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Goose feathers and snow are falling in the air.

There were no pedestrians on the streets.

At the beginning, more than a dozen birds could be seen flying over the sky together, drawing an arc of life in the icy cold air.

But as the snow fell heavier and the wind blew harder, even the birds gradually disappeared and eventually became extinct.

The rest of the people are long gone.

At this moment, in this situation, in the picture scroll paved with wind and snow, it seems that there must always be a lonely boat parked by the river, and on the boat sits an old man wearing a hat and a robe, the old man holds a fishing rod in his hand, ties a long line, and attaches the bait on the line, and hangs it into the river water that has long been frozen, and waits for the fish to take the bait in the passing time, which is reasonable.

It is the communication and touch between life.

Not only will it not be worn out by the cold winter, but it needs the artistic conception and atmosphere created by the cold winter to set off.

But if you find out that this old man, this lonely boat, has been on the river for more than a month, and has never caught a fish, you must think that such a picture should not exist in reality.

Being able to pass the time for more than a month with only a fishing rod and a lonely boat shows that he is extremely patient.

Being able to do without eating or drinking, without pain or illness during this period of time, shows that he is not only extremely patient, but also has a certain amount of cultivation, and is not a mortal.

But how could a strange old man who was not a mortal be so poor in fishing?

Day and night passed, and nothing was gained.

This is clearly unreasonable.

January.

Two months.

March.

......

It was as if he was bent on wasting his time in such an unreasonable way.

It was early autumn when he boarded the boat.

Now it's the middle of winter the following year.

Spring and Autumn are gone.

The years have passed in a blink of an eye.

But he seemed to be the same.

A bamboo pole, a stalk, a robe, sitting from the dawn to the sky, looking forward to the morning light in the tide.

He's finally done the winter.

At the beginning of spring, the surroundings become fragrant with flowers and birds, and everywhere exudes the vitality of spring.

But there was no life in him.

It is like a sculpture in eternal sleep.

Dressed in a robe that has not yet melted the frost and snow rain, he returns to winter in the spring.

But then he woke up and did not sink into the kingdom of eternal sleep.

He was also awakened by an old man, with silver hair, but wearing a bright red dress that symbolized youth.

He looks more energetic than he is.

It seems to be more interesting.

The warm spring sun inadvertently became the spark for him to light the candles.

It was a red candle.

Aside from the color, it looks no different from a regular candle.

In reality, it's really different.

At least the red candle in his hand burned much longer than ordinary candles.

A red candle that burned for a whole year!

Counting the year and one season that the Lady had experienced before, the two of them together had spent more than two years like this.

No one knows why they did it.

In fact, they themselves are somewhat unclear.

It's just that since you have chosen the beginning, there must be an end.

Only then does such a wait be meaningful.

The Clothier and the Red Candle Man thought so.

The man who made them wait for more than two years thought the same thing.

......

Today is also the day of the beginning of spring.

A year ago, the Red Candle Man lit a red candle and let it burn out for a year.

Now bored, he took out a second red candle from his bosom and looked at the noon sun, wanting to light it again.

But the Clothier stopped him.

Not only did the words stop, but even the body was used, sweeping away the stiffness of the winter and becoming extremely flexible.

The red candle man who was caught off guard finally failed to hold the red candle and let it fall into the river, but when he saw this scene, he did not blame the Lingyi guest's thoughts, but said to the Lingyi guest with a little appreciation: "Spring birth, summer glory, autumn withering, winter extinction, I thought that you would have to postpone the integration of the magic power of the four seasons of reincarnation for more than ten years, I never thought that it would reach this point now, congratulations!"

Holding the fishing rod in his left hand, and slowly retracting his right hand, the expression of the clothed guest was very flat, and his voice was equally calm.

"Magical powers, it is a means that only gods and even above existences can be used, with my current attainments, I can't even call it a small achievement, it can only be regarded as quite rudimentary, why do you like it?"

Red Candle Weng said: "You are a human race, and your body is full of mortal blood, without a trace of the blood of other races, it is a great achievement to be able to cultivate the power of the Enlightenment Dao Realm, and now you have learned the magic power without breaking the boundary between gods and demons, even if this is a worthless carving insect skill for the strong people of gods and above, but in the Xuan Domain that has not been out of gods and demons for many years, it is enough for you to dominate." ”

The clothed guest shook his head and laughed: "Domination, are you the Liu Chengfeng who has changed from Confucianism to hegemony?"

Red Candle Weng pondered: "Of course you and Liu Chengfeng are different people, he is a hegemon, but he is not an unreasonable overlord, you are a wise man, but many times you are an unreasonable wise man." ”

"Haha, when did I not be reasonable?"

"The two of us go out and move our muscles and bones, and we can shake the five extremes of the Xuan Domain, but we have been the protector of a descendant who is still sprinting towards the Dao Realm for more than two years, do you think this is very reasonable?" Red Candle Weng pinched his beard and asked rhetorically.

Lingyi Ke said: "His age is relative to us, it is true that he is the younger generation, but in terms of thinking and strategy, it is more than equal, as for the strength of cultivation, it is only a matter of time before he talks to us on an equal footing, and I don't think it is a contrary to reason to protect the Dharma for such a person." ”

Red Candle Weng smiled strangely: "But he deceived us, when he formed an alliance with us, but the promised two years of questioning, five years of enlightenment, and now the two-year contract has expired, according to the agreement, he has to become our research object, why don't you do it for a long time?

The cloth guest said: "Maybe he has already broken through the realm, but he is just stabilizing the realm, and besides, if you really have that kind of thought, why don't you rush in yourself?"

The red candle waved his robe, wiped the dust on his shoes, and said, "I lit a candle just now, and you did this to me, if I rushed in directly to destroy Qin Yijian's cultivation, you fishermen would not be able to directly turn your face with Lao Tzu?"

Lingyike explained: "Your red candle is a year, if there is no change in this year, your cultivation will be improved by one point, and Shouyuan will also increase by one year, but if there is any vision or change in the middle, it will be difficult for you to improve your cultivation in the next year, and Shouyuan will also lose one year." According to my observation, Qin Yijian is about to leave the customs in a few days, and if you light the red candle at this time, won't you lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot? I'm helping you. ”

The red candle man suddenly sighed: "It's a pity, I didn't learn the art well, I learned the ability to steal the sky and the earth, but I didn't learn the skill of divination astrology and speculation, and the Tao in this area is not too good, at most 100 red candles are lit at a time, I don't even have a chance to gamble." ”

"If you can take it step by step, why gamble?"

"So you are fishing is fishing, all living beings from the moment of birth, are constantly playing with heaven and earth, since it is a game, not only there is a way to kill, but also a change of luck, luck is so ethereal and ethereal things how many can be grasped accurately?

"But I don't feel remorse when I lose a bet. ”

"Cut!"

The Red Candle Man rolled his eyes, obviously not wanting to argue with the Clothier about this issue any longer.

After a pause, his gaze deepened, and he looked to the bottom of the water along the long line of fishing of the clothed man.

"That kid has been closed for more than two years, and there is still a gas engine left, this guy has been diving for more than two years, and I can't even detect the breath, could it be dead?"

"The younger brother of the head of the Chu family in Zhonglu, how can he die so easily?"

"I know that his life is hard, but the key is that he was too seriously injured, and most of the meridians of his body were destroyed by the true scriptures of the rain concubine, not to mention, even the secret injury that fell to the realm many years ago was recurred. Speaking of Yu Feixian, I don't have a shallow impression, when she was still a monk in the Xuan Realm, I felt that her future achievements would not be low, otherwise she would not have been favored by you back then. It's a pity, later I first sent my own disciples to her side as dark chess, and you have cultivated such a jade rakshasa now, the interior of the Rakshasa Demon Gate is too unpeaceful, and she lacks skills, otherwise the first to enter the realm of enlightenment among the eight sect masters of this generation is really not necessarily Liu Chengfeng. ”

"She's good, she's cold, but she's not good enough, she's not cold enough, and that's the worst thing. ”

The clothed guest pondered for a long time, and then said such seemingly contradictory words.

Red Candle Weng smiled noncommittally, and suddenly said, "Actually, she herself is not unaware. Whether it's her own flaws, or some of the people we have planted around her. ”

Lingyike nodded and said: "She is very smart, but the way smart people do things may not be really smart, especially since she is a person who pays attention to the long-term and does not care about the short-term, and it is easy to bury many hidden dangers because of her unique opinions." ”

Red Candle Weng smiled: "This should be the reason why she is clearly aware of it, but she does not move my disciple for a long time, but regards it as her own on the surface." ”

The cloth said, "You dare to continue to put your good apprentice by her side, isn't it also for this reason?"

"Hehe, it won't be like this soon, I always feel that there will be a lot of big things happening in the near future, and it's better to be on the safe side. ”

"Huh?"

"What's the matter? surprised by my sudden sex change?"

"It's not...... Look at the river. ”

When the red candle man heard this, he immediately looked at the river with the clothier.

But seeing that there was a whirlpool in the center of the river rapidly formed, turning in a retrograde way, with the spread of the whirlpool, some of the ice floe that had not completely dissolved suddenly collapsed, and countless visible fish and shrimp and the decomposed kraken corpses continued to rush upstream along the arc of the superposition of the current, surging in the direction of the two of them.

"Chu Zhongkuo, this guy is a fucking talent! I really didn't take the wrong name, I can't have a big appetite, I have been diving for two years, and I have almost sucked up all the sea tribes in this river, and I still don't see blood!"

The red candle slapped his thigh and shouted.

The clothed guest on the side also no longer kept his composure, and was very surprised.

Not only that, but the water of this river seems to have become his nourishment, and he not only wants to recover from old injuries and new ones, but also takes this opportunity to return to the realm of enlightenment. ”

"me, it's not in vain that I gave him a mess. ”

Sou!

Before the Red Candle Weng finished speaking, a hunting wind suddenly set off around him, blowing the river backwards, and the space was disordered, and the wooden boat he and the clothed guest were riding began to become extremely unstable and crumbling.

"This is also caused by Chu Zhongkuo?! It doesn't feel like it!"

"It's not like that, it's ...... Qin Yijian is out of the customs!"

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