The day after the Great War

Last night it rained heavily, washing away the strong smell of blood from the battlefield.

Now the sky is clear, and the sun is gradually peeking out of the clouds

After a tragic battle, the Chu family has almost become a ruin. Only half of the wall at the entrance was still holding on, like a veteran, turning into the last line of defense, defending against foreign invasions.

The wall is not high, and there are two figures sitting on it, and there are several large wine jars between them.

One of the majestic figures was like an ocean, as if there were primeval barbarian beasts dormant in their bodies, and their breath was terrifying.

He slapped open the mud seal of a wine jar with his hand, and suddenly a strong aroma of wine came out, it was the daughter red that had been fermented for hundreds of years in several jars.

On the opposite side of the majestic figure sat a relatively old figure, with a face like gold paper, although it could not be said that it was like a gossamer, but it was obvious that there was something wrong with the body.

He wore his favorite white robe, the fabric was not precious, but it was very clean and tidy. He held a sword in his arms, wrapped in an ordinary leather scabbard, but he could still feel that there was a peerless sharp sword inside.

The sword is famous, called deadwood.

And the old man holding the sword has the same title, Deadwood Venerable.

"Old man, we haven't had a drink together in decades. ”

"Nothing more, nothing more"

"Thanks to you this time, the Chu family can survive this catastrophe"

"I am the housekeeper of the Chu family, so I naturally want to contribute to the Chu family"

Chu Zhenxiong poured the wine into two porcelain bowls and handed one to Zhao Cheng.

As soon as the two of them drank it, the mellow wine flowed down their throats and into their stomachs, as hot as fire.

"Our fate originated from a competition, a gambling contract"

Zhao Cheng smiled slightly, looking at the gradually clearing sky, as if reminiscing about the past.

A ray of light shone down in the thick clouds, and fell right on the two of them, setting them off like gods.

"Hahaha, where is the gambling contract, it's just a deed of sale, dog bear, I'm miserable by you"

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That year, Silver Moon City successively produced two top masters with swords, one was Zhao Cheng, who defeated ten enemies in a row with his self-created deadwood sword technique, and the other was Chu Zhenxiong, who opened and closed his swordsmanship and took the road line.

The two fought in the Qunying Restaurant.

"Boy, why don't we make a bet?"

Zhao Chengfeng was as beautiful as jade, and he was also a beautiful man at that time, and he had fascinated countless young girls.

"Well, although I've always been a fan of bets, since you open your mouth, you might as well talk about it."

Chu Zhenxiong was in high spirits at that time, and it was the peak moment

"I want to build my own family, if I win, how about you come and be my housekeeper?"

Zhao Cheng snorted, "Okay, if I become your family's housekeeper, I will never use a sword again!"

"Okay, how can there be a housekeeper who fights and kills every day, hahaha"

"And you lost that?"

"Then I'll learn to bark three times in front of the heroes of All Silver Moon City, and call me a bear!"

"A word?"

"No Reversal"

The two fought for a whole day and a night, and they were both the leaders of the younger generation in the entire Silver Moon City at that time, and in the end, Chu Zhenxiong was a little higher than Zhao Cheng by virtue of his cultivation. Win one and a half moves.

Since then, Zhao Cheng has been the butler of the Chu family for 60 years, and he never even uses a knife to kill chickens.

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Chu Zhenxiong thought of what happened decades ago, and couldn't help but feel a little at the speed of time passing.

Two more bowls of wine were poured, and they drank them dry.

"Do you regret it?"

"At first, there was a little, but then I watched the young people grow up, and the Chu family's industry was on the right track, and this became my home. Even if you drive me away, I won't leave. ”

"Haha, such a good housekeeper, where to find it, how can he drive it away. ”

"Hey, I'm old, it's time to hand over the space to Chu Lan and their generation, you give this sword trick to Chu Lan, I wrote it down overnight. It can be regarded as the essence of my Red Dust Sword Dao, and it can also be regarded as a perfect version of the Deadwood Sword Technique."

With that, he took out a codex from his arms and handed it to Chu Zhenxiong.

Chu Zhenxiong took it with a smile, but there was a gloomy look in his eyes. Fill up another glass of wine.

Zhao Cheng took it in his hand, and at this time, the clouds in the sky broke open, and a ray of light just sprinkled on the two of them.

Zhao Cheng held the sword in his arms, but the porcelain bowl that was sent to the corner of his mouth never moved again.

Chu Zhenxiong didn't seem to know at all, laughed and drank the wine, but he didn't know if it was wine or what, there were two or three drops of water in the air that were different.

"Old Zhaotou, you're still gone after all!"

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June 20.

The withered sword venerable sat on the ruined wall of the Chu family.

In order to obtain cultivation, Zhao Cheng forcibly improved his strength, and the meridians all over his body were broken, and the wheel of the veins was broken.

The tomb was built in the bamboo forest of the sword house in the back mountain, and no grand ceremony was held, because Chu Zhenxiong repeatedly emphasized that Zhao Cheng liked to be quiet, but the entire Chu family was buried in a very depressing atmosphere.

In Zhao Cheng's tomb, there is a peerless sword as a companion.

。。。。。。

After listening to his father's story, Chu Lan admired this legendary figure in his heart, he really never thought that Steward Zhao, who had always been humble and gentle around him, could create such a sharp deadwood sword technique.

The extraordinary in the ordinary.

The sand and gravel in the soil will eventually grow one day with strange flowers and plants

Once shone on an era, Zhao Cheng's story is over, and Chu Lan's story has just begun.

After eating, Chu Lan returned to the room, took out the piece of Yangyuan chalcedony that exuded a warm aura, probed his spiritual power into it, and dragged the origin fire essence in it to dispel the blood-colored murderous aura in his body.

After repeating this for three days, Chu Lan finally fully recovered, full of energy, and his whole body was once again full of strength, getting rid of the previous sense of powerlessness.

On this day, in the sword house in the back mountain, Chu Lan, who had never touched the chessboard, was playing against Chu Daiyan.

After getting acquainted with the door for the first time, Chu Lan began to fight fiercely with his father on the chess game.

Chu Daiyan held white chess, and Chu Lan held black chess, taking the lead

After all, he is the head of the family who controls the overall situation of the Chu family, and Chu Daiyan's control of the whole situation can be described as terrifying, although Chu Lan's attack is fierce, and he has launched a fierce battle against Bai Zi from the beginning of the fall, and the opponent's chess pieces have been defeated.

But every time Chu Lan thought that he had won, the staggered position of the chess pieces that were originally scattered showed their true meaning. Reunite and defeat the originally menacing sunspots.

Chu Daiyan won ten games and ten wins

"Lan'er, the way of playing chess is like marching and fighting, more like the development of life"

"A chessboard is a river and lake"

"Aren't all living beings a son in this heaven and earth chess game?"

Chu Lan thought so, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Who is the one who is holding this big game of chess?"

This question surprised Chu Daiyan, he was just making an analogy and didn't think about it.

yes, what are the forces that are driving the progress of this world?

Chu Daiyan picked up the tea bowl next to the chessboard and took a sip, thinking for a long time before saying

"Maybe it's a force of nature, the rules of the Heavenly Dao, right?"

Chu Lan nodded, he also thought the same thing.

Chu Daiyan fell again, devoured the qi around the sunspot, and once again won the victory.

He opened his mouth and smiled, "Lan'er, you lost again." ”

Chu Lan scratched her scalp and asked with some doubts, "Why can you win every time, Dad, are you hanging?"

"You are too murderous, you must know that the way to play chess lies in controlling the overall situation, and not being limited to immediate interests. ”

"Lan'er, your blood sword is a big killing weapon, and it is also a murderous object, I think you have been subtly affected unconsciously, the reason why you were suddenly asked to play chess with me is so that you can better control the murderous energy in your body, instead of being controlled by the murderous energy"

Chu Lan had never thought about this, but when he was in the Fish Dragon Kingdom at that time, he did feel that his killing intent had become heavier, and he even had some obsession with the feeling of being filled with murderous energy.

Chu Daiyan woke up the person in his dream with a word, the blood-dripping sword was too big, most of it was a murder weapon in the ancient years, although the lethality was amazing, but for a low-level monk like him, it was not necessarily a good thing.

It's just that this effect doesn't appear suddenly, but like boiling tea in warm water, although it is very slow, there will definitely be a day when it suddenly boils.

From the twelfth set. Chu Lan began to think about what his father said, his eyes were no longer limited to just one step, and slowly moved to the third, fourth, and fifth steps to think, he was cultivating his own concept of the overall situation.

Time flies very slowly, the surrounding flowers bloom very well, and the falling flowers are colorful, like a fairyland.

The petals fell around the two, and Chu Lan's heart was extremely clear. Gradually calmed down, only to feel that there was a game of chess in my heart, and there was a pair of invisible hands holding the child. The pattern of his thinking is much clearer.

The bamboo forest is churning, and the waves are bursting.

In the next ten games, Chu Lan finally won one game, and it was not so easy for Chu Daiyan to win Chu Lan, and he even thought about it for a long time a few times before he landed.

Liu Yeqing came to the Houshan Sword House, brought a plate of exquisite pastries, sat aside, put his hands between his lower abdomen, and watched the father and son fighting on the chessboard, the scene was extremely warm, how Liu Yeqing hoped that time could be frozen in this moment forever.

In the past three days, the Chu family's industry has been back on track, and after absorbing the Jin family's wealth industry, it has become even stronger, and has truly sat on the position of the leading boss of Silver Moon City.

It's just that the Chu family has always followed the principle that people don't offend me, and I don't offend people, and if the property that was once attached to the Jin family can be subdued, it will be subdued, and if it can't, let them develop freely, and it has not put pressure on second-rate families such as the Xiang Jia family, the Ji family, and the Chen family.

For the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce, the well water does not violate the river water, and even the steward of the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce came to the Chu family to discuss business, and he wanted to use the power of the Chu family to hunt monsters or something, and he would pay the Chu family a large amount of satisfactory wealth afterwards.

In fact, the Hongyun Chamber of Commerce did not look at the face of the Chu family, but received a secret notice from Miss Xia Jingyan to have a good relationship with the Chu family.

With the efforts of everyone, the Chu family building has been basically completed and restored to its former appearance, but fortunately, it has little impact on the Chu family Gongfa Pavilion in that catastrophe, and many of the Gongfa books have not been damaged.

Chu Daiyan handed over all the housework to his second brother to take care of, and he has been accompanying his family for the past few days, because he knows that the young eagle will always have to soar into the sky one day.

In the past three days, Chu Lan's mind has become more and more calm, the urge to kill has gradually disappeared, and her temperament has become more and more dusty.

In the past half a year, he has experienced too many fights, and his spirit has been in tension, if this continues, he may develop in the direction of paranoia, and now the life similar to health preservation in the past few days has made him relaxed, and the influence of the blood sword has become less and less.

Now that the father and son are playing against each other, Chu Lan is no longer powerless, and now he can win three or four sets in ten games.

Chu Daiyan had clearly felt the change in Chu Lan's mentality and temperament, and asked, "Lan'er, what is the purpose of sword training?"

"To kill, to protect"

Chu Daiyan frowned, and he opened his mouth to correct, "No, no, no, killing is just the way, you have to remember never to kill for the sake of killing, then your sword path is easy to go to extremes, and having a chivalrous heart is essential for walking the rivers and lakes."

Chu Lan nodded, the sword in his hand was not a murderous sword, but a guardian sword.

On this day, Liu Yeqing arrived.

"Lan'er, do you know why your third uncle is afraid of me who has no cultivation at all?"

Chu Lan hesitated for a moment, and whispered a little suspiciously, "Because of the mother?"

Chu Daiyan was beside him, and he laughed out loud, and was rewarded by Liu Yeqing with a white eye.

She said with a straight face, "The descendants of my family can cultivate a physical technique, which can sometimes break the shackles of the realm and kill people beyond the level. ”

Chu Lan was taken aback, he had never known his mother's origin, but he remembered that he had come to a man in a fancy suit who claimed to be his uncle during the day, and his aura was terrifying, as if he could destroy the stars with a single hand, it was very likely that he had the strength to approach the Holy Dao, but this was just speculation, because the circle of Silver Moon City was too small, except for the clam that was about to evolve into a fifth-order demon at that time, there was basically no supreme powerhouse.

His eyes were blazing, and after half a year of fighting, he deeply realized the importance of physical skills.

Some eagerly asked, what is the name of this physical technique

Xia Jingyan said solemnly

"Wind Thunder"