The door creaked open, and an old man in a gray robe with a long beard on his chin leaned out of the door.

He first glanced at Xiang Donglai, and then moved his gaze to Yang Xuan.

"Xiao Xiang, why did you bring someone over?" he looked at Yang Xuan and asked.

"This is my brother. Xiang Donglai said with a smile.

"Come in, then, but well, there's no wine. After the old man finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the courtyard.

"Look at your little bit of breath, when have I ever drunk your wine?" said to the east, pulling Yang Xuan into the courtyard.

Yang Xuan's divine thoughts always swept around the old man's body, but even if he had seen the old man with his eyes, he still couldn't scan it in his divine thoughts.

There were some stones in the courtyard, some of which were built into stone tablets, and there were some handwriting on them, and it could be seen that the old man was a stonemason.

Xiang Dong came to see Yang Xuan looking around, so he said with a smile: "Don't look at it, this old man is a stonemason, who specializes in carving tombstones for people, and he won't be able to do anything else." ”

There is a stone table in the courtyard, and several large stones are randomly placed next to it to serve as stools.

After Xiang Donglai pulled Yang Xuan to sit down, the old man surnamed Liu had already come out of the room, holding three broken bowls in his hand and the kettle in the other.

After pouring water for Xiang Donglai and Yang Xuan, he asked, "What's the matter with coming this time?"

Xiang Donglai picked up the water bowl and took a sip of it nonchalantly before saying, "Can't you come if you're fine?"

The old man sneered: "What kind of person is the wolf coming east, a busy person, and he still has time to come to my place?"

Xiang Donglai smiled and said casually: "My name is in front of you, can I handle it?"

The old man didn't seem to hear his words, and moved his gaze to Yang Xuan again, looking up and down.

The smile on Xiang Donglai's face faded, and after taking another sip of water, he said slowly, "I'm not sure." ”

There was no beginning or end to this, but the old man obviously understood.

He chuckled again and said, "Arrange the aftermath?"

Xiang Donglai glared at him: "Can't say anything nice?"

"If you want to listen to something good, go to the Qinglou, where the girls speak better than they sing. ”

Xiang Donglai sighed: "In case I don't come back, give him everything I put here." ”

He pointed at Yang Xuan.

A hint of surprise obviously flashed in the old man's eyes, and he even looked at Yang Xuan with some surprise, and only asked after a while, "Is he your apprentice?"

"They all said that he was my brother. Xiang Donglai said angrily.

"And you are so good to him?" said the old man strangely.

"You don't care, just remember to give him things later. "Xiang Donglai didn't want to explain anything.

"If you're happy!" the old man sighed.

In the following days, Xiang Donglai and Yang Xuan lived in the town, and every day, Xiang Donglai took Yang Xuan to the east and west, eating steamed buns in the morning and noodles in that house in the afternoon, which was very happy.

After a few days like this, Xiang Donglai said to Yang Xuan: "Okay, it's time to go." ”

Yang Xuan didn't say anything, and followed Xiang Donglai to leave the town.

"It's my home, and it's my way. After moving away from the town, he stopped to the east and looked out in the direction of the town.

"No one knows but you!" continued to the east.

Yang Xuan asked, "Why?"

Xiang Donglai laughed: "I have no children and no daughters, I am alone, you can meet me at this time, it is fate." ”

"Do you want to take me as an apprentice?" and pass on your mantle?" Yang Xuan asked.

During this period of time, he obviously felt that Xiang Donglai had the intention of arranging the future, and even did not hesitate to teach Yang Xuan his Tao by example.

"Forget about the apprentices, it's not so pretentious, but the second point is right, I have learned all my life, and I can't stop it, I hope to pass it on. "To the east.

"What is your Tao?" Yang Xuan was silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked.

"The most ordinary is the most extraordinary. The words of the eastward were categorical and full of unquestionable power, but then, he shook his head and said, "Don't try to repeat my ways, that is impossible. ”

Yang Xuan looked at him and waited for the following.

The eyes coming east looked into the distance, which was the direction of the town.

"You should go and find your own way, I'm just telling you about the process of my search for the word. "To the east.

Yang Xuan thought quietly.

Xiang Dong came to see Yang Xuan silent, suddenly smiled, and asked, "You have lived in the town for a few days, have you found anything different?"

"The town is full of old people?" Yang Xuan had already noticed this, and there was not a single young man in the town.

Xiang Donglai nodded: "Do you remember what I said to you that day? In fact, these old people are all lonely old people who have no one to support them, and I brought them all to this town, so I can get a good death." ”

Yang Xuan's eyes showed a hint of admiration.

How precious it is that a master who has entered the peak of the Dao can still do such good deeds.

At this moment, Yang Xuan somewhat understood the way to the east.

"As for that old man Liu...... Xiang Donglai showed a smile in his eyes: "Don't underestimate him, he looks like an old man with a tombstone carved now, but back then, he was powerful and murderous." ”

"And then?" Yang Xuan was very interested in the old man.

"And then he was seriously injured by the enemy, and his cultivation was almost lost, and now he is just a stonemason. "To the east.

He saw the curiosity in Yang Xuan's eyes, so he continued: "Reveal a little bit to you, don't say it, this old man was a man of the year on the top of the list." ”

"Dibang?" Yang Xuan heard the name for the first time.

"On the list of people, there is the list of places. Xiang Donglai explained.

"Is there still a heavenly list?" Yang Xuan asked.

Xiang Donglai nodded: "Yes, but the Heavenly List is not at all a level that we can reach, so it's useless to mention it." ”

Yang Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "...... this place?"

Xiang Donglai knew what Yang Xuan wanted to ask, and said directly: "After a martial artist reaches the realm of the Nine Heavens of Humanity, he must find his own way before he can step into the realm of entering the Dao, but entering the Dao is not the end, it is only the beginning. The pinnacle of initiation, and one step further, is Shinto. ”

"Shinto?" Yang Xuan's eyes showed strangeness.

Xiang Donglai nodded, with a hint of yearning in his eyes: "From the peak of the path of entry to the path of the gods, it is only one step away, but it is like a world of clouds and mud." ”

"Shinto is hard to find!" Xiang Donglai sighed and said nothing.

After being silent for a long time, he suddenly laughed and said, "What are you talking about, it's too ethereal." By the way, you're going to enter the Martial God Ruins this time to compete for a chance, right?"

Yang Xuan was slightly stunned, then nodded.

Saying that he wants to enter the Martial God Ruins is actually just to investigate the origin of the black bead, but if it is said to be a competition for chance, it can barely be counted.

Xiang Dong came to see Yang Xuan nodded, and said with a smile: "The Martial God Ruins are too mysterious, and it is impossible to say what is inside, but it will definitely attract a large number of forces to intervene in it, if you want to make a difference in it, it is tantamount to taking a chestnut in the fire, it is very difficult." ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Cultivating one, how can it be said simply? What is not difficult?"

Xiang Donglai nodded and said: "It's rare that you can have such knowledge, now that I have a decisive battle and some things to deal with, I'll leave first." On the seventh day of the ninth month, you can come to Mochizuki Mountain to have a look, maybe it will be beneficial to your martial arts cultivation, and if I die, you can also help me collect a corpse by the way, by the way, when the time comes, secretly transport the corpse back to the town and bury it on the mountain behind the town, where the scenery is good. ”

"Alright, don't leave it at that!" Xiang Donglai let out a final laugh, swept into the air, and hurried away.

Yang Xuan looked at the direction of Xiang Donglai's departure, and after standing still for a long time, Yang Xuan also left, and his direction was the Li family in Taihe City.

He wanted to see what this old man Li, who was called the black wolf, had anything to do with the Holy Mountain.

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