Sword of Coming

When we get together, we eventually part ways, and life is a series of ups and downs.

In the long river of time, there seems to be a series of ferries with willows hanging on them. During each period of time traveling backwards, some people will leave the ship, some people will board the ship to keep company, and then there will be new reunions and partings at the next ferry.

Just like the hard-working young man from Mud Bottle Lane, he had already left everyone at the ferry.

At dawn, Li Er's family of three had already prepared their luggage and said goodbye to the group at the foot of Donghua Mountain. Compared with the first time he separated from his relatives in his hometown town, Li Huai was no longer heartless this time. You will only feel that you are no longer restrained and can eat candied haws and chicken drumsticks all day long. Instead, you will feel a little more sad. The child has grown up after all.

Li Baoping, Lin Shouyi, Yu Lu, thank you, and the handsome young Cui Dongshan all came to see him off.

The woman's eyes were red and she was unwilling to let go of Li Huai's hand. She was chattering about trivial things like getting dressed in the cold weather and eating and drinking enough. Li Huai listened quietly. Li Er stood aside innocently all the time. After Li Liu straightened Li Huai's clothes, which were already new and neat, he turned back to look at the plaque of the Cliff Academy. The girl was indifferent to the looks of Xie Xie and Yu Lu, two peers of the same age. .

The woman was finally willing to leave. Once she walked out, she was determined not to look back. Li Er patted Li Huai's head, smiled and followed his wife's footsteps. Li Liu patted his younger brother's shoulder, then gave everyone a blessing and left.

Li Huai lightly kicked Lin Shouyi, who was holding a letter in his sweaty palms. The stern young man shook his head, looked at the girl's back, and murmured: "Next time."

Li Huai didn't want to show his sadness in front of them, suppressed his sadness, found an interesting topic, and said with a smile: "Cui Dongshan, if you are Chen Pingan's student, we are all Mr. Qi's disciples, Bao Ping You called me Uncle Chen Ping'an, how do you calculate your seniority with us?"

Cui Dongshan put his hands behind his back, with the jade tree facing the wind, and said proudly: "I am the founder of my husband's disciple. I have a very high seniority and am one hundred and eighty thousand miles higher than this Donghua Mountain."

Li Huai was stunned for a moment, "Is it possible that I have to call you senior brother?"

"Eldest brother?"

Cui Dongshan suddenly became anxious, "Your whole family is a senior brother! I don't want to be a senior brother. You can call me whatever you want."

Li Huai was a little confused, "Then I call you little senior brother? It's a bit hard to pronounce."

Cui Dongshan's eyes lit up, "Hello, little senior brother. I respect my elder brother and show kindness. From now on, you can call me little senior brother. Yu Lu, thank you. From today on, you are no exception. There is no need to call me young master. Too Shengfen, just follow Baoping and the others and call me little senior brother."

Li Baoping snorted coldly: "I didn't agree!"

The little girl in the red cotton jacket rushed out of the archway, and Li Huai shouted: "Li Baoping, we have classes later!"

"I have already written the article for punishment last night. What are you afraid of! I want to walk around here alone so that I can take my little uncle shopping later." Li Baoping raised his head high and ran all the way, chasing the blue sky. A flock of pigeons flew across the sky, and the whistles of pigeons echoed one after another, ringing melodiously and clearly throughout the capital city of the Sui Dynasty.

Li Huai raised his voice and shouted: "Then take me with you."

Li Baoping turned a deaf ear. Compared to her slender figure far away from the academy archway, the little girl's thoughts were thousands of miles away.

Having reached a mountain on the border of Huangting Kingdom, Chen Pingan was washing his face by the mountain stream.

Unlike the girl in the pink skirt who only carried someone else's book box, the boy in Tsing Yi was carrying a small thing and always had a lot of strange things. At first, he didn't think about showing off in front of the master, but later he became interested in the snake gallstone. He was so worried about it that he thought about it so much every day that he began to take it out and beg Chen Pingan to give him snake gallstones in exchange for his treasure.

Just like this, the boy in Tsing Yi took out a bunch of small bottles with the same pattern, squatted next to Chen Pingan, and explained to the old man the fun of these bottles. He pulled out the stopper of one of the pink-green porcelain bottles and poured it into the stream. After pouring it, a large piece of soft moonlight soon flowed from the porcelain bottle and fell on the stream, like a dream.

The boy in green said with a smile: "Sir, it looks good. This is the Moon Flower Vase that practitioners like very much. In addition, there are also various Yunxia Vase and Sunlight Vase, which are specially used to collect the clouds of clouds from the Five Mountains. , the glory of the sun and the moon, etc., the spiritual energy contained in them is not much, and naturally it cannot compare with the richness and long-flowing water of those caves and paradises, but it cannot compete with the beauty of the scenery pouring out of these bottles, sir, what do you think?"

Chen Pingan was indeed a little shocked. Among the lush mountains and forests, it was still slightly dark in broad daylight. Looking at the moonlight slowly flowing on the stream, he really felt that there was indeed everything in the world.

The boy in Tsing Yi said seductively: "It would be unkind to exchange a small bottle for the master's snake gallstone. I also have three bottles here that are collectively called the Liang Bottle. The name comes from 'the lingering sound lingers around the beam for three days,' and they are all full. There are all kinds of beautiful natural sounds in the world, such as the croaking of frogs in this bottle, the sound of the tide in this bottle, and the sound of pines in the mountains. Master, if you think about it, open one of the bottles when you sleep, Next to the pillow is the sound of the tide. How comfortable it is. Don't you feel excited? I have so many precious bottles, so I will trade them with you for a snake gallstone! Just one! As long as the master nods, these seven or eight bottles will be yours immediately. Well, if you don’t do this kind of business, you will be struck by thunder from heaven..."

Chen Pingan silently calculated the wealth of the family in the small town and found that there were still many snake gallstones of excellent quality. He nodded and said with a smile: "Okay."

The girl in pink skirt waved her hands vigorously and winked at her master, trying to dissuade Chen Pingan from agreeing to the deal.

The boy in green pushed the bottle to Chen Ping'an, jumping up and down with joy. He stretched out two fingers to the girl in pink skirt and said arrogantly: "One more than you. Now I am one level higher than you. Here we are." In my hometown, if you eat a stone, your uncle will reach two more realms than you, a silly girl. Then you should be wiser and don’t stay with me and embarrass my people. My little book boy is enough for me. Where is the need? What stupid maid..."

The girl in the pink skirt pouted her lips and wrinkled her pink face, as if a storm was about to come.

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "If you bully her again, I will regret it."

The boy in green immediately coughed and said to her seriously: "In the future, you have to take care of the master's clothing, food, housing and transportation, you know? For example, after eating that snake gallstone, he will quickly become the figure and appearance of a yellow flower girl. When the time comes, the master will be full of energy. You will feel that the night is long, so you should take the initiative to warm the bed..."

Chen Pingan put down the rare vials of different materials and pointed a chestnut at the head of the boy in green, "Stop talking nonsense here."

The kid in Tsing Yi clothes pretended to be a child and bowed, "My master taught me a lesson."

Chen Pingan squatted on the stone by the stream again, took out a piece of dry biscuit, chewed it, and asked casually: "Do you know what the Dragon King Basket is?"

The two little guys turned pale at the same time, and the boy in green was even more stiff. Not to mention the gag, he couldn't even walk.

The girl in the pink skirt said cautiously: "I have seen records in ancient books that as long as the Qi practitioner throws it into the river, the dragon can be captured. The most terrifying thing is that the dragon belongs to the genus of the dragon. It originally has a geographical advantage in the water. , even if the opponent is a qi practitioner who is one or two realms higher than us, we will definitely not suffer a loss, but if the opponent has the Dragon King Basket, even if the realm is one or two realms lower than us, we can still catch him without any help."

The boy in Tsing Yi subconsciously took a few steps away from Chen Pingan and squatted far away, "It's not that easy. Once you are caught in the Dragon King's basket, it will be no better than a mortal being in a frying pan. You will suffer the pain of being cut into pieces all the time. This is The secret of the largest sect in the ancient Shu Kingdom is not passed down. They specialize in weaving Dragon King baskets and selling them to those Qi practitioners who come from afar to try to capture our species."

His voice trembled, he clenched his fist and shook it, "A Dragon King basket of this size can catch me."

Chen Pingan stretched out his hands and gestured in front of himself, "What if it is this big?"

Now, not to mention the boy in green who knew the power of Dragon King's Basket, even the girl in pink skirt was too scared to speak.

The boy in green said with a sad face: "Master, let alone seeing it before, I have never heard of such a big Dragon King basket. You don't have one, do you?"

He resisted the urge to take the second snake gallstone and said tentatively: "If there is such an exaggerated Dragon King's basket, even if you are an ancestor who has been transformed into a dragon for thousands of years, you should just accept your fate. Master, don't you think that's the case? The pile of bottles doesn’t really look good? It’s okay, I just keep it in my hands to play with. If you really don’t like it, just return it to me when you get to your hometown. As for the snake gallstone, I will give it to you depending on your mood..."

Chen Ping'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry and said: "I don't have the Dragon King Basket. Even if I do, you don't have to be afraid of anything."

No wonder Prince Gao Xuan of the Sui Dynasty felt so sorry after buying the golden carp and the Dragon King Basket. In addition to giving a bag of gold and copper coins, he also wanted to express his gratitude in the capital of the Sui Dynasty this time.

When he met the man selling fish in a fish basket in a small town, Chen Pingan could tell at a glance that something was unusual. How could the carp still be alive and kicking after being offshore for so long? But first, if you really have no money and your life is precarious, how can you dare to spend money as you like? After becoming a kiln worker, he was able to save some copper coins. Chen Ping'an never had any extra expenses. It was already extremely difficult to deal with firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Second, he was intercepted halfway by Gao Xuan and the old man.

Chen Pingan threw a stone into the stream. The young man was a little sad at the moment. It was not that he had lost a lot of blessings and opportunities, but that he felt that several mountains of gold and silver had passed him by.

So in the final analysis, I still care about money.

In fact, Chen Ping'an didn't know that the man was Li Huai's father, Li Er, one of Old Man Yang's apprentices. At that time, Li Er was already a peak martial artist in the ninth level of martial arts. Unlike the gatekeeper who was responsible for receiving gold essence and copper coins, Li Er had a good impression of Chen Pingan. As for why Li Er did not directly give Chen Pingan to Chen Pingan at that time, there was a big deal. Master Yang, a person on this path, has always respected the word "fairness", so Li Er casually quoted a price at that time in order to bargain with the boy from Mu Ping Lane, which made it appear more real.

It was a pity that a prince of the Sui Dynasty's Gao family came out halfway. Li Er, who had already broken the rules, immediately became alert and did not dare to force Chen Ping'an to have such great luck. Afterwards, Old Man Yang also reprimanded Li Er and told him He had a cruel truth. If Chen Pingan really accepted the fish basket and carp, there was no doubt whether he could leave the town alive.

There are these undercurrents surging in the small town, and Chen Pingan has not yet learned everything.

On the road, blessings and misfortunes always depend on each other. No one can tell in a short period of time whether one incident will make things worse for friends or help enemies in times of trouble.

The three of them went back on the road and stayed at the top of the mountain at night. Although Chen Pingan no longer needed to keep vigil, Chen Pingan was still used to sleeping late after walking and setting up stakes, and stayed by the bonfire for a while before going to bed.

Late at night, the top of the mountain is completely silent.

Beside the bonfire, the boy in green clothes added more firewood to the fire, and raised his fingers to the girl in pink skirt, "Silly girl, come here."

The girl leaned against the book box left by Cui Dongshan in the distance and shook her head vigorously, "I don't."

The boy in green said with a smile: "I don't want to eat you."

The girl was beaten to death and refused to get close.

The boy in green said angrily: "If you don't come here, I will really eat you! What's wrong with you? You don't listen to your good words and you have to be beaten?"

The girl in the pink skirt had to bravely sit across from the bonfire.

He asked: "You said that I am an ordinary and boring person, how could I have such a cruel and terrifying disciple?"

She thought for a while and said, "I have a kind heart. Good people are rewarded."

The boy in green sneered and said, "How can a good person be used as food?"

She winced.

He sarcastically said: "Fortunately, you are a monster with five levels of cultivation, and you also have some special abilities. Can you have some backbone?"

She really had some backbone this time, and retorted softly: "You chased the Lingyun Sect Supreme Elder with a sword for two thousand miles, why can't I see that you have backbone?"

For the first time, the boy in green didn't get angry. He explained patiently: "I'm not afraid of that old witch. She's so shameless. She's so old and yet she smeared several pounds of rouge on her face. Master, I'm a hero. Duryodhana has two fists, if he eats the old witch, he will annoy the entire Lingyun Sect, which will cause disaster to my Water God brother, and I will feel very bad about it."

The girl in the pink skirt quietly turned her head and secretly rolled her eyes.

This is all she dares to do.

The boy in green said angrily: "You silly girl, are you going to rebel?! You haven't paid attention to your house for three days! Since you have my master's backing, you won't take your uncle seriously, right?"

She was so frightened that she was about to call out to Chen Pingan.

The boy in green hurriedly waved his hand to signal her not to act rashly, sighed, and changed the subject: "Our master is only a second-level martial artist. Although it is not inferior to the ordinary third-level martial artist, you and I know it well. , is still very weak, and looking at his food, clothing, housing, transportation, speech and behavior, he doesn't look like a child from our family at all. Does he really have five mountains in his hometown? Can he have so many snake gallstones? Could it be that cruel person? Are you trying to deceive us? Do you want to take us to a small ravine?"

The girl in the pink skirt curled up and looked at the flames that she was naturally close to. She felt warm all over and murmured: "I don't care. The two generations of Cao family descendants in Zhilan Mansion have bad intentions and I'm sorry that their ancestors worked so hard to make it possible." They come from a scholarly family, and I don’t like them in the first place. It’s good to follow the master back to his hometown.”

The boy in green had a solemn face, his usual playful smile was gone, and he was not doing anything right. He sighed softly: "The Cao family has indeed taken a crooked path, but there is nothing that can be done about it. If it were someone else, they would do the same thing. Who would be happy to be a god?" Stupidly study to gain fame, and those who are good at oneself and the world are all deceived by Confucian saints. I have stayed in Yujiang for so many years and have seen many misfortunes of scholars. Not to mention other things, I only said that successive governors and county governors met me. That water god brother is worse than meeting the officials in the capital. As long as a practitioner commits an offense, he will go to my brother overnight to ask for help in mediating. If my brother is in a bad mood, he will hang them in the temple. For several days outside, those officials didn’t dare to fart, it was boring.”

The girl in the pink skirt hesitated to speak, and finally remained silent.

The kid in green clothes giggled and said, "I'm already asleep, but it's still a long night and I don't want to sleep. A spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold... Silly girl, why don't you become my wife?"

The girl in the pink skirt suddenly turned red and cursed: "You stinking scoundrel!"

The boy in green glared, "What the hell? This is a great blessing. There is smoke coming out of your ancestral grave, do you know?! Do you think I really like you? If I hadn't coveted your snake gallstone that I haven't yet obtained... "

She stood up and said, "I'll tell the master!"

He had no choice but to give in again and waved his hands vigorously: "Don't be like this, don't be like this, how about we become brothers and sisters? After we marry Jinlan, your things are mine, and mine are still mine..."

She simply ran away with the book box on her back.

The kid in green clothes stood up and laughed with his arms akimbo. After suppressing his smile, he curled his lips and muttered with a dim expression: "What a silly girl."

The boy in Tsing Yi ran all the way to the cliff and suddenly said loudly: "In life, you and I are going against each other! The uncle is taking the silly girl to follow him home!"

Chen Ping'an, who was supposed to be sleeping in the distance, raised the corners of his mouth. Then he stopped circulating the Eighteen Stops Sword Qi and began to truly fall asleep.