It is not far from Linjianglou to Banshan Pavilion, and with the footsteps of Xie Jiang and You Xiyun, it does not take a cup of tea to arrive. There were very few pedestrians along the way, and occasionally there would be one or two people who went up the mountain to fetch spring water, and Xie Jiang knew them. You Xiyun was still interested in Xie Jiang's boxing, but Xie Jiang couldn't say why, but on the way to the Banshan Pavilion, You Xiyun instructed Xie Jiang a lot of maneuvering techniques.

When he arrived at the Banshan Pavilion, Monk Banyun was already meditating in the pavilion with his eyes closed. Xie Jiang shouted Master Morning, put breakfast on the table in the pavilion, and listened to meditate on a big rock outside. You Xiyun is also a person who practices martial arts, and seeing that the two of them have already sat down, he also found a place to meditate. A week after Xie Jiang's luck, Master Banyun was already standing under a pine tree outside the Banshan Pavilion to recuperate. You Xiyun didn't see anyone, it was estimated that it was too boring to sit here, so I went to the mountains by myself.

"Master, what are you looking at?" Xie Jiang asked,

"Look at this tree. ”

"Isn't it the same as usual?"

"I don't know if it's because I've grown up or because it's getting hotter, but it seems to be particularly lively today. ”

"Will anyone be lively?"

"I can still see that you are impetuous, do you have something on your mind?"

"Yes, Master. ”

"Hahaha, okay, it's about growing up, it's about practicing yesterday?"

"Yes, Master, is my fist not practiced correctly, I can't hit anyone. ”

"Did you see that their kung fu was very good yesterday?"

"Hmmm······" Xie Jiang didn't know what to say!

"You came and looked at the spring root vine," Master Banyun said after a long contemplation, "when did you notice it bloomed?"

Master Banyun and Xie Jiang were standing next to an ancient pine tree that could only be held by two adults, and there was a small pine tree with the thickness of a thumb not far away, and the spring root vine that Master Banyun said was wrapped around this small pine tree.

"Yesterday there was already a flower that bloomed first. ”

"Yes, do you remember this spring root vine when you bathed in the Buddha last year?"

"I still remember that the flowers were in full bloom at that time, and the whole Banshan Pavilion could smell its fragrance of flowers. ”

"Do you like this spring vine or this little pine tree, or this ancient pine over here?" asked Master Banyun with a smile.

"The spring root vine flowers are full of fragrance, the small pine trees are now small but have a bright future, and the ancient pines have been able to shelter from the wind and rain, they have their own characteristics, and it is not easy to compare. ”

"What do you think of your friends' martial arts?"

This question made Xie Jiang think for a long time, and Master Banyun was not in a hurry, and carefully observed this spring root vine, as if he wanted to count out how many leaves this vine had. At this time, You Xiyun returned.

"Master Banyun. ”

"Hmm!"

"Can it be evaluated from the point of view of practicality?" Xie Jiang came back to his senses.

"What do you think this kind of martial arts is practical or not?"

"The martial arts I practice can't beat people," Xie Jiang felt that he had found a breakthrough.

"Is it necessarily a good martial art if you can hit people? Aren't small pine trees, spring root vines, and ancient pines all alive and well?"

You Xiyun understood that these two people were discussing Xie Jiang's martial arts. But like Xie Jiang, You Xiyun couldn't answer the quality of this martial art.

"The disciple thinks that since there is a fight, it is better to be able to fight back than to be beaten passively! You see that Harune Vine is cut with a single sword, but Honka is not so easy to cut. ”

"Hahaha, yes, but the growth time of Honka is many, many years longer than this spring root vine!"

"You mean I don't have enough time to practice?"

Master Banyun smiled and didn't speak again. However, Xie Jiang began to think about it.

"In the afternoon, I'll go to that currency gate with you!" You Xiyun guessed that he was too bored.

Xie Jiang was confused by Master Banyun in the morning, he had drunk wine last night and now he hadn't fully woken up, so he was even more depressed, and when he came to the grass house, he didn't have anything to do, so he went to find the old master Huangfu.

Mr. Huangfu seems to have something to think about today, and Xie Jiang didn't care when he came, because usually Xie Jiang went to work on himself after coming over to say hello. You Xiyun said hello, and Mr. Huangfu just nodded, signaling Xie Jiang to go out by himself, and he thought about his own affairs. Xie Jiang remembered the dream he had and wanted to ask Mr. to interpret the dream, but today Mr. Huangfu seemed to be thinking about his own affairs very seriously, and Xie Jiang didn't want to disturb him, so he came out by himself. At this time, Mr. Huangfu suddenly asked, "You didn't come back here to sleep last night?"

"Yes, sir, I stayed in Brother Xiaowu's restaurant last night. ”

"Oh," Mr. was busy with himself again, and occasionally Xie Jiang would stay outside at night.

You Xiyun followed Xie Jiang around in the grass house, but in fact, nothing got better, he himself came in last time. There are two courtyards in this cottage, beyond the front courtyard is the student's classroom, the back yard has the gentleman's residence and study, and there are some vacant rooms in the west wing, Xie Jiang lives here on weekdays. It's just that there is also an ancient sword hanging in the study where Mr. Huangfu is, You Xiyun paid attention to it, but this is also normal, now there is no sword hanging in the study of that literati scholar!

The two of them didn't eat at the grass house at noon, Xie Jiang was going to the currency gate, and You Xiyun had nothing to do anyway, so he followed.

Tanzhou City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with Yangmei Mountain in the east, Xishan Mountain in the south, and Danchuan Mountain in the north. There is the Xiangjiang River flowing through the west of Tanzhou City, and the city wall is only five zhang away from the riverside. The west city wall opened four gates, from north to south are the currency gate, the Xiangzong gate, the post step gate and the De gate. Xie Jiang is going to the northernmost currency gate in the west of Tanzhou City. Ships can be parked along the Xiangjiang River in the west of Tanzhou City, but all goods must enter and exit from the currency gate, so the ship is also concentrated near the currency gate. The only bridge across the Xiangjiang River is also close to the currency gate, and passes through the water and land continent in the middle of the Xiangjiang River, and then to the front of the riverside building at the foot of the foothills.

Even at noon, the sky was foggy, and it was raining heavily, and it felt like it was getting bigger and bigger. Xie Jiang and You Xiyun had already arrived at Boss Li's tea shop before noon.

It is said to be a tea shop, but in fact it is almost a resting restaurant. The west city wall of Tanzhou is almost five zhang away from the riverside, there is a stone-paved road in the middle, because there are many people coming and going, a lot of houses and shops have been built on both sides of the road one after another, forming a real street, named Chuxiang Street. Boss Li's tea shop is the nearest one to the lion on the right in front of the currency gate, two feet away from the lion, just an ordinary thatched house, with five tables in front of it, selling tea, wine, water chestnuts and steamed buns. From Boss Li's tea shop along Chuxiang Street, there are small shops selling fish, charcoal, porcelain, and clothes.

It's just such a simple street, but it's about to turn into a martial arts arena.