At the foot of the mountain, there is a small village, there are dozens of families, the houses are located, and there is no traffic in the meantime, and the chickens and dogs smell each other.

There is a small liquor shop at the entrance of the village, which is for those tourists who come to Yizhi Mountain. The business is very good, and there are more than 20 wooden tables in the wine shop, which are basically full of swordsmen, scholars and scholars.

After Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui came here, they just caught up with a table of Jianghu heroes who finished drinking and were about to go up the mountain, and the two of them sat on the wooden table.

The shopkeeper yawned, sat at the counter, squinted and napped. Xiao Er kept serving wine to greet the guests.

After sitting down, Chu Chou ordered a pot of the wine shop's "unique" specialty "Yizhi Wine", according to the Xiao Er who served the wine, this wine was made with the water in a waterhole on the mountainside of Yizhi Mountain and the sorghum next to the pool, which had a special taste.

Chu Chou took a sip of the sake in his hand and nodded slightly, the taste was not bad. He had been drinking in the restaurant for a while, and the reason why he chose to drink in this restaurant again was because he had found a strong atmosphere. Zhao Zhishui doesn't care, she doesn't drink, but she doesn't get tired of places like wine shops and restaurants, or rather, places with Chu Chou, she won't get tired of being by Chu Chou's side.

The wooden table usually seats four people, and after Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui sat down, two more people came here and sat on their wooden table.

There were two men, one old and one young, who should be grandchildren or masters and apprentices.

After the young man helped the old man to sit down, he also sat down, and when he looked at Zhao Zhishui's face, he was obviously stunned.

The old man called for two jugs of wine, and when he saw the young man's dazed expression, he coughed softly twice.

Before the young man could react, the old man smiled at Zhao Zhishui and Chu Chou with an embarrassed expression, and then said, "Qi'er, don't be rude." ”

The young man also reacted when he heard this, his face turned red, he scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly, "Oh, Master, I know." ”

After Xiao Er served the two pots of "One Finger Wine", the old man picked up the wine jug, gestured to Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui, expressed his apology, and then took two gulps.

Chu Chou nodded slightly, picked up the wine jug, and took a sip of wine. Zhao Zhishui smiled and signaled that it was okay.

"This boy, this girl, are you going to climb this mountain?" the old man asked, looking at the two young men.

"Yes. Although this finger mountain is not one of the top ten famous mountains in the world, it is also one of the top ten famous mountains in the West Pole. Chu Chou nodded and replied.

The old man nodded when he heard this, "That's right." But ......" the old man looked a little anxious and stopped.

"What's the matter with the old gentleman, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"Look at the son is also like a chivalrous man, so cool and informal. The old decay is also straightforward. The old man lowered his voice, "This is a mountain, I heard that it is haunted! That evil spirit is not completely dead back then!"

"All evil spirits are rumors, I have been here for half my life, and I have never encountered any evil spirits and ghosts, those are all made up by some idle people. ”

The shopkeeper yawned, crossed his arms over his chest, and said lightly.

"These gods and ghosts, I'd rather believe them than believe them!" Although the old man was a third-grade monk in the fourth-grade realm, he still believed in those ghosts and gods.

Zhao Zhishui nodded slightly, and the young man also nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, what Master said is good, it's not a bad thing to believe it." ”

Zhao Zhishui looked at the red cheeks of the young man who was much younger than herself, and smiled indifferently.

The young man's face turned even redder in an instant, and he took a big sip of the pot of wine that Master had bought for him, and then lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone again.

The shopkeeper didn't think much of what the old man said, didn't reply again, but cheered up, no longer yawned, and said to Zhao Zhishui with a smile: "This girl's swordsmanship should be good, in my life, in addition to liking to drink, I like to practice swords." Now it's a little bit of a success, I don't know what the girl thinks?"

Zhao Zhishui looked at the shopkeeper who smiled faintly and frowned slightly.

The shopkeeper, who was more than fifty years old, looked at Zhao Zhishui, who was frowning, and chuckled: "What's the matter?

The old man saw that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, so he hurriedly became a peacemaker, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, this girl, if you are innocent and have no hatred, don't be so arrogant." The young man also looked nervously at the two of them.

"Great Grandmaster, no wonder, I can't see through your cultivation for a while. ”

"At a young age, there is a grandmaster who cultivates, and the future life is terrifying! How can I have a discussion? I haven't had more than three swords for a long time. The shopkeeper touched the long sword hanging from the coarse linen robe around his waist, and said with some nostalgia.

The young man was a little stunned, not knowing what was going on. And the old man listened to every word. This shopkeeper is a kendo grandmaster?! Also, this young post-natal girl is actually a kendo grandmaster? a pinnacle of eight grades, a pinnacle of eight grades, and an eight-rank master?!

The old man's eyes widened in disbelief.

Chu Chou seemed to have known all this for a long time, his expression was still calm and calm, without any surprise or shock, and now he could have this kind of emotion, maybe there would be no more in the whole world.

Zhao Zhishui looked at Chu Chou. Chu Chou nodded slightly, "Go ahead, this is your first real all-out sword." ”

"Yes, Master. You won't be disappointed. Zhao Zhishui saw that the master nodded in agreement, so he said with a smile, his eyes were firm.

The shopkeeper was a little surprised at this time, he sensed Zhao Zhishui's grandmaster cultivation, but he didn't detect the cultivation of the young man who had been drinking in small sips, he thought at first that this young man might be a person who couldn't cultivate, because his family background was strong, so he could walk with the girl in the grandmaster realm, who knew that he looked away!

But at this time, he didn't think much about it, originally he was not the kind of person who loved to think about turning and turning, he just wanted to play the sword freely. So for so many years, except for a 10,000-mile journey when I was young, I have been staying here to sell wine.

The two of them are going to face off, the whole wine shop is boiling, and there is almost no one in the rivers and lakes who does not like to watch the excitement, especially this kind of fight scene. In Zhongzhou, every time someone fights, as long as it is not in a deserted place without people, then there will definitely be many passers-by who stop and start clapping.

There was a lot of open space next to the liquor store, and the place was so large that the drinkers didn't have to move their positions, they just sat in their places and drank, and they could see the fight scenes.

"How do you ask the sword?" Zhao Zhishui asked.

"According to the old rules of sword cultivation, if you play each other's swords three times, whoever can't bear it will lose. You are considered a junior, according to the rules, you go out of the sword first. ”

Zhao Zhishui nodded slightly, then used the internal force of his whole body and slowly pulled out the long sword at his waist.

"Nine thousand miles with a sword!" Zhao Zhishui said softly.

The long sword in her hand glowed with a faint light, and the sword qi suddenly soared, and the majestic and terrifying sword intent squeezed the surrounding void, and the void was distorted.

"Go!"

Zhao Zhishui asked for a lifetime, and the long sword flew away, almost instantaneously in front of the shopkeeper, and then hovered.

The shopkeeper was a little stunned when he saw Zhao Zhishui use this move, but the internal force did not stagnate in the slightest, and he pinched the seal with both hands, gathered the aura of heaven and earth, and transformed it into a thick and invisible shield, resisting the flying sword that was almost as fast as the light.

When the powerful sword flew at him and smashed against the invisible shield, his figure shook slightly, and his coarse linen clothes swayed, but his steps did not retreat a little.

Zhao Zhishui saw that the sword did not directly break the enemy, and he was not surprised, but calmly withdrew his long sword.

"Girl, it's my turn. The shopkeeper smiled slightly, then took off the long sword at his waist, and pulled out the hilt of the sword that had not been seen for many years, the blade of the sword wantonly exuded sword energy, so that those who watched the battle only felt that their eyes were hot and sour.

"The falling sword and the stars move. The shopkeeper smiled and raised his right hand, and with a gentle push, the long sword that exuded starry light roared like a dragon and flew towards Zhao Zhishui at great speed.

Zhao Zhishui used the internal force, and within three zhang of her body, it was all controlled by her, and after the flying sword flew in, it slowly advanced a distance of more than a zhang, and then it could no longer stagnate.

The shopkeeper withdrew his long sword, his eyes were shining, and he said very happily: "For so many years, in this western pole, there is finally a swordsman who can let me use my sword with all my might. Girl, go ahead with your second sword! Then the third sword will come together!

Zhao Zhishui didn't speak, but the battle intent in his eyes was very high, and a majestic sword intent condensed, "Senior, why do you need two swords and three swords, my generation sword cultivation, I should be a sword in the air!"

After saying that, she instantly condensed all the sword intent in her hand, the long sword clanged, and the sonorous sound shook everyone watching the battle, and the long sword suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and everything in heaven and earth seemed to be much darker because of this.

The sword cut the ground, and the black earth ditch that was cut was bottomless. Chu Chou made a move to stabilize the time and space of this place, so as not to let the rest of the innocent people watching the battle die because of this.

"Good swordsmanship. Chu Chou looked at this sword with satisfaction and praised in a low voice.

A trace of surprise flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, a wisp of fanaticism, a wisp of excitement, he raised the long sword in his hand, frantically operated an internal force, shouted, and then also used the pinnacle sword of his life.

"Boom!"

There was a loud noise, echoing a thousand miles away, and the Yizhi Mountain shook a few times, and the heavens and the earth trembled. Those who watched the battle had long since lost sight and ears, and were caught in the brilliant sword light and boundless echoes.

Of the people present, only Chu Chou saw the battle situation clearly. His expression was still calm, and he walked forward.

"Very nice. Chu Chou stretched out his right hand and took the hand of Zhao Zhishui, who was in some pain, and left here.

Eight pins against eight pinnacles, grandmasters against great grandmasters, all of them are pinnacles of a sword, and the ending is a tie. In Chu Chou's opinion, this is very good.

Chu Chou was not surprised at all that there was a hermit with such a high realm in this place, but this person's profound understanding of swordsmanship was only seen in Chu Chou's life, and he was even ashamed of himself. So Zhishui had a tie with this sword cultivator, who can be said to be the highest sword cultivator in the swordsmanship world, which was really good, not Chu Chou would say that in order to comfort Zhao Zhishui.

Chu Chou's swordsmanship is not as high as that person, but in this world, he has the highest sword path, the strongest sword intent, and the strongest sword qi, so he is the first great sword immortal in the millennium.

"Senior, but Chu Great Sword Immortal?!" came the shopkeeper behind him, asking a little shy and excited.

"Yes!" Chu Chou replied loudly, then waved his left hand and began to climb the mountain with Zhao Zhishui, who was still blaming himself.

Over there at the wine shop, the one who is close to the sixtieth year. The shopkeeper with gray temples trembled when he heard the "yes", and laughed out loud in a crazy way.

Then he took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "I, Wang Ping, only love wine and swordsmanship, and only admire the wine fairy Li Taibai and Sword Immortal Chu a hundred years ago!

With that, he continued to laugh madly.

Over there, Chu Chou had already gone away with Zhao Zhishui, Chu Chou looked at Zhao Zhishui, who looked sluggish, and said, "Sword cultivation is not as good as a swordsman." Sword cultivation is a monk who specializes in practicing swordsmanship, once the sword is out, what he seeks is to move forward and break the enemy with a sword. The swordsman, on the other hand, is a vaguely defined existence between the sword cultivator and the rest of the monks. When a swordsman comes out of his sword, he does not seek to break the enemy with a sword and kill people, but only when he asks for a sword, he can have a clear conscience, he can be smooth, and even if he is defeated, his heart is still free and comfortable. ”

Zhao Zhishui thought for a while after hearing this, his eyes gradually brightened, and finally said with a smile: "Master, is it true that sword cultivation pays attention to sword qi and internal strength, while swordsmen pay attention to sword intent and will?"

"That's right. I prefer the title of swordsman to the title of swordsman. ”

Zhao Zhishui smiled and nodded, her heart was no longer bored, no longer upset that she was just a draw when she didn't win the first formal sword question, she returned to her usual shallow smile, and said a little playfully: "Master, I am too, I like swordsmen!"