The bell rang crisply behind the mountain, which was a reminder to rest at night in the Sword Courtyard of the Imperial Palace, although there would not be a master running to the residence in the middle of the night to check and sleep, but this rule still needs to exist, as for whether the disciples obey it or not, it doesn't matter.

After Ning Haoran arranged Li Mengzhou and the other twenty people, he left directly, the place where they lived was specially vacated, and it was not in the same place as the residence of those senior brothers and sisters in the outer courtyard of the palace, so it seemed a little deserted.

Because there are not many female disciples in the Ligong Sword Academy, the houses are not particularly separated, and each house can accommodate about five or six people, and there is a distance between them, covering a large area, so although the houses are all together, there will be no problems.

If you want to have a courtyard alone, you can only enter the inner courtyard, and almost every disciple in the inner courtyard has a separate residence, although the space is smaller than that of the outer courtyard, but it is cleaner and more convenient.

This may also be one of the reasons why some disciples of the outer court want to rack their brains to enter the inner court.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

The wind in the mountains is very cool, especially at night, although there are many fewer insects in winter, but after all, this is the mountain gate of the palace, and there are still many vigorous insects that try their best to disturb people's dreams.

There are cicadas in the world, which only survive in the cold winter, especially in the places where the aura of heaven and earth is strong, the cicadas are the most excited.

Li Mengzhou sat on a mountain rock, listening to the chirping of cicadas, listening to the murmuring of the stream, and looking at the magnificent mountain scenery at night, and his mood was difficult to calm down.

He seldom thinks seriously about his past, perhaps because many things have been forgotten by him, the people in the vague memory, who can still remember the general appearance and name, now only remember the vague appearance, but can not call their names, I believe, time continues to pass, even their appearance will not be remembered.

But in the past years, there will be some people who will never be forgotten, that is engraved in the depths of the heart, and this part of the people, especially their families, is the least likely to be forgotten.

Now that he has finally come to the capital, he has visualized the aura of heaven and earth, because what he has to do makes his memory of certain people and certain things clearer.

Revenge is bound to be bloody, and he will never forget the day when many lives were lost on that day, and he survived only because of luck or deliberate arrangement, and in his mind, he was the only one who was qualified and capable of avenging those who died.

It had been hidden in his heart for too long, and as a child he was afraid to remember that day, and he never even thought about revenge, because he was incapable and afraid that he would die as well.

But in this world, there are many things that you can't do if you don't want to, and under the rotation of the gears of fate, every step is forcing him to really face that thing, so that he understands that although death is terrible, it is also a very difficult thing to live well.

Everyone will grow, and when they finally stop being cowardly, it is the time to learn to face any danger bravely, and must break the adversity at any cost, because only in this way can we live better.

He has experienced too much life and death, and has seen too much death, even if he is still afraid of death, it is difficult for anything to shake his heart.

Because apart from becoming a cultivator and completing revenge, the meaning of his existence in this world is meaningless.

Although he was passive in many things, it didn't mean that he didn't want revenge, he was just stuck in some kind of quagmire, unable to extricate himself, and when he climbed out of the quagmire, the problems that were in front of him that were very distressing at the beginning were no longer problems.

He used to feel that he was a little too lonely in this world to accomplish something, but since he walked out of Shuning Town, he had heard the name he had once been familiar with more than once, and at that moment, he suddenly felt that he had never been alone.

Everyone should have something to protect in this world, and everyone who does something wrong should be punished, he just judges those who do wrong, no matter how powerful those people are, he has no hesitation, because it is about his protection and the faith in his heart.

In this quiet forest where only the cicadas can be heard, there is a pair of sharp eyes that make Li Mengzhou feel a little unnatural, he raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the young man who was hiding in the shadows with his back against the wall of the house not far away, his lips moved slightly, and an indifferent voice came out: "Do you like to hide in the dark and observe others?"

A faint sneer rang out, and the boy next to the house stepped into the moonlight.

The silver glow sprinkled on his body, and it seemed that his whole body radiated some light.

Li Mengzhou recognized this teenager, although in the process of mountaineering and entrance testing, this teenager's sense of existence was not very high, but he was a very noteworthy person.

He Zhengrong from a famous family in the capital.

A boy who is only fourteen years old.

Li Mengzhou frowned slightly, He Zhengrong was just a child in his eyes, but there seemed to be something very attractive about this child.

He Zhengrong walked towards Li Mengzhou very lazily, like a rebellious teenager who did not obey discipline, and there was no one in his eyes.

Standing still in front of Li Mengzhou, He Zhengrong looked condescendingly at Li Mengzhou sitting on the stone, and said: "I entered meditation at the age of ten, and entered Amaterasu at the age of fourteen. ”

Li Mengzhou raised his eyebrows and said, "So what?"

He Zhengrong sneered, very casually tore off the thin branch of a tree next to him, played with it in his hand, and said: "Among the people who worship the mountain today, I can't look down on anyone, it's just that there is some trouble except for the woman Shen Jiyue, because she is the person with the highest cultivation qualifications."

Although I knew that I would definitely be able to get into the palace, I was very angry when I thought about not being able to get in with the best grades. But thinking about it another way, being surpassed by a woman is nothing to worry about, after all, we are not men.

But what I'm more curious about is that you're already seventeen years old this year, and you're only thinking about success for the first time, and I don't know whether to call you too wasteful or a little bit of accumulation. I'm just trying to figure out what kind of person you are, and of course, it might seem boring, so I've changed my mind now, and anyway, no one bothered here, so why don't you see the real thing under your hands and learn a thing or two?"

Li Mengzhou looked at He Zhengrong unexpectedly and said in surprise: "You want to fight with me?"

He Zhengrong said impatiently: "This is an obvious thing, what, you won't dare, right?"

Li Mengzhou didn't care about He Zhengrong's rudeness, after all, He Zhengrong was just a bear child in his eyes, he just hesitated, then smiled and said, "Then don't hesitate to teach." ”

He Zhengrong's expression quickly became serious, he glanced around, tilted his head slightly, and said, "Let's move to the forest, it's not good to get too close to the house." ”

Li Mengzhou didn't speak, just stood up and took the lead in walking towards the depths of the forest.

The empty forest was covered with snow, the soles of the boots creaked on the ground, the breeze blowing, and the snowflakes slapped on the face, oozing a hint of coldness.

Ten steps to stand still.

Li Mengzhou carried his hands behind his back, and his eyes were full of indifference.

He Zhengrong looked eager to try, his feet bouncing lightly on the ground, as if he was doing warm-up activities.

He crossed his ten fingers together, broke it outward, exhaled lightly, looked up at Li Mengzhou, and said coldly: "I see that you don't have weapons, so I don't use a sword, I can let you strike first." ”

Li Mengzhou smiled, but he didn't shirk it, the hands he was carrying were put in front of him, the palm of his right hand slowly opened, and there was a gang qi formed from the palm of his hand, crackling like thunder and lightning.

He Zhengrong's eyes widened in horror, it seemed very incredible, of course he knew that this was not a cultivator's method, but he had not come into contact with the martial arts masters on the rivers and lakes, so he was very surprised by Li Mengzhou's appearance at this moment.

"What are you? It doesn't seem to be the embodiment of the aura of heaven and earth, and you have just entered the visualization, so it is impossible for you to do this. ”

Li Mengzhou didn't mean to answer why Zhengrong, he gently pushed it out with a palm, and said with a smile: "You'll know soon." ”

He Zhengrong can clearly perceive the changes in the surrounding space, the Gang Qi cultivated by the martial arts is different from the aura of heaven and earth, although the aura of heaven and earth fills the whole world, and all cultivation schools need to use the aura of heaven and earth, but because only cultivators can visualize the aura of heaven and earth, the martial artists of the rivers and lakes cannot accurately recognize it.

Gang Qi is naturally also a kind of heaven and earth aura, or in other words, Gang Qi is just a derivation of heaven and earth aura separated from the martial arts method, and it is presented in another way.

This is also the reason why the strong martial arts masters can be compared to the monks of the Amaterasu visualization stage, and even be able to kill the monks of the first realm, because in essence they are cultivating one thing.

And because only martial arts masters can cultivate Gang Qi, this already means that the martial arts have come to an end, they have no cultivation qualifications, they can't practice supernatural powers, and they can't better use the aura of heaven and earth, and naturally they can't become stronger.

On the contrary, the practitioner's exposure to the aura of heaven and earth is only the beginning of the practice.

If you can't visualize and recognize the aura of heaven and earth, the martial arts master will not be able to break through the boundaries of the mundane, which is equivalent to a person having a treasure buried in his home, but he himself does not know that in the end, this treasure can only be buried in the ground forever.

And even if you dig up the treasure, it doesn't mean that you will be able to become rich, because if you don't have the qualifications to become a practitioner, you can't keep the treasure, and in the final analysis, the question is whether you can enter the meditation and whether you have the qualifications to practice.

In the eyes of He Zhengrong, who has never been in contact with martial arts, Li Mengzhou's methods are a little strange, but he is only a little surprised, he is a monk who has entered the Amaterasu stage, he can travel far away at any time, and be promoted to a real monk, and the use of heaven and earth aura is naturally far beyond that of ordinary martial arts masters.

The fierce wind blowing in his face swept through his hair, and the Gang Qi, which contained extremely strong power, would eventually collapse the moment it came into contact with the true Heaven and Earth Aura.

But He Zhengrong is not easy.

It's even a little uncomfortable.

After all, he didn't enter the Far Journey realm, so he didn't have the strength to crush the martial arts master, and even if he disintegrated Li Mengzhou's offensive, he was also hit hard by unimaginable.

As if an electric arc was passing through him, the tingling sensation made his legs weak, his face turned pale, and he looked at Li Mengzhou in horror and inexplicably, and he said in disbelief: "You have only just entered the visualization, how can you beat me?!"

Li Mengzhou smiled without saying a word, took a step forward, the wind rose under his feet, blowing away the snow and fallen leaves, he looked at He Zhengrong, who was extremely unconvinced, and said softly: "You are still young, you have never seen many things, the cultivator is not the most powerful existence in the world, at least before entering the artistic conception, the martial arts masters on the rivers and lakes can kill the monks of Amaterasu at will, and even some people can kill the monks of the distant realm." ”

As the saying goes, I have never eaten pork but have seen pigs run, He Zhengrong quickly came to his senses, and he said angrily: "It turns out that you are a martial artist in the rivers and lakes, and you are the same person as Zheng Qian's guy." ”

Li Mengzhou shook his head lightly and said: "Don't compare Zheng Qian's person with me, although I say so, I am suspected of pretending to be something, but I still have to say that in front of me, he is really just a scumbag." ”

He Zhengrong was shocked.

He couldn't judge the authenticity of Li Mengzhou's words, but looking at Li Mengzhou, who was very calm and calm, he felt that this seemed to be true.

His eyes kept rolling, he didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly he rushed to Li Mengzhou and said very hopefully: "Why don't you teach me martial arts?"

Li Mengzhou looked at him in astonishment, couldn't help but pat his head, and said: "Although the peak powerhouse of martial arts can indeed compete with monks, but that is already the limit, there is no reason for you to give up your cultivation to learn martial arts, but it doesn't hurt to learn a little to enhance your physique." ”

Most of the practitioners look down on the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, and naturally disdain to learn martial arts, but in fact, the martial arts itself is not much different from the practice.

Martial arts also have merits, and if they can be integrated with practice, it is naturally very good, and the so-called learning from each other's strengths is the case.

Except for a few special people, the physique of the cultivator is indeed a little improper, but it is not to the point of being fragile, but it is just that the physique of the monk is a little weak when compared to the peak powerhouse of the martial arts.

Moreover, sword cultivation itself also pays more attention to the cultivation of the physique, so He Zhengrong does not need to learn any martial arts at all.

Although he didn't get an accurate answer from Li Mengzhou, He Zhengrong didn't care too much, compared to martial arts, of course he preferred cultivation.

It's just that he was defeated by Li Mengzhou so easily, which made He Zhengrong a little unhappy.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll find another chance to fight with you, first of all, I will be able to enter the Far Travel Realm soon, so you better become stronger quickly, otherwise you will not be my opponent at that time." ”

Li Mengzhou smiled and nodded, although he didn't think He Zhengrong would be able to defeat him, but it also seemed to be a very interesting thing.

Moreover, if He Zhengrong really entered the realm of traveling far away, with the current situation that Li Mengzhou had just visualized the aura of heaven and earth, and was not familiar with it, maybe the result would be really bad.

He Zhengrong was slightly stunned after turning around, glanced at the person standing in front of him, and walked towards the house with a cold face.

Shen Jiyue looked at He Zhengrong's back inexplicably, and said to Li Mengzhou, "What's wrong with him?"

Li Mengzhou spread his hands and said, "It's just a child, and his temper has always been bad, so he doesn't need any reason at all." ”

Shen Jiyue raised her eyebrows and said, "You look old-fashioned, and you are only three years older than him." ”

Li Mengzhou said: "A lot can happen in three years, and you can learn a lot of things, and there is a generation gap in between. ”

Shen Jiyue shook her head and said, "You guys just had a fight, it seems that you won?"

Li Mengzhou smiled: "It's just a fluke." ”

Shen Jiyue said in disbelief: "How can there be so many lucks, it is a fluke for you to enter the visualization, and it is also a fluke to win He Zhengrong, so what is not a fluke?"

Li Mengzhou did not speak.

Shen Jiyue was silent for a moment and said: "That kid from the He family has a very strange temper, it is not easy to make him admit that his skills are not as good as others, it seems that many people do underestimate you." ”

Li Mengzhou said lightly: "I'm just lucky, in fact, I can't compare to any of you, you all entered the visualization at the age of ten or even twelve or thirteen, so it's normal for me to be looked down upon by some people, but many things in this world are unfair, maybe I'm a genius who will be lazy at the beginning, and once I want to spread my wings and fly high, I will soar into the sky, and I can't pull it." ”

Shen Jiyue seemed to be amused by Li Mengzhou's serious appearance, waved her hand and said, "It's not early, there is one last assessment tomorrow, let's rest early." ”

Li Mengzhou and Shen Jiyue walked towards the house together, and then parted under the corridor and walked towards their respective houses.

The house where the two lived was some distance away, and when Li Mengzhou was passing through a bluestone road, he found a figure sneaky and didn't know what he was doing.

The person was wearing a white robe, which belonged to the disciples of the Sword Courtyard of the Imperial Palace, and the disciples of the outer courtyard of the Imperial Palace were all dressed in white robes, and only when they entered the inner courtyard could they choose the clothes of their favorite color.

Out of curiosity, Li Mengzhou slowed down and quietly walked over.

It was a young man, as if he was afraid of being discovered, and the whole person was cautious, silently observing something.

Li Mengzhou stood behind this person, looked over suspiciously, and found that there were two girls walking side by side not far away, talking and laughing.

Although they were also wearing long white dresses, they were obviously not the costumes of the palace, and Li Mengzhou vaguely felt as if he had seen this dress somewhere.

He faintly heard the names and words "Senior Sister Lu" and "Senior Sister Nansheng" and "Bath" from the mouths of the two girls, and then the sneaky disciple of the Sword Academy seemed to be very excited, and was about to quietly follow the two girls.