Chapter 7 Test the Sword
Regarding what happened outside, Weng Qixian had an unobstructed view of the whole process in Peach Blossom Village.
From the appearance of Shendu, to Chen Yu's sword, to the appearance of the Xuanjia Heavenly Army and the Qin Governor, and finally to the Junzi Sword and Sang Huaqing.
The meaningful eyes of the old island owner Sang Huaqing before leaving were looking in the direction of Weng Qixian, but Weng Qixian still didn't know what that meant.
The mountain forest has been almost destroyed, and all the birds and beasts in the mountain forest have dispersed.
It didn't take long for Weng Qixian, who was standing at the entrance of the village, to see Li Taibai walking towards Peach Blossom Village.
Fortunately, he didn't forget what he said before.
Weng Qixian thought to himself.
"Where's the cowherd baby?"
Li Taibai walked up to Weng Qixian and said calmly.
Weng Qixian wrote out of thin air, threw out a talisman and threw it out, and then said, "In the ancestral hall." β
The villagers of Peach Blossom Village didn't know what was going on outside, they only saw that there was sometimes dust and swords, but they just couldn't hear the sound that caused this phenomenon.
It should be said that the power of the Yin and Yang Hexagram is that this formation is a set of battle formations specially researched by the Tiance Division.
Eight people stood in eight positions to sacrifice the black flag, and then six people stood inside to sacrifice the white flag, and then one person stood inside holding one of the eight ancient artifacts, Tiande Ling.
The subtlety of this formation lies in his defense, he can resist the full force of the peak of the channel, and at the same time, he can also isolate the sound from the inside and outside, it is not an exaggeration to call it the strongest formation in the world.
After coming to the ancestral hall, Li Mutong was lying on the wooden bed on the side.
"Huh?"
Li Taibai had just dragged up his sword and was about to check on Li Mutong's physical condition, when he suddenly found that it was a little weird.
After checking for a long time, Li Taibai turned to Weng Qixian and asked, "Have you ever been to Penglai back then?"
Weng Qixian smiled bitterly: "The old body also wants to go to Penglai, but the mountain ghost array is strange and unpredictable, and without permission, the old body can't even enter." β
After Li Taibai spread out his sword sense, he pondered for a while and continued to Weng Qixian: "It should be the old island master who came just now, and the sword intent in his body is slowly easing. β
"But that can't completely cure him, if you want to cure him, there is only one way, learn the sword from me. β
After hearing this, Weng Qixian immediately nodded.
"That's all I can help him, and the way forward is all up to him. β
After finishing speaking, Weng Qixian walked towards the back room of the ancestral hall.
And Li Mutong, who was lying on the wooden bed, was having a long dream at this time, he dreamed that he was dying, and a person came towards him, and that person was carrying a very strange sword. When the man had killed many people, and when he was finally left alone, the man looked at him with his sword.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me!"
Li Mutong on the wooden bed sat up in a cold sweat, and he panted and looked around.
When he found out that this was the ancestral hall of the village, he was finally relieved.
Li Taibai, who was standing outside the door, heard the movement inside and slowly walked in.
"Wake up, come out with me. β
The cowherd baby who had just woken up didn't have time to react at all, so Li Taibai picked up his neck and walked outside.
"That's... Brother Taibai, I don't know if you brought me outside..."
Before Li Mutong could finish speaking, Li Taibai threw the branch he picked up from nowhere in front of Li Mutong.
"Do you want to die or live?"
Hearing this, the words that the cow herd baby originally wanted to continue asking were stuffed back, and he looked at Li Taibai for a long time.
"I want to live. β
The cowherd's voice trembled, and she slowly lowered her head and said.
"Of course I want to live... But... I know better... I'm dying. β
Looking at the cowherd baby crying into a tearful person in front of him, Li Taibai frowned displeased.
"Don't cry, you want to live, learn sword from me. β
After hearing this, the cowherd raised her childish face and sobbed and asked, "Follow, learn the sword from you, can you live?"
Li Taibai said impatiently: "You may not be able to live, but there is a chance that you will not die." β
After pulling her sleeve and wiping her nose and tears, she looked at Li Taibai and didn't know what to do.
"If you don't do it, how can I admit you to the door?"
The cowherd nodded and then knelt down.
"The master is above, and the apprentice Li Mutong visits the master. β
Looking at the action of herding the cow baby, Li Taibai nodded.
"Get up, take that branch, and I'll teach you the sword hiding style first. β
After speaking, Li Taibai turned around and walked towards the outside of the ancestral hall, but he turned to the cowherd baby and said: "Wipe away the tears, you are not allowed to cry when you encounter anything in the future, tears are not valuable, no one will believe this thing." β
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In the blink of an eye, two autumns, winters, springs and summers have passed.
I don't know how many times the branch has been broken, and I don't know how many times it has been replaced.
The villagers of Peach Blossom Village are still working at sunrise and resting day by day, and with the group of demon beasts, many trivial things are much simpler.
In the past two years, the villagers have become accustomed to Li Taibai's arrival.
Sometimes the villagers had some typhoid fever and miscellaneous diseases, and Li Taibai was able to use his Qinglian sword intent to heal them.
Therefore, the villagers called Li Taibai Mr. Big, and Li Taibai did not object.
This made Weng Qixian a little curious, after all, in his cognition, the group of people in the Sword Domain was a group of crazy people who could only cut off and separate.
It is not surprising that even one of those madmen thought of splitting the sky with a sword.
Every time the demon is eliminated, the casualties of the Sword Domain are the heaviest.
And every time at this time, the medical monks of the Jingzhu Zen Monastery would follow the disciples of the Sword Domain.
Therefore, after all these years, everyone has a common understanding, as long as they see a large-scale medical monk, then there must be a disciple of the Sword Domain not far away who is eliminating demons and evil spirits.
Weng Qixian could also see that in the past two years, Li Taibai's body slowly became a little weak.
During this period, Weng Qixian also hinted at asking, but Li Taibai did not explain.
"The Tibetan Sword Style has fully comprehended its essence?"
In the courtyard behind the ancestral hall, Li Taibai sat on a chair and looked at Li Mutong, who was practicing swords, and asked.
Li Mutong picked up a bamboo stick and struck at Li Taibai, and there was a trace of sword intent hidden in it.
It's just that before he got close to Li Taibai, this sword intent slowly dissipated.
Looking at everything in front of him, Li Taibai nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, Weng Qixian walked in.
"Senior brother, everything has been arranged. β
Weng Qixian said with a small burden.
Li Taibai nodded after hearing this, and then walked outside the ancestral hall.
"Shepherd boy, come here. β
Seeing Li Mutong sitting on the side, Weng Qixian beckoned him over.
"Shepherd boy, grandpa hasn't taken you out of the village since you were six years old, and grandpa knows that you really want to go out. Tomorrow your master will be leaving, and you will naturally have to follow him. Well, you put away this baggage, there are some entanglements in it, and it should be enough for you to spend this way. There is also a jade flute inside, if something happens to you, you can play this jade flute, just blow it, someone will definitely help you. β
Listening to Weng Qixian's words, Li Mutong was a little dazed.
"Wait, grandpa the village chief, the master is leaving?"
Li Mutong asked.
Looking at Li Mutong, who was still in a daze, Weng Qixian's face showed a loving expression.
That night, on the hill behind the village, Li Mutong sat on the branch of a tree and looked at the starry sky.
Under the tree stood the old cow, grazing with his head down.
He has been practicing swords for about two years, and Li Mutong naturally feels the benefits very deeply.
In the past two years, the frequency of the attacks has decreased, and even with each attack, it is no longer so painful.
Originally, I was still very naΓ―ve thinking that if I practiced for a few more years, my illness would be cured, and I didn't need to worry about the village chief and grandfather anymore.
But during the day, he suddenly said that he was going out tomorrow, which caught the cowherd baby a little off guard.
Although I used to look forward to the outside world, it came too quickly.
"Old Niu, Old Niu, what do you say about the people outside? Listen to those rangers, some of the people outside are bad. β
The cowherd leaned against the trunk of the tree and said to the old cow under the tree.
After hearing this, the old cow raised his head and mooed a few times, and continued to lower his head to graze.
"I really envy you, you are carefree all day long, just bow your head and eat grass. β
The cow herd baby looked at the old cow and sighed.
"It's fun. β
Suddenly, a person's voice came from beside him, and the cowherd baby was so frightened that she hugged the trunk of the tree tightly.
After seeing it clearly, the cowherd baby breathed a sigh of relief.
"Master, why didn't you make any movement here. β
The cowherd baby scratched her hair and complained.
Li Taibai turned his head to look at Li Mutong, and then looked at Lao Niu again.
"This old cow is so humane before it has become a sperm, it's good. β
When Li Mutong heard this, he raised his head proudly and said, "Of course, this old cow watched me grow up, and when I was a child, I accidentally fell into the pond, or did it carry me to the shore?" β
"It's a pity that his birth wheel is coming to an end. β
Li Taibai shook his head and looked at Lao Niu.
"Can't all living beings escape the line between birth and death?"
The cowherd slowly climbed under the tree, rode on the back of the old cow, and looked up and asked.
After thinking about it slightly, Li Taibai said: "Everyone can't compete with life and death and time. β
"You can't do it either, what about the great cultivators?"
Li Taibai paused slightly and said, "No one can." Time and life and death are very delicate things, are you and me in the last second you and me in the next second? Who can prove that you are you and I am me? All things are in a moment in life and death, and they do not stop in an instant. β
Listening to these questions, Li Mutong scratched his head and said, "These are too mysterious, I don't understand." β
"yes, the world doesn't understand that, and even the old guys are chasing the answers to these questions. β
Li Taibai came to the tree in an instant, and walked towards the bottom of the mountain.
"But I understand that I am who I am at this moment, and you are also you. Because I know you're still you, and you know I'm still me. β
The cowherd baby riding on the back of the old cow said suddenly.
Li Taibai, who was about to leave here, stopped, as if thinking about something.
"Master, master?"
Looking at Li Taibai, who stopped and was distracted, the cowherd baby rode the old cow to the front and shook Li Taibai gently.
Li Taibai came back to his senses at this time, and he looked at Li Mutong for a while.
was a little panicked by Li Taibai, and the cow baby retreated.
"I'll leave tomorrow and rest tonight. β
Li Taibai said suddenly.
After saying this, Li Taibai continued to walk down the mountain.
The morning light was faint, and the cowherd baby was called out by the villagers of Peach Blossom Village very early.
After all, this child was grown up by everyone, and when they heard that they were going to leave here, they were a little reluctant.
"Oh, Uncle Qian, I can't finish eating so many baked cakes you stuffed into me, and besides, we don't know where to go, maybe these will be broken halfway through. β
The cowherd baby was surrounded by a group of villagers, and said helplessly to the villagers beside her.
"You kid, even if it's broken, you'll have to keep it for me. I don't know when you're going out and coming back, what's the matter, I don't like my uncle's baked cakes, isn't it?"
"That's it, how can you grow up with everyone's watch, what's wrong with giving you something, these things are all in hand. Oh, you also brought a few clothes that my aunt made for you, and the outside is not as good as the village, I heard that the weather is cold. Besides, this big gentleman looks quite thin and thin, he is a good person, but he can't let him freeze too. β
A village woman said to Li Mutong with a few pieces of clothing.
After more than half an hour, the villagers slowly dispersed.
Only a pile of objects and food at the entrance of the ancestral hall were left, as well as a cowherd baby standing in place.
How can I take so many things?
The cowherd baby thought to herself.
Weng Qixian stood by the gate early and watched all this, looking at the simple villagers and the stunned Li Mutong, Weng Qixian couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
I think when I first arrived in this village, I just wanted to find a place to experience a different life, but I didn't expect this stay to be so many years.
Then Weng Qixian couldn't help but think of what his senior brother had said.
At present, there should be no distractions and emotions.
"But we are still human after all, just a little longer than them. β
Weng Qixian whispered.
Li Taibai also walked out, and said as he walked: "Everyone's path is different, and the path they pursue is also different. All the dust rejoices, and each has its own merits. β
Weng Qixian nodded in approval.
"Master. β
After Li Mutong, who came back to his senses, saw Li Taibai, he made a disciple salute.
"Come in, I have something to tell you. β
After speaking, Li Taibai turned around and walked into the ancestral hall.
Weng Qixian naturally didn't follow up, after all, this was a matter within someone else's master, and it was somewhat inappropriate for him to follow up.
After walking to the inner courtyard, Li Taibai took out a wooden sword and a roll of jade slips from the bag.
"After the disciples of the Sword Domain enter the inner gate, they will go to the Falling Sword Blade to test their swords, so that they can be regarded as real disciples of the Sword Domain. But now that the teacher has been beaten into an evil cultivator, there is no way to take you to test the sword. β
As he spoke, Li Taibai handed the wooden sword and the jade slip to Li Mutong.
"You can use this wooden sword first, and the contents of the jade slip will be opened when you can use the Tibetan sword style on this wooden sword. β
After Li Mutong carefully took these two things, Li Taibai picked up a hat and walked out of the courtyard gate.
"It's on the road. β
Li Mutong looked at the wooden sword in his hand, and suddenly raised his head and said to Li Taibai: "Master, in the future, I will use that sword blade to test the sword myself." β
Hearing this, Li Taibai smiled slightly.
Vaguely Li Taibai actually had some expectations, looking forward to this child growing up in the future, going to the Falling Sword Blade to break the sword and try the sword, and when the time comes, if those inner sect elders know that this child is my apprentice, I really want to see their surprised expressions.