Liu Yiqing is a silent and gentle young man.

Silence and gentleness do not mean that he is not proud, but he hides his pride well under the appearance of silence and gentleness, just like a few years ago, when he obeyed the order of his eldest brother to leave the Liu family's old mansion and join the Sword Pavilion incognito, no matter how indifferent and even hostile the Sword Pavilion peers, he was always gentle.

Because his eldest brother was Sword Saint Liu Bai, he had enough qualifications to be proud, so there was no need for him to show this pride to those disciples in the Sword Pavilion.

But when facing this academy in the south of Chang'an City, his silence and gentleness were much more sincere, because he knew very well that he was not qualified to be proud in this place.

Because of his respect for the academy, he chose to sit quietly away from the main entrance of the academy, but led to the more remote side gate of the back mountain, Chen Pipi told Ning Que in the cliff cave about the so-called humiliation of the academy, naturally a little exaggerated, but a Southern Jin Dynasty swordsman climbed the academy gate to challenge, and sat quietly waiting for someone to break through, which still caused a lot of discussion in the world and attracted the attention of many people.

In the early spring of the morning, the morning breeze was still cool, Liu Yiqing slowly opened his eyes, woke up from a meditative state, and calmly looked at the surrounding onlookers with complicated expressions.

Most of the people who watched this great sword master of the Southern Jin Dynasty were students in the front yard of the academy, but as he sat at the gate of the academy for longer and longer, the news spread to Chang'an City, triggering the curiosity of more people.

The side door creaked open.

Professor Huang He walked out, stood beside the futon, looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky, and suddenly sighed and said: "For your brother's sake, I invited you to enter the academy, but you didn't want to enter the academy, and now you have provoked so many visitors, don't you think this matter is a bit ridiculous and boring? Or when you came to Chang'an, you had already decided to use this method to humiliate the academy?"

"Don't dare. Liu Yiqing stood up from the futon, bowed and saluted and said: "Where do you dare to be rude to the academy, just come by order, if you can't fight with Mr. Thirteen and retreat, I really don't know how to reply to my brother after returning to the Southern Jin Dynasty, since Mr. Thirteen is in retreat, then I will wait for him here." ”

Huang He looked at the young Southern Jin Dynasty swordsman, as if he saw the man who was full of rebelliousness back then, although the young man in front of him had a gentle expression, but there seemed to be that kind of stubbornness in his body that refused to give up until he reached his goal.

"If you are thirsty, there is water in the courtyard, but the academy will not provide you with food, and if you run out of dry food, go back to Chang'an." ”

Liu Yiqing said: "Sir, don't worry, I brought a lot of dry food. ”

From early morning to dusk, many disciples in the front yard of the academy made a special trip to the side gate to see Liu Yiqing, and found that this young Southern Jin Dynasty powerhouse did not have anything special, and he felt a little bored when he sat motionless on the futon, and they dispersed.

And those good people who came from Chang'an City to see the excitement were wave after wave, the group pointed at Liu Yiqing not far away, whispered, and even argued fiercely because of a certain difference of opinion, the originally remote and quiet side door did not have a moment of silence.

"Great Sword Master...... He must be a very powerful cultivator, right?"

"It's the first time I've seen a living practitioner. ”

"I heard that he is already in the upper realm of Dongxuan, and he is about the same level as Prince Longqing. ”

"So what? I heard that the student on the second floor of the academy that he is going to challenge this time shot the prince of Longqing directly on the wasteland, will he still be defeated in his hands?"

"Speaking of which, this Southern Jin Dynasty person is really not as cowardly and incompetent as other Southern Jin Dynasty people, like a girl, and he actually has the courage to run to our academy to block the door. ”

"I don't understand, the gate of the academy has been blocked by this guy, why the people in the academy still let him be so arrogant and didn't hurry to drive him away. ”

"First of all, the place where this Southern Jin Dynasty person sits is the side door, do you see who else will pass by here except for our neighbors? Secondly, since the second-story student he challenged is in retreat, it is naturally inconvenient for the rest of the academy to make a move, and if those people in the courtyard make a casual move again, wouldn't it be a loss?"

"It makes sense, do you think this Southern Jin Dynasty man can insist on sitting here for a few days?"

"Ten days and a half months? ”

"I only know that when the student on the second floor of the academy breaks through, this Southern Jin Dynasty person will no longer sit still, and he will immediately lose very miserably, and roll back to the Southern Jin Dynasty in a wolf bèi. ”

The countries of the world are naturally the most powerful in the Tang Empire, and the second most powerful country is the Southern Jin Dynasty, the Southern Jin Dynasty relies on the support of the Xiling Temple, dominates the south, and has always been a little dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang people look at the Southern Jin Dynasty as if they are looking at the eternal second place, and they are wary and disdainful.

The challenge of the young and strong people of the Southern Jin Dynasty to go to the academy is a rare excitement for the Tang people, and it is also a rare opportunity to educate the people of the Southern Jin Dynasty who is the real boss in the world of peace and war for many years.

As for whether it was possible for this Southern Jin Dynasty man sitting outside the gate of the academy to defeat the student on the second floor of the academy...... The Tang people didn't know who the second-story student was, nor did they know what level of strength the realm had reached, but they never thought that the people in the academy would lose this duel.

This has nothing to do with pride, self-confidence, arrogance, this is just a certain breath that keeps flowing in the blood of the Tang people, and before the battle begins, they will never think about the situation after defeat, because the purpose of the battle is victory, and there is no other distraction except victory.

Day after day, the people of Chang'an, who came to see the excitement, kept repeating curious looks, whispering, and fierce arguments, until they finally agreed on their opinions, thinking that this young and strong man of the Southern Jin Dynasty was now looking arrogant, but he was destined to be definitely not the opponent of the people in the academy, and he would definitely lose extremely miserably.

Day after day, Liu Yiqing sat outside the side door of the academy, greeted countless pairs of eyes, felt the curiosity and disdain in his eyes, listened to the discussions of those Tang people and the ridicule and ridicule of himself and the Southern Jin Dynasty people in the discussions, the expression on his face was still calm, as if he didn't care.

A wildflower bloomed under the stone steps in front of the side door, representing that spring had finally come to the world, Liu Yiqing looked at the small flower, and a smile suddenly appeared on her calm face.

The smile on his face was very gentle, but the smile in his heart was a little cold.

As the younger brother of the Sword Saint Liu Bai, and the most outstanding disciple of the younger generation in the Sword Pavilion of the Southern Jin Dynasty, he is naturally qualified to be proud and confident, even in the face of the academy, he just buried this pride and confidence deep in his heart, but listening to the discussions of these Tang Dynasty laymen, where would he not be angry?

Mr. Thirteen of the Academy would rather be lacking?

Before Liu Yiqing left the Sword Pavilion, the Sword Saint Liu Bai had warned him that except for the three disciples in the back mountain of the academy, except for the three of them, one hundred and twelve, none of them could lose.

The meaning of this sentence is very clear, in Liu Bai's eyes, except for Mr. Second of the Academy, and Mr. Twelve, whose reputation has been faintly circulated in the Haotian Dao Gate for many years, the rest of the people should not be Liu Yiqing's opponents.

Liu Yiqing knew very well that Ning Que was in the current realm strength.

How can a person who has only broken through the realm and entered the cave in the wasteland be the enemy of his own sword?

Many cultivation sects in the world, their views on Ning Que are still at this stage, at the beginning, they didn't understand why the master was willing to accept this waste wood as a disciple, and later when Ning Que successively defeated the prince of Longqing, the Guanhai monk of the Rotten Ke Temple, and the Daoshi master who returned from the Hanging Temple, the cultivation world began to think about the real reason why the master accepted Ning Que as a student, but still no one thought that Ning Que was very strong.

Now the detailed process of the three battles that really allowed Ning Que to establish his position in the cultivation world has long been the object of detailed study in the cultivation sects, including every detail in them.

And the more they studied, the more they felt that Ning Que won these three battles, relying more on the peerless weapons provided by the academy, as well as those elusive luck, such as the strange iron arrows on the wasteland, and the battle between Ning Que and Master Dao Shi in the Lotus Pure Land on the side of Chang'an Street, it was obvious that he had received some kind of external help.

There are many people in the cultivation world who suspect that the young fat man standing beside Ning Que at that time is very likely to be the legendary Mr. Twelve of the Academy, or that Mr. Twelve was secretly attacking at that time, and Master Dao Shi would be defeated, but no one had evidence, and after all, it was the Twelve of the Academy, and he had such a legendary background, no one dared to stand in front of the stage and ask questions about it.

Just because you don't ask it doesn't mean you don't have a doubt.

At least until now, no one thought that Ning Que was really stronger than Prince Longqing.

Liu Yiqing left the Southern Jin Dynasty on the journey to Chang'an, learned of the failure of the Guanhai monk of the Rotten Ke Temple, and became vigilant about Ning Que's methods on the runic road, and after coming to Chang'an City, he carefully studied Ning Que's three battles, and finally came to the conclusion that in addition to what the worldly cultivation sect said, he also noticed a very critical point, this thirteen gentlemen who entered the WTO on behalf of the academy were very opportunistic in the battle.

Liu Yiqing has been practicing swords since he landed, practicing diligently, constantly polishing his spiritual will, and suffering countless hardships to have his status in the Sword Pavilion today, he has always hated those who can only be opportunistic, or have good luck, and in his opinion, the guy named Ning Que is just because he is lucky to be accepted by the master, and there will be follow-up scenery.

Therefore, he was not hostile to the academy, but he was hostile to Ning Que.

And he firmly believes that Ning Que is not his opponent.

There are two other reasons why Liu Yiqing is infinitely hostile to Ning Que.

That reason was not even aware of himself, that is, when the second floor of the academy was opened, he was still practicing penance in the sword school of the Liu family's old mansion, and he regretted it very much, feeling that he had missed the most precious opportunity.

And this opportunity, which he had no choice but to miss, finally fell on Ning Que.

Sitting on the futon outside the side gate of the academy, he looked at the hateful onlookers not far away, and silently thought that if it wasn't for the eldest brother's strict order, he would let himself grasp the opportunity to sharpen his spirit this time, and try to be accepted as a student by the master, and after Ning Que broke the level, he would definitely be killed with a sword!

An old woman wearing a blue cloth coat and holding a bamboo broom in her hand walked out of the side door, walked to the futon, looked at Liu Yiqing's side face, and asked slowly, "Are you unhappy?"

The old woman was so close to Liu Yiqing, he found out, he couldn't help but be a little shocked, thinking that there was a dragon and a crouching tiger hidden in the academy, could it be that this old woman was also a great master in the world?

But he didn't notice any fluctuations in the old woman's mind.

Liu Yiqing responded calmly: "There is nothing to be unhappy about. ”

"It's good not to be upset. ”

The old woman in the blue coat walked to the bottom of the stone steps and began to sweep the floor.

Liu Yiqing frowned slightly, thinking to herself that when she saw me sitting here, why didn't this old woman pay attention when she swept the floor, and raised so much ash?

The old woman seemed to sense what was going on in his heart, stopped sweeping the floor, held the bamboo broom and gasped for a moment, then looked at him and said, "Someone asked me to bring you a message." ”

Liu Yiqing's expression was slightly awe-inspiring, and he asked, "Please speak." ”

The old woman squinted at the gloomy sky, as if remembering what the messenger had said, and after a long time, she finally remembered and said, "The person you want to challenge is now in retreat in a cave, what kind of cultivation is it......?"

"Come to think of it, he is trying to cultivate Fu Wu Shuang. ”

The old woman continued: "He said that if you can hold back and not go to the toilet in the academy, and can endure the smell of feces and urine and dust, as well as the cold of early spring, then wait for him for three months. ”

Liu Yiqing was silent.

The master returned to the academy, and Mr. Thirteen, Ning Que, began to practice in retreat, and many people now knew about this matter, but today when he heard the old woman Dai Ning Que pass the word, he knew that Ning Que had let him wait for three months, especially when he heard about the Fuwu double cultivation, he was even more angry.

It is true that practitioners often need to retreat for enlightenment, but it takes up to three months to do the retreat, either for those who are great practitioners, or for those who are facing a critical juncture of breaking through the realm.

Ning Que's realm is so low, of course he is not one of those great cultivators who need to ask the heavens and seek the Tao, and this person has just broken through the realm and entered the cave in the wasteland, is he going to break through the realm and enter the realm now?

In Liu Yiqing's cognition of the cultivation world, this kind of thing has never happened, and as for Fu Wu's dual cultivation, it sounds more like a joke, so the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that this qiē is all fake, and Ning Que retreat is also fake, just a shameless excuse to avoid war. ！

Liu Yiqing showed disdain on his face and said: "If Ning Que does not have the confidence to enter the WTO on behalf of the academy, it is clear that he actually uses such an excuse to disgrace the academy and the master!"

After the old woman in the Blue Shrine finished speaking, she ignored him, and continued to sweep the floor with her body bent.

It's just that when she swept the floor, the bamboo broom in her hand rose higher, as if she felt the breath of early spring, remembered the beauty of her girlhood decades ago, and actually wanted to dance.

The dust mixed with the sand was lifted high and then slowly fell, and the bamboo broom swept the dust down the stone steps with the dance of the old woman.

Liu Yiqing's face was covered with dust, and he looked extremely wolf, his face turned pale because of anger, and he looked at the old woman sweeping the floor and said sharply: "No wonder Ning Que would let you spread such words, it turns out that this is the so-called enduring dust?

The old woman looked at him expressionlessly, and said, "Sit at the door of the master's house, and do not enter it no matter how invited, I have never heard of such a guest in the world." ”

Liu Yiqing frowned slightly.

The old woman looked at him and said: "Even if you have to wait for Ning Que to break through, you can wait in the academy, you can wait in Chang'an City, and even you can directly repair a book from the Southern Jin Dynasty Sword Pavilion, but you just have to sit at the door of my academy and wait, in fact, everyone knows why you did this, but the old people in the academy and the little yellow crane had some friendship with Liu Bai in the early years, so it's hard to say anything about you." ”

"In the past 100 years, I have seen many young cultivators who have been practicing penance for many years with the intention of becoming famous in one fell swoop, and they are all like you, believing that the soul of the academy lies in the master, and the rest of the disciples are just lucky to worship under the master's door, so they have the opportunity that you can't get no matter how hard you work. ”

"I know you want to make a name for yourself. ”

"But you're in the wrong place, and you're in the wrong place. ”

"You don't like others to be opportunistic, but you are staring at Ning Que, the weakest in the second floor, isn't this opportunistic? Once you start speculating, your sword intent from Liu Bai will lose its fundamental truth. ”

"Because your brother Liu Bai has never been a tricky person. ”

"Because of this, he is the strongest man in the world. ”

The old woman gently dusted off the big blue cloth coat on her body and said, "You can't even eat ashes, how can you eat bitterness and stuffiness, you can't bear the bitterness, and what qualifications do you have to use the academy as a footnote to your reputation, you can't even think of this kind of thing, how can you achieve immortal fame?"

Liu Yiqing listened to the old woman's words, silent, her face became more and more pale, cold sweat gushed out of her back, wet her clothes, and even wet the futon under her.

After a while, he sat up straight, pressed his hands on the ground, bowed his head and bowed to a disciple, and said sincerely: "Thank you seniors for waking up the fool." ”

The old woman walked up to him and swept the dust and garbage mixed with very few fallen leaves into the basket, and said, "Don't thank me, I'm not here to remind you of anything, it's just that if you sit outside the side door of the academy for seven days, I won't be able to sweep the floor for seven days, if you really want to wait for that guy for three months, I can't not come and sweep for three months, I'm the last person I want to see garbage on the ground." ”

The old woman slumped through the side door.

Liu Yiqing looked back at the closed side door of the academy, and always felt that the old woman's last sentence was mocking him when she said that she didn't want to see garbage on the ground, but he was not angry, but thoughtful.

If Ning Que was outside the side gate of the academy at that time, of course he would be able to recognize who the old woman in the blue coat was. The students of the college can often see an old woman holding a bamboo broom, sweeping the floor in every corner of the college, and Si Ren Sijing has long become a page in the legend of the college.

Because the old woman was not the faculty manager in charge of the sprinkling and cleaning work, but the only female honorary professor in the college, and she was a master that no one dared to provoke in the mathematics department of the college.

When Ning Que was admitted to the hospital, he took the only one in the mathematics department, and the questions at that time were given by the senior brother, but in fact, the senior brother came up with a total of five questions to choose from, and finally the old woman chose the way to cut the peach blossoms.

At this time, when he was thinking about retreat among the cliffs and mountains, he also remembered this question.

(The first chapter arrives, it's 5,000 words, so it's late, and the second chapter will definitely come out before eleven o'clock.) (To be continued)