The sudden wind and rain seemed to be the first heavy rain of thunder and lightning since the beginning of spring, and the rain that poured down, like a surging wave, ruthlessly washed away the ugliness and vicissitudes of the world.

Who knows how many old trees and plants will fall forever after this storm

Who cares, and how many new lives are born in the rain

Every person, every story, every dreamy and bizarre myth and legend. In this bizarre world, it seems insignificant.

People often care about things that are closely related to their own interests, and as for other things, they rarely pay attention to them.

If the sky is ruthless, then is the human heart more ruthless than the sky?

There's always a true feeling.

In the mountain behind the ancient peak, the pair of young men and women who snuggled under a small tarpaulin umbrella to shelter from the wind and rain, there should be true love between them.

In the wind and rain, the man was like a poor naughty boy who had lost everything, hiding in the arms of the woman he trusted the most, and it seemed that only in this way would his fragile heart slowly become stronger.

Han Xuemei gently hugged Yun Xiaoxie, like a mother, comforting her child who was disturbed by thunder in the wind and rain.

How many years of memory, how many years of affection, in this bleak wind and rain, seems to have returned to the body and mind of the two again, as if there is a ten-year-long estrangement between the two, suddenly disappeared.

Looking at the man trembling in her arms, Han Xuemei sighed secretly in her heart, secretly sad.

Cultivators, even if they see through the cycle of life and death, cannot control their hearts.

Over the years, her heart has been full of this man's figure, and it has never dimmed.

Who wants to live alone, who wants to live alone?

If it weren't for the depths of love, how could it be difficult to sleep night after night

"Little Evil"

The gentle voice sounded softly in Yun Xiaoxie's ears.

Han Xuemei's soft voice was a little melancholy, and she said in a low voice: "Two months ago, you lost your lover, and I also lost a good friend of mine. But we always have to live, not only for ourselves, but also for the people who left you, those friends who let you live well and do not hesitate to give their lives. ”

Even though the wind and rain around him were still very strong, Yun Xiaoye could clearly hear Han Xuemei's low voice.

He silently looked up, saw her slightly pained face, and suddenly chuckled in his heart.

After the storm, everything recovered, and the world that had been tortured overnight regained its vitality, but who would remember the storm yesterday like the end of the world

After the heavy rain receded, on the Siguo cliff opposite the moon platform, the old pine tree that Yun Xiaoxiao was familiar with growing in the mountain rock was gone, and in that boring ten years, the spirit bird Vermilion Bird has been perched on the old tree, accompanying him, remembering that it was still a few months ago, was it taken away by the wind and rain last night

The morning sun appears, and it's a new day.

Standing on the Siguo cliff, Yun Xiaoye looked at the thick fog and smoke rolling under his feet, and his heart seemed to gradually calm down.

Han Xuemei silently put away the small oilcloth umbrella, stood beside Yun Xiaoxie, and felt a pain in her heart when she saw Yun Xiaoxie's almost bloody fists.

took out two handkerchiefs from his arms and quietly bandaged Yun Xiaoxie's wounds.

Before yesterday's wind and rain, Yun Xiaoxie smashed a huge rock dozens of feet high with a pair of fleshy palms and iron fists in a frenzy, and Yun Xiaoxie was almost crazy like a beast at that time, and he didn't feel anything.

At this moment, Han Xuemei was bandaged by him, and a heart-piercing pain immediately swept over.

Han Xuemei saw Yun Xiaoxie's body tremble, her expression seemed to be a little painful, and her heart hurt even more, and the movements on her hands became gentle.

After bandaging Yun Xiaoxie's hands, Han Xuemei slowly straightened up.

Said softly: "Little evil, everything has passed, what are your plans in the future?"

Yun Xiaoxiao glanced at her, and said in a hoarse voice: "What about you, what are your plans?"

Han Xuemei was silent for a while, and then said after a while: "A few months ago, after returning from Kunlun Mountain, Miss Renqing asked me to go to a place to meet her after recuperating from my injuries in Shushan, it seems that there is something important, and she also asked me to find a few trustworthy cultivators to go with me, and now my injuries have long healed, and I plan to pass after a while." ”

Yun Xiaoxie was slightly stunned in his heart, and said, "Who are you going to go with, Miss Renqing?"

Han Xuemei said silently: "I don't have many friends on Shu Mountain, only Senior Sister Linlang and a few others, I have already told Senior Sister Linlang about this, she and Senior Brother Zhu Gou Zhu will go with me." ”

Yun Xiaoye looked at Han Xuemei deeply and said, "When will you go?"

Han Xuemei said: "Ten days later." You should honestly recuperate in Shushan, and you shouldn't get involved in this matter. ”

Yun Xiaoxiao didn't speak, I don't know if I heard Han Xuemei's words.

The two seem to have become strangers again, far less intimate than last night's storm.

Han Xuemei sighed faintly, unwilling to look at Yun Xiaoxie anymore, turned around silently, and suddenly saw the words that were still looming with the erosion of the years on the cliff wall behind her, among them, those three words of hatred, like a sharp knife piercing her heart, made her body tremble slightly.

Since the second senior sister Xu Baofeng told her that her teacher had written a desperate letter to Yun Xiaoye under the pretense of her own hand, and Yun Xiaoxiao jumped off the cliff in anger, Han Xuemei often came to the back mountain alone to think about the cliff, looking at the three hateful words that appeared in blood, I don't know how many tears were shed.

Now, more than 20 years have passed, and the former teenager has also transformed into an unyielding young man, and has experienced many stories that ordinary people can't understand.

Over the years, I have quietly changed.

Perhaps, the only thing that hasn't changed is the ignorance of the young man at the beginning.

In the early morning, in the ancestral hall of the patriarch after the heavy rain, the wide wooden door slowly opened from the inside as in the past, and a young and beautiful nun who seemed to have gone through endless vicissitudes of life, holding a worn-out broom, began to sweep the world that was ravaged by the wind and rain last night

How big of a place she can clean may only be the small open space outside the ancestral hall.

After the rain, the back mountain was filled with a thick fog, and in the fog, a figure slowly came, wearing purple clothes, handsome and extraordinary, it was Zhu Gou.

Since more than two months ago, Zhu Gou has never appeared since Broken Dust Zi used a leaf to discuss the Heavenly Dao, because at that time, Duan Chenzi said that when he realized the realm of a leaf on the Heavenly Dao, he would come to her again.

More than two months have passed, and Zhu Gou once again appeared outside the ancestral hall of the patriarch in Houshan, standing quietly in the fog, watching the dust break clean up the stagnant water and fallen leaves in front of the ancestral hall.

This stop was more than an hour, he didn't speak, and she didn't stop moving.

It wasn't until finally that all the fallen leaves were swept together, and Broken Dust raised his head silently and looked at Zhu Gou who was standing not far away and was shrouded in mist.

Silently said: "Amitabha, donor, you are here." ”

Zhu Gou walked over, folded his hands, bent down slightly, and said, "I've seen Shitai." ”

Broken Chenzi said: "I haven't seen you for many days, and today the donor is visiting again, I think you have already realized what the poor nun said that day." ”

Zhu Gou shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "The high level of Shitai's Taoism is only seen in his next life, although in more than two months, he has been contemplating enlightenment in the next heart, but it is difficult to achieve anything, and he cannot reach the realm of Shitai's devastating and decaying. ”

As he spoke, he flipped his fingers, and a green leaf appeared between his fingers.

Broken Dust stared at him deeply, oblivious to the leaves in his hand, and after a long time, a faint smile appeared on her quiet cheeks.

"Looks like you're ready." ”

Zhu Gou was stunned for a moment, didn't know why, and said: "Although I can use the true yuan to urge the leaves, which is as sharp as a blade, it is far from reaching the supreme realm of destroying an old tree with a leaf with the one hand of the master on that day. ”

Broken Chenzi shook his head and said: "If you want to reach that state, you have to need at least a hundred years of penance, I let you watch the leaves that day, just to calm your mind, I thought that you would come over in ten days at most, but I didn't expect that more than sixty days have passed before you came, it seems that your heart is really quiet." ”

Zhu Gou was overjoyed and said, "It turns out that Mrs. Shi deliberately tested the next."

Broken Dust looked at the sky silently, and said slowly: "All martial arts in the world can be broken, only fast is not broken, and since ancient times, when it comes to speed, there is no supernatural sword intent that can be left and right by its wind sword intent, if the heart can't really be quiet, it can't realize the true meaning of the wind." ”

In the past two months, whenever Zhu Gou has observed the soft leaves, he has a little respect for the young nun who guards the ancestral hall.

At this moment, he heard what Duanchenzi said, hurriedly bowed to the ground, and said: "Senior, you must be an immortal senior, although the younger generation comprehends the sword intent of the wind, but in the past ten years, there has been little progress, it is difficult to break through the bottleneck, the speed of the predecessor out of the sword is far more than ten times faster than that of the younger generation, and you must have contributed to the creation of the sword intent of the wind, and please ask the seniors to give advice."

Broken Chenzi stretched out his hand to help Zhu Gou up, and said: "You call me a senior, I naturally won't let you go home empty-handed, the world's sects, whether it is the righteous path or the magic power of the demon sect, each has its own merits, but when it comes to power, it naturally belongs to the sword path." Less than three thousand years of the Shushan faction, countless predecessors have a very thorough understanding of the sword intent, which is mainly divided into the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, but there are also other unpopular sword intents, the wind sword intent is one of them, no longer among the five elements, if the wind sword intent is just blindly pursuing the speed of transcendence, it will be lost. ”

Zhu Gou was puzzled and said: "Senior, didn't you just say that all martial arts in the world can be broken, but speed is not the most important thing?"

Broken Dust shook his head silently and said: "No, the most important thing is the heart, whether it is the Five Elements Sword Intent, or the Wind Sword Intent, or the more unpopular Streamer Sword Intent, there is a source, that is, the Heavenly Dao Origin Sword Dao is just a side branch of the Heavenly Dao." The junior disciples of Shushan all know that the highest level of sword intent is that there is no sword in the hand and a sword in the heart, but in fact, this is wrong. ”

Zhu Gou was taken aback, is it wrong to say that the sword path has been handed down by the ancestors for thousands of years

Just when he was taken aback, Broken Chenzi continued: "Shushan Sword Dao is in the same vein, unique in the world, there is no sect in the world that can be comparable to Shushan in the way of the sword, and Shushan Sword Dao is divided into three levels, the first layer is the sword in the hand, the second layer is the sword in the heart, and the third layer is the void sword. Nowadays, most of the disciples above the realm of the sword in Shushan are the first layer of the sword in their hands, and only the head Yun Canghai and that Shangguan Yundun have reached the second layer of the sword in their hearts, which is the highest level of the so-called sword in their hands, and there is a sword in their hearts, but this is not really the highest realm. ”

Zhu Gou's breathing gradually became short, and he had never heard any of the Shushan elders say it before, and it sounded very novel.

asked, "Could it be that the third-layer Void Sword is the highest realm of the Sword Dao?"

Broken Chenzi nodded slightly, and his expression suddenly became even more vicissitudes.

Said slowly: " Can do no sword in your hand, no sword in your heart, everything in heaven and earth is a sword, this is the highest level of the way of the sword, you want to break through the bottleneck in front of you, it's not that your sword speed is not fast enough, but too fast, blindly pursuing speed, has made you fall into the blind spot, the so-called heaven and earth yin and yang, back to the basics, the wind sword intent is the true meaning of the wind, the wind is not only fierce and fast, more often, it is soft and delicate, just like the soft wind around you now, you go, when you can slow down the sword in your hand, after reaching the second layer of the heart of the sword, come here again。 ”

In this early morning, which was almost no different from the past, a door of heaven was slowly opened in front of Zhu Gou, and he was fascinated by the deducing in his mind what Broken Dust had just said, and when he woke up, Broken Dust had already left, and in the quiet ancestral hall of the patriarch, there seemed to be a sound of gently beating the wooden fish and reciting scriptures.

He slammed, knelt outside the gate of the ancestral hall, leaned down deeply, and said, "Thank you seniors for your advice."

At this moment, Zhu Gou was almost certain that this young nun with a mysterious origin had only a higher attainment in the first line of kendo than the master of the sect, and it should have reached the third level of kendo as she said.

There is no sword in the hand, there is no sword in the heart, everything in heaven and earth is a sword

Void Sword

Now, Zhu Gou finally understands why this mysterious master can turn an old tree into powder with just a fragile dead leaf, this Taoism, not to mention another hundred years, even if it is three hundred years, it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve.

Since he was a child, Zhu Gou has been a little disciple of the Great Elder Xuanbi Daoist, and his personality is naturally extremely proud, knowing that after suffering a big loss under Yun Xiaoxie, his personality has gradually converged a lot.

But after all, he is extremely arrogant in his bones, especially after making achievements in the Wind Sword Intent, he always feels that in the whole world, except for a few young people such as Yun Xiaoxie, among the disciples of the same generation, whether it is the disciples of the Righteous Path or the Demon Sect, they are all inferior to themselves, and even once he breaks through the bottleneck of the Wind Sword Intent, it is not impossible to surpass Yun Xiaoxie.

However, the last trace of arrogance in his heart was ruthlessly shattered by the words of this young nun.

Fang knows that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky. I used to sit in the well and watch the sky, thinking that I was the best in the world, but in the end, I was stunned to find that I had nothing to do with the first in the world, just a ridiculous clown.

Today, with the guidance of Broken Dust, he suddenly opened up, as if he had opened the illusory door of heaven in his heart, and touched a fantasy world that he had never thought of before.

After Zhu Gou left, from the inside of the ancestral hall, a young woman silently walked out.

Li Tielan stood beside Broken Dust and looked at the dense fog outside the door.

Said slowly: "I didn't expect the seniors to guide Zhu Gou in secret. ”

The action of beating the wooden fish in Broken Dust's hand stopped, and he said softly: "How do you know that I am secretly guiding him?"

Li Tielan was slightly startled and said, "Could it be that my father knows about this." ”

Broken Dust nodded silently and said, "Not bad." If it weren't for the approval and hint of the head of Yun, how could Zhu Gou find here?"

Li Tielan stopped talking, she has experienced a lot of things, and she is from the royal family, so she naturally knows that now her father Yun Canghai secretly vigorously supports Zhu Gou's intentions, but I am afraid that it will be inextricably linked to the supreme position of the next generation of Shushan in the future.

Based on the relationship between Zhu Gou and Yun Xiaoxie, judging from today's situation, the head of the family may not be in the bag of Senior Brother Gu Yufeng in the future, after all, with the assistance of Zhu Gou and others, Yun Xiaoxie is almost like a tiger with wings and is unstoppable.

Broken Chenzi looked at her, as if he had seen through what Li Tielan was thinking at this moment.

Said lightly: "It's lonely in the morning, you can also sit down and recite the Heart Sutra." ”

Ten days later.

Shu Mountain, Reincarnation Peak, mountainside, disciple house.

The day was about to dawn, but the candle flame in Yun Xiaoxiao's house had not been extinguished all night, and he was lying on the bed, looking at the beams of the room, his face was quite complicated.

It seems to be a grievance, it seems to be a lament.

Like remorse, like longing.

Once upon a time, was there a woman who lay beside her, looking at the beams of the house with her in a daze?

Time passed little by little, and suddenly, Yun Xiaoxie turned over and picked up the nameless short stick from the pillow that had been with him for decades.

When the palm of his hand touched the cold stick god, a familiar feeling filled his heart, and wisps of spiritual power, like countless tentacles, caressed Yun Xiaoxie's palm.

Yun Xiaoye said softly: "After going around for decades, it turns out that you are still the only one by my side." ”

He gently wiped the nameless short stick, and muttered to himself: "Today, Senior Sister Han and they are going to do a big thing, I understand Ren Qing's character, if the two of them can deal with it, they will not let Senior Sister Han find a few trustworthy cultivators to go with them, presumably, this trip is very dangerous." ”

He muttered softly to himself, as if to the nameless baton, as if to his own body and mind, as if to the woman who had lived here.

After a long time, he suddenly grabbed the nameless baton, jumped out of bed, and opened the door.

The east was white, and the rolling red glow shook the sky.

But at this moment, a woman dressed in white like snow stood quietly in front of her door, blocking his way.

Li Ziye's face was full of sadness, looked at him, and said, "Have you decided?"

Yun Xiaoye frowned and said, "You know"

Li Ziye smiled bitterly: "Although Han Xuemei and the others are extremely secretive about this trip, after all, when it comes to the whereabouts of several young masters of Reincarnation Peak and Jade Girl Peak, it is natural to report to the Reincarnation Peak Elders' Academy, and I also heard from my teacher the day before yesterday." Xiaoxie, you are in a bad mood now, so let's cultivate quietly in Shushan. ”

Yun Xiaoye shook his head silently and said, "I'm afraid it's not so simple this time, I have to go." ”

Li Ziye suddenly said loudly: "Why?"

Yun Xiaoxiao said: "What"

Li Ziye said miserably: "Tielan just went, why did you get too close to Han Xuemei, aren't you afraid that Tielan's inspiration in the sky will be cold?"

Yun Xiaoxie's body was shocked, and he looked at Li Ziye in front of him in amazement. Li Tielan's familiar but somewhat unfamiliar face couldn't help but appear in his mind.

Yes, since that stormy night ten days ago, after coexisting with Han Xuemei again, it seems that the emotions that have been sealed for many years have erupted again.

This time, Han Xuemei asked him to stay in Shushan, but why did he decide to go

Are they just afraid that their trip will be dangerous?

Looking at Yun Xiaoxie's painful appearance, Li Ziye's heart suddenly couldn't bear it, over the years, she and Yun Xiaoxie had lived under the same roof, and she had already planted a deep affection for Yun Xiaoxi. However, he could only watch Yun Xiaoxiao and Li Tielan love each other.

She has been holding up this relationship for decades, and no one can understand this pain.

She couldn't bear to say: "What I said just now is serious, don't take it to heart." ”

Yun Xiaoye shook his head silently and said, "You're right. ”

Li Ziye was stunned for a moment and said, "Then you don't plan to go?"

Yun Xiaoxiao said: "Renqing is extremely high, has a cold personality, and has always been alone, if she and Senior Sister Han can face it alone this time, she will not let Senior Sister Han find a few trustworthy cultivators to go with her, this time I am afraid it is really auspicious, I think Tielan has a spirit in the sky, and will support me to go." ”

Plum leaves atmospheric

Said: "Okay, you are great, you are kind, you have a noble character, if there is any danger, you can go by yourself, go and go, you go, hum, sooner or later you will be killed by your own character." ”

After a stick of incense, Yun Xiaoye came to the vicinity of the Elders' House alone, and at this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

He looked back and saw that Li Ziye, who had wanted to stop him, had chased after him from behind.

He frowned and said, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Li Ziye snorted and chirped: "You rescued me from the Qiankun Cave Mansion back then, I owe you a life, I have long guessed that this time is dangerous, there is more than one luck, and I will die, I will accompany you to die." ”