months later.

Autumn.

There is still no change in the city, except that there is one less lonely girl, one more scholar, one less gangster boy, and one more book copyist.

The gentleman was still so young, and the autumn wind could not take away his years, but it brought a dead leaf, which fell on his plain white shoulder, and then flew again.

The gentleman was dressed in white. It was the same garment he wore many years ago, woven by her, and every time he wore it, he couldn't be still.

The sunset is sprinkled, and the streamers are gently blowing with the wind, not like people in the red dust.

The gentleman has been standing at the gate of the city for a long time. Looking at the east like this, it's not once or twice. There's always a sense of uneasiness shaking, and I think it's time to hurry.

"After looking at it for so long, do you see anything?" the guard yawned as he lay on his side on a bamboo recliner.

The gentleman shook his head.

"Then don't look at it, you can't stop it. ”

The gentleman nodded.

"I heard that you also bought a chaise longue and sat on it every day. How's that? This thing is comfortable, right?"

The gentleman frowned.

"It was your scholar who said it. Her sex is too vivacious, tsk, not for me. ”

The gentleman turned and went into the city.

......

Old Street Study.

Shui'er put her hands on her cheeks, the brush was sandwiched between her pursed lips and nose, and she looked at the six big black characters - Dao Ke Dao was very Taoist, and he was not very worried.

These are just six simple words, she really hasn't figured it out for so long. At first, she didn't believe in evil, and searched all the books in the study, but there was no result, so she went to the Wu family's grandson's house, and also went to a few places in Huocheng where there were books, but she didn't find it. So she gave up looking up the classics and decided to explore them herself.

I have to say that Shui'er's attainments in liberal arts are not only much stronger than others, but can even be said to be higher than most people. In the past, when Mr. set up a project, it was as short as half a day or as long as a few days, and there were results, and all of them were high-level insights-although most of them were borrowed from their ancestors, they were also quite extraordinary. But this will be closed again and again, no matter how she solves the problem, she can't get a suitable answer, or there is always something missing.

Gradually, Shui'er lost interest in this sentence, and she originally told herself not to give up because even Qian Wenxiu could recite "Persuasion" backwards, but now she has long forgotten it, and her husband forced her to come.

But I can't even solve it when I'm in high spirits, and I can't even be forced to be helpless. So, Shui'er was annoyed when she saw this sentence, and she couldn't wait to erase these six words from the world.

Shui Er was about to draw a big cross on it, and when she heard the voice of her husband coming back, she put the pen down and made a serious thought appearance.

"What's new today?" asked the gentleman as soon as he entered.

"Nope. Shui Er replied boredly.

"I've said a long time ago that six words are difficult, but you don't believe it. ”

"Sir, what is the Tao? No matter what I have referred to, I can't figure it out, but I can explain it to a certain extent, as if this Tao is nothing, and it is nothing. And there is no mention of this in any book, nor any similar sentence, nor any of them. Shui Er lay on the bookcase, her face pressed on the notebook, "I also checked the books about cultivators, just like the one at Grandpa Wu's house, but there are still none." ”

"What is the Tao?" Shui Er suddenly raised her head, and the note stuck to her face. She had a guess, "Isn't that everything?" and she shook her head, not quite right.

"It's good to dare to guess and say yes, it's okay to guess wrong. The gentleman thoughtfully said, "The Tao is all things? I have also interpreted this sentence for many years, but I don't know what the Tao is, so I can't judge your right or wrong. Someone said to me, "Say, you can be whatever you want." If you want to be a fish, you are a fish, if you want to be the wind, you are the wind, if you want to be everything, then it may be everything. ”

"......" Shui Er whined a few times, and lay down again, "I don't understand!"

"If you don't understand, you don't need to understand, other people's statements are other people's opinions, you can listen to them, you can't copy them, the key is to see what you think. Mr. sat down in front of Shui'er, "These six words can be put away first, don't be in a hurry." I'll teach you the rest first, but it's harder, because next year I'm going to take you to the capital. ”

"Really?" Shui'er's eyes lit up instantly.

"Really. The gentleman nodded and said seriously, "Time is pressing, there is less than half a year, and you have to catch up before the spring exam in the capital, so your schoolwork will become a lot of stress, not to mention housework, and even meal time will be reduced." Can you stand it?"

"Stand it!" Shui Er affirmed.

Going to the capital, going to the Holy Book Building, going to practice, and knowing how her father died is the goal that she will not give up and work for. Less free time is nothing.

"That's good. The gentleman casually flipped through the scroll, "Start now, I'll set up a new project, and I'll solve it in a day, you listen." ”

Shui'er sat upright and listened carefully.

"The good is like water, and the water benefits all things without ......"

The gentleman seemed to want to continue, but suddenly stood up with a solemn face. Before Shui Er could react, Mr. went out of the study, leaving her alone with the pen in her hands, dazed.

......

As the sun sets, the town is bathed in gold. The evening breeze whistled through the yellow sand and dead leaves, and sealed the intact wooden door as if no one could open it.

The gentleman stood silently in front of the door, closed his eyes, lowered his breath to the fullest, expanded his perception to the maximum, and did not let go of any grass snake gray line.

The gentleman is cautious because the comer is strong.

For the arrival of such a strong man, the city itself did not have any awareness. Their level was too low to participate in the actions of the top cultivators, and the other party was also quite cautious and did not show a trace of hindsight.

But just like a snake passing through the grass, it will not leave footprints, and there will be traces, especially for such a strong person, it is difficult to completely hide his own breath.

Those who mobilize the natural vitality of heaven and earth for their own use are collectively referred to as practitioners.

Even if the practitioner does not act, the natural vitality will rush towards them, and it is like breathing, which cannot be refused. This is more evident to the higher the practitioners.

Therefore, the key to the practitioner's method of judging the same kind and threats is to perceive the movement of the natural vitality between heaven and earth.

The natural vitality changes caused by such a powerful cultivator as the one who came were extremely obvious, and the perception ability of the master was also unique in the world. If the other party hadn't used some special means, just by self-suppression, he would have been discovered by Mr. at least ten miles away. Now he actually let the other party take the lead near the city gate.

The gentleman sensed that the other party did not step into the city, but only took half a foot and retracted before he could land. It was at this moment that Mr. already knew who the other party was, so he was so cautious. And the other party's intention is also quite clear - to challenge.

I don't know how long it was, just as the setting sun was buried in the sky, taking away the last of its afterglow, the gentleman moved—he took a slight step forward. This step shows that Mr. has found the other party and locked it.

Immediately after that, the gentleman took another step. The other party had already targeted Mr. earlier, and this step was made by the other party, which was a provocation.

The two sides are already locked in with each other. They are like two fierce and strong lions, one is the leader of the territory, and the other is the invasion challenge. Their eyes were red and their swords were tense, searching for weaknesses in each other. As soon as there is a flaw, it will immediately pounce and tear the opponent's throat.

However, in this tense and invulnerable struggle, the invaders clearly held their nerve in the face. In front of the leader of the lion group who survived after many fights and was physically and mentally sophisticated, one step is to give up.

The gentleman opened his eyes and took a heavy step, then more, and then ran.

......

Somewhere outside the city.

The smiling face of the visitor immediately changed color, but he was not panicked, he should have thought of a countermeasure a long time ago.

Now that the impasse has been broken, there is no need to strain the nerves. His breathing gradually returned to normal, and he looked at the hustle and bustle of the city, as if he was training a lion in a cage.

He lost the first game of the battle between the two, but he obviously didn't think he would continue to lose. He turned and walked towards the woods.

......

The gentleman ran through the hustle and bustle, but he came to the gate of the city in one breath. The old street study is two or three miles away from here, and such a speed should be called teleportation in the eyes of mortals, and the gentleman didn't even have a wheezing.

The gentleman stood under the city gate and looked into the distance, as if he felt a little pity. He seized the opportunity, and could have continued to run until he caught up with the one who came up and dealt a heavy blow, but who caused a small trouble for someone next to him.

The guard was sleeping on a bamboo recliner. It sounds normal, but it's actually a big problem. Because he was lying on the bamboo recliner, the fat on his face was clinging to the bamboo, and it came out of the gap in the middle of the bamboo, and it was already red.

Obviously, he was carrying an inexplicable huge pressure on his body, and he looked very painful, but the guards didn't cry out in pain...... Probably because I wanted to call but couldn't call it.

"Stealing...... The guard moved his lips desperately, but he didn't make a sound, and he couldn't even read his lips, but the gentleman knew that he was trying to say these two words.

Of course, the gentleman didn't care if the guard was attacked or couldn't beat him, so he came to the guard and crouched down to look at him.

The guard couldn't open his eyes, and felt like his eyelids were about to be torn off, but he moved his lips when he heard the gentleman approaching.

"If I had chased it first, you would probably have died first. "The gentleman spoke plainly, like a normal person chatting.

The guards heard that they would die, so they did not move.

The gentleman sighed softly and stood up.

The tragic situation of the guards was naturally the ghost of the comer, which also made Mr. more convinced that the other party came to challenge with sufficient preparation.

If ordinary people were allowed to see this, they would probably only get it, and the guard would be nervous, and then walked away with a disgusted face. In the eyes of the cultivators, there was an extremely condensed natural vitality in the guard's body, and it was this man-made natural vitality that overwhelmed the guard.

This natural group of vitality is spreading to all directions, and it won't take long for it to be digested by heaven and earth. If no one comes to their rescue, the guards will soon be crushed to death.

Visually, there is nothing unusual at first glance, but if you step in and look closely, you will find that the guard is actually wrapped in a layer of golden light, and there is a faint word on it.

- Om