Chapter 24, an old man walked in the wind and rain
The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, at this time the sun has not arrived, the wind is not cold, it is still the kind of warm spring breeze, but no matter how gentle and warm the wind is, if it blows through the pavilion outside the town, it will always be a little cold
Xu Zi'an's face was a little pale, he looked at the tall young man opposite who was angry and hateful, and bowed his head to admit his mistake
"I'll admit that it's my fault for not catching the convoy into Beijing, but you have to believe me, I was really delayed for some very important reasons."
"It's the little black man's business," Lear pulled hard at the grass on the gazebo, and found that the withered yellow thatch that was swaying in the wind was so strong that it couldn't be pulled off at all, as if it had grown in the gazebo
"I've told you countless sides, you go yours, just leave the matter of the little black man to me, why are you as uneasy as that black stone?"
Xu Zi'an looked at Lear's anxious appearance, his heart was slightly warm, he could see that Lear was really anxious at this time, and he was anxious that he missed the trip to the Beijing convoy
However, he didn't show emotion on his face, he could take revenge at the cost of his life, and in the same way, Lear would do the same, but Lear didn't have the strength, if he went, he could only be sent to death, and he would go, at least Shen Li
It is true that his greatest hope is to enter Beijing and be admitted to the college, but since he missed it, it really makes no sense to regret it, not to mention, it is for the sake of Xiaohezi's affairs and missed
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, such a price is a little worthless, but in Xu Zi'an's eyes, there is no connection between worthwhile and worthless
Because it's not just a black thing
His heart is towards the sun, so he will naturally not ignore the dark filth, the death of the little black man is the dark filth under the sun, since he sees it, how can he think that he can't see it?
In some ways, the heart of a young man who has been growing up in the mountains is really like a clear and clear stone, without the slightest grain of sand
"By the way, have there been any suspicious rumors in Bocheng recently?" Xu Zi'an asked softly, picking up the topic
Knowing that this slightly jerky topic shift was not something that Xu Zi'an suddenly remembered, Lear thought seriously for a moment, and said in a cautious whisper, "That's not true, but the inspection of entering the city is stricter than before."
Xu Zi'an glanced at Lear's caution and seriousness, smiled and signaled that Lear didn't need to be so cautious, and said slowly
"You don't have to worry too much about my affairs, I'll set off with the team of the mountain horse racing team when I'm injured, if I am faster on the road, I should be able to arrive before the start of the Yuexi test, besides, this time I just can't catch up, and next time it's not, as long as the people are still there, there is always hope"
Speaking of this, Xu Zi'an suddenly accelerated his tone and continued
"Recently, it's inconvenient for me to go to Bocheng, you work harder, help me go to Bocheng more often............ Especially that barracks."
After Lear left, Xu Zi'an held on to the only stone pillar in the pavilion, watching the sun gradually setting at this time, there were dark clouds rising with the strong wind, and the mountains and dense forests were blown loudly, and he couldn't help frowning, a little worried
Where is the rain far away from the wind?
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In a wilderness that was not many miles away, a thousand heavy horsemen in armor and guns were speeding at great speed, majestic and solemn, like a black cloud that was rapidly drifting in
The armor on the heavy rider's body had the most breathtaking glow, and countless faint mystical runes were engraved on it, which looked extremely powerful
Three thousand heavy horsemen roared like a raging tide, shaking the entire wilderness and almost collapsing
The commander at the head of the army, the armor on his body was the darkest and heaviest, and the inscriptions were also the most dense, and his body was unusually tall and burly, like a moving hill, and the armor on his body shone in the sun, and from a distance, he looked like a real god
In fact, in the hearts of many people of Dali, he is a heavenly general
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A thousand mountains are not a group of peaks with thousands of mountains next to each other, but only one solitary peak, which is extremely high and reaches into the depths of the clouds and mist
Because there is a sect in the mountain called the Thousand Mountains Sect, this lonely mountain peak that is mostly hidden in the clouds and mist, even if it is just a lonely peak that is not very magnificent and majestic, is enough to match the name of Thousand Mountains
In the depths of the lonely peak, there are countless pavilions of the sect mansion built next to each other, and the silence of the fairyland-like buildings in the past makes people feel depressed at this time, and from time to time there are Taoists in Taoist robes walking in a hurry, and they are no longer as natural as in the past
In the deepest part of the pavilion of the Zongfu, in one of the most magnificent halls, the breeze in the hall is entwined, and there are not too many furnishings in the hall, the hall is very large and slightly empty, and the white jade steps reflect the hook pillars and hanging beams in the hall, making the whole empty hall more cold
In the center of the main hall, on dozens of jade platforms, a Ding furnace with several people high is burning, and from time to time there are green smoke coming out of the furnace, winding in the hall, flowing along the dense runes on the wall, making the whole hall appear more empty
"How has the plum garden been opening lately?"
A middle-aged Taoist in a white-clothed Taoist robe asked calmly as he looked at the green smoke that came out from time to time
The Taoist is handsome, and he can't see many wrinkles left by the years between his eyebrows, I don't know if it's because of the excellent maintenance, or because of the cruel and powerful rules of heaven and earth such as time, which seem to ordinary people, are actually like the green smoke in the furnace for him
The Taoist has a very high status in the Thousand Mountains Sect, and the Taoism is extremely profound
However, the Taoist is different from the other sect masters in the Thousand Mountains Sect, with a withdrawn personality and a pure temperament, so in these years, the Taoist has rarely opened branches and accepted disciples, otherwise it would not be a huge palace, only the Taoist and a few Dao children who serve the fire are so cold
"It's just that a few plum leaves have just grown, but the Apocalypse Great Array was destroyed too much by that madman back then, and without the nourishment of the Great Array, the leaves will inevitably be a little less new," said another Taoist who was obviously and honorable
"That madman" the white-clothed Taoist was silent for a moment before he sighed faintly
"Do you remember the man who escaped from the abyss more than ten years ago?" the Taoist on the other side suddenly asked
"How could you not remember" The white-clothed Taoist smiled softly, his face slightly ironic
"I know you still have grievances about what happened back then, but in the stone platform in the back, that flower has bloomed."
"It's open, it's open, what does it have to do with me?" said the white-clothed Taoist indifferently, looking very indifferent
"No matter what, you must bring Shen Li back, the Apocalypse Great Array has already lacked the heavenly opportunity, if the Hou Temple proverbs are serious, it will be difficult for my Thousand Mountains Sect to survive the next catastrophe"
The other party's Taoist looked serious, and his words were a little flustered
"Do you still want to be preserved?" the Taoist smiled bitterly, continued to look at the furnace in front of him, and was silent for a long time before letting out a soft sigh
The dense clouds that shrouded the thousand mountains seemed to be a little heavier
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The Thousand Mountains Sect was filled with clouds, and the sword intent in the Ten Thousand Mountains was as cold as winter
In a sword pavilion in the depths of Wanling, in an ordinary pond shaded by verdant pine leaves, there was a toad crawling listlessly on a huge lotus leaf
There are countless silt-covered things next to the lotus leaves, scattered in the toad pond, probably because they have been in the pond for too long, so it is difficult to see through the thick silt what the package is
This listless toad on the lotus leaf is very strange, the bulge on the back is not an ordinary round convex, but sharp as a sword pointing like the sky, and even the sharp point of the bulge can also be seen a sharp edge, the toad closes its eyes as if it is pretending to sleep, and occasionally when it is awake, it stretches out the tip of its tongue and rolls a piece of mud into its mouth, and then it sounds like a sharp tooth grinding iron, after the piercing sound gradually disappears, the toad closes his eyes again and recovers his listless appearance, as if in this world, in addition to those things covered by the pond covered by silt, it can arouse his interest a little, even if the heavenly stone comes to the world, it is difficult for it to open its eyes more
Just as it was about to spend the boring day of the day again without any surprise, it suddenly heard a name that it had not seen for a long time
That name hadn't appeared in its ears for too long, making it a little forgotten, but in fact, it hadn't been for long, but it had only been more than ten years of thoroughly digesting the restlessness of the Chengtian Sword and the clarity of the Fengming Sword
For the life span of the year it has gone through, this is indeed a very short period of more than ten years, but if every day is so boring for more than ten years, it will naturally be very long
So when it heard the name, it opened its eyes for a rare moment, and even twisted its short neck to look at the attic outside the pond
On the second floor of the attic, a man standing by the window looked at a direction beyond the layers of pine leaves
I've heard that it's also in the mountains, but I don't know if there will be a forest of pine leaves like here
Thinking of some long, long years ago, the man who even had sword intent unsheathed between his hair smiled freely, his fingers were slightly bent and the heaven and earth were held away, and a gust of wind suddenly stopped in the man's hand, gradually converging into the appearance of a sword
The sword has no hilt, but it has two green edges
The man looked at the shape of the sword, shook his head a little dissatisfied, and waved his sleeves slightly, and the sword formed by the breeze turned into a disturbing breeze again, but the breeze did not disappear, but swirled in vain, rolling up a few pine leaves that fell to the ground, and also blowing a lotus flower in the pond
The lotus flowers gently sway up and down, causing ripples on the calm water
Outside the pavilion, a man with a sword in a large official robe sat quietly in it, and the embroidery patterns on the official uniform on his body were clearly visible
"Master, Your Majesty would like to ask you for a sword," the sword man said in a humble salute with a humble salute in his hand
"It seems that the man treats you well, and even the title is so natural"
The man in the courtyard said softly, his voice was not very loud, and even a little soft, but even so, it still made the back of the man in official robes outside the door instantly wet, as if he had been pierced by countless invisible swords in his body several times
"The disciple doesn't dare, it's just that the master said, the sword, the heart" The sweat between the swordsman's eyebrows flowed like water, but his eyes were as bright and resolute as a sword
"Swordsman...... Heart"
The man in the attic repeated softly, and suddenly asked again
"Then where do you say that Emperor Wu's heart is, and where is the teacher's heart?"
The disciple with the sword outside the courtyard thought seriously for a moment, and said calmly, "Emperor Wu asks for eternity, and the master asks for peace of mind."
"Forever...... Peace of mind......... "The man's eyes were clear and clear, as if he was thinking, and suddenly he seemed to understand some facts, and he laughed, and the laughter was like a thousand swords contending
And in this laughter like ten thousand swords, there is a sword through the pine forest, as if to compete with heaven and earth
This is the Sword Pavilion, there are ten thousand swords in the world, he is the master here, and he is also the only sword saint in the world
The man is thousands of miles away, and his sword is the peace of mind thousands of miles away
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In the wind and rain, there is a withered old man in sackcloth stepping on the mud in the mountains and walking slowly, the rain falls to the old man through layers of leaves, I don't know why, all the raindrops in the vicinity of the old man's sackcloth, suddenly swirl in the air, and they are floating to other places, as if without the permission of the old man, these disturbing raindrops dare not wet the old man's clothes and hair
The old man's eye sockets were extremely deep and a little dark, but his eyes were unusually bright, like a clear blue lake
The old man's body was rickety, and he walked very slowly, and every step he took, he had to stop for a moment before he could take the second step, but if a pedestrian in the mountains saw it at this time, he would be shocked, because in just a few steps, the old man actually walked from outside the mountain to the mountain
In the mountains, there is a city that is not very tall, and the old man's withered eyes suddenly appear
The old man glanced at the two extravagant characters painted in gilt on the city wall, and smiled lightly, and the lake in his eyes rippled with the old man's smile
Even a city card is so extravagant that it is painted with gilt, and that little guy still likes pomp and circumstance so much, but I don't know how much he doesn't see it, whether the other party is a little fatter? Is he still naughty? Is he learning more shamelessly with that guy again
The old man walked into the city with a smile, and the two big characters on the city wall were written in Bocheng