Sword of Coming

Chen Ping'an came to a platform in the center of the lake and looked around. He saw a clear lake with vast waves and rising clouds and mist. There were more than a hundred lofts hanging on the lake. There were paths connecting the lofts to each other, and each of them had three or two small boats for enjoying the scenery around the lake.

In all directions of the high platform, there are slim girls in green skirts, most of them in their prime, with outstanding looks, pointing the way to the guests.

The loft where Chen Pingan lives is called "Yu Yinshan Building". When he originally purchased the jade plaque, the other party suggested that the building be three floors high and could be shared with several people, which would be more affordable. However, Chen Pingan thought about it and declined.

I don't think it's strange about the treasure-swallowing whale ferry. It's common sense for religious people to like to be alone. However, if Shanze Yexiu, who has a hard time making money, is used to being careful with money, he might still be willing to live on the first floor with strangers. You can build relationships. On the road, having multiple friends, even just acquaintances who meet by chance, is still not a bad thing. Maybe when the time comes, it will be a big opportunity.

After being pointed out by the maid in green skirt of Bishui Lake, Chen Ping'an walked down the platform in the center of the lake and walked slowly along a path on the lake. On both sides or above his head, from time to time there were immortal masters stepping on swords or riding the wind. Not long after Chen Ping'an walked out, there was a "beauty" behind him, holding the hem of her skirt and running in small steps, looking playful and charming.

Chen Pingan is a person who is not afraid of trouble. He worked as a hard-working apprentice from the Long Kiln, and then escorted Li Baoping and Li Huai to Sui Academy. Chen Pingan took care of and took care of everything, no matter how small it was. But Chen Pingan is not afraid of this kind of trouble, but he is very afraid of another kind of illusory trouble, such as this Yin-Yang sorcerer named Lu Tai. Although Chen Pingan feels no discomfort intuitively, he is not as worried as when he faced Fu Nanhua and Cui Chan. Depressed and gloomy, but when he is not sure whether something is good or bad, Chen Pingan is used to making sure that something is "not bad" first.

On the upside-down mountain, how many people dream of stepping into the Liu family's doorstep in Yuantou Mansion?

After Chen Ping'an heard the term "Jingjian Pavilion next to Yuantu Mansion", he roughly determined the importance of the Liu family in Aai Aizhou. The first thing he did was to draw a clear line with Liu Youzhou, who had a pretty good impression. Maybe deep down in his heart, Chen Pingan still prefers the kind of solitude in Lizhu Dongtian. The feeling of living alone has long been unforgettable.

A descendant of the Lu family from China's Divine Continent who calls himself Lu Tai, walked side by side with Chen Pingan. He turned to look at Chen Pingan's side face and smiled sweetly: "Are you angry? How can a man be so stingy? Be more generous and tolerant. The blessings that can be accommodated will also follow. You must have heard of Confucianism that a gentleman is incapable of use, right?"

Chen Ping'an stopped and turned to look at this weird guy, "Why are you following me? Your good luck divination has nothing to do with me..."

Lu Tai said with a smile: "Why not? I used the Grain Rain Money you gave me to predict the fortune. Your relationship is now big. You are the one in this game of chance..."

This time it was Chen Pingan's turn to interrupt him, "Gu Yu's money is not given, but borrowed."

Lu Tai frowned like a woman's slender and charming eyebrows, thought carefully, and asked softly: "Always talking about money hurts feelings, why don't we do a small business, and I will give you a beloved magic weapon in exchange for some more Grain Rain money?" "

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "Then let's pay the debt first."

Lu Tai said aggrievedly: "Why are you so afraid of me? Do you treat me like a savage beast? Do you think, how wonderful it is to fall in love at first sight on the way to practice, travel together, and see all the mountains and rivers?"

Chen Ping'an's head was getting big.

It turns out that he doesn't even know how to explain things that really don't make sense in the world.

The two walked forward in silence. Chen Pingan couldn't explain why. Lu Tai looked left and right and said to himself: "This secret place was once part of the Small Cave of Weeping Flowers. It was occupied by a female immortal who liked to collect spring water in the world. , it’s a pity that she failed to ascend in the end. Not only did she die, but she was also counterattacked by heaven, which caused the entire Hanging Flower Cave to be shattered, and most of it disappeared between heaven and earth. This clear water lake is considered a relatively famous one, because it is three hundred miles away. The lake water is one of the famous springs collected by the female immortals in the past. As long as you can catch the fine water veins where the essence of the spring water lies, it is most suitable for making tea."

Chen Ping'an said nothing. After walking four or five miles, he saw the three-story Yuyinshan Tower. The tower was surrounded by corridors under the eaves and surrounded by white jade railings. There was also a small ferry with two small boats docked at the Yuyinshan Tower. Not far away, there is a large lotus, and a lotus-picking girl shuttles through it in a boat, humming a country ballad, which is soft and touching.

Chen Pingan stopped and reminded: "I'm here."

Lu Tai nodded.

Chen Ping'an saw that he was pretending to be stupid, so he had to ask directly: "I won't invite you to sit in today. I will go find you when I have time. What building do you live in?"

Lu Tai pointed at Yuyinshan Tower.

Chen Ping'an smiled bitterly and said, "Master Lu, stop joking."

Lu Tai raised his hands, holding a large handful of summer money, "I was at Huxintai just now. I was forced to make a living. I thought that since we have such a good relationship, there would always be a place for me to stay, so I sold my place. To an extremely rich god."

Chen Pingan's face looked a little ugly.

Lu Tai quickly said: "Don't worry, I will never disturb your practice. Just lend me a small boat. I will sleep on it every day. If there is nothing urgent, I promise not to go into Yuyinshan Tower. I brought some food with me." You don’t have to worry about me when it comes to food. In this world, as monks, we are never going against our will, so you don’t have to feel guilty. Suffering is also a form of spiritual practice..."

Chen Ping'an's face turned dark.

How could there be such a shameless character in the world?

Lu Tai suddenly smiled, "Okay, okay, I'll be honest with you. In addition to figuring out that this trip to Tongye Island was signed by the 'Female Marquis', I also figured out that this chance was not for the treasure. , but the five words "go up to the balcony to observe the Tao", walking with you, using your state of mind, no matter good or bad, to sharpen my Taoist heart. This is called borrowing stones from other mountains to attack jade..."

At this point, Lu Tai chuckled and changed his words: "That's right, that's right, I can use the jade from other mountains to attack rocks!"

Chen Pingan didn't care about Lu Tai's wording, but when Lu Tai said the word "Guan Tao", Chen Pingan was worried and relieved.

Don't worry, Lu Tai probably isn't talking nonsense, so it's not a deliberate conspiracy against him, Chen Ping'an. I'm worried that I'm looking for the Taoist temple and the old Taoist, and there is another Lu Tai with unknown life experience. What's not an extraneous matter?

Lu Tai hesitated for a moment, seemed to have made a huge decision, and gritted his teeth and said: "If you are so wary of me, it will definitely affect my opportunity to 'Guan Dao Become a Marquis'. I can seriously help you tell your fortune once." , as long as it doesn’t involve too powerful people, my calculations are pretty accurate, but if it involves gods from the upper five realms, I will suffer a lot. It will be a thousand times worse than sleeping on a small boat! Chen Peace, this is a rare opportunity, don’t miss it!”

Lu Tai seemed to be afraid that Chen Pingan would not believe him, so he stared at Chen Pingan, "I won't lie to you!"

Chen Ping'an sighed, waved his hands, and rejected Lu Tai's proposal. He just said, "You can live in Yuyinshan Tower, but after that, you and I will practice our own cultivation, and we will not interfere with each other."

Lu Tai looked at Chen Ping'an's back with a strange expression. He was stunned for a while, then suddenly came back to his senses, with some relief on his face, and quickly followed.

In the end, Chen Pingan lived on the first floor, and Lu Tai chose the third floor, which invisibly separated a second floor.

Lu Tai was lying comfortably on the bed on the third floor, his face full of laziness and contentment, and he smiled, haha, men and women are not allowed to be intimate.

They come, the security.

Chen Pingan no longer cares about the Yin Yang family disciple who is shrouded in clouds and fog. Except for the long sword on his back and the sword gourd on his waist, he actually has nothing else. He is alone and relaxed. The only drawback is of course that there is an inexplicable person. Lutai.

Chen Ping'an sat at the table by the window and took out a stack of books from Fang Cun Wu Shi Fifteen, the fairy book "Mountains and Seas", two books introducing the respective elegant languages ​​of Zhongtu Shenzhou and Tongyezhou, and Caiyi Kingdom. The few landscape travel notes I obtained were placed neatly on the table, and then I took out some precious bamboo slips from Tianqing Mountain in Zhuhai Cave, intending to carve words while reading.

Practice Shanshan Quan every morning, practice "Swordsmanship Sermon" in the afternoon, read books and learn Liangzhou Yayan in the evening.

It's strange. Although it's just a broken secret realm, Bishui Lake still has the strange scene of the sun and the moon rising and setting on the lake, and it also has the distinction of day and night. I wonder if it's the immortal's superior blinding method, or the unique rules of the broken cave heaven and paradise?

Chen Pingan practiced boxing and walking around the corridor of Yuyinshan Tower.

The cool breeze blows, and the fragrance of lotus comes slowly. Amidst the faintly audible song of the lotus-picking girl, the young man in white makes a leisurely punch.

In the afternoon, Chen Ping'an practiced sword practice only on the spacious first floor, and did not go to the corridor outside the building. He still held the sword in an empty posture.

Because carrying the "sword energy" of the long sword can temper the soul and is a practice in itself, Chen Ping'an would not take off the long sword even when he went to bed at night and chose to sleep on his side.

The sword gourd is hung high in front of the bed. Now that I don’t drink often, I don’t have to hang it around my waist all the time. I have a close connection with the two young ancestors on the first and fifteenth day of the year. They traveled thousands of miles and got along day and night, and they became more and more familiar. The minds are connected, and the communication becomes smoother and smoother. It seems that the two natal flying swords are becoming more and more mature in intelligence.

After Chen Ping'an fell asleep, he asked them to help look after the home and the home. Chu Yi didn't agree, but he didn't refuse either. The more docile Shi Shizi happily "noded" inside the sword-raising gourd.

While reading at night, Chen Ping'an would also temporarily take out the "Authentic Alchemy Book" from Fang Cunwu. After reaching the fourth level of martial arts, he found that he could draw two more talismans, one was the "Mountain and River Sword Imperial Talisman", and the mountains were three mountains. The mountain, but what three mountains are, is not introduced in detail in the book. The explanation of the word "river" in this talisman is also very general and vague. It only says that there was a god who sat in the river and was responsible for "slaying evil and destroying evil spirits" and liked "devouring all ghosts".

The sword talisman is a kind of amulet. As for the second kind of "rain-seeking talisman", it can be used to "dark the sky and the earth, and heavy rain will flood it." As the name suggests, this talisman is one of the altar talismans. Most of them are good at high-level magicians of Taoist sects. Chen Pingan was not very interested.

These two talismans are of slightly higher quality than the Yang Qi Lantern Talisman, the Dust-dispelling Dust Talisman and the Pagoda Demon Suppression Talisman. Chen Pingan was particularly interested in the Sword Talisman, so he wrote one on the most common yellow paper talisman, Somewhat reluctantly, after Chen Pingan entered the martial arts realm, his soul became calmer and thicker. He could often hear the mysterious sound of dripping water when the three souls passed by the heart lake.

Therefore, Chen Ping'an could already see that this sword talisman did not have enough divine power, but how powerful it was. Since there was a Lutai living upstairs, he did not find a chance to confirm it.

Ten days later, I would occasionally hear slight footsteps on the second floor, but not many times. Lu Tai never went downstairs to disturb Chen Pingan.

Chen Pingan felt slightly relieved.

A fate that comes to you for no reason just needs to be a bad fate. There is no need to deliberately pursue a good fate.

That night, Chen Pingan had just finished writing the second sword talisman, but he was still not satisfied.

Just like firing porcelain and drawing blanks. If an expert looks closely, two seemingly identical embryos can be seen to be completely different at a glance.

Could it be that we really need to find the ruins of an ancient battlefield and search for the ghosts of those battlefield heroes to continue fighting in order to achieve the perfection of the fourth level of martial arts? When will we be able to skillfully control this sword talisman?

Chen Pingan frowned in thought, suddenly turned his head, and saw Lu Tai walking down the stairs, then stopped and knocked on the wall, like a guest knocking on the door, and then he sat on the steps with a smile, but still did not enter the first floor.

Just when Chen Ping'an was about to pick up the "History of Mountains and Seas" to cover the sword talisman, Lu Tai couldn't help laughing and said: "What is Zangzangyeye doing? It's just a lost ancient talisman, and it's not of high quality. It's better to return to nature." It's just pure, I accidentally glanced at it just now, my heart and liver trembled with pain, and it's still hurting now."

Chen Pingan asked: "What's the explanation?"

Lu Tai pointed to the sword amulet on the table, "This amulet is very old. It is estimated that in the entire Lu family, no one as young as me would be able to recognize it. The reason why I feel sad is, first, you are a pure martial artist and it is really embarrassing for you to write such a bad pure ancient talisman..."

Chen Ping'an couldn't help but interjected: "It's unreasonable for a martial artist to draw talismans, right?"

Lu Tai twitched his lips, "Oh? Is that so? It seems that the records in my Lu family's collection of books are wrong, or else I am short-sighted."

But Lu Tai didn't want to go in depth on this topic, and continued: "Second, when you draw talisman, you rely more on the pen, not your deep study and understanding of drawing talismans. Well, maybe you saw it The correct scenery, but your route to that scenery is crooked, so the drawn talisman can be used, but not of great use. Third, the talisman paper is of good quality, but it has made a one-time deal for you, which is a waste of natural resources. At this point, you cannot be said to be a heretic, but a heresy. If an expert from the Taoist Fulu Sect sees this, he will want to punch you to death."

Chen Ping'an frowned and chewed Lu Tai's words carefully, first distinguishing between true and false, and then determining whether it was good or bad. However, Lutai is so mysterious that it is difficult for Chen Pingan to draw conclusions.

Lu Tai asked with a smile, "Can you pick up that talisman? I'll take a closer look at the material. I was not sure at first glance."

Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment, then picked up the sword talisman, but only gave the back side of the talisman to Lu Tai.

Lu Tai smiled slightly, not paying attention to Chen Ping'an's cautiousness. After looking at it for a moment, he nodded and said: "It is indeed a precious material for the rejuvenation talisman. If you draw a talisman on it, it can be used repeatedly. A successful talisman has a high quality. And the power, the quality of the talisman paper is very important. Except for those who pursue extreme power, most of the really good talismans in the world can be reused. As for you, according to the humorous saying of an ancestor of the talisman sect, your name is Zhu Yan Cijing Flower Ci Tree, well, in the final analysis, it is 'cannot be retained'. Chen Pingan, you said it yourself, is it a pity? Talisman paper, especially the rejuvenation talisman, is very expensive. Alas, I feel sorry for you. Anyway Your Chen Ping'an family has a big business, so you don't need to care about this little money."

Chen Pingan glanced at Lu Tai, and then at the sword talisman that was placed on the table again.

Lu Tai was a little curious. He held his cheeks with his hands and looked at the annoyed young man at the table. He asked with a smile: "Didn't the person who gave you these precious talisman papers tell you? The person who taught you how to draw talismans didn't tell you." You said that you, a half-assed talisman master, must be able to save everything?"

Chen Pingan sighed heavily.

Lu Tai gloated: "A pure martial artist at the seventh, eighth or ninth level can probably write a good talisman. With just one breath of Qi, he can complete it in one breath. Unfortunately, a martial artist at this level has already reached the top of the mountain step by step, and his mind is already as hard as iron. Who would go out to draw talismans? You are just lucky enough to have such rare talisman paper and talisman pens, so that you can finally draw good talismans. Otherwise, every time you draw one, you will burn a lot of banknotes. Well, you are better. Some are just like burning half a stack of banknotes."

Chen Pingan glared hard at the guy who was rubbing salt into his wounds.

Lu Tai chuckled and said: "Chen Pingan, you are really interesting. You draw talismans as a martial artist, and you also raise sword gourds and flying swords. The most outrageous thing is that you have to study diligently every day? Aren't you afraid that you will not do your job properly and delay your martial arts practice? You will end up like this. Neither a donkey nor a horse, everything is over?"

Chen Ping'an ignored his cynicism, put away his sword talisman, and began to read the book "Shan Hai Zhi".

Lu Tai quietly stood up and returned to his residence on the third floor.

After that, Lu Tai began to leave Yuyinshan Tower, or go boating to visit the Bishui Lake, or visit the treasure house that every treasure-eating whale has. The reason why the treasure-eating whale is so called is that it will, over the long years, The belly of an adult treasure-eating whale must be filled with all kinds of strange things and countless rare treasures.

It may even contain the remains of the golden body left behind by the Immortal Soldiers after they were defeated.

One afternoon, Lu Tai began to take out a set of almost cumbersome tea sets from a square inch, used secret techniques to capture the essence of the spring water of Bishui Lake, and began to leisurely make tea in the corridor on the first floor.

The tea smells pleasant.

Chen Ping'an didn't ask for a cup of tea, but just practiced swordsmanship in the house.

After that, Lu Tai would make tea every day, drink tea alone and enjoy the scenery, often sitting there for an entire afternoon.

One day near noon, when Chen Ping'an was about to finish practicing his boxing exercises, he saw Lu Tai paddling his own boat back from a distance.

After tying up the boat, Lu Tai jumped onto the corridor and stood there. When Chen Pingan passed by while practicing boxing, he raised his hands high with several boxes of rouge and gouache stacked on his palm. He should be showing off to Chen Pingan that he had today. harvest. Not far from the lake center platform of Bishui Lake, there are several buildings where ferries specialize in selling goods. Chen Pingan has only been there once. He felt that it was too shady. He selected a few similar items and found that the price was even higher than that of Hanging Mountain. If you exaggerate, you will completely lose the intention to buy anything.

Lu Tai tiptoed, jumped back slightly, sat on the white jade railing, opened one of the boxes of rouge, took out a small bronze mirror, and began to purse his lips. Then he raised a finger and smeared his long eyebrows with his fingertips. Movements are gentle and detailed.

Chen Pingan just continued to practice boxing along the corridor, from beginning to end, without squinting.

When Chen Pingan passed by again, Lu Tai, who was sitting on the railing and drawing his eyebrows carefully, slightly moved the small bronze mirror and asked with a smile: "Does it look good?"

Chen Ping'an did not go to see Lu Tai, who was wearing rouge and pink, nor did he talk to her.

Then every time Chen Pingan passed by, Lu Tai would ask a different question.

"Chen Pingan, do you think the blush is a little brighter?"

"Should the eyebrows here be drawn a little thinner?"

"Using Hualuzhai's thin hairpin to pick out the rouge from the box will indeed be more symmetrical and natural, what do you think?"

Chen Ping'an just walked around silently and stopped practicing boxing when the time came according to the original plan.

Lu Tai did not ask Chen Ping'an for the last time. He just placed the small bronze mirror, hairpin and several rouge boxes on the railing beside him, and turned to look at the large lotus leaf. His makeup was exquisite and his eyes were blurred.

Just as Chen Ping'an was about to walk back to the main entrance on the first floor, Lu Tai did not look away and spoke again, "Do you think a man like me is... ridiculous? You might even feel a little disgusted in your heart?"

Chen Ping'an stopped and turned around to walk towards the landing platform. About five or six steps away from the landing platform, he faced the lake with his back to the corridor and sat on the railing.

Lu Tai was not upset when he didn't get the answer. He smiled brightly and picked out a box of rouge. He felt that the quality was not good enough and the name was not worthy of the name. He would not use it again and threw it into the clear water lake.

Chen Pingan suddenly asked: "How much does this box of rouge cost?"

Lu Tai was stunned for a moment, then turned around and sat down, facing the lake together, and said with a smile: "It's not too expensive, one Xiaoshu coin per box. It's new this year. It's very famous. There are many famous fairies from the Middle Earth Divine Continent." Everyone likes to use it, but it’s probably the trick of those businessmen who are fooled by lard, and I worked with them to deceive them.”

Chen Pingan said with emotion: "A small summer coin is equivalent to a hundred snow coins, a hundred thousand taels of silver, I think..."

After a moment of pause, Chen Pingan, with the breeze blowing on his face, said softly: "A thousand dollars can't buy a good thing. If you buy it, it may not be expensive, but some people may be dumbfounded when they hear the price, and they won't believe it in this world." There is such a good rouge gouache.”

Lu Tai was a little confused, "Huh?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Pingan, dressed in a snow-white robe, folded his hands on his knees and told Lu Tai the story of the effeminate man from Longyao in his hometown.

Chen Ping'an didn't speak seriously, his tone was not serious, and his expression was not serious. He told the man next to him the pitiful life of a dead man.

The man beside him, with a colorful belt around his waist and a high-spirited look, is a man among gods, more beautiful than any real woman in the world.

As for the man in his hometown, he is just a little thinner and even has a beard. He is no better-looking than the women in the city. Even if he cleans himself up every morning, by the time the work is done, he will still have dirty nails. It's full of mud, so the man twirling his orchid fingers wouldn't be the least bit attractive.

Moreover, he doesn't know what Feixia makeup or peach blossom makeup is, nor can he distinguish various rouge and gouache for lips, cheeks, and eyebrows.

Chen Pingan finally looked into the distance with some sadness, "In the end, I still thought he was a very strange person. He was obviously a man, so why did he like to dress up like a woman. But that day he stabbed himself to death with a piece of porcelain, and then used Before being covered by the quilt, he asked me for one thing, but I didn't agree. To this day, I still regret it. If I knew he would do that, I would definitely agree."

"He talked to me a lot that day, and in the end he said with a smile that he planned to never look like a woman again, so he hoped that I could keep the box of rouge for him so that he wouldn't be able to bear it again."

"How could I agree to such a thing at that time? I would never agree to it even if I died. He persuaded me twice and then stopped trying."

"After he died, no one saw the box of rouge, and in fact no one cared."

Chen Ping'an turned his head and looked at the beautiful Lu Tai with a smile, "Why did you throw away such expensive rouge?"

Lu Tai tilted his head, and the exquisite beaded hairpin tilted accordingly, and said with a smile: "How about giving it to you? When you return to your hometown, you take this box of rouge to that guy's grave and tell him that there is such a good thing in the world. The rouge and gouache wants him to have a good pregnancy and be a girl in his next life. He can smear it on his face as hard as he can, and he won’t have to worry about money anymore..."

Chen Pingan turned his head, looked into the distance, and shook his head gently, "I can't even find his grave, how can I show him this, how can I tell him this."

The young man in white, with clean and handsome features, held the back of his head with both hands and remained silent.