Sword comes

Chapter 437

Inside Chishui City's high-rise buildings.

Cui Chan, who is the master of the Great Li Kingdom, has already shelved three flying sword messages tonight, and has never paid any attention to them.

Cui Dongshan walked slowly along the edge of the golden thunder pond, with his hands behind his back, and asked, "What is the meaning of what Zhong Kui wrote, and what did Ruan Xiu see?"

Cui Chen asked a few rhetorical questions, and then dismissed Cui Dongshan casually, "You treat me as the ancestor of Taoism. All the final truths calculated require a lot of information collection, and there is no such thing as common sense."

Cui Dongshan was even more amazing, "Boring, find something to talk about, you are serious."

Cui Chan received another extremely concealed flying sword, which is exactly the same as all the flying swords before. It did not fly over the Shujian Lake area, but a spring appeared first in this tall building, and then the spring water was flowing. , then a flying sword pierced through the air, and then the spring disappeared.

This is naturally one of the top secrets of the Dali military, and it took a lot of hard work from the monks of the Dali Mo family, and of course an astonishing amount of immortal money.

Cui Chen still didn't open the flying sword, and said slowly: "People are the foundation, let's not talk about ghosts and ghosts first, as a sage of an academy sitting on a continent, he must have a high degree, and then he has to think about the world, think about things other than people." Things. This is beyond the knowledge of a gentleman. A gentleman only needs to benefit the land of a country, and then seek a continent. Therefore, a gentleman is based on people."

Cui Chan said again: "Chen Ping'an thought of the scope of this circle. He didn't talk about learning before him, but only talked about size. The rest is similar to Wei Liang, the governor of the Qingluan Kingdom, who proposed that the laws of the world must be people-oriented. This means that It is not applicable to talk about the laws of the world with all the mountain spirits and ghosts."

Cui Dongshan asked: "That's why you regard Wei Liang, a disciple of the Legalist family, as half of your fellows."

Cui Chan nodded and said: "Before reaching the end of the road, it is still the same way, and it can complement the theory of meritorious deeds."

Cui Chan turned his head and said with a smile: "By the way, why didn't you ask me to help cover the weather at the ferry so that you won't attract unnecessary attention?"

Cui Dongshan continued to walk around the golden thunder pond, and said casually: "No, it is something we can all figure out after all, not to mention the height of the old scholar who participated in the two debates on the three religions. Chen Ping's knowledge , can’t scare people to death. What can really scare people to death are the words of the old scholar who directly scare the golden body of the Buddha’s Lingtai and the Taoist true spirit’s innocent state of mind.”

Cui Chan seemed to agree with this statement, "Chen Ping'an was walking halfway up the mountain, holding a lantern in his hand. The light was flickering, slightly reflecting the surrounding paths. You and I don't count, and the benefits are not great, so it's a pity that only those who see There are only Zhong Kui and Ruan Xiu."

Cui Dongshan stopped, glanced at the landscape painting spread out on the ground in front of Cui Chen, and said with a sneer: "The rest of the people, when they saw it, felt it was just an eyesore, and they couldn't understand it at all, but it's okay. Half-understood, it means that the leftmost person in the upper semicircle is getting more and more guilty. Chen Pingan can see through the world and the human heart. Gu Can, the concierge cultivator on Qingxia Island, you think they will only become more irritable when they see it. So Life is destined to be sad and happy, at least half of it is right. It should be an ant rolling in the mud, and it will be like this for a lifetime. It should be a person who can climb out of a cesspit when he sees a little light, and he will naturally climb out and shake off. A body full of dung, from the mud legs on the outside, to a handsome young man on the heart, such as that Lu Baixiang."

Cui Chan's face was calm and relaxed.

This pair of old fox and little fox who came from "one person with separate souls" had a calm chat from beginning to end, and the implication seemed to be a tacit understanding, intentionally or unintentionally, to suppress Chen The height and significance of that ferry circle in peace.

The next two were silent.

Cui Chan began to open the four messenger flying swords one by one.

Since the fairy money required to support such a flying sword "wandering between the gaps in the long river of time" is extremely huge, the length of the letter explaining each matter is often not long, and the wording is as concise as possible.

This is also one of the results of Cui Chan's focus on managing the complicated direction of the officialdom after he became the Dali National Teacher.

Try to speak words that everyone "understands" each other among Dali's civil officials and generals.

Cui Chan seems to be dealing with busy government affairs.

Cui Dongshan was caused by the consonance, and he repeatedly recited a sentence silently in his heart. Once an old scholar and a great Buddha who traveled far and wide in the world discussed the Tao in private, he mentioned a sentence, a "big talk".

"My heart is bright, what can my husband say?"

After Cui Chan handled all military and political affairs in an orderly manner, he replied one by one.

Then Cui Chan sat quietly, immersed in his mind with the method of inner vision, that "Cui Chan" Nascent Soul, sitting on the ground in the middle of the natal orifice, reversed the straight line of the ferry circle, and then became the Taoist ancestor The yin and yang fish pattern painted in the world back then.

Then stretched out his hand and waved his sleeves, gently pushed the circle aside, and looked at the original circle again, seeing that it was cut into six large pieces, six pieces, Chen Pingan mentioned at that time that he did not look from high to low, but It is walking in circles, that is, there is only left and right, moving mountains and seas, and moving people's hearts, this is called endless reincarnation

Cui Chan's mind and soul, Nascent Soul, turned colder and colder the more he looked at it.

Cui Chan suddenly pulled out his mind, opened his eyes, and quickly made a tactic with two fingers in a big sleeve, starting with the word "Yao".

sometime thereafter.

"Cui Dongshan"

"Cui Chan"

One old and one young called each other's name almost at the same time.

Cui Dongshan quickly took out the picture of time walking on a horse that he had shown to Pei Qian, and spread it on the ground.

Cui Chan quickly came to the edge of the golden thunder pool in Cui Dongshan, and said in a deep voice: "Only pick out the picture of the person named Yao at the head of the Longyao kiln."

Cui Dongshan became angry with embarrassment: "That old man Yang is even more of a bastard than you. He must have deliberately concealed all the tracks of Yao Yaotou and concealed it from the sky. Our previous deduction that we didn't care about before was simply a trick for old man Yang. I went to the stinking ditch, this damn thing must be a deal between old man Yang and Yaoyaotou Cui Chan, you and I are not allowed to make wedding clothes for others, I Cui Chan may be forced by Confucianism Those who died, were crushed to death by the general situation of the world, but absolutely absolutely, they must not die stupidly."

In desperation, Cui Dongshan didn't care about his slip of the tongue calling himself "Cui Chan".

The more Cui Dongshan thought about it, the more crazy he became, and he began to yell: "Is Qi Jingchun blind? Isn't he so good at chess that even the city lord of Baidi City regards him as an opponent?" But after he decided to disappoint the most important part and choose to pin it on Chen Pingan, why didn't he just let it go and turn a blind eye? Maybe that ascetic monk is just a cover-up."

Compared to Cui Dongshan's exasperation, Cui Chan was much calmer, and asked: "The two flying swords on Chen Ping's body, before the two names of the 15th day of the junior high school, what's the real name?"

Cui Dongshan frowned and said: "I only know that the one named by Chen Pingan as the first day of junior high school was given to Chen Pingan after the old scholar Huang Tingguo walked out of the scroll after cracks appeared in the scroll of mountains and rivers. The second The Flying Sword Fifteen is old man Yang, who is about the same age as that stinky bull nose in Donghai. He asked Chen Pingan for some worthless rags, and in exchange, he offered it to Chen Pingan. The old man said it was called Shiwu, obviously following Chen Pingan's name change to the first day of junior high school, and made up a nonsense name."

Cui Chan lowered his head and stared at the fragmented pictures extracted with his unique secret method from the picture of the long river of time and horses.

Cui Dongshan pointed to the outside of the building, and cursed: "Qi Jingchun opened his eyes and went blind, and the old scholar also went crazy."

Cui Chan said indifferently: "Who has put in so much effort to ask Chen Pingan to study Buddhist scriptures?"

Cui Dongshan spat vigorously towards the outside of the golden thunder pool, and flew towards Cui Chan's head, "Fuck you, it's not that you want to set up this game to entrap our master and apprentice, I will let Chen Pingan read through the hundred books of the Three Teachings." Those who are serious at home”

Cui Chan didn't raise his head, and with a flick of his sleeve, the saliva hit Cui Dongshan's face.

Cui Dongshan wiped his face casually, aggrieved, still cursing.

After watching it for the second time, all the scenes about the "Old Man Yao" that Chen Pingan said.

Cui Chan said softly: "Don't forget, there is also the locust tree leaf named Yao that Qi Jingchun helped to beg for. There are so many shady locust leaves on a locust tree, but only this one falls. The long river of time , intercept it, let's take a look."

Cui Dongshan complied.

When it comes to real major events, Cui Dongshan has never been awkward and hypocritical.

In the picture scroll, after Qi Jingchun got the only locust leaf that Chen Pingan was willing to leave the branch, he turned his head quietly and looked at the highest point of the locust leaf with a sarcastic smile.

Qi Jingchun just took a look at this.

But it happened that many years later when the two "overlooked" the picture scroll, the three of them looked at each other as if they were separated by a long river of time.

coincidence

on purpose

Cui Dongshan was terrified, and Cui Chan's face was gloomy.

Cui Dongshan murmured: "Are Qi Jingchun laughing at those Huaiyin ancestors who don't have long eyes, or are they making fun of the two of us, who can't guess what he's doing? Or, both?"

Cui Chen kept silent.

Slowly deliberate and calculate this matter in my heart.

Cui Dongshan sat down on the ground and howled dryly: "What the hell did we do, you bastard, you are more cultivated than me, you are older, and you have eaten so many weights, why don't you tell me? I am so panicked now. Just like my husband's heart is so dry that he can barely write at the ferry, so I'm too tired to scold you now."

Cui Chan pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Cui Dongshan scratched his head with both hands, "It's a hard day, my husband is worried, and the students are also worried. Blessings are not shared, but difficulties are shared. There is no way to get through it, but it's nothing more."

Cui Chan suddenly laughed, "You are more afraid of Qi Jingchun than I am, so I know that at the beginning of the breakup, you hoped that Qi Jingchun was dead more than I did, but now, have you changed your mind? Can haunt again"

Cui Dongshan was speechless.

Cui Chan stretched out his finger and pointed at the picture of the horse, "Put it away, it's useless to think too much. Now it's meaningless to guess Qi Jingchun's intentions."

Cui Dongshan moved his buttocks, came to the side of the picture of walking horses little by little, and slapped Qi Jingchun's face on the scroll, still puzzled, and slapped twice more, "Is there a junior brother who is as calculating as you in the world?" Come on, come out and talk if you have the ability, and see if I don't have a good fight with you."

Cui Chan said, "Don't you feel ashamed?"

Cui Dongshan put away the picture of walking horse angrily.

Cui Chen changed the subject, "Since you mentioned breaking up, do you still remember that there was a time when the Buddhist and Taoist quarrels were won, and after the old scholar returned to the school, he was actually not very happy. Tell some of us with emotion, saying that in the past, those people who were unknown in the history books, met the most holy teachers and saints on the road, dared to talk about their own truths, and they were not afraid. When he realized it, he laughed and argued loudly when he thought it was wrong. I remember very clearly that when the old scholar said these words, his expression was generous, and he was more fascinated by it than when he debated with Buddhism and Taoism. Why is this? "

Cui Dongshan said angrily: "The old scholar's heart is higher than the sky"

Cui Chan asked a series of questions in one breath, "Why is reading and literacy now easier than in ancient times, but people in the world are more and more in awe of Confucian disciples when it comes to the saints of hundreds of schools and the principles of sages? My own knowledge must not be higher than the sages, and today’s people are destined to be inferior to the ancients. Why is there more and more knowledge in the world, and the minds of future generations are getting shorter and shorter.”

Cui Dongshan sighed, "Probably as the days get better and better, we will become more and more insensitive to the world, just like those high-ranking gods back then."

Cui Chen narrowed his eyes, "For us, as long as we survive the next catastrophe, isn't that a good thing?"

Cui Dongshan's face was stiff.

Cui Chan sneered and said, "I regret it."

Cui Dongshan trembled all over.

This is unprecedented for the heartless and lawless young man in white.

Cui Chen stood up suddenly, "You have found a good gentleman. Other people, such as ninety-nine percent of the goods in Shujian Lake, will also be thrown into the long river of time in Ouhua Blessed Land by that stinky bull nose." Go, let alone 300 years, even if you show them 3000 years, they will not see any flowers."

Cui Dongshan asked suspiciously: "Why are you talking about this? Every time you say something nice, I panic."

Cui Chan looked at the lake on a moonlit night outside the building, "Dali has so many things to do now, it is impossible for me to receive the most important Feijian newsletter here every day, which will delay the real big things for you and me. I am different from you. In this hurdle, Chen Ping'an If you can't make it through, you will be implicated, and I will be invincible long ago. Therefore, it is not without reason that you and I have a primary and secondary distinction."

Cui Dongshan didn't seem to be surprised by Cui Chan's departure, and didn't say much.

Cui Dongshan's eyeballs rolled quietly.

Cui Chan turned his back to Cui Dongshan, "I advise you to show some backbone, don't think about making some shameless tricks while I'm not around. If you do this, I will be very disappointed in you."

Cui Dongshan, who was sitting on the ground, waved a sleeve lightly, as if he was "sweeping the floor".

Cui Chan said: "Before I leave, if you have any questions, please ask."

Cui Dongshan was not polite, and immediately asked: "It's really up to Liu Laocheng to take action, you don't care if you kill Gu Can"

Cui Chan shook his head and said: "Anyway, it has nothing to do with the dead end. I'm not Chen Pingan. I care about the life and death of a brat. After killing Gu Can, Liu Laocheng has to do business with our Dali. It’s just that Liu Zhimao was replaced by Liu Laocheng. Look, even the surname is the same. In fact, this is better. Liu Zhimao himself can’t convince the public. Why not replace it with Liu Laocheng, who knows the general situation better, and it will be very refreshing to cooperate with our Dali in the future, so that he will not be like Liu Zhimao who is very likely to fall into the quagmire, get the benefits, and do things with will and powerlessness. It is easy to be a tortoise, and it may give Liu Zhimao the opportunity to sit on the ground and raise the price. So even if Liu Laocheng becomes the lord of the rivers and lakes, he is waiting for a price and asking for a higher price. In the early stage, Dali will inevitably cut more meat, but in the long run Look, Dali can still earn back."

Cui Dongshan hurriedly asked again, "What if, I mean, what if Qi Jingchun really haunts you, and he comes after you leave?"

Cui Chan replied: "Naturally, I have left behind. In the dark place of Shujian Lake, just like the Lizhu Cave, the Taoists left a master Lu there. I am not you. I can do what I said. .Don't guess, once you cross the threshold and don't obey the rules, I have other back-ups who can target you."

Cui Dongshan remained silent, this time sweeping the floor with his sleeves.

Cui Chan said with emotion: "The virtuousness of a person is like a mouse. It is in its ears. A mouse will never know that it is stealing when it moves food."

He turned his head and asked with a smile: "Then what about us human beings proves immortality, if there is an unknowable existence in a higher place, it is looking at us, what are we human beings doing?"

Cui Dongshan murmured: "Ask me what I have wanted to do for a long time. Isn't it because we have to figure it out that we chose to do that thing. Therefore, among the four people in the Ouhua Fudi picture scroll, the most interesting Zhu Only when you are restrained can you watch the fire from the other side and come to the correct conclusion, saying that it is not good for you and me to be the ones who saw the deep fish."

Cui Chan smiled, "I'm afraid that you will become the next Gu Can, and you will be forgetful."

Cui Dongshan rolled his eyes.

Cui Chen smiled and said: "Qi Jingchun and I, Lizhu Dongtian, Shujian Lake, both times are disputes between gentlemen."

Cui Dongshan had a strange expression on his face.

Cui Chan said: "You will doubt, which means that I have doubted myself this time. But I tell you now, it is a dispute between gentlemen."

Cui Dongshan asked again, "Qi Jingchun can just watch Zhao Yao switch to other cultures, after all, it belongs to Confucianism. Qi Jingchun can also leave three books for Song Jixin to explain the essence of Legalism for Song Jixin. After all, Confucianism and Legalism However, if Qi Jingchun pushes Chen Pingan into Buddhism and Chen Pingan never turns back, what is going on? Zen, this point, I firmly believe. Then, Chen Pingan is to Qi Jingchun, is he the preacher of Li Baoping, Zhao Yao, and Song Jixin? Or, it's nothing at all."

Cui Chan laughed and said, "I don't know."

Cui Dongshan murmured: "I know."

Cui Chan was like an elder pointing out younger generations, and said to Cui Dongshan: "Little bastard, don't tell people that I have surrendered in the future. The spirit of a person makes it easy to fall and raise difficulties. People who play chess, admit defeat in their hearts, and just throw a piece on the chessboard." , who will say that I admit defeat?"

Cui Dongshan's mood faded, "Stop pointing fingers at me, we are not alone anymore."

Cui Chan didn't put away the picture scroll on the ground, and naturally left it to Cui Dongshan. He finally said with a smile: "You should sigh with emotion at this moment, my husband, there are so many worries."

Cui Dongshan did not refute, but echoed: "Looking at the green mountains from a distance, they are so charming, but the road in the mountains is difficult to walk, and there are even thieves on the road."

Cui Chen stepped out in one step, like passing through a door, and disappeared in a flash.

After confirming that Cui Chan had really left, Cui Dongshan raised his hands, rolled up his sleeves, and there was a chessboard and the two pots of colorful clouds in front of him.

Sitting upright, looking solemn and serious.

Played backgammon.

Chen Pingan came to Shujian Lake from Dali in a hurry around the autumnal equinox.

Arriving at the jurisdiction of Shujian Lake, I took a carriage to the Chishui City by the lake. The scenery I saw along the way was clear mountains and clear waters, and frost at night, and several trees were dark red and light yellow.

After that, I saw Gu Can and Qingxia Island saw the picturesque scenery of rivers and lakes in autumn. After that, the dew gradually became heavier and thicker. Shujian Lake was cold and night long, windy and smoky, and filled with mist. Chen Pingan went to In Yunlou City, with the help of the father and daughter, they went to the border pass of Shihao Country. After seeing that line, they also saw a different scenery.

After returning to Qingxia Island, winter quietly entered, the water began to freeze, and the pheasants entered the flood water and turned into mirages.

When traveling around many islands, Chen Pingan really made a special trip to stay on Jinzhi Island for half a day because of his detailed understanding of the historical changes and local conditions and customs of Shujian Lake. This kind of scene is extremely difficult to meet, and you can only try your luck, just like when Chen Pingan encountered a mountain crucian carp, he had to wait for a long time before he could find the golden crucian carp. Chen Pingan couldn't spend too much time trying to touch it. Luck, I had to leave angrily, with some regrets.

People can't suffocate themselves to death, they have to have fun in suffering, and find some ways to relieve their worries.

Hope to witness the scene of the pheasant entering the water with my own eyes, it is the same, and it is also the same in the stories that Hongsu asked her with the concierge in Zhuxian Mansion on Qingxia Island.

After arriving at Qingxia Island, Chen Pingan seldom drank alcohol, but took a sip or two occasionally to refresh his mind.

The old year is approaching the end of the year, the cold wind winds around the dead branches, and the birds are fierce.

Just when Chen Pingan misunderstood that he would keep moving forward like this, the side of Gongliu Island continued to be noisy, while his side was quiet and buried in his work. Maybe one day when he looked up, as far as he could see, there was that The willow color is early yellow and shallow, and the hydrology is slightly greener.

Suddenly one day.

There was no more noise at Gongliu Island. Gu Can took Xiao Niqian back to the gate of the mountain, and found Chen Pingan, who was studying a secret art passed down by Wei Bo, and said that it was settled. The island owners of the three islands, Tianmu and Lisu, had previously clamored to send three or five people to Qingxia Island. Whoever wins will recommend someone to be the monarch of the rivers and lakes. At that time, the old island owner of Qingzhong Island and a chief priest of Tianmu Island, the two most powerful earth immortals who were most promising to compete in the ring, unexpectedly disappeared at the same time inexplicably overnight, completely disappeared.

The situation took a turn for the worse, and the owner of Lisu Island insisted on supporting the overall situation. He found Liu Zhimao in person on Gongliu Island alone. After some close talks, the conditions should have been agreed.

Liu Zhimao climbed to the throne of the lord of the rivers and lakes just like that. It was so effortless. You must know that together with his disciple Tian Hujun, the big brothers and monks from more than ten vassal islands are all ready for a bloody battle. In an extremely cruel and bloody battle, anyone may die, but Liu Zhimao and Gu Can are definitely not among them. Everyone knows this well, and there are not many complaints. .

It is estimated that Master Jiejiang could laugh out loud in his sleep.

Chen Pingan did not relax after hearing the news.

Some things can be guessed, for example, Lisu Island is very likely to be a pawn of the Dali Song Clan, and the severe damage to the two islands of Qingzhong and Tianmu is the secret handwriting of the national teacher Cui Chan.

But there are some things that Chen Pingan can't guess, such as whether Zhu Ying Dynasty has a backer, and if so, who it will be, and whether the thunderous blow that tries to turn the situation around will be aimed at Liu Zhimao, Gu Can and Xiao Niqian, or, simply The Zhuying dynasty, which was full of fire on the border, was actually too busy to take care of itself, so it simply lost the tasteless place of Shujian Lake

Maybe even the potential influence of being on Qingxia Island is included in the calculation of the embroidered tiger, which is probably called making the best use of everything.

Chen Ping just wanted Gu Can not to go out easily during this time, and be careful of Zhu Ying Dynasty's crazy counterattack.

Gu Can nodded with a smile, saying that this came to mind naturally. Liu Zhimao also reminded him not to get complacent in the near future. No matter whose wine bureau it is, you can't participate. You only need to wait for three or two months. No one dared to pee at the gates of the Patriarch Hall on Tsukajima and Tianmu Island.Therefore, Liu Zhimao was very cautious. Even the banquet to celebrate his ascension to the throne was deliberately delayed until the beginning of next spring. What he was afraid of was that Qingxia Island would open up a large array of mountains and rivers at that time. People who came to congratulate would be mixed. Stabbing a knife will hurt Qingxia Island.

Chen Pingan and Gu Can were sitting on small bamboo chairs on the left and right, chatting for a while.

In the middle of winter, the birds on the lake are almost extinct, occasionally a little.

It should be snowing soon.

After Gu Can left, Chen Pingan walked to the ferry, thinking deeply.

Just at dusk today.

Chen Ping suddenly raised his head from the desk and walked quickly to the window.

I saw an old monk hovering in the air outside Qingxia Island, and said with a sneer, "My name is Liu Laocheng. I'll come here for a while and Gu Can. I don't care about anyone. Get out. Otherwise, whoever collects your corpses will die. Die until no one collects the body."

Before the words were settled, the old monk had already waved his sleeves, and the yellow paper talismans glowing with golden light flew in continuous arcs, forming a big circle in the end, as if strangling the entire Qingxia Island neck.

Beside the old monk, a golden figure with a height of hundreds of feet appeared, wearing a strange armor of black flames, holding a huge ax in one hand, and holding a seal in the other. One of the most important natal objects of Liu Laocheng, a monk of the five realms, was in Shujian Lake, where the water transport was prosperous. Back then, Liu Laocheng forcibly relied on this fire natal object, killing many islands and wailing everywhere, and the corpses of monks floated all over the lake.

Those high-rank barrier-breaking talismans kept shrinking the encirclement and "embedded" in the landscape formation of Qingxia Island. After each piece of the barrier-breaking talisman was shattered, big holes were broken out of the mountain protection formation. At the center of the formation, there is a mountain of fairy money, and Mr. Tianhu and several confidants are desperately maintaining the formation and constantly repairing the formation. It may be broken in an instant. Even so, the whole island is still beginning to shake. , the aura is messed up.

This old monk who had disappeared in Shujian Lake for many years had no extra words at all.

The huge Dharma statue beside Liu Laocheng was slashed straight down with an axe, and the so-called indestructible Qingxia Island protective formation collapsed on the spot.

A black dot flitted out of the Chunting mansion, revealed its real body in the air, turned into a huge dragon with a length of more than three hundred feet, and crashed into the golden statue of a cultivator in the Jade Realm.

The dragon wrapped around the golden body in an instant, and smashed into the Shujian Lake together, causing a huge wave.

Faxiang didn't hit the ground and fell backwards, his feet took root at the bottom of the lake, and then slipped out.

Due to its proximity to Qingxia Island, the lake here is not too deep, and the golden figure wearing the flame armor stands on the bottom of the lake with both feet, and the lake water is only around the waist.

A seal slammed into Jiaolong's head.

Do not pull it out.

This statue smashed the dragon, which was much bigger than it, into the lake, stepped on the latter's head, and chopped it off with an axe.

Liu Laocheng sneered.

Having obtained such a large piece of glazed golden body, I have not been idle recently. I have been stagnant at the bottleneck of the Jade Raw Realm for more than two hundred years. Although I have not entered the Immortal Realm now, it is not far away.

Besides.

In order to deal with this Flood Dragon in Nascent Soul Realm, he even spent a huge amount of money, spending a full ninety Grain Rain Coins, doing a very cost-effective thing.

That is to ask a great monk of the upper five realms to engrave a Taoist "mantra" on the axe, "Shooting a tiger is not enough to practice arrows, and to kill dragons is to sharpen the knife."

As for the theory of "sharpening the knife", it seems ridiculous to use it on the giant axe, but these innocuous things don't matter to Yamazawa Nooshu at all.

It works

Bloody.

The water in Shujian Lake surged rapidly and boiled endlessly, and the blood flowing out from the wound of the Jiaolong was full of stench.

But after all, Jiaolong is a great monster known for his physical toughness, and it's not that he has no power to fight. After struggling desperately, he also overturned the golden body in the water several times.

Liu Laocheng stretched out his hand to grab somewhere on Qingxia Island.

The ground connecting the entire Chunting Mansion with the root of the mountain began to crack with countless cracks, as if it was about to be grabbed by an old monk, and it would rise from the ground.

Liu Laocheng looked intently, and said with a sneer, "I still want to hide and I have found you."

With Liu Laocheng's other hand, he lifted the palm upwards, and then flicked his fingers. He saw a young man in the Chunting mansion wearing a dark blue python robe. After being pulled to the sky above the mansion, he slammed into the back of the mansion as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. Among the mountains of Qingxia Island.

Liu Laocheng didn't need to look at the battle situation in Shujian Lake behind him at all, and his eyes shifted, "Liu Zhimao, how can I say that this disciple will be killed?"

I was beaten to death, still so polite"

There was silence and no response.

Liu Laocheng twitched the corner of his mouth, "Since Qingxia Island is so polite, then I'm really not polite."

Stretch two fingers together, and gently wave forward.

The dharma seal that was photographed into the dragon's head by the golden body dharma, flew away like a flash of firefly, and smashed towards Gu Can who had already sunk into the mountain wall.

Liu Laocheng smiled, "Hey, there is finally a man among the monks on Qingxia Island."

in the field of vision.

A young man wearing a golden robe stepped on two flying swords and hung in the air in front of Gu Can. He stretched out his hand and a long golden line swept across the Chunting mansion.

He stretched out his hand to grasp it, and the sword fairy just hovered in his hand, but he still didn't really hold it tightly.

Facing the gold-plated fire spirit seal that frightened all the older monks in Shujian Lake.

The young man held the sword fairy.

Above Qingxia Island, winds and clouds are surging.

Liu Laocheng frowned, his mind moved slightly, he didn't control the natal seal, and slammed straight into the sword tip of the young man and the half-immortal soldier, but let the fire spirit seal draw an arc, stopping at the young man's sword. More than a hundred feet away from the person's side.

Yamazawa Yexiu is decisive and ruthless in his moves, he can calculate gains and losses, and even more so.

Liu Laocheng quickly raised his eyebrows. If the famous accountant of Qingxia Island had already completely refined that half-immortal weapon, it would still be a bit tricky. Since it has not been fully refined, then it is not a big deal.

On the top of a vassal island in Qingxia Island, there stood a refined old man in green shirt and a short and strong old man.

All are foreigners.

Xun Yuan, the old suzerain of the Yugui sect, and Gao Mian, the old gang leader of the Invincible Shenquan gang.

Gao Mian noticed Xun Yuan's slight strangeness, and asked, "Xun Yuan, is your acquaintance?"

Xun Yuan smiled and nodded, "Very familiar. Besides you, he was one of the first people I met in Aquarius Island. I met a very nice young man in the old dragon city. Du Mao was in his hands. He suffered a great loss, so speaking of it, Liu Laocheng has to thank him to get such a big piece of glass golden body."

Gao Mian asked: "Then do you want me to remind Lao Liu? Why do I listen, Lao Liu is doing immoral things of repaying kindness and revenge?"

Xun Yuan shook his head with a smile, "No need to remind. This is nothing like revenge. Otherwise, apart from Liu Laocheng, our Yuguizong, including me, need to enshrine this young man as a living Bodhisattva."

Gao Mian grinned and said with a smile: "It's really unnecessary that once Lao Liu gets up to kill, I won't be able to stop him at that time, unless you make a move, and you are willing to enshrine a certain chief of the next sect and become an enemy for nothing."

Xun Yuan said slowly: "That young man has a point of view, which is roughly the same as you and me. He walks the rivers and lakes, and lives and dies. If that's the case, why should I rescue him? It's fun to be contaminated with so much karma."

Gao Mian glared at Xun Yuan.

His mother's guts are fat, your surname is Xun, how dare you talk to me like that

Xun Yuan hurriedly cupped his fists to plead guilty.

Only then was Gao Mian satisfied, seeing the confrontation over there, the outcome was decided, as long as Liu Laocheng made another move, Gu Can and that young man would not only die, but in this Shujian Lake, no one would collect their corpses.

Gao Mian sighed slightly: "It's a pity, just because he is the only junior on Qingxia Island who dares to block Lao Liu, I don't think this person is bad."

Xun Yuan said in a flat tone: "For an old man who has lived for so many years like us, how many pity things have he seen with his own eyes? Among the monks who died in our hands, apart from those who should be killed, did they die in vain or had to die? Yes, and it’s destined to be quite a lot. This is called there are no unjust dead ghosts at the door of any doctor.”

Gao Mian folded his arms around his chest, pouted.

Xun Yuan said slowly: "To put it bluntly, the selection of Shujian Lake as the site of the next sect is the top priority of my Yuguizong, and it is a great cause for thousands of years. If that young man starts a dispute with Yuguizong, I will I don't mind being the second Du Mao. Du Mao is stupid because he is self-reliant and regards Aquarius Island as a tiny place, so he makes a move without any reason, but if I make a move, I still have some reason , After all, it is within the rules set by Li Sheng. Of course, in the end, it is life or death.

Gao Mian nodded, "Being able to say these words makes me look at you with admiration."

Xun Yuan smiled slightly, "Liu Laocheng may have to pay a lot of money if he wants to kill people to gain power, which is much bigger than you imagined."

Gao Mian's question hit the nail on the head: "Should we beat the young ones tonight, or the old ones later?"

Xun Yuan said, "Just tonight."

Gao Mian finally became curious.

On the other side of Qingxia Island.

Chen Ping twisted the talisman with two fingers, and threw it lightly.

Day and night, the true amulet of the god of wandering appeared.

Then he gave the golden demon-binding rope made of the old dragon's beard in Jiaolonggou to one of the Night Touring Gods.

Then suddenly, Chen Pingan really held the unsheathed sword fairy.

Liu Laocheng laughed loudly, but his eyes were extremely gloomy, "Shu Jianhu is saying that you are a very strange swordsman. No matter what, I still care about you, no less than Liu Zhimao. It depends on whether you have that It really made me lose money again."

I don't see how Liu Laocheng moves.

The gold-plated fire spirit seal hovering in the air flowed and dropped drops of golden flames, and then each drop of fire spirit gold liquid suddenly grew larger in the air, turning into pale gold armored soldiers, holding various weapons, Dozens of them, after landing on Qingxia Island, swarmed towards the two puppets with the real amulets of the day and night wandering gods.

Not only that, as if there were immortals drawing water from the Shujian Lake, water jets as thick as the mouth of a well rushed out of the water and shot towards Chen Pingan.

Chen Ping held the sword fairy in his hand, and just swung the sword again and again.

The jets of water mixed with the long lines of golden sword energy, turning into powder together in the air.

Liu Laocheng had a lot of time to spare, so it was all he wasted, just a little spiritual energy.

However, the opponent had to work hard to smash those water jets that were as powerful as the biggest bed crossbow of the secular dynasty time and time again.

What's more, you must carefully separate your mind and guard against the sneak attack of your own natal seal.

Chen Pingan's hand holding the half-immortal soldier has been polished to flesh and blood, and the bones of the fingers and palm can be seen.

Liu Laocheng is like a cat teasing a mouse.

From time to time, he would give the young man some surprises, for example, the rocks knocked out from the cliff of Qingxia Island inexplicably, may be as big as pavilions and towers, with momentum like a rainbow, or as small as a fist, silently.

Liu Laocheng found it more and more interesting the more he watched it.

The young man's expression was really too calm.

It is clear that the body is withered, the heart is dry, and all the energy and spirit are already at the end of their strength.

people die before they die

Empty.

Just beat him to death in one breath, or

It was rare for Liu Laocheng to hesitate.

Mr. Liu deliberately calculated the gains and losses, but he did not slack in his actions.

He wanted to see how long this young sword cultivator, whose soul was already overwhelmed and trembling involuntarily, could hold on to that breath.

In Shujian Lake, the golden statue holding a huge ax that can defeat the dragons, and the big loach covered with wounds criss-crossing, beat the river upside down, and the lake was full of blood.

The golden light of the two day and night wandering gods' amulets gradually dimmed.

The gold-plated fire spirit seal continuously drips fire spirit gold liquid.

In these two battlefields, there is no suspense about the outcome.

It's just that the surroundings of Chen Pingan, who kept drawing out his sword, were almost covered with thin golden threads that Liu Ying kept lingering for a long time.

Liu Laocheng looked at the young man who was silent from the beginning to the end, and his intention to kill became more and more serious, starting to outweigh his desire not to kill.

Chen Pingan, who was holding the half-immortal weapon in his bone-like hand, finally showed a sinister flaw of stagnation of energy.

Without hesitation, Liu Laocheng slightly mobilized the spiritual energy of the sea of ​​Qi, which was almost bottomless, and there was a loud rumbling sound around Qingxia Island, like thunder blasting the lake surface. In an instant, hundreds of water jets burst out of the water at the same time.

Chen Ping took a deep breath.

He said two words silently in his heart.

Just hold the sword fairy.

Those water columns leaving Shujian Lake kept gathering, surrounding and killing that person from all directions with a sword.

It was like a green water polo as big as a mountain peak, trapping Chen Pingan in it.

After a while, those lakes froze and stood still, hanging in the air.

The small figure of the young accountant has long since disappeared.

Including Qingxia Island, thousands of monks and handymen and maidservants in more than a dozen vassal islands all believed that the young man was dead.

Farther away, there were also countless people watching this soul-stirring fight.

Some people breathed a sigh of relief, some gloated, but there were also a handful of monks and ordinary people. Even if this group of people had known the accountant for not too long, they still had some regrets. The handmaids who have known each other feel that this Mr. Chen is different from ordinary gods and masters. Some people have mixed feelings, such as Zhu Xianfu Ghost Cultivator, or even sad, such as the concierge Hongsu.

air.

On the surface of the huge turquoise water polo, there was an inaudible, slight cracking sound.

A trace of gold was revealed.

The sound became more and more dense and shocking, like the sound of firecrackers on the first day of the first lunar month in the market.

Suddenly, Qingxia Island felt like a winter rain.

Liu Laocheng looked calm and asked the young man with a ripple in his heart.

After getting the answer.

Liu Laocheng nodded.

As for the trembling Qingxia Island monks, I saw that the accountant was still hanging in place, and made a strange movement. He twisted his wrist and held the long sword upside down. I'm thanking you.

Liu Laocheng nodded.

Put away the golden statue in the Shujian lake, and the natal seal.

Just skim away.

in the night.

The three old men swim together against the wind and go to Gongliu Island.

After a big battle, Liu Laocheng was calm and relaxed.

This is the background of the monks of the upper five realms.

What's more, Liu Laocheng didn't even make a real killer move.

Once the golden body dharma figure reveals the half-glazed real body that was refined recently, that is the moment to kill the Quartet.

Gao Mian asked strangely: "Why don't you kill that young man and cut the grass but not the root? It's not your old Liu's style in the past."

Liu Laocheng said helplessly: "You have such a loud voice, you deliberately told me, and I am not deaf."

Xun Yuan smiled and said nothing.

Liu Laocheng and the two landed at the gate of Gongliu Island Mountain, and the three moved forward slowly.

Liu Laocheng said: "Since there is some connection with the glazed golden body that gave me the opportunity to advance to the twelfth realm, I have to think about it. Besides, a young man who can survive Du Mao's hand, I will be with him Anyway, if there is no direct conflict, then stay on the front line. Killing people can gain power, and hurting people can also gain power, which is almost enough. Besides, that kid is more sensible and made a deal with me."

Gao Mian laughed and said, "Which one has more love or fear?"

Liu Laocheng's face darkened.

Xun Yuan said suddenly: "If that young man hadn't made that clasped fist at that time, Lao Liu would definitely have regretted it on the spot and killed him."

Liu Laocheng hummed, "I still have some eyesight, and I won't feed tigers into trouble. You can tell whether that guy is sincere or not."

Xun Yuan suddenly laughed and said, "Believe it or not, even in Shujian Lake, Chen Ping'an can live longer than that Gu Can."

Gao Mian shook his head, disapprovingly said: "Not necessarily, I approve of this person's character, it's one thing, messing around is another."

Liu Laocheng nodded and said, "That's the truth. Dogs that bite people don't show their teeth. There is a very important reason why they didn't kill him."

Liu Laocheng looked around, "In a smoky place like Shujian Lake, there are more and more so-called smart people. If there is someone who is willing to behave stupidly and has enough skills, at least I, Liu Laocheng, dare to do big business with him .”

Gao Mian ignored Liu Laocheng, Shan Zeyexiu's heartfelt words, only listened to one sentence, and said angrily: "You motherfucker, even flattering Lao Er Xun, is there any good for you? Why don't you never do it?" Lao Tzu's ass"

Xun Yuan was helpless.

Liu Laocheng squinted, and said: "I've seen you beat people to shit, how dare you flatter me, I'm afraid that after the filming, it will be shit and shit with one hand."

Xun Yuan's eyes lit up, "There are still such things to talk about in the past."

Liu Laocheng was a little embarrassed, "A hero doesn't mention his bravery back then, so what are we talking about?"

Gao Mian laughed and said: "In the early years, he met the only martial arts master in Aquarius Continent, who was the head of Cui's family, and he rolled up his sleeves to fight with others if he disagreed with him. Convinced. After that, he gave himself the nickname of Martial Tenth Realm. It's just that the martial artist disappeared later, and he heard that he went to the Divine Continent of Middle Earth, guessing what would happen to this Martial Tenth Realm Almost, over there, one mountain is still higher, and I don’t know life or death.”

Xun Yuan said: "A pure martial artist, everyone who can go to the Ninth Realm and touch the threshold of the Tenth Realm has great perseverance. On our side of Tongyezhou, one continent's martial arts is not very good. It’s not as small as your Aquarius Island, isn’t it strange?”

Gao Mian is a straight man, "It's strange, it's strange, your martial arts in Tongyezhou are just useless, how many ten-level two are there at this moment, do you know how many we have in Aquarius Continent? If you add the ones I admire the most That one, plus that Li Er who went to demolish your Tongye Zong Patriarch Hall, and Song Changjing, the King of the Dali Clan, three."

Liu Laocheng seemed to have realized something.

Xun Yuan smiled.

So he will become friends with this leader of the Invincible God's Fist Gang.

With the smarter Liu Laocheng, it will only become an ally.

The war is over.

Chen Pingan slowly descended the mountain with Gu Can on his back.

The amulet of the day and night wandering gods has been put into the sleeve, and the light within the amulet is almost exhausted. I am afraid that the next time I "ask the gods to come down the mountain", it will dissipate on its own without a stick of incense and no need to fight with others .

Gu Can's face was covered in blood, his face was disastrous, and he was seriously injured.

But finally survived.

The dying dragon swayed its tail slightly, and went to a further place, and finally sank to the bottom of Shujian Lake somewhere.

Over there, it has secretly dug out a rough prototype of a "Dragon Palace" over the years.

Liu Laocheng displayed his prestige on Qingxia Island, and with the invincible posture of the monks of the above five realms, he beat Gu Can and the dragon's genus to serious injuries near death.

Liu Zhimao, the new ruler of the rivers and lakes, the owner of Qingxia Island, did not show his face from the beginning to the end.

Instead, it was the accountant who stopped Liu Laocheng.

In the end, Liu Laocheng, who once had a famous saying spread all over Shujian Lake, and the owner of Gongliu Island, who said with his own mouth, "If you kill someone until your heart softens, you can't be soft-hearted", actually showed mercy

All of a sudden, the tens of thousands of Yexiu in the entire Shujian Lake felt that they were looking at the flowers in the fog, and the more they looked, the more confused they became.

On the mountain road, as the little loach entered the nest and began to enter a dormant state, Gu Can's injury improved slightly.

He hugged Chen Pingan's neck, and said softly: "Chen Pingan, are you going to take the little loach back? Tanxue is actually quite afraid of you. After all, you are the real master of the little loach. If you follow me, I will follow you." Don't worry that she will be wronged. If it's someone else, once I can't protect her, I can't wait for Tanxue to die, but I can accept it if you take it away, and I definitely won't regret it in the future. You know my temper, say One is one, say two is two."

"You keep it. Tan Xue is now by your side, so I can do my own thing with peace of mind."

"Why on earth are you not afraid of Tanxue following me? Is it purely for the tiger?"

"I got a magic weapon of the fairy family in Tongyezhou before. It is a sword called Chixin. It can also be called heart-eating. The heart-eating heart-eating heart can improve the rank by poking into the heart. I started I am particularly disgusted, not to mention fighting with people with it, but I feel disgusted just by looking at it. Later, I finally figured it out, things are dead, people are alive, and a gentleman can control all things without weapons. Forget it, these principles, You don't like to hear it, so I don't want to say it."

"Let's talk, I don't know why, I used to feel upset, but now I don't really listen to your nagging, it still goes in one ear and out the other, but it sounds good to me. Chen Pingan, don't you think it's strange?" Strange"

Chen Ping changed the subject, "This is the second time."

Gu Can snorted, "I know it in my heart. Once I didn't leave Qingxia Island, this time I was saved. Once again, you will ignore me and just treat me as a stranger."

Chen Pingan said calmly: "I still know a little bit about good and bad, and have a little conscience."

Gu Can smiled and said: "Ha. Not much, just to my mother, to you, two people. I don't have much impression of my dead ghost father, and I really can't get close. As for the family reunion when the time comes, I will be with him. I don't want to think about whether it will change after we meet."

Chen Pingan's voice became hoarse, "Take your time."

"Chen Pingan, I still want to know why you saved me this time. In fact, I know that you have been very disappointed in me. I know that. That's why I often go to the door of the house with Little Niach, even if there is nothing wrong with you. , and sit over there for a while."

"Stop talking."

"I can't die for a while, the little loach is already lying on my stomach at the bottom of the water, and I already feel better. Chen Pingan, tell me, I want to hear your reasoning."

Chen Pingan's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he forcibly swallowed the mouthful of blood. As long as Gu Can was willing to listen to him, he was willing to tell Gu Can. Chen Pingan's face was already whiter than Gu Can's. After a few times, after a little stability, he said hoarsely: "I have done cutting and delineation with you, this is a saying derived from playing chess, and it can also be used to practice swords. In short, the former is like me moving out of Chunting Mansion , to live in the house at the mountain gate. The latter means that I have been watching you. As long as you don’t go out of the circle that I think you have made no mistakes, I will help you. I am still the neighbor of Mud Bottle Lane that you first knew .”

"Then if I still kill innocent people after you arrive at Qingxia Island, will you leave or kill me?"

"I will try my best to stop you from making mistakes, just like stopping Liu Laocheng from killing you today. And I will not leave Shujian Lake. There are still many things waiting for me to do, both for you and for myself .”

"Aren't you tired of living like this?"

"Back then in Mud Ping Lane, I lived a hard life every day that seemed like I would never be able to make it through the rest of my life, so I was not tired, I was tired, but you just forgot."

"But people live, don't they just want to live happily and happily?"

"About this question that goes back to the original point, of course I can give you my answer, but you may not be able to listen to it, so I won't talk about it. So I hope that in the future, you can walk out of Shujian Lake and see the bigger world with your own eyes. Rivers and lakes. By the way, I have taken in Kaishan’s great disciple, a little girl named Pei Qian. If you leave Shujian Lake to go to the rivers and lakes, or when you return to Longquan County and I am not there, you can look for her. I think the two of you One, they will hit it off, um, and they may not like each other."

Gu Can was a little happy.

Because this is the first time that Chen Pingan talked to himself about the future "bound" with Chen Pingan.

Gu Can said in a daze, "Chen Pingan, I'm a little sleepy."

Chen Pingan said softly: "Then sleep, you don't have to worry about the rest, I'm here."

Gu Can tried her best not to fall asleep, sobbing softly, "Chen Ping'an, I'm afraid that you will sneak away from Qingxia Island as soon as I open my eyes."

Chen Pingan said: "No."

Gu Can's voice gradually weakened, "Are you really not lying to me?"

Chen Ping asked back: "When did I lie to you?"

Gu Can nodded lightly, and fell asleep in peace.

Gu Can was already asleep.

That's why he didn't notice that Chen Pingan, who couldn't wipe his face, was dripping blood on Gu Can's arm.

Inside Chunting Mansion.

Gu Can lay on the bed.

The woman sat on the edge of the bed, heartbroken.

Mr. Tianhu brought the precious elixir hidden in Qingxia Island.

But when she saw the accountant standing beside the bed, her heart trembled and her hands trembled.

Chen Pingan glanced at the medicine bottle in her hand, and said hoarsely, "No problem."

Mr. Tianhu nodded vigorously, "Guaranteed by my life"

Chen Pingan said: "After you go back, tell Liu Zhimao that I will look for him soon."

Mr. Tianhu had no choice but to agree.

After taking the elixir for Gu Can who was in a coma, Mr. Tian Hu fled in despair.

The woman panicked and just murmured repeatedly, "How could this happen, how could this happen"

Chen Ping trembled slightly, moved a chair and sat beside him, and asked, "Why didn't this happen?"

The woman raised her head, with tears in her eyes, and looked at the young man with a much thinner face. At this moment, she suddenly felt so strange.

Chen Pingan asked again, "Do you still want to ask me if I watched Gu Can get seriously injured on purpose?"

The woman's eyes wandered.

Chen Pingan asked himself and answered: "That's not the case. That's all I can do right now."

The woman sighed, lowered her eyebrows, her face was full of tears, she nodded, "I believe in you, Chen Pingan."

this moment.

Chen Pingan was a little sad.

It has something to do with Gu Can and her aunt, but not much.

At the ferry that night, he had already figured out a crux of the deadlock.

It's not difficult for him, Chen Pingan, to prove this point.

It is only necessary to show one or two details in front of Gu Can without showing any trace, for example, the importance attached to a certain external object is more than that of Gu Can.

Gu Can's heart, the part of his heart related to Chen Ping'an, will also fall into disrepair, and soon become overgrown with weeds. In the end, Gu Can's temperament that tends to go to extremes may turn against him and Chen Ping'an.

Chen Pingan was unwilling to verify, and did not want to test people's hearts.

Know the answer, how can

Putting everything aside and only talking about grievances and gains and losses, it's not because I'm afraid that Gu Can will think about him and turn from a relative to an enemy.

When Chen Pingan was at ease, he was not afraid of the strength of any enemy's fists. This was the case for Cai Jinjian and Fu Nanhua in the alley, to the monkey who moved the mountain, and all the enemies on the road after that.

Chen Pingan didn't want to lose that little slug back then, and lose another Shu Jian Hu Gu Can who had come this far because her original intention was for her mother.

I don't want Gu Can to be as sad as herself.

Human affairs, is it true that the deeper a person thinks, the more he has nothing to say to others?

Chen Pingan sat on the chair, closed his eyes and rested for a while, then stood up.

The woman asked nervously, "Chen Pingan, where are you going?"

Chen Pingan said: "As long as I am on Qingxia Island, it will be the same anywhere. Auntie can rest assured."

The woman hesitated to speak, but in the end she didn't dare to force her to stay.

As soon as Chen Ping walked out of Chunting Mansion, he immediately covered his heart and mouth with one hand.

Taking a deep breath, he slowly walked towards the house at the gate of the mountain.

When you get to that room, open the door, close the door, and light the lamp on the table.

Chen Pingan sat on the bench with his back to the window, trembling, took out the ointment bought from Yang's pharmacy, and swallowed it forcefully.

Sitting alone.

There are Yangjian gourds on the table, the first and fifteenth days of Feijian are by the door and window respectively.

Inhumane, unacceptable, difficult to approach, difficult to kiss.

Then there was disappointment.

If you want to sit at home late at night, you should also talk about travellers.

There seems to be hope.

But in the end, you will still be disappointed.

After eating the ointment made by old man Yang, Chen Pingan, who was completely unconscious from body to soul, stared blankly at the lights, which were getting thinner and brighter.

The young man with dead eyes like the abyss of an ancient well turned his head to look out the window.

Its daybreak.