After walking for a while with Nandao out of the Hanging Courtyard, the eldest young master of Nanyi City, Beitai said goodbye at an intersection, and walked into the alley while talking boring.

Nandao walked a long way, and when he turned around, he found that this young master with a strange personality was standing alone at the end of the alley, quietly looking at the Nanyi River that was not in the mist of spring rain.

Nandao watched for a long time, and Beitai also watched for a long time, and then both of them held umbrellas and left silently.

When I returned to Su's Inn, it was already twilight, Nandao returned all the days of pre-rental of the room at the inn, exchanged some money, and then spent three dollars in the lobby downstairs, ate a bowl of noodles, and then went back to the room to pack up all the things, and left the inn.

Su Guang, the young shopkeeper of the inn, watched Nandao leave at the door, and couldn't help but sigh for a while, after all, the money he earned was gone, and it was inevitable that people would not be happy.

Nandao took his things and walked in the direction of the Hanging Temple.

After drinking tea at that time, Mr. Mei told Nandao that he could go to the Hanging Courtyard to do some miscellaneous things, so that he could earn some small money on the one hand, and on the other hand, he could go to the library to read books or audit the courses in the courtyard.

The Hanging Yuan has never refused outsiders to observe, on the contrary, it welcomes this kind of behavior, which is probably the long-cherished wish of the scholar of Huangliang to "use culture in the world".

Nandao hurried back to the Hanging Courtyard at nightfall, and when the rain had stopped, Mr. Mei was carrying an oil lamp and was sitting there chatting with the gentleman surnamed Xie at the moss-covered gate.

Seeing Nan Dao coming, the gentleman surnamed Xie smiled at Nan Dao very friendly, patted the open space next to him, and said, "Come here to sit down and talk." ”

Nan Dao sat down as he said, and heard Mr. Xie look at Nan Dao and say, "How do you feel?" ”

Nandao smiled bitterly and said, "There are some ups and downs. ”

"Hahaha." Mr. Mei smiled presumptuously, looked at Nandao and said, "Young man, it's good to suffer some setbacks. ”

"I remember when you registered, it said that you are only fifteen years old this year, so you don't need to be in a hurry." Mr. Xie said, "Although the world is not more than 100 years old, there is no need to rush it. ”

"But sir." Nandao looked up at the edge of the umbrella and whispered, "I might be dying." ”

Mr. Mei and Mr. Xie both looked at Nandao in astonishment.

"I may be a person with a curse, many years ago, I was going to die, it was the Human Sword Sect that gave me a peach blossom, and transferred my life and death cause and effect to the peach blossom, I only lived to be fifteen years old, but now the peach tree is dead." Nandao said to himself, "I went to the Sword Sect Garden, and I met the sect master, and he asked me to come to the Hanging Courtyard ......."

"What are you doing in the Hanging Courtyard?" Mr. Xie asked puzzledly, "If it is for cultivation, the Sword Sect was willing to give you peach blossoms back then, so naturally it can also take you into the sect and practice there, and the starting point is to stand at the peak of the world, so why come to the Hanging Courtyard?" If it is for treatment, not to mention going to the Northern Daomen, it is better to go to Huaidu, which is better than going to the Hanging Courtyard. ”

Nandao shook his head and said, "I don't know, but he said that I am a person who is hated by some kind of existence above the human world, and he doesn't want to be involved in more cause and effect with me. I think the dean refused to accept the kid, and it was also for this reason. ”

Mr. Mei kept looking at Nandao, looked at his umbrella, and said, "This umbrella doesn't seem to be a mortal thing, and I see that you have never put it down." ”

"Umbrella?" Nandao looked up at the umbrella in his hand, thought for a while and said, "I don't know, my father forged it for me." And I don't put down my umbrella ......."

Nandao fell silent as he spoke, and then began to cough, and then smiled to himself, and said, "The two gentlemen should be considered that I am afraid of death." ”

Mr. Mei and Mr. Xie glanced at each other, but did not continue to ask, Mr. Mei glanced at some of the blood that overflowed from the corners of Nandao's lips, stood up, and went back to the small house.

Mr. Xie looked at Nandao and said, "You shouldn't have interacted with people very little in the past?" ”

Nanjima thought back to more than a decade of living under an umbrella in the town and nodded.

Mr. Xie sighed and said, "Do you know why Lao Mei and I were stunned at the beginning? ”

"Sir, please."

Mr. Xie patted Nandao's shoulder and said: "It's not the surprise of your fate, but you said these things so easily, Nandao, the world is unknown, you can have good intentions about it, but you can't trust anyone easily." ”

"I'm a person who doesn't know if I'll wake up tomorrow......"

"But if you don't have anything tomorrow, how will you deal with yesterday's indulgence?"

Nan Dao looked at Mr. Xie, stood up, raised his hand and bent down, bowed very respectfully, and said, "Thank you, Mr. for your teaching." ”

Mr. Xie shook his head with a smile, stood up, and said, "I am the fifth gentleman of the Taoist School of Qingniu Academy, if you can wake up tomorrow, you can come to Xinzi Court to listen to it in Shenshi, tomorrow is the first lecture of Qingniu's five thousand words." ”

Before Nandao could answer, Mr. Mei came out with a pot of hot tea and said, "This kid is acquainted with Mr. Yunhu, the big man of your Taoist school, if you really want to listen, then you are also going to listen to Mr. Yunhu, why are you going from Mr. Big to Mr. Fifth in three years." ”

Mr. Xie was not angry, and said with a smile: "That's right, Mr. Yunhu's class is in Chenshi, if you want to listen, you have to get up early." ”

Nandao saluted again and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

Mr. Xie waved his hand, stretched out his hand to Mr. Mei, and said, "Give me a lamp, I'm going back." ”

Mr. Mei angrily went back to the room and took an oil lamp to Mr. Xie, and said, "Remember to send it back, you gentlemen, everything you talk about is crepe, and you always borrow but not return." ”

Mr. Xie smiled with the oil lamp, walked through the bamboo forest after the rain and said, "There are too many things, it's always easy to forget, I'll give it to you next time." ”

Nan Dao and Mr. Mei continued to squat at the door, drinking hot tea, and after a long time, Nan Dao asked, "Is Mr. Xie a cultivator?" ”

"Of course it is." Mr. May took a large sip of tea, rubbed his head back, and then tilted his head and spit on the side of the door.

"Practitioners also walk by oil lamps at night?"

Mr. Mei rinsed his mouth, took another big sip, swallowed it and said: "The smell of the scallion pancakes I ate in the afternoon is too great, of course cultivators don't need to use oil lamps, not to mention that Mr. Xie entered the small path realm twenty years ago, but they said that this is cultivation, conforming to the avenue, who knows?" ”

Nandao asked with some confusion: "What are trails and avenues?" ”

Mr. Mei turned his head to look at Nandao and said earnestly: "It's too early for you to understand this, of course, the main reason is that I'm not a cultivator, how do I know if you ask me." ”

Mr. Mei said at the end, rolling his eyes.

"Uh......" Nandao scratched his head in embarrassment.

"But Mr. Xie and I have known each other for many years, we are the same group to study, we were all ten years old at that time, he entered the Taoist school, I entered the Wenhua Academy, but unfortunately I studied for half a year, I can't learn, I always want to practice, but I went to the Qingniu Academy to listen for a long time, and I didn't step on that door, so I left the Hanging Courtyard, went out for several years, stayed in the Lingnan Sword Sect, and also went to some small Taoist doors in the north, but it was still nothing, so I came back to Nanyi City, at that time Mr. Xie had been enlightened for two years, and he was fifteen years old at that time, So he was recommended to go to the Northern Qingtian Dao, and at the age of twenty he entered the Xiaodao realm, and then stopped, and finally came back to the Hanging Courtyard and became a gentleman of the Qingniu Academy. ”

"What is the Little Dao Realm?" As soon as Nandao finished asking, he was knocked on the head by Mr. Mei.

"Naturally, it's a cultivation realm, I haven't even entered the Dao, how do I know what the Small Dao realm is? If you ask this kind of sentimental question, be careful that I beat you. Mr. Mei said as he glared at Nandao.

Nandao nodded like garlic and said, "Ah, yes, yes, yes." ”

Seeing that Mr. Mei was still staring at him, Nandao said with a smile: "No, no, you continue." ”

Mr. Mei then continued with satisfaction: "Although I have not embarked on the path of cultivation, I can tell you these things. The realm of the Dao Gate is very simple, it is nothing more than the Entering Dao Realm, the Enlightenment Realm, the Small Dao Realm, the Great Dao Realm, and the last saint. ”

Nandao asked curiously, "Saint?" Are there any saints on earth? ”

Mr. Mei sighed and said, "There has only been one saint in the world, Li Er, the master of the Hangu Temple thousands of years ago. ”

Nandao said puzzledly: "After so many years of cultivation in the world, there is only one saint? ”

Mr. Mei looked at Nandao with disdain and said, "How many do you want?" ”

“......”

Nan Dao was silently asked, and asked instead, "What about the Sword Sect?" ”

Mr. Mei looked back at the east and said slowly, "The Sword Sect needs to climb the cliff. ”

"What cliff?"

"East China Sea, Grinding Sword Cliff."

"Why do you want to climb the cliff?"

"Because the Sword Sect cultivates sword intent, and the best way to verify one's sword intent is to climb the three thousand six hundred and fifty zhang sword ladder of the Sword Cliff. The number of steps you climb is the level of the realm. For example, if it is less than 1,000 zhang, it is all white. ”

Nandao scratched his head and said, "It seems to be very troublesome." ”

Mr. Mei smiled and said, "Do you know how many years of history this world has?" ”

"I don't know."

"What about the path of cultivation?"

"I've heard it's been more than 2,000 years."

Mr. Mei stood up and stood at the door of the hanging courtyard covered with mossy and green vines, looking at the warm and prosperous world outside the alley.

"In the face of the long history of mankind, the path of cultivation is as short as the first birth. You are latecomers and pioneers. Therefore, the hanging courtyard of Nanyi City is not to overhaul the Daomen of the realm of Huai'an Xiaodao Avenue, and would rather invite Mr. Yunhu from Huangliang, which is why. ”

"I don't really understand." The South Island is a bit cloudy.

"Because he was the first person to systematically analyze and sort out the entire cultivation system from the perspective of a bystander."

Nandao suddenly remembered the book that the woman in the white dress read—"On the Difference Between the Inner Qualities of Cultivation and Witches".

"Is Mr. Yunhu a cultivator?"

Mr. Mei smiled and said, "No." ”

“？”

"But the entire cultivation world needs such a person, once the cultivator cultivates, he becomes obsessed, only cares about how tall he is, and does not think about the affairs of future generations, he is different, he is a person who stands in the world to measure the height of the cultivation world."

Mr. Mei said, patted Nandao on the shoulder, and said, "You can have time to listen to his class after you finish cleaning up the Hanging Courtyard, but it may be difficult to hear it, because because his class, gentlemen will go to listen." ”

Nandao nodded and drank the cold tea in his hand in one gulp.

"By the way, if you want to sleep in it tonight." Mr. May pointed to the porter behind him.

"Mr. Mei doesn't sleep here?"

Mr. Mei stuffed the teapot into Nandao's hand, raised his leg and walked out of the alley, and said happily: "My wife and children are hot on the kang at home, why do you want to sleep here?" ”

“......”