Volume 1 The Man Under the Umbrella Chapter 18 The Taoist Comes from the North
Nandao didn't follow Zhang Xiaoyu and them over, after all, he was still persuading him not to play cards before, which would inevitably be a little embarrassing if he was discovered.
He didn't want to become a friend of Nanyu.
Then Nandao realized that he was still thinking too ideally.
Nandao casually entered a few card stores on the street, and was kicked out after touching the cards.
No one is going to play cards with a man who is a handicap.
Nandao stood at the door of the fifth archway with an umbrella, sighed, and then remembered the kindness of Zhang Xiaoyu and their brothers.
At least he knew that he would put the Tianhu, but he still didn't believe in evil and beat him hard.
Nandao stood with a sad face for a while, and was about to go back to forget it, when he heard someone behind him say, "Do you want to play cards?" ”
Nandao turned around and saw a young Taoist standing there, looking at Nandao with a slight smile.
"You are?"
The young Taoist clasped his hands and saluted, and said: "A person who travels in the world, when the Taoist friend is in the card hall, he will watch from the sidelines. ”
Nandao looked at the Taoist, a little unclear about his intention, thought about it, and said, "Since you saw it, are you still willing to fight me?" ”
The Taoist shook his head and said with a slight smile: "I don't know how to play cards, but I know who will be willing to try it with Daoyou." ”
Nan Dao looked at the inexplicable Taoist and said, "Forget it....."
"I have a good scabbard there." The Taoist interrupted Nandao's words and said softly.
Nandao's expression changed suddenly, and he took a step back vigilantly and said, "How do you know?" ”
The Taoist smiled and said, "A little bit of wait-and-see technique." Daoist friends should have only just entered the Dao, and the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the body is chaotic....."
Nandao was silent for a moment and said, "Why are you looking for me to play cards?" ”
The Taoist smiled silently.
Nandao thought about it, and was about to leave with an umbrella.
"Your Ceres is broken."
The Taoist said calmly behind him.
Nandao stopped and looked back at the Taoist, who looked at Nandao with a smile and said, "Why not give it a try?" ”
Nandao looked at this mysterious Taoist and clenched his umbrella. He turned around and started running.
The Taoist didn't catch up, but just looked at the back of Nandao running, and said apologetically: "Offended." ”
Nandao ran wildly all the way through the streets of Nanyi City, until he turned back and couldn't see the figure of the Taoist, and then slowly stopped, gasping for breath.
Although the Taoist was very friendly, Nandao thought it was too weird.
Walking back to the secluded street along the way he came, and when he stepped on the stone slab, Nandao felt a little panicked inexplicably. It's just that it came from nowhere.
Nandao looked back, and behind him was a bustling and lively long street, where people came and went, but when he stepped on this street, those sounds seemed to disappear.
Nandao clutched the umbrella and walked cautiously forward.
There was silence all around, only the sound of Nandao's own footsteps and the sound of running water under the bridge ahead.
The old wooden bridge creaked as it stepped on the South Island, giving the South Island a shudder.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Nandao walked through the alley without danger, and it was not until he saw the gate covered with green vines in the Hanging Courtyard that Nandao's heart fell.
With a long breath, Nandao walked into the courtyard and pushed open the door of the gatehouse.
Stepping in, Nandao's breath couldn't help but suffocate.
The long street was bustling, and the Taoist stood there with a smile, looked at Nandao and said, "Why don't you give it a try?" ”
Nandao suddenly remembered what Hua Wuxi said that day, took a few steps back, and said, "Hua Wuxi called you here?" ”
You call this a thug?
It's just that Nandao didn't expect the Taoist to frown and ask, "Who is Hua Wuxi?" ”
Nandao was also stunned for a moment, looked at the Taoist and said, "You're not here to seek revenge?" ”
The Taoist knew that Nandao seemed to have misunderstood something, and said with a smile: "I really came to find someone to play cards." ”
Nandao sighed and said, "It doesn't matter if it's right or not, I can't run away anyway, please." ”
The Taoist happily saluted Nandao and said, "Thank you." ”
Nandao left with the Taoist.
The Taoist's name is Li Shi, who came from Xiyunguan in the north, and as for why he came, he didn't tell Nandao, but just invited Nandao to play cards very 'sincerely'.
Nandao was taken to a small courtyard in the south of the city, where there was a card table with three people seated.
Sitting due west was a drunken middle-aged man, his clothes were covered with grease stains, and he was holding a wine gourd in his hand, and he was asleep.
To the east was a woman, who looked very ordinary, and sat there a little restrainedly, like the people who came out to buy vegetables everywhere in Nanyi City, and there was indeed a vegetable basket at her feet.
To the north was a thirty-something sword cultivator sitting upright, with his hair tied and a sword behind him, looking very serious.
The South Island was brought over and sat due south.
The Taoist briefly explained a few words, then stood aside and looked at the four people of Nandao with a slight smile, and said, "Let's start, everyone." ”
The drunken middle-aged man also woke up, and the four of them sat there in some silence, seemingly all brought by the Taoist.
Very weird game.
Then, without saying anything, the cards began to shuffle in silence.
There was only the sound of mahjong in the yard.
The Taoist didn't speak, but kept watching behind him when the four of them drew cards.
Nan Dao looked at the cards in front of him, and when he was still hesitating, he saw the three of them pushing the cards together and looking at him. Nandao then knocked the cards down as well.
Four Tianhu.
The Taoist smiled slightly and said, "Go on." ”
And then the cycle goes on and on.
Until the tenth game, the drunk middle-aged man did not win the card, stood up, looked at the Taoist, the Taoist got up and went into the room to take a jar of wine, handed it to the man, and said with a smile: "The last altar in the world is drunk, take it." ”
The middle-aged man hugged the wine, smiled and left the courtyard.
The three of them continued to draw cards, and in the fifteenth game, the woman was also out, and the Taoist took out a bag of silver from his arms and handed it to the woman, who picked it up and pressed it under the vegetable basket, and said thank you diligently.
When Nandao was about to continue, the sword cultivator sitting opposite him raised his head and looked at him, and then asked, "You are also a sword cultivator?" ”
Minami Island was silent and did not answer.
The man continued, "You have the residual aura of sword intent on your body. ”
When the words fell, the man stood up, looked at the Taoist and said, "I lost." ”
The Taoist nodded and said, "That's true." ”
Although both of them have been holding Tianhu until now, it is clear that Nandao Hu's card will always be higher than his.
The Daoist returned to the room, took out a sword, handed it to the sword cultivator, and said, "The Flowing Cloud Sword Sect lost Yu Linglin a thousand years ago. ”
When it rains at night, it is best for killing.
It is called rain bell.
Jian Xiu took the sword, saluted the Taoist, and then turned into sword light and disappeared.
Only Nandao and the Taoist were left in the courtyard.
Nandao only realized the unusualness of the Taoist at this time, looked at him and said, "What are the seniors doing like this? ”
The Taoist smiled slightly and said, "If you don't enter the Great Dao, you can't be a senior, just call me Senior Brother Li." As for what I want to do, I'm looking for someone who is very lucky, I think it's you, and I need you to come to the North Creek Cloud View in the future. ”
Nandao was silent for a moment and said, "What if I don't come?" ”
The Taoist didn't speak, just smiled slightly, walked into the room, and took out the last thing - a black scabbard.
The Taoist handed the scabbard to Nandao, raised his hand towards the courtyard gate, and said with a smile, "Please." ”
Nandao was silent, but still took the scabbard, turned and walked out of the courtyard.
Zhang Xiaoyu sat in the card hall, touched the cards in his hand, hesitated for a long time, and then played out.
The next person pushed the card and said with a smile: "Hu." ”
Zhang Xiaoyu sighed, stood up, and said, "There is no money, don't fight." ”
Then he got up and walked to Su Guang to take a look, and he also lost a mess.
"I'll go first." Zhang Xiaoyu said with a yawn.
"Go, go, go." Su Guang was already red-eyed, and said without raising his head.
"Whoa." The shuffle began to sound again.
Zhang Xiaoyu staggered out.
But instead of going in the direction of the Hanging Courtyard or the Sword Sect, he walked all the way and stopped at a street corner.
Zhang Xiaoyu stood under the red lantern, snapping his fingers boredly.
"One, two, three......"
After breaking it for a long time, he looked around, took off the scabbard from his back, and secretly took off someone else's red lantern. Carrying it with a scabbard, he walked quickly through the streets.
Then he stopped in an alley in the south of the city, hung the lantern on a nearby tree, and waited for something there with his sword scabbard.
Not long after, there was a slow sound of footsteps in the darkness on the other side of the alley.
Zhang Xiaoyu lowered his head, looked at the scabbard in his arms, and said calmly: "I have a question that I am curious about. ”
"Senior brother, please speak." The man said softly, and walked into the light of the lantern, wearing a Taoist robe, which was none other than the previous Taoist Li Shi.
"What the hell do you want to do?"
The Taoist laughed softly and said, "Haven't you always been very clear about what Guanli wants to do? ”
Zhang Xiaoyu said calmly: "I just think it's too messy. ”
The Taoist smiled slightly and said, "Yes, it's really messy, so how long will the junior brother stay in Nanyi City?" ”
Zhang Xiaoyu was silent for a long time and said, "I lost too much, at least ......."
"I'm going to have to wait until I win it back."
The Taoist sighed and shook his head, walked past Zhang Xiaoyu, and said softly: "Look smaller, play smaller, the world is too big, you can't afford to lose so much." ”
Zhang Xiaoyu said calmly: "You don't know how to play cards, so you don't know that there is a thing called gambler mentality, and when I start losing, it will be difficult for me to get out." ”
When Zhang Xiaoyu's words fell, he let go of the scabbard in his hand and fell to the ground, but it was inserted into the stone slab with a loud sound, and the lantern hanging on the tree also fell down, falling on the bluestone slabs that had not been repaired for a long time and had been broken and warped.
Sparks flew everywhere, and then the lantern was lit, Zhang Xiaoyu's body was intertwined with Dao intent and sword intent, and in an instant, the entire alley fell into a sea of fire, becoming a second world cut off from Nanyi City.
The Taoist stood at the end of the sea of fire, looked back at Zhang Xiaoyu, and said softly, "Senior brother, do you really want to do it?" ”
The burning fire burned from the stone slabs, climbed up the scabbard, fell into it, and coalesced into a fiery sword.
Zhang Xiaoyu raised his hand to hold the hilt of the sword, pulled out the sword, looked it across his eyes, and said calmly: "I know that Senior Brother may be right, but it is precisely because Senior Brother you are right that Guanli will fall into chaos." ”
"Whether it's right or wrong, just look at stability, junior brother, you've been in a place like the Human Sword Sect for too long." The Taoist put away his smile, looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and said calmly.
"But it should be."
Zhang Xiaoyu let go of the sword in his hand, and the white robe was lifted by the flames in the flames, and the Dao robe was revealed, so Dao Yun overshadowed the sword intent.
In the entire alley that was cut out, countless sermons began to emerge slowly, as if the world was a blank sheet of paper and began to be written, which was black.
Zhang Xiaoyu raised his hand and pointed on the first sermon, and there was a strong wind around him, dragging those sermons, all of them fell on the body of the sword of fire, all the sermons fell, Zhang Xiaoyu slapped his palm on the sword body, and the black on the sermon instantly turned into black smoke and fell off, and the sword of fire was all over the golden light Daowen, and then shot away with the flames all over the alley.
The fast sword of the world.
It's the sword of the Sharpening Cliff.
It's all just a blink of an eye.
When Zhang Xiaoyu slapped on the sword body, the sword had already come to the Taoist.
However, the Taoist just looked at the sword calmly, raised his hand, stretched out a finger, and disappeared in place the moment the sword approached.
Zhang Xiaoyu looked at the finger that stopped at the center of his eyebrows, it was an ordinary finger, the knuckles were very thin, and it looked weak, and the owner of the finger was also very humble, standing in front of him with a slight smile, and holding the sword in the other hand.
Suddenly the spring rain fell in the alley, the fire receded, and the alley returned to its original calm.
One finger to break the road.
The lantern that fell to the ground had been extinguished.
"Mountains and rivers are a finger." Zhang Xiaoyu said softly, "It turns out that Senior Brother, you are already about to enter the Great Dao. ”
The Taoist withdrew his fingers, turned around and walked out of the alley, and said calmly:
"I'll wait for you to come back and fight."
Zhang Xiaoyu stood silently in the alley, pulled out his scabbard from the ground, and turned to go in the opposite direction.