The sun was completely sinking in the west, the night was dark, and Erica was back, carrying all kinds of large bags and small bags in her hands, and the rich aroma of food slowly wafted out of them, stimulating Ruinon's saliva to flow.

"Are you still kneeling here, eating?" Erica shoved a paper bag into Renon's arms, "You haven't eaten since this morning, and you're going to collapse if you continue like this." Fiona, Silver, it's yours!"

The strong aroma of meat with a salty taste poured into Ruinon's nostrils, and he couldn't help but swallow a large mouthful of saliva, "What is this?"

"Open it and you'll know it!"

Renon stared at it for a long time, but finally shook his head and handed the bag back to Erica.

"What are you doing? "Don't you dislike it?" said Erica, angrily snatching the paper bag, "Who do you think you are?

Ruinon smiled helplessly.

"Redon, you've been ...... all day," Fiona said, tugging at the paper bag in her hand, "or mine for you." ”

"Elves don't eat meat, do they? If you're given mine, what are you going to eat?"

"Are you really going to kneel like this all night?" said Fiona, thrusting the paper bag into Renon's arms, "and I can buy it again." ”

Erica frowned and shouted, "This guy is over if you get used to it......! It's rare that I ran through most of the town to find his favorite ......."

Renon shook his head again and returned the paper bag to Fiona and said, "It's not that I'm picky, it's that I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on." I'm not a saint, and my willpower isn't that strong......" said Ruinon, thumping his aching and numb thighs vigorously, "If I give in to hunger so easily, I'm afraid I won't survive this night." ”

"Rynon!" Erika, Fiona, and Silver were taken aback. "Hey...... This guy's brain is completely broken!" Erica sighed and put away her food, "Let's go, leave this guy alone!"

"Erica......" Fiona looked at Erica and then at Rinong, and after a little silence, said, "Okay!"

"Silver is not leaving! Silver will always be by her master's side. Silver took Renon's hand and said, "No, no, no!"

"Silph! obedient!" said Erica, tugging at Silph's collar, her tone disgruntled.

"Silver only listens to her master!"

Seeing this, Fiona whispered a mantra in her mouth. Silver suddenly felt top-heavy and weak, and her slender fingers reluctantly left Rinon's strong arm.

In this way, Erica swaggered away with Silver, Fiona followed, and before leaving, she came to Renon again, took off her cloak and draped it over him, and said softly: "It will be cold at night, pay attention to your body, don't force yourself too much." ”

"Yes, thank you! I will. ”

Everyone is gone, leaving Ruinong alone to look up at the bright moon and look down in thought...... (Author: Bow your head...... Submit...... Reader Z: Damn! This is talking about yourself, right?Author: You know too much, someone dragged out the Lu to chop and feed the dog!)

"Ruinon, are you really going to kneel here for a night?" Suddenly, a nightmare appeared behind Ruinon.

"Hopefully he'll change his mind......"

"The ideal is beautiful, but the reality can be cruel. The cloak ......" Soon Nightmare noticed the cloak on Rynon "Fiona is such a good girl, Rynon don't let her down." ”

"Do you live up to it? In front is the sword mountain, and behind is the sea of fire...... I could only leave her on flat ground. ”

"That's fate, who told her to bring you back to Kawa in the first place?" Nightmare smiled and shook her head, "and your Erica, she cares about you too, but not as directly as Fiona and Silver." ”

"It's Sister Erica!" Renon sighed, "I understand...... Do you want to say that this is also fate! Who let Grandpa Arroyo Constantine pick me up at the border of Kevin Las?"

Nightmare said with a wicked smile: "That's right! This is fate, this is true love in human society! Love is not only your magnificent body, but also the solid ground under your feet." Although Erica says to ignore you, she is actually afraid that waiting for them to eat will affect your mind and will. After saying that, the nightmare closed his eyes, and chanted a spell in his mouth, and after a while, a large table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas fell from the sky.

"You ......" Ruinon didn't know what to say when he saw this, and his hungry stomach twitched violently, letting out a loud protest sound.

Nightmare licked her lips, greedily picked up a fragrant roast goose and came to Ruinon, "As the saying goes, beating is scolding and love, there is always someone who has to pretend to be blackfaced, right?"

This action made Renon tremble with anger, and he stared at the nightmare with angry eyes.

"What kind of eyes are you? I'm helping you exercise your will, do you understand?" After eating a roast goose, Nightmare threw the bone in front of Renon and said, "Your concubines are soft-hearted and can't bear to let you suffer, but I'm different!

"You're deliberately mad at me, aren't you?" Rynon screamed at Nightmare with his middle finger up, "Tell me the truth! You're angry with me and disgusting me, right?" What kind of human food do you eat as a demonic beast that lives on soul energy?"

"Damn! The dog bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know the hearts of good people!"

"Damn, what kind of good guy are you bastard?"

"Damn, you have eyes......"

Just as Rainon and Nightmare were arguing, the window of the cabin opened suddenly, and I saw Liu Shengyan's face full of anger, and a pair of bloodshot eyes scanning back and forth between Rainon and Nightmare, and after a while he opened his mouth and roared: "What time do you think it is? Is this the custom of your people in the western Andes to apprentice?"

"Uh...... I'm sorry!" Renon immediately fell to the ground and apologized.

"Nightmare...... It turned out to be you...... You said that to this kid, right?" and his gaze lingered on the nightmare.

"Yo, old man, you've finally found me. ”

"Hmph! I can't teach anything!" the old man snapped and closed the window heavily.

The window of the Nightmare Cabin asks Rainon, "Are you sure you want to persevere?"

"......" Ruinon was silent.

"The reality is cruel, and a comeback doesn't necessarily have to be rewarding. ”

"But if you don't pay, you won't get anything. Nightmare, you knew him before, right?"

"Yes. ”

"He obviously has a special skill, but why is he willing to be an old man who burns pottery and live in seclusion?"

Nightmare took a deep breath and said, "The night is long...... It's good to pass the time. Rainon, spread your telekinesis across the river. ”

"Oh?" said the idle Renon, "and then?"

"Do you feel it? Do you see the white flowers on the other side of the river, the beautiful gardenias. Those were planted by Liu Shengyan to make up for his past, and a girl's favorite gardenia named Zhou Xingyao was there. ”

"Liu Shengyan, Zhou Xingyao, make up for the past?"

"It's a long story, decades ago......"

Liu Shengyan was born in an ordinary family in Xuanqing Kangqin Town, and has a younger brother named Liu Ning, who is two years younger than him. At that time, the young Yanagi Yan studied swords with the famous swordsman of Xuanqing Kingdom, he was gifted and diligent, and became a well-known local swordsman at a young age.

Zhou Xingyao is a girl of the same age as Liu Shengyan, her family faces each other across the river Liu Shengyan's house, and her appearance does not dare to say that she is alluring to the country and the city, but she is also naturally beautiful, elegant and beautiful, and if you want to use something to compare her appearance, it is like a beautiful gardenia in front of her house.

Yanagi Yan's younger brother Liu Ning fell in love with her, but the girl fell in love with his older brother Liu Shengyan, and then Yanagi Yan was indifferent to it and devoted himself to swordsmanship.

Speaking of this nightmare, he shook his head and sighed, "Is this fate?

"Less nonsense, talk fast!"

"Ahem, finally one day, the young Yanagi Yan defeated his teacher, but he was not satisfied because he was determined to pursue the strongest swordsmanship, the strongest martial arts. In pursuit of his ideals, he abandoned his family, his girlfriend, and everything he once had, and went on a trip alone......"

One evening when he was twenty years old, Yanagi left his hometown with his bags on his back. Dressed in straw sandals, he walked along the river in front of his house, step by step towards the sunset.

The remnant sun is like blood, staining the river and the road under the boy's feet, as if the road under the boy's feet is not a road, but a sea of blood. The white and beautiful gardenia was no longer pure, the blood was red and blood-red, and even the refreshing fragrance had turned into a disgusting smell of blood. In this sea of blood, a young girl stretched out her hand to the distant back of Yanagi Rock with tears in her eyes. Tears slid down and stirred up a thousand waves in the sea of blood.

"On the journey around the world, Yanagi Rock will fight every person, and the battle will be rested until death, killing countless people...... ......"Whoa," said Nightmare as he ate, "he crossed the majestic Andes Mountains to the west, and fought against a knight on the eastern border of the country of Maurice. At that time, I happened to be wandering aimlessly in the Middle-earth continent, and when I passed through this place, I happened to be attracted by their fighting spirit......"

"I think you must have watched the show and saw the battle end. Yanagi won?"

"You're half right. Indeed, Yanagi won the game, but only by a crushing victory. I don't have time to watch the show, and if I don't eat so many delicious souls in time, it will be a waste. ”

"And then you got acquainted?"

"Yes, Yanagi has noticed my presence. ”

"You didn't eat him, it's not scientific. ”

"Do you think I'm as visionary as you are?" the nightmare said with a blank look, "I've decided on ...... from the first day we met."

"As long as you follow him, you can travel around the world without effort, and you can eat your stomach without hard work, right? ”

"Hmph! superficial...... But...... But...... This is indeed important...... "Nightmare said," said Nightmare, "and in this way, I attached myself to him and traveled around the world, watching him fight and kill like crazy...... As long as he fights, I'll have a full meal...... Looking back on those days, it really feels like a world away......"

In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, and Liu Shengyan has changed a lot, he has grown long hair, a beard, a perennial wind and food, sleeping in the open, bloody battles, torn clothes, haggard face, and old soul. The only thing that hasn't changed is his ideal of pursuing the strongest martial arts.

Swords intertwined, and blood rained down on his face, leaving a mottled trail, and two drops of blood slid down his thin cheeks like bloody tears.

"This is not the strongest swordsmanship, this is not the strongest martial art. No, no, no, the strongest swordsmanship shouldn't be like this. Liu Shengyan hugged his head frantically and shouted, "Stand up for Lao Tzu quickly, come again!

"Hmmm!!" Nightmare said pretending to smash it, "Your swordsmanship is already very strong, what are you pursuing?"

"No, that's not right, it's not the strongest swordsmanship, the strongest martial arts......"

"Be content! your swordsmanship is already strong, at least among the humans I have encountered, your swordsmanship and martial arts are the strongest. ”

"Hmph...... You won't get it. ”

"That's right, there is no strongest, only stronger!So, come on, Sao Nian!"

In this way, the little troubles were quickly forgotten by Yanagi Yan. He continued his bewildered, endlessly journey.

The years passed in confusion, and gradually, he forgot his family, forgot the girl, and even forgot his own name, lost his way in the aimless wanderings, and also lost his own heart.

After wandering for some time, he came to a river, and he threw himself into the water and poured it into the water.

Holding water to wash away the dust and tiredness on his face, he raised his head and looked at the sunset in the distance, Liu Shengyan moved his jerky throat with difficulty, and made a sound like a rotten wooden comb: "It's already evening......?"

The breeze drifted by, with a burst of lover's heartfelt fragrance, and suddenly he felt that there was an inexplicable sense of affection in front of him, "This smell...... It smells so good......"

"That's the scent of gardenias. A middle-aged man stood behind him and said, "Xingyao, her favorite flower." There was a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Xingyao?" Liu Shengyan always felt as if he had heard this name somewhere, and faintly he seemed to feel that this name had some connection with the gardenia.

"Hahaha! I'm sorry for saying something inexplicable!" the man stared at Yanagi's hand and said, "Old sir, you're a wandering samurai with excellent swordsmanship, aren't you?"

"I can't talk about swordsmanship, but I did learn some. Liu Shengyan frowned slightly, it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with the "old" man. Am I that old?, he thought to himself.

"Ha Lu Ha, don't be modest, I will see your hands, you must always wield your sword. Saying that, the man's eyes closed slightly, "I have an elder brother, a genius in swordsmanship, and he is talented, but he is not arrogant, he practices swords very hard, and at the age of fifteen, his hands are covered with thick calluses, which are comparable to Uncle Xu who is farming next door...... Haha!" he smiled bitterly as he spoke, "But when he was twenty years old, he abandoned everything and left home, saying that he wanted to pursue the strongest martial arts in the world, and then he was never heard ......from."

The man's words flowed slowly like the clear river in front of him, flowing into Yanagi's ears. The more he listened, the more shocked he became, and he felt a door in his heart slowly open.

"Zhou Xingyao, she is a good girl who works hard!" said the man who squatted down and stroked the gardenia at his feet, "This is the last gardenia she planted with her own hands." ”

Liu Ning...... Zhou Xingyao...... Gardenia ...... Now Liu Shengyan remembered everything: My name is Liu Shengyan, this is my hometown, and the person behind me turned out to be my younger brother...... Gardenia, Zhou Xingyao her favorite flower.

"Originally, there was a large sea of gardenia flowers here, and each one was planted by Zhou Xingyao himself. Since that day, my brother and he left, Xingyao has stood in this sea of flowers every day waiting for his return. ”

"She's waiting every day?"

"Yes, she is looking forward to it! Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting But she just shook her head and said, "No, I believe he will come back when he finds the strongest martial arts and learns the strongest swordsmanship." ’”

"Where is that girl now?"

"I've passed away, just a year ago...... Liu Ning said with a deep breath.

"So are both of them still there?"

"Zhou Xingyao's family moved away ten years ago, leaving her alone here to wait. As for me...... Our Liu family also moved to the city two years ago, and today is Xing Yao's death day, so I came here to take a look......" Liu Ning took a deep breath as he spoke, "Everything is already a matter of fact...... I remember that there used to be a sea of flowers here, but now there is only one plant left...... Maybe this pillar is Xingyao's thoughts, she's still waiting for my brother to come back on the riverbank...... Thank you, thank you, you've listened to me for so long, you should think it's an old man's nagging! I'm leaving, maybe I'll never come back...... See you again, old man, and see you again in the future!" he turned to leave.

Liu Shengyan knelt motionless by the river, staring at the clear river with his godless eyes until the "mist" rose and blurred his vision, "Hahaha...... Haha......ha Ha Lu Ha ...... "Suddenly he looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so crazy, crying so thoroughly.

From then on, he built a hut by the river and learned a trade from an old potter in the village to make ends meet. Every day, on the other side of the river, he planted a beautiful gardenia next to the last gardenia. Saying that, Nightmare looked at the dense sea of flowers on the other side of the river and said, "I saw that he was backward in life, so I left him and returned to the western Andes." I remember when I first came here, it was a bare place, and I can't think of it now...... He's really changed......"

"Why are you going to leave him?" asked Renon, puzzled.

"Because I know that it is no longer possible for him to travel, and he will no longer find someone to duel and kill him. Nightmare stared at the empty table and said, "He abandoned everything, spent half his life, forgot his family, forgot the woman who loved him, forgot his hometown, and even forgot his own name, and did not hesitate to incarnate Shura, killing countless people, and going to pursue the most ethereal martial arts...... What did you get at the end of the way, nothing, because at the end of the road to the strongest, there was nothing......."