During this time, Fang Ju came back to give a lecture, and it was Elder Shui who was imparting knowledge, and if there was something they didn't understand, the three of them discussed it together, but they really couldn't figure it out, so they would ask Elder Shui the next day. Repeating it many times, Fang Ju came back and gave Gu Shengchao a book, and the cover was written "Explanation of the Formula".

Gu Shengchao was surprised: "Is this what you are learning?" ”

Yang Qianhui pouted and said, "Where, we asked Elder Shui too much, and she became suspicious, so we had to tell you about it." Elder Shui is really a good person, and he gave us this book, saying that it was for you to read more, but it must be returned to her after five days. ”

Gu Shengchao was in a dilemma: "How can you memorize such a profound thing in five days, or I invite you Elder Shui to drink and have a good chat, maybe it can be extended for a few days." ”

Fang Ju said with a smile: "Our Elder Shui is a woman, her name seems to be Shui Linglong, I'm afraid it's not okay to drink." ”

"Woman, you will be an elder in your twenties?" Gu Shengchao was surprised, such a woman could only be talented. He had no choice but to copy every day, and he didn't dare to stop with the pain in the fingers of the pen card, and finally copied it on the fifth day and asked Fang Ju to send it back.

Gu Shengchao had the leisure time to carefully savor the book "Explanation of the Formula", and the more he read, the more he found the subtleties of the book.

It's like a key, opening the door to understanding, so that many places that plague Gu Shengchao suddenly open up, not only the comprehension of the Iron Arm Divine Skill and the Phoenix Dance Sword Technique is more profound, but also find a few omissions, Liu Ximei and Wan Ruo didn't explain the details clearly at that time, Gu Shengchao also understood through the explanation in the "Explanation of the Formula", and it became more and more like a tiger with wings.

He loved the book and read it before going to bed at night to get a good night's sleep. On the contrary, Yang Qianhui and Fang Ju don't care about this book, they only like all kinds of routines and moves, maybe they have a good environment and have learned poetry and songs solidly since childhood.

On this day, Gu Shengchao sent Yang Qianhui and Fang Ju to Yunqi Palace, and when he returned to his residence, he found that Lu Wanshan had not gotten up yet, and he had already moved his body under the corridor at this time. He knocked lightly on the door and no one came to open the door, he leaned close to the crack in the door and shouted, "Uncle Lu, get up." ”

There were people in the room who were snorting and wheezing heavily, but they didn't come to open the door, Gu Shengchao was worried about Lu Wanshan's safety and broke in directly, and saw that he had rolled down from the bed, and his face was red when he couldn't breathe. Gu Shengchao hugged Lu Wanshan to the bed, and hurriedly went out to find Langzhong to see a doctor.

After Lang Zhong's pulse, he prescribed a few pairs of medicines, and Gu Shengchao sent Lang Zhong out and asked quietly, "Dare to ask my uncle how his condition is?" ”

"Alas, the terminally ill immortals are also difficult to save, and the few medicines I prescribed can only alleviate it, so let's serve your filial piety these days!" Lang Zhong's face was heavy and he didn't want to say more.

Gu Shengchao grabbed the medicine and came back to boil, Lu Wanshan drank it and saw no effect, his breath was weak day by day, and he insisted on it for more than ten days, and finally took in less air and more breath out, and he was about to die. Yang Qianhui and Fang Ju also knew that his life was short, so they stayed by his side to take care of him.

"Feng Wujian, Wan Yanxi, I promised her a gift when she became an adult, you must remember." Lu Wanshan grabbed Gu Shengchao's hand and chattered, and finally closed his eyes.

Fang Ju was the most emotional, and immediately burst into tears, Yang Qianhui also cried into tears, and the ancient saint held back his tears to deal with Lu Wanshan's future generations.

The capital city of Yunshangcheng is high, the blackbird can't fly up, it is still a traditional burial, Fang Ju paid for the good coffin scenery for Lu Wanshan to bury, and put it into the coffin together with his crutches. When the three of them returned to the house, they were depressed and empty.

Gu Shengchao found a bunch of keys from the east ear room, and tried to open the copper lock of the main house one by one, the inside was spotlessly cleaned, and the beds and furniture were all available. Gu Shengchao and Fang Ju rummaged carefully, but did not find the sword mentioned by Lu Wanshan, only found the deed of this mansion and some documents, carefully wrapped in oil paper, the name on the deed is Wujiang, and I don't know who it is.

"Could it be that the old man was confused and said nonsense on his deathbed." Fang Ju was a little skeptical.

Gu Shengchao firmly believed that Lu Wanshan would not deceive, he thought about it and stood at the door of the room and said, "Fang Ju, if you are a thief, where will you look first when you enter the door?" ”

Fang Ju thought for a while: "It must be directly ahead, then the cabinet, under the bed, wherever there are gaps, you must check." ”

Gu Shengchao thought about it and remembered a mistake, that is, the door itself, no one would look here. He and Fang Ju looked at it carefully, and finally found an abnormality, that is, the door and door frame were wider and thicker than the others, and after the door was pushed inward, there were splicing marks on the door frame against the wall. Gu Shengchao took out the dagger and pried it, and sure enough, he buckled off a wooden bar, revealing the sword box hidden inside.

The sword box was close to the door frame, and Gu Shengchao carefully pried it out with a dagger and held it in his hand. He couldn't hold back the impulse in his heart, his hands trembled involuntarily, and he put the sword box on the table tremblingly, and his hands trembled when he wanted to open the sword box.

Fang Ju laughed at him: "What kind of treasure is this, can make you like this, I'll come!" She snapped the buckle and lifted the lid with ease, revealing a quaint sword.

The sword plus the hilt is about two feet long, short and concise, the sword body is engraved with the word "Phoenix Dance", the blade is dark blue, but it is not like an ordinary sword that flashes cold light, and it does not look sharp.

Yang Qianhui also rushed over and watched this sword that Lu Wanshan would never forget.

Gu Shengchao held the sword in his hand, and let Fang Ju find a trace of long hair from the bun and gently float from the blade, and the long hair flew in the wind and brushed over the blade, and immediately broke into two.

"Yikes!" All three exclaimed at the same time.

Fang Ju was about to take the sword and take a closer look, but his hand stretched out for fear of being injured by the blade, so he hurriedly said, "Brother Gu, you put the sword on the table, and I'll take a look at it too." ”

Gu Shengchao put the sword into the box, and Fang Ju picked it up and couldn't put it down.

"What are you going to do?" Yang Qianhui asked Gu Shengchao.

Gu Shengchao said without hesitation: "There is a chance to go to Beihu to fulfill Uncle Lu's wish, find the woman named Wan Yan Xi, and give her this sword." "The sword box was buckled, Gu Shengchao put it back into the door frame and sealed it with a wooden strip, if you didn't check it on purpose, you would definitely not be able to find it.

"This sword will give me a few days to play with." Fang Ju said with a grin.

"Nope." Gu Shengchao directly refused, he asked: "There are not many divine soldiers in the world, haven't you heard of Feng Wu asking for the Phoenix Sword before?" ”

Yang Qianhui shook his head and said, "I only know that the Qingyun Sword of Yunqi Palace is the sharpest blade in the world, and I don't know anything else." ”

Gu Shengchao took the sword in Fang Ju's hand, weighed it in his hand and said: "This phoenix dance sword is famous in the Dawu Dynasty, no less than the Qingyun Sword of Yunqi Palace, your kung fu is not high, wearing this kind of divine weapon will only bring monstrous disasters to yourself, it is better to be careful." The phoenix dance sword in his hand slashed lightly in the air, and then disappeared into his body, hanging in the dantian, and nourishing in the five soul array.

Yang Qianhui knew that what Gu Shengchao said was reasonable, and she knew that her kung fu was low, so she pulled Fang Ju and hurriedly went back to practice. Gu Shengchao put all the things in the main house back into place, locked the door, put the key back to the east ear room, and by the way, cleaned the place where Lu Wanshan once lived, locked the door and only took the key to the east ear room back to the west wing where he lived for storage.

Recently, Yang Qianhui didn't know what she was stimulated, and she practiced harder and harder, often asking Fang Ju to accompany her to fight, Fang Ju was afraid of hurting the young lady, and the two of them had no feeling of actual combat at all. Gu Shengchao stepped forward to be Yang Qianhui's sparring partner, he only parried and did not fight back, so Yang Qianhui could only attack. At first, Yang Qianhui couldn't let go, but later saw that Gu Shengchao's tight defense really couldn't hurt him, so he let go of his hands and feet and used the kung fu he had learned to attack with all his might.

With a good sparring partner like Gu Shengchao, Yang Qianhui made rapid progress, Fang Ju was not to be outdone, pestering Gu Shengchao to practice together, Gu Shengchao was helpless, and after finishing the training with Yang Qianhui every night, he would accompany Fang Ju to fight. The two of them practiced actively, and they came back every day to explain what they had learned that day and were more attentive, lest Gu Shengchao not accompany them to fight in actual combat.

After more than a month like this, Gu Shengchao found that Fang Ju was always depressed, so he quietly asked her if she was in trouble, Fang Ju pulled Gu Shengchao to the east wing room and said with a sad face: "We are almost out of money, and we can't think of a way, not only can we not pay Brother Gu's salary, but even our survival in Cloud City is a problem." ”

Gu Shengchao was puzzled: "Your young lady is the daughter of the princes, how can there be no silver?" ”

Fang Ju explained: "Big Brother Gu also knows that the two of us ran out secretly, and if we ask for help from home, we will definitely be arrested, and we will no longer be able to practice." The young lady practiced earnestly, I couldn't bear to make her sad, and I never dared to tell her about the lack of money. ”

Gu Shengchao comforted: "Don't worry, the money you paid me is all there, and I will take it out now to solve my urgent needs." ”

Fang Ju pouted and said, "There will always be a time when your little silver will run out, can you find a foolproof way to stay here for a long time." ”

"You are the best at cooking, if you can't do it, we will open a restaurant, and after maintaining your life, your young lady can also study in Yunqi Palace for a long time." Gu Shengchao had long seen that the business of the restaurant on the street was booming, and he had this plan.

Fang Ju pondered for a moment and said suspiciously: "Is my craftsmanship successful?" ”

"No problem, I've eaten it a few times outside once in a while, and it's nowhere near as delicious as what you make." Gu Shengchao encouraged her.

Fang Ju was puzzled: "It takes capital to open a store, and your little silver is probably not enough." She looked down and saw the jade bracelet on her wrist, and couldn't help but be happy: "Tomorrow, Big Brother Gu will accompany me to see how much this bracelet is worth?" ”

The next day, Fang Ju pretended to have a headache, and Yang Qianhui went to study alone. Gu Shengchao accompanied Fang Ju to a pawnshop, Fang Ju handed the jade bracelet in, and the people at the high counter glanced at the two of them, a trace of excitement flashed in their eyes, and they immediately asked seriously: "Is this bracelet your dowry?" ”

"No, someone else gave it." Fang Ju was quick and replied immediately.

Gu Shengchao understood in his heart that they first regarded the two of them as a newly married couple, and they were tentatively asking about the origin of the bracelet and estimating the price that the two of them could accept in their hearts, Fang Ju replied like this, it is really a good thing It is estimated that they will not give too much.

Sure enough, the person inside said slowly: "This bracelet can be used as thirty taels of silver at most." ”

"Thirty taels?" Fang Ju almost jumped up, and the valuation exceeded her expectations.

Gu Shengchao said: "This bracelet is flawed, don't you see it?" ”

"Where?" The people inside looked through and didn't find it, as soon as Gu Shengchao stretched out his hand, they immediately handed it out, and the people inside thought to themselves: "These are two fools, how can they say that their things are not good, it seems that they can make a lot of money today." ”

Gu Shengchao took the jade bracelet, pulled Fang Ju and walked out, and the people inside knew that they were fooled and shouted: "Hey, don't go, I'll accept it for forty taels." ”

"It's not right." The ancient saint left without looking back.