Lin Yihua and others crossed Dongting Lake, arrived at Jiayu, were escorted by the Hanyang Gang, crossed Hanyang, turned into Hanshui, and got on the Hanshui Gang fast boat to Xiangyang.

The accompanying junior disciple said: "Because the entire Hanshui is in the sphere of influence of the Wudang faction, the development of the Hanshui Gang is the most cautious, the number is not large, and the strength is the lowest in the Great River Alliance. For the rest of the journey, Uncle Shi and his brothers could only take the land route. ”

Everyone didn't care, everyone had walked this road many times, and it was the connecting point of Huashan all the way.

This is the junction of Henan and Hubei, and Songshan and Wudang deliberately left some gaps as buffers. However, it happened to be cheaper in Huashan, carefully controlled a few inconspicuous small forces, and set up some observation points and response points to facilitate the entry and exit of Huashan personnel and materials in and out of the Yangtze River waterway.

Arriving in Shangnan, everyone was greeted by Zhao Yilou, a disciple of the third phase of the Yi Zi generation.

After graduating from the children's class, he was assigned to the Discipline Academy, and five years ago, he was appointed as the master of the Shangnan Martial Arts Hall in Shangnan, as the outpost of Huashan facing Henan and Hubei.

Lin Yihua, accompanied by Zhao Yilou, visited the martial arts hall, there are more than 100 students in the martial arts hall, and they are practicing in the martial arts training field.

Lin Yihua saw that these disciples were learning some superficial martial arts, and asked, "Senior Brother Zhao, your business is good, where did these disciples come from?"

Zhao Yilou said with a smile: "It's okay, these disciples were all sent by various families or merchants in Shangnan, and they all sent a disciple from the side branch of the family to come over to form a good relationship and learn some martial arts to defend themselves." ”

"However, I recruited a good seedling last year, oh, the one over there, called Tian Fang, has already informed the Discipline Institute to review it, hehe, this kid's qualifications are really not bad, and he is similar to your gang of demons. Zhao Yilou said proudly.

Lin Yihua looked over and saw a child about eight years old, who did not dance with other teenagers, and was alone, staying in the corner and squatting on the horse.

Lin Yihua said with a smile: "Well, it seems that I have a good heart, the children's class will start in three years, and I can be taken to the mountain, I am not a demon, the latter two are." ”

"How are you? How long will it take to break through?"

Zhao Yilou sighed: "Why do you have to take three or five years! It's really more popular than people, and you say that you are not a demon, why is it so easy for you to pass this level?"

Lin Yihua said with a smile: "Brother, don't be so dissatisfied, you are only thirty years old this year, and it is already great to enter the first-class before the age of thirty-three, do you see how many first-class masters at the age of thirty-three are there on the rivers and lakes?"

Zhao Yilou smiled and said: "Are you praising me? Or are you boasting? Entering the first-class at the age of twenty-five has already equaled my aunt's grades." ”

The two have known each other for 20 years, and they are still in the same class for a year in the Zhizhi class, they are extremely familiar, their words are unscrupulous, and they have no scruples about Lin Yihua's current identity.

Lin Yihua said with a smile: "Hearing you say this, I just woke up, there is a twenty-three one in the back, and there may be a twenty-two one, why don't I buy you a piece of tofu?"

Zhao Yilou looked back at a few junior disciples and sighed: "We are mortals, so we don't compare with you demons." ”

He whispered again: "Senior Brother Lin, congratulations!"

Lin Yihua smiled and said: "Everything is the will of the master, what the head asks us to do, we will do it, Nanhai Hall and Taihua Hall, it's just a change of environment." ”

Zhao Yilou said solemnly: "Of course! Now that the head of the family cultivates you, you have to work hard, our old brothers are all ......."

Lin Yihua waved his hand and stopped: "Senior brother speak carefully." ”

Zhao Yilou listened to this, nodded, and introduced the situation inside and outside the martial arts hall and Shangnan for Lin Yihua.

......

Stepping into the back mountain of Huashan and seeing the familiar scenery, Lin Yihua and his entourage were a little excited, except for a few Cong Bu Abandonment, the six of them had not returned to Huashan for at least two years.

Along the way, Lin Yihua keenly felt that the Orion mountain people who lived in the valley had no shadow, and on the mountains on both sides, there were many sharp eyes, staying on his group, and soon a disciple guarding the mountain greeted him, greeted everyone, verified his identity, and turned back to the mountain forest.

The further he walked in, the stronger the feeling of being peeped at, and Lin Yihua secretly estimated that there were at least more than twenty guards along the way.

Cong Buqi looked at Lin Yihua with some doubts, and explained: "A few years ago, the senior brother in charge ordered that all the mountain hunters within twenty miles around Huashan be moved, and now, in this mountainous area, except for our Huashan disciples, there is no outsider. ”

Lin Yihua nodded silently, there were more than 1,000 mountain hunters around Huashan, and their existence was not conducive to the safety of Huashan, so it would be better to place them elsewhere now.

Taking a deep breath, the sweet and familiar air of Huashan soaks into the heart and lungs, and the internal force seems to be running more smoothly.

Cong Buqi looked at Lin Yihua's intoxicated expression, smiled slightly, and said: "Three mountains and five mountains, I have been to the Western Regions overseas, if you want to talk about the air, it has to be the sweetest here in our Huashan." ”

Lin Yihua and the others claimed to be, laughed, and walked quickly towards the mountain.

Along the way, I saw that many small courtyards were located in the mountainside of the valley, close to Luoyan Peak, and the path under my feet became wider, and exquisite courtyards appeared in the shade of trees on both sides of the road.

Lin Yihua followed behind Cong Buqi, and saw that there were little disciples running by on the side of the road from time to time, and when he saw everyone, he honestly greeted Uncle Cong, but he didn't know Lin Yihua and others.

Lu Yiyou sighed: "It's just that after two years away from the mountain, these boys don't know us anymore!"

Lin Yizhi said with a smile: "You don't look at how much we have changed in the past two years, and besides, the two junior disciples who were familiar with us have also graduated, these are the original basic classes and Taoist classes, and they are not very familiar with them." ”

Cong Buqi said with a smile: "In the past two years, the recruitment of new disciples has been stopped, and the mountain is getting cleaner and cleaner." ”

Lin Yihua and the others all smiled, everyone was from the past, among the disciples in each class, the noisiest was the basic class and the initiation class, eleven or twelve-year-old boys, energetic, after being familiar with the environment, they were not afraid of the sky and the earth, and as soon as they had time, they ran around the mountains.

After arriving at the Mingdao class, I understood something, my studies began to become heavy, the wind of competition began to prevail, most of the disciples began to work hard, and the number of disciples who wandered around became fewer rapidly, and this kind of life would last for four years until the end of the course.

Don't think about it easy after graduation, more hard and tiring work is waiting for you, and higher and more difficult martial arts are waiting for you.

Looking back now, the happiest and most relaxing time was indeed the first two years in the mountains.

There are more and more buildings in the mountains, some of which Lin Yihua has never seen, thinking that they have been newly built in recent years, and now there are nearly 2,000 people living in Huashan, which is more than five times more than when Lin Yihua left Huashan.

Every three years, Lin Yihua will return to the mountain, and every time he feels, the mountain has become more beautiful, the trees seem to be getting taller and taller, there are more flowers, and the sweetness of the fruits in the mountain can be smelled from afar, and the fresh breath makes him feel both familiar and strange.