Chapter Ninety-Nine: Passing on the Torch: The Secret of the Qilin

The car was parked in front of a small two-story building.

The outdated architectural style and faded cracks show the passage of time, which should be a remnant of the Republic of China period, and the shadow of the year can still be faintly seen on the walls.

Scholar Meng Tuo spread out in seven steps and stood in three places, Meng Tuo pointed to the closed door and said, "Go in, someone is waiting for you on the second floor." ”

Li Han walked towards the door without the slightest hesitation.

"Wait..."

Li Han looked back at Meng Tuo in confusion, with an inquiry in his eyes.

"Forget it, let's go inside. ”

Meng Tuo looked at the other two people, and Qibu grinned, and the scholar just stared at his feet.

Li Han stood at the door, took a deep breath, pushed open the door and went in, turned around and closed the door.

Qibu stretched his waist and asked the scholar, "The monk has been in the red robe for three days?"

"Hmm. When I took him, the red robe was cooking tea. ”

"Oh?" Mengtuo was also interested.

Although this generation of red robes belongs to Youfeng Laiyi, they are more in awe of the red robe than the rest, and the red robe in Tsing Yi does not directly belong to any force in the strict sense, these two people are like Ling Yan refining the phoenix is a symbol on the spiritual level.

The monk poured him tea. ”

"What's this? Didn't you pour it for him too?"

"That's because my surname is Xu, and I have inherited the mantle of Tsing Yi at that time, if I didn't have these two prerequisites, the red robe would never give me this opportunity. ”

"You people who are outside the world will definitely not live well if you don't pretend to be superior. ”

"Hahaha, it's not unreasonable for you to say that. ”

The three of them chatted about the rise, completely forgetting that Li Han was still alone in this building.

It took Li Han a few seconds to get used to the dimness of the first floor, and although the sun was already shining outside, all the windows in this building were sealed and nailed with thick wooden boards, and not even a single crack escaped.

It seemed to be more than just the light that was cut off, and now he couldn't even hear the sound outside.

Sweat began to flow from his forehead, and humans had a fear of the unknown.

After adapting to the darkness, Li Han became a little excited, he had an instinctive intimacy with the darkness, he curled up in the darkness all year round, familiar with everything about it, in the darkness, he was the king.

The staircase is made of old-fashioned cement, with a thin layer of ash falling from the iron railings on the sides.

Li Han's eyebrows moved, now there is no railing when the upstairs one or several people go up the stairs, and there is no railing in this dim light.

He'd just seen that the building was not lit.

He silently counted in his heart, and when he stepped on the twenty-third step, he raised his foot again and did not find a foothold.

It's on the second floor.

No matter where it is, show your moves!

On the second floor there are three rooms lined up.

Li Han was hesitating when a voice came out.

"In the middle. ”

Li Han didn't hesitate, walked straight over, stood at the door and knocked politely.

"Please come in. ”

Li Han gently opened the door and entered, turned around and closed the door, and then walked over slowly.

"You may be seated. ”

Li Han saluted and sat down.

There's finally some light in the room.

In front of him was a desk that stretched across the room, on which were placed the four treasures of the study, and an oil lamp flickered faintly. For a moment, Li Han seemed to have come to Xianghe Town, to the organization, and to my lord's study.

With this light, Li Han looked at the layout of the room, and the surrounding walls were all calligraphy from one person.

Opposite the desk, there is a two-meter-high bookshelf, and some thread-bound ancient books are placed at random.

A man in his fifties was sitting opposite, his hands naturally resting on the chair, looking at Li Han calmly.

"You are very cultured. ”

"It has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, and the younger generations must not let the ancients be ashamed. ”

"See what?"

"The juniors don't dare to say it, because the seniors don't want the juniors to say it yet. ”

"You're funny. In that case, then I say, you listen. ”

"The younger generation listened. ”

"Alas, the world has really changed a lot now. Many of the lessons learned from our predecessors don't work. There are many times when I think, why do you think so many people would die for something that they don't know why, or maybe even have no reason in the first place?"

Li Han's palms were sweaty, sticky and made him extremely uncomfortable, he had already seen the purpose of this trip, and he had already guessed the identity of the person in front of him.

"Thirty years ago. At that time, I should not be much older than you now, and the social environment at that time was not as tolerant as it is now, and at that time I had this kind of thought, not only me, but many people may have the same idea in their hearts, but they didn't say it. Also, it's been a thousand years of fighting and killing like this, and many people may not even know what they died for. Alas, people live this life, do you say it's worth it? ”

"Far from it. Let's go on, at that time I felt that this kind of life should not continue, a thousand years have passed, the feudal society has collapsed, and our feudal remnants should also disappear. That's what always happened to me at the time. ”

He sighed heavily when he said this, and Li Han seemed to have some details in his heart. followed by a tight contraction of the heart.

"At that time, I was in high spirits, and I always felt that those old men were in the way, and they were always pointing fingers. Doing things and looking forward and backward, but I still like to rely on the old and sell the old, in short, it is not pleasing to the eye when looking horizontally and vertically. I was once ordered to go on a mission, and although we were generally on good terms with them due to the situation, we were secretly fighting. The mission went well, just a few small and inconspicuous characters, and I easily completed it. In the bottom of my heart, I felt even more disgusted, as if I could only repeat this kind of day in my life, killing, killing, until one day I was killed. I will never see the light of day, I will have no name, I will not be free..."

"I didn't expect that mission to be a trap. They deliberately sacrificed a few bait, then followed me and found our secret stronghold. They didn't dare to blatantly attack our address on the surface, that would be sanctioned by some people, that stronghold connected the entire Jiangnan region, there happened to be three first-generation cabinet members there that day, and the opponent was fifty people, the elite of the fifty elites. That should be the main force in their entire Central Plains region, and fifty people attacked our stronghold with only three generations of cabinet members, and this kind of thing is only what they like to do. ”

"You're alive. ”

"I'm still alive, and that battle wasn't much of a battle, and it's nothing compared to many of the battles that followed. The end result was just the death of three insignificant nosy old men. ”

Li Han felt a chill on the soles of his feet, he could already see that picture, how the flesh and blood bodies of the three old men looked so shriveled in front of fifty sturdy men...

"One of those three was Buyi's grandfather. I also hate him the most, he is also the best at taking a fight, and he also dies the worst..."

"I can't think of why they sacrificed themselves to save us. They were supposed to go to another place to retire, they have fought for this place all their lives, and they can already live for a good time with a clear conscience, but that day, they sacrificed themselves to save us, three people, in exchange for five lives... They thought it was worth it, and the old man said, "We are still young, and we are still needed here." ”

"The damned didn't die, the undamned died. ”

"Honestly, in your outside terms. This kind of thing is bloody. ”

"Don't you feel dΓ©jΓ  vu?"

Li Han was stunned, racking his brains and still at a loss.

"After all, it's a blood moon that has been magnified countless times!"

Li Han came to his senses and said softly: "But I, I will never let Blood Moon fall into that kind of life!"

His voice was small but resolute, and his gaze and the person opposite him did not give an inch!

"Now you can say what you see. ”

The man looked calm, and there was no trace of irritation.

"You are the current Pavilion Master of the Qilin Pavilion, Lord Jade Linglong of the Jade-faced Yama. ”

Li Han's tone was respectful, no matter how stupid and arrogant he was, he couldn't raise the slightest courage in front of this person. Not only may he have rescued them from the organization, but he is also Xiaofei's father.

"Hmm. ”

Yu Linglong nodded calmly.

"You have insight, Mengtuo and they will not disobey my orders, how can you see it. ”

"When I went up to the second floor, you said two words. Middle. When you came in, you said you would like to be seated. ”

"Just those four words?"

"The handwriting on the wall, though powerful, is not from you. ”

"Why?"

"There is more than enough sharpness and lack of restraint. A general, but not a marshal. ”

"This small building is the stronghold of thirty years ago. This room is where Buyi's grandfather once rested, and I sat on the chair under you. ”

Li Han twisted his body unnaturally.

"Thirty years ago, I was as determined as you were. Even to this day, I am as confused as you, but I can only let the Qilin Pavilion continue to develop like this, because if they are allowed to leave now, losing the only pillar of faith is tantamount to murder. So I know that the current power of the Qilin Pavilion is so large that some people are afraid, but there is no way to stop it..."Yu Linglong sneered self-deprecatingly when he said this, "On the other hand, there is Feng Laiyi's internal fighting, not only the power of fighting for power and profit, but the Qilin Pavilion is thriving day by day. I thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Kirin Pavilion to soar to fame. But we have forgotten that the times are different from the past, the rules and etiquette that we inherited from the feudal society are incompatible with modern civilization, and the more powerful we are, the greater the threat to others, and the greater the threat, the less necessary our existence will be. ”

Li Han may not understand Yu Linglong's worries very well, he still doesn't understand what the Qilin Pavilion is, and he doesn't understand why these people are still sticking to the old rules and refusing to give up on changing, but he knows that the organization is absolutely impossible to exist. It's not that he hasn't thought about his future, the biggest and most likely place for him to go after the organization is eliminated is Qilin Pavilion, he has been out of touch with the entire society, he is no longer a complete and normal human being, but he still doesn't understand why Yu Linglong wants to say this to him.

As the master of the Qilin Pavilion, Yu Linglong was by no means a long-winded rotten scholar, but he did say a lot of things today, and the current concept of Li Han was still stuck many years ago, and in his bones, he still only regarded himself as a killer who could not see the light and lived in the dark, so he couldn't say anything.

"I know you probably don't care about the fate of the Qilin Pavilion, this has nothing to do with you in the first place. I just want to tell you that there are still many people in this world whose friendship and loyalty are just like you Blood Moon people, maybe in the future you will join the Qilin Pavilion and will be shackled by the rigid dogmas accumulated for thousands of years, and when you are unable to persevere one day, I hope you can remember the conversation we have here today. ”

Having said that, Li Han suddenly grasped the most critical point from thousands of information, and he gave up everything else to hit the most critical and deadly point.

"Mr. Yu, you can wait for the juniors to really enter the Qilin Pavilion in the future before telling them to the juniors. Why today?"

In the blue sky and white day, Li Han seemed to catch a glimpse of a dark cloud from the overlapping white clouds. And in the near future, this dark cloud can no longer be controlled, and eventually it will become an unprecedented storm.

"Li Han, you still have a long way to go! The little girl is please, although she is a little naΓ―ve, but her nature is pure, there is no more lovely and gentle girl in this world. Yu Linglong didn't answer Li Han's question at all, but instead turned to Yu Fei.

Li Han finally smelled the precursor of the storm, and surprisingly he was as calm as Yu Linglong.

Yu Linglong couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Li's cold and quiet pupils.

"The predecessor of the medical god is indeed true, you are indeed worthy of the little girl. ”

"Li Han Qilin Pavilion will not disappear, it just needs a reasonable reason to continue to exist, I am already old, old enough to be eliminated by this era, but Qilin Pavilion should not, for thousands of years, countless loyal souls have not hesitated for these three words. One day you'll understand. ”

The meaning expressed in these words has been clearly revealed, and Li Han will never be able to hear it, but he still has no statement.

Yu Linglong got up and lifted the thick curtains, and the golden sunlight pierced in and pierced Li Hanwan's arrows through his heart. He got up and bowed to Yu Linglong, and said sincerely: "The kid is just an ordinary man, born lazy, but it seems that there are always people who want me to take on all kinds of responsibilities. ”

"Those are all Qilin Pavilion's business, and they have nothing to do with you. Yu Linglong turned his back and looked out the window with his hands, "I'm going back to Yu's house tomorrow, do you want to go along?"