The man in black brocade was gone, leaving behind corpses and blood all over the ground.

Bai Jiu sat in a pool of blood, his clothes, hair, and face were all black and red, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

The young man walked up to Bai Jiu's side, and his expressionless expression turned into pity at this time.

He said: "At this time, you are very much like a lost dog. ”

Bai Jiu looked up at this young man, he knew who this person was, he was the one who brought himself out of the crowd in the Qingshan Ridge ten years ago.

Second brother Chen, the second son of the Chen family in Xifeng.

At this time, Bai Jiu was like a five-year-old child, and Second Brother Chen was now fifteen, sixteen, or seven years old. At the same age, Bai Jiu is still a student, and he is in an immature stage in terms of behavior and thoughts.

But Second Brother Chen is completely different, no matter what he does, he has a kind of calmness that is higher than his age, and he is calm and calm in everything.

Bai Jiu still clearly remembers that on that day more than ten years ago, the young man walked into the crowd alone, took Bai Jiu's hand, and then took him away, and he only said one sentence during the whole process, "My surname is Chen." ”

As he left, there was the rustling of fallen leaves on both sides, and behind him were the panicked hooves of horses and the screams of the crowd. It was also at that time that Second Brother Chen said: "Don't look! You just need to remember this day, and then, like your name, live a little longer, so that you have a chance to shout your unwillingness to the world! ”

But Bai Jiu finally turned back, but he saw everything he saw, but he didn't have the courage to rush out.

On that day, the autumn cold came, and a lot of yellow leaves fell on Qingshan Mountain.

The young man held out a hand and said, "Come home with me, it's too early." ”

Bai Jiu looked around in a daze for a long time, he reached out and held the hand, got up from the ground, the look in his eyes showed murderous intent at this moment, and said slowly: "Killing people pays for their lives, it is justified." ”

.........

The stone staircase is very long, and it is rumored that there are more than 6,000 floors in total, but no one knows the exact number, because even the brocade that looks boring on weekdays is not interested in counting here.

There is an end to the mountain road, but the end is not the top of Bamboo Mountain, but a stone monument.

The bamboo forests on both sides of the mountain road gradually become thinner as the mountain grows taller, but the vegetation becomes more and more abundant. There are a lot of colorful flowers on both sides of the road, and it looks like a hundred flowers are competing for spring.

That stone monument, in the midst of that hundred flowers, is very tall.

Bai Jiu's eyes gradually cleared, he didn't stop, and continued to walk towards the stone tablet.

Spring is already in full swing, and the warm sun is shining in the air. The fog on the mountainside gradually lifted, the sun brought warmth, and the sides of the mountain were dyed golden, which was very beautiful.

As Bai Jiu continued to approach, the surrounding scenery also changed strangely, countless flowers slowly opened, and then slowly declined, the smell of hundreds of flowers filled the air, and was inhaled by Bai Jiu, his body actually had a burst of itching, and those small wounds that appeared in the mist were slowly healed at this time.

By the time Bai Jiu had completely walked to the stone tablet, all the wounds on his body were gone. He reached out and wiped the blood from his face, revealing a pale and tired countenance, but his eyes were unusually clear at this time.

The stele is in front of you, and behind you is a vast expanse that I don't know where the road is.

The information that the viewer needs to read and understand is on this stele, but on this stele, it is smooth, without any words or even lines.

Standing in front of the stele, Bai Jiu looked at the smooth stele, maintained the same posture, and was silent for a long time.

Seeing the sunlight covering the entire grass, Bai Jiu closed his eyes, was silent for a while, and then turned around.

The treetops had been dyed golden, as if they were about to burn, and the mountain road looming in the distance was difficult to determine for a while. He took a few steps back and came to a place far away from the inscription, but he still couldn't see anything, and behind the stele was still a vast white mist.

The sun rose countless points, it was already standing in the sky, the golden sunlight illuminated everything in the mountains, Bai Jiu saw the flowers, saw the grass, saw the green bamboo, saw the birds, and finally saw the hazy handwriting on the stone tablet.

He stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and gently placed it on the stele.

A warm current poured into Bai Jiu's body from the stele, and then gushed out again, and the words on the stele finally became clear.

"The gentleman hides his weapon and moves when the time comes."

.........

Yedu opened without a door, and Bai Jiu walked out of the mountain fog.

It turned out that after the words on the stele appeared, the mist behind the stele would automatically disperse, and a wide avenue would appear at the foot.

Then Bai Jiu walked on the avenue, but this time he was not hindered in any way, the avenue led to the mountain, and he went straight to the top of the mountain.

He raised his eyes and saw a gentle forest all around, and there was an extremely abrupt boulder in front of the mountain road, appearing between heaven and earth.

There is a stream next to the boulder, and when you go around the rock, you can hear the sound of rushing water, and there should be a low-lying lake.

Bypassing that boulder, it should be the true meaning of Zhushan - Lingmen Academy.

He was about to continue, when he suddenly smelled a familiar scent of flowers, and his heart was touched. He straightened his clothes, turned away, and respectfully looked at a large tree beside the avenue.

At the beginning of spring, the top of the mountain is bright, and the scattered clouds and mist gather again, flowing endlessly below, like a white stream.

There was a person sitting under the big cyan tree, even if it was too far away to see his face clearly, he could only feel that he was not very old, but Bai Jiu could still guess who it was. The clothes printed with flowers and colors were too conspicuous, and the whole person did not sit under the tree, but squatted there, and it seemed that there was the slightest solemnity to speak of, which was simply very casual.

Bai Jiu naturally knew who he was, a big man in the true sense of Confucianism on this bamboo mountain, he had not seen a few, he had seen this flower brocade known as Mr. San, and a young woodcutter who was practicing swords with Ouyang Luo under the bamboo mountain and met by chance.

Although they knew each other, Bai Jiu did not lose any etiquette at all, and saluted calmly to the person under the tree, and behaved without losing manners.

Hua Jin said calmly: "This is what it looks like." ”

Hearing these words, Bai Jiu's face remained unchanged, but he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and he didn't know what to say. On the surface, others are absolutely respectful and abnormal when they mention Mr. Zhushansan, even if they don't cause an uproar in their hearts, they will fluctuate from the depths of their hearts.

But Bai Jiu didn't have it at all, because although he didn't know this third gentleman very well, he was the one who had the most contact. Familiar so a little understanding, naturally know that his usual casual temperament, without the slightest demeanor of a Confucian master. But Bai Jiu did not show the slightest disrespect, and even saluted respectfully, and his hands were even lower than before.

"Good! Hahaha. Hua Jin patted his thigh vigorously, and said with an admiring face: "You are very good, I admire you, you are definitely qualified to enter my Lingmen Academy." ”

Bai Jiu replied, "Thank you, Mr. San." ”

"Just walk past this boulder, and on the other side of that pool is the real Lingmen Academy, but you can't go there yet. The second senior brother was also here, but he was called back by the teacher, and I don't know if he went to explain your business. So I have to think about whether to take you to visit, but in fact, it is only thatched huts and landscapes, although it is indeed beautiful, but the significance of the visit is not great, I was in a hurry to appreciate the scenery of the top of the bamboo mountain, in fact, I have seen it only to find that the most important thing is your perception along the way. ”

Bai Jiu didn't understand the meaning of these words, what did he want to express after saying so much? But the respectful look on his expression still did not change in the slightest, and he asked, "What about Mr. Three's opinion?" ”

Hua Jin smiled and said: "Okay, don't pretend here, you didn't learn anything from those scholars in Qingfeng Academy, these etiquettes are decent." I mean, do you want to enter the Lingmen Academy behind this boulder now, or do you want to feel your experience along the way here? ”

"The choice is yours."

Bai Jiu stood up, his eyes swept over the top of the mountain, and after a moment of silence, he saluted respectfully and said, "Can I go back to the academy first?" ”

Hua Jin was stunned when she heard such an answer, then reached out and touched her chin, and said softly: "Senior brother didn't say no, but I don't know if you want to go up the mountain again after you go back?" ”

Bai Jiu smiled humbly and said, "Since I have already gone through it once, it shouldn't be difficult to go through it the second time." ”

Hua Jin shook his head with a smile, he suddenly stood up from under the tree, walked to Bai Jiu's side, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and said, "In the future, the Quartet will open up for you." ”

.........

Looking at Bai Jiu, who disappeared into the clouds again and went down the mountain, Hua Jin's expression suddenly became a little more complicated.

Behind the boulder standing between heaven and earth, the sound of footsteps came slowly, and Wen Yuan, who had long hair and a shawl, walked out.

Hua Jin asked, "Senior brother, why is the teacher so profound?" ”

Wen Yuan showed an extremely rare look of respect, shook his head and said, "The teacher's thoughts, I don't know what my brother thinks. But if you think about it, there are good or bad, maybe Bai Jiu said that he had finished my quadrangular formation, but in the teacher's opinion, there was still something missing. ”

Hua Jin grabbed her hair and asked confusedly, "What's missing?" ”

Wen Yuan said: "Experience and growth are always inseparable. You and I have never suffered like that, and naturally we don't understand his heart knot, what the teacher did might be to open his heart knot in another way. ”