shrank slightly, and Li Chenan quickly said to Ran Shiping in front of him:
"Great Elder, take a rest."
Ran Shiping stopped, turned around, and Li Chenan jumped off the horse with Zhongli Ruoshui in his arms.
"The climate in this valley will be colder. I'm afraid it's going to rain. You need to wear more clothes."
Li Chenan rummaged through the luggage slung on the horse's side and found out a snow-white cloak and put it on Zhongli Ruoshui.
"It'll be fine when we get to the sword-washing tower. Just hold on a little longer and don't catch the cold."
Ran Shiping felt a little weird.
This Mr. Li came to Xijianlou to see Wu Xichen's tomb on behalf of his disciple Li Chenan. He brought his wife... His wife was well behaved and even the way she ate was extremely elegant and elegant. She looked nothing like a mountain village. What does she look like?
She is more like the eldest daughter of a wealthy family.
Still the kind that can't help but be frail.
They came from Ningguo, a long journey, and Mrs. Li probably suffered a lot.
Why bother?
But Ran Shiping quickly figured it out.
This is because the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Li is so deep that they cannot bear the pain of separation. Even if they suffer some hardships along the way, in Mrs. Li's heart, it will probably be sweeter than eating honey.
Mr. Li is a very thoughtful person!
His love for his wife...is truly an example to the world!
Li Chenan packed up Zhongli Ruoshui. He was about to hold Zhongli Ruoshui on his horse, but suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.
His brows suddenly frowned, and during that short period of time, his eyes quickly swept around.
What he looked at was the surrounding environment.
There is a towering tree by the stream in front of you on the right, and there is a huge stone under the tree.
To the left is a steep cliff with no place to hide.
He listened again, and the extremely slight footsteps became increasingly clear in his ears.
"Someone is coming!"
Ran Shiping was suddenly startled, and then he listened carefully, with a look of doubt on his face.
"There are so many people here... they shouldn't be!"
Li Chenan didn't hesitate anymore. He put Zhongli Ruoshui on the horse's back and whispered in the black horse's ear: "Take your mother behind that boulder and hide it for me!"
The bastard was slightly startled, perhaps wondering who his mother was!
It quickly understood and ran towards the boulder with its hooves. Zhongli Ruoshui turned pale with fright. She grabbed the reins in panic and realized that the horse's back was very stable.
She didn't fall off.
She turned her head.
Bu Jinghong stood in the middle of the road, facing backward.
Li Chenan stood a few feet behind Bu Jinghong.
Ran Shiping has moved forward.
A man came from the corner of the mountain road.
A young man wearing a brocade robe and carrying five swords on his back!
Li Chenan looked at this man. This young man had sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. He was slender and very handsome.
It's just that his face looks a little too fair.
Some girls.
The young man stood in front of Bu Jinghong.
He smiled brightly.
"Bu Jinghong?"
"Stand aside, I'll deal with you later!"
"Who is Li Xiaofeng?"
Li Chenan has already held six small Li flying knives in each hand, "I am, who are you?"
"Qiu Jiulou!"
Li Chenan raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, I don't know him."
