Dao Xueke said: "In this way, at this time, the Yiye Sword Gate is already an empty mountain? As soon as You Jinwen died, the disciples were leaderless, and the disciples of various sects were still lingering on the mountain. If you go up the mountain at this time and take back the jade Buddha jade bottle, it will be really easy!"

Chu Qing'an also said hopefully: "If you return to the mountain at this time, you will definitely be able to gather disciples and reorganize the sect." You Jinwen is violent and perverse, and he is addicted to killing, even his own disciples are mostly resentful, and when You Jinwen dies, they are kind in nature, but they are coerced by You Jinwen. Now that there is no oppression, we will be able to work together to revive the prestige of my Yiye Sword Sect!"

"So, are you going to turn back to the mountain?" Zhu Qingqiu still had some doubts.

"But what about leaving the body of the predecessor? Don't you care? Do you want to stay here?" Chu Qing'an asked again. As a result, everyone fell into hesitation again. This matter still needs to be decided by someone who can decide the matter, and everyone then cast their eyes on the sword snowman.

But it is also difficult for Dao Xueke to make a decision, both of which are indispensable things to do in front of him, and it is really difficult to distinguish which is more important. had to pin his hopes for making a decision on Liu Yuanjun. Seeing Dao Xueke's gaze for help, Liu Yuanjun said in a half-reproaching and half-persuasive tone: "Could it be that you still want me to make a lifelong decision for you?"

Dao Xueke was a little embarrassed and a little at a loss when he heard this, but everyone looked at him alone, their eyes were burning, and it was difficult to avoid, and after thinking for a while, they said: "It's better for us to divide our soldiers into two ways, escort the coffin of the predecessors all the way back to Mengyao Mountain, and go all the way back to Yiye Jianmen to retrieve the Jade Buddha and Jade Bottle." ”

Everyone nodded and said: "This method is very good, I don't know who goes up the mountain, who protects the spirit?" Chu Qing'an took over and said: "I have to go back to Yiye Jianmen, first, after You Jinwen died, the disciples have no leader, and someone needs to preside over the reorganization, I am most familiar with the situation of Yiye Jianmen, and it is only appropriate for me to go back." ”

"But even if it's back to Yiye Sword Gate, it's not appropriate for you to go alone. Liu Yuanjun said. "I'll go, I'll go with Qing'an. The jade Buddha jade bottle was originally the thing of Kexue Mountain Villa, and it should be retrieved by me. Dao Xueke hurriedly said, and after that, he glanced at Chu Qingan and smiled knowingly. Everyone also nodded in agreement, and it was indeed safest and most appropriate for the two of them to go back in this case.

The six of them decided that Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an would return to Yiye Sword Gate, regroup, and retrieve the Jade Buddha and Jade Bottle. Liu Yuanjun, Luo Baiyi, Ren Shanhuai and Zhu Qingqiu escorted the coffin of Jiangjiu back to Mengyao Mountain for burial, and after all the arrangements were made, they returned to Lu'an Mansion to discuss the next step. It's just that while arranging the plan, Dao Xueke looks around. Chu Qing'an asked, "What is Brother Xue looking for?"

"Why don't you see Xiaoli?" asked Dao Xueke.

As soon as these words came out, the birds were silent, everyone looked at each other, and they were all silent, and time seemed to be frozen at this moment. Seeing that no one answered, Dao Xueke was even more puzzled in his heart: "Didn't you say that Xiaoli was at the foot of Congjian Mountain to answer us and others, why don't you see her now?" Luo Baiyi touched the bridge of his nose and replied with a smile: "No, no, Xiaoli did answer at the bottom of the mountain, but it's just ......"

"What's it?" Dao Xueke saw him stumbling and spitting, and his suspicion was even worse.

Liu Yuanjun glared at Luo Baiyi, angry that he answered without thinking of a reason, which aroused the suspicion of Dao Xueke, Luo Baiyi knew that he was in trouble, so he touched his chin and lowered his head. Ren Shanhuai explained: "It's just that the incident happened suddenly, none of us expected that You Jinwen's martial arts had reached such a point, just in case, before we went up the mountain, we asked Miss Xiaoli to ask for instructions, if we haven't come down the mountain after half an hour, let her rush back to Lu'an Mansion and find the Ten Ghost Hall to move rescuers." ”

Luo Baiyi clapped his hands and said again and again: "That's right, I was nervous, and I forgot about it." Dao Xueke was still suspicious: "It's just that Now that You Jinwen is dead, does Xiaoli still want to go to Lu'an Mansion to move the rescue soldiers?" Liu Yuanjun hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that she has already gone on the road, but she hasn't gone far yet, and when the white-clothed horse chases after her, she will definitely be able to catch up and bring her back! ”

Dao Xueke believed it and nodded. Make your plan clear, and you're going to get going. Luo Baiyi and Dao Xueke went out and went to the nearest coffin shop to buy a pair of Nanmu coffins, and everyone put Lijiangjiu's body in it and sent them out of the city. When Chu Qing'an saw that the coffin was sealed, his heart was sour, and he inevitably shed tears again. Dao Xueke also felt Chu Qing'an's pain, and said with a long sigh: "The predecessors are kind to us, and they are really like regenerating parents. Now that I am driving the crane west, I have to give her a ride. ”

Everyone said yes, Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an sent them out of the city again, and said goodbye outside the north gate of Yaoye Mansion. The husband and wife who resigned from the house thanked each other and gave them two silver gifts, and the husband and wife happily accepted it, and gave everyone two oil-paper umbrellas to say goodbye at the door of the house. Although it was not far from the city gate, it rained so hard that the water reached to the ankles, and every step was extremely heavy.

Dao Xueke was on the left, Luo Baiyi was on the right, Liu Yuanjun was in front, Ren Shanhuai was behind, and the four of them lifted the coffin, carried it on their shoulders, and walked slowly out of the city. Although Zhu Qingqiu and Chu Qing'an had paper umbrellas, they only held them in their hands and never opened them, and they were drenched in the rain with everyone. Let the rain wash over the coffin, soak through the clothes, wet the hair, flow through every inch of skin, wash every pore, no matter the skirt and gown that floated in the water, no matter the soles of the shoes soaked in the water, his face was heavy, he didn't say a word, and he stopped not far from the city gate.

The rain is cold, but it is difficult to extinguish the hot heart. A mile outside the city gate, Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an retreated to the side, said goodbye, and watched the four of them carry the coffin of Lijiang wine to the direction of Mengyao Mountain, and knelt down and kowtowed, their palms and knees were stuck in the mud, but they were still unmoved. It wasn't until the figures of the four people completely disappeared into the blurred rain that the two of them turned back to the Yiye Sword Gate.

Along the way, Chu Qing'an kept asking about the situation of Dao Xueke, not that she didn't believe in the strength of Lijiang Wine, but that she cared about Dao Xueke, and she was meticulous and unforgettable. Dao Xueke replied with a smile: "I'm fine, I'm recovering well." External injuries will also heal, and internal injuries will be fully healed. "What about the skill?" Chu Qing'an's delicate brows were still tightly locked. Dao Xueke then stopped, closed his eyes slightly, took a breath, sank into the dantian, ran his skills, and slowly exhaled.

Chu Qing'an stared nervously on the side, Qiong's nose moved slightly, her mouth opened slightly, and she breathed closely with Dao Xueke's breathing, as if she was exercising herself. After Dao Xueke took out a small week, Chu Qing'an cautiously asked, "How is it?" Dao Xueke coughed lightly, scaring Chu Qing'an half to death, and then said: "It has recovered seventy or eighty percent." When Chu Qing'an heard this, he feigned anger and said, "You bad guy, you will only frighten people!" After saying that, he also lightly slapped Dao Xueke's shoulder to vent his anger.

Dao Xueke also chuckled. The two have not been as warm and intimate as this for a long time, and too many things have happened in the past few days, which makes people feel a lot of emotion. As the rain became heavier, Chu Qing'an opened the small oil-paper umbrella, but the body of Dao Xueke was too tall, and Chu Qing'an had to stand on tiptoe to cover the two under the umbrella. Knife Snowman smiled and took the paratrooper from her hand, and stroked her tiny head with his left hand. The two of them leaned on each other and walked slowly in the rain, and before they knew it, the umbrella had leaned towards Chu Qing'an.

The wet clothes clinging to the body are inevitably a little uncomfortable, and the two of them are from the rivers and lakes, and their weapons have been lost, how can they walk the rivers and lakes? Chu Qing'an thought of this, and stopped at the door of a half-hidden weapon shop, the door of which only allowed one person to enter at a time, and a broken plaque was hung on the door. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them had caught a glimpse of the weapons full of weapons from between the hidden doors, they would have thought that it was some kind of study or something, and it was extremely inconspicuous.

"What, you want to buy a weapon?" asked Dao Xueke softly. Chu Qing'an glanced at him and said, "How can you say that you bought it for me, it should be prepared for you." ”

"I have the Qi Gathering Blade that I passed down from my predecessors, why do I need to use this weapon made of copper and iron?" Dao Xueke said with a smile, but Chu Qing'an retorted: "Your Qi Gathering Blade is not yet able to be used, and it is extremely energy-consuming, you have just recovered from a major injury, and it is not easy to recover your internal strength, how can you use that trick so easily? And now that the bamboo knife has been destroyed and the leaf seeking knife is lost, Hugh said that it is to defend the body, that is, to make an ornament, hanging it on the waist, and there is a deterrent." ”

Dao Xueke knew that he was stupid, and he couldn't say anything about her, but what Chu Qing'an said did have some truth, how could a person who walked the rivers and lakes have no weapons? When I opened the empty door, I saw that the store was very wide, and there was a large stove in the center, just enough to bake soaked clothes. Looking around again, the weapons that were all in place flashed with cold light. They are displayed on wooden shelves or hung on the walls.

Swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, all kinds, different lengths, peculiar styles, and strange weapons and many hidden weapons, dazzling, difficult to choose for a while, dazzled. Walking among the many weapons, I only felt shudder and tremble. "The guests are very selective. When he heard the sound, he saw the curtain of the inner hall raised, and he saw a short, ugly-looking man walking out of it. Although his hair is thin, his nose is crooked, his eyes are slanted, his buckteeth are grinning, and his mustache seems to be a little obscene. But he was richly dressed, so he must have been a shopkeeper.

Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an were shocked by his strange appearance, and were slightly stunned, and it took a long time to come to their senses, and they hugged their fists and said, "Shop." The shopkeeper didn't care, or there were too many people coming and going, and it was common for him to be talked about his ugly appearance, so he didn't care. It's just holding a purple sand teapot in one hand and a small golden abacus in the other, which is only the size of a palm. After taking a closer look at the two of them like chickens in soup, the shopkeeper took a sip of tea and said, "The two of you are soaked, so let's bake the fire and dry the clothes first." ”

Seeing that the two were still a little hesitant, the shopkeeper leaned against the counter and said, "They are both from the rivers and lakes, why should they be polite?" Dao Xueke and the two looked at each other and smiled slightly. It's just that I've never heard of it on the rivers and lakes, and I haven't paid attention to this inconspicuous little shop in Yaoye Mansion. Then he dried his clothes around the stove, and suddenly felt refreshed and comfortable.

The shopkeeper summoned his subordinates, brought two cups of hot tea, lined up at the counter, and jumped on a small stool behind the counter, so that he could be half above the counter. The shopkeeper put the abacus on the table, took another sip of tea, pointed to the two teas in front of the table and said with a smile: "Do you dare to drink it?" Dao Xueke walked to the table, picked up a cup of tea, glanced back at Chu Qing'an, and then looked at the shopkeeper with a smile on his face, and actually raised his head and drank it all.

Chu Qing'an did not stop it, but secretly observed the shopkeeper's every move, although his appearance was hateful, but between his eyebrows and eyes was very kind, his eyes revealed a bit of praise, and his gestures were even more powerful, he must be a strange person in the rivers and lakes, living in seclusion here. When Dao Xueke finished drinking the tea, the shopkeeper actually stroked his palms and laughed: "Okay, good, it's really a hero out of a young man." ”

When Dao Xueke wanted to return the teacup, he was grabbed by the shopkeeper by his wrist, Dao Xueke was shocked, and wanted to pull his left hand but did not move, the shopkeeper just choked his wrist, but he didn't want to hurt Dao Xueke, and his two fingers were on his wrist, as if he was taking his pulse. Seeing this situation, Chu Qing'an gradually became vigilant, and casually picked up a long sword from the side and held it in his hand to prevent accidents.

Dao Xueke struggled to no avail, and saw that the shopkeeper had no intention of harming him, so he had to obey. The shopkeeper twisted his beard and looked at the knife snowman, and whispered, "Impossible, impossible." Dao Xueke was extremely puzzled, so he asked, "What did the shopkeeper just say?" A trace of disbelief flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, and he was a little cunning, so he leaned into Dao Xueke's ear and said, "Boy, who are you?"

Dao Xueke replied casually without hurrying: "It's just a passing Jianghu person, because of the loss of weapons, I came to you to buy it, but why are you so rude in this store?" This first one is the most deeply compatible with your meridians, and its nature is extremely cold, like an iceberg and snowstorm, which will not melt for thousands of years. ”

Dao Xueke's face changed drastically, and he retreated again and again. The shopkeeper said, "This second type of internal force is extremely profound, and it would not have been possible to attain such a state without eight or nine years of penance, but it has a little evil nature, so that you cannot fully control it. Every time the shopkeeper said a word, Dao Xueke's heart chuckled, and he couldn't help holding his breath, and his palms were sweaty.

Chu Qing'an was also shocked, and didn't want the shopkeeper to explain Dao Xueke's internal strength in such detail, so he gently grabbed Dao Xueke's hand with one hand and gave him a trace of warmth. But the knife snowman was nervous and only cared about swallowing saliva.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This third kind is to the yang, far more profound and mysterious than the second kind of internal force, but the wisps float on the meridians and acupoints, floating in the body, if you can condense its power for your own use, then the power can be greatly increased, by leaps and bounds, at that time I am afraid that there is no opponent in the world." The shopkeeper said plainly, but it was difficult to hide the excitement in his tone, "Looking at your appearance, you are heroic, you must be extraordinary, but you can have three kinds of mysterious internal forces at a young age, and two of them are even rarer in the world, which is really creation, creation!"

The shopkeeper still didn't give up, and continued, his tone was like a rainstorm outside the door becoming more and more rapid, aggressive: "And these three kinds of internal force are not your own except for the first one! This second kind of internal force is like the Ten Directions of the Heart Gong of the Martial Arts Madness Demon Bloody Hand Crazy Sword Qin Wuqi in the rivers and lakes thirty or forty years ago, and this third internal force is the first dust sutra of the fallen cherry blossom divine doctor Lijiang Wine that has been hidden for a hundred years, and this first internal force is clearly the wind and snow heart method of Kexue Mountain Villa, the cold ice internal force!"

All things are weighted. Dao Xueke thought that his identity was exposed, and he almost fell to the ground if he was struck by lightning, but fortunately he was supported by Chu Qing'an, but he was already dizzy and his hands and feet were numb. Although Chu Qing'an was shocked, he was not afraid, drew his long sword, turned his jade wrist lightly, and pointed directly at the front door of the store and reprimanded: "Who are you!"

The shopkeeper rolled over and jumped off the counter, walking slowly towards the two of them with his hands behind his back. The two of them kept retreating, and Chu Qing'an's sword hand began to tremble.

"This kid's hands are covered with calluses, and there are some knife marks on the second section of the inside of his index finger, which makes him a master of using knives. Although this girl uses a sword, she has only learned a little fur and knows only a little about it. The shopkeeper laughed. Chu Qing'an's shortcomings were revealed by others, and she was naturally ashamed, although she knew that her swordsmanship was not high, but it was the first time that someone said it so bluntly, how could she not blush her cheeks angrily, and bite her silver teeth secretly.

The shopkeeper didn't care about Chu Qing'an, who had white smoke coming out of his head, but was quite interested in Dao Xueke, turned around and took the purple clay pot in his hand on the counter and poured a sip of tea: "Judging by the appearance and age of the two of you, clothing and customary weapons, there is a good chance that this girl is the person of the Yiye Sword Gate outside the Yaoye Mansion, and this kid is the son of the Snow Mountain Villa at the top of the Snow Mountain! You two are Su Lingxue, the son of Su Shang, and Chu Qing'an, the daughter of Chu Yunshan, am I right?"

Both of them have been exposed, and even the identity of Dao Xueke has been seen through, and the insight is unobstructed, and the person in front of them is really terrifying. Chu Qing'an rushed forward without hesitation and stabbed the man in the chest with a sword. As soon as the shopkeeper turned around, the sword pierced the back, as if it had touched copper and iron, and the blade of the sword was bent and could not penetrate the skin for a single bit. Chu Qing'an was shocked, and when he wanted to collect the sword, the shopkeeper shook his arms and snorted muffled, and he actually shattered the iron sword.

Chu Qing'an's face turned pale, threw the bare hilt of the sword aside, stomped his feet and scolded angrily: "What kind of scrap copper and rotten iron is this, it is not as good as a burning stick!" Who knew that the shopkeeper laughed and turned around and said: "I have a good sword here, even if I want the ten famous swords, I can also ask for them, if you want it, I will give it to you." ”

Chu Qingan was about to scold him, but was stopped by Dao Xueke. Silently blocking in front of Chu Qing'an, Dao Xueke bowed down and said, "Junior, Dao Xueke, meet the seniors." I don't know the name of the seniors?" the shopkeeper copied the abacus, shook it in his ear, and replied casually: "Name, I've lived too long, I've forgotten it all for a long time, but the surname is easy to remember, Lao Tzu, I have the surname Zuoqiu." ”