Beginning of winter.

It is one of the 24 solar terms on the land of China. Winter, the end, all things are collected.

This means that after this day, the vitality begins to be closed, everything begins to enter a state of recuperation and collection, and the climate slowly changes from the rainy and dry autumn to the rainy and cold winter climate.

From this day on, the weather gradually became colder......

Today, the sky here in Hangzhou is very gloomy, and the first goose feather snow after the beginning of winter finally fell on time.

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As the snowflakes fell, it was just one night, and the lakes and mountains here in Slender West Lake became white and vast, and it seemed to be a little different from the beautiful scene like a small jasper in the past.

Swish!

Whew!

However, at this time on the edge of the West Lake, the sound of air sliding through the air was clearly spreading on the surface of the lake and among the forests.

That's right, this is Li Bai practicing swords!

Obviously, no matter how the weather changed, it was easy to stop his supreme enthusiasm for running to the lake on time every morning to practice swordsmanship, especially after he tasted the transcendent superiority over others in terms of power brought to him by swordsmanship, he couldn't stop it even more.

He has long been deeply aware that in this unreasonable and mythical world, power, law, and money cannot bring him much security, and only the sword in his hand and the power he can control can allow him to move freely and survive comfortably in this world.

Other than that, there is no other way!

Therefore, even if it was cold today, even if the snow was still falling in the sky, he had no intention of relaxing or giving himself a little vacation so that he could lie in the warm bed for an hour or two more.

He had to do it.

He could only continue to grit his teeth and grope his way forward in the dark, not daring to stop, let alone falling, because he knew that in this world he was a lonely man, alone, he had no support behind him, and the only thing he could rely on was himself.

“......”

Swish!

In this way, on the grass on the shore of the West Lake, where there was light snow and the ground had accumulated white and gray, in the cold wind and bone-chilling ice and snow, Li Bai was so forgetful and wantonly wielding the long sword in his hand, letting the long sword in his hand dance with the snowflakes.

At the same time, he did not forget to exercise his hands, eyes, and heart, so that they danced up and down with the brilliant sword light, chasing the invisible sword light and swaying, and from time to time, under the control of his mind, let the sword light neatly cut the surrounding pieces of snowflakes falling with the wind into unbiased symmetrical halves with the trend of the sword technique.

It's a pity that those snowflakes that fall down with the wind are still too small after all, and they are difficult to identify with the naked eye, not to mention that there is no one here, even if someone here is staring at Li Bai, they must not be able to easily see the subtlety of his swordsmanship.

Swish! Swish!

“……”

In that dazzling sword light, Li Bai, who was agile and agile in his sword posture and fluctuated and fluctuated, while practicing his sword, his thoughts gradually diverged, and he had begun to immerse himself in it, so that he was distracted, so unconsciously remembered something else.

3 days ago......

The few rat demons in the city who had been entrenched in the government prison and wreaked havoc, they had been successfully eliminated by Li Bai with a sword!

Those things that rely on drinking human blood and eating human flesh to cultivate into essence, there is nothing difficult for Li Bai to deal with, although the other party's speed is indeed very fast, the size and strength are also very large, the defense is also very high, and the teeth are still very sharp and terrifying, but for him, none of them are a big problem.

Because, so far, he has never found anyone who can resist his invisible sword!

As long as he slashes away with a sword, no matter how high the enemy's defense is, no matter how thick the leather armor is, it will crack under his sword, no one is his Li Bai's opponent, whether it is the mountain god, the heavenly soldiers, the water monster or those rat demons, the result is the same!

Except, of course, a certain leprechaun......

After all, the female goblin surnamed Bai doesn't talk about martial arts, the other party not only has good swordsmanship, but can fight against herself dozens of times without falling behind, and she also runs fast and can fly, and what's even more terrifying is that the other party will also put that kind of fire spell without martial virtue - Samadhi True Fire!

As soon as he thought of the kind of thing that can't be extinguished no matter how he fights, no matter how he runs, it's like a dog skin plaster, and it will be bad luck if he touches it, just like a drone that can explode and can carry out long-distance remote command flights and follow and kill targets, he only feels that his scalp is numb for a while, and he has not been able to find an effective way to restrain it so far.

Of course, for the female goblin who doesn't speak of martial virtues, Li Baicai disdains to have the same knowledge or two kinds of knowledge as her, he has already made up his mind to not violate the river water with the other party's well water, so that he will not easily clash with the other party again.

Anyway, it's going to be a good day right now.

The problem of human life in Hangzhou City has been perfectly solved by him Li Bai, and the corpses of the four rat demons have also been hung on the door in front of the cell by the elated Dou County Order and the county lieutenant and others to show the public and appease people, and the cell has also been cleaned again, and the rat demon cave that has not been found any movement after two days of observation has been blocked with lime and pebbles, so that the cell can finally be reopened, and some unlucky prisoners are imprisoned in it.

At the same time, as the savior who was invited to subdue the demons, Li Bai of course also received the remuneration of Dou Xianling and others, and the other party was very knowledgeable about the current affairs yesterday and specially asked people to carry those thank-you gifts to his house with a few large boxes and give them to him, in addition to rice, flour, meat and other things, there was also a heavy amount of money, which was full of fifty times!

The practice of this world is like this, giving gifts is to give money and food, so after Li Bai pretended to refuse two or three times against his will, he was not too embarrassed to refuse the kindness of others, and accepted it generously.

No matter how you say it, it is a legitimate income from his labor, and it is a matter of course to accept them, and no one can say anything about him!

So, after that windfall, his idea of building a bamboo building on the land was finally implemented, and the repair of the house was also put on the agenda, and the craftsmen and others were also found by him, and in just one to two months, he may not need to live in those dilapidated and low mud houses anymore.

Of course, those are trivial matters and are not for outsiders.

Now that winter has arrived, after the demon subduing comes back, Li Bai, who is idle, of course, has started his daily routine again.

In fact, he has always been so idle, every day is like now, come to the lake to practice swords or practice calligraphy at home or something, although he has always thought that he is a genius, but no matter what, the sweat still has to pay a little more, and he has not dared to forget the ruthless fact that he himself is still remembered by some people or some gods, so he can't relax easily.

If you slack off, you will die.

And that is not someone else's life, it is his own life, it is his own life, it is much more precious, and it must not be thrown away casually.

Swish!

Swish! Swish!

While thinking wildly, the thunderous sword momentum still danced in this inaccessible place by the West Lake.

Soon, the surrounding snowflakes roared and twisted like a god flying on a dragon, and from a distance, it looked as if he was fighting a huge python or beast, and it looked terrifying!

It's a pity that there is no one else here, so basically no one can be shocked.

Swish!

Buzz~!

“……”

With the sound of the long sword, gradually, Li Bai's sword momentum came to an end.

Rumble!!

In the end, with all his strength, he stabbed towards the forest in the distance, which had gradually accumulated a layer of snow, and in the distance, those trees that had accumulated a layer of snow were shaken and moaned by the sword qi he deliberately dispersed, and shook off a lot of snowflakes, causing them to fall like that.

At the same time, the tumbling and twisting 'Snow Splashes' and 'Beasts' around him that were swept by his sword qi finally broke in response, and the ensuing qi wave also instantly shook the snowflakes within a few feet around him, leaving only Li Bai's posture shadow that was slowly retracting his long sword.

'Good! ’

'Good swordsmanship!!' ’

At this time, just as Li Bai was carefully comprehending today's gains and preparing to accept it...... Suddenly, there was a cheer on the lake in the distance, which made him stunned when he had been immersed in sword moves and thinking since just now.

“……”

Cha!!

Li Bai didn't speak, but directly accepted and sheathed his iron sword, which was not very good but was used to, then held the scabbard in his left hand and his right hand behind him, turned around and looked at the surface of the West Lake where the sound came from in the face of the wind and snow falling again.

Soon, he saw that on the misty lake in the distance, a small boat was slowly drifting, and a thin old man on it was slowly floating towards him in a small boat that was often seen on the lake for fishing or lotus picking.

"This little Langjun is really good swordsmanship!"

After the boat staggered to a stop not far from the shore of the lake, the old man with a hat did not come down, just bowed his hand to Li Bai in the rickety boat and exclaimed.

"My husband has a good reputation!"

Of course, his swordsmanship is excellent, and he doesn't need the other party to praise Li Bai to know this.

"Just ......"

"On this snowy day, I don't know why my husband still came out, in this kind of weather, is it possible that you can still catch fish in this lake?"

But since the other party praised him loudly, as the so-called opening his mouth does not hit the smiling person, Li Bai also smiled faintly and returned to the other party, and asked a little puzzled.

Having lived on the edge of the West Lake for so long, he knew that in such a cold and snowy day, the fish generally sank to the warmer bottom of the lake and hibernated, but this old fisherman still came out in a boat, so whether the other party used fishing or casting nets, it was impossible for him to gain anything, unless he found the fish nest like he did before, and then a burst of sword qi went down and bombarded indiscriminately?

Otherwise, you really have to wait for the weather to clear up and warm up, and wait for the fish to float before making another plan.

Of course, you can also wait for the weather to get colder, wait for the middle of winter, wait for the lack of oxygen in the frozen water of the West Lake, and then use an axe and iron drill to dig an ice hole out of the lake, and then it will be easier to fish or plug in the fish, but at that time, the frozen lake will be stronger than steel, and it is not easy to make the ice hole.

"Fishing?"

"No, no, no, I'm not fishing, old man, I'm just going out for a casual stroll today, and by the way, I'm just going to see Xiao Langjun practicing swords."

The old man smiled, and by the way, he took off his hat, so that Li Bai could see his red cheeks.

Although he was very thin, he looked very energetic, and his skin was very shiny, as if he was not like the thin and poor old fishermen who usually went boating and fishing on the West Lake.

"Watch me practice swords?"

Li Bai was a little puzzled.

"It's just...... This old man, do you also know swordsmanship? ”

Glancing at the other party's body, Li Bai felt a little strange in his heart.

Because he found that the other party's clothes were even thinner than him?

He Li Bai is a young man, strong and strong, and he has been practicing swords with all his strength just now, so he doesn't feel cold, and it is enough to wear a single coat and a fur vest. But the other party came from the lake by boat, and the cold wind blew for so long and he wore so little, and he was afraid that he would have been frozen or frozen to death a long time ago, right?

Therefore, looking at the other party's thin body and the very disproportionately red cheeks, Li Bai, who felt that he might have met someone who had attained the Tao, asked with some hesitation and vigilance.

"Ahh

"I don't know much swordsmanship, but I've been watching you for many days, and if I see more, I'll naturally understand a little bit."

“！！”

"Very, many days?"

"Hmm......"

"It's been quite a few days!"

“！？”

"Quite a few days?"

"I want to come ......"

"It should have been about ten days and half a month, right?"

“？？”

"Ten, ten days and half a month?"

Li Bai was a little surprised.

He felt that he himself should not be reduced to the level of being spied on every day when he practiced his sword and was spied on without knowing it, just like that female goblin, recently, he could vaguely feel it every time the other party came, but this old man, he was very sure, until just now, he really didn't notice the existence of the other party!

In the past, if there were boats on the lake approaching, he would have noticed. And in the past, he deliberately came here early in the morning to practice, and then went back after dawn, when the fishermen who were begging for a living on the lake had just come out of the boat, where would they come to his side so quickly?

It's today, because of the snow, he practiced for a while and became a little more devoted, but who would have thought that he would be watched for so long without knowing it?

"Sorry......"

"Li Bai doesn't seem to have noticed his father-in-law, I don't know if you are ......"

Therefore, Li Bai, who was inexplicably surprised, arched his hand towards the other party again, saluted the other party again and asked hesitantly.

"Hmm!"

"Well, it doesn't hurt to talk to you!"

"It's not a secret, the old man is the lord of this West Lake, the god of water at the bottom of the lake!"

“！！”

"W-What?!"

Qiang!!

Hearing what the other party said, Li Bai's eyes suddenly flashed, and then without thinking about it, the long sword that had been unsheathed was unsheathed again, and then the sword qi on the blade began to stir, and he was ready to rush up and fight with the other party without saying a word.

"Humph!"

"It turned out to be you, and you finally couldn't help but come to the door?!"

Li Bai really never expected that the other party would be the West Lake Water Jun!

It's no wonder, no wonder he is deaf and sharp-eyed and has sensitive facial features, he always smelled a strong fishy smell faintly coming from the other party's body just now, and originally looked at the other party's dress and thought it was because the other party was an old fisherman, and it was normal to have that kind of smell on his body, so he didn't think much about it, but what did he think, the other party turned out to be a monster?

Of course, he doesn't care if the water god of West Lake is a monster or not, anyway, in his opinion, the other party is a monster, especially when he Li Bai has no good impression of the water god and mountain god at all, he said that the other party is a monster, that is, a monster, isn't it!