Zhongnan Mountain is located in Guanzhong, stretches for hundreds of miles, Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, the canyons in the mountains are numerous, the ancient roads are vertical and horizontal, the peaks are vast, the clouds and mist are shrouded all the year round, especially the main peak is too white, it is rare to see its true face in the four seasons, fluttering and ethereal, like a dream, as if placed outside the nine days, mysterious and unpredictable.

What a paradise, a fairyland on earth!

Since ancient times, it has been a favorite place for literati and scholars and scholars. Among them, there are many heroes in the green forest who wander in the rivers and lakes, and masters who live in seclusion. Of course, there are also some infatuated men and women who are frustrated in love, and they come to the south mountain to cut off the family in order to escape the entanglement of grievances and grievances in the red dust. I thought that I could forget the troubles of the world, and often accompanied the ancient Buddha of the green light, chanted the scriptures and realized Zen, and lived this life.

The rooster crows, and the sky will break. At this time, it was the fifth watch, and a piece of fish belly white had just emerged from the sky at the top of the mountains. At the call of the god of the sky, the sleeping earth is about to awaken!

At this time, under the Taibai Peak, beside a desolate and dilapidated thatched pavilion, there is a large vegetable garden full of various vegetables and fruits, in addition to planting green vegetables and fruits in the vegetable garden, many flowers of different colors are also planted, the purple and red, the fragrance is overflowing, and it is particularly eye-catching.

An old man with long hair in a tall bun was weeding and watering in the vegetable garden, holding a small round bamboo basket in his hand, and bent down to work intently, which contained some freshly picked cucumbers and eggplants. He buried his head in the garden, as if nothing could disturb him.

In the open space by the thatched pavilion a few zhang away from him, a young man with a graceful figure was holding a black long sword of three feet and seven inches in practice, only to see his body agile and elegant, flashing and jumping, his footsteps were light and changing, and he flew in the air from time to time, the sword wind and tiger sounded, the sword light was like a match, the dragon and snake flew and rolled, and the leaves beside him fell one after another, and the snow-like petals on several pear trees flew with the wind.

This handsome young man in the prime of his youth is the closed disciple of the old man who works in the vegetable garden——— Liu Ruyan. The boy was engrossed in sword practice, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him. The old man who was working in the vegetable garden raised his head from time to time to look at his proud disciple, and his wrinkled face couldn't help but show a faint smile, but there was a trace of sorrow hidden in his smiling eyes.

The morning sun glows coldly, peeking out from among the mountain peaks in the east. Rays of light shone down from the sky, and they were reflected on the earth in various colors. At this moment, it is as if all life is new and fresh. Liu Ruyan is now performing the "Flowing Cloud Sword Technique" that his master taught him half a month ago.

This set of swordsmanship is divided into nine rounds and thirteen styles, which is the meticulous and original swordsmanship of the "Nanshan Jushi" after decades. Among them, "Deadly Begonia" and "A Sword Flying Immortal" are the most powerful and exquisite two styles.

After half a month of hard training, Liu Ruyan has mastered all the first twelve styles, and only the last style, "One Sword Flying Immortal", cannot fully grasp the essence of it.

And what made him rack his brains and couldn't figure it out was that the master had been unwilling to teach him this set of "Liuyun Sword Technique", which was the most proud of his old man's life, but half a month ago, the master suddenly told him that he wanted to teach him all his original mastery.

He really couldn't understand why the master, who had always been arrogant and conceited, suddenly changed his mind, so he asked the master this question in person, trying to find out the reason, but the Nanshan monk had a quirky temperament and stubbornness, but he refused to tell the truth.

Facing the kind old man in front of him, who was already in his prime, his heart was faintly full of worries: Could it be that his teacher had some unspeakable suffering? Or did he encounter some difficult problem to solve? Or even did his old man have a premonition that something terrible was about to happen to him? or...... Many hypotheses and conjectures surged up in his mind, all of which were unsatisfactory conditions, and a bad premonition arose in his heart, that perhaps something terrible was coming, and he was waiting for his master to tell him an answer.

Today is the third day of the third lunar month, and there are still ten days before the master's 60th birthday.

It suddenly occurred to him that the master and his old man usually love to drink tea, especially the fresh drifting snow and Mao Feng. Why don't you go to the nearby Crescent Bay to pick some good fresh tea and give it to the master, his old man will definitely be very happy.

Not far from Crescent Bay, just a few miles away, there is a fine wild tea plantation in the hinterland of the mountain, where people of all ages, men and women, often go to pick new tea. Every year when it is the time to pick tea, the villagers and friends from the rivers and lakes will carry bamboo baskets on their backs and bring the old and young to gather here to pick tea, as if everyone has already agreed to rush to a happy picking event. Liu Ruyan thought for a moment, her mind had been decided, and she suddenly felt light in her heart. After finishing today's morning exercise, I set off for the Crescent Bay Tea Garden.

He got up to practice the sword at five o'clock in the morning when the rooster crowed, and has been practicing for two hours now, since half a month ago, the master suddenly decided to teach him the "Liuyun Sword Technique", he was mixed at the time, and the joy was that the master finally agreed to teach him his life's unique skills, which is the master's proudest unique housekeeping skills. And the worry is that he is worried that he is slow by nature, his understanding is not good, and he will not be able to learn this set of esoteric swordsmanship.

So, in the past half a month, he got up early every day when the rooster crowed, smelled the rooster dancing, rain or shine, never stopped, did not dare to be lazy and lazy, practiced hard every day, and devoted himself to study. Finally understood the first twelve sword moves in the nine rounds and thirteen styles. Only the last thirteen forms feel stiff and difficult, and it is difficult to fully grasp the essence of them.

The key to this set of flowing cloud swordsmanship, pay attention to the light and elegant, free to retract, rigid with soft, soft and rigid, both defensive, but also offensive, more flexible and changeable, each style has an independent characteristic sword move, for a while such as flowing clouds, for a while like the wind and rain, for a while dull, and for a while unpredictable. It seems to be light and light, but in fact, it implies a killer move. It is really unpredictable and unpredictable.

Since he can remember, he has followed his master since he was five years old and came to live under the Taibai Peak of this beautiful Zhongnan Mountain, and it has been more than 20 years.

In the past 20 years, the master has treated him like his own son, although the teacher has a strange temperament and disciplines him very strictly, especially in the matter of learning art, the master has always said nothing and does not allow him to have half a point of relaxation. But he knew that the reason why the master was so strict with him was because the master hoped that he could make achievements in martial arts and inherit his old mantle!

Walking in the rivers and lakes, people's hearts are unpredictable, only after learning the true skills of a lifetime, can you walk freely in the rivers and lakes without being bullied. To put it mildly, having a good martial arts is the cornerstone of making achievements in the martial arts, so as to live a brilliant life!