Chapter two hundred and eighty eighth
"Then, this little brother, I heard you are looking for Zhou too?" Zhou Gan looked at Zuo Fei. Since getting on the boat, Jian Xie has been silent and only looking at himself with a bright look.∈♀w.
"Since I practiced swordsmanship, I have always had an ambition to be the number one swordsman in the Green Forest! So I want to fight you, either kill you or be killed by you!!"
"Don't be rude! Do you know who you are talking to!" Wang Lang's face sank and scolded. Then, many good beggars' sect players rushed out of the cabin, as if they were disagreeing, so they were about to leave.
Zhou Gan waved his hand and signaled nothing, and said softly: "This is the world. If a newcomer wants to stand out, you have to give him a chance. Since you want to compete in swords, it's not much to compete with you."
The two stood on the deck and confronted each other. Zuo Fei had already pulled out his iron sword that never left his body. Although there were several gaps on the sword, it was well maintained and the blade shone with light. Zhou Gan did not use weapons, but only stood casually, like a mountain, soft on the outside, steel on the inside. In a short while, the sweat beads on Zuo Fei's forehead had slid down, but he didn't even dare to blink.
He seemed to be full of flaws, as if he could only use just one sword, but his intuition, which often on the verge of life and death, told him that if he could not draw a sword, he would lose his sword! A heavy atmosphere slowly arose, and the people watching the battle could feel it.
‘Gudong!’ In the quiet, a sound came out. It was Zhu Ba who was nervous and swallowed, but he didn’t expect the noise to be quite loud and was in a hurry: “I didn’t mean it, I…”
Just then, Zuo Fei came out of his sword!!
Like a poisonous snake spitting out its core, it trembled its wrist and the tip of the sword pierced Zhou Gan's throat. His sword was faster than ninety percent of the swordsmen in the world, relying on this exquisite technique like a big gun. Zhou Gan let out a light sigh, "Somewhat aura!" But at some point, he had already sided slightly, avoiding this sword that must be killed.
The fast sword is not only fast, but also accurate. In one breath, five swords are divided into five key points, including the spine, kidney, heart and liver, but they are not hit; but they are not discouraged, and they are constantly moving forward, each step is three inches, neither long nor short, as if measured, which is the best posture for exerting force; the moves are sometimes there but sometimes there are no, but the killer is used to make a move, and the key points of Zhou Gan are only slightly different from the key points of Zhou Gan. Just look, the situation is already very nervous.
"Your swordsmanship has already made your own way. I have nothing to say, but there is only one thing, the murderous aura is too strong!"
"Sword is a murderous weapon, and swordsmanship is a murderous trick!"
"No, you misunderstood-" Seeing that Zuo Fei couldn't listen, he only thought about setting out his sword, smiled faintly, closed his eyes, and his feet were neither too small. No matter how fast your sword was, he still couldn't touch it.
"I am not asking you to turn from evil to justice and be a good person, but murderous aura is okay to say that there is or no, but if you are determined to kill people, even if you don't reveal any flaws, you will be noticed by people with sharp minds, just like this," Zhou Gan said, suddenly slapped the sword body. Zuo Fei couldn't stand the force, and the iron sword spun out of his hand, inserted into the deck, buzzing.
"Sword technique is a science that makes the sword silent and silent, and it is impossible to detect even when people die," at some point Zhou Gan's fingertips had stopped on the large vein of Zuo Fei's neck. With a little force, they could be cut. "If you can't restrain your murderous intent, you will never become a first-class swordsman."
Zuo Fei was already out of breath and sweating all over his body, but his eyes were still unyielding!
"Let's have a break."
"Uncle San, how about this person?" Wang Lang asked quietly while Zhou Gan was watching the Zhuzhuo River.
"Some talents, even more rare, are pure minds, but they just didn't catch up with the good times."
"What does this mean?"
"We are good at martial arts in troubled times, and peace emphasizes literature. This is a truth that has not been broken in the past years. Even a good sword needs to be tempered. Sixty or seventy years ago, there was a great chaos in Zhongdi, and Hu Han fought for the Lu, and my master Zhou Xun, the hero Linghu Xiong, and a group of swordsman heroes who took office as the leader of the Beggars' Sect. A few days later, it was more than twenty years ago that the underworld was full of aura, and the remnants of the previous dynasty kept causing chaos, so my generation of people in the world could fight it out. The current situation was turbulent, although ordinary people suffered heavy crimes, it was the time when our generation was excited."
"If it has been peaceful for a hundred years today, people are at ease. There are only embers left in the gangster green forest, and it is no longer a weather. The pool water is too small, and no heroes will be born in the grass. Take Zuo Fei as an example. A swordsman like him only needs to fight with a real master a few times. If he survives by chance, he will be able to detect his own shortcomings. Now he still needs me to point it out. Do you understand?"
"So that's it," Wang Lang suddenly realized: "No wonder we juniors always feel that the world of the world is boring."
"It's wind blowing, go back to the house."
Back in the boat pavilion, Zhu Ba was gone. He heard that he had run to the vegetable room excitedly and wanted to make a few side dishes for the master to taste, but Zuo Fei had a contemplative expression.
"Xiao Ba seems to be with me for a while, and that group of gangsters will not get entangled. This boat will stop in Gecheng for a day or two and replenish some water and food. Next, it will go north and go directly to Tongtianhe. So if you don't want to travel with me, you have to get off the boat as soon as possible." Zhou Gan explained.
The sword evil hesitated for a while, and suddenly fell to the ground, "I want to ask seniors to teach me sword skills!"
"Oh? Why? You shouldn't be someone who succumbs to you."
"You are the only one who can guide me in the huge world; and the day you finish your studies is when you take the head of your seniors!!!"
"Hahahaha... were you asking me to develop an opponent for myself?" Zhou Gan first showed a hint of surprise, and then burst into laughter. After a while, Fang nodded gently: "It's interesting!"
The big ship went upstream and crossed the Luo River. After traveling for dozens of days, it took about a thousand miles before it penetrated into Tongtian River from its tributary. The water surface suddenly became wider, with thousands of blue waves, vast and scattered northward; the water flow was not as turbulent as before. The islands flew, and the clear water and blue sky. If they were spitting, the entire water surface looked like a piece of jasper.
The helmsman on the boat also breathed a sigh of relief. After a moment of leisure, Zhu Ba took advantage of the rare opportunity to ask a net to catch a lot of fish, shrimps, crabs and other fish products, bristle hair and remove scales, and was very busy.
"Remove the shells, remove the stomach, cut the four petals, boil three oil pan, remove the scales of the fish, remove the gills, soak the good vinegar, cut the shrimps into the tails, remove the dirt, and roast them on the high heat..." Zuo Fei, who was standing next to him, sat down calmly, and tried to suppress the murderous aura in his heart and the evil spirits in his body according to the method passed by Zhou Gan.
"The crab meat is soft and easy to swallow raw, and the shrimp meat is delicious and dipped in vinegar. It is best to have clam meat, which slides into the throat with a thorn..."
The sword was pressed against the neck, and Zuo Fei's cold voice came: "Humph again, disturb me to practice swords and cut off your tongue."
Unexpectedly, Zhu Ba was still fearless, "I have a master too, and I am no longer afraid of you. You practice your sword, I cook my dishes, and it will be ready to eat after practicing. How suitable is it."
Before he finished speaking, a bang of blue smoke emerged from the cabin, instantly turning into a large cloud of mist covering the hull, then shrinking and disappearing again. After a while, Zhou Gan Shishi walked out of the room.
"What's the situation?" Wang Lang was stunned when he saw this strange situation.
"Have you told you? Before returning to Luodu, your third uncle lost all his power in Taoism. Now he has free time, so he practiced the first level of this magic trick "Qingyun Heart Sutra".
"Uncle San, your magical power is gone!? Which demon was the one who caused it!" Wang Lang looked shocked.
"I can't explain this matter clearly in just one or two words," Zhou Gan shook his head, seeing the scenery on both sides of the shore becoming more and more desolate and the population is becoming increasingly sparse. Only an isolated city stands by the setting sun, but there is a familiarity and intimacy that emerges from the bottom of his heart. The beggar from Changcheng back then is now back.
"Uncle San, are there any powerful evil spirits in this northern part?"
"There is a Qinglian ancestor who practices both Taoist demons and has unfathomable magic power. When he was in Luodu, his disciple Zombie Taoist was still in the hands of my master, which was considered a grudge. But since the two realms of good and evil have disappeared, we have disappeared. The people of our decent people have been looking for him, so there is no need to worry. As for mountain spirits, wild monsters, grass and trees, etc., most of them are in the 100,000 mountains further north. If you don't mess with it, it will naturally not come to trouble you..."
The mass graves of that year have changed a lot. More than 30 years ago, there were no people in ten miles and there were remains on the roadside. I don’t know how Wang Hu did it. Now there are many repairs, and the tombstones that originally collapsed and destroyed have been completely renewed, and there are still some figures that are incense, which adds a look of vitality.
Next to the monument between Tu Yong and Linghu Xiong, another coffin fell into the joint force of several great men. The monument was erected at the same time, and Zhou Gan's heart finally let go.
"This is a booklet dug by my nephew in front of the tomb of Uncle Master. I can't understand the contents, but it seems like Uncle Master's handwriting, so I brought it here."
Zhou Gan took the book full of soil and opened it. It was about Zhou Xun's method of turning the immortals with his body from the Jade Bi of the South Pole. It was based on his vision today. Most of them were still difficult to understand. But now he is a monk, and his mentor's efforts are useless. Out of nostalgia, he buried the book next to the coffin. As for whether these things can shine in the future, who knows...
"You guys go back to Changcheng's inn first. I want to stay here."
As the group of people left, the hero's tomb became quiet again, but the occasional fallen leaves passed by, making people feel desolate...
Thousands of miles away, on the Yuxu Peak of Qingcheng Mountain—
"Why haven't the eldest brother returned to Qingcheng yet?" Lu Xiaoxian pouted and said dissatisfied. Although he was already a young girl in Tingting, he still did not hide his cute and silly look.
"How can I know that the old man in the head said that he had some private matters in the world to be dealt with. Aunt, can you let me go?" He Hua begged for mercy. He was hanging upside down on a tree and didn't dare to fight back. Who doesn't know that Junior Sister Lu was a domineering Qingcheng and bullying him. I wonder how many elders took turns to vent their anger for him.
"Why do you want to help you?"
"I recently found out about something rare!"
"Speak up?"
"Do you still remember the unicorn cow we brothers and I met when we were picking the radiant fruit together? It was actually the ancient divine beast Kui Niu!"
“So what?”
"It is the mount of a rebellious elder in Qingcheng Sect. The man is said to be locked in the Demon-Captaining Cave. There are many opinions on why this man rebels..."
Chapter completed!