When the little maid heard Murong Yanyun call her, she stopped, turned around and said, "Is there anything wrong with Engong?" Just say! ”

Murong Yanyun arched his hand and said, "Girl, there is something to ask below." ”

The little maid asked, "What's the matter?" Let's hear it. ”

"I want to ask the girl, is there an agency in this river and lake that specializes in finding out news, if you can tell me, I will be grateful." Murong Yanyun said.

The little maid said: "Is this, I heard my father say before, there is a Shuiyun Pavilion on Lianxia Mountain, they know everything about the rivers and lakes, if you go there, you should be able to ask the news you want." ”

"Thank you girl, but I don't know how far away this Water Cloud Pavilion is? How to get there? Murong Yanyun listened to the little maid's words and asked happily.

"I see that you are also like a person in the rivers and lakes, don't you even know where Shuiyun Pavilion is?" The little maid smiled: "Okay, anyway, I don't want to owe you a favor, so I'll take you on a trip." ”

"I'm tired." Murong Yanyun thanked him: "Girl, please wait, I'll come when I go." ”

"Okay, hurry up, I'll leave by myself when I'm in a hurry." The little maid said.

Murong Yanyun went back to the inn to get something, paid for the store, bought two more horses, and went to the Lianxia Mountain and Water Cloud Pavilion with the little maid.

Along the way, Murong Yanyun and the little maid got along quite well, although they often quarreled with him, but they were no longer as aggressive as before, and the little maid also told him that she was actually a young lady who pretended to be a maid and escaped from home in order to escape marriage, but she never mentioned who she was. Murong Yanyun also told the story of him and his uncle to the little maid, but he didn't say his identity either.

On this day, the two dismounted in a forest next to Lianxia Mountain, the little maid was tired, sat down under the shade of the tree and said: "I'm tired, you go up the mountain alone, if not, we will think of other ways." So saying, he took the horse and tied it to a tree.

Murong Yanyun saw that the little maid didn't want to accompany her up the mountain, so she had to give a sentence and went to Lianxia Mountain alone.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Murong Yanyun saw that there were four or five blue-clothed young men, all of whom were equipped with swords at their waists, all of them had a good temperament, and at first glance they were the young disciples of Shuiyun Pavilion.

The leader saw Murong Yanyun coming from afar, dressed like a person from the rivers and lakes, and guessed that he was not from the mountains and rivers, so he walked over, hugged his fists and said, "This brother wants to see our master?" ”

Murong Yanyun got off the horse and said politely: "I am asking to see the master of Shuiyun Pavilion, and I also ask this brother to lead the way." ”

The blue-clothed young man smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about this matter, give you two pieces of silver, and I'll lead you up the mountain." ”

"I don't know how many taels of silver you need?" Murong Yanyun asked as he took out a silver ingot.

The blue-clothed young man put away the smile on his face and said coldly: "It's ridiculous that you still want to go to Shuiyun Pavilion for this little bit of silver!" ”

Murong Yanyun took out some broken silver again, "I only have this money on me, I do have something important, and I ask this brother to be accommodating, I will definitely make up the silver taels in the future." ”

The blue-clothed young man said angrily: "There are no hundred taels of rest who want to go up from this front mountain!" ”

At this time, several other people also came over and said, "Okay, you kid, you can go up to our Shuiyun Pavilion if you say it!" ”

The young man said: "But seeing that you are still kind, I will give you a face, if you want to go up the mountain, you can do it without paying two silver taels, but you have to go up from the back mountain ripple path!" ”

"I don't know how to go in this back mountain?" Murong Yanyun asked.

"It's not that hard." The blue-clothed young man pointed to the northwest as he spoke, and said, "Go around here and walk a few miles." ”

Murong Yanyun said happily: "Thank you, brother, for the trouble." ”

"Don't be happy too early, although you don't need money in the back mountain, but if you want to go up, you must break through the four levels, if you don't have real talent, it is difficult to climb to the sky! Since there was this Water Cloud Pavilion, except for Li Lingfeng, the nose master of the Divine Dragon Sect, no one had ever been there from this road. The young man in blue said.

Murong Yanyun said secretly, "Even if it is difficult to climb to the sky, I have to go up the mountain today." Thinking about a person, he walked straight to the back mountain.

A meandering stream flowed around the mountainside to the foot of the back mountain, the stream was gurgling and crystal clear, Murong Yanyun suddenly felt that the anxiety and fatigue of many days had been relieved, and his steps were more relaxed.

After walking for a while, I suddenly heard the sound of water in front of me very loud, gushing endlessly, like thunder. Murong Yanyun thought to herself, "The sound of water here is so loud, there must be a waterfall ahead, I am tired and thirsty from rushing for days, it is better to go to the waterfall to drink saliva and rest." ”

After walking for a while, I saw that there was an open space in front of me, and the waterfall flew down from the top of the mountain, which was magnificent, extremely grandiose, and the waterfall flowed into the pool, stirring up bursts of mist. The only path leading to the mountain by the waterhole was an old man in red, who was looking at the ground with interest, as if there was something interesting on the ground.

"Uncle, what are you looking at?" Murong Yanyun asked curiously.

"You see that this fish is so comfortable in the water, and when it reaches the shore, it will be eaten by ants, isn't it just the right response to 'swinging and losing water, and the ants are proud'?" The old man said with a smile.

Murong Yanyun walked over and looked at the ground, and saw that there was indeed a big fish on the ground, the fish had dried up, and it was being eaten by many ants.

He said in his heart, "This old man's quote from the Legalist is so natural, he must not be a mortal, I am afraid that he is deliberately here to block my way." ”

Just as he was thinking about it, the old man opened his mouth, "Little brother, how are you talking about the Fa family compared to the three families of Confucianism, Taoism and Mo, is it more reasonable, can it be called the first in the world?" If you can tell me what are the shortcomings of my Legalist, I will let you pass, if it is nonsense, and you will be punished according to the rules of the cabinet! ”

Murong Yanyun smiled and said: "The Legalist family deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors, and harmed the same family, I really dare not agree!" ”

The old man said angrily: "How did our Legalist family deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors and kill the same family, you are nonsense!" ”

Murong Yanyun said calmly: "May I ask the old man, is Li Si from your law family?" ”

The old man nodded; "Li Si is of course a great figure in my Legalist, without him, how could the First Emperor unify the six kingdoms and dominate the world?"

Murong Yanyun said without thinking: "He studied under Xunzi, and there is also Han Feizi in the same door,

But isn't Li Si's burning of books and poisoning Han Fei to deceive teachers and destroy ancestors and harm fellow disciples? ”

"This ......," the old man did not know how to refute for a moment.

Murong Yanyun hugged his fists and said: "Uncle, I just said it one-sidedly, your Legalists are fair and severe, not afraid of power, flexible and laxative, and there is also something I admire." ”

The old man nodded with a smile and said, "Little brother, I can't refute you, uncle, you do have some knowledge, go over." As he spoke, he made way for Murong Yanyun.

Murong Yanyun wanted to rest, but he passed the level so easily, his mind was lifted, and his fatigue disappeared a lot, he walked through the path and continued to move forward.

The ancient pines in front are towering to the sky, lush and green, the strange rocks are craggy, and the ancient vines are entangled, which is very magnificent.

Murong Yanyun was enjoying the scenery while walking along the mountain path. After walking for seven or eight miles, I vaguely saw a mountain clearing in front of me, but at this time, a wave of tiredness hit, so I wanted to rest in that clearing.

Closer to the clearing, Murong Yanyun heard a loud sound of reading, "King Qi Xuan asked, 'Can you smell the matter of Qi Huan and Jin Wen?' Mencius said to him, "The disciples of Zhongni, those who have no Taoism and literature, will not be passed on to future generations." If there is no way, then the king? ’”

Murong Yanyun thought to herself, "This person is reading Mencius, and this place should be Confucianism." ”

Soon, Murong Yanyun arrived in front of the clearing, and he saw a stone table in the clearing, with a purple clay pot on the table, and two stone benches on the table. On a stone bench sat a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a scribe's gray robe, holding a book in one hand and a teacup in the other, smiling and very elegant.

"This young man, you're tired, come and rest for a while and talk to me." The gray-robed scribe stood up and said with a smile, he stood up as a courtesy, but in fact he blocked Murong Yanyun's way to pass.

Murong Yanyun had no choice but to arch his hand and say, "This uncle, I just want to take a break, so let's talk about it together." As he spoke, he sat down on another stone bench.

The gray-robed scribe also sat down and said, "Have you read my Confucian classics, what are your opinions, please advise Shaoxia!" ”

Murong Yanyun thought for a moment and said: "I don't dare to advise, but I think that Mencius, the representative of Confucianism, is really a contradictory person. ”

The gray-robed scribe asked, "I don't know what the young man means by this?" ”

Murong Yanyun said: "Mencius objected to Mozi's idea of love, saying that fatherlessness and childlessness are the work of beasts, but he himself mentioned 'the old and the old, the young and the young', this kind of remark is really interesting. ”

"You can know my Confucian righteousness at such a young age, and you dare to speak wildly here!" The gray-robed scribe said angrily.

Murong Yanyun saw that the expression on the face of the gray-robed scribe did not mean to let him pass, and said, "Mencius said that there was once a beggar who married two wives, and said that there was a foreigner who stole a neighbor's chicken for three years in a row, would anyone believe such words?" ”

The gray-robed scribe laughed and said: "Shaoxia, what you said is very true, I have read "Mencius" for so many years and have not found this problem, and listening to your words today has made me discover new knowledge. ”

Murong Yanyun said again: "However, Confucianism emphasizes benevolence, rationality, and attaches importance to self-reflection, and it is also very respectful below!" ”

The gray-robed scribe said: "Young man, you are really knowledgeable, please come over when you are rested." ”

Murong Yanyun arched his hand, "Uncle, meet again if you have a fate." So saying, he got up and walked forward.

After passing the level of the gray-robed scribe, the front gradually changed from magnificent to beautiful. Gone of the rocks and pines, the slopes have been softened, replaced by lower trees, grasses, and wildflowers, but they are scattered to give a sense of natural growth and as if they have been groomed.

Murong Yanyun was far away and saw another open space in front of him, there was a stone table in the clearing, and a wooden chessboard was placed on the table, and a young man in white was playing against himself, quite concentrated.

"This brother is invited." Murong Yanyun came to the white-clothed young man's side for a long time.

The young man in white was still staring at the game of chess in front of him, and he didn't seem to notice that Murong Yanyun was calling him at all. The young man held a white child in his hand, and muttered in his mouth: "Use weakness as a weakness, and use it endlessly, hmm...... When it falls here? ”

Murong Yanyun shouted a few more times, but seeing that this young man was only concerned about playing chess, and didn't put himself in his eyes, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, held a white piece, snapped it, and played it in the mouth of the black chess tiger.

At this time, the young man in white came back to his senses and said a little angrily: "What are you going to do, why are you messing with my chess?" ”

Murong Yanyun smiled and said: "Didn't you Taoists say, 'The husband is the only one who can't fight, so the world can't fight with it', if you play in the mouth of the black chess tiger, let the other party kill you a piece of chess, this is indisputable, in this way, am I making a mistake?" ”

The young man in white said: "Our Taoists only say that we don't fight, don't we need to make a good move?" ”

"There is no chess, but people do." Murong Yanyun said slowly: "Isn't it your Taoist famous saying that 'if you don't go to the virtuous, make the people not fight', wouldn't it be a virtuous person if you use high moves to play chess?" ”

"You...... You are talking nonsense......" The young man in white wanted to fight back, but he didn't know how to refute for a while, so he had to say hatefully: "You go down the mountain quickly, don't bother me here!" ”

Murong Yanyun said with a smile: "Don't be angry with this brother, your Taoist family's quiet inaction and overcoming rigidity with softness are also the great avenues of the world, why should you be angry because of my nonsense." ”

The young man in white listened to Murong Yanyun's words, and his anger calmed down a lot, "This brother is also a talent, let's go, and we will learn from each other later." ”

Murong Yanyun Dao; "Okay, goodbye." Saying that, he moved on.

After walking for more than ten miles, he was almost at the top of the mountain, Murong Yanyun thought to himself, "This Shuiyun Pavilion is not as difficult to break into as the legend, is it just like that, it seems that you will be able to see the young pavilion master soon, and there will be news of the old man soon." ”

He was thinking about it when he suddenly saw something flying from a forest not far ahead, and this thing flew very fast, and it instantly arrived in front of Murong Yanyun's eyes. Murong Yanyun stretched out his hand to catch this thing, only to see that it was a wooden bird, which was carved lifelike, Murong Yanyun couldn't help but be curious: "This is the Mo family's thing, I have seen the record of this wooden bird in the books I have read before, and today I have seen it true." ”

When Murong Yanyun was feeling interesting, a five or six-year-old boy in black ran over, "Brother, what are you doing with my wooden bird, give it back to me!" ”

"Haha, little brother, are you here to guard the customs too?" Murong Yanyun asked with a smile when she saw that this child was very cute.

The black-clothed child said: "If my brother returns the wooden bird to me, I will let you go, if you don't return it to me, hehe, you can try my Mo family's big array." ”

Murong Yanyun returned the wooden bird to the black-clothed child and said, "Little brother, give it back to you." ”

The child in black said, "Thank you, brother, come with me." ”

The two walked forward for a while, and when they reached the top of the mountain, Murong Yanyun saw that the top of the mountain was very open, and the scenery was thousands of times more beautiful than the mountains, especially the sea of clouds on the edge of the cliff, when there was no wind, it was like a jade belt tied to the mountains, and when the wind was blowing, it was like the rolling waves of the sea, sometimes calm and beautiful, sometimes angry, and it was 30,000 feet long, which seemed to be the Milky Way descending to the world.

Murong Yanyun was in a good mood, and at this time, the black-clothed child walked for a long time to the front of a formation, which blocked the way of the two. Murong Yanyun looked over and saw that this array was composed of hundreds of wooden piles several people high, divided into three circles, the innermost circle had nine wooden piles, the second circle had forty-five, and the outermost one had eighty-one, and the distance between each wooden stake was only enough for one person to barely pass.

"Brother, go in." The kid in black laughed.

"Thank you, little brother, I'll see you later to buy you candy." Murong Yanyun said and touched the head of the child in black.

Murong Yanyun walked towards the big array as he spoke, he thought to himself, "This fourth level is just like a fictitious one!" ”

Murong Yanyun happily walked through the three circles of wooden stakes, and was about to move forward again, but the wooden stakes suddenly turned extremely fast, trapping him in the middle of the big array.

"Brother, what's the matter with you?" Murong Yanyun turned around and asked the black-clothed child suspiciously.

The black-clothed child smiled, "Brother, you are so stupid, this wooden bird is the general organ of the big array, and only by using it can I open the big array, and my brother gave it back to me himself!" ”

Murong Yanyun was a little angry and said, "Brother, didn't you say that you can let me go over if you return your wooden bird, how can you go back on your word?" ”

"Brother, I mean if you give me back the wooden bird, I'll let you go through the first three laps, aren't you over now?" The kid in black explained proudly.

Murong Yanyun was angry, and thought, "I was angry with others in the previous three levels, but I didn't expect this last level to be calculated by a child." He thought about lifting the Ling Jue Divine Palm and hitting the stake like collecting firewood on Taoyuan Slope.

I saw that his right palm hit a wooden stake very quickly, and the wooden stake fell in response. Murong Yanyun thought to herself, "What's so difficult to break this formation, just knock down three wooden stakes." He was about to walk past the fallen stake, but in an instant the stake was up again.

At this time, Murong Yanyun was shocked in his heart, and said secretly, "It is worthy of the Mo family, the technique of the mechanism is really extraordinary, but I underestimate the subtlety of this array." ”

He thought about striking out with both palms to make a way, but each time he knocked down a stake, the stake quickly returned to its original shape. Murong Yanyun wanted to use Buyue Lingxing to fly over the stake again, but he was busy for an hour and had no hope.

"This formation is not broken by brute force, there must be a trick." Murong Yanyun thought in his heart, and the person stood in the formation and observed carefully.

Fortunately, Murong Yanyun and the old man had practiced the method of argumentation, and he saw the wooden stakes in the circle in front of him, and the strength of the eight wooden stakes was transmitted by one wooden stake. He suddenly realized in an instant, and said secretly, "I have broken such a simple formation for so long, this is just that there is a main pile in each circle to control the operation of other wooden stakes, as long as this stake is destroyed, this circle of formation can be broken." ”

Murong Yanyun used all his strength, and struck the main pile with one palm, his palm power broke through the air, faintly carrying the sound of wind and thunder, and the momentum was very strong. He slammed his palm on the main pile, which this time did not fall to the ground as before, but broke from it. As soon as the main pile broke, all nine wooden piles stopped. Murong Yanyun broke the other two circles of wooden stakes according to the law and walked out of the big array.

Out of the battle, Murong Yanyun breathed a long sigh of relief, "Now that the four levels have been passed, we can finally meet the young pavilion master!" ”