Chapter 12: The Mysterious Man

The days passed quietly for a year, and at this time Fengzhao was already an eleven-year-old boy, with a face like a crown of jade, a pair of deep black eyes under the sword eyebrows, a handsome nose bridge showing his handsomeness, and a tight thin lip showing his cold determination. At this time, the moon is also handsome and elegant, gentle and elegant, and the jade tree is in the wind, no matter where he stands, there will be a peaceful and light atmosphere.

They still chop wood and meditate every day, the only difference is that they can go to the highest level of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to learn martial arts knowledge. Since he was able to enter the high-level Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Fengzhao's martial arts and bearing have made a great leap, at this moment his martial arts have reached an unprecedented realm, but he knows that his martial arts have reached a bottleneck, and he can't break through this bottleneck, then his martial arts are at most to reach the Cheng dΓΉ of Limeng, that is, a first-class master in the rivers and lakes, but how can his goal be as simple as a first-class master, he wants to reach a height that others can't reach, and that height is endless.

In the early morning of this day, the two of them went to the back mountain to chop wood with axes in their hands as usual, dressed in short clothes. At this time, it is the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies in March, and the two of them come to the back mountain without hurrying, although the two have profound skills, but Huiying Zen Master does not allow the two to use martial arts to chop wood. But even so, the two of them were skilled in chopping wood, and in less than a moment the chopping firewood had been beaten into a trap and left on the soles of their feet.

Yueming is still carrying his bamboo basket all over the mountains looking for mushrooms and wild vegetables, but now he is no longer limited to picking up on a mountain, looking at Yueming suddenly here for a while, for a while, the figure suddenly appeared on the opposite mountain, and then on the mountain behind the left, Fengzhao snorted coldly, this kid's light skills are really unfathomable, and the whole person is like a legendary fairy.

And he is in the bottleneck stage, and only by breaking through can he reach the stage of the moon or even surpass him. In martial arts, a person has different opportunities with a person, different qualifications, different understandings, and the time to break through the bottleneck is different, and the experience of others may not be suitable for you, so although Yueming has broken through the bottleneck, he can't help Feng Zhao anything, and can only rely on Feng Zhao to perceive and understand.

Looking at the fluttering moonlight, the wind was fine, and he simply meditated and practiced in the forest.

It didn't take long for a faint air flow to appear around him, and the air flow slowly became thick from thin to thick, and circulated around him with a strong and powerful momentum. Gently raised his arms to make a large loop movement, the air flow also followed his arm to present a large whirlpool, and when he turned his hands into a relative hugging ring, the air flow whirlpool had condensed into a ball shape. Suddenly, the wind shone on his hand, and the air flow condensed into a ball that rushed straight to the trees in front of him, and all the trees in his path were broken at waist to dozens of meters away.

He retracted his hands and re-condensed them into a ball and threw his hands out again, the second airflow ball came out of his hand, which was a few leaves that suddenly floated down from the sky, and flew down lightly, Fengzhao looked at the leaves when they hit the airflow ball, but they just waved a little and then fell lightly, not affected by the strong airflow at all, Fengzhao stretched out his hand to catch a leaf and fell into contemplation.

At this time, a gentle old voice came from the forest: "Do you understand?"

Fengzhao raised his eyes but Huiying Zen Master stood in front of him, thinking that Zen Master's skills are really unfathomable, with his current ear power, he is a first-class master like Limeng, it is very difficult to get close to him silently, but he doesn't know when Huiying Zen Master stands in front of him.

Feng Zhao hurriedly saluted, and Zen Master Hui Ying smiled at Feng Zhao, took the leaf in his hand and said, "Do you see anything?"

Feng Zhao shook his head and said to the Zen master: "The disciple is dull, I can't see anything. ”

The Zen master did not speak again, looked at the leaf intently, and slowly Huiying Zen Master's palm also condensed a stream of air, which formed a column in his palm and slowly rotated, and the leaf slowly left Huiying's palm under the derivation of the air flow, rotating and rising. Suddenly, the swirling air stopped spinning, and at the tip of the air flow split into several small air needles, which passed through the leaf, and then the leaf turned into fragments and was blown away by the air current.

At that moment, it seemed like a lightning bolt flashed in Fengzhao's mind, and he wanted to catch it, but he didn't catch it, but he obviously felt something touch, he shook his head, and thought hard.

"When it is strong, it is strong, when it is weak, when it is soft, it is soft, it is rigid, it is rigid, it is both rigid and soft, the knife is constantly water, the rhombus yarn can bind the stick, the power of internal strength can break the sword and the stick, but the fluttering soft thing is extremely difficult, so you can not blindly pursue strong and powerful. Zen Master Huiying's words came from far away, but the person was gone.

The wind caught the lightning that flashed again in his mind, yes, he blindly pursued the strength of internal strength but did not know how to apply it flexibly, this world is always one thing and one thing, and the cycle is uncertain. It depends on how to use the right way to deal with a qiΔ“. Thinking of this wind and light, this is his bottleneck, and now Huiying Zen Master's words made him break through the bottleneck, and there was no Zen master in front of him, only Yueming stood in front of him and looked at him elegantly and calmly: "The bottleneck has been broken." "Yueming's voice is always so gentle and elegant.

He nodded excitedly, and Yueming smiled faintly: "The Zen master has already come to you when you practice, but he didn't let you notice it." ”

Feng Zhao knew in his heart that those leaves would not have fallen for no reason. Since then, Fengzhao's strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and it is not much different when he competes with Yueming.

It's Yaoling's birthday in a few days, Yaoling was picked up when he fled, and he made the day he picked her up as Yaoling's birthday, anyway, Yaoling's birthday He should go back to Qilin Mountain, and after this birthday, Mr. Ghost should come.

Thinking of separating from Yaoling, he was reluctant to do so, but he couldn't stop it, if it was possible, he just wanted her to follow him, and he would do his best to protect her for the rest of his life.

Now it only takes an hour to return to Qilin Mountain, he entered the valley before the time of departure, and returned to the small courtyard where he lived, Lan Yan and the others had already begun to be busy cleaning the courtyard, and it happened that Xiao Yaoling was also there, wearing a goose yellow skirt and sitting under the kapok tree in the courtyard to recite the name of her herbs, now she can recognize hundreds of kinds of herbs, the kapok has bloomed, the red kapok yellow group of beautiful little girls, the wind is standing quietly next to the eyes, there is a strong love.

Xiao Yaoling felt something, looked up and saw the wind light, rubbed his eyes and smiled at him, he walked up, took the little girl's hand and led her out of the courtyard gate, the horse at the door had not been taken away, he jumped on the horse with her in his arms, and walked along the beautiful meadow.

Came to the lake, at this time the sun has just risen, the lake is sparkling, hazy and foggy, the birds chirp and gather on the lake, the wings sweep over the water from time to time and ripple in a circle, the light and shadow also ripple with a circle, the water near the mountain in the distance, and the flowers blooming on the grass, a qiΔ“ is so beautiful, the little girl sat on the horse for a while and pointed to a group of flying birds, a moment pointed to a beautiful flower, and heard the laughter like a silver bell, and they spent a morning leisurely.

In the evening, when the sun was about to set, Fengzhao took Yaoling to ride the horse for a while, and finally came to the lake and stopped, turned over and dismounted, and patted the horse's neck, the horse ran back very well-behaved, and Fengzhao took Yaoling's hand and stood by the lake.

When the sun set, the lake was dyed golden red, and the wind did not speak for a long time, Xiao Yaoling just stood very quietly, he knew that the wind was uncomfortable, because she told Xiao Feng's ghost grandfather that she would come to pick her up as soon as her birthday passed, and she was reluctant to leave the wind light. She has known since she was a child that she has no parents, only Xiaofeng is her relative, but the ghost grandfather said that Xiaofeng will do great things in the future, if she doesn't have the skills, she can't help Xiaofeng, she wants to help Xiaofeng, so that Xiaofeng will always be the most powerful person in the world, so she always learns to recite the names of those herbs very carefully.

The two children who were not very old were thinking about a very deep heart, and suddenly Fengzhao felt a strange aura coming from behind him, and he said without turning his head: "Since they are all here, what are you hiding?"

As soon as the words fell, the shadow of Mr. Ghost suddenly appeared behind him: "Shibei should be impressed for three days." "Mr. Ghost is still so thin and shriveled, but those two eyes are shining in the light of the lake.

When Yao Ling saw that it was Mr. Ghost Ling, he hurriedly called Grandpa Ghost and ran to the ghost, Mr. Ghost Ling touched Yao Ling's head and said fondly: "Little ghost head"

At this time, Feng Zhao turned his head and gave a salute to the ghost, and Mr. Ghost looked Feng Zhao up and down for a while, and said, "It looks like you have grown up a lot and become a lot more beautiful, but compared to your father, you are still a little worse." ”

Feng Zhao choked for a moment, thinking of his father, he thought that he couldn't compare after all.

"Are you going to take Yaoling away now? Feng Zhao asked Mr. Ghost.

"Take it tomorrow, I didn't plan to see you, but when I think about it, I may see you again, so let's see you again. ”

Fengzhao didn't say anything, and after a while, he took Yaoling's hand, took out a jade pendant from his arms, hung it around Yaoling's neck, and said to Yaoling: "Take it, don't lose it, don't break it, don't be seen, bring it to me in the future." ”

Xiao Yaoling looked at the jade pendant and nodded vigorously, and said in a childish voice: "Yaoling will definitely bring the land, because it was given by Xiaofeng." ”

"Heh, I'm really willing, that's the symbol of your Xuan Wang's Mansion" Mr. Ghost on the side sighed, he knew the jade pendant, it was the symbol of the Xuan Wang's Mansion, and only the heirs of the palace could wear it.

This kind of jade pendant is specially made by the royal family of the Great Dragon Dynasty for members of the royal family, and it is different from each royal palace. Fengzhao's jade pendant is a small dragon holding a hydrangea, and the hydrangea is engraved with a 珯字, and he only appeared when he saw Limeng holding this jade pendant.

Feng Zhao didn't say anything, just looked at Mr. Ghost Spirit and said, "I'll take him back to prepare, and you take her away tomorrow." After saying that, he turned around and didn't look back. Mr. Ghost behind him looked at the distant wind, the back of the young man in the twilight was tall and proud, and his steps were shallow, "Good skill" Mr. Ghost sighed in his heart.

Back at the residence, Fengzhao summoned Lan Yan and Lan Cao to ask them to prepare bags for Yao Ling, and he sat quietly with Yao Ling in his arms, waiting for everything to be packed up, and then he let Lan Cao lead Yao Ling to sleep. He stayed awake all night, and when it was the next day, he went out and came to Yao Ling's room. Yaoling is gone, and Lancao, who is guarding the outhouse, has no idea when Yaoling was taken away. Fengzhao didn't punish Lancao, he knew it would be like this.

Besides, Yao Ling fell asleep, but found herself sitting in a carriage next to Mr. Ghost. I saw that Mr. Ghost was sleeping soundly, and she lifted the curtain on the window of the car and saw the sun that had just revealed half of her head in the distance, and the sky was brilliant.

Her eyes were full of novelty and turned around and shook Mr. Ghost, but Mr. Ghost just didn't open his eyes, Yaoling was anxious to pull up Mr. Ghost Ling's hand and was about to bite, Mr. Ghost quickly retracted his hand: "Little ghost, you know how to bite." ”

Yaoling smiled and asked, "Ghost grandpa." Where are we going?"

"Ask what to ask, and you will know when you arrive. The ghost snorted with his nose, "You ghost girl" When he first saw Yao Ling, he fell in love with this child with a bright heart, lively and dexterous understanding, he always wanted to find an apprentice, and after seeing Yao Ling, he decided to take her as an apprentice.

In this way, I don't know how long the sunrise and sunset were, and finally on this day they came to a very large capital, the houses are lined up and scattered, and the juggling on the street is very lively, Xiao Yaoling's eyes can't see it, and he shouts that Mr. Ghost will take him to play.

Coming to an inn, Mr. Ghost got out of the car and led Yao Ling in to ask for a quiet guest room to rest. At night, Mr. Ghost woke up Yao Ling, who was still asleep, and Yao Ling rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked at Mr. Ghost in a daze.

I saw that the old man's face was stern, his eyes were shining, Yaoling's drowsiness disappeared all of a sudden, and his originally confused eyes suddenly became bright: "Ghost grandpa, is something wrong?"

Mr. Ghost Ling was very satisfied with Yao Ling's reaction, and he whispered to Yao Ling: "Grandpa will take you to a place, don't make a noise on the way, do you know?" Xiao Yao Ling blinked and nodded vigorously at Mr. Ghost Ling.

"Also," said Mr. Ghost, "Grandpa will take you to meet someone, and when you meet that person, you will show him the jade pendant that the boy gave you." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yaoling shook her head vigorously: "No, Xiaofeng said that no one can look at it." ”

Mr. Ghost Spirit thought for a moment and blinked his little eyes and said, "That person is not an ordinary person, as long as he sees Yu Pei, he can help that stinky boy find his parents." ”

Yao Ling hesitated and didn't say anything, Mr. Ghost didn't say anything more, pulled Yao Ling out of the door of the inn, the street was already brightly lit, there were few pedestrians on the road, and the two of them came to an alley. On both sides is a very high courtyard wall, Yao Ling can't see the top of the courtyard wall in the night, only to see Mr. Ghost Ling pick up Yao Ling, suddenly jump, Yao Ling only felt a gust of wind whistling past his ears.

It didn't take long for the two of them to stop in the shadow of a tree outside a small courtyard, and there was a hazy light coming out of the window in a room in the courtyard, Mr. Ghost looked around, and floated to the door with the lights in his arms, and as soon as he stood still, the door opened silently, and Mr. Ghost entered the house with Yao Ling in a flash, and then closed the door silently.

After entering the house, Mr. Ghost Ling put down Yao Ling, walked straight to the side of the chair and sat down, and Xiao Yao Ling was looking carefully at the room with her black jewel-like eyes, the room was clean and plain, there were candles lit on the table, there was a man standing sideways in front of the desk, the slender figure had an indescribable elegant and strange appearance, the person was drawing with a brush in his hand, his head was slightly lowered, and he didn't look at Mr. Ghost Ling who entered the door.

Mr. Ghost Spirit poured himself a cup of tea and drank it slowly, and when he finished drinking the tea, the man still didn't say a word, and Mr. Ghost Spirit said helplessly: "You person, it's like this every time, I came to see you kindly, you will always ask okay." ”

After a while, the man said slowly, "Do you still need to ask, you are always good." The voice was indescribably gentle and soft.

Mr. Ghost choked and continued, "Won't you ask me what I'm doing this time?"

The man ignored Mr. Ghost's question, and continued to concentrate on his paintings, and finally Mr. Ghost sighed and said, "The world says that my ghosts are strange and impermanent, but you can always find a way to deal with me." I sue you for the purpose of my coming. After saying that, he beckoned to Yaoling, and Xiao Yaoling walked to him obediently

"I still remember the last time we played chess, I couldn't crack the last game, and now I'm using her to exchange that game with you to solve the game. With that, Mr. Ghost gave Yao Ling a wink.

The pen in the man's hand paused, and then he raised his head and looked at Yao Ling beside the ghost. That glance seemed to be a lake of autumn water calm and peaceful, seeing the appearance of the person, Yao Ling was startled, and then she looked at the man opposite very carefully, and saw that he had a jade pendant hanging from his waist, which was exactly the same as the one given to her by the wind, and she was shocked again, and all her expressions did not escape the man's watery eyes.

Waiting for Yaoling to finish looking at herself, he smiled slightly, this smile, Xiao Yaoling actually had a feeling of spring flowers blooming, and at that moment she had an indescribable good impression of the strange man in front of her. I only heard the man say softly and gently to Yaoling, "Did he lie to you?"

Xiao Yaoling hurriedly shook her head: "You really look like Xiaofeng." She spoke to the man in a childish voice.

Suddenly, two strange lights flashed in the man's eyes, and he looked at Yao Ling and then at Mr. Ghost on the side, and at this time, Mr. Ghost Ling seemed to have nothing to do with him, sitting there and continuing to drink his tea.

"Xiao Feng, who is Xiao Feng?" the man looked at Yao Ling again and asked softly.

"Xiaofeng is Fengzhao, he is my brother, but he doesn't allow me to call him brother. Yaoling replied innocently.

The man suddenly froze in place, and the pen in his hand fell on the table, but he didn't notice it, and after only a short while, he regained his flat expression just now, walked to Yaoling's side lightly, lowered his head and looked at Yaoling carefully.

Yao Ling didn't know why she liked this person when she saw it, she had no parents since she was a child, and the peaceful and quiet aura emanating from this person made her feel safe and comfortable, she remembered what Mr. Ghost Ling said before he came, so she took off the jade pendant from her neck and handed it to the man and said, "This is given to me by Xiaofeng, exactly like yours." ”

Taking the jade pendant, the man looked at it again and again, and the light of longing in his eyes became stronger and stronger, and slowly turned into cool water vapor from the bottom of his eyes. He looked at Xiao Yaoling and asked slowly, "Is this what Xiaofeng gave you?"

Yaoling nodded and said, "Xiao Feng said that I was not allowed to show it to others and that I was not allowed to break it, but Grandpa Ghost Ling said that you can help Xiao Feng and let me show it to you." ”

The man nodded, then looked at Yao Ling deeply, then gently hung the jade pendant around Yao Ling's neck again, and asked Yao Ling in a low voice, "Xiao Feng, he-okay?" Yao Ling nodded vigorously.

After a long time, the man walked gently and shallowly to the desk, took out a pair of painting scrolls from the blue and white porcelain vase next to the desk and threw them at Mr. Ghost on the side, "Mr. Ghost blinked his eyes slyly: "Your game of chess has cost me a lot of thought." Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm gone. With that, he picked up Yaoling and flashed out of the door of the house and jumped into the dark shadow outside the wall.

After Mr. Ghost left, the man picked up the painting and stared at it for a long time, the red candle next to him flickered and danced to shine on the thick love and longing in his eyes, the painting was a peerless beauty, eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like autumn water, graceful and elegant. "Li'er, we also have a girl we like in our little photos. The soft and shallow words seemed like a dream.