Chapter 1 Descending the Mountain to Find the Way
In the westernmost and northernmost place, there is a mountain called Mt. Kitayama!
The people of the Central Plains call it a lonely mountain because there is no one on the mountain!
Snow all year round, baptized by cold winds, it becomes bare!
It is cloudy and cold, not an inch of grass grows, and no one cares about it!
Fortunately, there is still sunshine here, and where there is sunshine, there is light, and where there is light, there is life!
There are a series of horseshoe prints on the snow, and when the horse comes, someone must come!
There are visitors in Beishan, destined to be lonely!
Lonely people, lonely horses, cold snow and desolation are destined to make loneliness! The person who comes here must not be an ordinary person, why is he here?
There was a fallen horse in front of it, and the horse's mouth was still panting from time to time, and it seemed that it could not conquer it in the cold and cloudy places! It lay in the snow, and it seemed that its master had abandoned it.
Footprints appeared on the snow, and they continued to the place where the road peaks and loops, but these footprints became denser and denser, and the pits on the snow became deeper and deeper, and it seemed that this person was also extremely tired!
So will this lonely visitor fall like his horse? and be covered in snow here. All the imprints are covered in heavy snow, the North Mountain is still the North Mountain!
A bare tree on the mountainside that was crushed by snow, and the white-eyed man sat quietly under the big tree, wondering if it was the original color of his eyebrows or the snow's favor for his eyebrows?
There wasn't much snow on his body, it seemed that he had just sat here, there were no footprints in front of him, footprints were behind him, he should have come down from the mountain, and the only thing he could do sitting here was to wait for someone, waiting for that lonely visitor!
The sound of heavy snow squeezing shatters the silence!
Goose feathers and heavy snow!
The corners of the white-eyed man's mouth rose, and he said softly, "You're here?"
It was not loud, but the visitor should have heard it, but the visitor was slow to answer.
The creaking sound in the distance stopped, and after a long time a young and vicissitudes of voice said, "I'm coming!"
The white-eyed man smiled and said, "You seem to be tired all the way!"
The young and vicissitudes of life voice said: "I am extremely tired, so you don't talk to me, let me save the last of my strength to get close to you!"
The white-eyed man didn't speak again, nor did he open his eyes, just a slight smile at the corners of his mouth. This is a smile that has been lonely for a long time, and people who can have such a smile may have been lonely for ten years!
The creaking sound was getting closer and closer, and a staggering figure loomed in the snow, his every step was difficult, and he barely supported himself with a stick in his hand. No, it's not a stick, it's a sword!
Except for the still warm face and the sword that did not stick to the snow, the visitor's whole body was covered in snow, and perhaps the snow had increased his pace!
The visitor slowly walked up to the white-eyed man, he held the sword in his right hand, knelt on both knees, why did he still make such a big salute to the white-eyed man when his strength had been overdrawn to the limit?
The visitor struggled and said, "Apprentice, meet the master!"
It turns out that this visitor with a young voice with a little vicissitudes of life is an apprentice of the white-eyed man!
The white-eyed man stood up and shook the snow on his body, brushed his hair and eyebrows, and his eyebrows and hair were still white after shaking off the snow, it seems that this white-eyed man should be an old man with a sixtieth birthday.
Bai Mei took a few steps forward to help his apprentice and help him shake off the thick snow on his body. The black cloak, black boots, and black sword undoubtedly formed a sharp contrast with this old man with white eyebrows, white head, and white clothes.
He is his apprentice, and he is undoubtedly the most deserving thing in this world!
The white-eyed old man let go of his hand. The visitor said, "You've changed!"
The white-eyed old man smiled: "But you haven't changed!"
The visitor said, "How do you know that I haven't changed?"
The white-eyed old man said: "If you change, you won't come!"
This sentence seemed to make the visitor not know how to answer? He bowed his head and was silent for a long time!
The white-eyed old man said, "Your sword seems to be much sharper!"
The visitor said, "How do you know?"
The white-eyed old man said: "In the past, only your sword did not touch the snow, and that was because it was too sharp, but now your scabbard does not touch the snow, and it seems that it is also very sharp!"
The visitor said: "Master forever Master, I came here with a full heart, but at this moment I began to doubt myself again, I doubt that my sword still can't kill you!"
This sentence seems to be even more terrifying than the ghost weather here, since they are masters and apprentices, why do the apprentices who have traveled thousands of miles to the meeting take the lives of their masters? This is undoubtedly the biggest rebellious move in the world! However, the old man with white eyebrows did not get angry, but smiled slightly.
The white-eyed old man said, "But you still have to do it!"
The visitor said, "Yes, I'll still do it!"
The white-eyed old man said, "If you kill me today, what are you going to do next?"
The visitor said, "Kill those swordsmen who are stronger than you!"
The white-eyed old man suddenly frowned, staring at the visitor for a long time, he was very anxious about this murderous person in front of him! The murderous aura of the sword-wielding person was undoubtedly the most terrifying thing in this world!
The white-eyed old man said, "It seems that I still can't die today!"
The visitor smiled and said, "Life and death are never up to me!" But I'm curious why the nameless can't die?"
Always nameless sword, kill the rivers and lakes and break the red dust! is both a master and an apprentice and a friend, a friend and an opponent!
It turns out that this white-eyed old man is the beginning of the nameless, so the lonely visitor in front of him should be the end of the nameless.
Shi Wuming smiled and said, "If I die, you will kill more people!"
Finally, Nameless smiled and said, "Your sword has never been a sword to save people, why do you care about other people's lives today?"
Shi Wuming said: "The sword is a sword that kills, but people are the ones who save people, don't you say that I have changed? I have been thinking about where I have changed, maybe it is this sword-holding heart that has changed!"
The last nameless said: "Ten years ago, I went up the mountain together, you chose to stay here, and I chose to go down the mountain alone to find the way." ”
Shi Wuming said: "Then tell me what you have found in the past ten years?"
Finally, Nameless said: "The way to kill with the sword! The way to defeat the opponent!"
Shi Wuming said, "How many people have you killed, and how many people have you lost?"
Finally, Nameless said: "Of the ten people who fought with me on the sword, five have fallen under my sword, and five have won against me!"
Shi Wuming said, "You should die at least five times!"
"But they didn't kill me!"
"Because they know that a murderous sword is no threat to them, you survived, and you will never be able to outmaneuver the sword in their hands!"
The last nameless said, "Why?"
Shi Wuming said: "I won't tell you that the swordsman will never believe the words of others, you want to know why you can only find it yourself!"
After saying it for so long, the final nameless has regained his strength, and the cold weather can't help but make him tremble, and the sword begins to tremble when he is trembling!
Once the sword begins to tremble, how can it stop without blood?
Finally, Nameless said: "Since this is the case, then let's talk about swordsmanship!"
Swordsmanship is right or wrong in swordsmanship, you can't be defeated without a name at the beginning, and you want to win without a name in the end, so this duel will definitely do your best!
Shi Wuming said: "I want you to agree to my request!"
Finally, Nameless said: "You say, I will agree if it is reasonable." ”
Shi Nameless said, "If you are defeated today, I don't want your life." I'll give you another ten years to go down the mountain to find the way, on the condition that you can't draw your sword and kill people!"
Finally, Nameless asked with some confusion, "What do you mean by this?"
Shi Wuming said: "I'll tell you in ten years!"
"I can promise you, what if you lose?"
Shi Wuming smiled and said, "You can't win me!"
As soon as Shi Wuming's words came out, the person had already retreated a few feet away, and the speed was so fast that it was jaw-dropping, and even the eyes of the last nameless revealed a trace of disbelief.
His legs cut two deep ravines in the snow like sharp blades, and the snowflakes in the sky suddenly stopped!
Seeing such a vision, finally Nameless asked in surprise, "What kind of martial arts is this, and where is your sword?"
Shi Wuming said: "All the snowflakes here are my swords!"
Finally, Nameless smiled and said, "Ridiculous, how can Xuehua kill people?"
Shi Wuming said: "I have long put down the sword of killing, and now I have learned to be a sword to save people!"
No one paid any more attention to the words of the first nameless, and began to get angry. No, this should be called condensing murderous energy, and a murderous sword is about to be unsheathed!
With a "whoosh", the scabbard in Nameless's hand, which was already sharp enough to kill, approached Nameless's throat like a falcon sloping down from a high mountain.
The speed is definitely beyond the limit of the eye, how can you avoid it if you can't see it at all?
However, just as the scabbard was about to approach Nameless's throat, it suddenly stopped, turned around and sped towards Nameless.
There is no speed at all, because it is impossible to see at all, how can you describe it? If this sword is going to end the life of the nameless, then now the nameless is already a dead man!
The scabbard returned to the sword in Nameless's hand, and Nameless tried to draw the sword again, but it was still difficult to pull it out even though he had enough breath. A swordsman can't even pull out the swordsman in his hand, what can he do to argue with his opponent about the sword?
In the end, there is no name!
The Beginning of Namelessness seems to be sad, but the Beginning of Namelessness does not seem to have the joy of victory.
Finally, Nameless said: "You only need a sword to win, I thought I had improved after ten years, but I didn't expect you to compete with me, I was worse than I was back then!"
Shi Wuming said: "You are not defeated! My swordsmanship is bought by time, if I choose to give up this decades of hard training and pursue another life!"
The last nameless said: "What life?"
Shi Nameless said wistfully: "I don't know what it is, but I know very well that in this world, in addition to the way of the sword, there are many ways for us to go!"
Finally, Nameless said: "Okay! Today I am defeated, so I will agree to your request to go down the mountain again to find the way!"
Shi Wuming said, "Ten years from now, whether you want kendo or not, you have to come back here." ”
Nameless nodded, then turned to leave.
The beginning of the nameless has been watching the back of the end of the nameless until it disappears into the slow snow!
There are visitors in Beishan, destined to be lonely!
The first nameless victory is also defeated, the victory is in swordsmanship, and the defeat is lonely!
After decades of loneliness in exchange for today's amazing swordsmanship, he has become even more lonely, so he hopes to find the true kendo in the end!