Early the next morning, the three of them said goodbye to Bao Xianshou and Bao Hongxian's father and son, and embarked on the road. Out of Xiaolong Valley, holding each precious, they went their separate ways, Bao Honghuang and Mei Zhanxue went west to Jiangling, and Chu Qing flowed east back to Jiuhua Mountain. Chu Qingliu's portable sword had been destroyed in the Guillotine Cliff, so he picked one out of the long sword that Bao Honghuang took, although it was not a divine weapon, it was far better than what was sold in the market.

After walking for two days, Chu Qingliu walked out of Dabie Mountain and came to Shuzhou. At this time, it was the day of May, the heat had arrived, Chu Qingliu wore a newly bought big hat on his head, tied a gourd containing water behind the horse, and hurried against the sun. After walking for more than an hour, the horse was a little unbearable, sweating profusely, exhaling gradually heavily, and his steps were vain and weak, and he actually made a mistake.

This horse was not a good horse in the first place, and he had been idle in the Bao family in Xiaolong Valley for a month, and he suddenly softened his muscles and bones, and his legs would be weak after walking on the mountain road for two days. However, it was really hot on this day, and it was common sense for horses to like cold and be afraid of heat.

Chu Qingliu naturally wouldn't be thrown and jumped off the horse. But he didn't dare to ride anymore, loosened the saddle belt, gave the horse some water, and led the horse on foot. After walking out of more than two miles, a small forest appeared in the valley under his feet, and there was a rare path leading to it, Chu Qingliu was overjoyed, and pulled his horse towards the forest.

There are still about ten steps away from the forest, and there is a cool breeze blowing in front of him, and the people and horses are in good spirits. When he came to the forest, Chu Qingliu unloaded the saddle, let the horse loose at will, told it to eat some grass, and sat down to enjoy the coolness.

The horse was extremely tired, and stood there stunned, not bowing his head to graze, his ears erect, and snorting. Chu Qingliu was feeling strange, the horse suddenly turned around and ran towards the depths of the forest, Chu Qingliu was helpless, and followed to catch up.

Turning the corner, he ran out for more than a mile, and saw the horse, which was drinking water by a small river with his head down. Chu Qingliu couldn't help laughing, turned to the upper class, drank the river water in his hand, and washed his hair and face. The more I washed, the more I felt that my body was not very cool, so I simply stripped off my clothes and went down to the river to take a bath.

The surface of the river is not wide, less than 20 zhang, but the river water is clear, the riverbed is full of pebbles, there is not the slightest silt, and the deepest part of the river is more than two people deep. Chu Qingliu has been frolicking on the waterside boat since he was a child, and when he saw such good water, and it was the first time he had entered the water on this journey, how could he leave in a hurry? If you want to say that there is a fly in the ointment, it is that there is only one person, and there is a lack of a companion to play in the water.

The horse drank enough water from the river, and without waiting for Chu Qingliu's urging, he went back to the shade of the trees in the forest and went to eat grass and enjoy the shade.

Chu Qingliu played, a fierce man plunged down, and swam upwards along the center of the river. Swimming out for more than ten zhang, it did not float, so it turned around and swam back at the bottom of the water, and it was estimated that it was in place before it surfaced again.

Before he could reach out and wipe the water from his hair and face, he heard an exclamation from the shore behind him, which sounded like it was from a young woman. Chu Qingliu immediately went to the bottom of the water, hoping that the woman on the shore would take this opportunity to leave, and if the two sides did not look at each other, the matter would be hazy. In this matter, he is certainly right, and the woman is definitely not wrong, if the other party can also leave tacitly, of course, it is the best.

Chu Qingliu was diving downwards this time, hoping that he could swim as far as possible with the help of the current. It's just that the river is too shallow and the water is too clear, and it is not difficult for people on the shore to know their whereabouts by the waves on the water.

Chu Qingliu estimated that he had swam out of thirty zhang, and he floated up and looked back. The body has just turned halfway, and a hidden weapon has been hit by the wind, and it can be inferred from the sound of the wind alone that the person who sent the hidden weapon is already a good hand. Chu Qingliu was angry in his heart, and he had the heart of competition again, others were in the water, and he couldn't use his body technique, Rao was like this, he still moved his body to the right, stretched out the second finger of his left hand, and clamped the hidden weapon. But it is a hand-throwing arrow, and the size and appearance are all ordinary shapes, and there is nothing surprising.

He stood in the shallow water, no longer diving, wanting to see what the man who sent the arrow was like, how could he be so unreasonable.

Ten zhang away from the shore, there were two women standing side by side, one was slightly shorter, a middle-aged female Taoist priest, wearing a primary-colored bamboo hat and no veil. One is only sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed as a layman, holding a light yellow sunshade umbrella.

Chu Qingliu still had to take a closer look, and the girl scolded: "Bastard thing, dare to look at it again!" As soon as he raised his hand, he knocked out the hidden weapon again, this time it was already three hand-throwing arrows, and the three arrows flew fast and slow, and hit Chu Qingliu's left and right ribs and abdomen separately.

If it was on flat ground, it would not be difficult for Chu Qingliu to deal with these three arrows, and standing in the water at this time, he would inevitably be a little in a hurry. He raised his hand and struck the arrow in his left hand, knocking down the one closest to him, and dodged at the same time, trying to avoid the remaining two, and at that moment the girl shot three more arrows, and it seemed that she was determined to win, and would not give up until she could do it.

Chu Qingliu couldn't dodge anymore, so he had to use his two hands to protect the vital point, hoping that he could catch one or two at the moment when the short arrow flew and suffer less damage.

The girl was still dissatisfied, and raised her hand to fire an arrow again, but the female Taoist priest patted her on the shoulder, and the girl's arm could no longer be raised. The female Taoist priest immediately shook her hand, and five hand-throwing arrows were shot, these five arrows were much weaker than those sent by the girl, but the castration was even faster, and she came first, and instantly caught up with the arrows shot by the girl, and the ten arrows collided with each other, and made five sounds in a row, and fell into the water.

The female Taoist priest took the girl's hand and said to Chu Qingliu in the river, "Where are your clothes?" Chu Qingliu saw that she was quite reasonable, and after thinking about it, with her skills, her own people were in the water, and there was a chance to win against all odds, so she honestly pointed to the place where the clothes were placed. The female Taoist priest said, "You go ahead and swim to that place." ”

Chu Qingliu led the order to swim out, and the female Taoist priest and the maiden followed on the shore.

When she arrived at the place where the clothes were placed, the female Taoist priest picked up Chu Qingliu's clothes and wrapped them, threw them at Chu Qingliu, and said, "Get dressed and go to the shore to talk." "Give Chu Qingliu's long sword to the girl and take it.

Chu Qingliu took the bag and said, "Even if I collide with the two, it will be unintentional." I'm just swimming far downstream, and I've already avoided the two of you, so you just go away, why do you have to keep going?"

The female Taoist priest said: "Don't talk nonsense, you hurry up and get dressed and come up, so as to delay your work." Don't even think about swimming to the other side, it's a wasted effort, if you don't believe it, then give it a try. The river is only about 20 zhang wide, and it is not difficult for me. ”

Chu Qingliu said in his heart, it is not easy to deal with you, as long as I walk ashore naked, I will not avoid you if I am not afraid. Helplessly, this wonderful method can only be imagined in my heart, not only can I not really do it, but I am also embarrassed to say the threat.

He really wanted to see what amazing skills this female Taoist priest could have to fly over the twenty zhang river, but in that case, if this Taoist girl said that he could do it, he was afraid that he would not even have the time to go ashore and dress. It's a small matter to fold it into her hands, and the notoriety of being sprinkled along the river and being naked can no longer be washed off. Besides, although the sword on the shore is not a foreign object, it is a gift from a friend after all, and it cannot fall into the hands of others in vain. Thinking of this, he didn't think of running away, and obediently dressed and went ashore.

Chu Qingliu was dressed in wet clothes, and the river was flowing down like a stream, which was very embarrassing. The Taoist aunt said, "Are you very dissatisfied? You have been drying your clothes on the rocks by the river for so long, and you can still wear them without getting wet in the water? ”

The girl said: "Uncle Shi, people may have profound internal skills, and they don't care about hot clothes. He pouted and raised his voice, and the meaning of sarcasm was fully revealed. The Dao aunt said: "Since the internal strength is profound, then you should be able to use your skills to dry your clothes." If you wear dry clothes and the heat poison invades inside, it will not be so easy to deal with, in short, I will not do anything wrong. The girl said, "But... ”

Dao Gu said: "But what is it? You might as well tell me about it." Why don't you say it?"

Chu Qingliu didn't expect the two to argue over this trivial matter, so he said: "You don't have to argue, what you said is right, it's all my fault." May I ask this senior, can I go? To tell you the truth, I still have something to do, the afternoon heat has passed, and the evening is almost cool, and I still have to hurry. ”

The girl said: "What does it mean that both of you are right? If you want to be right, you can only be right, how can you be right for both? ”

Chu Qingliu stopped talking, found cloth shoes to wear, and said, "Girl, please return the sword to me, I'm in a hurry." As he spoke, he bowed to the middle-aged Dao Gu and said, "Please also ask the seniors to fulfill it." ”

That Dao Gu said: "Poor Dao Yu Ning Zi Ji Qinghan, this is my nephew Pre-Fairy Su Yiyue." Let me ask you, who is your master?"

Chu Qingliu saw her say her name and name directly, and immediately said bluntly, "The family teacher's surname is Wu, and the name is strange, the younger generation Chu Qingliu has seen Ji Daochang and Miss Su." He had never heard Master mention this person, so he didn't think there should be any friendship. This person suddenly appeared here, and it was unknown whether he was an enemy or a friend, so he just bowed his hand, did not bow down, and did not even say a word of greeting.

Ji Qinghan said: "It turns out that you are Wu Baoqi's apprentice, has your master never mentioned to you the Miaoyi view of Hengshan?"

Chu Qingliu said: "The family teacher came to the east alone, and he has only made three friends in the Central Plains martial arts, one is Su Xianbai Su Daxia, the other is Wen Ruo Wen Heroine, and the other is the bitter water master of Wutai Mountain. Ji Qinghan said: "In the huge Central Plains, you only have three friends, this Su Xianbai and Wen Ruoyu are still husband and wife, and your vision is very high." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "The family teacher said that the way to make friends is to have like-minded interests first, if you care about anything else, it is a philistine." Of course, Hengshan Miaoyi Guan Jiashi said that Miaoyi Guan was originally an important town of Miaozhen Taoism, and the founder of the mountain Haozhen Dao was not only a true hidden high Taoist, but also a martial arts scholar. The internal strength of the Pure Heart Sutra and the unreasonable sword technique created by the Pure Heart Sutra are already stunts that can be passed down through the ages, adding a lot of color to the martial arts of the Central Plains. ”

"Today's presiding officer ignores the Taoist, compared to the Haozhen Daoist, the pioneering work may be slightly inferior, but the cultivation of the Pure Heart Sutra and the unreasonable swordsmanship is only afraid that it is no less than the Haozhen Daoist of the year. This ignoring the Taoist is the mentor of Wen Ruoyu Heroine, and it is Su Daxia, who has also ignored the Taoist and asked for help. May I ask Dao Ji Chief, what I said is not bad. ”

Ji Qinghan didn't say a word, only nodded, his expression eased a lot, but that Su Yiyue repeatedly opened his mouth to speak. Chu Qingliu said: "But the family teacher has never mentioned the two, could it be that you are also people from Miaoyiguan?" This question was already asked knowingly.

Su Yiyue said: "Yes or no, you don't have to know, unreasonable swordsmanship, unreasonable swordsmanship, have you seen unreasonable swordsmanship?" Chu Qingliu said: "If you have seen it or not, you don't have to know." My sword was given to me by a friend, and I value it very much, so the girl gave it back to me, and we could walk separately.