Chapter 27: Retreat
Crackling, light rain in the sky, crisp and crisp, like the sound of the pipa, although there are some black clouds in the sky, but you can see the beauty.
Chang'an City is moistened by the rain and looks clean, there are scholars walking away from the rain on the streets, and vendors cleaning up stalls, and those young women who don't know where they come from are holding umbrellas and walking in the rain. At the city gate in the distance, a few people wearing hats walked slowly, and it could be seen that it was Han Shengchen, Qianbu Shi and Na Wangchuan, remembering that when he was a thousand steps, he wanted to lead Han Shengchen to see the ancestor of Tianguang, so he let Wangchuan go with him, and Xunle Island let Miao Lihua take care of it temporarily.
"Tianguang Mountain is not far from here, I am also tired after running for a few days, it is better to go to the inn to eat some wine, and rest," Qianbu was between the two and said.
When Wangchuan heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and applauded: "Okay! It's a fresh breeze blowing this day, it's very cool, it's just right to drink some wine!"
Han Shengchen didn't speak, just nodded, and went to the inn together, there were many people in the inn, not only to eat and drink, but also to hide from the rain, so they had no choice but to be called to the dinner table.
When Xiao Er saw the three of them arrive, he walked over, squinted his eyes, looked like a mouse, and greeted: "Three guest officers, there is a place in it, and take a seat!"
Qianbu answered, came to the position with the two, and sat down, so he asked Xiao Er: "What kind of food do you have here?"
"It's all good guys! Our shopkeeper's hometown Lanling, he brewed his own Lanling wine, and came up to taste it for the three of them!"
Wangchuan was happy, and he smiled slightly when he took a thousand steps, ordered some good dishes, and asked Xiao Er to go down. After a while, the wine and food were served, and the three of them began to drink, and from time to time they said some strange things, and they were very happy.
After a few hours, everyone finished eating, the rain outside also stopped, the cool breeze gusted, extremely refreshing, the three of them stepped on the rain, walked slowly, afraid of wetting themselves, at this time was about to rush to Tianguang Mountain, Han Shengchen actually saw a child next to a tailor's shop, the child held a piece of paper in his hand, the paper is a portrait, this is not a strange thing, but for Han Shengchen, it is a big deal, because the portrait on the paper is true!
Han Shengchen asked the two to listen and asked where the child's paper came from, and the child was not afraid of life, so he said: "There was a group of strange people just now, and there was a pile of portraits like this in their hands, and when they met people, they asked if they had seen this person."
After hearing this, Han Shengchen finally understood, it turned out that someone was looking for the truth, and the two of them were also shocked, and hurriedly asked the child where the pedestrian was, and the child pointed to the city: "Those people will go to the city soon, saying that they are going to find food!"
The three of them did not hesitate, went straight to the city, looked for a lot of inns, and finally saw five or six people in black clothes and black hats in a [Fengxiang Inn], sitting and eating.
Han Shengchen wanted to go up, but he knew that his martial arts were lost, so he retreated, the three of them didn't dare to startle the snake, and waited for half an hour, presumably the pedestrian was also in a hurry, hurriedly went out, and went to Xicheng, the three followed, cautiously, and saw those people asking passers-by all the way about the whereabouts of the truth, but the three of them were too far away to hear what those people were saying. At this moment, it was not long after the rain, there were few people on the street, and those people did not meet too many passers-by, so they walked straight to the river, the river was fast, and the mountains and forests on the other side saw a piece of freshness, presumably after the rain, there was no passenger boat by the river, the pedestrian stopped, talking about something, Han Shengchen guessed one or two, and saw that he was going to cross the river. At this time, the pedestrian shouted to Han Shengchen: "Who!"
Everyone patted their heads to see that they had been discovered, and when they came out of the shadows, the pedestrians looked at them, and they were all young people, one of them was a woman, and the others were men. Everyone did not move, watching the changes, and suddenly, the woman in the pedestrian walked out, holding a newborn baby in her hand, and shouted to Han Shengchen: "It's you!"
Han Shengchen was strange, and after a closer look, it turned out that the woman was Hu Na, the wife of the void, and was suddenly surprised: "Hu Na?" The two immediately stepped forward, making the people on both sides strange.
"Hu Na, why did you come to the Central Plains?" Han Shengchen wondered.
Hearing this, suddenly turned from joy to sorrow, and cried: "It's not to find the truth."
Han Shengchen didn't dare to tell Hu Na after hearing this, Hu Na told everything after Han Shengchen left Tianshan, and after listening to Han Shengchen pointing to the baby in Hu Na's arms: "Then this child is real."
Hu Na nodded shyly, and said softly: "It's a male baby, and in the future, he will be like his father, standing up to the sky, and now he hasn't been named yet, so he will wait to find his father and give him another one."
After hearing this, Han Shengchen smiled with relief: "Xuzhen married a wife like you, and became the head of the house, and now he has given birth to such a strong male baby, I am happy for him!"
At this time, Hu Na sighed and said with a sad face: "But he promised me to go back, but now after a year and a half, there is still no response, I am afraid that something will happen, so I summoned a few refining disciples in the sect to go down the mountain to find him."
At this time, Qianbu Shi and Wangchuan came over, and the Tianshan disciple at that end also stepped forward, and Qianbu Shi asked, "What's going on?"
After Han Shengchen heard this, he hurriedly introduced: "Oh, the island owner, this person is the wife of the void, because he is looking for the truth, so he is talking on the street,"
Han Shengchen told the ins and outs, and the talents of the two people breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, Wangchuan suddenly said after listening: "But how to find the truth in the devil?"
As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked, Han Shengchen glared at Wangchuan evilly, Wangchuan also knew that he had said the wrong thing, but it was too late, Hu Na was already dull at this time, and she didn't slow down, so she spit out a few words for a long time: "You said it was true."
Han Shengchen sighed, he didn't know what to do, he thought about it, he had to tell Hu Na about this series of things, and comforted them together, and those Tianshan disciples were also surprised after hearing it: "The head of the sect has become like this."
"It's not his fault, it's just that he broke through the dragon vein and went mad," Qianbu said, who had been silent for a long time.
Hu Na was surprised, ran a thousand steps forward, and jumped with her hand: "Old uncle, you say that my husband is still saved?"
Qianbu didn't want to tell a lie, so he had to shake his head, which made Hu Na, who was originally hopeful, disappointed, and at this time Han Shengchen stepped forward: "Island master, can it be that the truth can only be a demon for one lifetime?"
Qianbu hesitated for a while, looked at Han Shengchen, and said, "Maybe we go to the Heavenly Dao, maybe there will be a way."
Han Shengchen nodded, comforted Hu Na, and said, "Now hope can only be at the place of the Tianguang Ancestor, let's go quickly!"
Everyone also felt that there was no other way, so they had to agree and go to Tianguang Mountain together.
The Tianguang Mountain Life and Death Palace is still the same scenery as in the past, Han Shengchen and Wangchuan have already been here, so naturally they don't think there is anything unusual, except for the Tianshan disciples and Hu Na who are a little afraid, there is nothing abnormal, but the thousand steps are also very calm, as if they have already come.
Not long after, everyone came to the Palace of Life and Death, and it can be seen that it is full of people. At this time, there was a familiar figure in the 7 crowd, that is, Ling Fengbo. Last time, he formed a thief alliance with Han Shengchen and others, in order to find his long-lost sister, and now he is here again, I don't know what it is.
Han Shengchen and his entourage entered the hall, Tianguang Ancestor stood on it as usual and watched the guests, at this time he saw Han Shengchen and the others stay for a while, and then returned to normal, looking at the people below and waving: "You have traveled a long way to come here, it must be hard, now I have to come up with a very difficult topic, I am afraid that you will not have enough energy, I have a guest room in the palace, you might as well go and rest first, and when you have a rest, it is not too late to participate."
Those who came to participate in this topic also talked about it after hearing it, but they had no choice but to follow the meaning of the Tianguang Ancestor and enter the west side under the leadership of the guards, and soon only Han Shengchen and his party were left in the hall.
The Ancestor of Tianguang seemed to expect them to come, but he coughed and slowly walked down the stairs, his face expressionless, and only after a thousand steps did he say, "You know I will come."
"It's coming a little slowly"
Qianbu nodded: "I have encountered some things in the past few days, and I have been delayed!"
"What could be more important than that old fox!"
"This matter is about Wang Qian!" "When he spoke to the Ancestor of Tianguang in a thousand steps, he could see that he was respectful.
"Hahaha, what should come is always coming," Tianguang Ancestor laughed rarely, "What do you say? Jing Feng?".
Speaking of this, when he heard that the ancestor of Tianguang called a thousand steps for Jing Feng, Han Shengchen was shocked, although Wangchuan on the side didn't know what it meant, but when he heard a thousand steps, he was called by another name, and he was puzzled.
Qianbu Shi also knew Han Shengchen's mood at this time, so he just sighed, and said to him helplessly: "That's right, now I don't hide it, I am the last person in Jingmen Jing Feng!"
"You"
"The things I told you are actually my personal experience" Qianbu shook his head, now he is Jingfeng, "I defeated Wang Qian, then withdrew from the rivers and lakes, I heard that the Heavenly Dao said that there is a holy island in the East China Sea, which is very beautiful, I went to the island alone, incognito, and then some people couldn't stand the things in this world, and also came to my island, which is the achievement of today's Pleasure Island."
Han Shengchen finally understood, and was a little in awe at this time, so he arched his hand and asked, "Back then, it was the Tianguang Ancestor who gave you the Tianxing Book Sutra?"
Jing Feng listened, did not answer Han Shengchen, just looked at the Tianguang Ancestor: "Heavenly Dao."
Before he finished speaking, the Tianguang Ancestor had already interrupted Jing Feng: "Needless to say, the Tianxing Book has already been burned by me, so let's go find a way elsewhere!"
"Heavenly Dao, you also know that Wang Qian's thief is back," Jing Feng pleaded a little, "Now he is no longer what he used to be, but he still has a demon by his side!"
The Ancestor of Tianguang paused for a moment, and then asked the reason: "What kind of demon?"
At this time, Han Shengchen explained: "Ancestor, do you remember that I once came to you with a person to look for medicine?"
"You mean the truth?"
"Exactly, now that he has gone mad and is being used by Wang Qian, if he doesn't stop it, there will be endless troubles!"
At this time, Hu Na on the side could hear something, knelt on the ground with the baby in her arms, and said with tears streaming down her face: "Tianguang Ancestor, please save my husband!"
Han Shengchen went over to help Hu Na, and the Tianguang Ancestor said strangely: "Who are you?"
"The slave family Huana is the real person" Huana said, not forgetting to cry and cry.
The Ancestor of Tianguang was also sad, and sighed: "Actually, when I saw the void, I found that the aura in his body was messy, and now I didn't expect to end up like this."
"The ancestor is merciful, can my husband be cured?"
Tianguang Ancestor didn't know how to answer, and at this time Han Shengchen asked: "When I was on Xunle Island, I used the Phoenix Sword to cut him, but I was broken by the sword, this."
"The phoenix sword is strong, but the void is not pure dragon blood, and it is also mixed with another kind of unmelted qi."
"Phoenix!" Han Shengchen said this, and he didn't sigh, since the virtual phoenix came, he encountered a lot of changes, the virtual truth is his life and death, and now seeing him like this, he doesn't feel sad in his heart.
Everyone present was shocked, except for Wangchuan and Jing Feng, after all, the two of them had seen the Phoenix Divine Skill.
"Phoenix" Tianguang Ancestor smiled with a slight surprise, "I didn't expect that the source of the chaos in the rivers and lakes came from this person."
Hu Na naturally understood what she was talking about, after all, the rivers and lakes were so big, and the matter of the phoenix had already spread to the Tianshan faction. At this time, Han Shengchen said again: "It's not a secret, in fact, before the martial arts were lost, there was also a phoenix magic skill, but it was plotted by the villain, so it ended up like this!"
Tianguang Ancestor nodded, indicating that he understood, and said: "There must be two phoenixes in the world, Han Shaoxia is different, the old man has already seen one or two."
"Thank you for the compliment, but what should I do now?".
"Heavenly Dao" Jing Feng was also on the side, as if persuading.
"Wang Qian's doing this is actually just to find me for the Tianxing Book Sutra and then take revenge on me," Tianguang Ancestor sighed, "and it was only a matter of time before he found me."
Han Shengchen listened and asked, "Why didn't the ancestor make a move?"
"No"
"Why is this?" Han Shengchen hurriedly asked.
At this time, Jing Feng came up and explained: "Han Shaoxia, if the Tianguang Ancestor goes to stop Wang Qian, he will not die well."
Everyone was shocked, and the Tianguang Ancestor looked at Han Shengchen and said, "Do you know the origin of that king's dive?"
"I don't know below"
"Wang Qian is my junior brother!"
Saying this, the insider was shocked again, and Wangchuan couldn't help but stand up and say, "You said that old man is your junior brother?"
Tianguang Ancestor nodded deeply and stared at everyone: "Exactly, I and Wang Qianshi went out of Zhongmo Zhenren's door, think about it for a long time."
After hearing these words, Han Shengchen secretly admired in his heart: Zhongmo Zhenren is a legend in the rivers and lakes, his deeds are comparable to myths, no one knows whether this person exists, and some people say that he is strong in martial arts and unparalleled in the world, but he can't find evidence, so it's only a legend.
"The legend of Zhongmo in the world is a real person?" the crowd expressed disbelief.
Tianguang Ancestor walked a few steps in the main hall, and said: "I know that you must not believe it, Zhongmo Zhenren only accepts two apprentices in his life, not the talented and intelligent, but depending on fate, those who are destined will inevitably meet fate, and those two apprentices are naturally me and Wang Qian!"
Han Shengchen finally understood that the hatred of the Heavenly Light Ancestor that Jing Feng said was like this, and said, "Even if he is your junior brother, why can't he do it?"
"Han Shaoxia asked well, in fact, when the two of us apprenticed, the master awarded me and the other two different martial arts, which are yin and yang gong, yin gong [black flame], yang gong [white wind], Wang Qian's learning is yin gong, on the contrary, for me, the master once said, yin and yang cannot be counteracted, otherwise both of them will die."
Everyone finally understood, and Han Shengchen thought in his heart: Tianguang Ancestor is also a selfish person, and he would rather let the world be in fire and water than die with his life.
At this time, the words were almost the same, Jing Feng said: "Tiandao, back then, you asked me to learn half of the "Tianxing Book Sutra", so that Wang Qian survived, and now Wang Qian's martial arts are stronger than back then, I don't know"
The Ancestor of Tianguang thought about it for a while, and asked everyone to go and rest first, and he avoided it.
In the middle of the night, everyone had settled down, and they were in their rooms, and those who had come to take the examination questions of the Ancestor of Heavenlight had also set out. The Palace of Life and Death is still so quiet, in this place, there is no way to distinguish between day and night, only the hour has to be counted, so it is approximate.
Han Shengchen himself was in the room, the flame on the oil lamp floated non-stop, reflecting his shadow, as if he had something on his mind, at this time the door was blown by a gust of wind, Han Shengchen looked, got up and went to the door, looked left and right, only to see a wisp of red silk falling to the ground, he saw strange, lowered his body to pick it up, and a childish voice came: "What do you think of this silk?"
Han Shengchen looked up, only to see the Tianguang Ancestor standing not far away smiling, Han Shengchen continued to pick up the red silk, touched it, and said: "This silk is fine, it is made of silk, it is very good."
After speaking, Han Shengchen wanted to return the silk, and the Tianguang Ancestor waved his hand and said: "That's it, Han Shaoxia, you and I are also old acquaintances, so I will give you this silk."
Han Shengchen thanked him: "Thank you Ancestor!"
"Well, you come with me" said the Tianguang Ancestor turned around and left, followed by Han Shengchen.
The two walked for a long time, and they didn't know how many steps they had descended, and they didn't speak along the way, looking particularly gloomy. I don't know how long it took, when they came to a door, the Tianguang Ancestor stopped and said to Han Shengchen: "Han Shaoxia, why do you want to learn martial arts?"
Han Shengchen was a little confused, hesitated for a while, and when the Tianguang Ancestor saw that he couldn't answer, he smiled again: "Hehe, do you want to dominate the martial arts, or help the world?"
As soon as the words fell, Han Shengchen already had an answer in his heart, and said: "If you are also learning martial arts, you don't want to dominate the martial arts, or to help the world, you don't have that kind of righteous heart in the world, the so-called people live in the world, they must be chic and happy, and they don't want to be too stressed."
"Han Shaoxia said it well, but you finally chose to help the world, right?"
Han Shengchen nodded after hearing this, and said righteously: "Now I choose relief, not because of my heart, but because of my sincerity, I don't want to make him so painful, and when I was in the Tiangang faction, I was also entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and I didn't dare to refuse."
"It can be seen that Han Shaoxia has already been born for this, if you don't do it, I'm afraid no one in the world will do it" Tianguang Ancestor smiled, "Helping the world is not for the people of the world, but more importantly for yourself, Han Shaoxia, you are just doing what you should do."
"Thank you for the teachings!".
"We don't have much time, if you enter this gate, you will start to cultivate the Tianxing Book Sutra, as short as a year, as long as several years, you can think about it."
"Got it!"
"Whatever comes your way, do your best"
After speaking, Han Shengchen had already pushed the door open with his hand, it was a narrow corridor, it was pitch black, Han Shengchen walked in calmly, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.