There is a cliff in the depths of the mountain, there are no pines and cypresses on the cliff face that can not be blown by the east, west, north and south winds, and there are no vigorous weeds, the whole cliff is as clean as a huge bronze mirror, except for the gravel dust and gravel that are blown around by the mountain wind from time to time, there is only a huge rock that is exceptionally bright under the moonlight

Because the cliff is very deep in the mountain, few people or wild beasts pass by, so this cliff has become the best place for Xu Zi'an and Shen Li to enter the mountain for barbecue every time

The cliff that Xu Zi'an often jumps on is here, of course, it is not that teenagers like the exciting sport of jumping off the cliff, but because most of them are Shen Li threw teenagers down for various reasons......

I picked up some dry wood to make a fire, took some cool stream water from a small river and boiled it, and then opened the package I had brought with me, salt and spices and other things, and then there were bloody things such as peeling and removing hair

Under the bright moonlight, the mountain boy began to shift between the two identities of a calm butcher and a passionate cook

The huge body of the brown bear was lying next to the young man, and there was a prosperous bonfire in the middle, because the bleeding was very good, and there were few blood stains on the ground, but Xu Zi'an still inevitably got a lot of crimson on his hands, this picture is very reminiscent of the festival scene when people carnivaled around the bonfire in ancient times to praise God's food, and it also made Shen Li's big heart of debauchery suddenly feel a little emotional

The most praiseworthy is life, and the most touching thing in life is the struggle and expectation between life and death, for so many years, people have been exploring and looking forward to the road of eternal life, the kingdom of heaven is eternal, but in fact, living for a long time is not necessarily interesting to live, what is really interesting is the attitude shown in the face of the great fear between life and death, and after experiencing this great fear, he still refuses to give up his hopes and illusions for a better future

The young man in front of him is undoubtedly the kind of person who never gives up hope easily

Because of some personal reasons that even shameless as Shen Li is embarrassed to mention, over the years, Xu Zi'an has experienced a lot of fighting like today's in his past career, although with the growth and strength of the teenager, many childhood dangers are no longer as terrifying as before, but the fear itself is still the same

Just like for the humble and weak ants, the source of fear may be a slightly larger rotten leaf or a raindrop that unintentionally falls on their heads, for the goshawk in the clouds, the source of fear is more of the sky above the head and the thunder and lightning between the clouds, but whether it is a rotten leaf or the sky, the fear caused by fear is indeed the same

How to face life and death is the biggest problem

Although there are many people in the world who can maintain absolute sobriety and calmness between life and death, there are definitely not many people who are like teenagers from beginning to end without any trace of panic, this kind of calm is a little indifferent, but Shen Li knows that in fact, this is just serious to the extreme, so it seems indifferent

He was familiar with the coldness, but he was alienated from the world

Got up with a smile, and rarely remembered to pat the dust on the padded jacket, Shen Li approached the fire, and looked at the glowing bear's paws on the fire

The fat and oil sizzled, the rich meat fragrance mixed with the oil fragrance wafted everywhere, carried far away by the wind between the cliffs, smelling the tempting fragrance in the air, the young man thought that cooking was still more interesting than fighting

"But if it was you who lay down just now, then it is also you who is roasted on the fire now."

As if seeing through his thoughts, Shen Li couldn't help but reach out to grab it into the bonfire while lazily talking, but the hot feeling from his fingertips made him have to give up this idea, and in desperation, Shen Li had to stare at the bubbling fat palm to satisfy the visual pleasure

"They don't make fires"

Shen Li glanced at Xu Zi'an lightly and said

"But they've all learned to wipe their after pooping."

This is very vulgar, but thinking about the feces that were obviously covered up along the way, Xu Zi'an was speechless

It seems that this brown bear, which has always been strong and stupid in the eyes of the world, can also learn to hide its smell to avoid hunting, and the most terrifying thing in the world is really a foodie

Less than salt sprinkled, while the fat was thick, Xu Zi'an brushed it lightly so that the salt taste was better incorporated, and after a few false strokes of the fragrance in the air, he found that it was almost ready

Pulling out a few of the most vigorous firewood, Xu Zi'an turned his head to look at Shen Lizao's impatient anxious appearance, and after thinking about it, he still persuaded

"You'd better wait a little longer, the bear's paw is greasy, and if it doesn't come to smoke, it's easy to get greasy."

Shen Li turned his head and wiped the two saliva that secretly flowed from the corners of his mouth, and looked at the serious face of the young man opposite with an expressionless face

"You kid, that's fine, it's just too serious"

Earnestness is an excellent character, just like practicing knives, fighting, and reading, you need to be serious very much

If you don't practice the knife seriously, you can't feel the warmth between the cold knives, this warmth is hidden in the bearing of every blade, and also in the heart of every knife movement

Thinking of the book, Xu Zi'an subconsciously looked at his waist and found that the old book was still tied to its original position, and it was not lost with the battle just now

At any time, he would wear an old book around his waist, not because the old books were valuable, but because after reading for a long time, it became a habit, just like practicing knives and meditating

Habits are hard to form, and just as hard to change, whether they're good habits or not

Smoke began to rise from the fat place, and the grease was sizzling and burning, sounding very charming, Shen Li squinted his eyes, no longer spoke, and his mind was all about the grease that dripped from time to time on the campfire

Finally, the cumin was sprinkled along with the spicy noodles, Xu Zi'an was about to roast the other one, and Shen Li had already begun to nibble on the roasted one in front of him

"Let me tell you, in fact, it's not much fun to enter Beijing, except that the rouge smell on the little girls smells better, and there are more cultivators and swordsmen who come out of nowhere, and the city wall is a little higher than this, if you look closely, there is actually no big difference."

Shen Li sucked the oil on his fingers, and threw away the clean-eaten bear paw in front of him with some reluctance, and then continued to stare at the other one on the fire rack that was just starting to make a fat noise

"But there is always an academy somewhere, isn't the Nanxi Academy you said in Kyoto?"

Xu Zi'an turned over the bear paw on the fire frame, frowned and disagreed

"That academy ......" Shen Li, who didn't know how to describe that academy for a while, simply skipped this topic and looked at Xu Zi'an's chest and said

"Your physique is a dead knot, although it is not denied that Nanxi Academy is indeed a place that is very good at creating miracles, but to change your physique, it is too difficult, you must let a supreme person who has cultivated to enter the upper three realms forcibly open up another heart in your heart by great means or great magical powers, just like the creator to recreate a new world in your heart, otherwise there is really no other way"

Speaking of this, Shen Li paused slightly

"But ............"

"However, I'm not the hero of those legends, and I'm not so talented that I will shock the world, so those strong people don't need to pay such a big price for me, right?"

Xu Zi'an calmly finished saying what Shen Li hadn't finished, and there was no loss or unwillingness in his eyebrows

Shen Li, who thought that this was indeed the case, didn't know how to comfort the young man, so he was ready to pat him on the shoulder with a hand full of fat to express comfort

Yu Guang happened to see the bright oil on Shen Li's hand, Xu Zi'an hurriedly turned his shoulder to avoid the greasy touch on himself, and Shen Li, who was empty, had to habitually stretch his hand to his padded jacket

"That padded jacket cost me seven taels of silver"

Shen Li's scaffolding was nowhere to be placed in mid-air, and he had to take it back in annoyance after a long time

"That's right, I thought about it, let's rent a remote inn when we enter Beijing, it doesn't matter if the environment is almost remote, as long as it's remote, you try to go out as little as possible, in case you are met by those who are looking for you."

"That's not it, if they want to look for me, I'll hide anywhere, if they don't want to look for me, I'll just call him an idiot in front of him, and he won't pay attention to me"

Shen Li subconsciously responded when he heard this, but suddenly remembered that what he was about to say just now was not this

"No, you didn't understand what I just said to you?

"I understand"

"But I still have to go."

Regarding Xu Zi'an's stubborn and stubborn thoughts, Shen Li said that although he could understand it, it was difficult to agree, and he said with annoyance, "Since you know that you are not a coquettish child, nor are you the protagonist of the rumored hanging, it is very likely that it is meaningless where you go, what are you going to do?"

Xu Zi'an slowly raised his head, his eyes were firm and persistent, just like the gentle but never-ending stream outside the town, and said calmly

"If you go, you may change something, but if you don't go...... It's just that nothing really will change."

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There are many things in this world, I know that I can't do it, or maybe it's as difficult as reaching the sky, but I always have to try, otherwise how can I be right about the so-called south wall? How can I be worthy of that young and restless heart?

After the bear's paw was eaten, the fragrance dissipated, and for some reason, Xu Zi'an and Shen Li both left immediately, but looked at the night scenery in the distance and were silent

Xu Zi'an thought about the assassination tomorrow night, if it went as well as he planned, in the near future, he would be able to see the Kyoto city that the world yearns for, and he was in a trance

Shen Li didn't know what he was thinking, his eyes were foggy

The mountain wind blows from time to time, bringing the chill in the mountains, Shen Li is afraid of the cold, and wraps himself in a new cotton jacket

Xu Zi'an picked the fire a little more vigorously, looked at Shen Li's slightly vicissitudes of life because of the curling, and asked with concern, "Do you want to get you some hot soup?"

Shen Li waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to, and continued to look into the distance and was silent

Xu Zi'an thought for a while, took off the robe on his body, draped it on Shen Li's body, and then untied the old book on his waist and read it through the moonlight

The old book is naturally very old, the cover has the yellowing left by the years, although the edge of the page does not have the corners of the page, but there are many mottled miscellaneous meanings, the whole book is a finger thick, it looks like some roadside books, but I don't know if it is because of the yellowing on the page, the whole book looks very heavy, like carrying a little-known barren calendar

In fact, there is no history in this book, but there are stars in the sky

This statement seems a little incomprehensible, there should be ink characters in the book, and there will be any starlight there, but if it is said that every time Xu Zi'an's eyes are there, all the ink characters in the book will turn into bright or bright stars one after another, it may be easier to understand

Xu Zi'an didn't know why there were so many stars in the book, but it was one of Shen Li's endless secrets as deep as the night sky

Or the stars in the book are very beautiful, or maybe it's just that the old book that carries the whole star is too mysterious and vast, and Xu Zi'an will be happy every time he sees this old book, and indulge in it

This joy is the poet's freedom in the stars, and it is also the joy of the return of migratory birds

The boy wandered in the starry eyes, free and happy

Shen Li turned his head at some point, looking at Xu Zi'an, who was all focused on the old book, his cloudy gaze gradually condensed, and finally condensed on a black stone pendant on the young man's chest, the black stone was extremely deep and dark by the moonlight on the cliff side, as if there were countless mountains, rivers, grasses and green trees growing slowly

Mountains, rivers, grass, trees, in some ways, these things are the basic framework that makes up a world

In that world, a seed fluttered in the wind and finally landed on the side of a small stream, gradually covered by the soft soil beside the stream, watered by the gurgling stream, sucked nutrients from the heavens and the earth, and began to grow in the moonlight

The seeds sprout new sprouts, and the sprouts are green like newborn babies, full of hope and full of life

The sprouts gradually began to grow, no longer timidly lowered because of the breeze, and even straightened their waists in the wind to meet the daily sunrise

It began to grow green leaves, bloomed, and the flowers began to bloom, and at the moment when the petals were about to bloom to their most brilliant, Shen Li suddenly stood up, and his eyes returned to Xu Zi'an's hand from the stone room

Where there is an old book, there is starry sky in the old book