In a pavilion in Kyoto, a woman sits by the window and sipps tea alone. The woman's eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, her cloud bun is high, and she is wearing a water-colored tight shirt, outlining her delicate figure.

Although this woman looks like a virgin, her water-cut eyes are full of vicissitudes.

There is a small pool outside the window, the small pool is very clear, and the bamboo and stone flowers and plants on the side of the pool are also reflected clearly. The woman watched it for a long time, and she actually forgot to drink half a cup of tea in her hand.

I don't know how long it took for her to come back to her senses, then she shook her head secretly and drank the tea in her hand again.

At this moment, she frowned and looked at the small pool outside the window.

The small pond is as clear as ever, but the reflection is a white and vast light, where are there any flowers and plants?

The woman looked at the white light for a few breaths, and then with a wave of her hand, three water mirrors appeared in front of her. There were ripples on the water mirror, and then the figures of three meditating girls appeared in the mirror.

The three girls all felt something, looked at the water mirror, and successively gave a blessing, and said, "Meet the master." ”

The woman said lightly: "The three of you, come to my bedroom." ”

In a moment, the three girls walked into the woman's room together.

The woman looked at the three of them, without too much nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Some time ago, did you use the spell of [Luan Yingshui]?"

The three of them glanced at each other, and they all saw the uneasiness in each other's eyes. In the end, Ruyue stepped forward and said, "Master, it's me, I used this spell." ”

The woman asked calmly, "Then why do you use it?"

Ruyue heard this question, but she couldn't say why she came up with it all of a sudden. The reason why I stood up was to take this responsibility for myself, and if the master punished her, then she could be punished alone. But now that Shizun asked the reason, she couldn't say that it was a spell that was used to help Chu Jiu, which would drag Chu Jiu down as well, and it would go against her original intention.

The woman shook her head and said, "No matter why you used this spell, but now we are involved in a big trouble. ”

Ruyue was stunned and said, "What's the trouble?"

The woman turned her head to look out the window and said, "Just now, at the Medicine King Mountain Range, a large array belonging to the Chizhu vein was activated. I suspect that it is the rumored Liuding Rongyuan Great Array. We were far away from that place, and even if something happened there, it wouldn't concern us. But now, I inexplicably feel a trace of implication. If one is not handled well, I'm afraid we will be found behind the scenes that activated the big array. ”

The woman's words are not untargeted, she was originally from the first vein of the seven veins of the Dao Sect, and her status is even at the level of an elder. It's just that he was framed by the villain when he was fighting for the head of the vein, and in a fit of anger, he contacted the Chen family, who was interested in the secret collection of the Shui Li's first vein exercises. Under the combination of inside and outside, a large number of doors and treasures were swept away.

She knew a lot of secrets about the Dao Sect.

But the three women in front of them suddenly raised their heads, just implicated a trace of qi to make the master of the Xuanhe Realm like a great enemy, so if they were in the qi machine, what should they do?

Seeing the reaction of the three of them, the woman said expressionlessly, "Oh? It seems that there are really people there who are related to you, I would like to know, which talent is so fortunate to be able to get the attention of my three apprentices?"

Si Chan hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, we ......"

The woman waved her hand and said, "No need to say more. The three of you are my most valued apprentices, and this time your behavior is indeed reckless. She raised her eyes to look at Chu Jiu and said, "If my guess is right, I'm afraid this person is still the closest to Chu Jiu, right?"

Chu Jiu was silent for a while, knelt on the ground, and pleaded: "What the master said is not bad, it is indeed related to Chu Jiu. Chu Jiu begs Master to save my son-in-law!"

When the woman saw some emotion in the depths of Chu Jiu's eyes, she trembled inexplicably. She asked softly, "Is he your son?"

Chu Jiu's shoulders trembled violently, but he just knelt and didn't speak again.

The woman sighed, "Of the three of you, two of you have followed me since I was on the shore of the East China Sea. At that time, the qualifications of the two of you were not mediocre, do you know why I chose the two of you as my personal lineage?"

The woman did not wait for the two men to answer, but said to herself, "At that time, the two of you can be said to be the most satisfying to me. For example, the moon heart has seven tricks, and it can be said that it is easy to deal with anything, and the cicada is optimistic and cheerful, and will not pursue cultivation too much. The two of you are very much in line with the realm of 'pure and inaction, Taoism and nature'.

It's just that I don't know if it's right or wrong to bring you to this Middle Earth! Ruyue is okay, she has already reached the realm of the gods, and if she continues to practice like this, no matter how bad it is, it will be similar to the realm of being a teacher.

But Si Cicada, you make the teacher feel the most sorry. Trapped by love, obsessed. Do you think it's really your talent that limits your current cultivation realm? Is it because you have an obsession in your heart, and you can't get through the demons in your heart, so how can you pursue the upper realm?"

When Si Chan heard this, he just bit his lower lip and didn't say a word.

The woman finally looked at Chu Jiu and sighed: "Chu Jiu, you are the most talented person in my seat, and I really don't want these children to hinder your cultivation. ”

Although Chu Jiu knelt, her voice was calm and firm: "Master, the Tao is natural, if you can't even get the emotions in your heart, how can you talk about the Tao?"

The woman looked at Chu Jiu helplessly and said, "You get up, from now on, if you don't cultivate to the middle realm, you won't leave this attic." ”

Chu Jiu looked up at her, only to see the woman waving her hand, and then a streamer flashed on her body, and the whole person disappeared in this bedroom.

Ruyue hurriedly helped Chu Jiu and comforted her softly: "Don't worry about Chu Jiu, your son-in-law is auspicious, and nothing will happen." ”

She didn't forget to pat the cicada who was a little stunned, and the three of them then returned to their respective rooms.

Chu Jiu just sat down cross-legged, and wanted to meditate and practice several times, but there was always an inexplicable boredom in her heart, which made her unable to settle for a long time.

She simply got up and pushed open the hidden window, looking at the crescent moon, and there was a faint sadness in her heart.

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Yuzhou, Xuanquan School Palace, enjoy the wind.

Gu Qinglang was flipping through and sorting out the books in the study, regularly sorting these books, which had been turned countless times, had become a habit of his life.

He didn't keep them all, but from time to time he pulled a few books from the shelves with very old bindings and piled them up individually. Then he stuffed the new books on the desk into the extra gaps.

He gently shook the bell on the table, and then a child servant walked in, and when he saw the stack of books, he immediately rolled up his sleeves and picked up the books and left.

Not long after the boy servant left the house, there was a knock at the door. Gu Qing said loudly: "Let's go in." ”

Entering the door was an old man in a white robe, although the old man's face was wrinkled, his eyes were still bright. He saluted Gu Qinglang and said, "Senior brother, do you have any leisure? Nandou wants to talk to Senior Brother for a game." ”

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "There is nothing to do." ”

Nandou took advantage of Gu Qing's kung fu to get chess, and asked him: "I just saw a child servant throw a stack of books into the utility room, I looked at that book for some years, and I only thought that senior brother you would have this kind of book." ”

Gu Qinglang replied calmly: "After all, they are ancient books, and the research significance inside is not high, so naturally it can't hinder the storage of new books." ”

Gu Qing opened the chessboard, handed the sunspot to Nandou, and motioned for him to go first.

Nandou looked at the sunspot, but said with some melancholy: "Back then, the old Zhou was the white son first, but I didn't expect that now it has become the sunspot first." ”

Gu Qing shook his head and said: "Nandou, it's just a game of chess, it's no different from white or black first." If you want the white son to go first, I will give you the white seed. ”

Nandou shook his head and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for accommodating." ”

After all, he fell first.

The two of them were very quick at the beginning, and they had obviously talked countless times, and they knew their opponents well. Although Nandou looks old, his chess moves are sharp. Gu Qinglang can't be blown by the eight winds, and you can eat some corners and corners, but the overall situation is very stable.

Later, Nandou made a mistake, and Gu Qinglang seized the opportunity and gradually fell into passivity. He was also straightforward, and got up directly and said: "Senior brother is very good at chess, Nandou admires it." ”

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "No, this game of chess is not because of how high the chess strength is," he looked directly into Nandou's eyes and said calmly: "It's that your mind has always been outside the chessboard." That's why it's going to be defeated. ”

Nandou looked at him, bowed down and said: "Senior brother is right, my mind has indeed been outside the chessboard all the time, but why should my brother's vision be confined to this square inch of chessboard?"

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "Your mind is not in this chessboard, it must be in another chessboard." No matter what you do, there will be times when you are confined to the chess game. ”

At this moment, Gu Qinglang seemed to feel a slight vibration on the ground, he seemed to feel something, and then looked at Nandou and said, "It turns out that this is where your mind is." ”

Nandou nodded and said, "Yes, senior brother, after more than a hundred years of planning, we have finally come to this point. If you join us, we will succeed this time. ”

Gu Qinglang just looked out the window somewhere, and after a long time, he asked with vicissitudes of life: "Nandou, do you remember the scene when a few of us came to study in this Muyun Academy Palace?"

Nandou's eyes flickered, and he nodded: "Of course I remember, there were five of us at that time, there were you and me, Senior Brother Chen of Yuanyang, Ban Jie, who was more prosperous as a loose cultivator than the children of the big faction, and ...... Xiao Shan's little junior sister. ”

A scene was reflected in Gu Qinglang's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He said: "Of the original five people, now there are only two of you and me. ”