Sword of Coming

Chen Pingan returned to the blacksmith shop. After working, while taking a break, Chen Pingan took a bowl and found Master Ruan who was squatting under the eaves with Miss Ruan. Chen Pingan said that he wanted to borrow money, which might cost fifteen or sixty taels of silver. . Ruan Qiong didn't even ask Chen Ping'an why he borrowed the money. He stopped his chopsticks, glanced sideways at the straw-shoe boy, and said two words, "Get out."

Chen Pingan quickly ran away.

Ruan Xiu frowned and said, "Dad, can't you speak properly?"

Ruan Qiong snorted coldly: "If you don't beat him, he is already very talkative."

Ruan Xiu said in defiance: "I worked so hard to be your apprentice, but I didn't get a penny of wages. During the dark time, everyone stayed in the room and fell asleep, or just chatting. Only Chen Ping'an was still there. Moving soil in the well, one after another, busy here and there, never idle at all. Who is working the most diligently at these times? Dad, you don’t know? You can say it with your own conscience, if someone asks you to borrow fifteen or six taels Silver, why is it too much?"

Ruan Qiong kept a dark face and said nothing, thinking that I just knew too well that I wanted to kill this poaching little bastard.

If this young man had the ability to move the ape in Zhengyang Mountain, his father would have imitated Qi Jingchun and beat him half to death. Just thinking about this, Ruan Qiong felt a little discouraged. Although it was certain that he could surpass the mountain-moving ape even if he put aside his status as a saint in this world, it was obviously impossible to decide the outcome with one kick like Qi Jingchun.

Ruan Qiong had no choice but to comfort himself. Although he was a military swordsman in name only, his real pursuit was not to be strong or weak in battle, but to become one of the best swordsmiths in the world and forge a valuable sword. I hope to cultivate the living sword of my own spirituality, so that there will be a real living being in the world who has life and death, can practice, can be reincarnated, and can even pursue the great road.

Ruan Qiong put down his bowl and chopsticks, raised his head to look at the sky, and cursed for no reason, "Do you really think that after Qi Jingchun is dead, you will be able to be lawless? I have told you my rules clearly, and now that you don't abide by them, take out If you have the ability to be unruly, if not, then go to hell.”

Seeing that there was no one around, Ruan Qiong, who was originally squatting, stood up from the ground, like a snow-white rainbow exploding from the earth, shooting towards the sea of ​​clouds high in the sky.

Above the sea of ​​clouds, there are several ladies in palace attire and men in brocade robes and jade belts, walking hand in hand in the sky, talking and laughing, all of them are charming and unrestrained gods. From time to time, they overlook the whole land of Lizhu Cave in the past. It can be said that it is There is a veritable atmosphere of conversation and laughter.

There was a loud bang.

The head of a graceful and luxurious woman with a golden hairpin cracked open. Then there was a beautiful girl next to her with a blossoming head. Go down one by one, men and women, no exception.

Ruan Qiong's figure hovered above the sea of ​​golden clouds, his eyes were sharp, he looked around, and sneered: "Why, you only use such a small fish to test Ruan Qiong's bottom line? Isn't it too disrespectful? I Although Ruan Qiong is just a blacksmith and is far inferior to Qi Jingchun, how difficult is it to kill one or two blind tenth-floor monks here? So from now on, there is one more rule here. Please listen carefully. Well, even if I hide you outside the border and covet the Lizhu Paradise, if I, Ruan Qiong, are in a bad mood one day, I will still catch you high above the Paradise and beat your head to pieces, believe it or not."

After Ruan Qiong finished speaking, he flashed outside the border. The next moment, he was seen holding an old man's head with one hand. After grabbing it back within the border, he pressed it with his five fingers, and the immortal old man begged for mercy. Said: "Master Ruan! Master Ruan! If you have something to say, please tell me! I am from the nearby Ziyan River..."

Before the old man could finish speaking, Ruan Qiong crushed the immortal master's head and threw the corpse out of the territory of his blessed land. However, the green rainbow light that escaped from the corpse made Ruan Qiong just cold. He glanced at it but didn't beat up the drowned dog. The green rainbow, which was no more than three feet long, flew wildly for nearly a thousand miles, and plunged into a large river filled with light purple smoke. The water of the river was grand and spectacular, far superior to the water of the large rivers in the territory of Dali.

Ruan Qiong, who still had blood stains on his five fingers, said loudly: "This is the case within a lifetime."

In the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, a female monk used the clouds and mist to hide her figure, and said angrily: "The method is so bloody and cruel, how could it be done by a saint who sits majestically and controls the fate of a place."

Ruan Qiong laughed angrily, "Hey, you're smart. You hid so far away and muttered. You think I can't do anything to you, right? Damn it, I'm not the guy like Qi Jingchun who is stupid at reading. You are like me. Military masters and sword cultivators talk about morality and etiquette, is there something wrong with you?"

Ruan Qiong tilted one arm downward, put his fingers together, and said silently in his heart: "The sky is shaking the wind, the earth is thundering and the fire is rushing, and it is as urgent as the law!"

In an instant, there were two places in the sky and underground where the aura surged rapidly, like two springs that had just appeared in the world.

From another place, a gentle voice reminded hurriedly: "No, it's Ruan Qiong's natal wind and thunder swords! Lan Ting, retreat quickly! Ruan Qiong's natal thing is different from ordinary people and is not stored in the acupoints. Existing in the three thousand miles of heaven and earth around him, the two military Yin gods following him wander around..."

Above the sea of ​​clouds, there is a gleaming green firefly, which is desperately trying to escape. Beyond the firefly, there is a branch of crystal clear peach blossoms lingering and circling, protecting its owner.

After this faint green light swept almost eight hundred miles in one breath, a cyan silk thread fell from the sky and penetrated through the head.

The man who spoke uprightly for her, seeing that the situation was bad, disappeared early using his unique escape technique.

The sky was silent, and no one dared to make any noise.

Ruan Qiong sneered, no longer arguing with these evil-minded people, and fell back to the stream near the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith, full of evil and bloody aura, stretched out his hand to wash away the blood in the stream.

Ruan Qiong sighed and said sadly: "Qi Jingchun, if you were half as unreasonable as me, why would you have to leave so frustrated?"

On the shore, Chen Pingan was walking for an hour. On the way back, he finished the practice and was stretching his muscles. Chen Pingan suddenly saw Master Ruan walking ashore from the stream. He hesitated and slowed down to avoid hitting the nail. For some reason, Chen Ping'an always felt that Master Ruan didn't have a good impression of him. The way he looked at him was a bit like Old Man Yao's, with a hint of disgust.

Ruan Qiong ignored the boy and walked back to the blacksmith shop.

Chen Pingan suddenly turned around and looked at the stream.

Calm as usual, nothing unusual.

But just now, Chen Ping'an's heart suddenly tightened, like a light on his back, as if there was a water ghost who died unjustly in the stream, staring at him, it was a very absurd feeling.

Just in sight, the stream gurgled, cheerful and soft.

Chen Pingan did not give up, picked up a few stones of just the right weight, turned around and walked downstream along the stream, carefully observing the movement in the stream, trying to find any clues.

The more Chen Pingan looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. In broad daylight, the stream actually gave people a gloomy look. Even though Chen Pingan had dived into the deep pit under the back of the green bull so many times, he had never felt such a clear feeling of boredom. Chen Pingan can now be sure that there are incredible monsters and ghosts in the world. In the past, Mr. Qi was in the small town, so no evil could invade. Now that Mr. Qi is no longer there, maybe the current situation is full of ghosts and ghosts, and he You must be careful. Even if Master Ruan is the next so-called "sage", Chen Pingan will not take it lightly. After all, Chen Pingan still trusts Mr. Qi more. He must have awe and intimacy with the unsmiling Master Ruan. Nothing at all.

The reason why Chen Pingan dared to follow his feeling and take the initiative to search for strange things in the stream was that Master Ruan walked in front of him. Chen Pingan didn't think that if there were really ghosts in the water, he would dare to come out of the water and kill him under the nose of the saint. Besides, Chen Pingan now has the pair of landscape seals gifted by Mr. Qi hidden in his sleeve. One of them is the seal with the word "water", so the young man is particularly courageous.

After Chen Ping'an threw two handfuls of stones, he was about to bend down to pick them up when someone not far away asked, "What are you doing?"

The girl in blue with a ponytail turned out to be Ruan Xiu.

Chen Ping'an had been concentrating on the water. He did not notice Miss Ruan's approach and did not hide. He was not afraid of her jokes. He pointed at the water surface of the stream and answered honestly: "I felt there was something dirty in the water, so I was wondering if I could remove it." Knock it out with rocks.”

Ruan Xiu looked at the stream, looked at it intently, and her face darkened.

Chen Pingan asked: "Is there really a problem?"

Ruan Xiu shook his head, "I can't tell."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "I must be suspicious."

Ruan Xiu whispered: "You go back first. I want to eat something here before going back to the shop. If my father asks, just say you didn't see it."

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "No problem."

He remembered something, found a sharp-edged stone from the ground, and asked: "Miss Ruan, can I ask you what some words mean and how to pronounce them?"

Ruan Xiu suddenly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.

read?

Books are simply the most terrifying enemy in the world. Opening a page of the book at random, every word is like a great monk arranging troops to show off his power to Ruan Xiu. Ruan Xiu really gets a headache every time she sees it. Originally, after she followed her father Ruan Qiong into the town, she was supposed to Those who go to school do not need to help forge iron swords at all, but they can't fight to death. Today they have a stomachache, tomorrow they have a hot head, it may rain the day after tomorrow, and they have sprained feet the day after tomorrow... Ruan Qiong is really too lazy to hear those lame excuses again. , and then let Ruan Xiu go.

It's just that today Ruan Xiu didn't want to show timidity in front of the young man. She forced herself to be calm and said with a forced smile: "Write it first."

When Chen Ping'an carved two characters on the ground with a stone, Ruan Xiu suddenly transformed, with a high-spirited expression, and said with a confident smile: "These two characters are so simple. I have known them since I was very young. The words, taken together, are the name of a human body acupuncture point, Shenting, the so-called acupoint. The reason why we humans are the leader of all spirits, and many charming monsters who have cultivated the great road, finally have to transform into humans, is because the human body is the most Suitable for practice, the 365 large and small acupoints are all treasures like mountains of gold and silver. The ancients said that the acupoints are "where the divine energy travels in and out". Our three souls and six souls are like He is a child who eats food from hundreds of families. He eats a bowl of rice in this family and drinks a bowl of water in that family. Then he is constantly nurtured and nurtured, growing and growing."

Ruan Xiu said eloquently, then stretched out a finger, pressed his head, and said with a smile: "As for the divine court, it is right here. If you lift the hairline on your head and go up five minutes, this acupoint is for Military swordsmen like me and my father are not very important. Well, in our jargon, they do not belong to the "military battlegrounds". They are dispensable. Rather, they are those things that rely on incense to survive. Chuqiao acupoint is very important, but my father said that those gods, gods and ghosts have no great potential, no matter how great their magical powers are, and no matter how wide their ghost paths are, they are just poor people living under the shelter of others, not worth mentioning."

Chen Ping'an couldn't understand them all and could only memorize them by rote. Then he asked "Juque" and "Taiyuan" respectively.

Ruan Xiu also answered one by one. Although the girl didn't like reading, she just didn't like the classic books of Confucian sages. She liked military training and sword making. She had been familiar with the names of these acupoints since she was a child. Heart.

Before Chen Pingan could ask for help, the girl grinned widely and said, "When I have time in the future, I will tell you the names, directions and uses of the 365 acupoints one by one."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Miss Ruan."

Ruan Xiu asked: "Do you find it troublesome to ask you to buy pastries for me so many times?"

Chen Pingan shook his head. It's a piece of cake, of course not troublesome.

Ruan Xiu smiled happily and said, "That's enough."

She suddenly felt a little regretful, "Even if you know about the acupoints, they actually don't mean much. The reason why there are so many heretical and crooked ways of practicing in the world is that they have different ways of nourishing and refining qi, and there is only a slight difference. Qianli. Of course, my family also has its own two major mental methods of dispersing qi and nourishing qi, but they cannot be passed on to others. This is not a question of whether my father agrees or not. Chen Pingan, I'm sorry."

Chen Ping'an was not the kind of person who pushed too hard, so he quickly explained with a smile: "It's okay, I just want to know more words, I didn't think too much about it. Besides, I have a boxing manual to practice, but this boxing manual has I almost can't practice the fisting pile, so I can't be distracted."

Ruan Xiu smiled in relief and patted her chest gently, "That's good."

Trembling and majestic, the scenery here is unique.

Chen Ping'an quickly stopped his careless gaze, stood up and said seriously: "Miss Ruan, wait until you are free. I can go back to Mud Bottle Lane later anyway."

Ruan Xiu stood up, nodded and said with a smile: "Okay."

Chen Ping'an trotted towards the blacksmith shop.

Ruan Xiu walked down the bank and came to the stream. She first took out a handkerchief, threw a piece of pastry into her mouth, chewed it slowly and savored it.

When Chen Ping'an arrived in the town, she reached out and rolled up one of her sleeves, revealing the scarlet bracelet. She looked at the clear stream and said in a deep voice: "The fire dragon walks through the water."

The bracelet liquefied instantly, and a living creature woke up, struggling and twisting, and finally turned into a small dragon wrapped in flames. It was connected from end to end and just wrapped around the girl's wrist.

The girl in green gave an order.

This red dragon, which was originally less than a foot long, jumped towards the stream.

One foot, three feet, ten feet.

Fire dragons can also walk on water!

Ruan Xiu ordered: "That's it."

The ten-foot-long fire dragon no longer continued to grow, but all the nearby streams evaporated. Not only that, the water in the upper stream was like frightened and defeated soldiers. They did not dare to continue charging and fought, so they crowded together, making the water surface of the stream It keeps rising, while the downstream stream continues to rush away.

Ruan Xiu squinted his eyes.

Wait for the truth to come out.

She walked at the bottom of the dry stream, following the ten-foot-long fire dragon.

Now that the cave sky is shattered, the restrictions carefully arranged by the four saints have also disappeared, so magic and magical powers are no longer prohibited.

This is also the reason why Ruan Qiong made rules and made a thunderous move when he made a move. Even though this place was the smallest among the thirty-six small caves, and it was the least famous for its natural materials and earthly treasures, it was still the origin of Xiaodongtian. It is a blessed land, with various benefits, which is still very beneficial to practice. Now that there is no big formation to restrain it, once there is no one to restrain it, outside monks swarm in, a mixed bag of fish and dragons, with impure thoughts. In the end, there are more than 6,000 people in the town, excluding those who were lucky enough to survive. The old turtle and the bastard who came down, as well as the rest of the mortals, will probably die within a day.

Military strategists actually pay attention to rules when acting, but they also pay more attention to flexibility. They are far more flexible and changeable than Confucianism, and can act according to circumstances and places, and act expediently.

After about a stick of incense, the fire dragon Hao, who kept flapping around in the river bed, seemed to have finally caught the cunning target. He pressed down fiercely with his claws and slowly lowered his head.

Ruan Xiu walked near the head of the fire dragon and looked down. Under the claws of the fire dragon, there was a woman curled up. Her waist was grabbed by the claws. She had a waist-length black hair, protecting her whole body.

She asked curiously: "How dare a little river god run wild in front of my house? Haven't you heard that my father killed six river gods in a row?"

He Po, who had transformed from a withered old woman into a young woman, begged: "Great Immortal, this slave is just passing through this place and has no intention of harming anyone. What's more, this slave dared to reveal the aura of the Yin God in the hope of helping Saint Ruan increase the weight of the stream. , I just thought I could do my little bit, so don’t be angry, if you think the little one is ugly, annoying, and annoying, the little one will only dare to wander around at night..."

Ruan Xiu asked directly: "Do you know Chen Pingan?"

He Po, whose waist was held down by the fire dragon, was aging rapidly, but she could only whimper pitifully. Xiao Ji nodded and said, "I know you. I am from Xinghua Lane, and Chen Pingan is an orphan from Ni Ping Lane." , we meet occasionally, but there is no grudge. I just rarely see people from the small town by the stream recently. I saw the young man practicing boxing today and felt curious, so I took a few more glances. I didn't expect to provoke him. Such a catastrophic disaster, the Great Immortal will be merciful because the servants don't understand the rules..."

Ruan Xiu waved his hand, and the fire dragon transformed into a red bracelet with a simple pattern and was placed on the girl's wrist.

Ruan Xiu was still standing in the distance, with the surging stream behind him.

But a scene that frightened He Po appeared. If the stream encountered a natural enemy high above, it would fall down before fighting, automatically go around, and flow downstream.

What's even more frightening is that He Po can sense that the girl in green doesn't use any Taoist or magical powers at all.

Ruan Xiu smiled and said: "Don't be in a daze, tell me about Xinghua Lane and Mud Bottle Lane. Whatever you know, just say it."

He Po, who had regained her freedom, began to slowly regain her youthful appearance. But the next moment, she was suddenly so frightened that she couldn't help but scream. It turned out that the crow-green waterfall hair was shrinking in length, and she was heartbroken. Fei Dao: "Why is my Taoism passing away!"

The girl in green clothes ate the cake and said vaguely: "Huh? That's it. I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you that I was born with the body of a fire god, and water is a natural enemy."

He Po forced herself to calm down and begged silently with tears: "I beg the Immortal to be merciful and forgive this slave's unintentional offense."

Ruan Xiu thought about it seriously, "I will call you over to tell stories in the future. Don't worry, I will hide my natal aura when the time comes."

He Po looked sad and didn't dare to refuse, so she had to agree.

Ruan Xiu walked towards the shore, turned around and said, "I won't do this next time."

He Po repeatedly said she didn’t dare.

After the girl came ashore, her ponytail swayed and she walked towards the blacksmith shop.

He Po's body was submerged in the stream, and her face was full of ferocious resentment. However, after suffering losses several times, she began to know how to suppress this anger.

A string of other people's voices that originated from elsewhere resounded heavily in her heart.

"Idiot, put away your ignorance. Do you know what will be the opportunity for that girl to achieve enlightenment in the future? Even if you kill all the river gods in an entire continent, you, a little river woman, still dare to have murderous intentions towards this person? You are not afraid of making people laugh. If she loses her big teeth, even if she stretches her neck to kill you, you will only die in the end! Do you know how keen she is to sense any negative things in the water? So what you are thinking at this moment is not wrong, she The first river god to be killed in the future is you! So think carefully about how to remedy the situation. This disaster, which was originally a disaster, is also the seed of your great opportunity."

"This is the last time to remind you. If you go beyond the rules in the slightest, I will make you unable to live or die without anyone else taking action."

After He Po's voice disappeared, she hovered in the water in a daze, her body swaying but lifeless.

The road is elusive and uncertain, which makes people feel discouraged.

Ruan Qiong saw his daughter jumping in the sword-making room and said angrily: "Are you happy to bully an insignificant He woman?"

The girl smiled brightly and said, "Then wait until she becomes the God of Rivers, and then I will bully her again."

Ruan Qiong frowned and said: "Xiuxiu, don't take the River God seriously. After all, he is the orthodox water god included in the genealogy of mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in a continent. Although he is not as good as the five sacred gods of various countries, he kills them in the water. It’s not easy.”

The girl said oh and said casually: "Then let them have no water to live in."

Ruan Qiong's heart was shocked, and he quickly suppressed the smile that was about to appear on the corner of his mouth.