The first cool breeze arrives

The second is to wait for the white dew to fall

Three chilling cicadas

So the beginning of autumn

The sky of the town was dripping with rain, the heat was washed away by the autumn rain, and the midsummer came to an abrupt end.

"It's only early August, and it's probably going to get hot again in a few days. As the elder brother walked down the bluestone street of the town, he took off the flask tied around his waist, took a sip, and then exclaimed with a comfortable and contented admiration.

"The ice wine in Qingwu Town is still the original taste. ”

Xing Xie followed behind the elder brother, watching the sky drizzle, there were three or two vendors on both sides of the stone street, pedestrians holding oil-paper umbrellas on the road came and went, the plaques on a few quaint shops were already incomplete, and the rows of wooden attics exuded a quiet smell in the rain.

The senior brother had a smile on his face, very satisfied with the scenery here, "Many things in Qingwu Town have a history of thousands of years, many literati and writers, and even great cultivators have left legends here, we are not in a hurry to go back, we might as well wander around, maybe we can see something good." ”

Xingevil smiled and nodded, and his eyes were immediately drawn to an old shop on the street. On the bench under the eaves at the entrance of the old store, there is an old grandmother, the old grandmother ** is wrapped in a green silk handkerchief, wearing a left placket gown, and the lace on the dress is delicate and beautiful, which is a local traditional costume, and now only a few elderly people will wear it so completely. Maybe it's because the business is cold, and the old grandmother is looking at the drizzle and looks a little lonely.

"Senior brother, let's go to that store. Star Demon walked towards the shop.

When I got closer, I found that the shop was very dilapidated, with a thick layer of dust on the steps in front of the door, and cobwebs on the doorposts under the eaves, as if no one had cleaned them for a long time.

Star Evil came to the old man and asked softly, "Grandma, can I go in and have a look, can I choose two things?"

"Yes, yes. The old man smiled very happily, the wrinkles on her face bloomed, she wanted to get up, but she had been sitting for too long, and she was a little unable to exert her strength for a while, and when the star evil saw this, she stepped forward to help the old man up.

Walking into the house, there was a musty smell of dampness, the senior brother walked to the door, he was forced to cover his nose by the musty smell, and refused to go in, but Xing Xie didn't feel anything, his eyes stopped at the dozen or so silver jewelry hanging in the room, including earrings, bracelets, silver locks, etc., which are also the most common things sold in the small shops in Qingwu Town.

"Grandma, are you alone here?"

The old man shook his head, "My son and daughter-in-law went out to do business, and they can't come back all year round, and there is a grandson here to accompany me..... Dao, it's almost time to eat, and the kid is probably coming back soon. ”

Xingxie nodded, and took a pair of bracelets from the wooden frame, this pair of bracelets is very delicate, and the extremely narrow bracelet body is engraved with a phoenix and a phoenix, Xingxie thought that his junior sister likes these trinkets on weekdays, so he asked the price of the old man's bracelet.

"That's right...... Take three taels of silver, and take it. The old woman replied.

"Three taels is not good, this bracelet is the treasure of the town store, at least ten taels. A caustic voice came from behind the Star Evil, and a young man entered the room, and the man looked at the Star Demon with undisguised greed in his eyes.

"Ah Mao, how can you ....."

"I said ten taels is ten taels, and my grandmother is a little confused when she gets older. The man named Ah Mao interrupted the old man's words, a little impatient.

"Are you Grandma's grandson?" asked the Star Evil.

"Yes. ”

"You have time to practice on weekdays, why don't you have time to help the old man clean the house?" Xing Xie looked at Ah Mao, his eyes were gentle, but his expression was very serious.

Ah Mao seemed to have heard a big joke, and he laughed exaggeratedly, "You better pay quickly and get out, let me tell you first, you touched this bracelet, you can't buy it, and the rest of the things, I think you are too much of a little hairy child, Lao Tzu is a cultivator, and he still cares about such shit as cleaning the house?"

"Ah Mao, listen to grandma, three or two is fine. The old man's voice became anxious.

Ah Mao snorted coldly, clasped his hands on his shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't give ten taels of silver today, don't think of going out of this door." ”

Star Demon didn't say anything more, he took out some broken silver from his bosom and came to the old man.

"Grandma, this is ten taels of silver, you take it, take care of your body. Star Demon shoved the silver into the old man's hand, then turned and walked out of the old shop.

On the bluestone street outside the store, the senior brother leaned on a stone lion, drooping his head, as if he was asleep.

"Senior brother, let's go, we're on our way. ”

"En....." Senior Brother yawned, "Senior Brother went in and picked something?"

"A pair of bracelets. ”

The senior brother nodded, he turned around and glanced at the shop, "The silver bracelet costs ten taels, which is a bit expensive." ”

"It turns out that the senior brother heard it. ”

"Why compromise, if you want to come out, that guy won't be able to stop you. ”

"Not because of him. Xing Xie sighed, "The old man has worked hard all his life, so what's the harm in giving more money. Ten taels of silver is nothing to me. ”

"I'm afraid that you, a little rich man, are going to be remembered, which is interesting. Senior Brother patted Xingxie's head and laughed. Xing Xie didn't answer, but just followed the senior brother and walked out of the ancient town in the hazy smoke and rain.

When the two walked on the official road, the sky was covered by night, the evening breeze was blowing, bringing bursts of earthy fragrance, and a little light in the distance, it was three or two fireflies flying. The rain stopped, but the potholes made the road even more muddy. However, the senior brother and the star evil didn't care, they went one after the other, the pace was not hurried or slow, there would be one or two small shops for accommodation every few miles on this official road, and there was still plenty of time.

There was no one on the road, and the elder brother was a little bored walking, so he gently patted the scabbard of the long knife tied around his waist and hummed an unknown ballad. The singing voice is desolate and somber, revealing a faint sadness, like those veterans returning from the battlefield, paying tribute to the dead robes.

"How can you say that you have no clothes? With the same robe as the son, Wang Yuxing is the teacher, and I am a spear. The star evil listened to the song and whispered in response.

The senior brother stopped singing, stroked his palms and exclaimed, "The junior brother knows that if one day the war sweeps the world again in the future, I will be able to kill the enemy side by side with the junior brother, and I will definitely be hearty." ”

Star Evil thought for a long time, and replied seriously, "I hope this day doesn't come." ”

"War cannot be avoided because the conflict of interests between people cannot be avoided. Just like if you don't provoke others in life, it doesn't mean that others won't covet your things. Fighting is everywhere, like now. Senior Brother stopped as he spoke, and the Star Evil also stopped.

Summer

Official Road

Extremely quiet

But not calm

More than a dozen dark shadows appeared in the night, and they slowly approached, surrounding Star Evil and Senior Brother in the middle.

Star Demon looked around, these people had short knives, wooden sticks, and even gravel in their hands, and there was anger and uneasiness in their eyes. They weren't even robbers, they were probably local snakes who had followed them all the way from the ancient town.

"I know that you are two fat sheep, take out all the money and spare your lives!" said the masked man at the head of the group.

"I gave you the money in that shop before. Star Demon looked at the masked man, his eyes a little dark.

"It's recognized, what's the point, get the money out!" the masked man ripped off his mask, and it was the young man named Ah Mao.

"You don't make sense. Star Demon shook his head.

"Truth? Lao Tzu's fist is big, and Lao Tzu's fist is the truth. Mao sneered and spat on the ground.

"Hey. Xing Xie sighed, looking a little sad, the senior brother looked at Xing Xie, thinking that the little junior brother is a person who will not hide it, when he is happy, he is not pretentiously happy, so when he is sad, it is also really sad.

Star Evil was sad because he didn't expect that the young man in front of him had become so bad, and he was also sad that he seemed to be going to do something he didn't like. He took a step back, rolled up his cuffs to his elbows very seriously, and said, "Senior brother, please don't make a move. ”

The senior brother showed a smile of interest, thinking in his heart that he had never seen a junior brother do anything with someone in all these years, and he was worried that the star evil would not fight, and if he suffered a loss for a while, he would have to hurry up.

Xingsha stretched his left hand forward and made a "please" pose.

"Come on, I'll reason with you in your way. ”

I don't know who yelled, and more than a dozen people rushed towards the Star Evil with various weapons.

A few months ago, the Star Evil stepped into the Ming Dao Realm, and then attracted the energy of heaven and earth into his body, and his five senses, reactions, and physique had already undergone tremendous changes imperceptibly. Those who rushed were just ordinary people, so the movements became a little clumsy in his eyes. He stepped forward, sideways to dodge the oncoming daggers, and punched one of them in the abdomen. His movements seemed natural and unhurried, and he even had time to observe the change in the expression on the face of the man who had been hit, and then he turned around again and shook the stick of a man behind him with his elbow, shattering the man's jaw by the way.

The Star Evil's movements are not fast, and the strength used is not large, but this is for people who are also in the Enlightening Dao Realm. In the eyes of ordinary people, the Star Evil is a white shadow that is too fast to catch, and it shuttles through the crowd like a ghost, constantly wailing that people are knocked to the ground, or have broken ribs, or broken arms.

Ah Mao's eyes widened, he didn't think that the young man in front of him, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, was also a cultivator, and a cultivator of the Ming Dao Realm, he roared angrily, his legs were strained, and the solid muscles of his calves were raised, leaving two deep footprints on the ground. Like a sharp arrow, Mao shot into the air, and he raised the knife above his head, sending a cold and biting wind. It was a killing intent that was almost condensed into substance.

Star Evil sensed a dangerous aura from the same Ming Dao Realm. He looked up and saw the figure in the air, and the knife that was about to crush the air.

Star Demon stretched out his left hand, as if trying to hold the knife in his hand.

In the night, there was a light that suddenly lit up, pure and holy, the purest white.

It's cloudy tonight, so there's no moon, so it's not moonlight.

So this light

Not from heaven

It came from the human world, from the outstretched left hand of the young man in white.