I haven't seen it for seven years, and Qu Candle is like a sword hidden in the ancient sheath.

Pei Li didn't know where he had gone all these years, and when he saw it for the first time, he almost didn't recognize that this was the man.

The arrogance is almost gone, and the extremism is also under the skin, just like the naturally sharp blade has finally seen countless impenetrable things in the world, and after seven years of searching, he still has not found a way out.

But in the midst of this silence, the firmness of what must be done seems to be more and more solid.

Qu Candle came to this tomb after a seven-year absence, and the twilight will be four.

Pei Ye still remembered the scene just now, the young man knelt on the ground crying bitterly, pressed the soil one by one, and the fresh yellow money paper was spent in the fire and rushed to the sky, and the lively mourning filled the entire mountain.

Now only the quiet and dim sky hangs down from the west, and there are some traces of wind and rain on the stone monument that has been erected at some point, and the dark green cypress stands next to the monument, and the weeds that have just withered a few stubbles are abundantly clustered below.

Qu Candle stood with the same silence, as if it had become a part of this twilight painting. After a long time, he knelt down on one leg, took out a wad of yellow paper from his bosom, and struck the flint with his hand against the wind.

The man burned all the paper money in one fell swoop, and by the time the fire was extinguished, it was already completely dark. The last beating spark disappeared into the night, and Qu Candle turned around, and a footstep sounded from the bottom of the slope.

Qu Zhoufu looks more vicissitudes than Qu Candle.

But Pei Ye was stunned for a moment before he reacted, this is not the tempering of the world, but a real change in appearance.

He does. Age faster.

Qu Zhoufu stood for two breaths, as if he didn't see him, and went straight to the grave, bending down with a sickle to cut off the grass of the new year.

Qu Candle stood aside and watched, and said, "Maybe I won't come back again, but if I come back, I'll have to do it." ”

Qu Zhoufu paused for a moment and continued.

"In the past, I practiced swords, dissolved formations, and refined weapons. Learn the sword. Qu Candle seemed to say to himself, "Each one is far away and bumpy, and I am walking on the ground on it." If you can't cross the hurdle, you will climb with perseverance until you really learn the second part of "Avalanche" and think you have conquered the most difficult thing in the world. ”

"Now I know," Qu Candle lowered his head and looked at Qu Zhoufu's back, "as long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to move forward, and there is nothing easier in the world than cultivation." ”

Qu Zhoufu did not respond.

"Over the years, I have been in the remote city where Master took us to the end of the escape." Qu Candle said, "The assassin there is called Yu Chaocai, and he is a very admirable elder. He appreciated me a lot and I perfected the place to stay there a lot."

Qu Zhoufu stood up and said calmly: "Why haven't you entered the Xuanmen yet?" ”

"Cultivation is not the key." Qu Candle looked at the empty space, "The array and the sword are." I was looking for a solution, but the deeper I went, the more I realized that what I had learned and seen was shallow. ”

"But those things that are deeper and higher. You need to stand at the corresponding height. ”

"When you see them, will you be able to unlock the burial mound?"

“.” Qu Candle was completely silent, this sentence seemed to bite the heaviest part of his heart, he looked at the cypress branch trembling in the night wind without saying a word, and said for a long time, "I actually can't think of a way to untie it at all." ”

"In the past seven years, I have dismantled this ancient formation countless times, and I have taken out every pattern to figure it out. There are no omissions and errors. Qu Candle said in a low voice, "I'm completely sure that what I uncovered back then was the correct full picture of it." ”

"But it's just different." The man looked into Qu Zhoufu's eyes, and his voice was hoarse, "You know, I even spent two years making a small version, which can indeed make a piece of gold and iron engraved and refined complete the task of guarding it, but it is different. ”

"No matter how many times you try, the artifacts offered by this array will always be cold and dead."

Qu Zhoufu looked at him quietly.

"I take everything down to the smallest, most basic level. Still can't find it. Qu Candle pursed her lips, "I can only classify all the behaviors of the star worm that day that could not find support from the array as a 'living quality'. ”

"I think it came from that bead." Qu Candle stared motionlessly at the shadow of the cliff at the top, "so that everything makes sense, what it guards gives life to all that Candle sees; It in turn stood guard against the thing seamlessly. It's such a ring with no omissions, and it is worthy of being the place where the immortals bury the stars! If I want to break this formation, I'm going to have to start with that bead, but if I want to touch that bead, I'm going to have to break it—"

"Give up, brother."

“.” Qu Candle stopped and looked back in amazement.

"Let go of your obsession." Qu Zhoufu looked at him and whispered calmly, "It's been a long time. I still remember when I was younger, you were a genius who knew everything but the sword, and everything you took out alone was enviable, and everyone imagined how wonderful your life would be. ”

"It is precisely because of this that Master is unwilling to leave you in Hushan Sword Gate."

“.”

"But later, you abandoned your cultivation, galloped your sword skills, and pounced on something thousands of years ago like a demon." Qu Zhoufu looked at him quietly, "Now you can't figure it out, and you have thrown seven years of time on the official road. Why do you think there will be results? Even if he is really in a high position, since the immortals have laid down the barriers, can a mortal really smash it open? ”

“.”

"Qu Wuhui, for so many years, I was confused and confused, and nothing was accomplished. You're thirty years old. ”

Qu Candle lowered his head, and the embarrassed figure of the straw sandals squatting under the rain eaves seemed to coincide with him again.

"Or next time. We're going to have to meet each other. Qu Zhoufu turned his head, and the last trace of orange in the sky disappeared.

Qu Candle once again showed the cold look of pursing his lips downward, and Yu Zhong once again revealed a trace of the sharpness of the year.

But after all, he was past that age, so he didn't say that sentence again, only lowered his head and smiled, looked at the sky and sighed softly: "I already know what to do, Zhou Fu." There are some invisible threads that you can't wear on your own. If you don't have the magic power of the Eight Immortals to cross the sea, you will be just another Lord Yu in this life. ”

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Clear the bottom of the lake.

The bones had decayed over the years, the flesh and skin had turned into dust, the white bones were exposed miserably, and the torn robes had been glued together.

There was no obvious place on the robe or the sword, and the sword used the sword to pick up a silk scarf around his neck, two feet in size, which was not broken from the decay of the robe, but was self-contained.

"Masked."

I don't know if I can't do it or I don't think it's necessary, until he was trapped here, Jin Yuzhai didn't open the silk scarf, but now it's untied, but no one recognizes it.

Wudong leaned down, and there was a pouch hanging from his left waist, which was obviously in the category of some magic weapons, and the silk thread on the sac body would not rot for years. Unpacking the bag and looking at it, all the things in it are well preserved, there are no holes to check it, most of them are ordinary things, only a jade pen and a short note were carried out by him.

Wudong held this jade pen in front of him: "Magic weapon? ”

Sui Zaihua took it and handed it back in a moment: "Yes, a pen that doesn't use ink." ”

Wudong flipped through the short note, looked at the words on it and frowned inexplicably.

"After a month he came back." Sui Zaihua saw that there was nothing extra, and began to help collect the bones, "Our group, Lord Yu, me, Qu Candle, and a total of thirty-eight accompanying officials and escorts, embarked on the journey south in the winter of twenty years ago. ”

"That's probably where everything intersects."

In the early winter of the year of Renxu, the first snow spread to Shaolong, the snow fell very big and urgently, and in one night, the hundred miles of Kongtong were already a plain wrap.

The vast convoy was stuck in a slippery and difficult terrain, and when they got out of the tent in the early morning, a few good people went up the mountain to take a look, and the previously planned route was obviously impossible to walk.

The two Kongtong disciples who led the way suggested going to Kongtong to avoid it first, but the snow was heavy and the weather was cold, and Yu Chaocai was worried that after two days of avoidance, the snow would freeze and he would really be completely trapped. Although the two Kongtong disciples said that they could live all winter, the term of office was clear, and Yu Chaocai was serious in official affairs, so he decided to take advantage of the soft cedars to drive out of this mountain, and when he arrived in the plain, everything was easy to say.

No matter how it is decided, in fact, it is only related to the many uncultivated people who accompany them, Sui Zaihua and Qu Zhu leaning on the open-air ox cart, and no matter how big Ren Xue is, they are enough to carry Yu Chaocai in and out freely. What's more, it was not them who had the highest cultivation in this trip, but a grandmaster sent by the government to escort them.

And after the snow, Kongtong also added a few more masters to come over, not because he was worried about any blood, but even if an accompanying official of Gongtai Shaoqing fell and injured his leg and foot in this territory, it was inevitable that Kongtong would stand by. Therefore, without sparing manpower resources, Kongtong strives to take care of this group of people very thoughtfully.

This is the time when the convoy is closest to Kongtong, after everything is complete, they did not stop, the group moved forward at full speed, and when it was almost night, the snow was falling more and more rapidly, and they had entered the depths of the real recklessness of Dakongtong.

"Have you ever been to such a deep mountain?" The man next to him asked.

Sui Zaihua turned his head to look, Qu Zhu was looking at the sky from afar, and only half of his head was seen.

"For the first time." Sui Zaihua Road.

Even in Fenghuai, the vast majority of this question must have the same answer, this is really the most vast heart of Dakongtong, the surrounding mountains are like towering giants, high cliffs and ancient trees, wild owls and branches, everything is free and uninhabited.

"Look, it's not a tiger hole." Qu Zhu suddenly raised his hand and smiled, only to see the other end of Gu Yuan, a black and swarthy hole on the cliff opened on the stone wall, and the end of the blue tree was deep and faint, if it were not covered by snow at this time, he would definitely not be able to see it.

"The tiger can't live on the cliff, this should be.' Hidden Cave'. These words aroused some memories of Sui Zaihua, "I have heard that further on, it is 'Da Tianlan', the deep valley and dangerous cliffs, it is not easy to camp in front of you without retreating, so I must stop here tonight." ”

The voice fell, the carriage and horses in front had stopped, a whistle was transmitted to the rear, and the cattle and horses stopped one after another.

"Your Excellency has an order! Find a vacant place to camp and rest! ”

Qu Candle was still looking up at the sky, Sui Zaihua looked at it casually, an eagle shadow was hovering in the air, Qu Candle turned around, smiled and turned over and got out of the car: "I'm starving, I'll help clean up." ”

Sui Zaihua nodded: "I'll just support it alone." ”

The tent was unloaded from the ox cart, silk cloth, felt cloth, and leather, a total of three layers, Sui Zaihua spread it layer by layer, and the whole camp had a prototype.

Now there are about half of the cultivators in the team, and there is almost no sense of burdensomeness under this ratio, and soon the flames are rising, and a pot of warm porridge has been boiled over there.

Soon the porridge was cooked, and everyone flocked to it. Sui Zaihua was not in a hurry to grab the first bowl, but against the crowd, Qu Zhu had already walked over with two bowls.

Sui Zaihua smiled and took it, and suddenly a somewhat hurried shout sounded next to him: "Lord Sui!" Yu Shaoqing urgently called you over. ”

Sui Zaihua was stunned, put down the porridge and came to the main tent, Yu Chaocai was standing outside the door with several Kongtong disciples, listening to their explanations and nodding from time to time.

"Zaihua." The old man raised his hand to greet him.

"Lord Yu."

"Several young heroes said that they had put a whistle before, but the two leading disciples in front of them never came back, they suspected that they were lost and were about to pick them up together." The old man's voice was as deep and reliable as ever, "I want you to go with them, and if there is any difficulty, we will coordinate together." ”

"Oh, that's easy to say." Sui Zaihua clenched his fists.

It turned out that after the snow, the newly chosen route was really slippery and covered with snow, so it was two Kongtong disciples who were more familiar with the terrain to explore the road in front, leaving a safe and feasible mark for the team.

Now that he is no longer moving forward, he should naturally call people back, but after the whistle, people have not returned, and Kongtong Men has this worry.

"Most of the time it's because the snow is too messy, and I accidentally forked the road, a trivial matter."

(End of chapter)