This is not the first time Guo Dalu has come to Xingtan Back Mountain, in fact, he has been here for many years when he experienced the Confucian dream world.

But when he stood in that vast valley and looked at the majestic green mountains, he knew that dream and reality were not the same place.

"This is the Book Mountain, the Book Mountain of 'Book Mountain has a road and diligence as a path'. ”

Xingtan's second senior brother Xun Anxiu was in a happy mood, pointed to the big green mountain and introduced, "In the future, you will have to practice here with other senior brothers and sisters......

Guo Dalu said: "I will only stay in the back mountain for a year, and ...... It's a one-year retreat. ”

Xun Anxiu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't react much, and asked, "What about a year later?"

Guo Dalu turned to look at the misty Book Mountain, and said, "In a year, I will be promoted to the Great Grandmaster, and then I will go to participate in the Xuanhu Debate, and after I have won the title of the first in the Debate, I will go to the Xuanhuang for a walk, and when the Xuanhuang is finished, I will go to the Holy Ruins." ”

Guo Dalu's words were so informative that Xun Anxiu didn't know which sentence to respond to first, and thought for a while, but finally grasped the topic of Xuanhu's discussion of Taoism, and said earnestly: "Little junior brother, you must know that although we don't know the mountain behind Xingtan' 'Modesty' is famous all over the world, and he is even keen on cross-border promotion to deter the Xuanjie, but as a descendant of Confucianism, there is a golden mean, sometimes you can't say too much, such as this Xuanhu Dao, you can't say it so straightforwardly and naturally, as if the first thing in the Dao is already in your pocket, which is not good. ”

Guo Dalu said: "If I say that with my strength, I am not qualified to be the first at all, but when the time comes, I will win the first place, wouldn't it be even more slap in the face?"

Xun Anxiu was born with different pupils and wisdom, so he naturally understood the meaning of Guo Dalu's words, just like a cultivation genius who said that he was stupid everywhere, so how could other cultivators be embarrassed?

Seeing that Xun Anxiu didn't know how to deal with it for a while, Guo Dalu had no choice but to spread his hands and explain honestly: "I said this for self-encouragement. ”

"Self-encouragement, why?" Xun Anxiu really wanted to know more about this future junior brother.

"The so-called there are people outside the world, there are heavens outside the sky, only by constantly hinting at myself and encouraging myself will I not be hit by those real demonic geniuses to the Dao heart, so that I will not lose my confidence in cultivation, and I can be strong and brave to devote myself to cultivation every day, otherwise I will feel that I am a waste material, a salted fish, ......."

"Do you still have this kind of trouble?" Xun Anxiu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that the other party said sincerely, not as if it was a fake, "Among the younger generation of cultivators I have seen, it seems that only the short-lived little junior uncle of the Northern Netherworld Sect has the same talent as you, even our senior brother is slightly inferior to you, who can hit your Dao heart?"

Guo Dalu shook his head, and said with emotion: "Yes, and it is more than a little bit higher, compared to him, my talent is like a joke......"

Speaking of this, Guo Dalu laughed at himself sincerely, "So my immodesty is actually another kind of modesty." ”

Xun Anxiu pondered for a long time, and then agreed with his chin: "Reasonable, it seems that I practiced back then, thinking that my talent was invincible among my peers, until I met Senior Brother later, he entered the Triple True Realm later than me, but his one-day manifestation of the Great Grandmaster's rebellion left me far behind. ”

That's exactly what it means. Guo Dalu agreed.

The atmosphere fell into a thoughtful silence, and the mountain breeze blew slowly, stirring their robes.

Xun Anxiu faintly believes that with the potential of him and his future junior disciples, the future is limitless, and if the two of them become bigwigs in the cultivation world in time, then today's conversation will definitely be recorded in the history of cultivation and will be talked about by future generations.

At this moment, Guo Dalu spoke: "Okay, the awkward chat is over, let's show the sword." ”

Xun Anxiu: "......" The annals must not add this sentence!

Xun Anxiu glanced at the bamboo knife on Guo Dalu's waist, his heavy pupils flickered, and said, "Your sword technique is derived from sword technique?"

Guo Dalu was stunned, nodded, and said in his heart: "Chongtong really has some doorways." ”

Xun Anxiu was very satisfied, "It's so better, let's use sword for sword." ”

"Good. Guo Dalu agreed, since the other party saw through the swordsmanship, he naturally wanted to show respect and use the sword.

Xun Anxiu smiled, strode towards the book mountain, and said loudly as he walked: "My sword is called 'Fang Yuan', which has two meanings, one is 'no rules are not a square circle', and the other is 'the heaven and the earth are round'. ”

Guo Dalu patted the bamboo knife: "Yongmangosteen." ”

Xun Anxiu: "Great goodness." ”

The two of them entered the deep mountains in a blink of an eye, and came to a clear water lake, the lake was full of wild grass, and surrounded the lake, it was half a person high, and the cold was not dry, swinging back and forth with the wind, full of vitality.

The two stood still.

"Whatever you want, please draw your sword. Xun Anxiu stretched out his hand.

Guo Dalu did not push, his right foot moved a step horizontally, and a new wind rose with his footsteps, contrary to the mountain wind, blowing the weeds staggering.

The bamboo knife turned into a sword, out of the weeds, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at Mr. Xingtan Er.

Xun Anxiu's footsteps did not move, his body was slightly sideways, and then he heard a trembling sound of "buzz", and a broad sword full of ancient meaning lay across Xun Anxiu's chest.

The weeds on the shore of the lake bowed their heads to the broadsword in unison as a sign of submission.

Guo Dalu said with a smile: "The grass and trees are not human, and they are also sophisticated. ”

After that, Guo Dalu's wrist flipped, and the bamboo knife fell diagonally, and suddenly slashed out.

The first move is just a volley of the sword, not a real fight.

With a "whew", the sharp sword wind swept by, and the weeds began to be forced to sway.

But Xun Anxiu's broadsword "Fang Yuan" has already become a straight up and straight down, waiting there.

The weeds then stood solemnly and stood still, proudly facing Guo Dalu's bamboo knife.

Guo Dalu changed the horizontal cut to the upper teasing, which is still a trial move.

Xun Anxiu was square, opened and closed, one step ahead, and cut off Guo Dalu's sword momentum.

Guo Dalu changed dozens of moves in a row, but Xun Anxiu saw through the sky in advance and made a preemptive strike.

"Is this the double pupil?" asked Guo Dalu, putting away the bamboo knife.

"That's right, this is the heavy pupil, in my eyes, all exercises and Taoism have nowhere to hide, if you want to make a move, I will know where you are going, you want to change your moves, I know the trend of your moves, in addition, once we officially do it, all the flaws and loopholes around you are in my eyes. Therefore, although you can take the sword for the fairy, although you can step on the apricot altar in one step, but you can't get a bargain in my hands, maybe you can retreat for a year and then come out, and really promote to the great master, there is still a fifty percent chance. ”

Xun Anxiu was blunt.

Guo Dalu smiled softly and was noncommittal.

Xun Anxiu suddenly became vigilant.

"Mr. Two, look at the sword!"

Guo Dalu snorted lightly, and the bamboo knife shot again with a sword momentum, this time it was no longer a temptation, but a real shot.

The cyan bamboo knife was raised from Guo Dalu's side and flew towards Xun Anxiu, followed by the fierce sword intent, which was the first move that had just been tested.

The weeds on the shore of the lake didn't know where to go for a while.

Xun Anxiu's face was serious, he didn't look at the bamboo knife, he didn't look at the weeds, he just stared at Guo Dalu, and then raised his hand to level the sword and block all the enemies.

The bamboo knife paused slightly, cut horizontally, and it was the second sword just now.

Xun Anxiu didn't understand a little, but he seemed to understand something.

What he didn't understand was why these sword moves had obviously been seen through and cracked by himself, and the junior brother still insisted on using them in the future?

What he understands is that the future junior brother is also an extremely proud person, and he just wants to defeat himself with sword moves that he has seen through.

After the first round of repeated dozens of sword slashes, there were no accidents, and they were cracked one by one.

Then there was the second round without any stops, and the sword moves were still repeated, only at twice the speed.

Xun Anxiu still saw the opponent's intentions, and took it as usual.

And then the third round.

Fourth round.

Fifth round.

......

The bamboo knife is getting faster and faster, the momentum is getting more and more fierce, and there is a tendency to connect into a line.

The two sword intents on the lakeside clashed, like a violent wind colliding and lightning rushing.

Xun Anxiu suddenly found that he might have dug a pit for himself, but now he is trapped in the realm of riding a tiger, and there is no way to retreat.

The sword intent becomes the wind, and the wind spreads into the clouds.

As the realm of the two of them and the sword momentum continued to rise, two powerful and incomparable storm auras gradually formed around the two of them, and the repeated sword moves had become the energy source for stirring the storm at this time.

The usual demolition tricks actually burst out with such terrifying energy, which was a result that Xun Anxiu's heavy pupils didn't see, and this may also be a result that Guo Dalu wanted him to see.

It's not a big deal to see through, it's great to be able to catch it if you see it through.

"Second Senior Brother, this is a typical cocoon and self-restraint, ......"

Two miles away from Bishui Lake, there was a young man in black squatting on a huge rock in the middle of the mountain, it was Mr. Xingtan Thirteen who secretly came to watch the battle, Mr. Thirteen saw the second senior brother watching the future junior brother lock himself step by step with a sword momentum, and couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, the lakeside regenerated a mutation, and I saw that the bamboo knife boy suddenly reached out to withdraw the bamboo knife, and with the sword intent in the sky, he slashed at the second senior brother.

There are comings and goings.

No moves, no style.

Mr. Thirteen suddenly understood what was coming, and his face changed greatly.

Xun Anxiu, who was in the game, felt even deeper, and his sword walked in a circle, and he said loudly: "Understood!"

Guo Dalu's wave of fierce and vicious combos just now was not to trap Xun Anxiu, but to help him climb to the peak of his sword intent.

Guo Dalu wants to fight with Mr. Xingtan Er when he is in the best condition, not for victory or defeat, but for the sake of condensing his fighting spirit, so as to be worthy of the name of his last battle before retreat.

Therefore, it was just a warm-up, and the real competition has only officially begun.

......

......

Book the peak of the mountain, the master of the platform.

Mr. Xingtan Wen Shaogu held a book in his hand, with his back behind him, and was looking up to the heavens and the earth, watching the clouds and mist in the mountains to realize the Tao. Suddenly, the thunder in his ears was faint, and his heart moved, and he suddenly turned around and looked at the blue water lake valley.

I saw two clouds over the lake valley, which were churning and surging.

The thunder was the result of two clouds colliding.

Buzz –

A sword roar like a yellow bell broke through the clouds.

Wen Shaogu recognized that it was the Fang Yuan Sword of the second junior brother.

Immediately after, a trace of ethereal green intent swept through the clouds, entangled and fought with Fang Yuan's sword sound.

"Mo Jiajian?" Wen Shaogu was stunned in his heart, then shook his head, smiled helplessly, and thought that the second junior brother was really messing around, and on the big day of climbing the apricot altar today, he still had to do it with others.

Wen Shaogu was about to retract his gaze and look towards the apricot altar, when he suddenly heard a loud bang from the valley, and a column of water rose from the center of the lake.

The wind cleared, and the thunder disappeared.

"Of course, the heavy pupil can see through the enemy's moves, but it also has a side effect, that is, sometimes you will watch yourself being beaten and too late to block it......"

A young man's laughter came from the lakeside, and the tone was somewhat familiar.

"May I ask Second Senior Brother, on which mountain is the dojo where I am retreating?"

"In addition, I would like to ask the second senior brother, was the senior brother arrested by the master and never saw him?"

Wen Shaogu felt more and more familiar that this tone was familiar, like a dream, as if someone in his memory had said that this was a bad joke?

......

In the evening, the apricot altar has ended, and the second of the four peerless sects has climbed the apricot altar in clothes and got the only remaining place to enter the back mountain.

Feng Yishang objected to his second place, saying that no one came up before him, but Mr. Thirteen sent her away with a word: "The first place has already finished a warm-up before you ascend the apricot altar, and by the way you have lunch and taken a bath." ”

Feng Yishang didn't dare to talk back to the thirteenth senior brother, but in his heart he was not convinced, secretly thinking that the first place must be determined through the back door, and when he turned around, he must be taught and tried his quality.

In addition to Feng Yishang, Xingtan also accepted a candidate named Li Yixian unusually, not as an official member of the back mountain, but as an alternate student.

Some people were puzzled and asked why Li Yixian was accepted as an alternate student?

Mr. Thirteen still replied with one sentence: "Because the first person who climbed the apricot altar this time personally interceded for this person and went through the back door, and the apricot altar agreed." ”

Xingtan recruits talents from all over the world, has always been fair and just, and Tong Su is not bullied, even if he goes through the back door, he is so high-sounding and justifiable.

"If someone is not convinced, go to the first person to intercede with you. ”

The apricot altar was successfully concluded.

Guo Dalu's one-year retreat in Houshan has officially begun.