Sword of Coming

At the Spring Farewell Banquet, Liu Zhiqing, the sword fairy of the Golden Crow Palace, never showed up.

The young swordsman who lived in the Jingzhe mansion also did not show up.

This makes everyone in Chunlu Garden, where gossip is flying everywhere, regretful.

Not to mention Liu Zhiqing, he was one of the most outstanding monks on the southeastern coast of Beiju Luzhou. Although he was only at the Golden Core realm, he was still young and a sword cultivator.

The golden sign of the Golden Crow Palace Sword Cultivator was almost supported by Liu Zhiqing's sword after the death of the Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator's palace master Bing Jie.

But Liu Zhiqing was familiar to everyone. Chunlupu locals and foreign monks were more interested in the young foreign swordsman with many stories.

One is that a sword split open the thunder cloud protecting the mountain of Golden Crow Palace. Rumor has it that this was said by Liu Zhiqing himself and cannot be false. He also invited this person to drink tea at Yuying Cliff.

Second, according to the rumors on the ferry, this person relied on his innate sword embryo to temper his body to an extremely strong level, no less powerful than a martial artist in the Golden Body Realm. He knocked down the Tiefou Mansion Grandmaster off the ferry with one punch. It is said that after crashing into the boat, There is only half a life left, and Wei Bai, the young master of Tiemou Mansion, does not deny this and has no hidden secrets. Tang Qingqing of Zhaoye Caotang even admitted that this young swordsman has a close relationship with Chunlu Pu and has a close relationship with Chunlu Pu. His father and the ferryman Song Lanqiao were all old acquaintances.

Third, the man named Chen Jianxian who stayed at Jingzhe Mansion in Zhuhai would go back and forth between Zhuhai and Yuying Cliff every day. As for his relationship with Liu Zhiqing, the outside world can only speculate.

During this period, there was another secret meeting in the Chunlu Pu Patriarch Hall. After the discussion, some false and large rumors were allowed to spread without restraint. However, they began to help cover up the story of the young swordsman surnamed Chen in Chunlu, intentionally or unintentionally. Suspicions began to spread about Pu's whereabouts, true appearance and the specific process of the previous ferry incident. Rumors spread all over the Jiamu Mountains. Today it was said that he had moved to Guyu Mansion, tomorrow it was said that he had moved to Lichun Mansion, and the day after tomorrow it was said that he had moved to Lichun Mansion. After going to Zhaoye Caotang to drink tea, many monks who came here because of his fame were unable to witness the grace of the sword immortal.

After the Spring Farewell Banquet, more ferries left Fu Shuidu, and the monks went home one after another. Song Lanqiao, the golden elixir monk from Chunlu Pond, also reboarded the ferry that had already made a round trip to the Skeleton Beach.

But on Laohuai Street in the Jiamu Mountains, there was a small shop. The shopkeeper was changed and it opened quietly.

The shopkeeper is a young man in a green shirt, with a vermilion wine bottle hanging on his waist and a folding fan in his hand. He is sitting on a small bamboo chair at the door. He doesn't do much business, he just baskes in the sun, and anyone who wishes will take the bait.

Laohuai Street, a bustling business district, has a lot of land and is bustling with monks. For a palm-sized shop, the annual rent paid to Chunlu Pond is a large amount of fairy money.

This small shop with a plaque of "蚍蜉" is filled with miscellaneous objects from the mountains and the mountains. However, each item is arranged in an orderly manner on the Duobao grid. On the counter of the shop, there is a note cut from rice paper. , wrote four big characters "No counter-offer", and the head and foot of the note were pressed with the seals of two parties as paperweights. In addition, each shelf of Duobaoge also has a page filled with the names and prices of the goods being sold.

The shop is divided into inside and outside, but the door of the shop at the back is closed, and there is a paper posted, "The treasure of the shop, those who are destined to get it", the words are as big as a fist, if anyone is willing to look carefully, they will find that "the ones who are destined to get it" Next to it, there are four more small-script characters that look like marginalia, "The one with the highest price will get it."

After all, it is a shop that can be opened on Laohuai Street. The price is hard to say, but the authenticity of the goods is guaranteed. What's more, a newly opened shop, according to common sense, will definitely bring out some good things to gain attention. Several powerful time-honored shops in Laohuai Street have one or two magic weapons as the store's treasures for people to visit. , there is no need to buy it, after all, there are easily a dozen Grain Rain coins, and a few people can afford it, which is actually to help the store gain popularity.

As for this "荍蜉" shop, it is relatively shabby. Except for the pair of white jade bones marked as coming from the Skeleton Beach, which are somewhat rare, and the complete set of hard-yellow goddess pictures from the Mural City, which are also good, but they are still very rare. I feel that there is a lack of some real treasures of the immortal family that people can remember at a glance. More, there are some fragmentary antiques, spiritual weapons may not be counted, and... the powder is too heavy, there are two of them. Duobaoge is filled with boudoir objects that look like a wealthy woman's boudoir.

So after ten days, almost all the customers in the shop turned into women who came after hearing the news. There were young female nuns from various mountains, as well as women from many powerful families including the Daguan Dynasty. They came in groups, dancing and dancing. We went hand in hand to the shop, rummaged through it, and when we came across something interesting, we just had to shout to the door of the shop. If we asked the young shopkeeper if we could get it cheaper, the guy on the bamboo chair would wave his hand and say no. No matter how the women spoke softly and tried to be tough, it was all useless. The young shopkeeper was just unstoppable and would never give in.

Many women who were not short of thousands of gold and silver but were most annoyed by "not being able to bargain for one or two copper coins" were particularly disappointed and annoyed, and left in anger.

But the young shopkeeper would at most just smile and welcome the customers back, and never try to persuade them to stay or change their minds.

Over time, this small shop developed a bad reputation for ripping people off.

Unexpectedly, one evening at dusk, Tang Qingqing brought a group of female nuns from Chunlu Garden who had a good relationship with Zhaoye Thatched Cottage, and came to the shop noisily. Everyone picked an item that was only eye-catching, and put it down without bargaining. I walked away with a piece of fairy money, and I only visited this little shop on Laohuai Street. After I bought it, I stopped shopping. After that, the store business got better again. What really made the store overcrowded was that Liu Jianxian, who was more beautiful than a beauty in the Golden Crow Palace, actually entered the store, spent money, and for some reason, dragged a skeleton Tan Baigu walked all the way before leaving Laohuai Street.

On this day, the shop hung a closing sign, and the young shopkeeper, who had neither a cashier nor a waiter to help him, was lying on the counter alone, counting the fairy coins. Snow coins piled up in mountains, and there were also a few Xiaoshu coins.

A young man in white clothes with a gold hairpin in his hair crossed the threshold and walked into the shop. He looked at the money-obsessed shopkeeper and said helplessly: "I just don't understand. Are you so shrewd in seeking wealth?"

Chen Ping'an didn't even raise his head, "I've told you Immortal Liu Dajian a long time ago that we, the rootless wild cultivators of the mountains and rivers, make money with our heads tied to our belts. You Genealogy Immortal Masters don't understand."

Liu Zhiqing shook his head, "I have to go. I've told Patriarch Tan about Yuying Cliff, but I still hope you won't sell it, and it's best not to rent it to others, otherwise I won't come to Chunlu Pond to collect water in the future. Make tea."

Chen Ping'an raised his head and smiled: "That's only six Grain Rain coins, and I can't stay in Chunlu Garden permanently. When the time comes, I can find a Chunlu Garden monk to help me take care of the shop. It's just a matter of dividing the accounts, and I can still make money. Yes, but Yuying Cliff will not be sold or rented, so why should I keep a land deed? Let it gather dust and become moldy, and then it will be invalidated after three hundred years?"

Liu Zhiqing sighed.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Actually, it's not easy to come to Chunlu Garden to make tea. You give me three Grain Rain coins, and you can come wherever you want in the next three hundred years. Before I leave, I will make an agreement with Chunlu Garden in advance. There must be no one stopping you."

Liu Zhiqing asked: "Do you think my Guyu money fell from the sky?"

Chen Ping'an waved his hand and said, "I'm just kidding you. I can make tea any time from now on."

Liu Zhiqing stood still.

Chen Ping'an asked doubtfully: "What's wrong? Do I still have to spend money to treat you to tea? Isn't this too much?"

Liu Zhiqing said angrily: "Of the hundreds of pebbles at the bottom of the clear pool, why are there not even one left? They are only worth two or three hundred pieces of snow. Are you greedy?!"

Chen Pingan slapped the table, "I have the land deed in my hand. The entire Yuying Cliff is my family property. I picked up a few broken stones and put them in my pocket. Do you care?!"

Liu Zhiqing said helplessly: "How about I buy those pebbles from you and put them back under Yuying Cliff?"

Chen Ping'an stretched out a palm and said, "Five Xiaoshu coins, there is no discount in our store!"

Liu Zhiqing slapped the counter. After raising his hand, there were five more Xiaoshu coins on the table. Liu Zhiqing turned and left, "Next time I come to Chunlu Garden, if there is a pebble missing from the water, I will chop you to death." !”

Chen Pingan gently pressed the counter with one finger, otherwise so many snowflakes arranged one after another would mess up the formation.

It's a bit annoying to have five more Xiaoshu coins.

It's not good to be too good at business.

Chen Pingan felt that today was a good day for doing business, so he put away all the magic money, went around the counter, went to pick up the closing sign outside the door, and continued to sit on the small bamboo chair in front of the store, but instead of basking in the sun, he enjoy the cool air.

The purpose of sparring with Liu Zhiqing was to measure the speed of the flying sword of Jindan Bottleneck Sword Cultivator, which was of course a matter of victory or defeat, regardless of life or death.

In three games, Liu Zhiqing's effort went from five points to seven points and finally to nine points.

Chen Pingan has a rough idea.

But it's not his fault that the young master's uncle from the Golden Crow Palace is so angry now.

After all, I'm afraid Liu Zhiqing has never eaten so much dirt in his life.

Of course, Chen Ping'an and Liu Zhiqing had their own difficulties in the three discussions, and they were not very comfortable either.

There won't be a fourth game.

Otherwise, the two sides can only face each other in life and death, which is unnecessary.

As for why Chen Ping'an still stayed in Chunlu Garden after three discussions, in addition to working as a Baofengzhai to earn some money and make some space for nearby objects, he also had to wait for a reply.

Previously, a secret letter was sent to Pima Sect Muyishan through Chunlupu Sword Room. The so-called secret letter, even if the flying sword was intercepted, was something that Pang Lanxi, a young man from Pima Sect, sent to Longquan County. Homely stuff.

So when Longquan County sends a letter to the Skeleton Beach and then to this Spring Dew Garden, you only need to see when the Tan Patriarch appears.

The Yuanying ancestor who was in charge of thousands of people in Chunlu Garden, such as immortal masters and handymen, never appeared in front of Chen Ping'an from beginning to end. But as long as Pi Ma Zong Mu Yishan really replied, no matter how strong her determination was, , no matter how many things you have to do, you will definitely not be able to sit still and will go to the shop or Jingzhe Mansion.

At night, Laohuai Street is brightly lit.

Pingying shop made some money again.

After Chen Ping'an got up and planned to close the door, he only needed to use a temporarily borrowed talisman boat to ride the wind back to Jingzhe's Mansion in the Bamboo Sea.

As soon as Chen Pingan picked up the small bamboo chair, he put it down and looked towards the store. A slender young woman appeared out of thin air and stood with a smile.

Chen Ping'an crossed the threshold, clasped his fists and smiled: "Meet Mrs. Tan."

The owner of Chunlu Garden had a surname of Tan, and his last name was named Ling. In Chunlu Garden, other than her, the direct descendants of the ancestral hall's genealogy masters all have three-character names. For example, Jindan, Song Lanqiao, is the descendant of Lan.

Tan Ling did not stay long, just exchanged polite greetings, and handed the Pima Sect Patriarch Hall sword box to Chen Pingan, and then left with a smile.

Chunlupu’s business no longer needs to take risks in order to achieve success.

Chunlupu sent out a small shop on Old Huai Street, and then a talisman flying boat that was the icing on the cake. The heat was just right.

Chen Pingan closed the shop and took a talisman boat to the Zhuhai Mansion in a quiet place. He opened the sword box in the room and found two flying sword handles. Tan Lingchun Lupu also received a letter from the Pima Sect saying that the flying sword was This is a gift in return from the Muyi Mountain Patriarch Hall to Mr. Chen. The sword box contains two messenger flying swords, which can travel a hundred thousand miles back and forth, and are difficult to intercept with the Nascent Soul.

Chen Ping'an is no stranger to sword boxes. He has one himself, the one at Shujian Lake. The distance is not long and the quality is far inferior to this one.

Sitting in the house, opening a letter and looking at the handwriting, Chen Pingan smiled knowingly.

My founding disciple rambled on for thousands of words in the letter. She told Master in a serious manner about her schooling career in the school, rain or shine, studying hard in a cold window, and being meticulous. The old masters were almost moved to tears...

For some matters that really involve secrets, Cui Dongshan should have personally acted as the knife and pen official.

For example, in the case of Zhou Mili, the letter contained a vague sentence: "The students have understood it, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Chen Pingan read it several times.

Well, Pei Qian's handwriting has become more and more neat, so he must have really not been lazy in copying.

As for "Master, my crazy swordsmanship has been perfected. It would be a pity if Master doesn't even go home and take a look." I can't stop a silver man from running away with long legs." "Master, although I have killed dozens of soldiers under my command, I have recruited two guardians on the left and right. Every house in Qilong Lane will not pick up lost items on the road." "Master, please let go of a hundred Ten Thousand Hearts, Short Winter Melon is very obedient here in the shop. She is just a loser and not very good at making money. I have to use my personal money to help her pay for food. Now I have learned peerless swordsmanship, knife skills and Regarding boxing, even if someone bullies me, I won’t argue with them, but I will definitely protect Xiao Donggua, because he is what Master calls a weak person, and I am no longer..."

Chen Ping'an smiled and put away the letter from home, folded it gently, and slowly put it away among the square items.

Chen Ping'an has already taken off his two golden robes and snowflake robes, and only wears a green robe hanging with a wine flask.

I got up and walked to the corridor, looking into the distance high up on the courtyard wall. I saw a dense sea of ​​bamboos and the green color of the world.

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After Cui Dongshan rushed back to Longquan County after a long journey.

After having dinner at the restaurant in Qilong Lane, the main seat at the dinner table was always empty. Cui Dongshan wanted to sit down, but after bickering with Pei Qian for a long time, he could only sit opposite Pei Qian. The little water monster Zhou Mili sat there. Beside Pei Qian, Shi Rou only needs to sit down, which is always on the bench with her back to the door, and she doesn't need to eat at all. She used to chat with Pei Qian, but she didn't dare not come today.

During the meal, Shi Rou just made up for it and moved a few chopsticks symbolically, while the other three devoured the food in a voracious manner, especially Zhou Mi Li, who took off his chopsticks like flying.

After that, Cui Dongshan left the Qilong Lane shop, saying he was going to Luopo Mountain to have some drinks.

Pei Qian ignored him and practiced a set of crazy sword skills in the yard, while Zhou Mili applauded vigorously.

Cui Dongshan did not go directly to Luo Luoshan Bamboo House, but appeared at the foot of the mountain. Now there is a decent mansion. In the yard, Wei Bo, Zhu Lian, and the rickety man who is the gatekeeper are playing chess. Wei Barberry and Zhu Lian were playing chess, while Zheng Dafeng was eating melon seeds and giving advice.

Cui Dongshan sat on the wall and looked at it for a long time. He couldn't help but cursed: "Three stinky chess baskets put together will blind my eyes!"

Cui Dongshan floated over, but just waiting for him to sit down, Wei Bo and Zhu Lian each picked up the chess pieces and put them back into the chess jar. Cui Dongshan stretched out his hands and said, "No, it's not fun for a child to play chess."

Zheng Dafeng started to chase people away.

Wei Bo returned directly to Piyun Mountain.

Zhu Lian and Cui Dongshan climbed mountains together.

Cui Dongshan waved his sleeves like an old hen flapping its wings, fluttering and flying up three or two steps.

Cui Dongshan asked casually: "Then Jiang Shang has really been to Luopo Mountain?"

Zhu Lian smiled and said: "You said that Brother Zhou Fei came here and said that he would be a worshiper of our Luopo Mountain as a Nascent Soul Realm."

Cui Dongshan sneered: "You agreed?"

Zhu Lian put his hands behind his back, turned around with a smile and said, "What do you think?"

Cui Dongshan kept his sleeves up, "Hey, Zhu Lian, have you made progress?"

Zhu Lian smiled and said, "Don't slap me in the face. The rest is whatever you want."

Cui Dongshan hovered in the air, less than a foot above the ground, squinting at Zhu Lian, "Jiang Shang is really not simple, Xun Yuan is even more not simple."

Zhu Lian smiled and said: "So I refused. This guy is not good at flattery and needs to practice hard. He will not be able to enter my mountain of desolation for the time being. Brother Zhou Fei also thought this was the case and said that he would go back and study hard next time. Come and ask me for advice again.”

Cui Dongshan landed on the ground, continued to flap his two snow-white "wings", and slowly flew upwards, "That Jade Purity Sword Cultivator Li Cai?"

Zhu Lian snorted, "Brother Zhou Fei is very talented, but I feel that everything is a little off. Maybe this is a fly in the ointment. This is how flattering is, and it is also true when dealing with women. Li Cai can't stand Brother Dafeng. He looked at me and wanted to draw a sword, but I couldn't stop him, so the guy from Zhulou gave me...a half-punch. And Brother Zhou Fei talked hard, and finally dissuaded me."

Cui Dongshan's face was gloomy.

Now he is in charge of affairs in the south, but he really doesn't know much about matters in the north.

Zhu Lian said with a smile: "When a family has a big business, it is common for the three religions and nine schools to have their own tempers when there are welcomes and arrivals."

Cui Dongshan sneered: "Isn't it because you are not very capable and your boxing skills are not good?"

Zhu Lian said helplessly: "I'm holding back my fists when I pee or poop. What else do you want from me?"

Cui Dongshan put his feet on the ground and started walking up the mountain. He said casually: "Lu Baixiang has already started to conquer the country and gain territory."

Zhu Lian clasped his hands behind his back, bent down to climb the mountain, and said with a playful smile: "With the same virtue as Wei Xian, a wolf travels thousands of miles to eat meat, and a dog travels thousands of miles still eats shit."

Cui Dongshan suddenly stopped and said, "I won't go up the mountain. You tell Wei Bo and let him fly his sword to summon the Pima Zong Muyi Mountain and ask about Gao Cheng's birthday, hometown, genealogy, where the ancestral tomb is, and so on. It’s all fine. Anyway, you can hug whatever you know. The more the merrier. If the whole Pima Sect is useless at all, it doesn’t matter. But let Wei Bo finally say something from the bottom of his heart to the Pima Sect. There is no such thing in the world as a good thing to make a lot of money while lying down. .”

Zhu Lian asked: "Wei Bo was in front of you earlier, why didn't you say anything?"

Cui Dongshan smiled and said, "You go ahead and say it because you owe me a favor."

Zhu Lian nodded, "That makes sense."

Cui Dongshan stopped climbing and Huahong returned to the town.

Now that Blacksmith Ruan is no longer in Longquan County, he can come and go freely.

Cui Dongshan went to Lao Ci Mountain, which was heavily guarded, at night, and left with a large bag on his back.

Then he lived in an ancestral house where he had stayed for a few days, and he didn't know what to do every day.

Even if Pei Qian left, Cui Dongshan didn't open the door.

Pei Qian and Zhou Mili planned to go up to the house to uncover the tiles. After climbing up, they found that there was a patio. Unfortunately, when they looked down, it was so foggy that they couldn't see anything.

Pei Qian had no choice but to take Zhou Mili back to Qilong Lane.

That day Cui Dongshan swaggered to the shop and happened to meet Pei Qian and Zhou Mili running down the steps.

When he arrived at the yard, Pei Qian was practicing the crazy swordsmanship that would make it even harder to make further progress, and asked, "Someone is planning to bully the short winter melon again today. What should I do?"

Cui Dongshan smiled and said: "You can hide if you can. What else can you do? It doesn't make sense. Could it be possible to beat them to death with a stick?"

Pei Qian stopped holding the hiking pole, and Zhou Mili quickly moved it to the small bench. After Pei Qian sat down, Zhou Mili squatted aside, his upper and lower teeth lightly chattering, playing around.

Pei Qianheng put down his walking stick and frowned: "What's going on with the old masters who teach? Do they only teach the principles of each word in the book? Who doesn't know how to endorse..."

Having said this, Pei Qian raised his chin and said, "Right Protector! It's your turn to take action."

Zhou Mili had a tacit understanding and helped the senior sister say the remaining words: "What's the use!"

“There are always some interesting people regardless of age, gender or gender.”

Cui Dongshan said with a smile: "If you don't like everything when you see people, it's natural that you don't like everything in your life. If you don't like everything in your life, it's natural that you don't like people everywhere."

Pei Qian was furious, "Are you talking about me?"

Cui Dongshan held the back of his head with both hands, leaned back, raised his feet, and swayed slightly without falling, "How could I be talking about you? I was explaining why I asked you to avoid these people before and never get close to them. Just like a water ghost, it will drag people into the water."

Cui Dongshan, who was swinging there, raised one hand, pretending to be holding a folding fan, and gently shook his wrist.

Pei Qian asked: "If you like fans, why did you give them to my master?"

Cui Dongshan kept moving, "I have a lot of fans, but I just gave the one I like the most to my husband."

Pei Qian asked in a low voice: "What were you doing in that house? Could it be that you were stealing and moving things?"

Cui Dongshan closed his eyes and slept.

Pei Qian made a gesture and led Zhou Mili to the left and right, and tiptoed to squat down next to Cui Dongshan, who was lying on his side without falling.

Zhou Mili stretched out a palm to cover her mouth, "Sister, I'm really asleep."

Pei Qian rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and waved his hand, indicating that he would go back to the house with her to copy books.

After that, Cui Dongshan quietly left Qilong Lane and Longquan County, but Pei Qian was a little strange. The old masters who had always lived in seclusion at the small town school in Longquan County opened by the Chen family in Longwei River actually began to visit Meng Tong's home. In the streets and alleys, every household was not allowed to leave behind. For example, an old man came to the shop in Qilong Lane where she was. He talked with Shi Rou for a long time, and finally had a meal. Not only that, but he was originally just Teachers who teach moral knowledge and explain saints' books in schools will also help work in the fields, go up to the mountains to cut firewood, and take students to visit the dragon kiln. Privately, some teachers seem to complain that these are harmful. It was a vulgar behavior that insulted the gentlemen, but it was just a few words of complaint, and it was the same. Soon after, the school quietly resigned from several teachers, and several new-faced teachers came.

A young man in white clothes was walking all the way south, far away from Dali. This day, he was holding the moon in his hand by the mountain stream. He looked down at the moon in his hand, took a sip of water, and said with a smile: "You can't keep the moon, but you can drink water." .”

Then he shook his sleeves, and out of the snow-white sleeves, a small porcelain man more than a foot tall fell out. There were still countless cracks in the body and limbs, and his face had not yet been "opened". Compared with the porcelain boy who appeared in the old house back then, It's just that there are still a lot of steps missing, but the technique is actually more skillful.

Cui Dongshan turned to look, stretched out his hand, gently stroked the porcelain man's little head, and said with a smile: "Isn't that right, Brother Gao?"