Xiao Yu knelt softly in front of the sword, the hair falling on both sides stuck to her cheeks full of tears, her red eyes were misty, the sleeves of the sword coat were also wet because of wiping, her shiny lips moved, and she immediately tightened after spitting out the word 'master', as if she had done something arrogant.

Lin Shouxi leaned back on the old chair, looked at the poor little girl, and did not give any response.

Xiaoyu was even more aggrieved, she kept saying 'Xiaoyu is wrong', tears fell down, her nose was wrinkled, she looked very sour, and when she was a little emotionally broken, Lin Shouxi finally spoke:

"Xiaoyu, do you want to win?"

"Yes, yes......" whispered as he muttered.

"Are you willing to work hard?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Hmm...... Willing, willing. Xiaoyu has just been caught cheating, and she is becoming more and more unconfident in speaking.

"Would you like it or not?" Lin Shouxi said coldly.

"Yes!" Xiao Yu's back straightened, like a frightened deer.

Lin Shouxi looked at the girl with small breasts, thought for a moment, and felt that she was so lazy, in addition to being pampered since childhood, she still lacked motivation at all.

"Xiaoyu, you practice hard to win the sword, so what are you winning for?" Lin Shouxi asked seriously.

Xiao Yu was a little confused, she blinked her eyes, subconsciously bit her fingers, thought for a moment, and then said tentatively: "For ...... Not to be ashamed? ”

"What else?"

"Anything else......" Xiao Yu bit her finger and thought for a while, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Lin Shouxi was speechless for a while, he quickly understood that the environment in which she lived was too good, she had never encountered any danger, and she lived freely and happily every day, so it became a big thing to lose people or not.

Xiao Yu seemed to understand Lin Shouxi's thoughts, she said: "Although the outside world is very dangerous, it is not something we need to worry about." ”

"Why?"

"Because we have a god wall, and a god wall can keep all danger out...... We've lived in peace like this for generations. Xiao Yu whispered, with adoration in his words, as if the high wall was the emperor they obeyed.

"What if the wall collapses?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Wall...... How could the wall collapse? "The whisper is incomprehensible.

Her house was not far from the city wall, so she had been to the city wall more than once, and had admired the miracle of the towering mountain, and she knew that the wall was so strong that not even a sharp awl could penetrate any crack in the stone bricks, and what kind of great force could shake it...... Xiaoyu can't imagine.

Lin Shouxi didn't want to talk to her too much, he just said: "Xiaoyu, you need a longer-term goal." ”

"Hmm!"

Xiaoyu also felt that he had a point, "But what is the goal......

"You ask yourself, what do you need most, what do you want most." Lin Shouxi guided her to think.

"Well, I'm thinking about it......"

Xiao Yu wiped her cheeks with her sleeve while meditating hard, she had no worries about food and clothing, and her living conditions were good, so she didn't have anything she wanted, as for her spirit...... After a moment, she had a flash of inspiration, stretched out her little thumb, and said, "Let's make a promise!" ”

"Agreed?"

"That's right! Conventions! Xiao Yu asked, "Brother is outside the sacred mountain now, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then you should come to Mount Kinabalu in the future, right?"

"Maybe."

"In this way, the next time we meet, we will have a competition, if I can win, then my brother must unconditionally agree to my request, if my brother wins, then I will ......"

Before the words 'let you dispose of it' stuck in her throat, Lin Shouxi took the lead and interrupted her words coldly:

"Then you and I will cut off the master-apprentice relationship, and I will never see you again."

Xiao Yu was stunned on the spot, and she realized that she had dug a big hole for herself.

Lin Shouxi didn't deliberately scare her ruthlessly, he just felt that he had to use thunderous means to treat such a lazy little girl, he didn't give Xiaoyu time to defend and make up for it, and immediately said:

"The agreement has been made, wait for me to find you later."

"I'm ......" When Xiaoyu came back to his senses, it was too late, so he had to nod weakly, "Then, then you have to come later, if you come too early, Xiaoyu will have to surrender......"

Lin Shouxi didn't nod or shake his head, but said, "You win the competition in five days first, otherwise everything will be empty talk." ”

"yes, got it."

Xiao Yu regained her strength and courage after a short period of depression, she wiped away her tears and regrouped, "Then I...... Can I call you Master? ”

"Whatever you want." Lin Shouxi said lightly.

Xiao Yu showed a look of excitement, she bent down, and her injured forehead touched the paper used for fraud: "Disciple Xiao Yu to meet Master!" ”

"Hmm."

Lin Shouxi nodded, although he had a cold face, but looking at the cute appearance of the little girl pear blossom with rain, he couldn't help but feel unbearable in his heart, Lin Shouxi couldn't say anything serious, but said: "In the future, remember not to cheat again, if you dare to commit it again, you will ......be a teacher."

"I really knew I was wrong."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yu immediately put her hands together, indicating that she knew that she could change her mistakes, she bit her bright lip, did not dare to look directly at the sword in front of her, and said shamefully: "If I dare to make another mistake, I, I will fight myself for the master." ”

This...... What is this?

Lin Shouxi was also stunned, but he was quite satisfied with Xiao Yu's enthusiastic appearance at the moment, and he wasn't sure if he would accept disciples in the future, but at least this was the first one, since he was the first apprentice, he should take it seriously.

"Alright, let's get started." Lin Shouxi said.

"Eh, now, now?" Xiao Yu was a little surprised.

"You still want to be lazy?"

"No, I don't want to."

Xiao Yu immediately fell to the ground, she stretched her small body, her thin legs, covered her face with one hand, and held the wooden sword used for sword practice in the other.

"You...... What are you doing? Lin Shouxi asked stunned.

"Eh, I'm punishing myself...... Didn't Master let me start? Xiao Yu also asked in surprise.

"......," Lin Shouxi took a deep breath, "I let you start practicing swords." ”

"Ah...... Oh, Master, you can be clear. ”

Xiao Yu's cheeks flushed even more, she got up like lightning, messily sorted out the paper manuscript used for fraud in front of her, and began to practice the sword after reading it roughly.

Lin Shouxi watched while patiently explaining to her, explaining the power point of the move and the method of winning.

Xiaoyu listened carefully as never before, and she also knew for the first time that there were so many doorways in the seemingly simple chopping and stabbing, although these doorways were not fancy, but they all revealed the neatness of the sword, which was the experience that the predecessors exchanged for life and death, and each style could be glimpsed with blood.

Xiao Yu listened quietly and immersed himself.

Gradually, she felt that the original blunt moves came alive in her mind, and they were like invisible trickles, injected into blood through her thoughts, and then used blood as a medium to flow throughout her body.

After she really devoted herself wholeheartedly, half a set of swordsmanship went from unfamiliar to familiar, and it only took half an hour.

Lin Shouxi was surprised by her talent, but also realized how much this girl had wasted her talent before.

While practicing the sword, there was a knock on the door suddenly, and Xiao Yu was startled, and she even forgot to cut off the connection of the sword and went to open the door.

"Xiaoyu, why are you here again? When you are cured, you will run around. ”

It was a woman's voice, and the gentle words were reproachful...... It seems to be a whispering mother.

"Hmm...... Small language, small language is refining the body here. Xiao Yu was in a hurry and said.

"Refining?" The woman was confused.

"Yes, there is abundant sword intent here, it is the most suitable for refining the body, staying here, I feel that my illness has improved a lot." Xiao Yu smiled.

"Really? Let my mother take a look at it too. The woman said softly.

"Hey! Don't come in. Xiao Yu opened her arms to stop her.

But where could she stop such a young body, the woman picked her up directly and entered the house together.

"I used to lock you up in this little sword building, but you didn't want to, but now you are not locked up, but you came by yourself...... The subordinates in the family were in a hurry, and they turned over all the trees in the yard, but they didn't find you, so they were so frightened that they came to report to me. The woman smiled and shook her head, pinching Xiaoyu's cheek.

"Why are you looking for tree trunks, I haven't climbed trees for a long time......" Xiaoyu really didn't want to admit that one of his childhood hobbies was climbing trees.

Recently, she has climbed less, not because she can't get up or down every time, and although it is quiet and comfortable to look at the scenery in the trees, it is a shame every time she calls for help.

The woman was still looking at the sword tower, she looked around, and finally landed her eyes on the paper manuscript in front of an ancient sword.

She put down the whisper, picked up the manuscript paper and flipped through it, knowing in her heart - this little girl hid in the small building to practice swords, she used to be chic and willful, so she didn't even have the face to work hard in front of others...... But it's okay, I finally know how to work hard.

"I'm not practicing swords, I'm drawing and playing!" Xiao Yu looked at her mother's smiling appearance and quibbled.

"Well, the painting is good, and the whisper has become more powerful." The mother said with a smile.

"That's it." Xiao Yu crossed his hands on his hips, very proud.

She sorted out the sketches casually, and without knowing what she noticed, her eyes suddenly fell on the ancient sword in front of her.

She stared at the ancient sword.

Lin Shouxi's connection with the sword has not been severed, across the void, he and Xiao Yu's mother's eyes are met, the woman's eyes seem to reflect the rippling light but are scary and quiet, it is like a rapidly changing whirlpool, sometimes it contains thousands of colors, sometimes only a little paint.

Even if she didn't see herself, even if they were far away, Lin Shouxi still felt a moment of suffocation, and three words flashed inexplicably in his mind - human god realm.

Before the woman touched the ancient sword with her hand and probed the net, he cut off his consciousness in time, and did not respond to how Zhan Gong flickered.

Xiao Yu was also extremely nervous, she stood behind her mother's body, for fear that this big secret would be discovered.

In the end, the woman let go of her hand, her expression returned to tranquility, and Xiao Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, praising the master's cleverness in her heart.

"Mother, I'll be refining my body here in the future, okay." Xiao Yu asked.

"Well, the whole home is yours, and it's better for you to come here than to climb a tree." When she saw her daughter working so hard, she would never refuse.

"Thank you, mother." Xiao Yu reached out to hug him.

The woman hugged her.

Xiao Yu remembered the previous master's question, and was worried in her heart, so she hurriedly asked her mother: "By the way, mother, our god wall...... Will it collapse? ”

"Of course not." The woman said softly: "The divine wall has been blessed by the emperor and has stood for thousands of years, how can it collapse?" ”

"What if it collapses?" Whispering about the wall.

"If it collapses, there will be a god guarding the mountain, and the god will guard the mountain." The woman said with relief.

Xiao Yu was relieved.

Seeing that her daughter was worried about the country and the people, her mother was even more pleased, and asked dotingly: "What do you want to eat tonight, my mother is free today, and I will do it for you personally." ”

"Okay." Xiao Yu agreed, tilted his head and thought about it, and said, "I want to drink radish soup!" ”

"That'...... Xiaoyu went to dig the radish, and the mother came to make the soup. The woman smiled and assigned the job.

"Good! I'm a great radish digger! Xiao Yu was full of energy.

……

Lin Shouxi rubbed his temples, calming his mind, the haze between the mountains had not dissipated, and the sound of water was faintly heard underneath.

Dragonscale Town is made up of several large mountains, and there is water under a deep stream, and the water comes from the turbid river that surrounds the Three Realms Mountains, which is undrinkable and can only be used for some special fish to survive.

Lin Shouxi listened to the sound of water, and when he turned around, he saw that the three-flowered cat was still thinking, and it seemed that he was struggling to write.

In the spirit of love for the paper, Lin Shouxi patted it on the head and interrupted it.

Sanhua Cat hates being disturbed when he is creating, so he pounces on it angrily, and waves his cat's paws again, although it fails to cause any harm, but it also eloquently proves that he is not easy to mess with!

Lin Shouxi left the small, dim room with the cat.

"By the way, are you letting them go shipbuilding these days?" Sanhua Cat asked.

"Yes." Lin Shouxi did not deny it.

"What do you do in shipbuilding?" Sanhua Cat asked suspiciously: "Could it be that you want to go out around the Turbidity River?" ”

"Can't you?" Lin Shouxi asked rhetorically.

The fog covers the mountain, and he can't find a solution, but he believes that no matter how long the fog is, there will always be an end, and he can't spend it here every day, and he must try to get out.

"How do I know...... "The three-flowered cat seems not very happy, "the deity only knows that the water is going backwards, and that the water can live in the cruel gods." ”

"A brutal god?" Lin Shouxi shook his head lightly, just thinking that it was the three-flower cat that bluffed himself.

Seeing Lin Shouxi's attitude, Sanhua Cat showed a fierce face again, "The deity kindly reminded you, and there has been a saying about the evil water of Dragon Scale Town here since ancient times, don't take it seriously!" ”

"Tell me, then, what evil spirits are down there?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Do you know how many great god-transforming techniques in the human world?" Sanhua Cat sold another pass.

"The art of the gods?"

"Hmph, I know you don't know!"

Sanhua Cat also discovered that although the black-clothed young man in front of him was powerful, he lacked knowledge of cultivation, he sat on Lin Shouxi's shoulder, and said: "There are many techniques for transforming gods, such as swallowing the essence of the gods, refining by luck, you can get the godhead, and also refining the artifact into the body, the god of the transformation weapon has been used, your yin and yang strange qi alchemy technique is like this, of course, the essence of the essence of the artifact is difficult to get, and there is also the cheapest and most people-friendly method of transforming the god......"

Sanhua Mao paused and spat out two words in an eerie tone: "Suicide." ”

"Suicide?" Lin Shouxi asked, "Is there any doorway inside?" ”

"Absolutely." Sanhua Cat said: "Before committing suicide, the first thing to do is to forget yourself!" You have to forget to speak, you have to forget to walk, you have to forget everything, even your own existence, and remember only one thing - death. ”

"Next, you can choose how you want to die...... Falling, drowning, strangulation, self-immolation, suffocation, beheading...... In short, you can commit suicide by any means you can imagine, and if you succeed, you may be able to obtain a godhead and become a corresponding god. Of course, there can only be one place for each way of death, and early death is early to be crowned a god, and these gods have a unified name - the god of death. ”

This is a staggering absurdity, if it weren't for Sanhua Mao's very serious tone, Lin Shouxi would only think that this was a fantasy and would not believe it.

Death...... Lin Shouxi couldn't help but think of the old world legend where thousands of ghosts gathered in the evil capital of the earth, and he didn't know if such a place would really exist in this world.

"Is there any benefit to being such a god?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Absolutely." The three-flowered cat said, "You can be strong and live long...... In short, this is almost a step to the sky for ordinary people who were originally doing nothing, and legend has it that if someone sees the god of death, it won't be long before they die because of their corresponding god position. ”

"So there's a god of death hidden in this turbid river?" Lin Shouxi stared at the rushing river covered by the haze and asked faintly.

"That's right, it is said that this turbid river is the residence of the drowning god."

Sanhua Cat said in a whispered tone: "The deity is not alarmist, if you don't believe it, you can go back to the Three Realms Village to ask, there are quite a few people who have witnessed the drowning god with their own eyes, they have drowned without exception after returning home, some have drowned by bathing, drowning by drinking water, and even in Mao...... Forget it, it's scary anyway, if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your fiancée. ”

"Are you reluctant to let me go?" Lin Shouxi asked with a smile.

"Of course!" The three-flowered cat was very straightforward, it patted Lin Shouxi's shoulder, "The devil's nest is not peaceful, the world is undecided, as the prime minister, you are born to be the head of the fall and die to be the grass, how can you easily abandon the three armies and leave?" ”

Lin Shouxi didn't speak, just stared at the water, his face was flat, and he always gave Sanhua Cat a feeling that he was going to run away at any time.

"Hey, you're talking." The three-flowered cat nudged him.

"Will there be any signs before the drowning god appears?" Lin Shouxi's ghost asked in a strange way.

"Omen......," the three-flowered cat thought for a moment and said, "It is said that there will be a reversed whirlpool on the surface of the water, and the pattern of the whirlpool is wonderful, like the shell of a conch, and then, there will be a column of water in the center, and it is time to cover your eyes, otherwise the Grim Reaper will rise from the water and watch you." ”

Lin Shouxi stared at the blurred water surface below, his brows furrowed.

"What's wrong? What's in a daze? You can't be scared, right? Sanhua patted him on the head.

Lin Shouxi suddenly raised his hand and covered the eyes of the three-flowered cat.