Volume 5: The First Song Four Hundred and Three: I still remember the old frays of Yingzhou

During the period when Lin Jian was secretly arranging, mobilizing manpower, and doing everything possible to find an opportunity to attack Shangguan Hong, Qian Chao had been staying in Ruixuan Town.

When Qian Chao went to Ruixuan Town this time, he didn't know that this would be the last time he would study and ask for advice by Mr. Zhuang's side, and the next time he saw Mr. Zhuang, he would be separated forever.

It has been a year since the incident of the ram yellow, and since then, Mr. Zhuang has asked Qian Chao to stay with him for a while more every month, and the excuse given is that Mr. Zhuang is invited by an old friend, maybe when he will have a long trip, and he doesn't know what year it will be when he comes back. Qian Chao suspected that Mr. Zhuang had reached the point of running out of oil and drying up, maybe when the old man could no longer support it, so he wanted to teach him all the things he had learned in his life, and Qian Chao naturally complied with Mr. Zhuang's request, and used to stay with Mr. Zhuang for one day every month, since Mr. Zhuang made this request, Qian Chao lived in Mr. Zhuang for at least seven or eight days a month, and the time became longer and longer, and then he stayed in Yiming Xuan in Ruixuan Town for almost half a month every month.

Previously, Qian Chao also learned the science of runes from Mr. Zhuang, but it was mainly in the form of Qian Chao asking questions and then Mr. Zhuang answering, and many times Mr. Zhuang also taught more content to Qian Chao by drawing inferences, so that Qian Chao benefited. But since Qian Chao began to live in Yimingxuan for a long time, Mr. Zhuang began to formally teach him the systematic, rigorous, and complete study of runes, and no longer relied on Qian Chao's questions to teach him in a special way.

How vast and mysterious is the study of runes, in Zhongzhou, the three disciplines developed according to the study of runes are refining, talisman making and formation science, these three as long as you are proficient in one of them can become famous in the world, Mr. Zhuang may not be proficient in these three, he is proficient in the study of runes itself, and look at the eagerness that he faintly revealed when teaching Qian Chao...... He seemed to want Qian Chao to master this incomparably complex and mysterious knowledge in a short period of time.

If Qian Chao was an ordinary Qi Refining Cultivator, Mr. Zhuang's idea would not have been possible to realize at all.

But this old and young are very people, one is very knowledgeable, the other is not a brilliant person, obscure knowledge seems to be as long as out of Mr. Zhuang's mouth, after the ear Qian Chao can be understood, at first Mr. Zhuang is also worried that Qian Chao is pretending, and from time to time to ask Qian Chao, to Mr. Zhuang's surprise is that whenever Qian Chao answers, he can always convert the difficult and complex knowledge he teaches into a few concise and concise answers, which causes Mr. Zhuang to nod frequently, and finally simply never ask, I just taught it with one mind.

Of course, the study of runes is a study that Mr. Zhuang has been studying all his life, and he can't explain all the details to Qian Chao, because there is not so much time at all, Mr. Zhuang pays attention to laying the foundation for Qian Chao when teaching Qian Chao, just like a towering tree, his focus is on the foundation and trunk of this tree, and the rest of the branches are luxuriant, he believes that with Qian Chao's wisdom will definitely be able to come naturally, and he believes that with Qian Chao's intelligence, he will definitely be able to carry forward the study of runes in Zhongzhou, In private, Mr. Zhuang believes that the future achievements of this child will definitely be above himself.

Unfortunately, he didn't have time to see what the child would look like.

Of course, as for the method that Mr. Zhuang had worked so hard to get when he was in Yingzhou, which could break through the restriction of bloodline, Mr. Zhuang did not teach it to Qian Chao, after all, Qian Chao did not have this kind of bloodline.

Qian Chao is like a dry and cracked field, greedily absorbing every drop of rain that falls, and accepts the knowledge taught by Mr. Zhuang, this more than a year is the most joyful for Qian Chao, and it is also a period of time in his life that he has benefited the most, and the foundation of his future achievements is laid during this time, so this more than a year is also the most missed by Qian Chao later.

With the passage of time, with Mr. Zhuang's teaching, the more Mr. Zhuang seems to be more relaxed, before every time the money tide came to Yimingxuan, Mr. Zhuang was like a hurry to teach the money tide, and then Mr. Zhuang actually began to leisurely, and even a few times after the money tide went to Yimingxuan, Mr. Zhuang actually began to play a few games with the money tide, talk a few games, and pass the chess addiction, and then start the money tide course.

Qian Chao also discovered this.

And after he went to Yimingxuan in Ruixuan Town this time, he thought that Mr. Zhuang would still play chess, but this time Mr. Zhuang didn't even have a chessboard in front of him, and there was a map of considerable length on the table.

Qian Chao has been deliberately collecting all kinds of maps, of course, all of them are from Central, including many maps of the mountains and rivers of Central.

Mr. Zhuang was very happy to see Qian Chao come in, and greeted:

"Come on, Qian Xiaoyou, the old man recently found a map that he used in his early years, come and take a look at it with me."

This map is very large, a table can not be fully spread, and it is detailed, the mountains and rivers gather, the rivers and lakes converge on the map are clearly drawn, the most surprising thing for Qian Chao is that the land drawn on the map is like a big island, and there is sea water on all sides.

"This ...... Mr. Chong...... This isn't a map of Middle-earth, is it? ”

"Hehe, of course, I've said it, this is the map that the old man used in his early years, and the whole picture of Yingzhou is drawn on it." Mr. Zhuang said.

It turned out to be Yingzhou, which was Mr. Zhuang's hometown, and Qian Chao couldn't help but look down when he heard it.

And Mr. Zhuang's interest was very high, and then he pointed to the map and talked endlessly to Qian Chao.

The history of Yingzhou, the customs and customs, what products there are, what strange treasures are found in various places, and what fierce monsters are infested there, all of which are narrated little by little with Mr. Zhuang's fingers on the map.

Then Mr. Zhuang also told Qian Chao how the seven surnames rose, what disputes and changes there were, and which of the other small surnames were powerful in addition to the seven surnames.

In the end, what Mr. Zhuang said is his past, Mr. Zhuang was born in the Zhuang family of the seven surnames of Yingzhou, and he was born with talent, but it is a pity that the so-called "immortal blood" on his body is indeed mixed, it is relatively low-level, in Yingzhou, in the Zhuang family, Mr. Zhuang is destined not to do anything, if there is no accident, he will be an inconspicuous little person in the Zhuang family throughout his life.

But Mr. Zhuang is a stubborn and unwilling to admit defeat, since he can't change the innate bloodline, is there any way for him to be like those who have pure immortal blood, at least he can master those runes that he can't master and can't use?

Mr. Zhuang's life changed dramatically because of this idea.

As for how to get the method that can let the Yingzhou monk lift the restriction of the bloodline, Mr. Zhuang is vague, and he has brought it through a few words, just saying that it is a long process of searching, and it is full of dangers and obstacles, and he has encountered dangerous situations that endanger his life more than once in the process of pursuit, and it is purely a fluke to succeed in the end, and since he had this method, he soon became the common enemy of the seven surnames of Yingzhou. At the beginning, the Zhuang family wanted to keep this secret in their own clan, so that it would not take too long for the Zhuang family to become stronger, and maybe they could replace the Ram family to become the head of the seven surnames of Yingzhou, but unfortunately the news was leaked later, in addition to the Zhuang family, the six surnames of Yingzhou united to ask the Zhuang family to hand over Mr. Zhuang, otherwise they would have to crusade against the Zhuang family together, in the face of the irresistible crisis, the Zhuang family had no choice but to catch Mr. Zhuang and prepare to sacrifice it, and then, someone in the Zhuang family quietly let Mr. Zhuang go, Since then, Mr. Zhuang began his career of fugitive, at first he was still hiding in various parts of Yingzhou, and then he was chased so tightly that he had to leave Yingzhou, and only came to Zhongzhou after traveling to many places.

About his own experience, Mr. Zhuang just said a rough idea, in Qian Chao's view, there must be a lot of things Mr. Zhuang did not say, watching Mr. Zhuang say his own experience when the expression on his face changed, sometimes it was happy and yearning, sometimes it was resentful, sometimes it was full of hatred, but more often Mr. Zhuang was melancholy, presumably there must have been a lot of things that happened in Yingzhou that he never forget.

Qian Chao also has a feeling that Mr. Zhuang explained the matter of Yingzhou in such detail, as if he was preparing for Qian Chao's future trip to Yingzhou.

Yingzhou, how far away is it?

Will you really go there in the future?

Finally, Qian Chao asked:

"Mr. Zhuang, is there any way to stop Yingzhou from going north? If it can be done, the monks of Yingzhou will no longer have to worry about it, and there will be no more conflicts with Zhongzhou. ”

"It's hard! How many generations of sages in Yingzhou have used countless methods to no avail, so Yingzhou said that to solve this problem, only the immortals themselves can do it, alas, okay, let's talk about it here, by the way, I can't use this map, so I'll give it to you, put it away, and then the old man will continue to tell you the last few keys to the study of runes. ”

"Yes."

……

More than ten days later, at noon.

Qian Chao has been here these days, in fact, Mr. Zhuang did not teach Qian Chao anything today, he said yesterday, almost all the talk is finished, this morning, Mr. Zhuang committed chess addiction, pulling Qian Chao on the chessboard to fight several games in black and white before he was addicted.

"Okay, you should go back too, don't slack off after you go back this time, and I'll test you when I come back."

"Understood."

In this way, Qian Chao left Yi Mingxuan and returned to the Five Spirits Sect alone.

After Qian Chao left, Yi Mingxuan's old shopkeeper said to Mr. Zhuang with a suspicious expression:

"Mr. How...... And let the boy go today...... Why not let him stay? ”

"Well, the old man also wants him to be here, but unfortunately, those people are coming soon, he is not good here, it will cause him a lot of trouble in the future, Qian Chao, this child will definitely be able to achieve great achievements in the future, Lao Bao, if there is no accident, you will rely on him when you return to your hometown in the future, but for now, ...... Hehe, his top priority is to be able to grow up, he is now, he will be gone if there is a wind and grass, so my hard work will be in vain, okay, don't talk about this, the time is almost up, you prepare it for me, I want to bathe and change clothes. ”

"Yes......"

……

Qian Chao did not return to the Five Spirits Sect directly, he stepped on the big sword and went to the cold water pool, every time he came out, he always had to go there to take a look, although there was already a suspicious target in the sect, that is, Zhang Yi, but the cold water pool here still can't be taken lightly, so he always has to come over to check it.

……

After bathing and changing clothes, it was already evening, Mr. Zhuang was dressed in a neat white robe, at this time Mr. Zhuang was no longer in good spirits when Qian Chao was here, old and strong, that was all he made for Qian Chao to see, now Mr. Zhuang has been old, his body is a little rickety, after sitting down in the courtyard, he looked at the old shopkeeper who was reluctant and sad, and said with a faint smile:

"Hehe, look away, the old man still has some things to explain, take a pen and paper."

For the rest of the night, Mr. Zhuang kept writing under the lamp in the courtyard, which seemed to be letters, and every few sheets were written, the old shopkeeper was enveloped in an envelope, and the old shopkeeper had been waiting beside him with a gloomy face.

At a certain moment in the quiet night, Mr. Zhuang stopped his pen and said softly:

"The body is the heart of the furnace

As soon as you enter the red dust, you will be tormented

Now Dan has become a furnace

I still remember the old fetters of Yingzhou"

When the old shopkeeper heard it, he was shocked, and when he looked at it again, Mr. Zhuang was still sitting there, but he didn't make any moves, and when he slowly got closer, he found that Mr. Zhuang had passed away peacefully, with a smile on his face.

The two are both master servants and old friends, and now seeing Mr. Zhuang gone, the old shopkeeper can't hold back anymore, and the old tears can't kneel in front of Mr. Zhuang......

……

Just when Mr. Zhuang chanted those four sentences, Qian Chao was on his way back to the sect overnight, and he had almost arrived, at this moment, a light suddenly appeared in the starry sky, and a large and bright meteor pierced the sky and disappeared in a flash.

Qian Chao's figure froze suddenly, and in an instant, he only felt that his chest suddenly jumped for no reason, like a few big mallets smashing desperately, he gasped for breath, looked at the direction where the meteor disappeared, and suddenly he came to his senses and turned to look in the direction of Ruixuan Town......

Mr. Zhuang!

He had almost arrived at the Five Spirits Sect, but Qian Chao suddenly turned around and returned with a bright light as if he had gone crazy.

This is Qian Chao's fastest so far, and when he arrived at Ruixuan Town, it was already the end of the morning, but after seeing the scene in front of him, Qian Chao was stupid!

The entire Ruixuan Town was shrouded in a faint light curtain, just like detaining the huge town under a crystal giant bowl, this is the formation, Qian Chao understands that there was a big search to lock the town after being assassinated by the Zhuji monk in Ruixuan Town before, it was Tang Bonian's order, this was the scene at that time, the formation of this town protection has been opened, it is said that people outside can't get in, and those inside can't get out, completely isolating Ruixuan Town from the world.

What the hell is this...... What happened?