Preface: The state of mind that is like water is the foundation of success.

Body:

During the months of Gu recuperation, many things had happened in the Spirit Master Realm. The most significant of these is that dozens of spirit masters have mysteriously disappeared without a trace.

The Spirit Master Sect has also sent an investigation team to visit.

But the result of waiting is often death and news of the theft of spirit wine.

Sometimes, if you get too much into the bottom of a thing, you often get the result that is not as perfect as you expected, on the contrary, keep your distance, at least half of the hope is the expected perfection.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, the results of the investigation are only reported to the spirit master sect and are not announced to the public.

Despite this, there are still rumors spreading among the spirits outside. It can be described as panicking.

When Gu was walking and recuperating outside the Spirit Guardian Temple, he heard a rumor.

Gu bowed his head and was silent, his heart aching. He hated his lack of strength, he met his opponent twice, was defeated by his opponent twice and almost died, and recalled the death of his senior brother Zhao Lu, and his mood became even more sad.

Suddenly, a voice came: "Look at the sword!"

I saw a sword attacking in front of Gu, and Gu Qiang mustered up his spirit to dodge.

The sword rushed left and right, and it was extremely fast.

The persecuted Gu retreated again and again.

Gu's eyes swept over the sword-wielding man, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The person holding the sword was none other than Lan Ting, the daughter of the head of the Spirit Master Sect.

"Ting'er, what are you doing? I brought you here to visit Gu, but you came to learn martial arts with the Gu who had not healed, so don't stop quickly and make amends to Senior Brother Gu. It was Zuoji's voice.

Lan Ting really stopped, stepped aside, stuck out her tongue, and saluted Gu very uncomfortably: "Senior Brother Gu, the little junior sister was offended a lot just now, please forgive me." ”

At this time, Zuo Si had already come to Gu's face.

"Your Senior Brother Gu hasn't spoken out to forgive you for your presumptuousness, how can you take it upon yourself to finish the salute and do things hastily. ”

Lan Ting lowered her head and said embarrassedly: "Ao~~"

So he respectfully saluted Gu again: "Senior Brother Gu, I was too rash just now, I beg you, forgive me." ”

Gu almost laughed out loud, he didn't expect that the daughter of the head of the dignified spiritual master sect would be obedient to the master's discipline.

"Nothing, nothing. I've been recuperating here for a long time, but I haven't held a sword anymore, and my hands are a little rusty, and all the Dharma Protectors are busy patrolling the Spirit Master's Gate, so they don't have time to practice with me. Now, the little sister came to accompany me to practice my skills, I was too late to be grateful, but seeing that the little sister was able to use swordsmanship and was superb, I was defeated and retreated, if it wasn't for the little sister to give me courtesy, I would have been defeated. It can be seen that the little junior sister's martial arts are becoming more and more sophisticated, in addition to the junior sister's hard study, Zuo Si is also well-trained. ”

Gu's words made Lan Ting, who was listening on the side, smile and say nothing.

"Even if you still have a little vision, a few months ago, you provoked me, and now you praise me like this, and it has been so long, just let it pass, I have a lot of people who don't care about you as a person. Lan Ting muttered in her heart.

At this time, Zuo Si spoke: "Thanks to the boasting of the Eight Great Dharma Protector Gu, but my disciple I know her ability in my heart, even if she is lazy on weekdays, I don't know how much trouble she caused me when I was away." ”

Lan Ting heard that the master was belittling herself, and her mouth was very ugly.

"Hmph, stinky bastard, if it weren't for my father who made me have to apprentice to you, I wouldn't want to be with a guy like you who doesn't have any human touch at all, then again, I'm also the daughter of the head of the dignified spirit master, you have to save some face for me, dead bastard. Hmph!" Lan Ting held back her resentful words in her heart.

"However, I see that you dodge Ting'er's swordsmanship, and your pace has become much more flexible, it seems that your injuries are indeed much better. ”

"The thanksgiving people cared, and it was indeed much better, and after a little rest, he would be healed. ”

"That being the case, this is a blessing in disguise. I was taken aback when I heard that day that you were battling the Shadow Assassins. Although you have a high level of understanding and a certain amount of strength, you are far from her opponent compared to the demon slayer who kills people without blinking. Immediately afterwards, when I heard the news that you were seriously injured, they all said that you were more than lucky, and I really sweated for you. ”

"Senior Brother Gu, what Master said is right, in the days when you were seriously injured, Master didn't sleep for a long time every night with the lights on. Lan Ting added.

"Originally, I wanted to come and see you, but I heard your master brother Nian say that you are recuperating in the secret room, and outsiders can't be easily disturbed, so I thought about it again and decided that you would come back later. It's just that a month ago, I went down the mountain to investigate the traces of the Phantom Assassin, and I didn't come to visit you, and I just came back a few days ago. ”

"Thank you benefactor, Gu must remember your kindness in this life and this life. ”

"Did Fu come to visit you? ”

Gu lowered his head and groaned for a moment, and said, "He has come to see me many times. ”

Zuo Si was about to answer, but Lan Ting interjected: "Is that kid it?" When he was with me, he told me that the person he hated the most was you, senior brother. ”

"Ting'er, stop talking nonsense here. Zuo Si stopped.

"Yes, Master. ”

"Gu, although Ting'er said it too bluntly, what she said was what I said from my heart. Volt, this child, is hard to guess in his heart. I asked your second brother Qing on the way, and he told me that he had not visited you once in the nearly three months that you had been recuperating. ”

"There is a knot in his heart that cannot be untied, as the saying goes: 'To untie the bell, you need to tie the spirit', Gu, I remind you here. ”

"Speak, please. Gu said.

"Your senior brother Zhao Lu is not only for you, but also for Fu. In a way, he is deeper in his heart than you are. ”

"Please advise your benefactor. ”

Zhao Lu raised Fu until he was sixteen years old. It can be said that Zhao Lu is as close to Fu as his biological brother. ”

Next, Gu listened to Zuo Si explain the story of the bond between Zhao Lu and Fu.

After listening to this, Gu said, "Before I became the Eight Great Dharma Protectors, I once mentioned the name of Senior Brother Zhao Lu, and his reaction was very excited. Later, I became one of the eight protectors of the Spirit Master Sect, and took over the position of Du Men of the original senior brother Zhao Lu. Volt, it seems that the hostility towards me has deepened. I never thought about why he would be like this to me, it turned out that he still had such a relationship with his senior brother. For a person, what he least wants to be obtained by others one day, then the bottom line will be broken, and a steady stream of anger will accumulate more and more in the body. Maybe in Fu's eyes, Senior Brother Zhao Lu is not dead, he just went out, and one day he will come back and return to the Spirit Master Gate. Therefore, this position, no one can occupy it before Senior Brother Zhao Lu comes back, whoever sits on this position is the enemy of Ambush. Hey~~ Speaking of which, it's still my Gu's fault. ”

"No! this is my fault. Zuo Si said.

"How can a benefactor say such a thing?"

"If I hadn't introduced you to the beginning, you wouldn't have become the Eight Protectors today, and if you hadn't become the Eight Protectors, you wouldn't have had a holiday with Fuliu. I originally thought that after Fu knew that you were Zhao Lu's fellow disciple, he would allow you to take over Du Men, but I didn't expect that this kind of thinking was completely wrong, and it backfired. This dissatisfaction is so serious that you would rather give up your life to save his life, and he will not forgive. ”

Gu was silent, and Zuo Si was also silent. The atmosphere looks awkward, and it can be regarded as helpless.

After a while. Zuo Si spoke again: "In addition, during the days when you were recuperating from your injuries, the Phantom Killer Group was contaminated with the lives of dozens of spirit masters. As the Eight Great Protectors of the Outer Order of the Spirit Master Gate, your responsibilities and burdens will become increasingly heavy. Maybe Qinglu, the head of the Spirit Master Sect, will also send a team to exterminate the Phantom Killer Group, but the first two times, when you fought with the Demon and the Owl, you should also understand that the huge disparity in combat effectiveness is an undeniable and evasive fact. Whether you participate in the guarding of the Spirit Master Gate or carry out extermination, the most important point is to improve your spiritual skills and spirit sword formation. Only when you are strong can you be qualified to protect others. The last time you went to rescue the ambush alone without distinguishing the form, it can only be considered lucky that you were able to survive. In this world, many so-called luck is unreliable, if you still maintain your original strength to fight against the phantom, the next time, waiting for you, is not just a situation of recuperation for three months. ”

"What the benefactor said is that Gu will definitely pay close attention to cultivation in the future to make his spiritual skills and swordsmanship to a higher level. ”

"I would like to send you a message here, which is also the truth that all things in the world are the same: the state of mind that is like water is the key to victory. ”

"Recuperate, take your leave. After Zuo Si said this, he disappeared without a trace.

After hearing this, Gu frowned.

"Hey, look at your sad face, you don't want to cry as a big man. Hahahaha······" Lan Ting clutched her stomach and laughed.

"I don't have the word cry in my head. ”

"You just blow it, I knew when I was a child that no word of a man is true, except for bragging words. ”

"I'm a little strange, when Zuo Si was there just now, you called a senior brother, and I believed what you said. Why is it that as soon as Zuo Si leaves, you will be completely revealed?"

"The reason why I call you senior brother is not to give you face, but to give face to my master and her old man. Master attaches the most importance to etiquette, how dare a disciple of mine make a mistake in front of her, you must not misunderstand. ”

"I see. Then I'm ······."

"I don't understand, just like a woman. I hate it when people say half of what they say. Say, what the hell are you trying to say?"

"I just want to say, then I'm helpless, it's just that your master has been gone for a long time, what are you still doing here?Do you still want to talk to me for a while?" Gu said bluntly.

"It's not, it's not, I'm just... I'm just very happy to see you become like this, you bullied me before, and now I didn't make a move, someone taught you a lesson for me, I don't want to mention how happy I am. Lan Ting blushed, her eyes dodged, and she said in a slurred voice.

"Oh~~ So that's the case, I didn't expect the daughter of the head of the Spirit Master Sect to be such a vicious person. Gu sighed in frustration.

"No, no, I'm not that bad, I'm gentle. Lan Ting muttered.

"What's the matter, what you said just now is false?" Gu said suspiciously.

"No, no. Lan Ting's words became more and more incoherent.

"Then tell me which of your words is true. "Gu's head is dizzy now, I don't know why.

"Oops, oops, you men are all stupid. One by one, they are all big fools. Lan Ting said with a red face and resentment.

"Obviously, what you said was too obscure and ambiguous, and now you say that I'm stupid, what do you mean?" Gu looked at Lan Ting.

"Hey, why is your face so red, do you have a fever?" Gu said in a worried tone when he saw the change in Lan Ting's face.

Lan Ting secretly scolded in her heart: "This stupid man. ”

At this time, Lan Ting came over and stretched out her hand: "Oh, you take this." ”

Gu looked at the past, it was a delicate little purse.

"It's ······"

"There's a lark in this purse that I brought with me. You take it. ”

"Bailing Grass, is it the rumored miraculous medicine that replenishes qi and blood, restores spirit, and increases one's ability to resist evil spirits? This is something that a spirit master may not be able to find in his lifetime, this is too precious for me to accept. ”

Lan Ting grabbed Gu's hand, her face was flushed, but she said resolutely: "In order to save others, you let yourself suffer such a serious injury, it is natural to get a lark grass, you have to recuperate well, and when the injury is healed, continue to enter the array of the Eight Protectors, and guard the Spirit Master Gate well." ”

"I ······" Gu was speechless.

Lan Ting walked away, Gu looked at her back, and heard her say, "When you run out of larks, don't forget to return your purse to me." ”

Gu recuperated for another week, during which he boiled the lark grass into medicine and drank it, and his body recovered quickly.

He always remembered a similar sentence said by the right master and the left division: the state of mind that is as calm as water is the foundation of success.

"Maybe I was too impetuous before, whether it was looking for the cause of death of my senior brother Zhao Lu in the early stage, walking alone in the periphery of the danger of the Spirit Master Gate with arrogance, and being defeated by the devil; Face yourself squarely, and in the future practice, you will have more confidant hearts and less willful behaviors. Whether it is a person or a worker, recognize your own strength, see the direction of your efforts, and do it in a down-to-earth manner, so that you can make progress in your efforts bit by bit. "This is the truth that Gu Shen realized.