"Fellow Daoists, please stay!"

"What?"

"Dare to ask, how is this world?"

"...... this world?"

The young man in Tsing Yi turned his head and raised his eyes to look at the sky, and lowered his eyes to look at the land.

"Daoist friends don't have to rush to answer, and they don't have to answer me, just don't forget to remember this question every day, don't forget to think about this solution. ”

An old Taoist priest was expressionless, his eyes were slightly closed, and he only said slowly. He asked the young man in Tsing Yi, but his eyes never fell on the young man in Tsing Yi, as if he was talking to himself, but more like he was staring beyond the farther world.

......

At night, Lin Xun went back to sleep after practicing in the courtyard, but he couldn't close his eyes while lying on the bed and tossing and turning. He sat up, bent his legs, and meditated.

The night gradually deepened, the birds and beasts were sleeping, the grass and trees were not flourishing, and everything was silent, but at this time Lin Xun was not sleepy, he lit a wax lamp, got up and sat at the table. Soon, the moth that was fighting the fire flew slowly and lingered around the firelight, but Lin Xun, who was sitting at the table, had a fluttering look in his eyes at this time, and he didn't even pay attention to the scene of "moths fighting the fire" that happened in front of him.

Lin Xun's thoughts were stagnant at the scene when he met the old Taoist, that scene was like a dream and a fantasy, hazy and clear, as if it happened yesterday, and like a dream last night, with the ambiguity of reality and dream, and even now he doesn't remember the appearance of the old Taoist.

Suddenly, Lin Xun's eyes twitched, and his thoughts were interrupted. In a blink of an eye, it turned out that the moth that was fighting the fire was flying around due to the blockage of the lampshade, and hit his eyes. Lin Xun glanced at the moth, and then moved his gaze to the wax lamp.

"Is this little lampshade the 'this heaven and earth' in the mouth of the Taoist priest?"

Lin Xun thought for a moment, got up and opened the door and walked into the courtyard, he didn't care about the moth and the wax lamp, he didn't blow out the wax lamp, he didn't take the lampshade away, he didn't save it, and he didn't let it die as he wished. But at this time, he did not know that one day in the future, he would have to face such a choice, for himself or for others.

"You don't have a choice now, but one day in the future, you will face the same situation, but you have to make a choice! ”

In the distance, a pitch-black figure stood on a high place and said silently.

"The fifth person, this time, what will be the result?" he watched as the disheveled young man opened the door and sat in the courtyard, and then his figure flashed away.

The night was long, the cold wind was rising, although it was close to late spring, it was still a little cold.

"Yo, haven't slept yet?"

Lin Xun followed the prestige and saw a fat face appear on the wall, he was a little surprised: "Why did you come to me so late?"

"The goods have arrived. ”

The fat man was lying on the wall with his arms, looking very hard, he looked at Lin Xun with his eyes, like a poor stray dog, but there was no stray dog like him, fat!

"Come in!"

Lin Xun got up and went to open the courtyard door, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw a bulging small package, and then it was the fat man.

The fat man flashed the package in his hand to Lin Xun, and then walked inside in a rampage, Lin Xun wanted to stop but was knocked aside by him, so he could only slam the door angrily.

The relationship between Lin Xun and the fat man can be described as both business and friend. In ordinary interactions, nine times out of ten are for the relationship between merchants and merchants, and the remaining one or two are friends, but it is still in the interests of buying and selling that can make businessmen as friends.

The fat man came to the courtyard, sat on the stone bench by himself, gently placed the package on the stone table, and peeled it off layer by layer, revealing an expression full of anticipation. Lin Xun on the side walked over slowly, sat on the stone table, and watched him quietly and helplessly direct and act by himself.

Before the fat man could fully open the package, Lin Xun smelled a faint fragrance, wisps of fragrance, one by one, refreshing, denser and denser, but not tired.

Before the fat man could fully open it, Lin Xun motioned for him to stop, "It's okay, wrap it up." ”

"Don't look at it?"

Lin Xun gave him a blank look.

"Gotcha! ”

Lin Xun took out a bag of money from his waist and threw it to the fat man.

The fat man flipped the money bag in his hand, smiled thief, and then put it on his waist.

"Well, please go back!"

"Don't be in a hurry to give an eviction order, this beautiful scenery should be accompanied by fine wine!" the fat man put his right hand into his arms.

"What do you want to do?"

"You haven't been to a bar yet?"

"So what?"

"The ancients said: No wine, no joy!"

"No, you can take it back and drink it yourself. ”

"How can a good thing be enjoyed by one person? You and I are half friends, so ...... it."

"Stop, half a friend doesn't count. ”

"Reluctantly, barely half of it!" the fat man couldn't laugh or cry.

"Wait, what did you just say?"

"I'm going to share it with you, a friend, anyway. ”

Lin Xun looked at him with disdain.

"This is a giveaway, give it to you to drink, and you won't be charged. The fat man took out a small bottle from his bosom, and the bottle was as delicate as jade.

Lin Xun knew that this fat man was quite good at what he said, at least in his case.

"I am a person who practices martial arts, and I should not drink alcohol......"

"What are you, you have to drink if you're a man!"

The fat man somehow reached out of nowhere for two small wine glasses, and then poured them full.

Lin Xun couldn't shirk it, so he could only sit down.

"The name of this wine is: Xie Chun. When it is approaching the end of spring, the stamens of hundreds of flowers that are not thanked are carefully brewed, mellow and intoxicating, and only this dream bottle can be sealed. A friend of mine gave me a few years ago, and this is the only small bottle in the world, which is the man's brew, and I have never been willing to drink it. ”

"So precious, then you ......"

"No matter how precious it is, it is also wine, and if it is wine, you have to drink it!"

Lin Xun glanced at the wine in the glass, it was a turbid wine, but it was more refreshing than the wine he had smelled so far. He wanted to pick up his glass, but was stopped by the fat man, who smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to drink it yet!"

This time the fat man had a gentle smile on his face.

"There is a kind of wine in the rivers and lakes called sworn wine, and after drinking it, it is considered a sworn brother. How about drinking such a glass of wine, it won't be a loss to call me a big brother?"

"What are you kidding?" Lin Xun looked at him strangely.

"It's okay if you don't scream. ”

The fat man looked up slightly at the tree outside the courtyard.

Suddenly, neither of them spoke, and there was silence around them, and a fallen leaf slowly drifted down and landed on the stone table.

After the silence, the fat man was the first to speak, "This leaf falls here, we only see this leaf, what we don't see is that this leaf once stood vigorously on the branches, and we don't see that it will turn into dust and mud to moisten the mother tree." Each of us is too focused on the surface of things. ”

Lin Xun listened to the fat man's words in a daze, although he had occasionally sighed before, but this time it seemed to be more unusual than usual.

"This is the last time we trade. ”

Lin Xun was shocked for some reason, "You ......"

"Don't ask anything, you know. The fat man said lightly.

Lin Xun nodded slightly.

"Do you dare to drink it all with me?" The fat man's eyes suddenly became bright, and he looked at Lin Xun squarely.

Lin Xun was stunned for a moment, and then grinned: "Why don't you dare?"

With a glass of turbid wine in his stomach, Lin Xun frowned, and poured it on the stone table.

The fat man looked surprised and said, "A cup of pour?

The fat man glanced at the drunk Lin Xun, and then drank another glass of wine alone, and then he picked up Lin Xun and walked to the room, "How nice it would be if you were a girl!"

Then he threw Lin Xun on the bed, blew out the wax lamp, closed the door and left.

After the fat man left, Lin Xun sat up from the bed, he was not drunk, but the fat man tonight, it was very abnormal, which made him feel very wrong, it seemed that in the future, something was going to happen. In the dark, Lin Xun took out a piece of "iron" from the bottom of the bed, and when he touched it carefully, it was a key, which was left by the fat man just now, hidden in the partition under the bed, probably not wanting to be discovered by him.

This made Lin Xun more determined.

"Junfei, I hope you don't do anything that is regrettable. ”

Outside the courtyard, the fat man stood by the wall and did not leave for a long time.

"I don't regret what I did, because it's all for my best friend and my most loyal person. It's just that I hope one day you don't be that 'regret person'. ”

"You see me as a reluctant half friend, but I have long regarded you as a friend of mine for life. ”

"Okay, let's have a drink with my brother at the end!"

The fat man smiled bitterly and turned to leave.

In one compound, most of the lights have been turned off elsewhere, but in one study is brightly lit, and in the room is an old man with gray temples sitting at his desk, looking out the window at the gloomy night.

Suddenly, the lights went out. There was a dark shadow in front of the old man.

"How's it going?" asked the old man.

"I've already tried it, Lin Xun really can't be wooed, he is only loyal to the master. ”

"It seems that he is useless. ”

"I agree with that, but ......"

"Huh?"

"One more thing. ”

"Say!"

"Our previous speculation may be true. ”

"You mean ......"

The person in front of the old man nodded, "My subordinates have a plan to ensure that we can achieve great things as soon as possible." ”

"Oh? ”

Then the black shadow stepped forward and whispered a few words to the old man, and the old man then smiled.

"It is indeed feasible to use Lin Xun to contain the door master. He's just a wretch, and it's not too late to kill him when his value is used to its worth. ”

"The elder is clever!"

"Haha, Junfei, I have you by my side to plan with me, and great things can be done! ”

The moonlight entered the room, and the black shadow finally revealed its face, and it turned out that this black shadow was the fat man who was still in Lin Xun's courtyard a moment ago.

The next day, Lin Xun got up early, just opened the door but saw that the bottle of "Xie Chun" last night was still on the stone table, the delicate bottle was shining in the morning light, it looked even more unusual, it also had two small wine glasses on the left and right, obviously, these were deliberately left by the fat man.

Lin Xun thought about it, put the bottle of wine and wine glass into the house and hid it, and then practiced in the courtyard, also waiting.

He was waiting for his "guest".

But no one has come today.

Lin Xun waited and waited, and when he waited, he would get up and practice, and the sun had hung on the mountain from dawn to now. Lin Xun had to get up and stop, walk back to the house and continue practicing.

Lin Xun was born with a cold physique, and he couldn't be exposed to sunlight for too long, otherwise he would be dizzy and weak.

But today, when Lin Xun walked back to the house, he had a strange feeling, not as weak as before, but still unfinished, as if he was no longer afraid of the sun.

Lin Xun walked into the sun with the mentality of trying, and practiced boxing and footwork one after another, but there was still no sign of weakness. Lin Xun felt strange, and then kept practicing, practicing for another hour, and finally felt a hint of fainting, which was a sign of detachment.

Lin Xun wiped his sweat and walked into the house.

Looking at the sun again, it was already three poles past the sun, but there was still no knock on the door.

Lin Xun took a sip of water and sighed silently.

The sun gradually passed over the mountains, and in a blink of an eye, it was dusk.

On the main hall of the Jade Jiaomen, a young man stood in the center of the main hall, the man was wearing a robe, his face was angular and handsome, and he had a unique domineering temperament. He was looking at the sunset, a little apprehensive in his eyes, but more of a gritty one. Beside him was an old man, tall and white, with a chilling majesty.

"I wonder who will be the real winner after this storm?" said the young man slowly.

"Door master, now that you have made full preparations, what are you still worried about?"

"Yes, what are you worried about?" the young man turned to look at the old man, "In the past few years, thanks to Mr. Youshi, otherwise my position as the head of the sect would have changed hands long ago." ”

"The master of the door is the person chosen by the master of the first door, and the old man should be supported by himself, and the master of the door is a young man in the world, who entered the rivers and lakes alone when he was young, and the young man took on the big responsibility, looking at the entire Jiayan Ancient Continent, whether it is martial arts or wisdom, the master of the door is far beyond the existence of his peers, so the master of the door does not have to be humble, and the old man is just doing his duty. ”

The young man turned his head to look at the sunset, "But there are still so many things I can't do!"

The old man looked up at the young man's side face and sighed silently.

The young man stared into the distance and said, "The afterglow of this dusk is comparable to the rising sun of dawn, but after that there will be endless darkness. ”