Sword of Coming

Cui Zhang, who was fluttering in white clothes, walked through the streets and alleys, and finally found the house where the pavilion was located. It was indeed a high-class house, with two stone lions sitting in charge. The threshold was extremely high, and the ceremonial door was tightly closed. However, the strange thing was that the house had a hanging The word "Zhilan" is not Zhang's and Qian's.

The pavilion where Cui Han saw the vision before was probably the family's private library. Its height was almost as high as Kuixing Pavilion of the Confucian Temple in the city. It must not be an ordinary wealthy family.

The closer he got to this "Zhilan" mansion, the more clearly Cui Chan felt that a storm was coming. This feeling was like a cloudy day before a heavy rain, which was depressing.

Between heaven and earth, in addition to the awe-inspiring righteousness advocated by Confucianism, there are many invisible qi, which are generally divided into pure and turbid qi. The former is spiritual and beautiful, which is beneficial to practice, while the latter is filthy and turbid, damaging the soul. Mass graves, ancient Beijing temples, and battlefield sites Places like this have their own mysteries, and they may not all be filled with filth.

The blessed land in the world that is conducive to spiritual practice is like a room of orchids, refreshing the heart and mind.

Cui Han put his hands behind his back and Shi Shiran walked up the steps. A middle-aged concierge walked out of the side door. Seeing the extraordinary bearing of the young man in white, he did not dare to neglect and respectfully asked for his identity.

Cui Chan said that he was a Sanxian who accumulated moral virtue by slaying demons and demons. He saw something was wrong with the house outside the city and there might be a bloody disaster, so he came to help.

The concierge just thought it was a joke. If there were any ghosts and ghosts in the world, the concierge knew that there were, because he kept many harmless spirits in his house. But if there were evil ghosts and ghosts who dared to cause trouble in the city, especially in their It's really a big joke that "Zhilan" Mansion is causing trouble. Who doesn't know that the four fathers and sons in the house are all recognized as immortals, especially the youngest son Cao Xishan. It is said that he just became the direct descendant of the immortal family on the mountain last year, and he is proficient in flying swords and thunder techniques.

Cui Han was not annoyed at being regarded as a liar, and continued to explain patiently: "Your house has done a good job of hiding wind and gathering water, and the layout of the library is the best. It is the location of the formation, and it is probably in the collection of books. There are many rare and rare books that have been personally stamped by sages and sages, so over time, they can easily gather spiritual energy. Ordinary monsters and ghosts do not dare to come here to throw themselves into the trap, but they are some gadgets that are timid and kind-hearted in nature and like to live close to others. It’s going to grow well.”

The concierge looked a little impatient and asked Cui Han to leave quickly, saying that he didn't have time to listen to the nonsense of a young man.

Cui Han stretched out his hand and gently pushed away the doorman's palm, and said with a smile: "But the library of this mansion is indeed a bit weird. There is a big python entrenched in it. It may be there from the beginning, its origin is unknown, or it may be later. If I haven't guessed, the one who invites people in is a fire python. The recent period is the day when it sheds its skin for the second to last time. The next time it sheds its skin, it will be formed by water. Once it succeeds, It will become a giant dragon."

Cui Chan pointed to the outside of the city, "However, there is a water snake in the river. It is at a higher level than the fire python. It is waiting for an opportunity under the water. It will never let your close and mortal enemy successfully shed its skin easily. The world's dragons Snakes and pythons, once they awaken and become intelligent, no matter what their temperament was before, they will not like the approach of the same kind after awakening. Therefore, if your mansion is not prepared in advance, when the fire python is shedding its skin and is weak, the water snake will inevitably leave the river and rush here. , trying to kill with one blow, taking advantage of the situation to snatch the half-fire pill in the fire python, and transform it into his own cultivation, water and fire merge, the great road is close!"

The concierge's eyes were complicated, and he suddenly became furious. He reached out and tried to push the boy in white away, "Gungun, you are so young and you are talking nonsense!"

Cui Chan sighed and said to himself: "Sir, look, it doesn't make sense. It's very troublesome. I'd better do it my own way."

He waved his sleeves, and the middle-aged concierge was swept several feet away by a breeze and fainted on the spot.

Five or six burly men quickly emerged from the side door. Cui Han strode forward. Those first-level and second-level warriors ended up worse than the concierge. Before he could see how the handsome young man with the mole between his eyebrows waved his sleeves, he went on his own. They flew out in a mess, and they all fell to the ground and groaned.

As Cui Han walked, many nursing homes swarmed in, but they couldn't stop him.

When he came to the square outside the library, Cui Han, who was yawning, finally became interested and looked at the three people standing side by side, looking like a father and son. Except for them, there were no outsiders. They probably didn't want to expose the truth about the library, or they didn't want to hurt innocent people, so they were not allowed to come near this place.

Cui Han quickly looked past the three of them. The library occupies a huge area and is six stories high. The sky above the building is covered with dark clouds, thunder rumbles, it is extremely dull, and lightning flashes interweave. In this tall building that stands between heaven and earth, there is a huge python that is more than ten feet long. Its body stretches out from the bottom floor of the pavilion, winding up. Its head is as big as a water tank, and it is facing the thunder clouds in the sky. The letter is full of natural awe and strong fighting spirit. Born as a monster in the world, there are few people who are not afraid of thunder. This is a brand engraved in the bones and passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

According to legend, in ancient times, a certain Heavenly Emperor in charge of thunder once brought a group of thunder gods and many rain masters to hunt and travel around the world, killing countless monsters and monsters.

Cui Chen continued to move forward.

The middle-aged man wearing a pair of bronze armor stretched out his hand to stop the two sons who wanted to teach the uninvited guest a lesson. His eyes told them to be calm and not to act rashly. He cupped his fists and said, "I'm in Caohu Mountain. I don't know what's the reason for the distinguished guest coming to the door." Advice?"

Cui Han kept walking and said lazily: "My good temper has been used up at the gate. Now I want to go upstairs. If you are determined to stop me, don't blame me for not saying ugly things in advance. I will destroy you all... This I won't do this kind of thing now, but if I kill you, father and son, and destroy all traces of your bodies, I will explain to my husband later that you died in the battle between snakes and pythons. I still have no psychological burden and say no. When I get it, I will shed tears of sympathy for you in front of my husband. Oh, who allowed me to have such an old-fashioned husband."

The middle-aged man held the handle of the long knife at his waist, and the armor on his body was covered with a thick layer of earth-yellow halo. He said sternly: "Do you really think that I, 'Zhilan' Cao, am a weakling who can be slaughtered?"

Cui Yi sighed, "How dare you call yourself 'Zhilan'? There are so many good books in the family. They don't let their children and grandchildren learn the teachings of the saints, but they dance with guns and sticks. What's even more disgusting is that they dare to collude with monsters. Let him steal the library and absorb the "scent of books", that's all. You know clearly that the day when the fire python sheds its skin is the time when the water snakes in the river fight to the death. Instead of reminding the people in the city to leave the city quickly, you deliberately used The blinding method has obscured the scene of thunderclouds descending and fire pythons climbing the buildings. Do you know that this sudden battle between water and fire will kill at least a thousand people in the city?"

When Cui Han said this, he felt a little aggrieved and thought to himself, "Sir, this is all your fault. My habit of talking nicely has become a bit addictive."

A tall young man held a silver gun and said with a ferocious smile: "Dad, stop talking nonsense to this guy. I will kill him. If you dare to ruin my Cao family's century-old cause of dominating a state, you will deserve to die!"

Cui Chan laughed loudly and pointed at the tall young man, "I like your bad temper..."

Before the words were settled, an imperceptible drop of blood appeared between the young man's eyebrows. Just as the tall young man was about to use his magical power to bless the magic weapon silver gun in his hand, he felt a slight sting between his eyebrows. Just as he was about to reach out to wipe it, he collapsed to the ground. There was no dying, no wails of pain, just death.

The middle-aged man's armor shone even brighter, and his whole person seemed to be shrouded in yellow clouds.

His other son, who was somewhat bookish, was very busy reciting incantations, kneading with his fingers, and stepping with his feet. Soon, a string of shining words appeared around him. They were white and bright, connected from beginning to end, forming a full moon. Protected within it, not only that, a small fire python wrapped in flames appeared in the air, spinning rapidly around the young man, and the simple and high crown on his head bloomed with a stream of colorful light, and then sprayed like spring water, covering it Live near young people.

Inside and outside, up and down, there are layers of defense, and methods are used one after another.

Cui Han was amused by the young man's life-saving method, "You kid is very afraid of death. It's good to be afraid of death."

Still no movement.

A grain of "cinnabar" also appeared between the eyebrows of the young man who was afraid of death, and he died instantly.

Cui Chan smiled and said: "If you become a ghost, you won't have to be afraid of death in the future. Don't thank me."

The middle-aged man ran away.

Cui Zhang didn't even bother to chase and kill him. He was so lazy now that he found it troublesome to even kill them all.

Cui Zhang did not walk into the library in a hurry, but stood outside the door. The jug on his waist was heavy and full of wine.

On the way here, Cui Han bought two more kilograms of loose wine, because after leaving the capital of the Sui Dynasty, he finished the bottle of wine. At that time, there were several jars of good wine in the carriage, but he could never stick up his butt and put his head into the wine jar. When drinking, Cui Chan simply kept the flask without throwing it away. Over time, he used some emotion. After that, he kept buying some loose wine at roadside wine shops. There was no way. Now Cui Chan had to borrow money from Chen Pingan. But there was no scraps of silver, and there was a mountain of gold and silver but he couldn't get in. Before he became a five-level qigong practitioner, Cui Chang could only stare.

Cui Chan took off the wine flask and took a swig, then walked forward and crossed the threshold.

The fire python that sensed the threat had retreated back to the library, and the lightning and thunderclouds in the sky were a little weaker.

Cui Zhang walked towards the stairs on the first floor and sighed: "Young people don't know what it's like to be sad. They fall in love with the stairs, and then go up to the next level, and then up the stairs, and then up to the next level."

When Cui Chan reached the fifth floor, he stopped going up and sat on the stairs with a gloomy expression, unwilling to climb to the top.

Between the fourth and fifth floors, a huge scarlet head slowly poked out, with eyes as dark as ink. It looked cautiously at the boy in white who had great powers but was ruthless.

Cui Zhang turned to look at the fire python and said with regret: "If there was someone like you in our family back then, who could talk to me to relieve my boredom, then I might not be what I am today."

The fire python rested its lower jaw gently on the floor, making a humble gesture of listening. It was very humane, and compared to the Cao family's ambition to "conquer a state", this beast was obviously more discerning.

Cui Chan asked with a smile: "Aren't you angry that I interrupted your path to immortality and caused you to miss the right time, place and people?"

The fire python shook its head slightly, causing the entire fifth floor to shake and dust rising everywhere.

Cui Han nodded and said: "You have wisdom. If you insist on shedding your skin, the water snake in the river has a much greater chance of success than you. By then, after hundreds of years of hard practice, you will end up just making wedding clothes for others." .”

On the stairs higher up where Cui Chan was sitting, there was a boy in Tsing Yi, about six or seven years old, with erect pupils. He squatted on the stair handle, looked at Cui Chan's back and said, "Wow, you foreign boy, not only are you... He is very cruel and vicious, and his vision is very good, and he knows how powerful I am."

The fire python was so frightened that it finally resisted the urge to hide downstairs, its whole body trembling slightly.

Without the protection of the Cao family and his son, now they have to forcibly cut off the molting process, which is the weakest stage. And that guy actually sneaked into the Cao family, how can I be his opponent?

Cui Chan turned around and said with a smile: "Naughty."

The boy in green had a confused look on his face. He stretched out his finger with nails as sharp as a small awl and pointed at himself, "You kid, are you talking about me?"

The next moment, the child in green covered his forehead with his hands. Blood seeped out between his fingers. He fell from the stair railing to the fifth floor and rolled all over the floor. The whole library began to shake.

Cui Han took out something from his sleeve and said angrily: "Okay, stop pretending, if you continue to be so naughty, I will really let you see the Lord of Hell."

The child in green clothes suddenly stopped rolling, stood up, patted his sleeves, and asked: "What do you want? I have a sworn relationship with the righteous god of Jiangshui outside the city. I have been brothers with him for more than 200 years. Years old, you are much better than this little girl who even the City God dared not meet. You have good cultivation and are qualified to be a guest in my house. If you help me today, let me eat it. , From now on, you can kill whoever you want, thousands of miles inside and outside this city..."

The boy in green clothes felt as if his throat was being strangled, and could not utter even a single word. He stared at the object in the hands of the young man in white clothes. He was so frightened that he lost his mind. His legs began to swing, and the fire python turned into a fan. She looked like a girl in a skirt, her body curled up at the foot of the stairs, shivering.

Cui Han is holding an ancient inkstone in his hand, and there is an old and thin dragon no more than an inch long. If you listen carefully, you can actually hear the genuine sound of a deep sleep.

For the boy in green and the fire python in the library, the sound of sleeping sound that would not be strange to ordinary people fell upon their ears, and it was simply more terrifying than thunder from the sky.

Cui Han lowered his head, twisted a golden "embroidery needle" between his fingers, rubbed it on the edge of the ancient inkstone, and brought up a series of electric lights and flints, as if he was sharpening his edge with an inkstone.

Cui Han stretched out the inkstone and said, "Come in obediently."

The girl in pink skirt who transformed into a fire python leaned against the wall. After getting up with difficulty, she did not dare to move.

The boy in green asked: "Is there any benefit?"

Cui Yi nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, for example, to survive."

The child in green said a good word in a deep voice, and then... he crashed through the window on the fifth floor and flew out.

Then there was a ray of golden light two or three feet long, following closely behind, passing through the window towards the east of the city.

A moment later, a stormy sea broke out in the river east of the city, with blood splashing from time to time.

Chen Pingan, who was drinking tea at the city gate, immediately paid the bill and rushed into the city.

It turned out that there was not even a gatekeeper at the "Zhilan" mansion. Chen Ping'an had an unimpeded journey, and finally arrived at the high-rise attic. He just happened to see Cui Chang personally holding a girl in a pink skirt walking out. Probably for the sake of enjoyment, Cui Han transferred the book box to the little girl, who was small and slender. He had nothing in his hands except the wine bottle around his waist.

Cui Chan slapped his head and asked the girl carrying the bookcase to get some of the most spiritual ancient books. Then he sat on the threshold of the library, drank wine, raised his head and smiled: "Sir, tell me, I'm listening."

Chen Pingan asked: "Do you know why I asked you to return to Longquan County with me?"

Cui Han took a swig of wine and wiped it with the back of his hand, "I know, I'm afraid that if I don't have a long memory or have ulterior motives, I might cause trouble in Xinshanya Academy in Sui Dynasty. Don't worry about Li Baoping and the three of them. So I would rather have trouble sleeping than have accidents happen to those children."

Chen Ping'an looked at Cui Chan.

Cui Han said helplessly: "Hey, hey, is it difficult to guess this answer? Sir, please don't look at me like this. Even the slightest surprise is an insult to me, Cui Han."

Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "If you are willing to protect them sincerely, from today on, I will promise you to be my student."

Cui Chan raised the wine pot high and said, "It's a deal!"

Chen Ping'an frowned and said, "Let's forget it."

"Is it because I agreed too quickly?"

Cui Han sneered, "Don't regret it in a hurry. The moment I secretly left the carriage with you, I had already guessed this step. I am not overjoyed at all, but the result of careful consideration for a long time. So don't think that I am. Chen Ping'an is perfunctory. You may not believe it if you tell me. My stay in the capital of the Sui Dynasty was originally my own planned move. Do you think it's fun for me to play chess with myself along the way? I'm afraid to scare you to death if you tell me. , that is Da Li playing chess with Da Sui! This game of chess is related to the national destiny of the two dynasties!"

Cui Han sighed, "But having said that, it's not my style to put myself in danger and act like a hero in a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, but there's nothing I can do about it. After all, I dug the hole myself, and I may not feel comfortable leaving it to others to clean up the mess. "

Cui Chan said with a bitter face: "Sir, if I really die in the capital of Sui Dynasty..."

Chen Pingan said seriously: "I will try to help you build a tomb."

Cui Chan was stunned and muttered in a low voice: "His mother-in-law's tomb knows this... I followed Li Baoping and Lin Shouyi all the way, and I really didn't read in vain! Haha, as expected of my husband, he learns quickly."

Chen Pingan asked: "By the way, does it say Cui Chan or Cui Dongshan on the tombstone?"

Cui Yang's face was full of fear, "Bah, bah, bah!"

Then Cui Chan said with a smile: "I knew that Sir would take this step, so I even prepared a farewell gift. The girl just now was born as a fire python. She grew up absorbing the fragrance of books since she was a child. She has a very docile temperament. In the future, I will give you It is most suitable for my husband to be a little book boy. The other one has a similar background and a more violent personality. On my way back to Longquan County, I need someone who can fight by my side, who can help my husband navigate through mountains and rivers. Lizhu Cave Sky is still very tempting to them. When they enter Mr.'s territory in the future, they will not be tolerated to be disobedient. However, Mr. needs to wait for a while. That water snake in the river will soon... I came here to kowtow and admit my mistake."

Chen Ping'an felt a little complicated.

"You are a bad guy, and you are much smarter than me, so you know how to deal with bad guys better than me. I hope you can really protect Aquarius and the others when you return to the academy."

Chen Pingan's eyes were sincere, he took a deep breath, and said with a fist-clasping gesture full of charlatanism: "If you can do it, then I'll thank you in advance!"

"The teacher is willing to make this decision, which means he really recognizes the students, even just a little bit. What the teacher wants the students to do is a matter of course, so why do you need to say thank you?"

Cui Chan had a playful smile at first, but after seeing the serious-looking Chen Ping'an, he immediately stopped joking, shook his sleeves, and bowed solemnly, with his big sleeves hanging down like a crane's wings, and said in a deep voice: "Student Farewell, sir! Take care of yourself along the way, sir!"