The cold stone door was gently pushed open, and the warm wind poured in. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The apprentice set the meal, and the white jade wine jug was lukewarm in water. Doing everything silently and not disturbing the sleepers in the stone palace has been a habit for thousands of years.

Yishanjun was dressed in white and sat quietly in front of the stone bed. Several vicissitudes had already passed outside the stone palace, and the people on the stone bed were still sleeping peacefully, neither passing away nor waking up. Fun-loving and noisy juniors will also have such silent times. Will he know that he has slept like this for a thousand years?

"You don't like the name Guanlan, it's okay if you don't call it. Tianlan Palace has me here, you can go, the ends of the earth are up to you. Senior Brother is no longer strict with you for anything, are you still willing to get drunk with Senior Brother again? ”

Yi Shanjun took the hand of his junior brother Guanlan and put it on his cold face. If he could have let go of the mustard a thousand years ago and said these words to his junior brother, would the junior brother still be in a desperate situation? Yishanjun spent thousands of years to find countless kinds of rare medicines from Tiannanhaibei, and repaired the devastation left by the arrow wounds on his junior brother's body little by little. From trauma to pus to scarring, he has done everything he can to Yishanjun.

Yishanjun is grateful to God for giving him the opportunity to protect for a thousand years, even though this protection has been covered with the blood of his junior brother and his beloved in this life. Yi Shanjun held the hand of his junior brother, and it was still as warm as ever, like the first encounter in front of Tianlan Palace.

"My name is Yishan, and from now on you can call me senior brother. You are a descendant of the Zhong family, so you can't blacken this surname. Until now, the firmness in the eyes of the nine-year-old junior brother has remained undusty in Yishanjun's heart.

Suddenly, Yishanjun's apprentice uncharacteristically pushed the door in and pulled Yishanjun back from his memories.

"Tianlan Mountain has gathered eleven teams, and there is one less than Chengtian Pavilion, whether the master is going to go out of the mountain or go to Yunyou again this time, the apprentice has prepared luggage for you, you can leave at any time." The apprentice whispered.

"I have an arrangement." Yi Shanjun put his junior brother's hand back on the stone bed and slowly walked down from the stone platform. The stone palace was full of cold, and the little apprentice shivered from the cold. Yishanjun doesn't care anymore, no matter how cold it is, can it be worth his heart?

"Master, the contract is about to expire, and you want to watch another catastrophe happen outside?" The little apprentice rarely spoke and no longer flinched, attracting Yishanjun's attention.

"It wasn't my credit for driving out the Anya Witches that time, so what's the use of them looking for me?" Yi Shanjun looked at the stone bed, "What is more important to me than him now?" ”

"Master, the apprentice has something unclear, I hope the master will point it out." The little apprentice took the flask out of the warm water and poured a small half glass for Yishanjun.

"Say." Yishanjun picked up the wine glass.

"Before the apprentice admired Tianlan Mountain, he heard that the top of Tianlan Mountain would crack every hundred years, and there would be a flaming river flowing out, and the river water would be left along the cliff wall, and when the water flowed, there would be a dark iron tree growing vertically on the cliff wall. When the tree grows and has not yet fallen off the cliff, cut off its branches and bring it back to the cliff top to refine the sword, and quench the sword with whose blood and water will be able to live in symbiosis with the sword. This sword is produced every 100 years, and a sword competition will be held on the top of Tianlan Mountain that year, and only the one who kills all the way to the top of the mountain to win the championship has the opportunity to quench the sword with blood. Why did you and Uncle Shi produce two swords that year? Which of you is the winner? The little apprentice watched the master's reaction attentively.

Yishanjun sniffed the aroma of the wine lightly and smiled slightly.

"Yishan, this sword competition is different from the past. If you hurt someone else at the top of the mountain, they may not have time to escape from the river of fire, and they will lose their lives. Once you hit the top of the mountain, it depends on the destiny of heaven. Don't fight hard if you can't get it, and the eternal life spent in regret is never as good as letting go with a clear conscience. "On the eve of the sword competition, the master walked alone to Yishan-kun's room on crutches without instructing him on any tactics. Yishan is his most proud apprentice, he hopes that Yishan can win the championship, but he also doesn't want Yishan to do something that he regrets for the rest of his life in this sword competition.

A sword refining furnace was set up on the top of the mountain, and all the processes were carried out in an orderly manner. Except for the master, everyone in Tianlan Palace joined the team of the sword competition. The mountain gate at the foot of Tianlan Mountain was closed early in the morning to prevent the swordsmen of the Wild Gate with ulterior motives from taking advantage of the loopholes.

The person who loses 20 moves first is considered to lose, and needs to withdraw from the sword competition, and the one who wins can go up the mountain, and then compete with other people who go up the mountain, and the cycle repeats until he reaches the top of the mountain. Yishanjun didn't join the melee at first, he only had to join when the team attacked the mountainside, and he could lay down a lot of obstacles in one fell swoop, and the rest of the road was a real master's move.

"Senior brother, you are really lazy, I have been looking for you for a long time, so you just came." Guanlanjun's voice was heard clearly by Yishanjun in the scuffle.

Yishan's little apprentice was a little stupid when he heard it, and forgot to pour wine. "Your uncle was really young and vigorous at that time, and he fought from the bottom of the mountain to the mountainside, and his energy was still terrifying. At that time, in addition to my third junior brother, you Uncle Evian, my fifth junior brother, you were ...... Well, what are they called, they are my opponents. I really don't pay much attention to others. ”

"Why do the master and other uncles follow the word 'yi', Uncle Guanlan?" The little apprentice asked.

"His name at that time was Yi Zhong, which took the sound of 'end' from the closed disciples, and furthermore, Zhong was his family surname." Yishan brought the flask from the table and continued.

There are still three minutes to go from the top of the mountain, and you can already feel the scorching heat on the top of the mountain. At this time, there were only two pairs left, Yishan against Evian, and Guanlan against the fifth senior brother. The four of them were already sweating profusely, and most of their thick layers of clothing were smashed.

"Fifth Senior Brother, I'm just here to have a good time, I originally wanted to wait to see the battle between you and Senior Brother. Why don't we break up the two of them, I'll go to the senior brother, and you go to the third senior brother. If you win the third senior brother, how about I quit. ”

"No repentance!"

The two of them jumped to their feet and got into the sword moves of Ishan and Evian. Guanlan happened to take Yishan's sword, and then separated Yishan from Evian. Yishan knew that the little junior brother's petty nature had come up, and he was just joking, so he didn't use all his strength to fight him, and his eyes were still glancing at the fight between Lao Wu and Evian.

The oven-like air condensed and scorched, and the four of them circled to the top of the mountain in pairs, exerting a lot of physical strength in the smoke, and it was very difficult to take a step forward. Evian and Lao Wu are on par in strength, and they have been in a stalemate for a long time and have not been able to decide the winner. Although Yishan defended Guanlan step by step, he suffered a loss step by step, he really couldn't imagine that the little junior brother's swordsmanship had improved to such an extent, if he really tried his best to fight, he might not be able to take advantage of it.

Lao Wu couldn't rush to the top of the mountain for a long time, and seeing that Yishan and Guanlan next to him were about to press on himself and Yiyun, he couldn't help but think about it. The fifth child no longer took Evian's sword, but only rushed upward. Evian could only vaguely see the fifth man's sword moves in the smoke, so when he made a move, he mostly guessed the fifth man's next move. Evian didn't see that Lao Wu suddenly put away his sword, and slashed the wild crane with a sudden move, but it was slashing Lao Wu's right arm, and the blood quickly spread from his shoulder to his wrist.

The river of fire has already poured from the mountain to this side, and the fifth child has lost his direction while eating and running blindly, and is running towards the river of fire. "Fifth Senior Brother, don't go over!"

Yishan only heard Evian shouting in the fog, but he couldn't find two people. "Senior brother, I'll go find them, you go to the top of the mountain!" Guanlan used a move of the Bagua Sword to make the whole sword spin out of the shape of a disc, and there was nowhere to put the sword in the mountains, only to watch Guanlan disappear into the thick smoke.

"Look at the move by the mountain!" Yishan suddenly stabbed a long sword from behind his back, and stabbed it against his ear.

"Evian, what about them?" Yishan hurriedly took Evian's move and circled with Evian to the top of the mountain.

"Your swordsmanship is better than ours, but today's success is mostly a matter of luck, the fifth junior brother is reckless and has already lost an arm, and the junior brother has no ability to fight with you and me at all. Now it's just the two of us, it's up to us to win or lose! "Evian used what he had learned over the years, and stabbed at the mountain.

"The move of the Hengduan Wandering Dragon can only be caught with the fourth form of Kemushu, and the move of the Forward Leaping Eagle cannot be caught with the Bagua Sword!" Evian's eyes were already red, and he couldn't hear Ishan at all.

The sword shape in the mold has been formed, and the step of quenching blood is missing. At the top of the mountain, which was abnormally hot and dry, Yishan lost his last patience, no longer defended, and broke more than ten moves of Evian in a row. Evian saw that he had fought to the top of the mountain, and he was really unwilling to give up the opportunity for immortality like this, and although the defeat was decided, he still fought hard.

"Evian, I've already won twenty moves, I don't want to hurt you, providence." Yishan put the sword back into the scabbard at his waist and flew towards the mold of the nascent sword.

"Don't think!" Seeing that Yishan was getting closer and closer to the mold, under the scorching, the last line of defense in Evian's heart was defeated, he raised his sword again and chased in the direction of Yishan.

"Third Senior Brother!" Guanlan rushed to the mold almost at the same time as Evian. Evian's sword was half a minute faster than Guanlan's feet, and the same move slashed the wild crane towards Yishan, and Guanlan used a speed beyond anyone to block Yishan's body, stopping Evian's sword Shengsheng.

There were three people on the mold at the same time, and only one person's blood fell on the sword, and the competition could come to an end.

"Senior brother, third senior brother. Now, for my proof, you will compete one last time, and whoever wins will stop the other, is that still fair? ”

"Good! Big brother, I'll give you a move! Evian took a step back and pulled back into her stance. Guanlan took a lot of steps back, indicating that it would not touch the mold a little. Yishan was exhausted, and even had the idea of giving up, but seeing Guanlan's expectant eyes, he pulled out his sword again, for him, winning or losing was no longer important, he just wanted to get out of here quickly.

Evian began to hold on a long time ago, and there was no suspense about losing to Ishan no longer so. "Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen!" Guanlan shouted excitedly on the side. Seeing that there was no chance of winning, Evian shouted, "Guanlan, what did you do to the fifth junior brother!" Did you kill him! ”

Yishan suddenly heard this, and was distracted for a while, and was won by Evian in five moves in a row.

"Yishan, don't be distracted!" Guanlan hurriedly shouted, but a moment late, he saw that Yishan's puzzled eyes had already looked at him. Evian's sword stabbed at Izane's throat. It was too late, and Guanlan's arm had already stretched out, and it was slashed from the shoulder to the wrist by Evian. Yishan hadn't seen Guanlan's blood flow out clearly, only to see that his abdomen was suddenly split by Guanlan with a huge wound. The blood of the two men gushed out almost at the same time, quenching evenly on the sword mold.

Evian was completely dumbfounded, and stayed next to the sword mold. Yishan hurriedly covered his stomach to stop the bleeding, only to see that most of his white clothes had been dyed red. Guanlan bandaged his wrist, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Evian's sword was already across his neck, and he rushed towards the sword mold with a blood in his heart. Evian tried to get his own blood into the sword mold as well, but to no avail. The sword has been formed, I don't know if it is with the blood of Guanlan or the blood of Yishan.

The river of fire gradually surrounded it, and Evian's body melted into the river of fire, and Guanlan picked up Yishan and rushed to the bottom of the river of fire on his back.

"So who won the hell?" Yishan's little apprentice hurriedly asked.

"When the river of fire cools down, we will go up the mountain to get the sword together with the master and the people of Tianlan Palace. The junior brother wanted me to take the leader, but I didn't expect to end up with two swords. Yishan drank the wine in his hand.

"So Uncle Shi cut you so that your blood would fall first?" The little apprentice asked.

"Hmph, who else but him would have thought of such a scoundrel method." Yishanjun said with a smile.

"Why isn't Uncle Shi's sword called Yizhong Sword, but renamed Guanlan Sword?" As soon as the apprentice's voice fell, he found that most of the smile on the master's face had disappeared.

The memory drifted back to the Tianlan Palace thousands of years ago, and the voice of Guanlan floated. "Yi Zhong, I could have taken the meaning of starting from the beginning, but who would have thought that I would have such a catastrophe, and there would be no end. Master, you can give me a random name for this sword, I will have the same name as this sword in the future, and if I don't follow the word 'Yi', it can be regarded as a tribute to Senior Brother Evian. If I hadn't messed with it that day, Senior Brother Evian wouldn't have been cornered. The master hesitated for a long time before the word "Guanlan" fell on the sword.

"Master, the apprentice is wrong, he shouldn't talk too much." The little apprentice hurriedly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.

"What do you have to do with it. Thank you for staying with me for a thousand years. Yishanjun put down the wine glass and noticed that the disciple's eyes had become abnormal.

"Master, what has accompanied you through the millennium is just your memories, and you have lived for a thousand years since you made up the illusion yourself." The little apprentice withdrew the flask and realized that the master had avoided his gaze.

"Master, how long are you going to mess around? You already have the ability to live and die with the sword, and what are you doing with those bunches of witchcraft forbidden books? Will this wake up Uncle Shi? If that's the case, why did you force that girl to death? You can still accompany Uncle Shi, she has been alone in such a dark cave for so long. ”

"Presumptuous!" Yishanjun said slightly drunk. "How did you find her?"

"When I was your good child, I am indeed what I am now, young and simple. However, I hurt you, and you expelled me from Tianlan Palace for a thousand years. The little apprentice had packed up the whole table and was about to leave.

"You weren't like this in the past!" Yishanjun held his forehead in pain.

"While my true body is still alive, your sorcery is enough to control me and allow me to appear in your vision. But...... The real me is dead, and today is the last time I will serve you. That disobedient disciple hopes that you will remember the good of my childhood, stop blaming him, and let him go on his way with peace of mind. The little apprentice spoke calmly, with a smile on his face.

"Who killed you? I can avenge you. Yishanjun suddenly became crazy, but saw that the figure of the little apprentice became shallow.

"That I am innocent of death, I can only blame myself. Master, it's been a thousand years, and those who can come back have come back, don't force it if you can't come back...... Master, put it down, let it go with a clear conscience......" The little apprentice completely disappeared from the mountain vision.

"Bitter Zen ......"

The cold silence in the stone palace was restored, and the hatred that had been deep for thousands of years was also washed away without a trace, leaving only the lonely jade pot on the ground.

Yishanjun picked up the jade pot, and the words of the disciple were still echoing in his mind. Yunyou's luggage was prepared by him a year ago, and today is Evian's death day. Master is right, he really survived the days of immortality in remorse. Yishanjun looked at Guanlanjun's body blankly, secretly envious of the soul that had been liberated for thousands of years.

A new cycle begins.