"Master, what is the Tao?"

"It depends on whether it's bigger or smaller."

"Does it make a difference?"

"Of course there is, it is the principle that all things in the world follow in this world, everything has its own way, the sun rises and the moon sets, the wind passes through the long forest, and the river flows eastward......"

"Master, I don't understand, you better talk about it smaller."

"To put it mildly, the Tao is what you think in your heart, Confucius wants to implement benevolent government, benevolent government is his way, Mozi wants everyone not to fight, non-attack is his way, Zhang Butcher wants to kill a pig for the New Year, killing a pig knife is his way"

"What about you, Master, and what is your way?"

"My Shenxiao faction uses martial arts to enter the Tao, and martial arts is my way"

"I still don't understand, Master"

"Then let me tell you this, many years ago, the master learned the sword, and when he met a famous sword god soldier as a teacher, he wanted to learn when he saw a subtle sword move, and then he met an old boy who called himself a sword saint in Kunlun Mountain, and he had a fight, the cold light sword in that person's hand can be called a famous sword in the world, and the swordsmanship is also superb, at that time he only used one move to cut the sword in the master's hand into two, guess what?"

"I guess Master, you've lost! The swords have been cut off, what can you do if you don't admit defeat?"

"Fart! If you lose, will you be told as a teacher? No! It should be said that as a teacher is a martial god in the world, how can you lose?"

"Anyway, the disciple didn't see it, and the mouth was on the master's face, whatever you wanted."

"Don't interrupt the teacher to talk to you here, listen carefully, where did I just go?"

"Speaking of Juggernaut, I cut off your sword with one move!"

"Yes, what do you guess later? Oh, you have guessed, but you guessed wrong, at that time, the sword in the hand of the teacher was broken, so he simply turned the sword method into a palm method, and beat the old boy all over the ground with a sword in his hand! The swordsmanship is all created by the predecessors, and the famous swords and swords are also forged by others, and they are all other people's ways, not yours; if you want to embark on the true martial arts, you must turn the ways of your predecessors into the way of your own heart, understand?

"I don't understand Master too well."

"I don't understand that I am slowly enlightening, my own martial arts, I have to rely on my own comprehension, and it is already cheating for the teacher to tell you so much, understand?"

"The way of martial arts that Master said is too profound, and the disciple still can't understand it for a while, but there is one thing that the disciple is sure that he has already figured out!"

"Oh! It's rare for you to understand, let's listen to what you understand?"

"I understand that we are on the wrong path, didn't we say that we went to Yong'an Mansion to save my brother?, why is it that the city gate in front of us says Nanzhao Mansion Dali City?" Lu Chen angrily pointed to the city gate and asked Master.

Shenxiao Zhenren said with an innocent face: "Don't worry, I have calculated for the teacher, your brother's life is safe, and the reason why the teacher detoured to Nanzhao Mansion is not to go back to Cangshan to find a world-famous sword for your stinky boy as a self-defense blade!"

"Didn't you just say that the Tao is natural and you don't need to use a sword?"

"That's the realm of being a teacher, as far as your current cultivation is concerned, you didn't have a good sword by your side, and you were knocked down by someone when you met a master in three or two clicks. ”

The best wine shop in Dali City, there is the best wine in Nanzhao Mansion, there are the most authentic Baiman specialties Tuba bowls, there are the freshest live fish from the Erhai Sea, whether it is a literati or a high-roller, as long as there is silver in the money bag, when you come to Dali, you must go to the Yueyue Building to taste the wind and taste the food!

It is noon, it is the busiest time to invite the moon building, recently the invitation to the moon tower received more than the rivers and lakes of high rollers, most of them with knives and swords, but the guys in the restaurant have long been strange, more than ten miles west of Dali City is the location of the Shenxiao faction of the Imperial Martial Sect of the world. Ten years ago, the Shenxiao faction called on all factions in the rivers and lakes to help the Southern Liang Emperor resist the invasion of the Northern Que, and many elite children of the various sects and factions died on the battlefield in order to retreat from the enemy. Talented disciples and Shenxiao disciples to participate in the Shenxiao faction martial arts assessment, qualified people can study the Shenxiao faction supreme martial arts Shenxiao treasure book with the Shenxiao faction disciples, the news is out of each faction are excited, you must know that the Shenxiao faction is known as the world's martial arts sect, this Shenxiao treasure book is the supreme martial arts secret book that the various factions in the rivers and lakes are eager for, if the disciples in the door have this opportunity to participate in the Shenxiao treasure book, it will be of great benefit to all sects and factions, so every five years after the autumn examination of the imperial court, the best of the young disciples carefully selected by each faction will be on the road to participate in the selection of disciples of the Shenxiao factionIf it is said that the Qiuqiu Examination presided over by Qingshan discharged from the hospital is to select scribes who can govern the country for the imperial court, then the selection of the disciples of the Cangshan Shenxiao faction is to cultivate knights who can set the country for the rivers and lakes, so the Southern Liang people will have the saying that "Wen returns to Qingshan and Wu goes out of Cangshan".

Whenever the Shenxiao faction's disciples are selected, it is also the happiest and busiest time for the merchants in Dali City, and most of the people who come to take the exam are the children of the families in the rivers and lakes and the leaders of the major factions. So at this time, the merchants in Dali City all racked their brains, wanting to make a lot of money on these children of the rivers and lakes. However, there are two special guests in the reception of the Yuelou today, at noon, an old man and a young man walked into the Yuelou, the old one is unkempt, the robe on the body is tattered, and the young man is quite clean, but the clothes on the body are also patches and patches. The two are the Shenxiao real people who have just entered the city, Yuan Tianyin and Lu Chen. When the two of them stepped into the door, the guy who invited Yuelou to welcome the guests wanted to stretch out his hand to stop it, but after thinking about it, he still didn't dare to speak, you must know that although the people in the rivers and lakes are bold and generous, most of them are also hot-tempered, if they stop the wrong person to eat a fist and kick, it is not cost-effective. Fortunately, there are many guests today, and the private rooms on the second floor have long been filled, and there are no empty seats in the hall on the first floor. The guy smiled and said to the person: "The two of you are really sorry objectively, the small shop is already full, why don't you look elsewhere?"

Shenxiao Zhenren said: "Don't worry, we don't pick, just share a table." ”

Let's ignore the guy, and find a seat in the store with Lu Chen.

Lu Chen looked around, all the tables were already full of people, only a large table near the window, but only a beautiful woman sat alone, the woman's skin was better than snow, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and there were two shallow dimples on the goose egg face, which made her always look smiling, and she was holding a glamorous thing; the woman was wearing an embroidered pleated dress full of centipedes, pythons, and colorful butterflies, and the colors were bright and lifelike. There was a bamboo basket woven of green bamboo hanging from his waist, and his head, neck, wrists, and ankles were covered with delicate silver ornaments! Lu Chen pointed to the place where the woman was sitting, and said to Shenxiao Zhenren: "Master, there is a vacancy there!" Shenxiao Zhenren already knew at a glance that this woman must be the Gu girl of the Miao people, no wonder no one dared to eat at the same table with her, the world uses poisonous Miao people to claim the king, and even the Tangmen of Shuzhong, who is good at using poison and hidden weapons, saw that the Miao Gu art also had to retreat. Shenxiao Zhenren knew it in his heart, but said to Lu Chen: "You kid is an eye thief, look at the silver jewelry of this female doll, at first glance, she is a rich master, and she will be close to people for a while, and she will take it off her body casually to come to us even if the money for this meal is settled." With that, he walked towards the woman's table with Lu Chen.

In the frightened eyes of a room of people, Lu Chen and Shenxiao Zhenren walked in front of the woman, Lu Chen bowed and said respectfully: "Sister, can we sit here?"

The woman turned around and saw the two people dressed in tatters, but there was no trace of disgust in her expression, but asked Lu Chen with a smile: "Brother, do you want to sit here? Aren't you afraid of me?" She learned Lu Chen's accent to speak, and she was straight and round, but her voice was crisp and spoke Chinese much more beautifully than Lu Chen.

Lu Chen replied: "Sister looks like a fairy, why should we be afraid?"

Shenxiao Zhenren said: "This kid is a good fart, much stronger than when I was young." ”

The woman laughed when she heard Lu Chen's words, "Brother said that I am as beautiful as a fairy?" Sister is happy, sit down, our Miao fairies are responsive." "The woman's voice is like a pearl, and she speaks Chinese fluently.

The two sat down opposite the woman, and Shenxiao Zhenren saw that the food had not yet been served, so he beckoned Xiao Er, "Come to two pots of Fengyue brew, a bowl of soil, and then steam an Erhai bowfish for this girl" He and Lu Chen did not have silver taels on them, so they ordered the food first and helped the girl order together, so that as long as he didn't grab it when he checked out the bill for a while, he would definitely pay the bill himself according to the hearty character of this Miao girl. He had made up his mind, and asked the woman with a smile on his face: "Bumpy, can you serve these dishes first?"

Bump in the Miao language is the meaning of the girl, the woman heard that the old Taoist priest can speak Miao language, and suddenly felt cordial and said: "The Taoist chief can speak Miao language?"

As soon as Shenxiao Zhenren's old face turned red, he would know this word, and in order to get close to this girl, let her pay the bill for a while, he said stubbornly: "This is a word, I learned it from a Miao friend when I was young." ”

The girl didn't notice the embarrassed expression of Shenxiao Daoren, and said seriously: "My name is Ou Bojiao, and Han's name is Gillian, so you can call me Gillian, you have Miao friends, then we are also friends." The Miao woman has a cheerful and bold personality and is sincere, she heard Shenxiao Taoist say that she has Miao friends, and immediately regarded them as her friends.

Shenxiao Zhenren also introduced: "The old Taoist's surname is Yuan, this is my apprentice Lu Chen!" Seeing that his apprentice was looking at the beautiful Miao girl Gillian in front of him in a daze, Shenxiao Zhenren was amused, stretched out his hand and pushed him and said, "The kid introduced you, why don't you say hello to your sister." ”

Only then did Lu Chen come back to his senses: "Busy Sister Gillian, it's so beautiful..... it's not right, it's Sister Gillian!"

Gillian smiled playfully: "Brother Lu, it's good that you praise me for being beautiful, what's wrong"

Lu Chen's face suddenly turned red, and at this time, Xiao Er served the wine and food, and Shenxiao Zhenren beckoned the two to eat and drink, which covered up the past.

When the wine and food came up, Shenxiao Zhenren poured himself a glass, and also poured a glass for Gillian and Lu Chen, motioned for them to pick up the wine glass and said: "I haven't drunk this Dali's Fengyue brew for many years, come and drink this cup with me, and see if it's still not the original taste!"

Say goodbye, drink it all first.

Gillian raised her glass and took a sip of it, but suddenly spit the wine to the ground with a sip of "poof!", and at the same time reached out and grabbed the wine glass in Lu Chen's hand and the wine cup of Shenxiao Zhenren and said: "This wine has no taste! With that, he took out a long jade bottle from his bosom and poured a glass of amber wine into each of their cups.

Shenxiao Zhenren admired in his heart: "I can't see this sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, but the experience of the rivers and lakes is so sophisticated, I thought I was the only one who found this wine weird" But his face still did not change and said lightly: "This wine is not tasteless, but has more flavor." But compared to the girl's world, this wind and moon brew is indeed light and tasteless."

Gillian exclaimed: "How do you know the name of this wine, you know my master?"

Shenxiao Zhenren: "I was about to ask the girl, did you use the name Shangguan Aya when the master was wandering the rivers and lakes?"

Gillian turned from surprise to joy, "Do you really know my master?"

Shenxiao Zhenren took a sip of Gillian's wine and said: "Ten years ago, Lingshi did Lao Dao a great favor, and at that time, she still lacked a wine guide in the world, and this wine was found by Lao Dao, and the name of this wine was also given by Lao Dao. ”

Gillian suddenly stood up and pointed at Shenxiao Daoren's voice trembled: "Are you ...... You're ......!"

Shenxiao Daoist interrupted her and said: "It's Lao Dao, how stingy Gillian girl is, give Lao Dao another glass of such good wine, no, don't come three more glasses"

Gillian poured the wine for Shenxiao Zhenren, but suddenly turned her head to look at Lu Chen, who was looking at her stupidly, and said, "Brother Lu, do you know why the people in this room don't dare to eat at the same table with Sister A?"

Lu Chen and Gillian's eyes immediately lowered their heads and blushed, and when they heard Gillian's question, they shook their heads and said, "I also wonder why my sister is a fairy-like character, why they don't dare to eat at the same table with my sister." ”

Gillian said word by word: "Because I am a Miao Gu girl!"

"Miao drum girl, can my sister play the big drum? That's good!"

Shenxiao Zhenren next to him, a sip of wine almost didn't squirt out, his apprentice was really stupid, he stretched out his hand and patted Lu Chen's head and said, "Fool, it's a Gu technique!"

"Oh, Gu Magic, what is that?" Hearing this, Shenxiao Zhenren simply turned his back and looked at the scenery outside the window and went to drink.

"It's this!" Seeing that Lu Chen was puzzled, Gillian suddenly untied the green bamboo basket on her waist, put it on the table and opened the lid.

Lu Chen leaned over and saw that the bamboo basket was crawling with colorful spiders, centipedes, toads, snakes and other poisons. Lu Chenqi said, "Sister Gillian, don't you put them together and they don't fight?"

Gillian hurriedly closed the lid, looking at Lu Chen, there was some surprise in her expression, but more joy, she stared at Lu Chen's eyes and said, "Sister has to be with these poisonous insects all day long, and you are not afraid!"

"What's so terrible about that, oh I remember, Master once said that Gu art needs to be guided by poisonous insects, and it's nothing, just like I need to be with the sword when I practice the sword, because the swordsman is my Dao, Sister You're practicing Gu, you need to be with poison, because they are your Dao, and the Dao is naturally so terrible!"

Shenxiao Zhenren, who was drinking at the window, couldn't help but sigh: "Boy, this is naturally not what the Dao Law means!"

Gillian's gaze at Lu Chen gradually became hot, and after a while, she seemed to have made up her mind, and said, "Brother Lu family, when you grow up, will Sister be your wife?"

Lu Chen replied without thinking: "Yes!"

Shenxiao Zhenren next to him suddenly shouted: "Wait ......" Before he could say another word, Gillian had already kissed Lu Chen's lips quickly.

Shenxiao Zhenren sighed and said to Gillian with a crimson face: "I can't imagine that a joke ten years ago has been remembered by your master for a lifetime!"

Gillian raised her head and looked at Shenxiao Zhenren: "We Miao people keep our promises the most, and we will never forget what we have said for the rest of our lives!"

"Me too, I said that I wanted to marry Sister Gillian, and when I grow up, I will definitely take Sister Gillian, and I will never forget it for the rest of my life" Lu Chen looked at Gillian with glittering eyes, and Gillian also looked at him, her eyes full of satisfaction and praise.

"Alas!" Shenxiao Zhenren sighed again and said to Lu Chen: "Do you know that your sister Gillian is not only a Miao Gu girl, but also the next Miao saint?"

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

"Do you know that the holy daughter of the Miao nationality can only use affection for one man in her life, and if this man reneges her promise, she will die through her heart?"

"What, Sister Gillian, will you die?" Lu Chen asked nervously holding Gillian's hand

Gillian let Lu Chen hold her hand, her eyes were full of tenderness, and she said: "If you don't live up to me, you won't!"

"Oh, that's fine!" Lu Chen patted his heart and said, "Does Master still have it?"

"Do you know that with that kiss just now, she has shared her natal Gu with you, if you lose her, you will also die of Gu poison?"

"If I fail her, I will die too?" but that's fair," Lu Chen said nonchalantly. I didn't take this poison to heart.

"Congratulations, you did what your master didn't do!" Shenxiao Zhenren said to Gillian.

It turned out that Shangguan Aya, the master of this Gillian, had a crush on Shenxiao Zhenren Yuan Tianyin when he was young, but at that time it was the time when Nanliang and Beique were at war, and Shenxiao Zhenren was not as muddy as Lu Chen, he knew the rules of the Miao goddess, and asked himself that he might not be able to do it from the beginning, so he didn't dare to give Shangguan Aya any promises, and the two of them missed it for a lifetime! Shangguan Aya once said to Shenxiao Zhenren that what he can't do will one day be done by his own heirs, and he can't stay with Shenxiao Zhenren for a long time, and one day his disciples will kiss and fall in love with Shenxiao Zhenren's disciples! Shenxiao Zhenren only regarded it as a joke, but he didn't expect that it should be his little apprentice today.

Looking at the apprentice's obsessive look towards Gillian, Shenxiao smiled helplessly: "Congratulations to your little apprentice, you have not only gained a beautiful flower after eating a meal, but also will not be invaded by poison from now on!"

"Why don't you invade with a hundred poisons?" Lu Chen asked blankly

"Our Miao people's natal Gu is raised by ten thousand poisons, and my natal Gu is shared with you, from now on, unless you encounter a poison that is more toxic than my natal Gu, there will be no poison in the world that can hurt you," Gillian explained

"My apprentice has gained such a big benefit from you, and I, as a master, have to say a little bit, you are here to participate in the selection of disciples sent by Shenxiao, this is for you," said he took out a thin booklet from his arms and gave it to Gillian, Gillian took the booklet, and saw a few words "Weak Water Sword Decision" written crookedly on the cover.

Shenxiao Zhenren continued: "This is a set of swordsmanship that I have created in Huansha Village in the past few years, I originally wanted to give me the big apprentice who has lost all my internal strength, first come, first served, since I met you first, I will give it to you, this set of swordsmanship is not limited by internal force cultivation, it is purely driven by sword moves, your internal cultivation of Gu is not enough, and it is most suitable to practice this set of swordsmanship." ”

"Don't look at me, this set of swordsmanship is not suitable for you, you go to the stall that sells martial arts cheats, all the sword moves on the stall are handed over to you, what you want to practice is sword intent, not sword moves!"

Lu Chen's face turned from disappointment to anger and shouted: "Master, it turns out that the swordsmanship you taught me was all bought at a stall, no wonder you can't even remember your name." ”

But seeing that Shenxiao Zhenren's expression suddenly turned solemn, he pulled the placket of the two of them and said, "Here, hurry up and lie on the table like them." ”

Lu Chen found out that the people in the room had already staggered, it turned out that the master and Gillian had already discovered that there was something strange in the wine, and the wine that Gillian gave them just now was the antidote.

At this moment, outside the Invite Yue Tower, a complicated footstep sounded, and a rough voice asked, "Are they all down?"

Someone replied: "There is still a staccato voice in Shicai, there has been no movement for a long time, it should have all fallen!" The voice that spoke was the guy who greeted the guest at the door just now.