It's cold on Huangquan Road, I don't want to take you.

On the way back to the cave mansion, the words of the Great Elder kept echoing in Li Qingshui's mind, very moved, but a little overwhelmed.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve both, fish and bear's paws, and you can't have both.

Go, don't go?

Now it has become a problem, and Li Qingshui has a difficult choice.

Blue sky, white clouds, breeze, warm sun;

Heaven and earth are so beautiful, but why am I so troubled?

Shaking his head, Li Qingshui no longer dwelled on these meaningless questions and returned to his residence.

"Qing Shui, something is wrong!"

As soon as he arrived at the cave, Wang Xiaogui greeted him in a hurry, and Yang Xing and Long Zai were also there.

"Tang Mintao is dead!!" Wang Xiaogui shouted.

"Oh. Li Qingshui was stunned at first, he thought something really happened, "He should die." ”

"Why are you so calm? like you already knew. ”

"Could it be...... Tang Mintao was really killed by you?" Wang Xiaogui stepped forward and shouted strangely.

"If you really think I have what it takes to kill him, then ...... I don't deny it. Li Qingshui looked indifferent.

Wang Xiaogui was speechless.

"The crux of the matter now is not who killed Tang Mintao, but where he died. Yang Xing stepped forward and frowned.

"What happened to the place where he died?" Li Qingshui wondered, he remembered that there was nothing special there, could it be that he accidentally violated some taboo?

"Huang Ancheng is less than twenty miles away from Nanshan. Yang Xing said: "Half a month ago, the Qingyun Sect also allowed us to move within a hundred miles, but now it is less than twenty miles, and all kinds of signs indicate that they are about to start collecting the net, and our time is ...... Not much. ”

They had already mistakenly thought that Tang Mintao was killed by Qingyun Sect and other forces.

"The last hurdle on the road to becoming an immortal is coming!" said Long Zai excitedly.

"Little junior brother, you are the smartest of the four, is there really no way? I don't want to die. Wang Xiaogui took Li Qingshui's hand with red eyes and said earnestly.

Li Qingshui shook his head, "I don't want to die if there is a way, but unfortunately, there is no way." It's better to go back and practice seriously, there are still sixteen days, and try to increase your cultivation a little, maybe it won't save your life, but it will definitely make you die with dignity. ”

"I'm still going to die. Wang Xiaogui wailed.

"You're also our friend, can you have a little backbone, don't be so embarrassed. Yang Xing showed a knotted muscle, glared at Wang Xiaogui fiercely, and was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind Li Qingshui.

"You're not afraid of death, I'm afraid. Wang Xiaogui's face was full of grievances, and he said weakly.

"If you die accidentally, of course it's a pity, but don't be afraid, as long as we survive this spring, we can become immortals! Long Tsai patted Wang Xiaogui's shoulder and said angrily.

"Your life is gone, you still want to become an immortal, it's so heartless!" Wang Xiaogui's face was full of grief and indignation, and he found that there was no normal person around him.

"My life is saved, but my Dao heart is ruined, and I can't become an immortal, what's the point of living?" asked Long Zai rhetorically.

"I found out that you are really a mentally retarded, are you just living in this life to become an immortal? Can you have some other pursuits? It's actually good to spend this life in a dull way, why can't you think about it like this?" Wang Xiaogui was so angry that his hands trembled, and said: "Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, I really don't want to talk to you more!"

"Yikes!"

Suddenly, Wang Xiaogui felt a huge force coming.

Yang Xing made a move.

grabbed Wang Xiaogui's clothes and pulled them in front of him.

Wang Xiaogui was stunned, everything happened too suddenly, he was not mentally prepared at all, his body was weak, and he almost knelt down.

"I always feel that you will follow in the footsteps of Tang Mintao's bastard, in order to prevent you from rebelling, as a friend, should I give you a ride first, in the name of your loyalty and filial piety? Yang Xing stared at Wang Xiaogui viciously.

Wang Xiaogui's face changed, he immediately broke free from Yang Xing's shackles, took a few steps back, first glanced at Yang Xing, saw that he didn't move, and then stroked his messy hair, and said, "I don't need you to do it, I swear to live and die with Nanshan!"

"Poof. ”

Li Qingshui, who had not spoken on the side, smiled and laughed.

In the dire days, there is a rare comfort.

"Did you come to me just to make me laugh?" Li Qingshui laughed.

"Our brothers have grown up in Nanshan since they were children, and they have lived together for so many years, and they are about to go to Huangquan. Yang Xing proposed two large jars of wine from the side, and he was arrogant.

"Drinking?" Li Qingshui was stunned, they were only thirteen or fourteen years old, although they longed for the life of "holding a sword on a horse and drinking for 3,000 miles", but they had never tasted what wine tasted like.

"It is said that getting drunk relieves a thousand sorrows, today, our senior brothers will also try it!" Yang Xing laughed heroically.

"Let's go, let's drink. Long Tsai excitedly went to the cave where Li Qingshui lived, and couldn't wait.

However, half an hour later......

"Wow!"

Long Tsai knelt at the door of Li Qingshui's Cave Mansion, vomiting all over the ground, his face was as red as a monkey's buttocks, and his mind was spinning.

"Longzai, you can't do it, it's only three bowls, so you're doing this?" Yang Xing was so drunk that he couldn't even stand on his feet, but he was laughing at Longzai.

Vomit.

"I ...... I can still drink!" said the dragon boy as he knelt on the ground and raised his hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, he fell into a pile of filth with a "bang".

"Disgusting, shameful!" finally found a reason to mock, Wang Xiaogui showed no mercy.

Surprisingly, Wang Xiaogui's drinking talent was actually the highest among the four, Li Qingshui and they were all dizzy from drinking, but he was the only one who didn't blush and didn't beat his heart.

"You say, where does the spiritual power of heaven and earth come from?" Li Qingshui took a sip of the wine in the bowl in his hand, his cheeks were slightly red, and he suddenly asked such a puzzling question.

"Are you stupid. Yang Xing suddenly raised his head and said, "Heaven and earth spiritual power, heaven and earth, as the name suggests, comes from heaven. ”

"It is the blessing of the gods of heaven on mortals. Wang Xiaogui thought about it and said.

"Mortals call us immortals because monks have great abilities, and in the eyes of mortals, you are immortals. But who is the immortal in your mouth?Immortal?The master of this heaven and earth?" Speaking of this, Li Qingshui paused before continuing;

"The old people all say that there are gods in the sky, they can control everything, and they say that they are gods, but who has seen it? For thousands of years, the Terran monks have all been chasing the "fairy realm", but no one has arrived, whether it exists or not, no one can give a positive answer, everything is just a legend. ”

"The spiritual power of heaven and earth, there are those who use it deeply, they can move mountains and reclaim the sea, and they can live for thousands of years, which is not much different from the immortals in the mouth of mortals, but in the end, these strong people still can't fly to the legendary "fairy world". ”

"People say that if you cultivate to the highest level, you can live forever, but what is the highest level of cultivation? Become an immortal? No one knows, and no one can reach it. Therefore, no matter how strong a person is, no matter how long he lives, he will die one day, and he will turn into a pile of dry bones and loess. ”

"The predecessors of the cultivation world have spent thousands of years to prove only one thing, that is, there is no immortal realm in this world, let alone immortals. ”

"So since there are no immortals, where does the spiritual power of heaven and earth come from? Is it the magical power naturally bred by this heaven and earth, or is it really the work of the gods? If it is really given by the gods, why don't people become immortals?"

By the way, there is also the "power of faith" of Buddhism, which is an even more miraculous power, and with the daily prayers of the believers, Buddhism can obtain this continuous special power, which can save people and kill people, and it is extraordinarily powerful. The monks said that this was a means left by the Buddha in the world, in order to educate all sentient beings. There are countless Buddhist believers, but after all, no one has seen the true face of the Buddha. As for what the Western Elysium looks like, whether it is winter or spring, and where the power of faith comes from, I am afraid that only the Buddha himself knows. ”

"This world is too mysterious, and all beings are like ants scurrying around in the dark, where is the exit? ”

After Li Qingshui finished speaking, he took a sip of wine fiercely, a little confused.

Yang Xing and Wang Xiaogui had already listened to it, and they were stunned, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Then according to what you said, what is the meaning of our cultivation? Anyway, if we can't become immortals, why do we still practice? What is the meaning of living? We will die anyway, why do we still live?" Wang Xiaogui said.

"Then I'll be hungry tomorrow anyway, why do you have to eat today?" Li Qingshui's question Yang Xing didn't understand, but Wang Xiaogui's question, Yang Xing seemed to understand a little, and muttered such a sentence.

But I didn't expect that just such a sentence, like a light in the darkness, instantly illuminated Li Qingshui's confused heart, and he was empowered!

"Yes, I'll be hungry tomorrow, but I'll have to eat today. I will die tomorrow, but today, I still have to live!" Li Qingshui was very excited, "Life is accidental, death is inevitable, it doesn't matter what the ending is, what matters is the process, Senior Brother Yang Xing, you are too powerful, I don't understand such a simple and easy-to-understand truth." ”

Thinking through everything, Li Qingshui suddenly became enlightened.

"Drink, drink. Yang Xing was a little embarrassed.

"But when you talk about it, you haven't made it clear where the spiritual power of this heaven and earth comes from. Wang Xiaogui scratched his head and said.

"You still don't understand?" asked Li Qingshui.

"I don't understand. Wang Xiaogui shook his head.

"Where does the spiritual power of heaven and earth come from, it doesn't matter anymore, just like whether there are immortals in this world, is it important to us? Even if there is, they won't pay attention to the suffering of the world, Nanshan still can't be saved, and we will still die. ”

"No matter where the spiritual power of heaven and earth comes from, it has no meaning to us now. Not to mention that this is a question that we can't touch the answer, even if we figure it out? We won't become immortals overnight and save Nanshan. ”

"The reason why I ask this question is because I am full of food, and it is completely pointless to think too much. Now it is the most important thing for us to live a good mortal life in a down-to-earth manner. ”

"Oh. Wang Xiaogui nodded, as if he understood.

"Come on, maybe, just like Long Zai said, we will become the first immortal of the ages. Li Qingshui patted Wang Xiaogui's shoulder and said.

"Good. Wang Xiaogui suddenly felt arrogant in his heart: "Drink!"

"Yes, yes, drink, drink. Yang Xing echoed on the side.

Then, a non-stop drinking party kicked off with the laughter of the teenagers.

Later, when they first came into contact with alcohol, they were all drunk and drunk.

Yang Xing and Wang Xiaogui couldn't resist it, and finally fell.

Li Qingshui was also drunk, and his head weighed as much as a thousand pounds, but he didn't want to lie down yet.

Struggling to get up, at this moment he felt that his body was so light that it seemed to fly, inspiration and interest flew together, and he staggered out with his sword, and danced a set of "Ascending Cloud Sword Technique" in the courtyard that he had never danced before.

"There is a fairy dance in the green mountains and forests, a sword in the world and a sword sky!"

It's a cloud-climbing sword, but it's not an ordinary cloud-climbing sword.

It's smooth and perfect.

As if with a new comprehension, the originally ordinary cloud climbing sword technique was raised to a higher level.

At this moment, if you dance this set of swordsmanship, it is as if Li Qingshui really climbed into the clouds and overlooked the world.

The powerful and surging sword intent permeated the courtyard, getting stronger and stronger, and more and more prosperous!

Later, Li Qingshui was as dazzling as the rising sun in the clouds, making it impossible to look at it directly.

Li Qingshui felt that he had entered some kind of wonderful state.

Dengyun swordsmanship, if it used to be a set of martial arts that could score seven points, then now, at this moment, in this state, it is nine points!

He has surpassed the martial arts master who created this sword technique and has reached a new height.

The drunken Long Tsai and the others were so drunk that they were made to open their eyes by the movement in the yard.

"Huh, good... It's amazing, it's a god... Immortals......" Long Zai said in a trance.

"Immortals... True... Really down, Hiccup...... No, no, I'm drunk, the little junior brother said, there are no immortals in this world, it's a dream, I'm dreaming, ......burping" Wang Xiaogui smiled, and then continued to fall asleep.

"I ...... I saw it too, uh, yes, I'm drunk too, I'm drunk......" Yang Xing muttered and fell asleep.

Li Qingshui's cultivation talent is really high, and he can do everything perfectly when all conditions allow.

This special state has brought his martial arts talent into full play.

It's a pity that I drank too much wine today, and after Li Qingshui finished dancing with a set of swordsmanship, he also fell straight down, unable to support it anymore.

Everything just now was like a flash in the pan.

Inspiration came and went quickly, Li Qingshui felt like a dream, in which he became a martial arts master, a set of cloud climbing swordsmanship, which made him superb.

When he woke up, it was already late at night, and he didn't have time to check the situation of Long Zai and the others, Li Qingshui grabbed the sword and began to practice the Dengyun swordsmanship, he wanted to catch the feeling in his dream.

It's a pity that although I have made some improvements, I can never get back the state in my dream.

"Strange, why, everything is different. ”

The same sword, the same martial arts, but I can't get that feeling back.

What went wrong?

After thinking hard for a long time, Li Qingshui had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he was in a state of mind!

Yes, it's the state of mind!

In the dream, my heart is desireless, and I only ask for the sword.

And now, there are too many distracting thoughts in my heart, and I can't use the perfect cloud climbing sword technique purely at all.

Maybe you have to let go of everything in order to make the sword of the clouds.

Li Qingshui figured it out, opened his mouth, and continued to practice.

But what he came up with was always different from what he did, and after practicing it many times, he still couldn't reach the height of his dreams.

Desireless is easier said than done.

Li Qingshui had too many things on his mind to reach that state.

After practicing all night, Li Qingshui persevered and did not give up.

Later, when the day dawned, Yang Xing and the others woke up and said that they had seen the gods last night.

Li Qingshui scolded with a smile, saying that they were all drunk and did not see it.

A few people had a headache, but they didn't have a deep entanglement, and planned to go back to rest, but as soon as they went out and saw the sun hanging high outside, Wang Xiaogui cried out at once, "There are only fifteen days left!"