It was supposed to be a two-month journey, but it took four months, and Lu Yunli deliberately walked slowly. At this time, Lu Yunli had completely mastered the use of qi, and as long as he practiced day and night, he would be able to have deep internal strength for a long time.

On this day, when they arrived in Bianzhou, the two of them bought new clothes on the street, and Lu Yunli bought some of Master's favorite dim sum beef wraps.

Go out of the city and go to the high mountain to the west. When you enter the mountain, you will be paved with bluestone at your feet, and you can see towering ancient trees everywhere on the left and right, and sometimes you can see deer running in the forest. Lu Yunli whispered: "My master has a very strange temper, don't take any offense to heart, others are still good." ”

Dongyang: "You and I are brothers, your master is my master, what is offensive is not offended." ”

The two walked halfway up the mountain, a tall iron gate, painted bright red, with three big characters written on the beam. The high walls on both sides are more than two feet high, stretching deep into the mountains and forests. There is a thick tiger head iron ring on the left and right doors, Lu Yunli knocked the left tiger head ring three times, and then knocked the right one three times, and the sound of "bell" startled a bird in the forest.

As soon as he finished knocking, the door of the human world was pushed open from the inside, and a boy came out, with a young face, who was only about twelve years old, and was able to push open this heavy iron door, and his strength was obvious.

Lu Yunli arched his hand and said, "I've seen the fifth senior brother." ”

The boy smiled and said, "Master is still saying that you should come back." As he spoke, he looked Dongyang up and down with his eyes and asked, "Who is this?"

Lu Yunli didn't hide it, and said truthfully: "This is the chief of the Golden Praetorian Guard of the Son of Heaven in Jincheng, and he admires the master's name, so he will meet him with me." ”

The boy hesitated for a moment and said, "You wait here first, and I'll go and ask Master." After speaking, without waiting for Lu Yunli to speak, he closed the iron door, and Lu Yunli and Dongyang were locked outside.

Lu Yunli hurriedly said: "Brother Dong, don't be surprised, my master has a strange temper, and he is very cautious as an apprentice. ”

Dongyang didn't care, but laughed at Lu Yunli for having such a young senior brother.

Lu Yunli explained: "There are five senior brothers above me, this is the fifth senior brother, called Hou Xiao, we often jokingly pronounce his name upside down and call him a little monkey. The apprentice was earlier than me, so he was naturally my senior brother. ”

The two chatted for a while, and the door of the human world opened again, and it was Hou Xiao who said to the two: "Master agreed to ask you to go up the mountain together." Dongyang shook at Hou Xiao and said, "There is Senior Brother Lao." ”

Hou Xiao said in a serious manner: "Don't call me senior brother, senior brother is only between the six of us." ”

This sentence made Lu Yunli extremely surprised, but he didn't expect that in his heart, the weight of the senior brother was so great that outsiders couldn't intervene at all.

Hou Xiao shuttled quickly in front, Lu Yunli and Dongyang followed closely behind, Hou Xiao's speed was getting faster and faster, Dongyang could keep up without effort, but Lu Yunli was a little powerless, even if he used the true qi in his body, he could barely keep up. The road up the mountain was extremely steep, but Hou Xiao was like walking on the ground, without looking back, and running upwards by himself. There is also a heavy iron gate in the mountain, which is called the boundary gate.

After a short time, I rushed to the top of the mountain, and I was greeted by a huge pavilion standing on the top of the mountain, with gray masonry walls and blue tiles, as if in the clouds. There are also two relatively low two-story pavilions on the side of the pavilion, one on the left and one on the left, and the color echoes the central pavilion, which is also a gray masonry wall. The periphery is a high wall, enclosing three pavilions, and an iron gate has the Heavenly Gate written on it.

Hou Xiao shook his hand and pushed the door open hard, with the "rumble" sound of opening the door, everything in the yard could be seen clearly, and he was stunned by Dongyang. There were some fierce tigers and leopards in the yard, some frolicking with people, some lazily lying aside, seeing a stranger coming in, staring at the winter sun tightly, if there was half a suspicion, even if no one did it, they also fed this group of tigers and leopards.

Lu Yunli whispered to Dongyang: "You wait here for a while, I'll go in and ask Master." Don't move. With that, he took a step inside. At this time, an adult leopard covered in flowers came out of nowhere and rushed straight to Lu Yunli. Lu Yun was already more than twenty steps away from Dong Yang, and Dong Yang saw that he was not in a hurry to save him, but he saw that the leopard had a big mouth open, and the teeth on both sides were like blades, and Lu Yunli was thrown to the ground.

Lu Yunli reached out and grabbed the leopard's ears and scratched the leopard's chin. At this time, the leopard completely turned into a big cat, very obedient, and let Lu Yunli fiddle. Lu Yunli stood up, reached out and touched the leopard's head. At this time, the people around came to say hello, and Lu Yunli arched his hand: "Senior brother, second senior brother, fourth senior brother." I came back safely. ”

The three of them also returned the salute, and then asked with care as if they were relatives, how they ate out, how things were done, and there were not so many etiquettes. After greeting the men, he went straight inside, into the tallest pavilion in the middle.

Dongyang could only stand here, not daring to move a step, but Hou Xiao didn't know when to leave, leaving only himself here.

Lu Yunli walked into the house, and sitting in the middle of the room was Lu Yunli's master Lu Muran. At the age of forty-five or sixteen, he had black hair, a neatly trimmed black beard, and a red glow on his face, which made him look very energetic. A pair of eyes are not very big, but they are so divine that they can penetrate everything. Medium in stature, but strong.

Seeing Lu Yunli walk in, he asked, "Is the matter done?"

Lu Yunli: "Back to Master, it's done, but the two dragon-shaped rings in Liang Taiyun's hands were snatched away by the black snake that killed halfway." ”

When Lu Muran heard this, a trace of gloom appeared on his face, which disappeared in an instant. got up and walked into Lu Yunli and said, "Sure enough, the black snake is also involved." ”

Lu Yunli took out four wolf-shaped rings of different shapes and the gem-studded sword in his arms. Lu Muran held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't notice any difference, but the pattern on the ring was more peculiar. He threw the ring on the table and picked up the scimitar, the blade of which was good, but it was too ornate to be suitable. After speaking, he also put it aside. asked Lu Yunli: "There are a total of twelve rings in the world, and you have got four of them, who has any bad intentions along the way?"

Lu Yunli: "No, I picked a secluded and difficult path along the way, but I just met some ordinary robbers and sent them away a few times." Remembering that Dongyang was still standing at the door, he said: "Master, the person who came with me outside is Liang Taiyun's Golden Praetorian Guard, a good martial artist, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid I would have died a few times along the way." I'll go out and arrange him first, and then I'll come back and report back to you. ”

Lu Muran nodded, Lu Yunli walked out quickly, seeing that Dongyang was still standing in place, without moving a single step, he was amused in his heart, and when he walked to the middle of the yard, the leopard pounced again. Lu Yun couldn't resist the leopard, so he had to play with it for a while, Dongyang had never seen such a scene before, he was completely stunned, he thought that he had seen a lot in the palace, and he was also shocked by what he saw.

After playing for a while, he touched the leopard's head, walked in with Dongyang, and greeted all the senior brothers. The two of them entered the small building on the left, which was very spacious, and brought Dongyang to the innermost room. Lu Yunli said: "This room has the best view, you take a rest first, I'll go talk to the master about something, and I'll call you for dinner later." After that, I went out and went back to find the master. Dongyang was alone in this house, walked to the window, pushed open the closed window, and suddenly the wind was blowing. Looking out the window, this room was actually on the edge of a mountain cliff, level with the clouds, and looking down, it was a sea of forests.

Lu Yunli returned to the central pavilion, and Lu Muran was still waiting there. Lu Yunli: "Let the master wait for a long time." ”

Lu Muran didn't like this kind of polite words, and asked, "Is this chief of the Golden Praetorian Guard desperate and came here?"

Lu Yunli: "It's not that he came out of nowhere, I have been in contact with him before, this person is loyal, but he failed to protect Liang Taiyun, the son of Jincheng for a while, and he can't go back, he grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he doesn't know anything about the outside world, I just want to help him find a profession as a dart master or something, a certain way out." ”

Lu Muran nodded and asked, "Have you ever fought with the Black Snake?"

Lu Yunli: "I fought with Sun Li, the ninth captain of the team, and at that time I joined forces with the daughter of Wu Tian, the king of the northwest, and the two of us attacked him continuously and gained the upper hand." ”

Lu Muran: "You also met the king of the northwest, I heard that Wu Tian is strong and brave, and he has three sons and one daughter under his knees, all of whom are very good." ”

Lu Yunli: "I saw Wu Tian's courage with my own eyes, like a god, and he was brave. Lu Yunli has been talking about the things in the past few months, and he has said everything truthfully, except for Hua Feihua's life experience, he has not concealed anything.

The two of them kept talking until it was dark, and someone in the courtyard shouted, "Master, sixth child, it's time to eat." ”

The master and apprentice stopped, Lu Yun left to ask Dongyang to eat together, and the dinner was stewed venison, and the aroma was far away. Hou Xiao said: "Master saw that the sixth child came back, and specially asked someone to make it, since you left, we haven't eaten venison." "Hou Xiao is a child himself, and saying this makes people feel that the master is so partial.

Lu Muran was also like a child at this time, and hurriedly defended: "How can I be biased, the wild rabbits on the mountain are almost destroyed by you." ”

Hou Xiao didn't give in, and defended loudly: "Don't you bring a few on the mountain every time, you don't eat less, and I don't know if you take rabbit meat to drink?" ”

Lu Muran suddenly played a scoundrel, his face was unreasonable, and he said, "Where did I eat, who saw it?"

The difference between the two is more than 30 years old, but they quarrel like their age. The rest of the people just ate and watched the excitement. Lu Yunli also ate well, and he couldn't take care of them at all.

Senior Brother got up and raised his wine glass and said, "I am Senior Brother Lu Yunli, my name is Liu Wuqiao, and there is a famous Long Sword Immortal in the rivers and lakes. ”

Dongyang picked up the wine glass and got up, and the two of them toasted the wine.

The second senior brother then got up with a wine glass in his hand and said, "I am Lu Yunli's second senior brother, my name is Deng Ruihu, and the brothers in the rivers and lakes all call me Tiger Head Knife." ”