When Chen Huaifeng left the town, a young Taoist was waiting by a stream at the foot of the mountain.

Qingtian Dao's clothes changed from the avenue like a blue sky to a blue sky after the moon came, it was that light cyan with a little light moonlight hue.

But this Taoist's clothes look a little whiter.

The snow by the stream had almost melted, except for the occasional white patch of slush in the grass.

The young Taoist looked at the sparse snow there, not knowing what to think.

It wasn't until Chen Huaifeng walked closer with his sword that the Taoist raised his head, looked at Chen Huaifeng who was walking towards the snow stream on the side of the mountain, and saluted with a slight smile.

"Senior Brother Chen Huaifeng?"

Chen Huaifeng nodded, looked at the strange-looking Taoist robe on the Taoist again, and said, "Senior brother?" ”

The Taoist stepped aside and said with a smile: "Qingtian Dao rivers and mountains and snow, Guanli asked me to come to the bottom of the mountain to pick up my senior brother up the mountain." ”

Jiang Shanxue said, looking up at the sky that had already dissipated the morning mist, and the December sun was shining on the stream.

"But I didn't expect my brother to come a little late."

Chen Huaifeng said apologetically: "I met an old man in the town and chatted with him for a while. ”

The two crossed the clear stream and walked along the snowy mountain path towards the mountain.

"Senior brother has an old man in the town?"

Jiang Shanxue looked at Chen Huaifeng with some curiosity and asked.

Chen Huaifeng stepped on the mountain road with his sword in his hand and said calmly: "A friend who is idle by nature, probably came to the north in idleness, and he was lucky to meet him. ”

Jiang Shanxue laughed softly: "I thought that the senior brother said some senior brothers of the Sword Sect. ”

Chen Huaifeng smiled and said, "Although the senior brothers are scattered in the world, they will not appear in such a small town in the future. ”

Such a small town naturally does not refer to an ordinary town in the world, but to a small town at the foot of the green mountain where Qingtian Road is located.

In such a town, if there is a senior brother of the Sword Sect here, then it will naturally be a matter worth pondering.

The question of the rivers and mountains and snow naturally came from this.

So Chen Huaifeng replied very sincerely.

The two chatted all the way up the hill.

There is the sound of falling snow in the mountains, from the sound of snow clumping down the branches after the snow has melted.

The mountain where Qingtian Dao is located is naturally not high, so the two of them did not walk for a long time.

Soon, some scattered cyan buildings appeared in the forest, and a young Taoist hurried by, saw the snow in the mountains, hesitated a little, and saluted: "Senior Brother Jiang." ”

Then he looked at Chen Huaifeng who was holding the sword, probably knowing that Chen Huaifeng of the Human Sword Sect would come to Qingtian Dao, so he also glanced at Chen Huaifeng's appearance and the sword, and simply saluted: "Senior Brother Chen." ”

The two nodded.

After the Taoist left, Chen Huaifeng looked at Jiang Shanxue, and he could naturally see the hesitation of the Taoist, but looking at the flat look on Jiang Shanxue's face, he didn't say anything.

Jiang Shanxue was naturally very calm, and even smiled at Chen Huaifeng.

Neither of them mentioned the matter, and continued to walk towards the mountain.

"Qingtian Dao looks like it's coming back again." Chen Huaifeng said softly.

The young Taoist was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he had already attained enlightenment and stepped on the snow realm, and he didn't know how many years he had been cultivating.

Jiang Shanxue smiled softly and said, "It's not as good as the Sword Sect." ”

Chen Huaifeng just shook his head.

"The younger generation of the Sword Sect can't compare to the Daomen." The thirty-two-year-old Sword Sect Senior Brother said lightly.

Jiang Shanxue smiled and said, "Senior brother also knows that he is just a teenager, and he will not know what is going on until he reaches the threshold after all." ”

At the end of the day, it is naturally not the way to the road.

Rather, twenty-five years old.

This is the age at which human practitioners can still walk in the world with every reason.

After twenty-five, he will disappear into the world and hide in the green mountains.

This is a long-standing tradition in the world of spiritual practice.

Even if the Taoist saint Li was missing one back then, if it wasn't for Emperor Huai's business, he would probably not hear from the world, and occasionally the world would see a Taoist holding a scroll and writing and painting in the world, and they would not know that this person was the next generation of Hangu Guan.

The word practice, natural self-cultivation, pedestrian world, probably has nothing to do with fighting.

The husband is indisputable, so the world can not fight with it.

Those Great Dao that had been passed down from the five thousand words of the Green Ox naturally and imperceptibly influenced every generation of cultivators.

Therefore, there are very few small disturbances in the cultivation world.

It's just that there is no small chaos in the world, and there will naturally be big chaos, which is the principle that there is no duality in the avenue.

Chen Huaifeng didn't say anything more, and the two continued to walk slowly towards the mountain.

Those bamboo-like buildings gradually increased, and there were more Taoists coming and going.

Some people called the Taoist brother next to them, some people called the junior brother, and some called the senior nephew.

There are also many who don't seem to see it, but when they pass by Chen Huaifeng's side, they will salute and call two senior brothers.

Chen Huaifeng didn't ask.

That's Qingtian Dao's own business.

Jiang Shanxue did not take Chen Huaifeng through the white stone path among the green bamboo buildings and headed towards the mountain ballad residence behind the mountain, but took him to another rather secluded temple.

There are many bamboos and trees in front of the view, and the snow has almost melted, and the eaves are dripping with snow water.

It's very quiet.

"The Lord should have seen Senior Brother at this time." Jiang Shanxue stopped in front of the view, looked at Chen Huaifeng and said, "However, this year is not good, the world is going to have a good year, so I bothered the senior brother, and temporarily lived in the temple for some time, and when that one left the world, the master of the temple will meet the senior brother." ”

Chen Huaifeng can naturally understand.

After all, it is about the Sword Sect and the Qingtian Dao in the world, and even the demon clan in the world.

Even if Bai Yuyu can calculate fate, it is impossible to determine whether there will be any accidents in this meeting. So everything was supposed to be postponed.

All the currents in the world have stopped, as if they are frozen in the world.

Let the world celebrate the New Year, let someone cross the river.

"Okay."

Chen Huaifeng nodded calmly.

Then he sniffed the smell in the air and asked, "Qingtian Dao has been on fire recently?" ”

Jiang Shanxue chuckled and said, "It's just some accidents." ”

Chen Huaifeng quietly looked at the rivers and snow.

The ash in the air and the smell of burning are very strong.

Qingtian Dao will naturally catch fire, but with such a strong aura, it is obviously a fire.

Qingtian Dao will not lose fire.

So naturally there have been some stories.

If this was Nanyi City, he would naturally continue to ask.

But this is the Qingtian Dao, the north of the world, the gathering place of the Dao Gate.

So Chen Huaifeng didn't ask very well.

The two stood quietly in front of the audience for a while, and Jiang Shanxue said: "Senior brother don't worry about anything, Senior Brother Mei has already inherited some things, Qingtian Dao is also yes, it is a matter of the world, Qingtian Dao will naturally not stand idly by, but Senior Brother should think about how to pay the due price after the promise has been fulfilled." ”

Chen Huaifeng nodded calmly, just listening to Jiang Shanxue's words, he always felt that he seemed to be connecting certain things, but he was missing the most critical information point, and those things were like fog and difficult to see.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Huaifeng looked at Jiang Shanxue's robe and remembered another thing.

Chen Huaifeng's gaze stayed on Jiang Shanxue's robe, which was quite similar to today's Qingtian Dao but had many different paths, and then said softly: "The previous generation of Guan Masters before Bai Fengyu ....... It should be surnamed Jiang. ”

Jiang Shanxue smiled slightly and said, "Yes, senior brother." ”

So it's really not a blue sky when the moon comes.

Instead, the avenue is like a blue sky.

Those stories of stopping the cup and asking questions are probably finally buried in the years in someone's deprecation.

Chen Huaifeng looked at the Taoist in front of him for a long time.

Jiang Shanxue waited for a long time, looked at Chen Huaifeng and said, "Senior brother, is there anything else?" I need to go to Kanri to teach the young people about the practice. ”

Chen Huaifeng raised his eyebrows, then turned around and pushed open the door of the cyan bamboo house.

"It's okay, junior brother go get busy."

"Okay."

The snow walked quietly in the paths where the branches dripping with snow on both sides walked.

Chen Huaifeng stopped at the door and quietly watched the Taoist of the Qingtian Dao gradually walk away.

That young man was the orthodoxy of the original Qingtian Dao.

Chen Huaifeng was suddenly a little curious about what Bai Yuyu, the descendant of Bai Fengyu, thought.

Maybe it's just because there is no wrong way in the world.

The newcomer Sword Sect Senior Brother naturally had no intention of wandering around, but was just about to walk into the simple residence, but Chen Huaifeng suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to look at the Jiangshan Snow that was about to disappear at the corner of the forest path.

"Senior brother."

Jiang Shanxue turned her head to look at Chen Huaifeng, and asked suspiciously, "Senior brother, is there anything else?" ”

Chen Huaifeng said with a smile: "I don't know if it's inconvenient for me to get some things to make tea." ”

Jiang Shanxue thought about the habits of this senior brother that were passed down in the world, smiled softly, and said, "Okay senior brother." ”

A small stove, a cup of wolfberry tea, and a senior brother's sword are probably Chen Huaifeng's next life in Qingtian Dao.

Chen Huaifeng was so calm that he didn't look like a person who killed a disciple of Qingtian Dao and put a hat on Qingtian Dao's head.

Probably for the first time, it's always because of the guests.

Qingtian Dao is also extraordinarily polite.

Chen Huaifeng sat on the futon at the door with his sword in his arms, but he inexplicably began to miss the little boy Hu Lu in the Sword Sect.

I don't know if that stupid boy is in a daze at the gate of the Sword Sect again.

There is only one teenager in the Sword Sect's generation, Hu Lu, so probably he is always a little lonely without his peers.

Chen Huaifeng didn't know why the master had only accepted Zhang Xiaoyu and Hu Lu over the years.

But who knows about the white-clothed sword cultivator who was lying on the side of the Peach Blossom Creek Bridge and slept all day long?

......

Towards the end of the year, the little boy Hu Lu, who had been sitting by the Peach Blossom Creek Bridge for a long time, finally left a pond.

Mei Quming and Jiang Ye were also relieved.

Although their original idea was to let the little boy be quiet in a pool for a while, he was quiet for too long, sitting in the stream and snow all day long, not knowing what he was thinking, which inevitably made people a little worried.

After Hu Lu left the pond, although he still didn't have much to say, the senior brothers were still a little relieved after all.

Jiang Hehai took him to Nanyi City for a walk.

People seem to have forgotten that Hu Lu punched the rat to death by the Nanyi River, or maybe they still remember, just remembering Jiang Ye's words, and looking at the little boy's silent look, he didn't mention anything, just walked on the street as usual, preparing the goods for the end of the year.

Nanyi City is more lively, even if there is still a light snow from time to time, people are still happily walking on the streets, stopping to talk, or idly walking under the snow-soaked eaves, picking things for the New Year.

The stone slab that has been in disrepair for a long time is still warping, even if it still looks like a fish with an open mouth, it means that it is more than every year.

There are also many people who leave Nanyi City and go back for the New Year.

For example, a stall owner who sells small toys lives under the green hills outside Nanyi City.

For example, a girl who looked a little sad walked through those snowy streets.

Jiang Hehai also saw Mr. Mei who was pulling Xiao Li Die and wandering all the way to the north of the city.

Mr. Mei has been in the Hanging Courtyard for many years, and Jiang Hehai naturally knew him when he was a teenager. It's just that at that time, Mr. Mei was not so old, and Xiao Li Die had not yet given birth at that time.

Jiang Hehai greeted him very politely.

Mr. Mei probably didn't remember this disciple who had played cards in the Sword Sect for several years, so it took a long time to remember which of those Sword Sect disciples he was back then.

Naturally, those disciples with special symbols are more likely to be remembered.

For example, wolfberry swords, such as Zhang Diancannon.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Jiang Hehai remembered that he had taken Hu Lu out for a walk.

When I turned around, I found that Hu Lu had silently walked away, and was parked by the Nanyi River, quietly watching the cruise ships on the river.

It's just that it looks like there's still a boat missing after all.

When Jiang Hehai walked over, Hu Lu didn't have any expression, just carried his sword on his back and watched quietly, maybe just in a daze.

Killing is certainly a painful thing.

Jiang Hehai didn't mention these things, just rubbed the little boy's melon skin and diverted his attention.

"Would you like to go get something good? You've been bored in the Sword Sect for so long. ”

The boy shook his head.

Jiang Hehai always had to find a way to take him away from this long river, so he said with a sad face: "Look, Senior Brother has also been stuffy in a pond for a long time with you, you don't want to eat, but Senior Brother wants to eat!" ”

Hu Lu glanced at Jiang Hehai and nodded.

Jiang Hehai smiled, took the hand of the melon peel boy, squeezed through the crowd, and walked towards the nearby snack street.

It's probably almost the New Year, and the people in Nanyi City have a strong desire to consume, and this snack street, which is already a little crowded on weekdays, is even more lively.

The two of them were carried by the crowd and squeezed for a long time before they bought some glutinous rice balls stained with sesame seeds and crushed sugar crumbs, packed them in a small paper bag, and ate them along the way.

Jiang Hehai naturally doesn't like to eat this kind of small snack very much, Hulu used to love to eat, but today he doesn't eat much.

The two of them had been walking for a long time, but Hulu stopped and looked at the rivers and seas.

"Let's go back and play cards."

Jiang Hehai agreed very decisively.

I mainly take Hulu out for a walk, and I always have to go to some lively places, but now the lively places are really crowded, and the rivers and seas are a little unbearable.

So the two of them wandered around in a big circle with nothing to do, and returned to the Sword Sect again.

Mei Quming and Nan Dequ were playing cards with a fire in the gatehouse, and some of the senior brothers were gossiping with Jiang Ye around the stove.

When they saw the two of them coming back, they didn't say anything.

Hu Lu said that he wanted to play cards, and the senior brothers also gave up their positions.

The reason why he gave up four positions was to bring three other brothers who were not playing very well to accompany Hulu to play cards.

Jiang Ye and Qu Shaming are two of them, and there is also a card friend with the same surname as Zhang Xiaoyu, called Su Erlou.

Probably because of the surname Su, he always loses cards on weekdays.

The three of them and Hulu got together a table of mahjong, but they don't have to deliberately let Hulu, the three-person card skills are not good.

Mei Quming looked at the four people playing cards on the side, but raised his eyebrows and looked at Nan Dequ on the side.

"Senior brother, do you think this scene is a little familiar..... No, it's familiar. ”

Nandequ naturally knew what this meant.

Back then, they naturally heard about those masters and uncles playing cards with their masters.

The story of playing cards in Nanyi City began at that time.

Although the story is different, the inside is the same.

Probably all in order to divert the attention of the junior brother, so as to try to make the junior brother happy.

Nan Dequ said softly: "I just hope that it will not bring any new atmosphere to Nanyi City because of accompanying my junior brother." ”

Mei Quming thought for a long time and said, "Senior brother shouldn't have any weird hobbies. ”

If it were Chen Huaifeng, it might probably indeed make some changes in Nanyi City's habits, but Hu Lu?

The two of them thought about it for a long time, but they didn't remember that Hu Lu had any hobbies, it was nothing more than a young man's gluttony, or playing cards in the gatehouse, or being in a daze at the door of the Sword Sect.

The two of them thought about it very cautiously for a long time, and they didn't think of anything strange, so they relaxed a little.

It's just that I remembered Chen Huaifeng who was far away from Nanyi City.

"I don't know if Senior Brother Huaifeng will come back this year."

Mei Quming said with a sigh.

The matter of Lingnan fell on the head of Qingtian Dao, and it was naturally done by Chen Huai.

When such news came out, he naturally had to go to Qingtian Dao as well.

Mei Quming: Naturally, they know these things.

"Maybe it's the New Year in Qingtian Road." Nandequ said softly. "But it's also normal, he will always leave the Human Sword Sect in the future, and I'm going to be soon."

Mei Quming was a little silent and said, "If we all leave, isn't Hu Lu the only one in the Sword Sect?" ”

Nandequ smiled and said, "So I said it's fast, not tomorrow." ”

This generation of Sword Sect only has one teenager, Hu Lu, and the senior brothers will naturally not leave as soon as they want to go, as they did in the past.

"Senior Brother Hehai should be able to stay for a few more years, and Senior Brother Xiaoyu is also gone."

Mei Quming thought for a while and said, "Do you want to help Master go to the world to collect a few disciples back?" ”

Nandequ chuckled softly: "Are you here to teach?" ”

Mei Quming said sincerely: "I don't have time, I want to be diligent next year, don't seek to be as rich as Senior Brother Huaifeng, but I have to save more, if I enter the avenue too late, then marry a daughter-in-law first." ”

Nande Qu chuckled softly.

Hulu just quietly played his cards there.

He could naturally hear the conversation of the senior brothers, but he didn't say anything, just played cards quietly.