The seasons change quietly, and Luoyan Peak welcomes the golden wind and jade dew. The grass and trees on the mountain sway down, and everything in the world is shrouded in sadness.
Early this morning, a nimble figure came from afar and set foot on the mountain road to Hanli Spring, like a light swallow, gracefully rising and falling. She is very young, has long hair shawl, wears a blue-gray cloth robe, carries a long sword on her back, a single-plank bridge, a carp's back, a random arrow slope, walking through mountains and rivers, as if walking on flat ground.
Climbing to the top of Luoyan Peak, your eyes suddenly open up. The sky is as clear as blue, the sun is rising, and white clouds are chasing each other, which makes people feel refreshed. Under the cliff, a cold spring gurgled from the cracks in the rocks and formed a crystal clear pool. The trickle meandered and disappeared deep into the vegetation. The mist filled the air, making it look like a dream.
That is "Luoyan Hanli", one of the ten scenic spots in Huashan.
Beside Hanli Spring, under the Podocarpus pine, a young man sat cross-legged with a heavy thick-backed hatchet flat on his knees, like an old monk in meditation, without ripples in the ancient well. But he did not pretend to be indifferent to external things. When the girl appeared at the edge of Hanli Spring, he raised his head keenly and his eyes fell on her fair and beautiful face.
"Senior Brother Guo, long time no see!" Qin Rong greeted him with a smile.
Her appearance surprised Guo Chuanlin. He originally thought it was his junior sister Li Qixian, who had nothing to do and went to Hanliquan behind his master's back to watch him practice swordsmanship. He stood up, with a proper smile on his face, and said politely: "Yes, you are at Xiaozi Peak and I am at Luoyan Peak. We rarely have the chance to meet each other."
This kind of answer disappointed Qin Rong. There was no surprise or excitement. There was an invisible barrier between them, keeping them thousands of miles away. The excitement of meeting again after a long separation was like a snow lion rushing to the fire. Qin Rong said with a bit of resentment in his tone: "I came to Luoyan Peak this time. Firstly, I want to pay my respects to Master Li and bring Master's message. Secondly, I want to see you and give you my personal message." Thank you. No matter whether I was in Geling Town or back to Huashan, I never had the chance to talk to you... Even though we are brothers and sisters, we are no different from strangers who don't know each other."
"Uncle Li? Senior brothers and sisters?" Guo Chuanlin's mind changed and he vaguely guessed.
Qin Rong raised his hand to tuck the hair from his temples behind his ears, and said calmly: "I have no fate with the fairy city. The Huashan Sect's Li Shangshi has already recruited a good disciple, and he passed the letter with a flying sword. He ordered me to do it myself without waiting any longer. Looking for a way out, my aunt accepted me as her disciple. It’s great to enter the mountain gate first, so I should call you ‘senior brother’.”
It turned out that she joined the disciple Feng Di, the "Avalokitesvara Guanyin". Thinking of that woman with a frosty eggplant and a fierce look on her face, Guo Chuanlin felt grudge and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Congratulations, junior sister, for getting the guidance of a famous teacher." , there is another opportunity, which is not inferior to the opportunity in Fairy City..."
Qin Rong glanced at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Insincere!"
Guo Chuanlin huffed and changed the subject: "Junior sister, there is no need to thank me, I am getting money from others..."
Qin Rong's eyes were a little red, and he interrupted: "Are you helping others to eliminate disasters? Brother Guo, you are always unwilling to accept my feelings for fear of getting involved, right? No matter what you think, no matter what happens, For whatever purpose, in my heart... I always thank you very much!" These are not polite words. Of course, without his knife, her innocent body would have been ruined in Jiang Ermao's hands, and even the water from all over the world could not clean it. She always remembers Guo Chuanlin's great kindness and virtue in her heart, and she dare not forget it even for a moment.
Guo Chuanlin scratched his head, showing a hint of shyness, and said: "Okay, I accept your kindness. Most of the pieces of jewelry your father gave me were left behind by the rebels, leaving only a flower pendant. It is said that It's an 'Old Glass Jadeite', a rare and exquisite piece. It has been kept under the pillow. I will find it out and return it to you later. It can be regarded as returning it to its original owner."
Qin Rong smiled sweetly and thought to herself: "He always has to make clear calculations. After accepting my gratitude, he will clean up all the money!" She came from a wealthy family, and she didn't care about a mere jade ornament. , casually said: "I heard from dad that that piece of flower pendant was made by a famous artist. Unfortunately, there is a slight flaw in the flower branch. Otherwise, it would be really valuable. How can you take back what you gave out? The Qin family in Guliang cannot afford to throw it away. You should keep this face for fun, it’s not worth anything.”
Guo Chuanlin said nonchalantly: "I'm a man, so it's useless to keep a flower pendant..."
Qin Rong said naughtily: "You can give it to someone!" She originally wanted to say, "You can give it to your sweetheart." After all, girls are thin-skinned and cannot say such a joke.
"Then I'll give it to you!" As soon as he said it, he felt it was inappropriate. Guo Chuanlin remembered that Han Bing asked him to keep the flower pendant and give it to the woman he likes as a token of love.
A faint blush appeared on Qin Rong's cheeks, her eyes were twitching, and she neither said "yes" nor "no".
"By the way, you look good." She is no longer the sickly and frail person she used to be, and her temperament is much more cheerful. She talks and laughs, which is very touching.
Qin Rong smiled and said: "That's because of the sun!"
"It's completely different from before. Are all your illnesses cured?"
Qin Rong was in a good mood and told him naggingly that although Commander-in-Chief Li had confiscated her as a disciple, he had given her pills to recuperate her qi and blood. After eating the pills, her past symptoms were gone and she would never be able to get them back again.
Guo Chuanlin laughed loudly, saying "sad and lost" and "never getting back", junior sister Qin really knows how to tell jokes! He bent down and picked up the wooden bucket, filled two large buckets of spring water from Hanli Spring, carried it on his shoulders effortlessly, and said: "Let's go down the mountain. Have you seen my master?"
"No, I heard from Junior Sister Li that he went down the mountain before dawn and left a message to come back in the evening." Qin Rong tilted her head and looked at him for a while, then suddenly laughed.
"Uh, why are you laughing?"
"They say you guys practice stupid Kung Fu, and it's true!"
"Long branch?" Guo Chuanlin was a little confused. This was the first time he heard this statement.
Qin Rong crossed her fingers and said: "Master Li is the eldest disciple of the master, and the branch under his sect is called the 'Changzhi'. Master is the fourth disciple of the master, and I am the direct descendant of the 'Four Branches'" Gatekeeper."
"That sounds really weird!" Guo Chuanlin thought in his mind. Qin Rong was his direct descendant as soon as he entered the school, and was much better than him.
"I can't help it. Everyone calls it that. I don't know who started it."
"But I have never heard Master mention the 'long branch'. He always said 'our branch'." Guo Chuanlin walked steadily in front. The mountain road was rugged and steep, and the spring water in the bucket stirred up whirlpools one after another. Whirls and whirlpools come and go, spins and whirlpools disappear, and not a single drop is splashed out.
Qin Rong looked at him in surprise, unable to believe his eyes. He didn't expect that in just one year, he would be able to lift a heavy weight with ease. His shoulders, waist and legs were so stable. If he used it in swordsmanship, it would be so amazing. scene! There was no reason for her to feel proud in her heart. All the words and favors she had spent on him were not in vain. If the master saw this scene, would he also look at him with admiration?
Guo Chuanlin had thoughts in his stomach. The first branch, second branch, third branch, and fourth branch are no different from the first, second, third, and fourth houses of an official family. In the future, when the families are divided and fight for property, and everyone is at odds, Master This team is quite thin! His worries are not unreasonable. Among the many disciples in the sect, Li Yizhu is ranked first in martial arts, but he has only accepted two and a half disciples in total - Li Qixian is his daughter and can only be considered a half disciple - the others are different. Let's not talk about the "Shadowless Sword" Liu Yue who runs the Red Dragon Escort Agency. He has a large number of people, including several uncles who are also concentrating on swordsmanship in Huashan. There are at least thirty or forty disciples under his disciples. They stand out in a dark crowd. One piece, overwhelming others in terms of momentum.
But Li Yizhu himself didn't seem to care much. He would rather go down the mountain to look for fine wine, or look up at the clouds.
