Qi Chun was drunk, and Lin Xiuyuan had no choice but to let Lu Hua help the other party aside to rest, and then looked at the little monk who was still standing at the door, looking at him with longing eyes, Lin Xiuyuan said to the shopkeeper with some amusement:

"Give this little master a bar, and it will be counted in our accounts later."

Since someone is willing to pay, the shopkeeper is naturally happy to see it, where is there any intention to refuse, and hurriedly arranged for Xiao Er to fill the little monk with wine, but Lin Xiuyuan said to the little monk:

"Since it's drinking, then you have to go into the tavern to drink, standing outside, what's it?"

After thinking about it, the little monk nodded again and again:

"This son is right, but the little monk is stupid."

After saying that, he really stepped into the tavern, and then looked around, but walked up to the young swordsman, and smiled:

"Can I sit down here, this boy?"

The young swordsman glanced at him and said casually:

"Sit if you want."

The little monk immediately smiled, and then sat down happily, Lin Xiuyuan wanted to call him to his table, seeing that since the other party had already chosen a seat, he no longer insisted on it, turned around and returned to the wine table and sat down.

Xu Yuanyou was still drinking the wine in his bowl, and when he saw Lin Xiuyuan coming back, he didn't pay attention to it, but continued to drink on his own, but it was Duan Yunhai, who had fallen asleep before, who woke up leisurely at this moment, looked at the tavern in a little confusion, and then saw the little monk, who had some strangeness in his eyes, and said inarticulately:

"That. . . And.. Monk, no... Simple. ”

Lin Xiuyuan nodded slightly, as soon as the little monk appeared, he could see that the other party was different, the little monk did not hide his identity, all the strong spiritual power fluctuations, naturally could not escape his eyes.

Lin Xiuyuan's feeling is a little strange, an ordinary tavern, just like that, has been squeezed in no less than five mountain immortals, don't be too lively.

Moreover, compared to the mysterious swordsman boy, this little monk attracted his attention a little more, among the four veins, the Taoist line, the Confucian line, are all blooming everywhere in Kyushu, you can see it everywhere, the martial arts cultivation line because of the withering, there are not many of them, but you can also see some, only those Buddha cultivation lineages, stationed in the Western Buddha country all the year round, almost rarely go to other state capitals, the most rare.

Therefore, even when Lin Xiuyuan followed his master to travel the world, he never saw a few Buddhist cultivators appear, and it was not until later that the master took him to the land of Western Buddhism, and he could be regarded as seeing what the Buddhas in the sky were.

Xu Yuanyou glanced at Lin Xiuyuan and said casually:

"What, you're interested in Buddhist practice?"

Lin Xiuyuan shook his head slightly, and said softly:

"I'm just curious why I met Buddha here."

Xu Yuanyou smiled slightly:

"Just ask?"

Lin Xiuyuan glanced at him and didn't speak, but Xu Yuanyou said directly:

"Little monk, where did you come from and where are you going?"

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan could only shake his head helplessly, he was used to Xu Yuanyou's appearance.

The little monk was not afraid of life at all, he just held his wine gourd, and after taking a big sip of wine, his face was flushed, but his eyes were brighter.

Seeing Xu Yuanyou asking, he immediately put down the wine gourd, then folded his hands and said slowly:

"The little monk is from the west, and he wants to go north to Kaiyuan City to watch the Confucian enlightenment event."

Xu Yuanyou nodded suddenly, as if he knew about this matter, but Lin Xiuyuan on the side frowned a little and said:

"What is the Enlightenment Event? You know this? ”

Xu Yuanyou hesitated slightly, and said casually:

"It's not a big ceremony, it's just a Confucian enlightenment conference for some children, which was held in Kaiyuan City. Poor Dao knows a little bit, but he doesn't pay much attention to it. ”

Lin Xiuyuan was puzzled:

"Since it is a Confucian ceremony, why do Buddhist monks go to observe the ceremony, what is this saying?"

Xu Yuanyou's eyes were a little evasive, and he said something else:

"It's just some tradition, and it has nothing to do with us."

Lin Xiuyuan was keenly aware that there was a problem here, and stared at Xu Yuanyou and said:

"I think you're hiding something from me. It's hard to say, or can't be said. ”

Xu Yuanyou smiled bitterly:

"I don't want to say it."

Lin Xiuyuan nodded, did not continue to ask him, but directly turned to the little monk and asked:

"Since it's a Confucian ceremony, why do you want to go there?"

The little monk was a little curious:

"I think this son is also a cultivator, don't you know that Confucianism only holds such a celebration once in ten years, so every time it is held, people from the three veins will be invited to visit, and the little monk is ordered by the master and the old man to come to watch the ceremony."

Then the little monk pointed to the young swordsman beside him and said:

"And this boy with a sword on his back, if the little monk is not mistaken, he should have been sent by the sword cultivator to watch the ceremony."

The young man with the negative sword frowned slightly, raised his eyes and glanced at the little monk, but saw that the other party's eyes were full of innocent and clear eyes, and finally just snorted lightly and did not speak.

Lin Xiuyuan suddenly realized, then thought of something, and continued to ask:

"Will all the people in the three veins come to watch the ceremony?"

The little monk nodded, then snapped his fingers and said:

"Taoism, Buddhism, and sword cultivation will all send people, after all, it is also a major event of the first line."

Lin Xiuyuan's heart moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"What about the martial arts lineage?"

The little monk seemed a little embarrassed, scratched his little bald head and said:

"The martial cultivation lineage, it seems that it has not appeared for many years, since the martial cultivation venerable military liberation, the martial cultivation lineage has almost faded out of the cultivation world, it is rare to see, and the little monk does not seem to have heard the intention of Confucianism to invite."

Lin Xiuyuan finally knew why Xu Yuanyou was reluctant to tell him at this moment, so it was.

He turned his head, but Xu Yuanyou sighed slightly and said with a wry smile:

"Why bother to get to the bottom of it like this, in the end, it's just asking for trouble."

Lin Xiuyuan said in a deep voice:

"I don't understand, you once said that there was a dispute between the three veins about the martial cultivation lineage, and the Confucian line seems to support martial cultivation, but why do I see it now, the Confucian people's attitude towards the martial cultivation line is no different from other lines, why is this?"

Xu Yuanyou said softly:

"This matter is a long story, Confucianism did support martial arts back then, and the people who supported it the most were your master and the Confucian saint, but not all Confucians agreed, just like the Taoist lineage, and not all of them agreed with my master and Taoist ancestor, and among them, the two of them, the scholar and the lisheng, were the most opposed."

Xu Yuanyou glanced at the little monk and continued to Lin Xiuyuan:

"And the enlightenment ceremony of Kaiyuan City is itself the work of the Martial Saint, so it will naturally be prejudiced against martial cultivation."

Lin Xiuyuan frowned and said:

"Then in that case, why can the sword cultivation line go, it stands to reason that they also belong to martial cultivation."

Xu Yuanyou sighed and said:

"In fact, about the sword cultivation lineage, everyone's recognition is also different, the sword cultivation itself and the practice of martial arts are not the same, it stands to reason that it can almost become its own line, but because the ancestor of sword cultivation, once was born in the first line of martial arts, through martial arts, opened up a new avenue, is for the way of the sword, in order to thank the martial arts, so that the sword cultivation has always been attributed to the martial arts sect, and hundreds of years ago, there were the other three veins of the sage proposed, the sword cultivation of the first line, can completely stand on its own and become the fifth vein."

Xu Yuanyou said this, paused slightly, and then continued:

And this statement, in the sword cultivation lineage, is actually not uncommon, especially the younger generation of sword cultivation, are very recognized, and even once caused a storm for this, but the existing two sword cultivation ancestors, do not agree with this matter, Confucian saints do not agree, so they have not separated the sword cultivation, but in fact, from the perspective of people's hearts alone, the sword cultivation and martial arts have long been separated from morality and contrary to each other. Therefore, it is not surprising that Lisheng invited Jian Xiu to participate. ”

Xu Yuanyou's words made Lin Xiuyuan fall into silence, he bowed his head slightly, did not speak, but his hands were unconsciously clenched, and there was a nameless anger in his heart, as if he was burning.

It's just enough to suppress the martial cultivation lineage, and now the sword cultivation line for the martial arts cultivation will be divided by them by means of means, which is too deceitful.

Lin Xiuyuan was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said:

"I remember that if we want to go north, it seems that we will have to pass through Kaiyuan City."

Xu Yuanyou's eyes moved slightly, and he asked:

"How do you want to? Don't say I didn't remind you, the Enlightenment Ceremony is a grand event of Confucianism and cultivation, and the Rites and Holy Sects attach great importance to it, but you can't be allowed to come wantonly, if you really provoke some immortals who have passed through the Five Realms, I can't protect you, don't forget, you still have to take these boys to Haoran Academy, before you Tianhe quenching your body, it's best not to make any trouble with Confucianism. ”

Lin Xiuyuan said softly:

"Why do I want to come, it's just that since I am inviting the Four Veins to watch the ceremony, as a martial arts cultivator, I naturally have to go to the ceremony, which can be regarded as in line with the principle of the Four Veins watching and helping each other."

Xu Yuanyou covered his head in some pain and said:

"Boy, let's stop a little bit, I knew you would be like this, so I didn't want to tell you."

Lin Xiuyuan said very seriously:

"If it's anything else, I can tolerate it, but I can't bear it when it comes to the dignity of the martial arts line."

Xu Yuanyou sighed, knowing that Lin Xiuyuan had made up his mind, even if he broke his mouth, the other party would not change, so he could only bow his head in resignation and drink two sips of wine, all to express his depressed feelings.

After the little monk finished drinking, he got up and said goodbye and left, and with him left was the young sword cultivator with his back who had never spoken much from beginning to end.

And Lin Xiuyuan looked at Duan Yunhai, who had fallen asleep again, and Qi Chun, who was also on the other table, knowing that today, they were destined to be unable to move, so he could only sigh silently, and asked the tavern shopkeeper to find an inn in the town and send a few people to rest.

And Qi Chun's bold words and squandered wine and food, because he was already drunk and unconscious, Lin Xiuyuan finally paid for him.