The night was getting darker and the rain was getting heavier.

The raindrops hit the steps, eaves, and ground in front of the hall, making a never-ending sound of rain falling.

Zhou Shuning couldn't bear the sleepiness and coldness, and went to bed early, leaving only Li Xuandu and Hu Liang still sitting in the main hall.

The layout of the main hall here is decent, a long case is placed against the wall opposite the door, in front of the table is a square table of four immortals, a Taishi chair is placed on the left and right, the right host and the left guest, that is, the main seat.

There is a landscape painting scroll hanging in the middle of the wall above the case, which is the style of Nanshan Garden, and the two middle halls on both sides are respectively: "Hefeiyan Yanbi" and "Deer Singing Stream Grass Fragrance".

The walls on both sides are decorated with banners, mostly Confucian benevolence and Taoist self-cultivation maxims.

Symmetrical chairs are placed on both sides of the center of the hall, which is where juniors or subordinates are seated, that is, slaves.

At this time, Li Xuandu and Hu Liang did not sit on the Taishi chair in the main seat, but sat in the position closest to the door, one left and one right, sitting opposite each other.

Hu Liang put the Great Grandmaster on his knees and said, "Jiuhe Mansion is a very critical place, because it is too close to the south of the Yangtze River, and Jingzhou is just a river away, and to the west is Zhongzhou, where the Jing Zen Sect is located. Now are you going to continue to Zhongzhou, or do you want to go to Jingzhou first?"

Li Xuandu held on to the handrail and said slowly: "At the junction of the three states, even if it is Qingluanwei, it is difficult to mobilize a large number of people to encircle and suppress us, and it is almost the same to be replaced by the governor of Jingchu, but how much face can the dignified governor of Jingchu sell to Qingluanwei? This depends on who Qingluanwei's person is, if it is Qingluanwei's governor, then it will be about the same, but if it is only a few Qingluanwei's commanders and governors, I think it is difficult." ”

Li Xuandu turned his head to look at the rain curtain outside and continued: "So I chose to take a detour from Fengyin Mansion to Jiuhe Mansion, and then from Jiuhe Mansion to Jingzhou Shuiyang Mansion, and then take Jiangling Mansion to Beiyang Mansion in Zhongzhou, and finally arrive at Longmen Mansion. ”

Hu Liang said: "Qingluanwei will not fail to think of this, so after they intercept the Fengyin Mansion to no avail, they will inevitably guess that we will turn to Jiuhe Mansion, then they will soon follow us to Jiuhe Mansion." Lao Li, if Qingluanwei dispatches a master of the Innate Realm, plus three masters of the Xuanyuan Realm, it will be difficult to defeat them under the premise that my injuries have not healed now. ”

Li Xuandu asked, "If you face an Innate Realm master alone, do you have a chance of winning?"

"There is a chance of victory, but I dare not say that I will win, even if I have this great master in my hand. Hu Liang said frankly: "Lao Li, you were at your peak when you entered the WTO, and you often do things that outnumbered the enemy, but I can't compare with you." Especially for every master of the innate realm, the biggest difference between the innate realm and the Xuanyuan realm is that the innate realm has many strange secret techniques, and the power of these secret techniques may not be very great. ”

Li Xuandu listened very seriously, and did not have the slightest disdain that he had been in the sea.

Hu Liang put the great master on his lap upright and put it next to him, and said, "So when I face a great master of the Innate Realm who doesn't know the depths and depths, I can only say that I have a chance of winning, but I don't dare to boast about how big this chance is." It depends on what kind of secret technique they use to press the bottom of the box, or whether they have powerful treasures. ”

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Hu Liang was puzzled: "You didn't know anything before?"

Li Xuandu asked rhetorically: "If it were you, an opponent who could be solved with one sword, would you still go to find out what means they had to press the bottom of the box?"

Hu Liang was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "That's right, since you can break through all the tricks with one effort, why bother asking for trouble again." ”

Hu Liang suddenly asked, "Lao Li, what kind of situation were you at the peak of your sword path?"

Li Xuandu was silent for a moment, got up from the chair, put the index finger and middle finger of his right hand together with the sword finger, and pointed to the rain curtain outside, "Now I can only use the sword a little, but breaking the rain curtain is fleeting, and it is difficult to last." If you make the knife instead, you can connect the dots to form a line and split the rain curtain in front of you in two. ”

Li Xuandu changed from the sword finger to the action of holding the long sword virtually, twisting his wrist, as if he was holding a sword in his hand, "If it is replaced by the previous me to come out of this sword, it will be one side." ”

"One side?" Hu Liang wondered.

Li Xuandu's expression was calm, and his tone was also calm, "With the sword from the sky, with just the sword momentum, you can lift the rain curtain here back above the nine heavens, and with only the sword qi, you can scatter the rain clouds and see the sun." ”

Hu Liang glanced at the rain curtain outside and muttered: "It is said that the masters of the True Realm can call for wind and rain, but that is just with the help of the time of the day, taking advantage of the situation. It is said that the water flows to a low place, it is easy to follow the trend, but it is difficult to go against the trend, no wonder you were just one person and one sword to be able to run rampant in the land of Jiangbei Heshuo. ”

Li Xuandu put away the posture of holding the sword, and laughed at himself: "It's all about it." ”

Hu Liang said with a smile: "According to the historical records, Xie Gong's young man has a reputation, and he has been unable to conquer many times, living in seclusion in Huiji Dongshan, returning to Sima at the age of more than forty, and relocating to important positions such as Zhongshu and Situ, the imperial family relies on turning the crisis into safety, which is an allusion to the resurgence of Dongshan." Lao Li, you are still less than a year old, and there are still more than ten years before you turn forty, whether you are in the past, it is still too early to say. ”

Li Xuandu smiled lightly: "I hope so." ”

Hu Liang suddenly remembered something, and said: "I once heard General Qin talk about the masters of the world, not to mention those old Xuanbang bigwigs who can't be guessed by common sense, only to say that the top ten masters of the Taixuan List, except for the former Zifu Sword Immortal who was on the list with the True Realm, the rest are all Heavenly and Human Realms, General Qin said that the Heavenly and Human Realms are actually divided into high and low, what is the specific statement, General Qin didn't say, Lao Li, do you know?"

After Li Xuandu thought about it for a while, he said slowly: "There is a difference. When I stepped on the peak of the Returning to Truth Realm, I knew that the Heaven and Man Realm above the Returning to Truth Realm was actually another new world, because the Heaven and Man Realm is also known as the Realm of Heaven and Man Unity, so according to the different degrees of the unity of Heaven and Man, this realm can be divided into three layers, namely: Leisure, Immeasurable, and Creation. The realm of heaven and man is taken from the famous Taoist article "Getaway", the debate of the six qi is infinite to swim, and when you reach this realm, you can swim in the twilight of the sea. The immeasurable realm of heaven and man, as the name suggests, can turn the vitality of heaven and earth for one's own use, so the qi is immeasurable, almost infinite. As for the deeper Heavenly Man-made Realm, it is wonderful, and I dare not say anything. ”

Hu Liang asked softly, "Lao Li, have you ever crossed the threshold of the realm of heaven and man with one foot?"

Li Xuandu hesitated for a moment and said, "I have faintly glimpsed the threshold of the Heavenly and Human Escape Realm, but that step has not yet been taken. ”

Hu Liang, who had seen what kind of scenery Li Xuandu had in those years, said with countless emotions: "Back then, the Zifu Sword Immortal walked the rivers and lakes, the sword was the best in the world, and the style was unparalleled, how many women fell in love? ”

Li Xuandu listened to the sound of rain and said softly: "There is only Li Xuandu in the world now." ”