Pei Ye looked at the picture scroll quietly, staring motionlessly at the young man who threw his sword angrily, his tense face like a statue in the light and shadow of the bonfire.

Pei Ye has never taken a thing so seriously, his eyes crawl over every strand of his person's hair, the width of his eyebrows, the color of his eyes, his cheekbones, his nose and lips. A completely unfamiliar face was firmly imprinted in his mind little by little when they met for the first time.

The blue bird stood on his wrist and pecked the fingers that pinched the jade beads in the cage, and the young man was unconscious, until a jade hand stretched out his fingers and took over the little finch full of aura.

Pei Li came back to his senses: "Miss Ming." ”

Ming Qitian raised his thumb and gently stroked the blue bird's head, and his voice was like clear water: "Do you want to listen to the sword?" ”

"I'm now" Pei Ye was stunned for a moment, his mind was actually completely tied to this painting, and he only planned to take a break or two before entering the pendant again, and the flame had already burned. But when she met the woman's calm and clear eyes, her throat choked after just a movement.

“.” Pei Ye gathered his mind and rubbed his eyebrows, his voice was slightly hoarse, "Then, trouble Miss Ming." ”

Ming Qitian unfolded the dark scroll in his hand: "Have you read it before?" ”

"Not yet."

Ming Qitian nodded: "That's just right, we can read it together." ”

"I'll ask you when I'm done, Miss Ming."

Ming Qitian shook his head: "You are like this, you have only read a sword scripture, haven't you?" ”

"What?"

"I don't know anything about a sword, and I don't have a master to guide and correct it, so I only rely on a book to practice on my own."

"Right." Pei Ye was stunned for a while, "There is only "Cicada Sword". ”

When it was time to learn Huang Jadeite, there were already Cuiyu masters and apprentices leading the way.

""Cicada Sword" is a very simple sword book, it is very stable, what it wants to talk about is very clear and can be understood, sword learners may not be able to learn, or they may take some detours, but it will not be too crooked." The woman said, "But when you face the more subtle sword scriptures with this self-taught method, you are prone to make mistakes—especially when the practitioner has a weak foundation, shallow sword theory, or is reluctant to have talent." ”

The woman looked at him quietly: "So let's read it together, lest you take any risks." ”

"Okay," Pei Ye nodded abruptly, "Thank you, Miss Ming." ”

Ming Qitian put the scroll between the two: "You should also write down some of the points I mentioned in the later reading, learning the sword often begins with reading, and correctly interpreting the sword scripture is an ability that you will definitely use in the future." ”

Pei Ye nodded silently again.

So the two of them began to read this immortal scroll for the first time.

The woman reads like clear water, slow-flowing words, detailed and reasonable, and returns to reread every place where the teenager pauses. It is so orderly that it even has a sense of not knowing the preciousness of time.

It took two hours for the two of them to finish the first half of the volume, and the bonfire had turned into cold ashes, and the white of the east was reflected on the placket of the clothes.

Ming Qitian slowly turned the last page, and it was a sentence of sixteen words: "I am all with me; The spirit is secluded, and life is fire. ”

The woman looked at this sentence and was quiet for a while, and before she could explain it, she turned her head and said, "This is a very unique sword of meaning." ”

Pei Ye nodded and paused: "It's very quiet." ”

Ming Qitian nodded twice with a smile.

He added: "This sword is obviously more meaning than reason, and it can't be learned by solving it alone, but it still needs to be understood - it's very suitable for you." ”

Pei Ye smiled lightly.

The woman smiled: "The last sixteen words are the words of this sword's enlightenment, if you can't find the way for a while, you can read and figure out this sentence more - what do you think of it?" ”

Pei Ye was silent for a moment and did not answer directly: "I have seen others use this sword. ”

The woman raised her eyebrows slightly: "You didn't talk about it just now." ”

"He used it wrong." Pei Ye recalled, "Because of the missing pages just now, he couldn't find a way to reach 'All Me', so he created a sword himself to make up for it." ”

Ming Qitian was slightly surprised: "This is hard work - how to make up for it?" ”

"A fierce sword." Pei Ye recalled, "He called it 'Pulling Weeds', and cast a flame with seven sword moves that came from his body, wanting to burn everything around him, so as to achieve 'all me'. ”

“.”

"I saw it twice and knew he was crooked." For the first time, Pei Ye laughed a little heartily, "I just climbed this weakness, and I didn't use the sword to defeat him." ”

"Oh, it's Qiubi who injured you."

Pei Ye nodded and added, "I wouldn't make this kind of mistake, Miss Ming. It's just that I don't know what to do about it. ”

Ming Qitian said softly: "If you make this kind of mistake, I will be a little frustrated. ”

“.”

Pei Li suspected for a moment that this was from the mouth of a black cat, but after all, the woman's innocent face was in front of her, and it seemed that she was just telling a simple fact, and there was no mocking look. After closing his lips, he looked down at the sixteen words.

"This method is to take the words 'life for fire' out of context. As we said earlier, this sword has more intent than reason, and it is better to complete it from the structure, but it is better to trace its original meaning from the understanding. Ming Qitian said seriously, "Because he didn't realize the deepest temperament of this sword in the previous chapters, he drilled the tip of the horns when he couldn't get through in the end." ”

"The deepest?"

"Its most distinctive quality is 'secluded', and the depth of 'secluded' is exactly what you just said 'quiet beauty'." Ming Qitian said softly, "If you stand on this temperament and comprehend this sword, you won't go down the wrong path of killing the martyrs." ”

"Then what should be the interpretation of these sixteen words?"

"The phrase 'all me' is the same as the purpose of this sword." The phrase 'Linghua' points out the path to 'all me'. Ming Qitian said softly, "Which word do you think is the core of these sixteen words?" ”

"Life?"

Ming Qitian nodded: "Life." The right or wrong solution is here. ”

"Actually, I can't figure out the 'life' of the Ming girl here, isn't it the meaning of life?" Pei Ye frowned slightly, "'Life is fire', it seems to be burning life, but in this way, it deviated from the road of Shang Huaitong. And it's also far from the previous temperament. ”

"Here, it should be taken from the ancient meaning." Ming Qitian lightly tapped the ink words on the roll, "Do you know what font this is?" ”

"It's very early."

But the woman whispered approvingly: "Yes, very early." ”

"Blue and white body, imitating the former Han calligrapher Ji Shaoqing." Ming Qi Tiandao, "After the Jin Dynasty, no one uses this font anymore." ”

Pei Ye was slightly stunned.

Ming Qitian continued: "Actually, the entire article in front of me is in the style of Jin Shi, and even-"

The woman picked up the page: "The years of this shark paper are also more than a thousand years old. ”

“.”

"This is the knowledge of exegesis," the woman smiled faintly, "I don't understand it for a while, but knowing this, we will take the meaning of these two words from the Jin Dynasty." ”

"What do you mean?"

"The words of Taoism. The combination of the two often refers to the characteristics of things, rather than the meaning of 'life'. ”

I see.

"In the Jin Dynasty, the Xuanfeng was extremely prosperous, and people talked about it well, and the sword writer took the word 'life' to write the sword words, not deliberately misleading, because 'life' was indeed a commonly used word at that time." A fragment with no origin gradually became clear in the woman's mouth, "It's just that the style of writing at that time was beautiful and beautiful, so he habitually made a little bit of fine writing when writing sentences, and the meaning of the last two sentences should be - 'The true meaning is hidden in the dark place, and I want to illuminate it clearly, and 'life' is the candle flame." ”

Pei Ye nodded abruptly: "Therefore, the 'life' is not the life of the sword practitioner, but the 'life' of the fungus." ”

Ming Qitian smiled and nodded: "Yes, so, it is precisely for you to understand the essence of the 'Earth Immortals' I think that for thousands of years, they must have their own way to reach the 'All Me' gently." ”

“.”

The woman took a breath lightly: "In this way, the direction of this sword is roughly set, and you can read it more carefully in the future, don't deviate from this principle - there is a chance later, you remember to walk through the mountains and forests, and see how these underground spiritual creatures grow, and can make people write such a sword. It's interesting to think about. ”

Pei Ye nodded slowly: "But I think there are thousands of types of bacteria, and we still have to find the right one." ”

"Naturally, but not too remotely." Ming Qitian smiled and said, "Okay, the second half of the volume has a chance to talk about it, and that's it for the first half of the volume." In fact, as long as the last sixteen words are still there, no matter which pages are missing in front of you, it is not too troublesome, because you can always go back and fill in after realizing the true meaning. ”

Pei Ye smiled: "Is it okay to have only these sixteen words left?" ”

"Well, then you have to be very powerful, very powerful."

"Is Miss Ming okay?"

The woman chuckled: "This is equivalent to someone giving you a 'meaning', and you will write a sword of intention according to it." ”

"Can you?"

"Yes, yes."

“.”

The East is white.

Pei Ye reined in the camp, led the horse over, and the two continued to run south, talking a lot more along the way.

"Miss Ming, don't you learn this sword?"

"No, it's not on top of my sword ladder."

"I don't know much about Miss Ming, what's wrong with learning more?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, but there's no need either."

"Isn't it true that the more you learn a good sword, the better?"

Ming Qitian shook his head: "I'm past this stage. ”

"Oh." Pei Ye was quiet for a while, "What stage are you now, Miss Ming?" ”

"Prove your sword with the sword of the world." Ming Qi Tiandao, "The sword ladder is nothing more than two sections, first others and then yourself, have you thought about the sword ladder?" ”

“.”

"There is a ladder to get to the road." galloping into the forest, the waves and the drumbeat were just distant background sounds, and the woman's soft voice entered the ears, "The same is true for the seniors, the first half of the life sharpens the sword, and the second half of the life sees me, so that you can enter the Dao realm." If you want to succeed in kendo, you have to build your own ladder. ”

"I don't think very clearly. Ming girl. Pei Ye said in a low voice.

After a moment of silence, he said hoarsely, "You said let me choose a sword I like to pursue, but I really don't know what I like now, Miss Ming." ”

"Do you still want to learn swords?"

"Yes."

"Then, if the body wants to do something, the heart moves first. Where is your heart? ”

“.”

After being silent for a long time, the young man rubbed his eyebrows a little painfully: "I don't know Miss Ming, now, maybe it's getting stronger."

The woman looked at him, Pei Ye looked straight ahead and said, "I want to learn a strong sword girl now." ”

The woman was quiet for a while, and said softly: "This is desire, not heartbeat." ”

"Hmm."

After a long silence, the horse galloped into the forest, and the road began to slope.

"Miss Ming also has a heartbeat?"

"Of course." The woman's voice was as clear as a ring, "This is also the origin of my sword ladder." ”

"I'm sorry, when I was in the county government before, everyone said that you were [Spiegel Bingjian], I think, you won't be angry, you won't be happy, and you won't like anything or something."

"You're talking about wooden people."

Pei Ye pursed his lips and smiled.

"Actually, everyone can be [Spiegel Bingjian]." Ming Qi Heavenly Dao.

Pei Ye didn't seem to understand, but he looked straight ahead and didn't ask.

"You can too." The woman's voice has always been like cool clear water and light clouds on the horizon, "When I was three years old, Master took me to Yunlang Mountain, where I grew up and never saw many struggling people. And for me, it's normal to make a choice or stay calm. But I think I'm just doing what is difficult for others to do, not doing what others can't.

"So, you can also try to get rid of your desires and find that calm self."

“.” Pei Ye looked at her in a daze, with some strange feelings.

Even in such a sincere speech, it is difficult for the woman to feel intimate, she is by no means indifferent to everything, and no obstruction of the chosen matter can make her move her eyes.

But you look at her god-like indifferent face and know that she will never be in her mind. It feels like you're far away.

But it was also such an absolute distancing that made Pei Ye feel a kind of peace of mind inexplicably, and his impetuous mood dropped a little.

It's just that the heavy yin is more distinct, Pei Ye lowered his head, and a note in his palm was a little wet with sweat, which was a few lines of handwriting of the girl he cut from the top of the scroll.

"Pei Li, this is the picture I saw in my heart candle, now I will draw it and send it to you. This person is very dangerous and you cooperate with the adult investigation. Don't be presumptuous.

I should have the results in my library soon, and I'll send you a letter at that time.

Yang Yan also left Bowang today.

Say hello to the Sword Lord on my behalf, if you have any news over there, please reply to me at any time. ”

It was a neat page of letters, but Pei Ye saw some wet ink, which were the traces left by the smearing of the page on it—the girl had discarded the draft.

As soon as he saw these handwritings, Pei Ye couldn't help but think of the girl's appearance when she picked up the pen and wrote.

I see what you mean, Miss Ming. Just like the predecessor who wrote the Youxian Sword, walking in the rain, walking in the mountains and forests, seeing that ordinary people can't see the subtlety, and then stroking the sword and thinking carefully. I can imagine how much fun that was. Pei Ye clutched the note into his sleeve little by little, and said in a low voice, "I must have been fascinated by this kind of sword-writing journey before, but. It's different now. ”

"I'll tell you honestly, Miss Ming, I'm not afraid of you making fun of me." Pei Ye lowered his head, his voice hoarse as hiss, "I was just trapped by the desire for revenge, and now I think back to all the swordsmanship that excited me in the past. ”

Lin Tao was like the sea, the horse's hooves eased down, and on the top of the cliff in front of him, the first buildings with a color like iron appeared, like a standing goshawk.

Kongtong Mountain.

"I think, that doesn't affect Pei Li." In the silence, Ming Qitian said softly, "Before defeating the enemy, you must first defeat yourself. ”

(End of chapter)