Early the next morning, the two of them continued on the road, chatting from time to time on the road, which was not boring at all.
Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but sigh: "In a sense, this is the first time I have traveled the world with another person."
Gu Xiaotian grinned, "Senior brother, why do you have to let me go back to the Heaven and Earth Alliance with you?"
Gu Qingfeng touched his nose and said without reservation, "Firstly, I want you to see the world and open your eyes. Secondly, I want to protect you."
"protect me?"
Gu Xiaotian couldn't believe it.
Gu Qingfeng said with a half-smile but not a smile: "You don't know how famous your reputation is outside. Do you really think that some people with ulterior motives are not targeting you?"
Gu Xiaotian was silent.
Gu Qingfeng patted Gu Xiaotian's shoulder carelessly, "If your naturally dominant body falls into the hands of the enemy, it will inevitably be detrimental to you and the world."
"So, this is the purpose of my trip to Yanyun as quickly as possible."
Gu Xiaotian was startled, never thinking that Gu Qingfeng came to Yanyun just to protect him.
"Then if I wasn't in Yanyun, would you still come?"
Gu Qingfeng shook his head without any hesitation.
Gu Xiaotian was a little shocked.
Gu Qingfeng didn't pay attention and explained: "If you can mobilize manpower, do you really think Yan Yun will face the same situation as before? It is really that there is not enough manpower. These All-Martial Arts Associations have made many big moves recently, and Yan Yun can Calm down, half of it is still your fault."
Gu Xiaotian was speechless all the way and walked with his head bowed.
He still didn't understand Gu Qingfeng's thoughts. If he hadn't insisted on going to Yanyun, perhaps Yanyun would have completely fallen.
It was already noon when we passed a tea shop.
Gu Qingfeng ordered two drawers of steamed buns and gave a pair of chopsticks to Gu Xiaotian. When Gu Xiaotian lowered his head and said nothing, he asked with a smile: "Are you angry all the way?"
Gu Xiaotian took the chopsticks and shook his head, "I'm not angry, I just don't understand."
When the buns were served on the table, Gu Qingfeng picked one up, bit off half of the bun in one bite, and explained: "Junior brother, many things cannot be done just by thinking about it."
Gu Xiaotian nodded, he also knew this simplest truth.
But in the end, he is still a young man with great ambitions and wants to save the world, and he feels a little guilty both emotionally and rationally.
After finishing two drawers of steamed buns, Gu Qingfeng stood up to pay, patted Gu Xiaotian who was still in a daze on his seat, and said with a smile: "These steamed buns are so delicious, I asked the store to pack another drawer for eating on the road."
Gu Xiaotian just said oh, stood up and followed behind Gu Qingfeng.
Perhaps seeing that Gu Xiaotian was not in high spirits, Gu Qingfeng told Gu Xiaotian a lot of interesting things about the world along the way. Gu Xiaotian just smiled politely, but still looked unhappy.
Until Gu Qingfeng asked: "Do you want to know what realm is beyond seeking defeat?"
This was what Gu Xiaotian was concerned about, and he immediately became interested and asked: "What realm?"
Gu Qingfeng smiled slightly, stopped on the side of the road, picked up a branch at random, squatted on the ground and started writing and talking.
"You know all the ordinary realms, but there is actually another realm above the realm of defeat, but that is just a legend."
"Has anyone ever achieved that?"
"Of course there is. If no one has reached it, how would I know? Above the realm of defeat, in that person's words, is the realm of ghosts and gods. No matter you are a god in heaven or earth or an evil ghost in the underworld, you must surrender. Under his feet."
Gu Xiaotian nodded, as if he understood something, and asked, "Senior brother, have you ever achieved that?"
Gu Qingfeng sat down on the ground, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Of course I have never achieved it, and maybe I will never achieve it in my life, but you still have hope."
Gu Xiaotian pointed at himself in confusion, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Gu Qingfeng nodded firmly and said, "Yes, it's you. Each of us will have bottlenecks. Even I will have bottlenecks. I
I have stayed in this realm for too long. Many times I thought I was about to touch the threshold of the Ghost Mirror, but in the end I always missed it. "
Speaking of this, Gu Qingfeng's face mostly showed a look of helplessness.
Perhaps he had also longed to reach the Ghost Mirror, but his repeated failures wore away the last bit of his interest.
After all, this kind of realm only exists in legends, and he has never seen anyone achieve it. In the end, there will be no doubt whether this realm really exists.
But the appearance of Gu Xiaotian gave Gu Qingfeng hope again.
He felt that his junior brother might really be able to reach the Ghost Mirror.
...
Gu Qingfeng did not choose to walk the rest of the way. After going to the stable to buy two horses, he and Gu Xiaotian rode together.
Gu Qingfeng had already figured out what Gu Xiaotian wanted along the way, so naturally he wouldn't waste any effort.
Even if you are traveling on horseback, it will take some time to reach the Tiandi Alliance station.
In addition to providing food, clothing, housing and transportation on the road, Gu Qingfeng would also teach Gu Xiaotian some sword skills intentionally or unintentionally.
It has to be said that Gu Qingfeng's swordsmanship is among the best in today's world. If he is ranked second, no one would dare to be ranked first.
Gu Xiaotian has a deep understanding, and there is a sword hidden in the sea of gods, so his cultivation can be said to be rapid.
With practice day by day, Gu Xiaotian's realm has broken through to the middle stage of Blowing Snow Realm.
Gu Qingfeng sighed.
This little junior brother's cultivation speed is much faster than what he did back then.
...
Night time.
Gu Qingfeng stood on the branch of a big tree, swinging the flying sword casually.
This was his special "devil" training for Gu Xiaotian.
Gu Qingfeng promised that as long as Gu Xiaotian could survive ten moves, he would agree to his request.
At the beginning, Gu Xiaotian was extremely unfit and was often beaten to the ground with one move.
This was what Gu Qingfeng had saved. If it was really a battlefield killing of enemies, Gu Xiaotian would have turned into a corpse long ago.
This made Gu Xiaotian couldn't help but admire his senior brother, he was really too strong!
After undergoing a round of devil's special training, Gu Xiaotian sat under a tree branch and kept panting. After a lot of hard work, he was finally able to dodge Gu Qingfeng's first sword.
But apart from the first sword that he could dodge, he was completely unable to deal with the second sword.
Gu Qingfeng generously handed over a bottle of water, looked at the somewhat disappointed Gu Xiaotian, and said with a smile: "You are definitely the only one in the world who can take my first sword in two days."
Gu Xiaotian lowered his head depressedly.
That's what the senior brother said, but no matter how you look at it, it's like comforting yourself.
Sitting under a tree branch, Gu Qingfeng looked at the depressed Gu Xiaotian and said with emotion: "You are exactly the same as me back then."
Gu Xiaotian raised his eyes and looked at Gu Qingfeng, smiled bitterly and said, "Senior brother, stop laughing at me."
Gu Qingfeng hugged Gu Xiaotian, "I'm really not laughing at you, or I should put it another way, you are much better than me back then."
Gu Xiaotian was a little embarrassed by the praise and touched his nose, but still asked stupidly: "Is this true?"
Gu Qingfeng laughed and nodded.
Gu Xiaotian looked at the flying sword in Gu Qingfeng's arms and asked, "Brother, what is the name of your flying sword?"
Gu Qingfeng said calmly: "Behead the Immortal."
Gu Xiaotian shouted.
What a domineering name.
Then, Gu Qingfeng smiled bitterly, "Although the name is domineering, in the end I have never killed a single immortal."
"You really want to kill an immortal?"
Gu Xiaotian was a little confused.
The ultimate dream of many warriors is to break through their own constraints and become an immortal. Why did Gu Qingfeng do the opposite?
Gu Qingfeng nodded, "Of course I think so. Immortals have their own rules, but we humans should also have our own rules.
moment. "
Gu Xiaotian listened silently.
This seems to be the second person besides Zhao Qixing who doesn't want to become an immortal.
It's just that Gu Qingfeng and Zhao Qixing are a little different.
Zhao Qixing may have seen through the secret of heaven, so he didn't want to become an immortal, and Ziyun Sword Immortal also said that he would become an immortal sooner or later.
Gu Qingfeng was determined not to become an immortal, and even wanted to kill one or two immortals.
Gu Qingfeng smiled and asked, "Do you think my ambition is strange?"
Gu Xiaotian said awkwardly with a smile on his face: "It's a bit strange."
Gu Qingfeng thought to himself: "Actually, everyone's ambitions are different, but many people have gone crazy in order to become immortals. I just thought, is it really that good to become an immortal? I will kill two by then. He is an immortal. Let the world see that immortals are just like this and will die by the sword. I guess the world will be more peaceful by then."
After speaking, Gu Qingfeng looked at the sky meaningfully.
When Gu Xiaotian heard Gu Qingfeng's ambition, he began to admire his senior brother in his heart.
Gu Qingfeng stood up, patted the dirt on his butt, and waved his hand, "Let's go, that's all for today, we have to travel tomorrow."
On the way back, Gu Xiaotian thought about what Gu Qingfeng had just said, and finally couldn't hold it back and asked: "Brother, if one day the Tianmen appears in front of me, do you think I should climb it or not?"
Gu Qingfeng was a little dumbfounded. Did this junior brother understand something wrong?
Do you really think that if he becomes an immortal, I can really kill him?
"Junior brother, becoming an immortal is not necessarily a bad thing, but at the same time, you have to be mentally prepared."
"What preparations?"
Gu Qingfeng stretched out his hand and gestured wildly in the air, "You think, becoming a fairy queen will probably lead you to eternal life. You will see birth, old age, sickness and death, and see the people closest to you leaving you. At that time, what you will have to face is loneliness, a kind of Absolute loneliness."
Gu Xiaotian was silent.
Gu Qingfeng just continued to speak by himself: "Becoming an immortal, you may be able to overlook the world, but what happens after that? You will see that the place where you were born and raised you is slowly being changed, and it will no longer be the way you are familiar with, living like that Is it still interesting?"
Gu Xiaotian shook his head. He couldn't answer this question now.
"But as long as you think about it and can accept this kind of loneliness and this kind of change, becoming an immortal is just a matter of smooth sailing. Senior brother didn't say that becoming an immortal is not good. You can do whatever you want. , If the sky really falls, I can help you hold it up for a while."
Back in the inn, Gu Xiaotian thought about Gu Qingfeng's words and couldn't think of the most correct path for a while.
Perhaps there is no way to get the best of both worlds.
But from beginning to end, no matter what decision he makes, there will be people behind him who will support him and even help him remove all obstacles.
Gu Xiaotian himself has noticed it, and many people have placed their hopes on him.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiaotian felt sleepy and slowly closed his eyes.
In the dream, he stood at the highest point in the world, overlooking all living beings.
