It wasn't until Xie Zhaohuang carried the wine jug out of Zhaoge's West City Gate, and continued to walk west for a few miles, and finally drank the pot of sake that was not much.

At this time, when I raised my eyes, I could already see the outline of the towering and holy Shentai Palace in the distance.

And she was probably drunk because of the wine, and her forehead actually sweated slightly.

"Tsk"

Xie Zhao shook his head lightly and muttered to himself:

"What kind of wine did you drink? Sure enough, my internal strength was weak, and I realized that I didn't have much alcohol at all. ”

In normal times, after walking a few miles on the official road outside the west gate of Zhaoge, and then continuing to the path that forks to the west, it is almost impossible to see any people.

The status of Shentai Palace is respected, holy and noble.

Unless it is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every three years, when the goddess is in retreat in the tower temple to pray for the blessing of the country, they will spontaneously and consciously carry the lantern near the Shentai Palace, reverence and look up at the outline of the tower, and basically will not approach this area at other times.

But the last two days have been different.

Shen Wei, the second master of the Shen family in Ruyang, stood at the foot of the Shentai Palace, and asked the news of the sword attendant of the "Chitose Sword Immortal" and the injured bird on the "Golden Terrace" road, just like a drop of cold water suddenly dripping into a pot of hot oil!

Nanchao Tianchen, there has not been a public competition between masters for many years, it is really rare, it is rare to see.

Especially one of them, he is also related to the "Chitose Sword Immortal", who has always been known as the first sword of the Southern Dynasty and the first sword in the world, which is even more incredible.

Sword immortals come out of the sword, and many people will never have the chance to see each other in their lives.

But now that there is such an opportunity in front of them, the world can retreat to the next best thing and have the honor to meet the half-step Void Realm sword servant who has practiced the Sword Immortal's "Hetu Swordsmanship", so it can be regarded as no regrets in this life!

Therefore, now not only is everyone in Zhaoge City boiling, and the teahouses and wine shops are discussing it, but even the people in the rivers and lakes and the masters of various factions in the surrounding county governments are also moved by the wind and have rushed to Zhaoge uninvited, wanting to see the style of the two masters asking for a sword.

Along the way today, Xie Zhao has also seen a few people in the same direction as her from afar.

But gradually, she went further and further, not only deviating from the main road of the official road, but even the trail with traces of trampling.

Xie Zhao tread on the gradually steep and primitive gravel dirt road, and made his way up through the bushes.

I don't know how long it has been, and the jungle has finally been completely left behind.

The sky is shining in front of me, and the scenery suddenly opens up.

The water and sky are colorful, the wind and waves are magnificent, and it is actually to the top of a mountain wall with a beautiful scenery.

The sound of flowing water below the mountain wall is very loud, and it is obvious that it is a waterfall hidden near the shrine.

Xie Zhao finally stopped.

The scenery of the rock walls here is stunning, and the terrain is so different that the sound of the waterfall rushing down the river and the slapping of its slamming into the waterhole is almost deafening.

This is a "secret base" that Xie Zhao discovered when he was a child.

The scenery is majestic and handsome, and it is deserted and uninhabited, and she likes to sneak out of the Shentai Palace to stay here for a while when she was a child.

There was no murmur here except the roar of falling water, which was perfect for her to soothe her often restless heart;

The impact of the terrain under the waterfall is terrifying, and it is also a rare place for her to hone her heavy sword.

At the age of eight, Xie Zhao liked to jump down and stand in the waterhole, lifting a heavy sword that weighed like a thousand catties, and splitting the waterfall with a sword of heavenly light.

When she was young, she especially liked that feeling, as if one person and one sword were a world.

No one disturbs, leans on the sword to break the sky, invincible, invincible.

Xie Zhao was really rebellious in the past, so maybe the first half of her life was so smooth that she never seemed to be afraid of anything.

In the past, she always felt that as long as she wanted to, there was nothing in this world that she couldn't do.

It's strange, it is said that the performance of people when they are old is that they like to recall the past.

Why is she only twenty-nine years old now, and she has begun to reminisce about the past in her old age?

Today's Xie Zhao has experienced many things that are not humane to outsiders.

Once there was nothing, all the past was lost, but it still seemed to be fearless.

She hung her head and smiled.

Yes, since there is nothing to lose, how can we talk about fear and anxiety?

She was really curious in the past, and everything had to be figured out.

But now she felt that there were some things that had reached this point, and there was no need to dig into the bottom of the matter.

If you look at everything too clearly, you are adding to your own blockage.

Xie Zhao even thought to himself: I'm not a broken jar, it's clear that my state of mind has been completed, and I can immediately escape into the empty door and soar to become a generation of Buddhist masters.

She picked up a small, smooth white stone on the ground.

This was originally a mine, so this stone is unique to the scenery here.

At first glance, it looks like a precious jade, slippery and crystal clear.

So, she looked at the mountains and the water, and she was in a good mood and played with the little stones for a while, and she couldn't help but bend down and pick up several more from the ground.

Xie Zhaozai carefully wiped the surface of each stone slightly stained by rain and mud.

It wasn't until she lifted them up in the daylight and made sure that each one was white and round that she nodded in satisfaction.

Then, one by one, retract them into the sachet around your waist.

Xie Zhao smiled and touched the coarse cloth sachet on his waist, and said to himself:

"It's worthless, but it's hard and clear.

Since they have come here, it is better to bring a few pieces back to play with them, and maybe they can make a hairpin or something, which is also strong and durable. ”

She praised herself with care.

"I'm so good at living, I can't come for nothing, can I?"

As soon as the words fell, Xie Zhao suddenly retracted his smile, and his ears moved very lightly.

Behind

Someone.

Although her dantian is empty now, and her martial arts realm is low, she is still quite sharp in her insight and ear power.

And the battle instinct that was almost engraved in her bones made her instinctively discover that she was not alone in the vicinity of this place for the first time.

She knew that the man was watching her.

The gaze of inquiry followed her, almost pinned to her back.

The other party didn't seem to hide his intentions, just exuding his presence so much, as if he wanted to see how she would react.

Xie Zhao is not unusual on the surface, and it can even be said that he looks casual.

She took two steps forward and crouched down as if she had nothing to do, picking up the small white stones on the ground, but in fact, her mind had already begun to think quickly.

Who could it be?

It's because of the bustle of the so-called "asking" recently, the ordinary passers-by who were attracted and lost their paths to stumble upon this place, or .

Strictly speaking, she was not the only one who knew about this place in the past.

In addition to her, there is actually another person who knows that this place has a strange scenery.

That person is one of the three masters of the Immortal Xuan Realm today, the current master of the Shentai Palace, the high priest Nanxu.

It can't be him, right?

It can't be so coincidental, right?

Xie Zhao faced the source of the waterfall that was rushing down, his back to his back, frowning in thought.

Nanxu rarely leaves the Qingxu Hall of Shentai Palace, and rarely goes out.

Even the emperor's wedding in the third year of Jing'an, asking him to enter Zhaoge City to officiate the emperor and queen, he shirked and never left the Shentai Palace, how could he come to a wilderness and steep wall outside the Shentai Palace now?

She doesn't think that Nanxu is the kind of person who has nothing to do and goes out to travel.

Xie Zhao smiled in his heart, Nanxu's heart is as calm as water, how can he be distressed?

If there is no suffering, there is no need to distract.

But this place is the realm of Shentai Palace, such a person with a full sense of existence, if it is not Nanxu, who is it?

It can't be the little guy with the orange emblem, right?

Xie Zhao was a little embarrassed at this moment.

Because only by knowing exactly the true identity of the person watching her behind her can she make a reasonable judgment about what her next move would be more appropriate.

If it was really an ordinary passerby, she would leave generously.

But if the person behind him is really Nanxu, then it will be really a bit troublesome.

I'm afraid she will have to direct and act in a good play before she can barely get through.

Xie Zhao lamented that she must have forgotten to look at the yellow calendar when she went out today.

(End of chapter)