Early the next morning, it was just dawn, and it was the coldest time of the day.

The sword ghost Jiangbei Crane woke up from Lin Chuyun's small hut, but saw Lin Chuyun sitting on the side, sleeping with his eyes closed, breathing evenly, and basically in line with the luck method he taught Lin Chuyun, his body was sweating, his face was ruddy, and there was no trace of frostbite, he smiled slightly and said no more.

There were all the sounds of insects and birds all around, and only one or two barks could be heard from a village a few miles away.

Jiang Beihe has not slept so peacefully for a long time, and it has been a long time since he has enjoyed a quiet morning like at this moment, and he has not danced a sword happily for a long time.

Stretch and stretch.

I've almost forgotten what I look like as a sword ghost.

He picked up a branch in the ground, used it as a sword, and slowly began to move. The cold air of the early morning was slowly stirred between the branches. At the beginning, the first one or two moves were slow and ordinary, but there was a rare majestic power in them, and after that, he danced faster and faster, the tip of the sword sneered in the condensed air, and the sword moves became more and more magical, as if the four corners of the world were surging in this sword technique, he danced happily, and his face showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time.

The mastery of his life is displayed one by one at this moment, the world's rivers and lakes are thousands of miles, who knows, in such a corner that is not paid attention to, in such a sleepy-eyed morning, a scene of the most top-level swordsmanship in the rivers and lakes is staged.

It wasn't until there was warmth on his body and a little sweat broke out on his forehead that he withdrew his hand.

Empty and talented, he has never opened his arms in his life.

has a stunt, but has been reduced to the rivers and lakes for many years, even the name of "sword ghost" is rarely known, half of his life is scattered, no money and power, almost starved to death, all these years of ups and downs, are written in the ravines on his face.

At this moment, if you can dance the sword happily, even if no one sees it, it can be regarded as living up to what you have learned in your life.

He was wrong, he danced the sword this time, not that no one saw it.

When he put away his sword and turned around, he saw Lin Chuyun looking at him with a pair of big eyes, his mouth open, and he couldn't close it in surprise.

Jiang Bei Crane saw that he was dancing with a sword, but his face was a little shy, but Lin Chuyun immediately stood up, and hurriedly made a big salute and said: "Old man, you have such a wonderful and magical swordsmanship, I have seen it for the first time in my life, you are really a 'sword ghost' Jiang Bei Crane, you don't know Mount Tai with eyes below, the seniors are above, and the kid has given you a big salute." ”

It was Jiang Beihe, who smiled embarrassedly: "It's nothing, it's nothing, you're old, you move your muscles and bones, when did you wake up?"

Lin Chuyun smiled: "Just when you used the trick that looked like a white crane shining its wings." ”

Jiang Beihe nodded, and said: "I was stolen by you, but I warn you, you are not allowed to learn randomly, swordsmanship pays attention to the unity of body and mind, you don't understand the way of operation, just practice blindly according to the appearance, you will go crazy." At worst, the meridians will be broken, and at worst, the seven orifices will immediately bleed to death. ”

Lin Chuyun clenched his fists and said with a smile: "Obey the teachings of your predecessors below." ”

"You are young, and practicing the Lingyun Sword Technique well is already a great achievement. Jiangbei Crane sighed.

Lin Chuyun asked again: "Old man, who is more powerful than your swordsmanship compared to the swordsmanship of Sword Saint Li Zongyuan?"

"If you want to say that, then Li Zongyuan is more powerful. Speaking of this, his face was quite serious: "Li Zongyuan's swordsmanship seems to be ordinary, but it actually contains the most simple truth of swordsmanship, and the so-called return to the basics is nothing more than that, compared to him, my ghost sword technique is still a little worse." ”

"So, Sword Immortal Gu Bai, you can't compare?"

"That's natural, Sword Immortal Gu Bai is a rare genius in five hundred years, and his swordsmanship really depends on his talent. He saw Lin Chuyun smile slightly at the corner of his mouth, Fang Zhi was teasing him, and said with a straight face: "However, it is not a shame to be compared to the Sword Saint and the Sword Immortal, who in the rivers and lakes dares to say that his swordsmanship can surpass that of Li Zongyuan and Gu Bai? ”

Lin Chuyun nodded: "Then, you said that Sword Immortal Gu Bai is a genius in the sky, but I heard that the Sword Saint Li Zongyuan tested himself to study hard and practiced hard, and slowly became a Sword Saint, does it mean that the Sword Skill Test can also achieve something if you work hard?"

"Although the words are good, you can practice hard day and night in the exam, and you can indeed improve day and day, but, young man, who told you that the Sword Saint Li Zongyuan has no talent?"

"Huh, is Li Zongyuan very talented?"

"Nonsense, Li Zongyuan is not very talented, it is terrifyingly high, if Gu Bai is a genius in the sky, Li Zongyuan has to be regarded as a genius who has not been met for decades, his swordsmanship is indeed not particularly high when he was young, but, don't take a third-rate swordsman as a swordsman, how many people are there in the rivers and lakes, and they are not in the stream after working hard all their lives, Li Zongyuan was already the number one dart master of the Fengyuan Dart Bureau when he was young, and he also worked as a diner in King Mu's mansion, although he is not a top master, but he is also quite famous in the rivers and lakes. It's just that he pursued very high, and he advanced step by step, and in the later period, he became a famous 'sword saint' in the world. ”

"The same swordsmanship is superb, both the Sword Saint and the Sword Immortal can be famous all over the world, not only strong in martial arts, but also never worry about eating and drinking, why do you ......?"

"Silly boy, you don't understand," Jiangbei He sat down leisurely, Lin Chuyun also sat cross-legged beside him, and listened to him continue: "What is the origin of the Sword Saint, what is my background? Sword Saint Li Zongyuan is from the Wuji Sect, the secret sect of the rivers and lakes, this sect is rarely heard of in the rivers and lakes, but the people from the Wuji Sect are all top experts, but this sect is somewhat mysterious and secret, and the people from the background include swordsmen, killers, and I heard that there are also officials, and it is difficult for outsiders to know. Sword Immortal Gu Bai is even more different, he was born in Taibai, he is a decent family, and he has strong martial arts, why worry about not being famous in the world?"

"And what are your origins?"

"What am my background? I was born in the wilderness, born in the poor people, and even the name of the 'sword ghost' is ghostly, and when I was young, I was quite famous in the rivers and lakes, but unfortunately, the people in the rivers and lakes are forgetful. Jiang Beihe said and sighed.

Lin Chuyun was silent when he heard this.

Not long after, he got up again and said, "I will fight against Han Yang the day after tomorrow, Mr. is free, and then point me to my swordsmanship." ”

Jiang Beihe also pulled out from his memories: "Okay, I taught you the footwork last night, do you remember?"

"Of course I remember!" Lin Chuyun tried his footwork one by one, and the sword moves in his hand came out one after another: "I sleep and dream about how to combine footwork with swordsmanship, do you think this is okay?"

Jiang Beihe laughed: "It's really good, okay, you have this understanding, then I will start to guide you in swordsmanship." Let me ask you, what would you do if Han Yang used the seventh and thirteenth forms of the Lingyun Sword Technique?"

Lin Chuyun thought about it, sure enough, the master's thinking was not ordinary, he had never thought of the combination of the seventh style and the thirteenth style, he thought that these two moves were incompatible, and it was difficult to mesh together, but he didn't expect Jiang Beihe to say this, he tried it out in his mind, and it was really a subtle move, he thought about it and said: "Then I will use the ninth style and the twenty-third style to resist." ”

The two tricks he said did correspond to the two tricks made by the other party, but they must be tightly matched without a little hesitation.

Jiang Beihe smiled: "If you use the twenty-third form and the thirty-first form of the earth, what will be the result?"

"These two moves......" He was just about to say that these two moves were not connected together, and suddenly thought in his heart that as long as the last sword of the twenty-third style of the ground was slightly followed by the sword momentum and added a movement backwards, the thirty-first style could be connected, and these two moves could even be used to counter the guest, and change defense into offense, which was really a clever move.

"It's just that," Lin Chuyun said in his heart: "This move also has to be fast." ”

"Let's try it. Jiangbei Crane got up, picked up a branch as a sword, and said.

After that, he used the seventh style and the thirteenth style towards Lin Chuyun, and Lin Chuyun did not hesitate to use the twenty-third style and the thirty-first style, he was proud that he could complete the counterattack, but he didn't expect to wait for the sword move to make the old, but seeing that the seventh style of Jiangbei Crane was only halfway, he came out of the thirteenth style, and he only hit halfway, but he didn't expect these two half-moves to be surprisingly powerful, fast and ruthless, Lin Chuyun's thirty-first style was hurriedly used, and before he could make the first move, he was knocked to the ground.

"This ...... You don't play cards according to common sense, your seventh form is not finished!"

Jiang Beihe said with a smile: "Who stipulates that every sword move must be finished?"

When Lin Chuyun heard this, his mind suddenly burst like fireworks, and his thoughts were like springs, yes, who stipulates that every move and every style must be completed? He couldn't help laughing, and the feeling at this moment was like an initiation.

"You remember, the swordsmanship moves are all cultivation methods, and when it comes to actual combat, don't think about the first few moves, what thirty-six ways of sword, seventy-two ways of swordsmanship, all of them are nonsense, real swordsmanship, there are only so many moves, stabbing, splitting, hanging, teasing, cloud, wiping, pointing, collapsing, ......"

The more Lin Chuyun listened, the more he felt infinitely comfortable in his heart, as if he had opened a new world, he had a very high level of understanding, and immediately thought of the deep meaning of this, the various combinations in those Lingyun swordsmanship, dismantling, had been slowly tried and formed in his mind.

After that, the two began to practice one move at a time, Jiang Beihe pointed out the true meaning of the infinite changes in swordsmanship, Lin Chuyun extended the thirty-six Lingyun Sword one by one, one move and one style, whatever he wanted, Jiang Beihe couldn't help but be relieved to see that this child could have such an epiphany in a moment.

For a whole day, in addition to eating and resting, the two of them spent time in sword practice, Lin Chuyun opened the truth of swordsmanship, and practiced non-stop for a moment, all kinds of common changes contained in the thirty-six Lingyun swordsmanship were explored by him one by one, and even some sword moves that could not work were also tested by him to prevent mistakes in the future.

Jiang Beihe sometimes lay down and sometimes sat with him with the sword, holding a branch in one hand and pointing at it casually, but Lin Chuyun did not dare to slack off, and took every move seriously.

He may not have thought that he could have such a master to feed him, and how his swordsmanship would improve by leaps and bounds.

Zhang Tianpeng also came to him from time to time, and the two practiced together for a while, but Zhang Tianpeng found that Lin Chuyun's swordsmanship had begun to get higher, he had a pure nature, and he thought that the hard training of the past two days had the result, so he said happily: "Chu Yun, your swordsmanship is even more powerful, maybe, you can have a fight with that Han Yang!"

Lin Chuyun laughed and said: "No, no, no, this old gentleman ......" He was about to introduce this senior "sword ghost" to Zhang Tianpeng, but when he turned around, he saw Jiang Beihe secretly shaking his head, knowing what he meant, so he changed his words and said: "This old gentleman encourages me, I have been practicing all day long." ”

"Well, Chu Yun, I believe in you, don't be afraid of Han Yang, he is just bluffing, the same disciple under the mountain, no one is higher than who!"

Lin Chuyun smiled, he didn't expect this stupid and ordinary senior brother from the same family to have such a state of mind.

In the evening, when the sun was dark, Zhang Tianpeng also went back, Lin Chuyun and Jiangbei Crane sat on the ridge and rested, Lin Chuyun got a snake from nowhere, so he skinned it and stewed a pot of snake soup. When the two of them were eating snake soup leisurely in the dark, the fragrance was overflowing, and Jiang Beihe couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect you kid to have such a hand, I haven't eaten such a delicious thing for many years." ”

Lin Chuyun laughed and said: "In the past two years, I have been in the rivers and lakes, and naturally I have to eat everything, and mice and the like are naturally often eaten, but in comparison, snakes are indeed the most fragrant, followed by bullfrogs, mice are actually more delicious than imagined, a bit like mutton, and occasionally with good luck, I can hit a turtledove, which is also delicious in the world." ”

Jiang Beihe sighed: "It would be nice if there was wine at this moment!"

Lin Chuyun shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "Wait!"

After that, he ran through the field, measured the position with his footsteps, and began to dig the soil, and after a while, he dug out a clay pot from the soil, brought it forward, opened the mud seal, and suddenly the aroma of wine overflowed: "This is the wine I made from the sorghum that I exchanged with the villagers for rations, and one decimeter can be exchanged for three points of sorghum, and the wine is not good, so you will settle for it, old man!"

With that, he put the wine rack on a low fire and heated it up.

The smell of wine wafted out of the jar, and slowly got warmer, Lin Chuyun poured a bowl for Jiang Beihe, and filled a bowl himself, clinking glasses and said: "I salute the 'sword ghost' predecessor with a bowl of wine!"

Jiang Beihe smiled: "Haha, don't dare, come, do it!"

With that, the two of them raised their heads and drank it all.

"Ah, comfortable, you and I are destined, we are both fallen people at the end of the world, born in poverty, and have suffered a lifetime of sin, only this sip of wine at this moment can still make people feel the joy of life, hahaha. ”

After that, he took another bowl and said: "Red rice new roasted wine, yellow mud small stove, late in the sky and snow, can you drink a glass? haha, cheers." ”

After three bowls, it was not early. When the two of them were already slightly drunk, Jiang Beihe didn't say a word, and went into the thatched hut again, Lin Chuyun smiled and shouted, "Let me sleep outside again?"

"Young man, bear with me!" as soon as the words fell, his snort sounded.

Lin Chuyun had no choice but to sit still and once again used the method of breathing.