The old man is talking about Zhang Haishi and Li Xuandu's mentors.

In fact, those of them who are disciples have four different names for Master, which are used on different occasions.

The first is "Master", and when facing Master, they are all called by this address. The second is the "old man" or "old man", which is called when talking to people close to him in private, but many times only Zhang Haishi dares to act so boldly, and perhaps add the elder brother Situ Xuance who died early. The third is "Shizun", which is used in serious occasions, especially in front of outsiders. The fourth is the "Old Sect Master", which is used to talk to other people who are not very close to him, or to lecture ordinary disciples.

And those of them who have been in the school since they were children are used to calling the teacher home.

Zhang Haishi pulled out the bamboo cane that pierced the ground and said, "After so many years, I am still not used to this kind of one-by-one preaching, we still talk while walking." ”

The two brothers walked side by side instead.

Li Xuandu said: "It seems that you can't hide anything from Senior Brother. ”

Zhang Haishi, who was holding a bamboo cane, said: "It's not unusual, the old man believes in the emperor's mental arts, and he always has to engage in a balanced way, there must be two, there must be left, there must be right, and there must be yin and yang. ”

seemed to know what Li Xuan was going to ask, Zhang Haishi showed a gentle smile and said slowly: "You don't care what I think, because I don't have any interest in your set of rhetoric, and I am also not interested in the third child's rhetoric, the key is what the old man thinks, after all, we are the patriarch of this family, as long as he is willing to nod, even if others disagree, this matter will be counted, if he refuses to nod, even if everyone else agrees, this matter will never be done." ”

Li Xuandu sighed and said: "Emperor Mind Technique, a good Emperor Heart Technique, it is said that the power of heaven is unpredictable, and it can be said that it is perfect to put it here." ”

Zhang Haishi stretched out his hand and patted Li Xuandu's back: "If you are young, don't always sigh." Young people, you just need to be a little energetic. ”

Li Xuandu shook his head and smiled bitterly. After experiencing the ups and downs between life and death, the mentality will inevitably age, the body can be rejuvenated, and the mood wants to be young, it is difficult.

Li Xuandu said slowly: "Four years ago, when I said goodbye to Zhang Baiyue in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I said to her: 'Death is not not enough to fear, nor is it not a pity, but it has come to the time of life and death, I can only fight to the death, there is no other way. She asked me: 'But you are dead, and there is nothing left.' I asked her, 'Have you ever heard a poem that says, 'Why should you return the body of the horse leather if you only die for the country?' She smiled and said she had heard of it, and then said to me, 'If you die, I will not live alone.' 'Second Senior Brother, as early as four years ago, I should have died in the Imperial Capital City, it was you who took me away from the Imperial Capital City and saved my life, I said this, I didn't mean to complain about you, I just want to say that I live now, not only for myself, but also for the share of others on my shoulders, otherwise why should I be a snake with others, and why should I do things against my will. ”

This time, Zhang Haishi sighed.

Zhang Haishi is not outstanding only in terms of appearance and temperament, and there is no saying in him that a man is like a man who tastes more and more when he gets older, more than half a hundred, just like countless old people of this age, with a gentle temper, and it is inevitable to nag, even verbose, without half a point of majesty. Especially when he doesn't come out of the sword, he is even more inconspicuous and leaky, and returns to the basics. Li Xuandu once thought about what kind of posture this second senior brother was when he was young and high-spirited, and he must also be a person who must be sharp, but unfortunately time passes easily and people are easy to get old, and they are invisible after all.

Zhang Haishi changed the topic and asked, "What have you all experienced in the Immortal Palace?"

Li Xuandu roughly talked about his experience in the past few days. From the first time he entered Beibi Mountain to save Nan Kezi to the two of them winning the phoenix gall from the hands of the Qingyang Sect, from meeting Mrs. Lu and Su Yunjiao at the Taiping Inn to meeting Su Yunjiao in the Guanque Inn, and from arranging the "Three Refining Great Array" in the Soap Pavilion Sect in Beimang County to summoning the righteous heroes to send them to the north, until entering the Immortal Palace and starting a full-scale war with the Soap Pavilion Sect and the Tibetan old man refining the "Asura" with a bloodstained array.

Zhang Haishi was indifferent to all the things in front of him, even when he heard the corpse raising place of the Soap Pavilion Sect, he never frowned, but after hearing Li Xuandu talk about "Asura", his face changed slightly.

Zhang Haishi looked at Li Xuandu and said: "I didn't expect the old man to have such a big ambition, if he really let him do this, the Soap Pavilion Sect would have an extra 'Asura King' equivalent to the Heavenly Man-made Realm out of thin air, it would not be very good." But to put it mildly, the current Soap Pavilion Sect is a mad dog that has been chained, and the other end of the chain is held in the hands of the Yin Yang Sect. ”

Until this moment, Li Xuandu finally confirmed many of his previous conjectures, this time the Soap Pavilion Sect accident, really led to the people behind the good and evil, the Heavenly Master and the Earth Master must have reached some kind of tacit understanding, so that the Soap Pavilion Sect not only fought back, but flinched, it seems that the Soap Pavilion Sect acted this time, and also had the intention of seeking self-development behind the back of the Yin and Yang Sect, which violated the taboo of the Yin and Yang Sect.

Li Xuandu suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, the sword that Senior Brother defeated the old man in Tibet earlier does not seem to have been passed down by the master, and the master will never have this kind of sword intent. ”

At the mention of this sword, Zhang Haishi couldn't help but be proud, and said: "In my spare time over the years, I occasionally read a few books. The dung insects are filthy, turn into cicadas and drink in the autumn wind. The rotten grass has no light, turning into a glow and shining in the summer moon. This sentence is what I read from a book, and it means well, it coincides with the sleepless night that day, standing on the cliff of Zaobli, blowing the morning breeze, and watching the rising sun rise in the east, the bright moon is faint, and the touch is bypassed, so there is this sword. ”

Li Xuandu nodded and said: "Being able to create his own sword moves shows that the senior brother's kendo realm has been completed, what is lacking is a little spiritual light, if there is no foundation, it is impossible to grasp the opportunity in front of him, it can be seen that realizing this sword is a matter of course." ”

After Zhang Haishi was flattered by Li Xuandu, he was in a good mood and said, "Senior brother, do you want to learn this sword?" I can teach you. ”

Li Xuandu asked, "What is the name of this sword?"

Zhang Haishi said: "I haven't thought about it yet." ”

Li Xuandu smiled: "Then wait until you think of the name and then teach it to me." ”

Zhang Haishi smiled: "It's okay, I'll pass it on to you after I have perfected all this sword." I don't plan to accept apprentices in my life, wait for you to accept a disciple in the future, and then pass this sword to him, it is not lost, people have left traces, it is considered that I have not walked in this world in vain in my life. By the way, how are your injuries?"

Li Xuan didn't hide it, and said calmly: "Even if you have phoenix gall, it is too reluctant to defeat the 'Asura' transformed by the Taiyin corpse, so you have to use all kinds of desperate methods, at this time, the five internal organs, the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, and the twelve veins of the main meridian are not comfortable, but after taking Yan Xuanji's 'Ziyang Pill', you can still bear it." ”

Zhang Haishi knew the effect of the "Ziyang Pill", nodded and said, "Since you are fine, then I will rest assured." ”

Then he looked at the sky and said, "I know that you still have a lot of things to talk about with the young man and woman, and I won't interfere with it, I just tell you one last time, think twice beforehand, but once you decide, then don't drag the mud and water." ”

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "Write it down." ”

Zhang Haishi continued: "There are still a few months to go before the New Year, and now the family is full of miasma, and I am not happy to mix in the past, all say that the young do not enter Shu, and the old do not come out of Shu, so this year I plan to go to Shuzhou, visit a few old friends, and deal with some miscellaneous things that have accumulated a lot of time, and may not be able to rush back when the spring of next year comes, when you go home, pay more attention to yourself." ”

After that, Zhang Haishi walked away with a bamboo cane, and at the same time the sound of poetry came.

"Mo Dao has nothing to do, and there is all quiet work in his leisure. Read the book behind closed doors and during the day, and draw your sword when the air is wrong. ”