A month ago, Lin'an.

It was night, the breeze was whispering, and there was no moon but no light.

A few gray clouds wrapped the jade plate tightly, hazy, revealing a trace of bleak night, which made people feel heartbroken. The dew from the willow tops slowly slipped down and fell into the West Lake, silently and with faint ripples.

The broken bridge has not been broken, and the parting has not stopped.

A piece of music that resembles a flute and a flute, as if it is a sigh from the netherworld, looms between the moonlight, like a dream, flowing into the fragile heart of the listener.

I don't know how long it took, the moonlight escaped Yun'er's restraints, and coldly outlined a tall and thin figure on the surface of the lake.

"Your tune tells me you want to leave again. It was a vigorous man's voice, and every word seemed to contain the scars of time. The tall and thin figure stood in the middle of the lake, his feet as if they had taken root in the lake, and the lines did not move, reflecting the pale moonlight, and he could vaguely feel his lips trembling slightly as he spoke.

The song that looks like a flute and not a flute, like a flute and not a flute, is gradually submerged in the slight ripples on the surface of the lake, sparkling water, reflected between the arches of the broken bridge, like the beautiful scenery of the aurora, which makes people reluctant to look away. The cool night breeze swept by, the waves were chaotic, and a figure of a person was swinging.

An upside-down man came slowly from under the bridge.

The man was lying upside down with his feet at the bottom of the bridge, dressed in a fiery red robe, and the ribbons were scattered and falling, like a fairy. He held a short jade vessel in both hands, neither flute nor flute, and walked out, if he walked on the ground, it did not look like an upside down. The moonlight shone on his robe, and the arch of the bridge was red, but there was no night on his face, and it was as black as ink, and it was difficult to see his face.

After a long time, the upside-down man said lightly: "Yi Sheng is arrogant, I am willing to gamble with Mr. again." ”

This is an unusually indifferent man's voice, neither crazy nor delusional, seemingly calm, but also indifferent.

The gentleman sighed lightly and said, "Do you still refuse to call me 'Master'?" With a hint of melancholy in his words, he paused, and said: "This is the fourth time you have made this bet with the old man, and you should know in your heart what the result will be if you lose." ”

Yi Sheng said: "If Yi Sheng loses, he will accompany Mr. for another five years." I'm going to win over you, sir, this time. There was an elusive fortitude in his tone.

The gentleman laughed very lightly and said, "You have been by the old man's side for nearly sixteen years, and if you win the bet and leave at this time, there will be no one by the old man's side who can talk to me." ”

Yi Sheng was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Mr. treats Yi Sheng like a parent, Yi Sheng is grateful in his heart, if Mr. has a life in the future, Yi Sheng will definitely run thousands of miles, and he will not give up." ”

When the gentleman heard this, he immediately laughed wildly, there was no mockery in the laughter, he was full of pride, and said: "Good boy, your martial arts have really improved rapidly in the past few years, and you have eighty percent of the old man's cultivation." However, the gambling contract has not yet begun, but you think that you have won, which is too much to underestimate the old man. ”

Yi Sheng said: "I don't know what question Mr. is going to ask this time." ”

Mr. said slowly: "This time it is not for you to soak in the boiling spring for three days and three nights, nor to kill three hundred wicked people in one month, let alone for you to take the long pearl of the Dog Emperor." The old man gave you two months this time, helped the old man find someone, picked him up for me fifty-three tricks, and told him a word on my behalf. ”

Yi Sheng said: "What does Mr. want me to tell me?"

Mr. said: "Tiangong changed his face, and Wang Ba turned over." ”

Yi Sheng said: "That's okay?"

The gentleman said "hey" and said, "In addition, there is another condition, that is, before this gambling contract is completed, you must not say a word, write a word, and you must not even have joys, sorrows, and sorrows." ”

Yi Sheng said: "Who is that person?"

At this time, no one answered, and the water on the lake was still as flat as a mirror, silent, but the gentleman was no longer in the middle of the lake. Yi Sheng under the bridge was also speechless, only to see him put the short jade on his lips, and suddenly the faint music started. In the distance, Mr. Cang's voice came, extremely far and very close, and every word was deeply transmitted into Yi Sheng's heart, "Taihang Bixian Palace, Hidden Dragon Yang Xiuye".

A pair of green swallows were awakened by the sound, shook off a little dust on their bodies, slid across the lake with a "chirp", and stopped under the empty broken bridge.

It's just a late night that can't be more ordinary, the usual moon, the usual wind, the usual swallow. Only the remnants of the song still linger in the night.

Twenty-four days later.

Yisheng went north along the waterway and finally reached Yanjing. The Jin and Han people in the north are mixed, and Yi Sheng behaves like a walking corpse because of the gambling contract, which is inevitably ridiculed or ridiculous.

Yi Sheng's parents died when he was a child, and he became an orphan at the age of three, during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the war was raging, the people were not living, and the victims were all over the Central Plains, he had been crawling among the refugees for more than seven years, so his temperament was diluted, and ordinary people despised him, and he had long since stopped caring. Moreover, he has not yet completed the gambling contract, and his joy, anger, sorrow and joy cannot be shown on his face, even if he is annoyed in his heart, he must be indifferent.

When Yi Sheng came along the way, it was already rumored on the rivers and lakes that the "Bixian Palace" once every five years "Talking about Martial Arts" conference was imminent, and all the sects that had some prestige in the martial arts received the "Discussion on Martial Arts" and were invited to participate. When Yi Sheng took a boat in northern Jiangsu, he met many martial arts people who went north in twos and threes.

Yi Sheng was reluctant to go up with the people in the rivers and lakes, so as not to cause many incidents due to his inconvenience, so he spent the night at the home of an ordinary hunter at the foot of the northeast of Taihang Mountain, and chose a remote path when he went up the mountain the next day to avoid everyone's eyes and ears.

Later, Yi Sheng met the Lan sisters, repelled Yingluo and his party, and fought with Yu Liuli, all of which were unexpected. Yi Sheng was reluctant to fight with Yingluo and the others, but because the black-faced man was angry for a while, he was forced to fight. Then Yu Liuli suddenly attacked, which also caught him off guard.

Fortunately, Yisheng's six senses are extraordinary, and he came first before he did it, and then Yisheng was also merciful, and he didn't want to make more trouble. However, Yu Liuli's martial arts cultivation is quite high, and his moves are peculiar, so Yi Sheng has to go all out to deal with it. If it weren't for the Lan sisters who showed up in time to stop the two, I am afraid that they would have lost both.

When Lan Qiu and Yu Liuli were talking, Yi Sheng quietly left. He walked among the mountains for about half an hour, and suddenly saw a majestic mountain peak faintly visible in front of him, shaped like a sharp sword, standing majestically. Yi Sheng felt something different, so he walked away quickly, only to see the crowd under the peak, hundreds of martial arts people gathered to climb the peak, and dozens of blue and yellow shirted teenagers greeted the wind, saluted everyone, and the next person held the red gold post in his hand.

Yi Sheng knew that it was the token "On Martial Arts" held by the invited sect, but he didn't have one on himself. His lifelong martial arts were taught by Mr. Na, and he didn't know what school it was, even if he forcibly snatched the post from elsewhere, coupled with his own inconvenient speech, it was even more troublesome.

He immediately performed light skills to avoid everyone, and detoured to the southeast side of the mountain, only to see that although there were few people here, the mountain wall was steep, almost straight, and it was no different from the cliff. If you go up from here, if you are not careful, you will definitely have no bones left when you fall.

Yi Sheng looked at the mountain wall carefully, and saw that the mountain was the place where the sun was shining, and the grass and trees were lush and lush. He stepped forward and pulled the vine branch, although it was not as strong as the rope, but with his own light skills, it was still a try.

It was almost early in the day, and the sun was setting in the west, and the place was getting darker. Yi Sheng's latent strength jumped up, with the help of many vines, and he went up more than ten zhang in one breath. Between the cliffs, the lower plate is relatively flat and floating, even if it is full of rocks, you can borrow strength, but it is not as good as flat land after all. Yi Sheng uses both hands and feet, half-jumps and half-climbs, but it is also very fast.

Yisheng Fang has a lot of discomfort when using this method, so the breath is not smooth, and the hands and feet are tied. After half a pillar of incense, he only felt that the dullness in his chest gradually disappeared, and there was a great sense of pleasure, that is, the faster and faster, the faster and higher. Yi Sheng looked down, the trees under the peak had long been submerged in the mountain mist, and he seemed to be in a fairyland.

However, the higher the place, the more scarce the plant growth is, and the things that can be used are even more limited, and the rocks are gradually straightened, unlike the place at the foot of the mountain that can be borrowed. Yi Sheng almost slipped several times, but fortunately, his arms were not weak, and he could always turn danger into a disaster, so he didn't dare to slack off here.

The sound of falling rocks suddenly came from the upper left of Yi Sheng, as if someone was staring at the rocks in the mountains, mixed with the sound of branches and leaves breaking. Yi Sheng was stunned in his heart, and wondered: "Isn't there someone who is like himself, climbing between these cliffs?"

At that moment, he stopped the upward trend, held his breath and concentrated, and listened to the sound of all sides, but did not hear the sound of breathing and wheezing. Yi Sheng felt strange, knowing that the mountain stone was hard, if it was not trampled on, it would never fall off on its own, and this place was hundreds of feet above the ground, and it was absolutely impossible for ordinary birds and beasts to stay here, so it would not be birds and beasts that fell.

Yi Sheng's mind turned a few times, and the climbing momentum was slowed down, so that his hands and feet did not make a friction sound when he touched the grass and trees, so as to wait and see the changes. However, after that, he walked upwards for more than ten feet, but he did not find anything strange, and he was surprised in his heart, and his demeanor was still cautious.

Yi Sheng walked a few more feet, and suddenly saw a sudden surge of light between the fog of the mountain on the top, and a gust of wind blowing slightly, and he was happy in his heart, presumably under the peak, so he raised his head to look. I saw that it was more than ten zhang above, hazy and hazy, like the Buddha illuminating the world, which was fascinating.

But I heard a "pop" sound coming from Yi Sheng's left side, very light and very slight, like the sound of a tree branch being crushed, if it wasn't for Yi Sheng's whole body alertness, I am afraid it would be difficult to hear. Yi Sheng looked sideways, and at this time, the light of the peak was reflected, and he saw a faint black shadow faintly leaning on the mountain wall.

He saw that the man was leaning against the cliff, not moving at all, as if taking root, it can be seen that his light skills are excellent, and it is easy to hear his breath, and this person's internal cultivation is also very good.

Yi Sheng doesn't know whether this person is friend or foe, but the two are on the cliff after all, a few feet apart, even if this person has the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to fight with himself, the urgent thing at the moment is to climb the mountain, if you are entangled here, I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, and the future will be endless.

Yi Sheng used his hands and feet together, like an ape crossing a cliff, and climbed three feet when he landed. But I saw that the black shadow was also floating steadily, walking three feet, and the momentum was so fast, compared with Yi Sheng, it was even better.

Seeing this, Yi Sheng was stunned, and suddenly stopped, and the black shadow suddenly did not move. Yi Sheng flickered and stopped several times, and the black shadow seemed to be Yi Sheng's shadow, which also flickered and stopped, which was extremely weird.