It was getting late, the beasts in the forest were roaring, and the sound of the spring water was crisp. Ji Yan and his entourage of six people rested for a while in a mountain stream near the spring, and waited for the city gate to open at dawn before entering the city to make plans.

Several people sat on the ground leaning on trees and rocks to relieve the fatigue of the day. The two women sat together, although sometimes talking and laughing, but most of the time it was Luo Xingxi who said something, Yu Shiji just listened and nodded, and said little; Murong Bai sat alone, meditating, closing his eyes and recuperating; Ji Yan was wiping Qingping, Xiao Huang on his shoulder had already flown to the treetops to play, and next to him, Fuji took out a steamed bun from his sleeve and gnawed it; Wu Qi sat close to Ji Yan, and didn't say anything to Ji Yan, holding Long Yuan aside, staring at the direction of the woman in a daze at the moment.

Ji Yan looked at the bonfire surrounded in the center, it turned out that in addition to the sword path with amazing combat power, there were also many magical spells in the world, recalling that everyone had set up the dead branches just now, Senior Brother Murong folded his hands and spit lightly in the direction of the pyre, and a line of fire erupted out, and it was raging.

Tianjianmen pays attention to the way of the sword and focuses on swords, but any famous giant has an all-encompassing bearing and mind, so the so-called five elements magic, talismans, magic arrays, refining weapons, yin and yang deduction and other means are also practiced by people in Tianjianmen. When Ji Yan lamented that the immortal path was long and complicated, he also became interested in methods such as spells and magic circles.

"Senior Brother Ji, are you still thinking about Fang Cai's flame technique?" Murong Bai had already woken up from meditation, and when he saw Ji Yan looking at the flames and thinking alone, he stepped forward and asked.

"Senior Brother Murong, I don't know something. Ji Yan woke up from his thoughts, his eyes were confused, and he asked Murong Bai: "The Heavenly Sword Gate is immersed in the way of the sword, and after Dacheng, there are different sword intents in the sword, I have also seen the master cast the magic circle, but it is not as sharp as the sword, is it that these means are just some auxiliaries, and they can't be on the big table." ”

Murong Bai smiled and shook his head, he also knew that these junior disciples had been cultivating in the mountains all year round and had not come into contact with the magical cultivation realm, so he patiently explained:

"Senior brother, you only know that this mountain is the highest in the mountain, but if you jump out of the mountain and face the peaks, you will find that a mountain is higher than a mountain. My Heavenly Sword Sect can boast of being the first sword sect in the world, but it can't despise other means, you must know that the three thousand different paths of the Great Dao come to the same end, and any means reach the extreme, there will be the power of communicating heaven and earth, not to be underestimated. ”

When Murong Bai said this, he deliberately raised his voice, just so that the rest of the people could hear it, and not to be the frog at the bottom of the well who was complacent, seeing that everyone was attracted by his words, he continued:

"I am the first in the way of the sword, but I don't dare to claim to be the first in the world, because today's cultivation is prosperous, and there are people who have reached the peak of any method. ”

I saw him pointing to the north, with a little respect, and preaching to the people:

"To the north of Hengyang City is Qingzhou, there is the Bagua Palace with the same name as the Heavenly Sword Gate, they study the formation, the way of refining weapons, ingenious craftsmanship, amazing power; Although these famous families have not practiced swordsmanship, their strength is comparable, and this is the magic of cultivation. ”

Ji Yan and everyone listened to Senior Brother Murong's explanation, feeling like a frog at the bottom of a well, and didn't want the cultivation world to be so unfathomable. The rest of the people also listened carefully and savored carefully, especially Luo Xingxi, who had his jade hands on his cheeks and stared at Murong Bai with his eyes, motionless and immersed in it.

"What a glutton......" Fudge's untimely voice interrupted everyone, and he scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled silly when he felt a lot of eyes come to him.

Ji Yan suddenly recalled that when he was a child with Uncle Hou in Penglai Xiandao, when he was hungry at night, he often caught fish in the river, barbecued and tasted, and was extraordinarily happy, and sighed at the picture of fishing and salted fish in Wujia Village, looked at Wu Qi, and smiled sincerely:

"Dog, it's been a long time since I've eaten fresh fish. ”

Wu Qi heard the word "dog baby", at first displeased, but looked at Ji Yan's nostalgic eyes, and then looked at the clear mountain spring, smiled, took off his shoes and socks, picked up Long Yuan, and walked towards the water. The people here did not grow up by the sea, and did not know the childlike fun of the sea dolls, but they saw Ji Yan and Wu Qi skillfully using sharp swords to pick up the fish one by one and throw them to the shore, and the two were very happy, as if they had returned to the year when there were no worries.

Fudge looked at the fresh fish, his tongue hooked back the saliva that flowed out, and out of nowhere, he took out a short sword one and a half feet long, and began to kill the live fish, retreating his scales and gills. The remaining three people didn't understand at all, they had reached the realm of Bigu after the middle stage of foundation building, why did they still do this.

After a while, Ji Yan, Wu Qi and Fu Ji were packing up more than a dozen fish, and Ji Yan made a few cross-shaped cuts on the fish, took a few bottles and cans from nowhere, and began to apply them on the surface.

"Obediently, Xiao Ji, you can live better than me, and you still bring spices with you when you travel, I, the chef, didn't teach you to cook in vain!" Fudge sighed that Ji Yan was carrying spices with him when he carried out the mission of the sect, and everyone on the side also looked at Ji Yan again with strange eyes.

After a while, the fish strung with thin branches were set up by the bonfire to smoke, and in half an hour, I saw that the surface was browned and rolled, and there were drops of grease rolling down, making a "zizi" sound in the fire, and the aroma began to permeate the surroundings, and there was a faint golden color around the grilled fish. Ji Yan picked up the branch with the fish on it, quickly but carefully tore off a piece of fish meat, tasted it, nodded with satisfaction, and handed it to Luo Xingxi: "Senior sister, try it, everyone, you can already eat it." ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Fudge grab one and nibble on it. Murong Bai also took one out of curiosity. Ji Yan picked up another one, walked to the side of Senior Sister, and kindly handed it to Senior Sister Yu. Yu Shiji glanced at Ji Yan, and then looked at Luo Xingxi, who was addicted to the oily mouth, hesitated for a moment, took the branch with her jade hand, and tasted it too.

Wu Qi held two strings of fish branches in his hands, paused for a moment when he walked halfway, suddenly clenched the branches in his hands, looked around, saw that no one was paying attention, and naturally walked next to Ji Yan and handed a fish to Ji Yan.

"Senior brother, your fish is so delicious, I have been digging valleys for many years, you have broken my Dao heart, I can't do without you, what will I do in the future?" Luo Xingxi tore the fish meat, not forgetting to praise the junior brother on the side.

"If that's the case, I'll be by your side and cook a lifetime of food for you!" Ji Yan listened to Senior Sister Dao's words, and suddenly looked at Senior Sister with both eyes, and replied earnestly as if he had mustered up courage.

Yu Shiji looked up and saw this scene, her eyelashes blinked, and she stared for a long time, wanting to see through Ji Di. Luo Xingxi seemed to feel that there was something wrong with Fang Cai's words, so he stopped eating fish, wiped the oil stains on the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and took the opportunity to glance at Murong Bai, seeing that he was still chewing and tasting the grilled fish slowly, he smiled and stroked Ji Yan's head, and quipped: "Silly brother, my sister is joking with you, how can I be so selfish?

"That's right, Senior Brother Ji, cultivators like me are too obsessed with all kinds of things in the mortal world, but it is an obstacle to Dao heart cultivation!" Murong Bai admitted that the grilled fish was indeed delicious, but he still said what he thought in his heart.

Ji Yan looked at his senior sister with a little disappointment, maybe he was in too much of a hurry, and when he heard Murong Bai's persuasion, he put his mind aside and argued:

"What the senior brother said, the senior brother did not dare to agree. ”

Ji Yan thought about it, stood up, paced and said:

"Cultivation is about transcending the world, not obsessing with the mundane. But not being obsessed does not mean not being contaminated, and how can you be born without being in the world. ”

He seemed to be talking about it here, and his passion was surging for a while, and his voice was a little high.

"Moreover, the Buddhist proverb once said, 'Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha stays in his heart', washing away the lead in the rolling red dust and honing the mind. Cultivation, in my opinion, is to experience the way of sentient beings and find one's own way among sentient beings. ”

Ji Yan was sincere, and when he said the last thought in his heart, he suddenly looked at the bright moon hanging high in the mountain, stood with his hands behind his back, took a deep breath of the cool air in the mountains, and said proudly:

"Besides, if you don't even dare to do what you want to do in your heart after cultivating for several years, you can still do something about it!"

Everyone looked at Ji Yan at this moment, his black clothes fluttering in the wind, his black hair fluttering, thinking about his words. Only Luo Xingxi was a little obsessed, she felt that at this moment, the arrogant and uninhibited figure in her heart slowly overlapped with the young man in front of her, her eyes were slightly red, and she smiled with relief.

"Okay! It's a good sentence to find your own way among all living beings! I hope you will forgive me for being abruptly offended. A round of applause rang out from the forest in the distance, and then the three of them walked out of the darkness with a heroic spirit.

The first person is the first person, with a green shirt and white coat, a snow-white cloth strip coiling up his long hair, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, an angular face, and a folding fan in his slender and white jade hands. There are two people behind him, a man and a woman, the man is carrying a broadsword and a strong suit, which makes people look thick and powerful, and the woman has a fair face, a white dress, and an oil-paper umbrella in her hand, which is not lacking in heroism.

Everyone was on guard, staring at the three people who suddenly appeared. Murong Bai thought that he had already checked the place closely, and he didn't want to be close to me while we were talking, but he was actually a cultivator, so his mind moved, he was ready, and said with a smile: "Three Daoist friends suddenly came to visit, I don't know what sect disciple they are, I don't know what is going on?"

"We're just a casual cultivator, not enough to worry about. Resting in the forest not far away, I didn't want the fragrance to drift by, my junior sister was greedy, so she followed it, and on the way, she heard the Taoist friends talking about the Tao, and she agreed for a while, and couldn't help but shout out, abruptly!" the leader nodded and explained.

"Oh, I don't know where you come from, what do you call them?" Ji Yan asked vigilantly.

The man could discern from his voice that it was Ji Yan who was preaching, and looked at Ji Yan carefully, as if he had memorized it, and as if he wanted to see a flaw, he smiled:

"I am from Xuanzhou in the northeast, traveling through mountains and rivers, visiting immortals and asking, my name is Li Da, this is Zhao Er, she is Sun San, if you are not at ease, give me three grilled fish, we can leave, can we?"

Murong Bai looked at them, picked up three fish, guarded with a sword in one hand, and handed them over.

Li Da took the grilled fish, looked at Murong Bai's sword, thanked him with a smile, and retreated with the other two.

"Take turns keeping vigil tonight, everyone be on guard, beware of calculations. After Murong Bai saw them disappear, he whispered to everyone.

The moonlight shone on the treetops, and three figures sat on the branches.

"Senior brother, this grilled fish is so delicious, when will the chefs of the Heavenly Sword Sect be able to go down the mountain to perform tasks?" The woman was quite reluctant to finish eating the grilled fish, and kept sucking her fingers dipped in oil.

"These six people are very strong, the leader of the team will be him, is the rumor here true?" The young man in the green shirt handed the grilled fish to the woman and muttered to himself.

"Who is the team leader, why don't I know him?" the woman smiled and took the grilled fish and ate it again.

"I'm stupid, but I know he's holding 'Zhanlu'. The man in the black suit said stupidly.

"Is he Murong Bai, who is known for his charity and benevolence, and is obsessed with cultivation?" the woman's eyes widened in disbelief, but then she asked curiously, "Then do we still interfere, senior brother?"

"There is the Heavenly Sword Gate, let's wait for the opportunity. The man pretended to be old, touched his stubbleless chin, and suddenly came to his senses, and said eagerly:

"Oops...... Who, leave some for me, don't eat up the grilled fish!"