The next morning, Bai Yixue got up early and made a fire to cook. After the two of them had breakfast, they said, "Xue'er, you go out." ”

Bai Yixue knew that he was going to do exercises to recuperate, so he said, "Yes." He turned and went outside the house, and sat down on a stone bench not far from the door.

He lazily basked in the sun, raised his eyes to see between the valleys, the clouds were rolling and flowing very fast, and his mind couldn't help but think of a quatrain by Tao Hongjing: "What is there in the mountains? There are many white clouds on the ridge, which can only be pleasant and enjoyable, and it is unbearable to hold the gift." ”

He thought in his heart: "When Tao Tongming, the prime minister of the mountains, was thirty-six years old, he hung up the court to serve in the Shenwu Gate, resigned from the table, and since then he has retired in the Maoshan Mountain, like a lonely crane leaving the dust, transcending and living in the world, but the crane sings in Jiugao, and the sound is heard in the wild." Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi Gao and Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan have repeatedly invited him but did not come out, refusing to enter the office, this poem is his answer to Xiao Daocheng's edict, in order to show that he adheres to the festival of Jishan and wrote. and Tao Yuanming's 'Yun Wuxin to come out of Xiu', Wen Feiqing's 'Ancient Trees and Old Stones, Rapid Springs and Clear Sands', and Li Taibai's 'Ask Yu What He Means to Live in Bishan, Laugh and Don't Answer', and Wang Majie's 'But Don't Ask Again, When the White Clouds Are Endless', their state of mind is probably the same. ”

I thought again in my heart: "Master, his old man has lived alone in Suihan Villa for all these years, and he does not stir up dust, but he also ends up at ease. It's just that recently, the Jin people have felt his prestige in the rivers and lakes, and they have repeatedly sent people to visit the village, intending to invite him out of the mountains to serve the Jin people, although he can't resign, but the Jin people are like wolves and tigers, and they are willing to give up? Master, he wants to follow Tao Tongming's example to escape from the world, but it is not an easy task. ”

I can't help but think of Yang Cao in order to avoid the middle of the court, and had to live in Zhao Yuan's house, who knows that in the Mingqing Temple, and suffered, so far the life and death of this righteous brother is uncertain. Thinking of this, he was surging with sorrow for a while. After a long time, he stood up, crept to the door of the stone house, listened carefully, and felt a little at ease when he noticed anything unusual in the house.

He stood for a while, then turned back to the stone bench and sat down, thinking: "I heard from the master of the first tribulation, the predecessors of Baili have been guarding the tomb here for 17 years. For so many years, he has been hidden in Baoshan, and he has been quiet for a long time, and he didn't think that I would come here, not only disturbing his cultivation for many years, but also ...... It is really a great crime to cause his old man to be plotted by others and to be sick. He felt quite remorseful in his heart, lying down on the stone bench, looking at the flying clouds in the sky, except for the wind blowing in the forest tops, the four fields were stunned and stunned.

In a trance, the clouds in the sky flew away, and gradually revealed a pretty face, as if it was Mo Lingsha, looking at himself with a smile.

Bai Yixue was stunned for a while, took out the sachet given by Mo Lingsha, put it on the tip of her nose, sniffed the fragrance of the sachet lightly, remembered her talk of "smelling the fragrance and thinking about people", and couldn't help but smile on her face. The sun shone on his body, and he gradually felt tired and drowsy.

In his middle sleep, he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps in the grass in the distance, which suddenly woke him up, stood up suddenly, stared at the direction of the comer, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and a young face poked out from the withered grass half a waist deep, and Bai Yixue smiled dumbly, recognizing it as the little novice of Taining Temple.

When Tu Sheng saw Bai Yixue, his face was happy, and he ran towards him quickly, and said happily: "Master Bai, the little monk has finally found you." ”

Bai Yixue was also very happy, and said with a smile: "Why are you here?" pulled Tu Sheng and sat down together.

Tu Sheng said: "Since the abbot elder returned to the temple, he has always been talking about you, a few days ago he called me to me, saying that he was worried about my heart, and asked me to go to Baoshan to see if the donor's body is good, so as to give him a message." ”

Bai Yixue's heart was moved, and she choked up: "Thank you Abbot Elder for your concern." Go back and talk to him, and you will ...... Baili seniors have carefully treated me, I'm fine here, don't worry. When I was well, I went to the temple to pay homage to the abbot elders. ”

Tu Sheng said happily: "Okay, the white donor is fine, and the abbot elder is also relieved." ”

Bai Yixue took out a silver tael from her arms, stuffed it into Tu Sheng's hand, and said, "It's so hard." ”

Tu Sheng excused himself, and when he saw that Bai Yixue was very sincere, he accepted it and said, "There is one more thing, which must also be known to the donor." That day, together with the Zen Master of Lotus Pond, the female benefactor who escorted the benefactor to come, since she left, she would often arrange for Lin'an's fast horse to come to our temple to inquire about the news of the white benefactor. After I go back this time, I will also send your message to Kuaima back to Lin'an and report her safety. ”

Bai Yixue listened to it, and remembered Mo Lingsha's affection, and couldn't help but be a little stupid. After sending Tusheng away, he lay down again, his heart was full of Mo Lingsha, with his arm as a pillow, facing the flowing clouds in the sky, smirking for a while, sighing for a while, and dozing off again unconsciously.

I don't know how long later, I suddenly heard a deep voice in my ear say, "Cher." ”

He was startled, woke up from his sleep, and secretly felt ashamed: "Baili seniors asked me to guard outside the door in case the enemy attacked, but I didn't know that I fell asleep." Hurriedly got up, ran to the stone house, pushed the door in, fortunately, everything was the same in the house, and the expression was as usual, and the hanging heart was suddenly put down.

Baili said: "Xue'er, I have to do it again tonight, you have to watch the door tightly, don't let those rats take advantage of the loophole and steal the sesame oil." ”

Bai Yixue said: "Yes." He thought to himself: "How did Baili seniors expect that there would be rats coming to attack tonight?"

Baili saw that his face was confused, smiled slightly, and said: "Since he is a rat, what he does is nothing more than something difficult to see, so he will take advantage of the night to sneak here, and we have to guard against it." ”

Seeing that he was so determined, Bai Yixue couldn't help but wonder in her heart: "Is there really an enemy attacking tonight?"

It is the night moon and the dark wind is high. Just after the child's time, a lay monk sneaked in, and at that time, Baili Wanye was meditating in the house, and he could not tolerate the slightest mistake, but fortunately, Bai Yixue was on guard outside the door from beginning to end, and the enemy had not yet approached the stone house that was dyed for hundreds of miles, and he was already alert.

After Bai Yixue finished sending away the vulgarity, he saw that the wooden door of the stone house was closed, and he thought that he was still meditating and practicing for a hundred miles, and he could not miss the slightest omission, so he was guarding the door with a sword at the moment, in case the enemy came back.

After a stick of incense, I only heard the house be dyed for hundreds of miles and said, "Xue'er, come in." ”

Bai Yixue responded: "Yes." Pushing the door into the house, Baili Wanzhi stared at him with blazing eyes, and asked, "Are the rats gone?"

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "The seniors are like gods, and if two rats came late at night, they have already asked the juniors to send them away." ”

Baili Danran smiled slightly and said, "Okay." Do you know who is here?"

Bai Yi Xue slightly recalled that among the visitors last night, one person dressed as a head, although he has not made a sound, because of his fierce appearance and strange blades, he also vaguely remembers, and the other person has no memory at all, and said: "I don't know this junior, but one of them should have come with Yuanlong and Yuanhu a few days ago, and I still have a vague impression." ”

"Oh, what kind of blade did they use, and how did you send it?"

Bai Yixue said: "A middle-aged man uses a double knife, but it is very strange, his knife is long and short, the trick is strange, and the end is powerful; ”

Baili Wanran smiled and said: "It turned out to be the black-eyed head of the Great Compassion Temple." This person is violent and insatiable, so he has earned the nickname 'Insatiable Toutuo' on the rivers and lakes. The one who made the double knife was Gu Jinglan, the owner of Hanyan Village, who was inseparable with him. ”

Bai Yixue thought secretly: "I have never heard of the names of these people in the Wuyan Toutuo of the Great Compassion Temple, Gu Jinglan of the Hanyan Village. The two of them can have such skills, and they must not be ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, no wonder the predecessors of Baili know them. He was secretly frightened: "I don't know how many heroes and heroines have been recruited under Zhao Xuan's account?"

Baili said: "Xue'er, how did you send them, let's demons and see." ”

Bai Yixue responded: "Yes." At that moment, he demonstrated how to fight with Gu Jinglan and Wuyan Toutuo, one move at a time.

When he demonstrated the fifth move, he used the "Snow Dark Withered Flag Painting" in the Thirteen Styles of Snow Quicksand, and the long sword was slanted upward, and then he compared the iron canopy of the black-eyed head. The black-eyed head is unusually burly, the strength is strange, the black gold dragon head crutch is raised high, very fierce, the long sword of the white snow intersects with his black gold dragon head crutch, the other party is hard to hit, the white snow is shocked to the arm is sore, the tiger's mouth is almost cracked.

Baili looked at it in his eyes, shook his head slightly, and said: "'The defense of insects must be strong, and the movement of insects must be stinged with poison. 'Attack others with your own shortcomings, and know neither others nor yourself, will you not be reckless?'

Bai Yixue's face turned red, and she said ashamedly: "Yes, yes." He froze on the ground with his sword in hand, not knowing for a moment whether to continue the demonstration.

Baili Wanran walked up two steps, took his long sword in his hand, and asked, "What did Hu Suihan say when he taught you this set of swordsmanship?"

Bai Yixue said: "Master said, the thirteen styles of snow quicksand, known for their ethereal spirits, although there are only thirteen styles, but there are many changes in them, if the sword people's hearts are not hindered, get rid of the fetters of victory and defeat, advantages and disadvantages, and many and less, the power of swordsmanship is even more infinite." ”

Baili dyed a "hmm", half-squinted his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "Hu Wanggui, this kid is a talented man......" paused and said: "Xue'er, your body has not yet healed, and it is difficult for you to send these rats for me." If I don't teach you a few tricks and formulas, I can't seem to say anything. Hehe. ”

He raised his long sword and said while gesturing: "Gu Jinglan's double sword trick is called 'Ziyan Double Fly', this set of knife techniques, pay attention to the two knives, one long and one short, the long and short can be used both, and the virtual and the real are as sharp as possible. And the black-eyed head tuo's trick is called 'Dragon and Tiger Leap', which is the most fierce move in its 28-way 'Li Dragon Staff Method'. If your sword moves in the opposite direction and turns into a diagonal pick from right to left, isn't it just to borrow his strength to dissolve Gu Jinglan's move of 'Ziyan Double Flying'? Xue'er, the sword is dead, and the melon seeds in the human head cannot also be dead, and the sword can only live if the sword is alive, and you must not stick to one move and one style without losing the slightest. Cher, what's next?"

Bai Yixue took the long sword and continued to demonstrate, and when it came to the third move, Baili said: "No, no." Gu Jinglan's move is called 'Fu Wushuang Zhi', the long knife in his right hand attacks your lower plate, the short knife in his left hand attacks your face door, the combination of long and short, both up and down, is the exquisite trick in his set of knife techniques, there are many people in the rivers and lakes who have suffered from this move, the upper body, the lower body at the same time, so this move is also called 'disaster is not a single line'. It's so powerful, is it really impossible to crack? is still the same sentence, people can live with swords, can't you ask the black-eyed head to help you resolve this trick?"

Bai Yixue was at a loss in her heart, and said, "This ...... This ......"

Baili said lightly: "It's really a summer worm that can't be spoken, what is this, that? He raised his finger to refer to the sword, and gestured: "Look, at that time, the black-eyed head tuo was attacking on the side, and your long sword was led and led, and with a move, the black-eyed head tuo's crutch was bound to tilt to one side and hit Gu Jinglan, so that he could help you resolve the 'Fu Wushuang Zhi', yes or no?"

Bai Yixue said: "Yes, yes......" After thinking about it for a while, I felt that after a hundred miles of dyeing, I was blessed to the soul, and there was a sense of sudden enlightenment. Just as he was pondering, he only heard a hundred miles of dyed words in his ears: "Xue'er, if the opportunity is insufficient, how can you win? ”

Bai Yixue silently thought in her heart: "Fake your hands on others, use your strength, take advantage of the trend, and enjoy the benefits...... Fake hands on people, use force to make force, follow the trend, and enjoy its benefits. He replied, "Yes, yes." The younger generation is dull. ”

He demonstrated one move by one, and explained them one by one on the side: "This move is right, but unfortunately when I am in battle, I don't know how to change it." In response to the change of the enemy's opportunity, the enemy is expected to be the first, and the way of martial arts lies in this. He slashed with an iron crutch, and his arms were raised high, revealing a huge gap under his ribs, why don't you take advantage of the situation and stab the gap under his ribs? Hey, if he doesn't withdraw his crutches and protect them, your sword will pierce a transparent hole under his ribs. "This move is wrong again, why do you want to make the 'snow and snow thousands of miles'? You see, if you make the seventh change of 'Snow Embracing Blue Guan Han', with such a touch of your sword edge, Gu Jinglan's right arm will have been abolished by you, and his 'Double Feiyan' sword technique will be broken. ”

Baili Wanran took the sword, and while comparing the tricks made by Fang Cai Baiyi Xue, Black-eyed Toutuo, and Gu Jinglan, he said: "Xue'er, no matter how exquisite the moves in the world are, if they are not rigid and the traces are too heavy, they will not be able to count the word 'subtle'. If Dacheng is missing, the big ingenuity does not work, the move is amorphous, everywhere is a move, the swordsmanship can be the clouds and water, mercury poured into the ground...... 'the world is not weaker than the water, and the strong can win, with its easy. The weak is better than the strong, the soft is better than the strong, the world knows everything, and nothing can be done. 'Changing with the situation, changing with the times, not condensing in things, water is impermanent and changing, soothing can be a stream, turbulence can be a raging wave, pouring can be a waterfall, vastness can be the sea......"

Baili Dye held the sword in his hand, criticized the inappropriateness of Baiyixue, black-eyed Toutuo, and Gu Jinglan's tricks one by one, and took the trouble to explain the various changes in detail, talking about the subtleties, which made Baiyixue like a spring breeze and drinking a sweet spring, and the heart was indescribably happy. When he re-demonstrated them one by one, he felt a sense of comfort that he had learned everything and was handy.

An old man and a young man are in this square inch room, discussing the peerless and incoherent swordsmanship that is enough to shock the world and shake the world, and they are tired of it.

After saying it so patiently, it has been more than half an hour, during which Bai Yixue has always raised his own questions one by one without knowing the places, and he can say that he must be in the middle of what he says. Seeing him so bright, Baili was also very happy in his heart.

After explaining the last move, he threw his sword and said, "'Good fighter, don't be angry. 'When carrying the sword, the most important thing is to fasting and purifying, getting rid of all distracting thoughts, combining essence, qi and spirit into one, and controlling the sword with body, mind and mind, so that nothing is broken, and the edge is indestructible. After a pause, he said: "Xue'er, you are still young, young and curious, all of which are due to nature, and it is understandable, I think that the old man is not as good as you at your age." ”

Bai Yixue said shyly: "What my predecessor said like this made me embarrassed. ”

Baili Wanye smiled and said: "You must remember the essence of the eight characters of 'fasting and purifying' and 'learning and applying', and when practicing, you must slowly comprehend it." ”

Bai Yixue nodded yes, and thought back to the side, most of the swordsmanship taught by Baili was guided by the situation, not only completely resolving the enemy's offensive, but also striving to be the first everywhere, invincible, and couldn't help but be surprised and happy in his heart. The wonder is that the swordsmanship he taught, it seems to be plain and unremarkable, but it is something that he never thought about before, and he didn't dare to think about it.

Since then, when he was dying, he practiced swordsmanship diligently and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.