Spring has arrived.

The people of the old tavern all looked up at the sky, the rain had just begun to fall, it was not huge, it seemed to fall on the body, but the restaurant still propped up the canvas shed and covered the few tables outside the door of the old tavern.

This is the first rain of spring, which means that it has come to the new year, but it is a pity that the new year will have a new look, but it will not have a new beginning, the new year is a continuation of the old year, and the trouble of last year is still a trouble for you this year.

With the fall of this rain, the guests in the old tavern have quieted down, drinking and smelling the unique smell of the air when the rain falls, Bashan City is a small city, sparsely populated before, a few days ago, with the departure of Mr. Liu, Bashan City, a small city with a geographical location on the border of the green sea and the wasteland, there are many more monks, and some big forces will also come to the city to intervene, after all, every day and every month, the adventurers of the wasteland bring back countless resources from the green sea, with the development of time, Bashan City will definitely become a heavy trading city。

The streets are full of people, and some people who are familiar with the environment can be seen walking back and forth in the depths of the alleys, which is more lively and lively than the former Bashan City, but lacks that uniqueness and quietness.

Childe looked a little disappointed. ”

seemed to feel the loneliness of Li Xiu's body, and the girl in the old tavern couldn't help but ask when she passed by.

Li Xiu said: "There used to be a senior who lived here, and then he left, I wanted to come back and see what it used to be, but I found that today's Bashan City is no longer the Bashan City it used to be. ”

The girl tilted her head to look at him and asked, "Does that boy think that the current Bashan City has become better, or worse?"

Li Xiu was silent for a while, and then said: "There is not only one result in everything, and good and bad are always relative. ”

For the old tavern and other shops in Bashan City, such a change is naturally a good thing, which can bring them more revenue and can live a better life for themselves and their families.

It's just that for people like Li Xiu who often miss the old, such a change is a bad thing.

The girl continued to get busy as if she didn't understand, Li Xiu drank the two pots of wine in front of her, left two gold leaves, and got up and left the old tavern.

It was still raining outside, bit by bit, Li Xiu didn't hold an umbrella, just walked slowly, raised a hand and touched the blue brick wall on one side, his fingertips were wet with rain and mud, and the deep alley was still very quiet, except that there were more people than before.

The chess demon and the others walked behind him, Chen Zhimo didn't know where to get two huge green leaves, he and Qingluan covered them one by one, and the light rain hit the leaves and made a crackling sound.

Xiong Fater glanced back at the two of them, and scolded the dog man and woman in his heart.

The yard where Mr. Liu lived before was not far from the old tavern, and there were still two familiar trees at the door, and there were many potted plants in the yard, which grew very well, and it was not messy, as if it had been pruned.

Li Xiu stood in front of the door and watched, the corners of his mouth raised to show a smile, he felt some familiar aura in the courtyard, they were all familiar people.

Pushed the door and walked in, and at the same time as he pushed open the courtyard door, the door in the house was also pushed open, and Li Xiu looked sideways.

It's Ye Xiu.

There are also Qiu Xiaoli, Ji Zhihua, Chu Yang, Hua Yuyao, Spring and Autumn Snow.

Xiaoyushan Su Ziyu, small chess saint Fang Liang.

A total of eight people.

"You see, I said a long time ago that if he came to Huangzhou, he would definitely come here to take a look, and it would be right to wait here. ”

Su Ziyu patted his palm with a folding fan, making a soft snapping sound, a little proud.

A few people just looked at him and didn't say anything.

Among these eight people, except for Qiu Xiaoli and Su Ziyu, the rest of the people are the type who don't talk much, Ye Xiu is better, and the remaining five people are really not talking.

Li Xiu walked to the middle of the courtyard, looked around, and said softly, "The cleaning is not bad." ”

Ye Xiu smiled and said, "This is my master's home, how does it sound more like your master?"

Li Xiu didn't speak, and walked straight into the house, and Chen Zhimo, Qingluan, and the chess demon behind him all walked in.

Su Ziyu and the others glanced at Qingluan, knowing that this was the descendant of the immortal who was hanging upside down in the sky at the beginning, but they didn't think anything of it before, but now that there is that kind of thing, it looks a little different.

However, they didn't say anything, and they also knew in their hearts that Qingluan and the heavens were not the same kind of people.

Several people were obviously in a good mood, Su Ziyu leaned back in the chair, and the smile on his face never disappeared.

Li Xiu felt a little surprised and a little curious, so he asked.

Su Ziyu said: "The heavenly immortals will descend to the world in two years at the latest, and I am a wandering monk, they are not yet. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and pointed at Chu Yang Fang Liang and the others.

In that battle, only You Ye and the Five Realms Cultivators were able to make a difference, and this time the rest of the people looked at him, their brows furrowed.

Xiao Yushan is the most reasonable and the most disciplined, but it always sounds awkward.

Everyone has been in this Bashan City for nearly half a month, and now that they have finally waited for the person to wait, they naturally have to prepare for the next thing to do.

And the next thing to do is simple, eat hot pot.

For the hot pot, which originated from the food of Tingxue Lou, everyone present had eaten it, even Qiu Xiaoli had eaten it a few times under the leadership of Ye Xiu, and it tasted very good, and the most important thing was the unique atmosphere when eating hot pot, and it was also the most suitable atmosphere for talking about things.

Jusan always eats hot pot, and under the subtle influence of Li Xiu, Li Yinan, Liang Xiaodao and others, this sentence has gradually spread among most of the pride of the sky.

During the chat, the hot pot was almost ready, but the water was still boiling, and it had not boiled, and there was still some time.

Fang Liang got up from his seat and walked to the side and sat down, turning his head to look at Li Xiu, although he didn't speak, the meaning was already obvious.

Others also watched this scene, curious about the level of chess strength of the two now, Li Xiu was naturally stronger in the past, but now Fang Liang is constantly improving, and Li Xiu is entangled in the affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and it is difficult to judge which is stronger or weaker from the previous victory or defeat.

The chess demon's face showed nostalgia after seeing Fang Liang, the reason why he followed Li Xiu back then was because he played a game of chess with Fang Liang, and then ate a medical world.

This is all fate, as the Wuliang Temple said, this is something that is not clear but exists.

Fang Liang also had his own rules before, such as only playing two games of chess, but the rules would change, he played many times with Fu Yunxiao, and also played a few times with Li Xiu, and that rule disappeared with it.

Facing his invitation, Li Xiu shook his head gently.

Fang Liang frowned, not understanding what he meant.

The same is true for others, it stands to reason that Li Xiu should not refuse to play chess with Fang Lianghe.

Feeling everyone's incomprehension, Li Xiu spoke: "The path of chess is very high, and your opponent is not only me." ”

The words fell, and he put his eyes on Chen Zhimo beside him.

Fang Liang also followed and looked over, and then frowned even deeper, he didn't know the person in front of him, there were some people who had a high level of chess cultivation in the wasteland, just like Mr. Liu before, and in the end he was still defeated by his hands.

Now Li Xiu asked him to play chess with a young man.

The rest of the people were also puzzled, only Hua Yuyao and Ye Xiu had calm faces.

Li Xiu said: "He is Chen Zhimo. ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

Fang Liang's frowning brows relaxed, then he stood up and saluted formally, respectfully, "Please!"

He has never seen Chen Zhimo, but he has heard of Chen Zhimo's reputation, whether it is in the Tang Kingdom or Huangzhou, the reputation of Chen Zhimo, the chief of the academy, is very great, he is the three cultivators of the divine martial soul, and the three cultivations go hand in hand are the four realms, the chess path cultivation is superb, Li Xiu has never lost a game of chess in the world, but he once said that if Chen Zhimo goes first that day, he will lose.

This means that Chen Zhimo is the only one who can compete with him in chess and has a 50% chance of winning.

Only those who know chess and have played chess with Li Xiu will understand how strong that person's chess is.

So even the little chess saint Fang Liang couldn't help but show respect and sincerely invited.

Chen Zhimo returned the salute and then sat down opposite him.

The two guessed first, and Chen Zhimo took the lead in white.

Fang Liang's face was extremely solemn.

Several people leaned over, standing on both sides and watching the game of chess, the speed of the two of them was very fast, as if they didn't need to think at all, but the further back they went, the slower they became, which seemed strange, but it was like that.

All around was quiet, except for the sound of boiling hot water.

A drop of sweat fell on Fang Liang's forehead and fell on the chessboard, and the chess piece in his hand refused to fall for a long time.

Chen Zhimo looked at the chessboard calmly, with some appreciation in his eyes, in all fairness, Fang Liang deserved to be called a little chess saint, and even if this kind of chess skill was really called a chess saint by the world, it was enough to qualify.

Wrapping up.

Chen Zhimo's every step was very steady, and so was Fang Liang, but he still fell behind in the closing stage.

He put down the chess piece, the sweat on his forehead was a little thicker, and his face looked a little pale, but his eyes were very bright, everyone wanted to reach the peak, but when you were really about to touch the sky, you would subconsciously retract your palm, because you were afraid of the results after you really touched it, and you were worried about what to do when you really reached the top.

In the past, there was only Li Xiu in front of Fang Liang, but now there is another Chen Zhimo.

It's a nice feeling.

"I lost. ”

He put down his chess pieces, got up and said.

Chen Zhimo said with a smile: "With your chess strength, the title of Little Chess Saint is well deserved. ”

Fang Liang shook his head and did not speak.

"Yikes!"

When everyone was still reminiscing about the game just now, Qiu Xiaoli suddenly let out an exclamation, attracting everyone's attention.

Qiu Xiaoli ran in the direction of the kitchen, and said as he ran: "I was so engrossed in watching that I didn't notice that the water was about to boil dry, so I'll go get some." ”

Only then did a few people notice that the water in the copper pot was about to boil dry, and when they looked up at the sky, this game of chess had been played for almost a day.

The hot pot tasted very good, and everyone talked about the things recorded before the tea.

Su Ziyu said: "After Uncle Xiao returned to Xiaoyu Mountain, he told him about the Heavenly Immortals, and I planned to inform the other forces, but before I left, I received the news of Tiance, knowing that they had published this matter in the tea record. ”

"The matter of Datang is over, and the next thing to face in the sky is what everyone needs to face together, so I think you will definitely come to Huangzhou, from Datang to Huangzhou through the green sea, so you will definitely come to Bashan City to visit the place where Mr. Liu lives, so I came here. ”

Li Xiu nodded, although spring has arrived, there is still some cold at the end of winter, and it is undoubtedly a very good thing to be able to eat a hot pot at this time.

Ye Xiu and Qiu Xiaoli glanced at each other, and then said with a smile: "I didn't think too much about it, and I didn't pay attention to the things recorded before the tea, I just thought about coming over to worship the master, but I didn't expect to meet them here, and only after asking did I know what happened." ”

Li Xiu glanced at him and said lightly, "You should be glad that the knife is not here." ”

Ye Xiu laughed, took a piece of white fungus and put it in the bowl.

If Liang Xiaodao was here at this time, he would definitely scold him for not paying attention to affection.

Hua Yuyao said: "A few days ago, I got together with Chu Yang and Chun Qiu Xue to practice together, and then I saw what was recorded before the tea, and asked the seniors of the sect, so I also came here to wait for you. ”

Fang Liang said lightly: "I just want to play chess." ”

Everyone's reasons are good and sufficient.

Several people had already finished speaking, and then they put their eyes on Ji Zhihua's body, with scrutiny in their eyes.

When Ji Zhihua saw this scene, he was a little unhappy: "You can all guess that Li Xiu is coming here, what can't I guess?"

Several people were still looking at him, staring at him.

There was even a hint of sarcasm on Chun Qiu Xue's face, just with your Ji Zhihua's IQ, can you think that Li Xiu will definitely come to Bashan City?

The people present are all old acquaintances, so there is no need to hide it for so long, it is too boring.

Ji Zhihua's complexion kept changing, and then he snorted coldly and said: "I was going to go to Xiaoyushan to find Su Ziyu to ask for my opinion on this matter, but after Xiaoyushan's disciple told me that Su Ziyu went to Bashan City to wait for the prince of Tang Kingdom, I also came." ”

Hearing this, several people nodded with satisfaction.

Su Ziyu was a little curious: "Why did you come to ask me about your opinion on this matter?"

Ji Zhihua touched his nose and explained with some embarrassment: "Actually, I didn't want to go, but the master wanted me to go to Xiaoyushan." ”

Hearing this, Su Ziyu nodded and stopped asking, but he had some admiration for the master of the thirty-six caves in his heart.

Whether it was the courage to kill the chess demon at the beginning or the initiative to withdraw from Cangshan and negative snow with the strength of wine, everything seemed stupid, but it was the most correct choice.

Now let Ji Zhihua go to Xiaoyushan to look for him, it is clear that he has seen through Ye Kai's return from the Tang Dynasty and will definitely have a special explanation, no matter what the explanation is, it will eventually fall on Su Ziyu's body, and now let Ji Zhihua go to Xiaoyushan to find him, there are only benefits, no harm.

It turns out that this is the case, Ji Zhihua inexplicably re-entered the group, plus the previous two times, each time it seemed to be inexplicably joined.

After eating a hot pot for a long time, they also talked a lot, everyone had seen each other many times, they were also familiar with each other, trustworthy, and expressed their opinions at the dinner table, even Fang Liang, who was only interested in Go and Crickets, rarely said some of his own opinions.

"How long will it take you to enter the Five Realms?"

The meal is over, the fire under the copper pot has been extinguished, and most of the ingredients on the table have disappeared like a whirlwind, and everyone is scattered in the yard, doing their own small things, Mr. Liu's yard is not big, and a few people are already standing full, although they are not together, but they can hear each other's words clearly.

Chen Zhimo found a spacious place to lie down, pulled off a leaf casually, put it in his hand, and asked while playing.

Li Xiu thought for a while and said uncertainly: "Three or four years." ”

When the rest of the people heard this, they all stopped walking, the corners of their mouths twitched for a moment, they entered the five realms in three or four years, and they are only three realms now, and this kind of cultivation speed is a little too outrageous.

Even Su Ziyu shook his head and smiled, it would take him almost ten years to enter the Five Realms, and even Chen Zhimo himself would need more than five years to do it.

The Five Realms are different from the Four Realms, and they are not so easy to cross, no matter how good and great a genius is, they need a lot of accumulation when they take this step.

Three or four years is a very short time, and Li Xiu has only just broken through the realm after all.

That's already a blazing fast speed.

Chen Zhimo was lying on the ground, shaking his feet with Erlang's legs, and said with emotion: "It's so big in a blink of an eye, I think it was still me who taught you to practice with a handful of and urine." ”

The others stopped what they were doing and looked sideways.

Li Xiu's face turned dark, and he glanced back at him, ignoring it.

Chen Zhimo's temperament is already out of the box, and he likes to tell some jokes, which is normal.

After all, he was the one who put the Book of Heavens under the stone when he was fishing, and hid in the lake for a long time in order to eavesdrop on Li Xiu's words.

Feeling Li Xiu's sword-like gaze, Chen Zhimo smiled, did not speak, lay on the ground, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

The same is true for everyone else, all the gossip that should be said has been done, and the things that need to be understood have been understood, so get a good night's sleep tonight, and then get up tomorrow and do the next thing wholeheartedly.

Ye Xiu and Qiu Xiaoli fell asleep in the house, this imperial princess seemed to cherish it very much after harvesting her feelings that belonged to her, and she was almost inseparable, making Ye Xiu happy at the same time as helpless.

Qingluan walked to Chen Zhimo's side and sat down, his arms wrapped around his knees, and looked down at the face.

This scene made Li Xiu couldn't help but take a look at it more, and he was a little happy in his heart.

Chen Zhimo lay on the ground and fell asleep, the leaf he picked and pinched on his fingertips swayed slightly with the night breeze, Qingluan lowered his head like this, the green silk was draped, and the bell on his ankle was swaying gently, making a pleasant but quiet sound.

In this night, it reached everyone's ears, and everyone's hearts were quiet, and they each found a place to sleep at will.

Although all the people present were holy sons and daughters, they did not have any habits of pampering.

Li Xiu walked to the courtyard, standing among the flowers and plants on both sides, the light rain falling in the day had already stopped, and the traces left in the courtyard had disappeared, he held the bear fat in his arms and looked up at the starry sky.

One of the two most striking things in the world is the starry sky overhead.

The twinkling stars have never been touched.

What should the world look like above the stars?

Li Xiu thought about this and stood a little distracted under the starry sky.

A man walked up to him, stood beside him, and looked up at the sky with him.

"I heard about what happened in Tang Guoli. ”

Hua Yuyao said softly.

Li Xiu said lightly: "You are not a person who is good at comforting people, so there is no need to say some things." ”

Hua Yuyao stopped speaking and stood quietly.

The first time the two met was because the two disciples of the Shangqing Palace were too domineering and had no one in their eyes, so Li Xiu taught the two disciples a lesson, and then returned to the academy, Hua Yuyao stood in Meiling, wanting to come forward and say a few words to him.

But Li Xiu rode his horse and walked in front of her, without even looking at him.

Now that I think about it, it was a long time ago.

The courtyard is very quiet, Ji Zhihua sleeps very soundly, Chunqiu Xue is cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Chu Yang can't fall asleep after turning over and over, so he climbs up to the wall and sits in a daze, Fang Liang sits at the table and reviews the game of chess with Chen Zhimo before, Su Ziyu picks up the pen to practice calligraphy, his calligraphy has entered the realm, he can be called a book saint, and his words will be cheekily begged to be taken away by the great Confucian of Sanqi Cliff.

The words danced with some divine light in the light of the stars.

Li Xiu suddenly asked, "What is in the sky?"

Hua Yuyao was a little stunned, not understanding what he meant.

Li Xiu looked up at the starry sky, his eyes were surprisingly bright.

The heavenly immortal is another world, so what is the heaven on earth?

What kind of scene is there above that starry sky, those shining stars and moons?

What if it's higher up after the stars and the moon?

What would that look like?

Is there any higher after the immortals?

Where did the Six Realms go after they ascended?

He looked up at the starry sky, countless thoughts rushed to his heart, and a little light suddenly blew down from the sky and shone on Li Xiu's body.

Hua Yuyao's face was solemn, and there was shock in her eyes.

What is above heaven?

She was shocked and it was just a simple question, Li Xiu was able to cause the Great Dao to shake and descend to attract the starlight, where would this light lead him?

Chu Yang on the wall turned around, and Fang Liang, who was sitting in front of the chessboard, raised his head.

Su Ziyu, who practiced calligraphy, turned his face sideways.

Chen Zhimo, who was already asleep, opened his eyes.

Li Xiu still raised his head, his body stayed in place, but his soul didn't know where to fly.