Chapter 40: Once

That's the end of this competition?

It's too fast!

The competition ended quickly, and Lan Xiaorui lost too quickly. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It's not terrible to fail, it's scary to find out that people who feel successful have never succeeded at all. Perhaps, all along, he was just a loser.

There was a wind blowing, bringing with it the sound of birdsong in the distance. But the pleasant voice sounded to him as if it were a kind of sarcasm, mocking the ridiculous and childish self-righteousness of the past.

He's the one who thinks he's right.

His hard work, his hard work, and his strength that he thought were extraordinary turned out to be so vulnerable in the end.

He lost, and he lost completely.

Lan Xiaorui stood quietly in place, as if he had settled down. I don't know what he's thinking at this moment, whether he is alone and experiencing the frustration that belongs to him.

Luo Qingyu, who had just walked to the stage, looked at the back of Yang Xiaofeng leaving with his pupils shrunk, and fell into deep thought for a while.

In a certain room on the west side of the arena, Duanmu Xuan looked at the direction of the No. 7 stage, was silent for a long time, and asked Dongfang Ming beside him: "You lost to this person yesterday?"

Dongfang Ming, who was stunned, also looked at the direction of the No. 7 stage, and after a long while, he was stunned and said, "Exactly, it's this person." It's just that I never thought that the speed of his shot would be so fast."

Duanmu Xuan said lightly: "Perhaps, this person's strength is far more than that. Now it seems that you are not wronged if you lose to him, don't say that it is you, even if I face this person, I am afraid I don't have much chance of winning."

Dongfang Ming asked tentatively, "Then what should we do next?"

Duanmu Xuan immediately said: "In this way, you first go and check the identity and origin of this person, if it is really a scattered child with no family background, then we will try to recruit it, and see if we can bring it under our Ethereal Peak, with this person's strength, it will definitely become a big help to this sect in the future."

"Yes......", Dongfang Ming nodded immediately, and then asked, "What if he is not willing to join our Ethereal Peak"?

Duanmu Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "If this person is not willing to join our Ethereal Peak...... In short, you first go and find out his identity and background, and then I will decide what to do when the time comes."

Dongfang Ming had to agree, and he didn't want to say anything more, and after a while, he suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "Oh, by the way, a few days ago, when Senior Brother Duan and Senior Brother Yan went down the mountain to deploy the reception, they happened to meet Lin Yuhan, the Holy Maiden of Fengyue, who intended to take the opportunity of the martial arts rookie meeting to infiltrate our Ethereal Peak to ......."

"There is such a thing......", Duanmu Xuan seemed to be taken aback, and immediately interrupted: "I don't know what this Lin Yuhan wants to mix into my Ethereal Peak, what does he want?"

"It's just that I want to take the opportunity to find out some details of our Ethereal Peak......."

"Well, I think this is exactly what Lin Yuhan was trying to do, so what happened later"?

"At that time, Lin Yuhan had successfully deceived the disciples who received him, but fortunately, he was recognized by Senior Brother Duan."

"How could Senior Brother Duan recognize Lin Yuhan"?

"Senior Brother Duan has been walking around Jinling, so he must have secretly had contact with the people of the Fengyue Sect."

"That's right, oh, you go on."

Dongfang reasoned his thoughts, and continued: "Lin Yuhan saw that the situation was not good, so he wanted to escape, but fortunately, Senior Brother Duan and Senior Brother Yan joined forces to injure him, but Lin Yuhan was really cunning, although he was injured, he still escaped from the hands of the two senior brothers."

"It's ...... interesting", Duanmu Xuan smiled and exclaimed: "In our Ethereal Seven Shows, in addition to me and Senior Sister Murong, there are a few junior brothers and Senior Brother Yan who have the best martial arts, and I don't want to combine the strength of the two of them, but I can't even take down Lin Yuhan, it seems that this Lin Yuhan does have some ability."

"Who said it wasn'......", Dongfang Ming agreed, nodded, and said, "The two senior brothers originally planned to go after Lin Yuhan in person, but at that time, there was really an important task that they couldn't get rid of, and later they had to order Elder Tian Qing to lead people to chase after them. Hearing Elder Tian reply, when they chased them to Qingshan Town, they had already restrained Lin Yuhan, but unfortunately let this woman escape in the end."

Duanmu Xuan smiled faintly and said, "If Tian Qing can also restrain Lin Yuhan with his two strokes, then Lin Yuhan should not be called a demon girl but an idiot."

Hearing that the senior brother seemed to be a little unhappy in his words, how dare Dongfang Ming say more.

Duanmu Xuan frowned again and said, "Why hasn't anyone ever talked to me about this before?"

"Elder Tian Qing knows that he has done it, and he is afraid that you will blame him, so he doesn't dare to come to you in person to tell you about his auspiciousness, so he only asks me to ask what Senior Brother means, and see if he wants to send some more people to pursue Lin Yuhan again?"

Duanmu Xuan's face suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "Since you have escaped, what are you chasing?" Besides, even if we really catch Lin Yuhan, we won't be able to deal with it."

Dongfang Ming was a little unclear for a while.

Duanmu Xuan had no choice but to say clearly: "Although there have always been conflicts between us and the Fengyue Sect over the years, in the final analysis, it is just a few small frictions, and the two families are fine on the surface. But if we are a little careless and mishandle Lin Yuhan's matter, in case we annoy Lin Xiong, I am afraid that we will immediately be violently retaliated against by the Fengyue Sect, and then things will not end well. So, if some troubles can be avoided, it's better to avoid them as much as possible, is it clear"?

"Yes", Dongfang Ming had to nod his head busily.

Duanmu Xuan then said coldly: "In addition, you tell Tian Qing to let these elders focus on useful things and do what they should do, and they must distinguish between what is important and what is not important, don't just think about some trivial and irrelevant things all day long, and waste their energy in vain, understand?"

Dongfang Ming had to quickly nod his head and agree, how dare he say more. To put it bluntly, although they get along well with each other on weekdays, for this senior brother who is a young master, don't say that it is him, even those elders in the sect, they are also a little afraid of the prestige of this young master.

On the seventh stage, Lan Xiaorui felt unprecedented loss, his mind was like a mess, he had no clue, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. looked at the sword in his hand, couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, then shook his head and sorted out his messy thoughts, and walked off the stage in frustration under the mocking eyes of the judges in the audience. From a distance, he saw Luo Qingyu standing close and looking at himself, walked over at the moment, shrugged his shoulders at the other party, and said with a wry smile: "Brother-in-law, I really let you tell me right, I am like an ant in front of others, and I have no power to fight back!

Luo Qingyu looked at Lan Xiaorui, who was still righteous just now, but he was very depressed at this time, and he didn't feel a little like laughing, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him gently: "Xiaolan, you don't have to be too disappointed, I saw it just now, it's not that your martial arts are bad, but that the other party's speed is too fast."

Lan Xiaorui was very frustrated and said, "Yes, he is so powerful at making a late strike, if he strikes first, I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to make a move."

Luo Qingyu nodded and said: "Yes, braking with static, responding to all changes with unchanged is the highest state of martial arts, but there are a few people who have been able to reach this realm throughout the ages." This requires not only a level of comprehension of martial arts to reach a transcendent level, but also extraordinary courage, wisdom, strategy, and absolute agility and nuanced insight. Moreover, even if a person has all the above conditions, if he does not have the acquired extremely hard work and a calm mind, I am afraid that he will not be able to reach the level of the person just now."

Lan Xiaorui sighed and said: "I used to hear the elders say that there are people outside the world, but I didn't think so, and even once thought that I was not a vulgar and incompetent person. Although I am very reluctant, I have to admit that the level of that person just now, no matter how hard I work in my life, I can only be out of reach!"

Luo Qingyu smiled disappreciatively and said, "Life is in the world, just be yourself, why do you have to force yourself with other people's standards." You must know that the tiger has the majesty of the tiger, the rabbit also has the dexterity of the rabbit, everyone is a unique individual, rather than helpless to become someone else, why not be happy and be yourself."

Lan Xiaorui smiled slightly self-deprecatingly: "Is this self-comforting, maybe." Like that person just now, it may be a miracle, it has not been before, and it may not be in the future, throughout the ages, this is the only one. It is in response to the eight words 'unprecedented, unprecedented, unprecedented'".

Luo Qingyu was silent for a while, and said: "Actually, thirty years ago, there was such a person on the rivers and lakes, but he retired later, so few people know about it today."

Lan Xiaorui thought for a while and said, "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about, but the former martial arts myth -–– Sword God Li Muqing's predecessor"?

Luo Qingyu nodded and said: "Li Muqing and my father were originally brothers of the opposite sex who married Jinlan, although my father rarely mentions him, but I still know some legends about Li Muqing from my father's words." According to legend, although Li Muqing has invincible martial arts in the world, he never quarrels with others, and rarely uses swords. But as long as his sword is out, he has never lost, and just like the man just now, he will come first and defeat the enemy ...... with one move."

Speaking of this, Luo Qingyu suddenly fell silent, and then he and Lan Xiaorui looked up at each other almost at the same time, and they both saw a tacit understanding in each other's eyes. At this moment, they suddenly discovered that there were too many coincidences between that person and the sword god Li Muqing just now, or too many similarities. The same superb martial arts, the same way of shooting, the same surname, Li Muqing, Li Feng.

Is this really just a coincidence, but there are not many real coincidences in this world.

After all, it was Lan Xiaorui who broke the silence and said, "Brother-in-law, did you say that the person just now would be Li Muqing's descendant?"

Luo Qingyu glanced in the direction Yang Xiaofeng left, thought for a moment, and then said: "I heard my father say that Li Muqing has been lonely and helpless all his life, and he originally had a deep and unforgettable lover, but he unfortunately missed it later. Since then, he has retired from the rivers and lakes, and there has been no news, let alone any descendants or anything like that. However, looking at the appearance of the person just now, it was simply the second Li Muqing. Moreover, if the sword god has a descendant alive, his age is just the same as that person."

Lan Xiaorui sighed faintly: "It is rumored that when the sword god crisscrossed the rivers and lakes, he was invincible in the world, what a dashing and romantic character, but why would he be lonely and helpless all his life?"

The young man was a little confused for a while, how could a man like Li Muqing not have a woman who fell in love with him, even so, how could he be lonely all his life?

Maybe it was because of the past, and the two of them were silent for a while. Luo Qingyu looked up at the sky, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Until a noisy scream pulled the stunned two back from their contemplation, thinking that Luo Qingxue and Murong Yan had finally taken the stage on the second stage.

Lan Xiaorui stomped his foot fiercely and said hurriedly: "You see that we are only chatting here, and we have forgotten to go to see the Qingxue competition, so let's hurry over."

At that moment, the two of them hurried over, and after turning around the boss outside the platform surrounded by everyone on all sides, they finally found a slightly better position, although it was farther away, but the situation on the stage could still be seen clearly.

Maybe Lan Xiaorui lost too quickly, or maybe the second fairy appeared too late. On the stage, Luo Qingxue and Murong Yan were still standing opposite each other, and the game had not yet started.

Everyone in the audience speculated and discussed the strength of the two women on the stage, and it was more about the gossip comparison of the appearance of the two women. No one noticed that just a few steps away from Luo Qingyu and the others, the person who had just defeated Lan Xiaorui was also standing there, looking at the situation on the stage with a confused look.

Yang Xiaofeng looked at Luo Qingxue, although this was not the first time he had seen her since he came out of the valley, but at this moment he was still so obsessed, or rather, as long as he saw Ah Xue, he was basically like this.

But I still remember that once, he and her, how close the two of them were. Thinking of the days in Qingshui Villa, the two people who were still seeing each other for the first time were completely like lovers who had been together for countless years, but in just a few days of getting along, he and she were inseparable from each other at all.

I remember those days, except for the rest time at night, he and her were almost tired of being together all the time.

I remember that the day before she left, I told her that I would teach her the Qingshui Sword Technique when I came back next time.

Now that I think about it, what a simple promise. Perhaps, at that time, he didn't understand very well, and sometimes there are not so many next times in life.

In short, in just a few days, his and hers' minds were completely on each other, so much so that on the day she left, he didn't show up to see her off.

It's just an ordinary parting, but he can't bear the reluctance at the time of parting and the pain of lovesickness after parting.

He didn't expect that that parting would become a farewell.

When he was in Qingshui Villa, he always liked to take her to the back mountain to watch the sunset, but he said that he was watching the sunset, but he was basically watching her, so close.

Many times, she rested her head gently on his shoulder, and he and she, they snuggled up to each other like that, and sat all afternoon.

What a beautiful time it was, the years were quiet, the feelings of the boy and the girl were innocent and romantic, and the beauty was as if it were an illusory dream.

Perhaps, it was indeed a dream, and it would be nice if it never woke up!

It was as if even time had stopped and never faded away. And so, that moment became eternity.

I remember that at that time, what he was most obsessed with was the faint fragrance of the girl lingering in his nose.

But now?

Now it seemed that he would have to hide somewhere she couldn't notice like this forever, from a distance, quietly glancing at her. He didn't know how he would face her when they met again, or how he would face her.

He knew that she had been waiting for her, but was she really the one she had been waiting for?

Perhaps, what she has been waiting for is the boy who exists in her heart in her memory, but he will never be that teenager again.

But she has been waiting, waiting so long that even the memories have faded, waiting for a whole time.

At this moment, he had returned, but he did not dare to recognize her.

Was he afraid of something, or was he hiding from something!