Rain falls from the moonlight.

"Ah, it's not small, the clothes are going to get wet!" Li Yiqing hugged his head and looked at the sky.

It was not the slightest drizzle on the lake that day, the raindrops were like grains of rice, although not very large, but they were also very tight.

However, Pei Ye couldn't get drenched, he walked under the eaves, poked his head out to look at the night sky, and nodded in agreement: "It's really not small." ”

The girl bit her lip and looked at him.

"What's wrong?" Pei Ye tilted his head and asked, and then his body was pulled outside the eaves. When she turned around, the girl had already hidden to her right side.

The cold rain hit his body, and Pei Ye felt that this scene was familiar.

Li Yiqing.

"Huh?"

"This is the second time for you."

"That's right! It's the second time, and you even want me to take the initiative to pull you. ”

"Why can't you drench me?"

"I'm getting wet."

"I'm wearing this one now, too, too."

"I obviously bought this for you!"

"Your silver is also silver."

"You're not afraid of getting wet." The girl finally made a final judgment.

Pei Ye looked down, and the raindrops were obviously wet with dark flowers on the placket.

"Then I'll go behind you." Pei Ye took a step back under the eaves.

"Huh? Don't. ”

"What's wrong?"

"How do you talk when you walk behind?"

"Why can't you talk when you walk behind?"

“.” Li Yiqing bit her lip and looked at him, got angry twice, and stepped out of the eaves to be side by side with him, "I'll go outside." ”

"You did it of your own free will."

“.” Li Yiqing stomped his back.

"What are you doing?" Pei Li looked back in confusion.

"Step on your shadow!"

“.”

The girl stepped on it twice, puffed out her face and looked back at the young man's blinking eyes, and both of them couldn't help laughing.

Then he saw the young man's gaze swimming along the shadow to the end, and his smile suddenly retracted.

Li Yiqing followed his gaze and saw that the shadows of the two were close together, especially the part of the head, she was originally shorter and her shadow was short, but at this time, she stood behind the young man, and it happened to be intimate together.

Li Yiqing immediately took a step back, feeling his face heat up.

Then consciousness returned to her brain, and looking at the gap between the two, the girl realized that she had bounced a little fast and a little far. Glancing at the boy carefully, she took two more steps forward, standing side by side with the boy, keeping her head down to control the distance between the two of them to a level of intimacy.

"Pei Li, you are so naïve!" She sued the wicked first as if nothing had happened, and the flush behind her ears had not yet faded.

I didn't step on anyone else's shadow. ’

I didn't step on it either! ’

That's the puppy stepping on it. ’

The girl could have guessed that these conversations were about to happen, and it must have been herself who was so angry that she slapped him in the end, but subconsciously, she was willing, even deliberate, to give him such words and opportunities.

She didn't know that her face was thin and watery at this time, and she looked at the young man, and her voice was ready for the next sentence.

But the boy didn't look at her.

He didn't answer as before, he turned his head, leaving only the back of his head tied up with black hair: "That. Let's go quickly, your master will be in a hurry for a while. ”

"Oh."

The girl was stunned for a moment, tied her wet hair, and followed.

"If there's anything you don't understand on the cicada sword for a while, remember to ask Master." The girl thought about the meeting for a while.

"Hmm."

Pei Ye glanced at her, and then in the girl's somewhat dazed gaze, he lowered his head and walked silently to the outside of the eaves, and gave her the inside.

——

Bowang Garden, Catch the Moon Building.

When the two came to the door, there was already Tsing Yi waiting.

"Young master, Pei Shaoxia, please go to the East Pavilion on the sixth floor."

Pei Ye was stunned, he remembered that Cuiyu Private Pavilion was on the fourth floor. But anyway, according to the reminder of the person.

Walking all the way to the sixth floor, Dongyi is the best and most spacious pavilion, and when he saw this façade, Pei Ye remembered at first glance - what Yang Yan said, this is clearly the private pavilion of Qijiao Cave.

The two stood in front of the door, and Li Yiqing knocked lightly: "Master." ”

After a while, an old voice came from the room: "Just come in." ”

The girl pushed open two heavy and quiet wooden doors, and Pei Ye walked in, and the soles of her feet were soft. When he looked down, he saw that it was covered with a blanket, and when he looked up, the end of his nose was already full of fragrance, and the girl closed the door behind him, and suddenly a quiet and leisurely atmosphere enveloped him.

Bypassing the two screens, this is where the guests of this pavilion meet. In the middle of the house, a long low table was placed there, on which were placed autumn chrysanthemums and agarwood, and a set of tea sets were placed in the middle, and during the time they went upstairs, the waiter had already made the tea.

Sitting behind the table was the old man who had met once, Li Weiru.

Rickety, weak, sickly thin and old, the whole person looks like it is rotten when rubbed and can be disassembled in two handfuls, and there is no trace of a grandmaster's spirit in him. After seeing it that day, Pei Li understood why the girl said that the master didn't have many days, and why the old man's sense of existence was so weak in the dispute between Cuiyu and Qijiao.

It is no small miracle to be able to contain Luo Defeng with this candle-like life.

However, the old man's face can still be seen in the warmth of the year, he looked at the two people who came in, first raised his hand to say hello, showing a happy smile.

The voice was slow and hoarse characteristic of the elderly: "I will see you in this place, and ask the two little heroes to check whether my work is up to standard." ”

Pei Li didn't take the liberty to speak for a while, and the girl next to him was already kneeling at the table with a smile, not forgetting to hold him by the sleeve.

"Pass, it's time for you to rest, you haven't closed your eyes in a few days, right?"

"Rest, isn't this resting?" Li Weiru smiled happily, "Tomorrow I will watch you play, and you can rest for a day. The friends of Tianshan are about to arrive, and they can take a big break. ”

The old man picked up the teapot, refused Li Yiqing's substitution, and poured clear hot tea for the two of them tremblingly. Then he looked at Pei Ye and said with a smile: "Eh, Pei Shaoxia has changed into a good handsome outfit, the last time we met, I called him a little brother, this time, I want to call him 'Little Pei Gongzi'." ”

"Where, where." Pei Ye smiled embarrassedly.

Li Yiqing was the first to raise: "Look good, I chose it for him." ”

"Mmmm, it's really good-looking, at first glance I thought it was Mozhu's child." Li Weiru nodded happily, then frowned slightly, tilted her head and said seriously with the girl, "But to be honest, Mozhu is a person who loves to dress up and can take a shelf, but in fact, he may not be better looking than Pei Shaoxia." ”

Li Yiqing nodded vigorously: "Zhang Mozhu is miserable, and he speaks quietly. ”

"Yes, yes, young man. I still have to be a little more energetic. The old man coughed lightly, took a sip of tea, and finished the sentence with a smile.

Then he looked at the young man who was already slightly embarrassed, relieved himself for a few sentences, picked up the teacup, and said seriously: "Pei Shaoxia, we met too hastily last time, this time, I want to thank you solemnly and be Cuiyu's benefactor." ”

Pei Ye hurriedly stopped him, but the old man still stood up tremblingly, served the tea in one fell swoop, and drank it full.

Pei Ye helped the old man sit down: "That person was originally coming at me, and I was just saving myself." ”

Li Weiru looked at him with a smile and gentleness: "I just like Shaoxia, you look humble and not arrogant, you have to learn more from others." ”

"Oh."

"No, no."

"It's true, Pei Shaoxia. We have few disciples like this. The eldest parents are in the mountains, and they have liked to be wild since they were children, and there are few quiet and courteous people. I tried hard to set up a school before, but I got angry and left several gentlemen, and there was no way. Li Weiru shook her head helplessly, "Take a look at this session, Miao Qing, Shen Qi, Chu Nian. Also, in the past, Yuliang was not afraid of heaven and earth, only Kuang Rong was more stable, but it was not related to humility. ”

Pei Ye wanted to shirk again, but when he thought that this was being modest again, he felt the faint gaze of the girl next to him, smiled and stopped talking.

But anyway, how did the old man think and like him, and said gently: "Pei Shaoxia, the most important thing today is to settle the thanks-eh, eh, you don't have to shirk it." ”

"What about this matter, first of all, what you want, although it is said, but within the reach of Emerald Feather, I will try to get it for you; Secondly, I thought of the following things, no matter what you want above, these things will not be changed, they must be given to you. Li Weiru dismissed Pei Li's interruption and continued, "One of them is "Yellow Jade", I have asked someone to go to the mountain gate to get the manuscript these days, and I am here. ”

The old man placed a small box on the table, and when he opened the lid, there was a hardcover book inside.

"As for the rest of the swordsmanship, you can participate in it as long as you are interested. However, you still have to remember the truth that you can't chew too much. Li Weiru said slowly, "Secondly, Yi Qing said that you lack a good horse, and I asked someone to buy a treasure horse from a neighboring state, which just happened to be given to you." ”

“.” Pei Ye glanced at the girl next to her, and the girl was pursing her lips and smiling. He had never ridden a horse since he entered the city, and he didn't know where this funny story came from, but he didn't expect Zhang Junxue to chew the root of his tongue behind his back.

"Thirdly, it's some mundane things, a hundred taels of silver."

“！”

"Fourth, I specially prepared it for you." When the old man said this, he smiled smugly, stood up, and took a package of considerable size from the cabinet behind him.

"Snap" on the table.

The old man put his hand on it and looked at him with satisfaction: "Do you know Pei Shaoxia, the inheritance of Jade Fei is not without sword theory, but one of these children is counted as one, and they are all impatient to read deeply." You must know that learning swords and learning principles is the right way - Yi Qing said that you like to read, I am very happy, I finally met a rare deed! ”

“.”

"This is the sword theory book handed down by Yu Fei over the years, I have drawn a copy of everything, you can take it for casual reference, what do you get, you must remember to communicate with me more." Li Weiru said with a smile.

The old man unwrapped the package, and more than a dozen books, new or old, thin or thick, were piled up in front of Pei Li.

“.” The girl next to her was already lying on the table and laughing, Pei Li looked at the old man's expectant eyes, and squeezed out a joyful and sincere smile, "Ah, this is really good." ”

"I've read the swordsmanship of "Cicada Sword", and it's indeed as you guessed." After tea, the two stood in front of the window, the willow branches danced with the wind, the crystal rain under the moon flashed away, and the old man said slowly, "The cicada department should be the one that was lost back then, and the finch part is the toddler of "Yellow Jade". ”

"There is no need to mention the reason back then, some things about the mountain gate and the wall." Li Weiru turned her head to look at the young man, "Now that you want to study this Jade Fei Sword, I have to entrust you with two sentences, so that you don't get confused in practice." ”

Pei Ye nodded seriously.

"The Jade Collection is the best sword in Bowangzhou right now." The old man is still in that low and warm voice, but as soon as he exits, he is a tall house, sitting on the top of the rivers and lakes for decades, after ups and downs, this land has indeed been clearly reflected in these eyes.

""Jade Collection" has three articles: 'Blue Light', 'Jade Shadow', and 'Yellow Jade', and 'Yellow Jadeite' is the essence of "Jade Collection" at the top; Similarly, the inheritance of the cicada vein is called "Yuqiong Book", and there are also three articles: "Green Stone", "White Snake" and "Feng Yao". Now that the first two articles have died, the set of cicadas you learned is 'Feng Yao'. ”

"Two hundred years ago, when the disciples of the two veins of Jade Fei practiced the first two chapters, they all practiced their own chapters, but those who learned the third chapter of their respective sword veins could go to the other line to practice. And the highest achievement of the entire Jade Fei inheritance is to integrate the two articles of "Yellow Jade" and "Feng Yao", complement each other, and become the world's first-class sword - that is, the "Cicada Sword" in your hand. ”

“.” Pei Ye nodded slowly.

"Of course, this swordsmanship is lost in shallowness, and it has not obtained the true meaning, so it is not counted." The old man said slowly, "Moreover, the highest inheritance of Jade Fei back then was not called this Pu Ben name, and the sword obtained after the two articles were combined was called "Flying Feather Immortal". ”

“.”

"That's where this swordsmanship comes from. Then I have to tell you something about the practice. Li Weiru said, "First of all, for those with high talents, the first two articles are just the path to practice the third article, since you have directly learned 'Feng Yao', you don't need to read the first two articles, and "Yellow Jade" is the same. ”

Pei Li nodded, which did answer a doubt in his heart.

"Secondly, although I haven't learned it, there should be two major thresholds to really learn "Flying Feather Immortal".

"Dare to ask. What is it? ”

Li Yiqing shouted in the back: "You can say 'I want to hear it in detail'." ”

"I'd like to hear about it."

Li Weiru glanced at the two of them with a smile, then turned around and said, "It's 'learning' and 'integration'." ”

"Oh."

"The first step is to learn both 'Feng Yao' and 'Yellow Jade', but this is not the end of this sword technique - do you think, why do these two articles need to be compiled into one book and become a 'Flying Feather Immortal'?" The old man looked at him and said, "Since the two are enough to merge into one, and this is the true upper limit of Jade Fei Mountain's swordsmanship." ”

"The upper limit?"

"Yes, do you know what are the four levels of swordsmanship?" Li Weiru said with a smile.

Pei Ye smiled, he really knew this question: "The realm of swordsmanship is attached to the realm of the swordsman, which is clumsy, intentional, heart, and Tao. ”

However, after saying this, the room was silent for a while.

I saw the old man looking at him in silence.

"Isn't that wrong?" Pei Ye hesitated. However, he is quite confident in this answer in his heart, "If you think it's wrong, it must be you're wrong", because this is the knowledge imparted by Miss Ming.

"That's right, but," Li Weiru smiled gently, "I want to talk about the classification of our 'mortals' here. ”

"Where ——?"

"It's 'clumsy'." Li Weiru smiled and said, "The sword practiced by the swordsmen of the two realms of clumsiness and spirit, we divide it into four levels: 'pavilion', 'mountain', 'vein', and 'chao'. ”

“.” These things, Miss Ming all generalized with the word "clumsy".

"The gap between the clumsy realm swords is huge, sometimes like clouds and mud, but because the essence is all clumsy realm, it is impossible to find a clear boundary from the sword itself, so these are the four criteria divided by external evaluation. So in fact, this classification can be used by all martial arts. Li Weiru said with a smile, "The boundary between them is also not precise enough, but it can roughly put a clumsy sword in its proper place." ”

"I want to hear about it."

"As the name suggests, 'pavilion' is the sword of the museum, no matter what the name is taken, whether it is a martial arts hall or a dart game, or even a gang or faction, as long as it has not opened a mountain, most of the martial arts it has passed on are at this level. Therefore, this level has in turn become a standard of martial arts. Li Weiru said, "In the same way, the sword of the mountain is passed down by a mountain gate, no matter how remote and weak it is—such as the White Bamboo Pavilion—as long as it can open a mountain and build a mountain gate, most of its swords have something to gain, and it can stand the test, this is the second level." ”

"The pulse is the martial vein of a sect, the sword of the vein, which does not die with the mountain gate, and goes beyond the mountain gate. Losing the mountain and building the mountain, changing the door and changing the household, one hundred and eighty years, the sword is there, and the pulse is there, which is the third level. ”

"Yellow Jade" and "Feng Yao" are the swords of the lineage?"

"Yes, and in the veins, it's pretty good." The old man smiled and nodded, "As for the word dynasty, it is a dynasty solution." Before the Tang Dynasty, how many swordsmanship handed down from previous generations were red gold that had never been submerged by the star frost and had not been washed for hundreds of years, and if the quality of a sword could be similar to these swordsmanship, it would be the 'Sword of the Dynasty'. ”

"That, "Flying Feather Fairy."

"It's a genuine 'dynasty'."

"Still." Li Weiru hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "The upper limit of this sword may be higher. ”

"Higher? That's not it."

"That's what I'm not sure about, after all, it was two hundred years ago, but I have to tell you that you want to study this sword." Li Weiru said slowly, "The integration of the last form of the two articles may reach the category of 'meaning'. ”

“.”

"I know that Yijian is a too lofty and difficult thing for Bowang, and a "Yellow Jade" can be undisputed here in the first place, to think about Yijian, it is indeed a bit fantastical." Li Weiru sighed lightly and looked at the young man, "However, Pei Shaoxia, I have read almost all the classics about Jade Fei Mountain-a sect that spans thirteen states, and no one has shaken it for two hundred years, I think that a sword of dynasty is not enough to support it." ”

Pei Ye nodded slowly.

"Of course, this is too far away, I don't know if I can learn this 'Feng Yao', let alone pursue this answer." Li Weiru smiled, and looked at the Moon Lake under the moon rain quietly, "Pei Shaoxia, if you can touch that level one day, don't forget to hand me a letter." ”

Pei Ye nodded seriously.

The old man smiled and said in a low voice, "It's okay to burn it for me." ”

——

Catch the moon lake, water pavilion.

The sound of rain was pouring and pounding on the wooden planks.

Shang Huaitong put away the umbrella and pushed open the door, and it was dark as usual.

He lit the candle and heard the voice of the master on the wall: "The head of the Zhang family agreed." Tomorrow evening, Lord Sui will arrive in Bowang. ”

"Hmm." He didn't pause, nodding casually.

"Today's man, I have compensated."

"Hmm."

There seemed to be a faint sigh coming from the wall.

Closing the door, the sound of night rain was outside, and under the candlelight, six small grasses stood in the box, Shang Huaitong stepped forward and pulled out one again. Then he stood in front of the box, slowly inserting his fingers into the soil with one hand, holding the sword in the other, and standing quietly with his eyes closed.

After a long time, the corners of his mouth hooked, and the unobstructed feeling from the sword made the man's momentum have a terrifying depth and sharpness for a moment, but unfortunately this was not a ring, and no one could see it, so he withdrew it after a moment.

"The second one," Shang Huaitong muttered softly, and then smiled faintly, "Or you don't need to go to the last one." ”

He was in a good mood, picked up the candle and walked to the bed, leaned on the head of the bed, and took out an ink-colored book from his chest.

The pages were old and strong, and I don't know how long it had been, but the ink on the cover had not faded, and it was not an ordinary paint, but a dark light with a deep rhyme, more like a strange antique than a scroll.

But when the man opened it, he could see that it was not undamaged—the back was black, clearly burned, and the old marks such as sharp blade punctures, and the intact first half of the first half contrasted sharply with the wind-torn second half.

- The book had been clearly cut off from it, and now it had been reassembled by the man, but the missing pages in the middle could never be recovered.

Shang Huaitong leaned on the bed.

He couldn't remember how many times he had read this sword scripture, and he didn't know how many times he would read it again, he looked at it immersively and quietly, and the familiar words brought him into that familiar realm for the umpteenth time, and those mysteries seemed to be untouchable, but they seemed to be close at hand.

It was always the most focused and obsessive moment of his life, and such a noble pursuit gave him all the pride and meaning of life.

And this time, the real power is really within reach.

After more than ten years of hard work, there was only a mist in front of him, and he had held the wind that was strong enough to blow it away.

After a long time, Shang Huaitong put down the scroll and looked up quietly, his gaze seemed to penetrate the roof and reach the sky he was about to reach. Fluttering wings, out of the forest and the blue sky.

He closed his eyes and tapped lightly on the bedboard, muttering softly.

"I am all with me; The spirit is secluded, and life is fire. ”

"I'm all with me. I'm all here."

The light and shadow of the candle flame swayed in the wind and rain, and swept past the five small characters on the cover of the scroll.

Immortals in the secluded land.

Still owe 32 more!

(End of chapter)