Sword of Coming

Liu Zhiqing asked: "Would you like to have tea at my Yuying Cliff?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said with a smile: "Liu Jianxian seems to have misunderstood me. He doesn't dare to go to Yuying Cliff to drink tea, for fear of being punished with alcohol."

Liu Zhiqing said: "I like the clear spring at Yuying Cliff far more than the thunder clouds at Golden Crow Palace."

Chen Pingan suddenly said: "That's good. Should we go on foot or swim in the wind?"

Liu Zhiqing smiled and said, "It's up to you."

Chen Ping'an looked at the female cultivator from Chunlu Garden who was the direct descendant of the Golden Pill in the mansion, "I'd like to trouble the fairy to sacrifice the talisman boat and give us a ride."

Of course, that beautiful woman would not object. Taking a boat with Liu Jianxian to travel to Yuying Cliff was a coveted honor, not to mention that the distinguished guest of Jingzhe Mansion in front of her was also the first-class guest of Chunlu Garden, even though she only had gold from another vein. Uncle Alchemist Song Lanqiao came out to greet him alone, which was not as good as Liu Jianxian's when he first entered the mountain. But since he could stay here, he was certainly not an ordinary person.

Yuying Cliff is not on the boundary of Zhuhai. Chunlupu Patriarch Hall did this intentionally in order to prevent the two swordsmen from getting into trouble.

The talisman boat took off into the sky and went away. The bamboo forest under the three people's feet was as vast as a sea of ​​green clouds. The mountain wind blew and swayed one by one. It was so beautiful.

This time the female nun did not make tea to entertain the guests. She was really showing off her tea ceremony in front of Liu Jianxian, which made her laugh.

When they arrived at Yuyingya Ferry, after Liu Zhiqing and Chen Ping'an got off the boat, Chen Ping'an asked curiously: "Don't Liu Jianxian know the rules here?"

Liu Zhiqing asked in confusion: "What are the rules?"

Chen Pingan said: "The fairy rides the boat, and the guests give a small summer coin as a gift."

The female cultivator from Jingzhe Mansion looked confused.

Liu Zhiqing said oh, and threw a small summer coin to her. It made a ding-dong sound, and finally hovered gently in front of her. Liu Zhiqing said, "I was rude in the past."

Liu Zhiqing walked forward slowly, "More than a thousand steps further, you will reach the bamboo tube spring beside Yuying Cliff."

Chen Pingan looked around, "I heard that the entire Yuying Cliff was bought by Liu Jianxian and Chunlu Pu?"

Liu Zhiqing nodded, "Five Grain Rain coins, five hundred years. Now more than two hundred years have passed."

Chen Pingan turned around and said: "Fairy, just go back first. Then I will go to the Bamboo Sea by myself and know the way."

The young female cultivator nodded, hesitated for a long time, but still did not speak, so as not to disturb the enjoyment of the two distinguished guests. She planned to go back and discuss it with the master before deciding whether to accept this inexplicable little money. Take a ride on the talisman boat made by Chunlupu, which was specially commissioned by Taizhen Palace for a large sum of money. This boat has a simple and elegant style, and when passing by a place where the spiritual energy is slightly overflowing, poems by literary giants and Qingci Baogao will appear on the walls of the boat. If you are a guest, If you happen to come across a phrase you like, you can grab the words at will like water in your hand, and then place them on a fan or book page at will. The words will last for a long time and have an elegant and ancient charm.

Chunlu Pu is always happy to see the guests take away the characters from Fuzhou.

Song Lanqiao had introduced this matter before, but Chen Pingan was not embarrassed to do it at that time. Now he was walking with Liu Zhiqing, so he was not polite. He picked up two sentences and "bloomed" them on one side of the folding fan, totaling crosses: The spiritual book is hidden in the cave. , grew up in Yujingxuan.

Walking side by side to the clear spring with Liu Zhiqing on the bluestone path, Chen Ping'an spread out his fan and swayed gently. The ten characters in running script rippled gently like water plants.

Liu Zhiqing said softly: "We're here."

There is a thatched pavilion on the bank of Yuying Cliff, and a little further away there is a thatched house with only a fence.

There is a tea set and table in the pavilion, and there is a crystal clear pool under the cliff. The water is extremely clear and there are no fish. There are only beautiful pebbles shining brightly at the bottom.

After Chen Pingan sat down, he sat opposite the uncle of the young master of the Golden Crow Palace. Chen Pingan closed his folding fan and said with a smile: "Forget it about drinking tea. Liu Jianxian, tell me, what do you want from me?"

Liu Zhiqing smiled and said: "If you don't drink, I will drink more."

Liu Zhiqing drew the word "True Fire" on the table with one hand. The golden light of the two characters circulated, and soon the strokes of the two characters converged into a line, turning into two red fire dragons, circling and entwining on the table. Then Liu Zhiqing gently waved Sleeves, like a dragon drawing water, the spring water in the pool, weighing several kilograms, flew to the table and condensed into a ball. Then he put a celadon tea cup aside, the spring water boiled, and after a while, Liu Zhiqing twisted it out of the tea can. A few tea leaves were gently thrown into the tea cup, and with a flick of the finger, the boiling water from the clear spring gurgled like a slender tributary, pouring into the celadon tea cup, until it was just seven minutes full.

Liu Zhiqing raised his cup and drank tea slowly.

Chen Pingan said: "Give me a drink too."

Liu Zhiqing smiled, held up another tea cup in front of him, poured Chen Pingan a cup of tea, pushed it gently, and slid it in front of Chen Pingan.

Chen Pingan took a sip and nodded: "Liu Jianxian is the second best tea-making expert I have ever seen."

First, naturally it is Lutai.

Liu Zhiqing smiled and said: "If you have a chance, Mr. Chen can bring that expert to my Yuying Cliff to sit for a while."

Chen Pingan put down his tea cup and asked: "In the Golden Crow Palace, even though Liu Jianxian didn't show up, he should have some insight. Why didn't he stop my sword?"

Liu Zhiqing sighed, put down the tea cup that had been raised to his lips, and placed it gently on the table, "So what if I stop you? Let's fight without thinking?"

Liu Zhiqing shook his head, "It's boring. After I entered the Golden Core, over the years, relying on my name Liu Zhiqing, Jinwu Palace sword cultivator traveled down the mountain, how many wrong things have I done? It's a pity that I am not good at taking care of general affairs. So I feel that the thunder clouds in the Golden Crow Palace are an eyesore, I feel bored by the Taoist monks of my nephew, and I don't like the unruly juniors like Jin Le, but I can only pretend that I am out of sight and out of mind."

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "Having such a different mentality from the monks of the Golden Crow Palace is the reason why Liu Jianxian can become a golden elixir and be superior to others, but it is also very likely the crux of Liu Jianxian's ability to break through the bottleneck of the golden elixir and become a Nascent Soul. Come here Drinking tea can relieve worries, but it may not really benefit Taoism."

When Liu Zhiqing heard this, he smiled, picked up the tea cup again, took a sip of tea, and then said: "Earlier in the Yellow Wind Valley of Baoxiang Kingdom, you should have seen my sword. There are many golden elixir sword cultivators in the south of Beiju Luzhou. Among them, the strength is not small."

Chen Ping'an thought of Huang Fenggu's last sword, the sword light falling from the sky. It was Liu Zhiqing's sword that hurt the foundation of Huangpao Ancestor. After it was sure that the Golden Crow Palace Sword Cultivator was far away, it still wanted to think about it even though it knew that the eminent monk of Baoxiang Kingdom was nearby. You need to have a hearty meal to replenish the essence of the demon elixir with human flesh and soul.

Liu Zhiqing said slowly: "But if a sword has a double edge, there will be huge troubles. I have always pursued the purpose of 'no return of the sword' when I draw the sword, so sharpening the edge of the sword and practicing the Taoist mind are very smooth when the realm is low." , when it is not high, it will benefit the most, but it will become more troublesome later on. It is not easy to see the Yuanying Earth Immortal other than the sword cultivator. The golden elixir cultivators of other families below the Yuanying, whether they are sword cultivators or not, as long as they hear that I, Liu Zhiqing, have passed by with my sword. , those people in the evil way who are full of evil, either hide deeply, or simply put on a rogue posture to kill at the slightest sign. Earlier, I killed two people with one sword, one of them died several times, but the second one didn't. It is possible to die or not, and then I became more and more bored. Apart from escorting the juniors of the Golden Crow Palace down the mountain to practice swordsmanship and coming here to drink tea, I almost never left the top of the mountain. With this broken situation, my hope became increasingly slim."

This involved other people's avenues, so Chen Pingan remained silent and just drank tea. This tea was transported by water. For Liu Zhiqing, whose key Qi palace was as strong as rivers and lakes, this little aura was already insignificant. For Chen Pingan, a "lower five" For monks, every cup of tea is like a timely rain for dry fields, the more the better.

Liu Zhiqing asked seriously: "So I invite you to drink tea, just to ask you why and how you handed out the sword outside the Golden Crow Palace before, and why it was possible... Wu Ningzhi, please say something beyond the avenue. Maybe for me, Liu Zhiqing, it is the stone from other mountains that can attack jade. Even if there is only a glimmer of understanding, it is all for me at my current bottleneck. A huge harvest worth thousands of gold.”

Chen Ping'an raised a cup of tea and asked with a smile: "What if I told you to realize a thing or two? You Liu Jianxian himself said that it was a rich harvest that could not be exchanged for ten thousand gold, and then you just sent me away with a cup of tea?"

Liu Zhiqing smiled and said: "You threatened to drink one more cup of tea. Apart from the tea aura, you just want to see my unique way of drawing talismans and luck. Does this count as repayment?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "For a while, I didn't understand the true meaning of the talisman drawn by a golden elixir bottleneck sword immortal, and it was only three things. If I couldn't understand it, forget it."

Liu Zhiqing laughed, raised his hand, pointed to the clear pool and cliff on the side, and said: "If I get something from it, I will give you the remaining three hundred years of Yuying Cliff. How about it? Then you will be your own. Use it to entertain guests and make tea, or rent it out to Chunlu Pu or anyone else, it's up to you."

Chen Ping'an made a crisp sound, opened the folding fan, and gently fanned the breeze in front of him, "Then please Liu Jianxian, please bring me another cup of tea. Let's drink tea and chat slowly. As for business, first determine the character of both parties, and everything will be easy to discuss. .”

Liu Zhiqing smiled knowingly, and from then on, the two parties began to "do business", one using the words of the ripples in the heart lake, and the other using the martial arts method of gathering sounds into threads.

After lighting the incense, the man reached out for another cup of tea. Liu Zhiqing said with a straight face, "Can you please be a little sincere to this good brother?"

Chen Ping'an said seriously: "Every sentence is true and every word is sincere!"

Liu Zhiqing waved his sleeves and said, "I won't send you far away."

Chen Pingan thought for a while, shook the fan with one hand, and swept the palm of the other hand across. He grabbed some spring water from the boiling water spring on the talisman on the table, lit two drops of spring water in front of himself, and then used this As the two ends, draw a straight line, then tap one end lightly with your fingertips, and slowly erase it to the right until you reach the other end. "Don't look at the big picture, just look at some people at one time and one place. Suppose this The line is the small world where Liu Jianxian lives. Then Liu Jianxian is a monk born and raised in the Golden Crow Palace, and his character is at this end. And the customs and human nature of the Golden Crow Palace, the sword cultivating character, are here, here, and here, constantly drifting away from you. In terms of character, more sword cultivators, such as the tyrannical wife of the palace lord and the domineering sword cultivator Jin Le, are still clustered together at the other end. As for Liu Jianxian practicing in the Golden Crow Palace, you will feel that everything is an eyesore, but if you are realm enough Gao, with higher seniority, can protect his original intention, but it stops here, because Liu Jianxian concentrates on practicing swords, climbing high and looking into the distance, and wants to use the Earthly Immortal monks to sharpen and clean his swords for him, and is too lazy to care about the things under his nose. Doing things that are trivial and trivial feel like a waste of time and sloppiness, right or wrong?"

Liu Zhiqing nodded slightly and sat upright, "That's true."

Chen Ping'an raised his finger again, pointed at the end that symbolized Liu Zhi's pure mind, and suddenly asked: "When it comes to drawing a sword, why do you sacrifice the near for the far? Those who can conquer others and those who conquer themselves are respected by the people at the foot of the mountain, and the latter by the mountain. Right? The sword cultivator has great killing power and is known as the best in the world. So do you still need to cultivate your mind? The flying sword, the sword and the master who controls them are two things. Above all, it must be pure and free of impurities?”

Chen Ping'an put away his hand and moved the folding fan gently from the left end to the right end, "Liu Zhiqing, can you use this trajectory to draw the sword until the sword's heart is clear?"

Liu Zhiqing fell into deep thought.

Chen Pingan suddenly asked again: "Has Liu Jianxian been a mountain person since he was a child, or did he climb mountains and practice Taoism when he was young?"

Liu Zhiqing stared at the line and said softly: "As far back as I can remember, I have been practicing on the Golden Crow Palace Mountain, following my mentor, and never paying attention to the mortal world."

Chen Pingan lamented, stood up and said, "Then I didn't say anything. I can only suggest Liu Jianxian to go down the mountain more often and travel as far as possible in the future."

Liu Zhiqing raised his hand and pressed it twice, "Although I am not familiar with general affairs, I can't say that I have a thorough understanding of people's hearts, but I still have some understanding. So don't show off your tricks here and deliberately deceive me. This Chunlu Garden gave me Liu Zhiqing's Yuying Cliff as a half-sale for free. You are obviously determined to get it. If you sell it, you will have three hundred years left. Not to mention three Grain Rain coins, it is definitely not difficult to double it. If you operate it properly, ten coins will be enough. has hope."

Sure enough, the man quickly sat back down and said with a smile: "Doing business with smart people is fun and convenient."

Liu Zhiqing raised his head and asked curiously: "Do you care so much about money? Why do you do this?"

The scholar in white lamented, "Poor Shanze Yexiu, it's hard to make money."

Liu Zhiqing shook his head, too lazy to care about this man's nonsense.

Liu Zhiqing was silent for a moment and then said: "Do you mean to use the customs and hearts of the Golden Crow Palace as a place to wash swords?"

The scholar in white clothes smiled and said: "A person with the same rice-white appearance can have a thousand meanings in one sentence. Liu Jianxian is talented and intelligent, so he can understand it on his own."

Liu Zhiqing looked at the straight line and said to himself: "No matter what the outcome is, whether or not I will clean the sword with this in the end, just this thought will be of great benefit."

Liu Zhiqing raised his head and said: "According to the agreement, this Yuying Cliff belongs to you. Get the land deed, and I will go to Chunlu Pu to speak to the founder later."

A priceless piece of gold and jade paper fell in front of Chen Ping'an, and the two sides signed it. Chunlu Pu was the ancient seal character "Chun" on the jade seal of the ancestral hall, and Liu Zhiqing was the character "Liu" like a sword. Two hundred years later, there are still words in the characters. The meaning of the sword is borrowed.

Chen Ping'an did not immediately put away the land deed, which was worth at least six Guyu coins, and asked with a smile: "Liu Jianxian is so generous, I think that idea is actually of no benefit, and it can't be said to be a bad thing. I have always been a business person. It’s fair to say that a child is innocent, and I don’t dare to harm a swordsman with endless killing power. Please also ask Liu Jianxian to take back the land deed, and I will be able to come here and drink tea without paying for it in the near future.”

Liu Zhiqing thought clearly and said with a smile: "After leaving Yuying Cliff, if you really return to the Golden Crow Palace and wash your sword with all kinds of human hearts, it will naturally not be this kind of method. So just take away the land deed."

Chen Ping'an thought for a moment, then used a folding fan to draw vertical lines from top to bottom on the horizontal line of the table, "The master of the Golden Crow Palace, the wife of the daughter of Lord Dayue, Jin Le, that The female cultivators who persuaded Jin Le not to use the sword against me have their own origins, teacher inheritance, practice points, mountain experience, allies and friends, belief in the most truth, love and hatred... Are you, Liu Zhiqingzhen, interested in knowing? Once you choose to wash your hands, The sword needs to be pointed directly at the heart. As a golden elixir bottleneck sword cultivator, you are your natal flying sword. With your cultivation and seniority, you are your biggest enemy. Can you really put it aside temporarily? If you, Liu Zhiqing, give up halfway, you will not be able to Going all the way to the other end will only damage the original intention, causing the sword's heart to become dusty and the sword's intention to be flawed."

Liu Zhiqing smiled and said: "I can confirm that you are no longer a sword cultivator. You may not be clear about the hardships of practicing and the catastrophe of killing one's mind. The difficulty of sword cleaning in the Golden Crow Palace is that there are so many trivial things, and it is also difficult because the human heart is unpredictable and subtle. , but in the final analysis, it must be exactly the same as the difficulty of refining the sword embryo in the earliest days, and it has the same purpose. I am just equivalent to taking the earliest cultivation path back then. It was okay at the beginning, but now I have become a golden elixir sword cultivator. Is it difficult again?"

The scholar in white shook his head and smiled: "The same thing, time has changed, but there are two difficulties."

Liu Zhiqing chewed for a while, smiled and nodded: "I have learned a lesson."

Chen Pingan smiled and said: "I pretend to be profound, but Liu Jianxian really believes it? Are you really afraid that I will take you from the Xian family's mansion to the ditch at the foot of the mountain?"

Liu Zhiqing stood up and said, "I won't bother you anymore. I hope I have the opportunity to come here to drink tea as a guest in the future. The master remains the same."

In Liu Zhiqing's eyes, he was already a guest at Yuying Cliff.

Chen Ping'an glanced at the land deed on the desk, then looked up at the young man in white, "How come there is a sword cultivator like you in the Golden Crow Palace? Have you accumulated good deeds from your ancestors?"

Liu Zhiqing smiled and said: "Your words are unpleasant, but I take them as good words. To be honest, I, Liu Zhiqing, am not boasting. The reputation of the senior monks of the Golden Crow Palace in the early years was indeed much better than it is now. It's a pity that the reputation cannot be exchanged for Dao Xinghe. There is nothing better than having a family fortune and being helpless in the world. So many times, I think that the nephew just did something that was not what he wanted, rather than really doing anything wrong."

Chen Pingan stood up and said, "How about I make another deal with you?"

Liu Zhiqing asked: "How do you say this?"

Chen Pingan asked a question first, "Brother Chunlupu, will you spy on this place?"

Liu Zhiqing pointed to the thatched hut outside the pavilion, "Do you think my sword is a decoration? There are some rules that need to be explained. For example, when I drink tea here, I abide by the rules of Chunlu Garden. I once went to the Jiamu Mountains , I will turn a blind eye when I see an enemy of the Golden Crow Palace who I also want to use the sword for. So courtesy should be reciprocated. If Chunlu Pu doesn't follow these rules, I think this is a way to kill him if he asks me to use the sword."

"So best."

Chen Ping'an pointed at himself, "Aren't you struggling to find a sword-sharpening stone?"

Liu Zhiqing looked around, "Aren't you afraid that Yuying Cliff will be destroyed? Now the cliff spring is all yours."

Chen Pingan said: "Choose a place, draw the ground as a prison, you use the sword and I throw the punch, how about it?"

Liu Zhiqing smiled and said, "I'm afraid you'll die."

"It's what I asked for."

Chen Pingan put on the folding fan and repeated: "I can't get it."

One sentence means two things.

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