Sword of Coming

Chapter 896

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It was a torrential rain, at noon, the sky was gloomy, the roads were muddy, and mud splashed everywhere.

There is a cable bridge across the river. Under the bridge, the waves are surging, and the old bridge is locked with wooden boards. It is swaying violently with wind and rain, almost turning over.

There is an entire group walking along the river with an umbrella, azure clothes Sabrewielder, and a woman with yellow cloth next to her.

Behind them was a pair of young men and women, a man handsome like a jade tree and a woman in a bun.

There were also two men who looked like entourage, an old man and a young man, with yellow hats, blue shoes and green bamboo sticks, walking at the end.

The raindrops were as big as soybeans, hitting the oil paper umbrella, crackling.

In the distance, there was a light as small as a firefly.

Chen Ping glanced at the rope bridge on the river that was drifting in the wind, and asked: “The first place where the immortal picture appeared is this Chilin River?”

Ye Yunyun nodded, said solemnly: “It’s here.”

At dawn today, Ye Yunyun suddenly found Chen Ping, straight to the point and said to ask him for a favor. Since she and Golden Peak Temple Du Hanling would definitely not be able to catch the thief and catch the loot, just see if she can do it. Follow the vines so that she and Du Hanling can have a reasonable reason for going up the mountain to ask for boxing.

The King of Tree Leaf Continent, dare to be the “Dao Companion for a moment” with himself? Ye Yunyun has to weigh and weigh, a Golden Peak Temple cultivator with its head and tail hidden, and it is said by the catty that there are how many catties and how many taels. As for whether Du Hanling is now Nascent Soul, or has sneaked into Yupu, she only needs to ask her a punch, and she will know As the water recedes, the rocks appear, when the time comes, you can know Du Guanzhu’s golden jade leaf Immortal Family’s bones, after taking apart the frame, how many two things are there in the end.

Ye Yunyun has not lost her heart, and now she will definitely not go to study the so-called “Fuluan soaring method”, which has been handed over to Pushan’s secret storehouse for storage.

Anyway, owing one favor is owing, and owing two is also owing, Ye Yunyun wants to pull Chen Ping up, come to Chilinjiang to explore the reality and see if she can help her find some missing clues.

The other party agreed to go down the mountain together.

Worthy of being the Embroidery Tiger Junior Brother, he is really careful, he is also the owner of the mountain. The difference between the two sides is not a little bit. Constantly comparing oneself to others will only make one angry. Use your brain to plot against people. Or these scholars. Good at it, in that pavilion last night, the young mountain owner just looked at Xiantu and could see through layers of confusion, helping her to shed light on the secrets.

Ye Yunyun began to explain in detail the origins of the immortal picture for Chen Ping, “The immortal picture went all the way, and the place where I really got it was a small ferry on the mountain called Lvshangdu, located in Yuan country. A few years ago, I heard that there was a great demon hiding in the mountain on the border of Yuan country not long after the country was restored. Xue Huai rushed over and followed Great Fu. The spy on the Academy showed that the other party was inferred to be a ghost cultivator Monster Race from Nascent Soul Realm. I was worried that the other party had hidden the realm. If the gentleman of the college went to die, Xue Huai could not save anyone, so he went down the mountain alone, but unfortunately I stayed there for more than ten days, searching the mountain to no avail.”

“I happened to pass by the Lushangdu that Pushan rented out in the early years. At that time, there was a Shanze rogue cultivator from Lower Five Realms. The old man and the young man were setting up a stall on the side of the road together. I glanced casually. They are all worthless guys. Among them are the exquisitely crafted golden chambers, which are fair in appearance, but they can barely be used for decoration, so they plan to give it to Ye Xuanji. Seeing that my eyes are stuck, the old cultivator began to sell and boast. Said that this is an old object flowing out of the Yuan State Palace, or a clear confession from the emperor’s imperial study. It opened the door at a glance, and it was so close to the emperors of Yuan State, hundreds of years old, that it was stained. For Dragon Qi, the old cultivator raised his hands and offered ten coins, probably because I was afraid that I would be too expensive. If I said eight would be fine, the price really couldn’t be lower.”

Hearing this, Cao Qinglang was a little puzzled, a piece of imperial golden chamber in the palace only sells ten cents? So she turned her head and looked at Pei Qian aside. She spoke to Jianghu Sect Dao and Shan, and the door was clear.

Pei Qian laughed and explained: “Wrapping Cloths Building has its own set of clichés. It is said that it is ten dollars, but it is actually ten snowflake dollars. If anyone doesn’t even understand this, the Wrapping Cloths Building can enjoy it. …Killed the pig.”

Chen Ping asked: “In the golden chamber secreted in the Imperial Palace in Yuan Kingdom, is there exactly that fairy picture?”

Ye Yunyun annoyed Fire Dao: “This is the problem. In fact, the Golden Chamber was it’s empty at the time, which made me mistakenly think that I had picked up a huge leak, and waited for me to buy the gold with eight snowflakes. The loose cultivator seems to remember something, and asked me if I understand calligraphy and painting. He still has a better-looking treasure on hand. It is definitely an orderly collection of Yuan Guo’s inheritance. The old cultivator raised his hand and swears if there is one. Fake, keep the sky and thunder and thunder, I didn’t take it seriously, I just said that I could take a look, and the result was that the dull boy next to the old cultivator, he went straight from a sack beside his feet, checked it, took out the fairy scroll, and then Just throw it on the stall.”

Chen Ping hearing this said with a smile: “The young and old co-operate to sing the double reed. It is a qualified Wrapping Cloths Building.”

Ye Yunyun didn’t hear the ridicule, and continued: “As soon as I started with the scroll, I already knew that it was good, because Dao Heart gave birth to a ripple, which is exactly the cultivator on the path of Cultivation caught the sign of Great Dao’s opportunity, and waited until I opened the picture for a little bit, and finally stabilized my mind. At that time, I mistakenly thought that I was among the Original Purity Realm. Not long after, it was the kind of extremely mysterious and abstruse’s “Good Fortune” gift on the mountain. , Without the slightest hesitation, I spent another ten snowflakes to buy the immortal picture. After both sides placed your bets and hands off the table, I left the stall within a few steps and found that the old cultivator had already taken it. The boy rolled up his bed and ran away. At the time, I thought it was funny, but now I know that I am a fool.”

“After I got the Xiantu, I thought I was careful enough, because I also went to the Huangshicheng in Yuan country in secret. The old one has been reduced to ruins and was newly built after the war, so a lot of secrets are indeed scattered. Volume file, I found a lot of similar ancient camphor wood golden chambers in the imperial history storeroom over there. Naturally, it was not the emperor’s study room that Wrapping Cloths Building said. After that, I continued to look up the books. Sure enough, I found an entry about that ancient painting. It is true. The above text record is clear. It was originally obtained from a quarrying office on the bank of the Chilin River 300 years ago by Ruan Guo. It was accidentally taken from the bottom of the river by the quarrying craftsman. He salvaged an iron box, although it was not a beautiful stone, the official office did not dare to hide it. The scroll of the iron box and the batch of beautiful stones mined in the river were all incorporated into the Beijing tribute. A generation of emperors of Yuan Kingdom had a general perception of the picture scrolls. After seeing them, they quickly lost them to the collection of Huang Shicheng. According to the archive records, the painting tin box showing the “Water Chart on all six sides” was nowhere to be found. I ended up still missing it. I didn’t feel relieved, so I personally came to the Chilin River and explored the bottom of the river for six hundred miles. I didn’t let any of the tributaries. I just wanted to see if there are Immortal Mansion sites, but I didn’t find any anomalies at the beginning.”

Because the words of the old cultivator of Wrapping Cloths Building were verified to be false, Ye Yunyun took it more seriously.

Chen Ping said with a smile: “It is very common for Huang Shicheng to suffer thieves, and they are all elegant thieves that are difficult to guard against.”

Looking at the turbid and turbid Chilin River, Chen Ping remembered the Dragon Beard River in his hometown for no reason. Not long after he left his hometown, countless people moved by the wind. Almost every household had carried their baskets into the water to hunt for treasure. Just to find the kind of Snake Gallstone that everyone would only consider as a child’s plaything at home, but the people in the small town were late and rarely gained.

Probably this is considered the early bird has the worm to eat?

So last night at the Pushan pavilion, Chen Ping and yellow cloth Yun said “The news from the mountain is the Divine Immortal money”, with great sincerity.

On the way before the imperial wind came, Xue Huai, who was knowledgeable, and Chen Ping had mentioned this Chilin River. Since ancient times, there has not been any water god Hebo sitting in the town, but the river is rich in beautiful stones, and the sound is like a chime. The color is like jade, the color is different, the jade-green is mostly, and the red is the best, the stone pattern is like red carp scales, extremely famous, the big one can be used as the Feng Shui stone of the rich Your noble sect garden, the small one can also be used The literati used it as the furnishings of the study, so in Yuan Guo’s history, quarrying bureaus were intermittently set up along the riverside, mining river rocks to fill the national treasury.

And every time the imperial court abolished the government’s water closure period, there would be athletes who were proficient in water, sneaking into the river bottom to quarry, and Lvshangdu’s financial resources came to a large extent from this, but merchants were chasing profits. Means of fraud and splicing are emerging one after another, and they will deliberately “cut the mountain” into a thin posture. This is called doubling the price of stone belt holes and create something from nothing. The price of sick plums and official plums that are deliberately cut into strange shapes is much higher than that of common wild plums. Over time, the local immortal masters in Yuan Country and some surrounding immortal masters are tacitly tacitly aware, anyway, they are also deceiving those stupid foreigners who have a lot of money.

Pushan Yuncaotang’s children are talented and elegant, and almost always have one or two desks made of beautiful stones. Of course, impossible is a fake.

Tree Leaf Continent is the highest-ranking county in the central area of Tree Leaf Continent. It is often divided into three categories: cream, glutinous rice, and A, B, C, Ding, a total of six, and Tree Leaf Continent is the most closed in the awe-inspiring nine continents. The one in Suozhou is really too many landscaping, rich in products, one continent and many plains, all are the land of fish and rice, Spiritual Qi is rich in mountains and rivers, countless places, otherwise Tree Leaf Continent back then, although the number of sects is not many, but Without exception, they are all Great Immortal homes with profound heritage, but in the end they don’t even have a transcontinental ferry.

The Immortal Family on the mountain, the Imperial Clan prince and the relative Princess at the foot of the mountain, can be said to be rich and mountainous, the most arrogant.

Pushan, which has a title deed on a box of mountains, is an excellent example. It’s just that the “enclaves” in Pushan are still well-founded. They are Sect Founders of past generations. They used real Divine Immortal money or Burning Incense to buy them at a very low price.

Chen Ping suddenly asked: “Since it is said that the Old Huang has been in the past for hundreds of years, it is common for the river to change course in history and to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. The Lord Ye Shan first came to this Chilin River to visit the immortals. , Have you ever asked the local people, or carefully searched the geography maps of the past dynasties of Yuan State, and looked up the local prefectures and counties?”

Ye Yunyun was dull and silent, with embarrassment on her face.

I was in a hurry at the time, so I didn’t want to get so much.

In order to alleviate the embarrassing situation of yellow cloth Yun, Chen Ping had to take the initiative to change the topic, “At the top of the Huangshicheng secret file, about that iron box, besides the six-sided drawing of the water chart, is there any more written records? ?”

Ye Yunyun immediately nodded and said: “Yes. Except for Water Chart, the six sides are ancient seals, ups and downs, twists, turbidity, swaying, deep, clear and shallow.”

Chen Ping had to say something ambiguous, “Ye Shanzhu is still very careful.”

Ye Yunyun’s smile was far-fetched, and the good words of the man next to him sounded like cursing.

It’s just that Chen Ping still can’t help asking, “Six-sided Water Chart, is there any Gituo on the newly completed Huangshicheng Archives in Yuanguo?”

It stands to reason that there will be related rubbings on the Huangshicheng side, and there must be no steps from the warehouse.

So Ye Shanzhu continued to be silent.

How did I meet Mister, a teacher who is checking schoolwork, with an unknown child from a school.

Chen Ping is a little helpless.

Forget it, anyway, it’s a messy account after the fall. Anyway, it’s already here, it’s useless to say more.

Pei Qian asked himself, at best, he could think of looking for rubbings more than yellow cloth Yun, because he wanted to put the baby in a nest. For example, the diversion of the tributaries of rivers, Pei Qian would never think of it.

Xue Huai was full of emotion in his heart. He really complied with the old saying that people are better off when you shop around. Yuncaotang still lacks a real pillar, otherwise it will only rely on the Master to support the facade, and everything will be required. The Master decides, it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes. Pushan, if he could have such a careful young Sword Immortal sitting on the head of Suppressing Mountain, I guess he would really be able to sit back and relax.

Xue Fuzi secretly glanced at his Master, then glanced at the azure clothes Sword Immortal draped over the knife, huh? Is there a chance for the Master so that he can shout with someone…Master?

I just don’t know whether Chen Sword Immortal has Dao Companion on the mountain now. However, with Chen Ping’s realm, identity and appearance, the soulmate on the mountain and down the mountain will definitely be no less. Otherwise, he would not become a good friend with Jiang Shangzhen.

How did Chen Ping know what Xue Fuzi was thinking? He just turned his head and smiled and chatted, “Before I went to Pushan, I read this Zhiguai novel. In addition to the grievances between the Eastern Sea woman and Qing Hongjun, the book also Wrote a travel story of a Dragon Tiger Mountain daoist. The content in the book has several points of true or false?”

Xue Huai shook his head and said: “The true and false are unpredictable, and there is no evidence to find out. It used to be based on some little daoist news to try to find out those fairy ruins, but unfortunately, I tried to find out the ruins and found nothing.”

It is rumored that thousands of years ago, when a Dragon Tiger Mountain Heavenly Master went down the mountain to visit the Tree Leaf Continent, he encountered the side branch of the Ancient Dragon Palace in Dadu. The Heavenly Master Mansion who did not Proving Dao’s Huangzi noblemen, fought with the Flood Dragon who was the one who caused the disaster, divide and conquer, kill most of them, and use the Peach Wood Sword to nail a dragon to the cliff wall, cut off the dragon’s tail, and practice. For an Azure Bamboo sword, I made a mountain range as a Dragon Bundle Rope, and issued a Heavenly Master edict with it, instructing him not to leave the mountain half a step within a thousand years. The other one fled around, desperate, and was eventually driven into a local Taoist temple by the Heavenly Master. He had to turn into a knocker and promised the Heavenly Master to protect the Taoist temple for three hundred years.

Finally, Heavenly Master personally digs an ancient well, casts an iron tree next to it, and suppresses the first evil dragon in it.

Heavenly Master went to Dadu Dragon Palace and asked the old dragon who had no way of discipline and negligence in his duties.

The old dragon screamed and had to intercede with the Dragon Lord who was in charge of the entire Eastern Sea waters. It is said that this landscape lawsuit finally hit the Central Plains Confucian Temple.

Haoran’s novels under the mountain, with many subjects, full of pen and ink, bizarre and motley, Legendary koan, smoked fox monster, mysterious marriage, and fairy tales…

Chen Ping said with a smile: “If Xue Fuzi has the opportunity in the future, you can go to the Great Quan Dynasty to try your luck, start with Huang Shicheng or the Ministry of Rites, and see if you can borrow the files.” [ 19459002]

Xue Huai nodded and said: “Just listen to Lord Chen. If there is a clue, I accidentally found the site of the Palace Lord of the Great Dulong Dragon. I must immediately inform Shan Lord Chen, when the time comes Enter the Dragon Palace together to search for treasures. Afterwards, all the proceeds will be divided between Unrestrained Mountain and Pushan.”

Ye Yunyun said ill-humoredly: “Xue Huai, what a dream you have made is different now. Grand Virtue World now has the Sihai Jun again. Even if this kind of site is lucky to see the sun again, it should be as it should be by The rights belong to the True Dragon of Aquarius Continent. If you dare to covet the treasure of Molong Palace, you will not be afraid of being landed from the Eastern Sea by her and asking your guilt. When the time comes, if there is a disagreement, you will come directly to flooded Pushan?”

Speaking of this, Ye Yunyun asked curiously: “Lord Chen, I heard that the place where the True Dragon is cultivated is the Black Pearl Paradise where your Unrestrained Mountain is located. So, is she and you? The neighbor close at hand?”

Chen Ping treats people with sincerity, nodded and said: “I am a neighbor.”

Ye Yunyun asked: “I also heard that the newly promoted Eastern Sea Water Monarch is already Ascension Realm. Is Chen Shanzhu familiar with her?”

Last night, the pavilion left. Apart from sulking, Ye Yunyun was actually not idle at all. She hurriedly reported the landscape mansion to the dead sheep to make up for it, and even made a special trip down the mountain to take a trip to the water temple of Kou Xie Qu, and Qing Qing at the mouth of the sea. The Flood King’s Mansion requested a large stack of mansion reports related to Aquarius Continent, especially Unrestrained Mountain. I don’t know, but I was shocked when I saw that Small Paradise, which was reduced to the rank of blessed land after falling to the ground, suddenly emerged that many “young geniuses”, except for the one that became the only one in the world. Dragon’s woman Ascension Realm, Unrestrained Mountain Chen Ping, Dragon Spring Sword Sect Liu Xianyang, Ma Kuxuan, one of the ten young candidates in the world, and the White Emperor with the Dao Name “粲然” and the nickname “Madman” City Zheng Juzhong’s dísciple…

Chen Ping had to say: “The neighbor next door.”

Ye Yunyun didn’t understand. After all, the cultivator on the mountain, even if it is a thousand miles away, is not considered “next door”?

Chen Ping helplessly said: “Literally.”

Seeing that Ye Yunyun seemed reluctant to talk about that True Dragon, she remembered another interesting incident and asked casually: “How many times has Chen Shanzhu attended your Northern Mountain Draping Clouds Mountain night party?”

Chen Ping was embarrassed, “Not once.”

Ye Yunyun was a little puzzled, how did she feel that she made a mistake and got all the places back?

In the heavy rain, the entire group walked along the faint light. It turned out that there was a tea shed on the shore and the business was deserted. At the moment, there is no guest sheltering from the rain. There is only an old woman in it, with a granddaughter. The girl, sitting around the brazier chatting, watching the torrential rain outside the shed. The fire is warm, and she is burning a pot of rice wine to keep out the cold. The girl looks at the age of fourteen or five. Although her clothes are shabby, she is snowy. The face is beautiful, and the manner is charming.

Standing at the door of the tea shed, Chen Ping turned around first, facing the tea shed, shaking the rain.

The entire group put away their oiled paper umbrellas.

But a little Mo is missing.

Seeing this group of guests, although she was surprised, the old woman immediately got up and waited for the guests and asked the guests how many bowls of hot tea they would like.

Ye Yunyun smiled and said that everyone would have a bowl first, and when she was sure that there was a business coming, the girl got up, walked a few steps, glanced back, wondering what she saw, and smiled.

The old woman served tea with her granddaughter, and then sat down on the brazier again. The old woman said with a smile: “This is the old fish blowing waves. Guests don’t need to make a fuss about nothing.”

The tea shed business is good or bad, it depends on the day. If there is a temple fair in the county town, or during the New Year holidays, some people going to the fair may stop here to drink a bowl of tea soup on the way back and forth.

At the moment, the old woman speaks the Mandarin of a country, with a strong accent, and is different from Aquarius Continent. The Mandarin of Great Li Dynasty is the elegant dialect of a continent. When traveling, unless it is a remote county in a small country, she speaks Extremely smooth.

The Yizhou Yayan of Tree Leaf Continent can be regarded as the most untrue in the Haoran Jiuzhou. It is often in the mandarin of each country, and each speaks its own words. After the war, there is still only the Great Quan Dynasty, who will spare no effort to go. Promote Yizhou Yayan and Central Plains Divine Continent’s Haoran Yayan, and incorporate it into the evaluation content of the Jingcha plan. It is up and down. In fact, it has not been a few years. From the Capital to the local government, officials took the lead, and the ruling and the opposition went up and down almost quickly. I am familiar with two elegant words.

Ye Yunyun helped to relay the content to Chen Ping.

The old woman glanced at the azure clothed man who was sitting next to the yellow cloth woman, and asked with a smile: “This lady, is he here with the master to see the scenery?”

Looks like a good match.

Ye Yunyun was a little helpless, so she didn’t repeat it, shook her head and said, “I’m just friends with him.”

old woman said with a smile: “It’s a pity.”

After Chen Ping’s heartfelt reminder, Ye Yunyun just copied the original words, and smiled and asked the old woman: “Old lady, do you know if there were any rivers and streams that had dried up earlier on this Jianglin River? Something like that? Is there any weird now?”

The old woman laughed, “Ms. Hui, I have never heard of a river without water, but there are often ghosts on the riverside. I like to be charming in the day and find the Yang people to die. Don’t say it is the locals like us. People are those Divine Immortal lords who pass by, and there is nothing to do. The official lords from the county government come here to invite people to do things almost every year. My tea shed has been open for many years, but I have seen some Daoist and monks. , As for whether there is a legendary Master Divine Immortal in it, how dare I ask more.”

Xiao Mo walked into the tea shed and sat next to Chen Ping. Chen Ping just asked for a bowl of hot tea and handed it to Xiao Mo.

After Xiao Mo took the tea bowl, he took out a few stones from his sleeve and placed them gently on the table.

Chen Ping picked up one of the red stones, the lines really looked like layers of crimson fish scales.

Pei Qian gathered the sound into a line and asked: “Master, do these few river stones look like Dragon Beard River’s Snake Gallstone?”

Chen Ping nodded and said: “Like, but the rank is much lower. It may be that there are descendants of Flood Dragon, who have been hiding for a long time here, and invisibly transferred a part of Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi to Dragon Qi, Jiangdi Shizi , The Dao Rhyme Dragon Qi was soaked for thousands of years, which is similar to the cultivator Core Formation, or… deliberately peeled off some old scales and turned them into scarlet stones that can be used by immortal masters on the mountain as immortal materials. It’s like saying hello to someone, shouting from afar,’Don’t forget this place’.’”

Chen Ping did not converge the sound or the heartfelt words, “If the book is true, it is really the Dragon Tiger Mountain daoist passing by here, and the fairy trail of the subdue monster Fumo, I want to be the remnant of the Flood Dragon, back then If you don’t die, you’ll be imprisoned here by wearing your sins. Don’t dare to leave the country without permission and cross the thunder pool for half a step. You must stay still, only in the last ages, waiting for a piece from Heavenly Master Mansion. daoist decree.”

Seems unintentionally. Meaningful.

The old woman glanced at the azure clothes Sabrewielder.

Chen Ping just turned around and laughed at the old woman.

But the old woman looked at Ye Yunyun, pointed to the pot of rice wine, and asked: “Madam, do you want to drink, it can warm your stomach better than tea soup, home brewed, tea shops can also sell,” It’s not cheap. A pot of wine costs 20 cents.”

Ye Yunyun glanced at Chen Ping.

Chen Ping received the reminder from Xiao Mo’s heart, and turned towards Ye Yunyun nodded, then grabbed the stone in his palm, got up and walked directly to the brazier and squatted, put the stone in the charcoal fire, like a taro, nearby to keep warm, low Hold your head and rub your hands said with a smile: “Heaven is not beautiful, wind and rain are torrential. In the big waves, there is no fear or worry.”

It turned out that Xiao Mo just took a closer look. By coincidence, it turned out to be an engagement shop.

The person who did it was not the old woman, but the girl next to the old woman. Just now, the newcomer returned to her old career and showed his feet on Xiaomo’s side, otherwise it would really be dark again. .

The ancient engagement shop, holding the world’s marriage slips, checking the books to the month, and according to different marriages, they will tie the ankles, wrists and hearts of men and women.

The old Celestial Court once set up a marriage department, which was divided by the mistresses of Mingyue, and the number of marriage shops in the jurisdiction varied.

After returning to the world after ten thousand years, Xiao Mo had never seen this kind of engagement shop with his own eyes. Even if he looked through the Shanshang Dibao and Shanxia Miscellaneous books, he didn’t see this long-standing title.

On the other hand, Yuelao pulls the red thread and turns over the marriage book, but it is countless. Marriage in the world is fixed and immutable.

The Great Dao feet of an old woman are not rare, but just a hanging old horn. It is estimated that this engagement shop was built by the chance and identity of a half-baked.

Resting on the earth of the year, Xiao Mo met him and didn’t bother to take a look.

Generally speaking, the other party doesn’t dare to look at himself, worrying about being mistaken for a questioning sword?

Therefore, even those amphibious True Dragons holding Celestial Court rain charms, ten thousand years ago, when they saw themselves, they would immediately give way.

Back then, Xiao Mo liked to travel the world by himself, probably because of his bright costume, so he was well recognized as an origin.

A sword cultivator that can chat with the master of Bixiaodong and make wine together, naturally you don’t have to guess what your temperament is.

lifts the head, Chen Ping looked at the young girl who moved the bench and sat next to the old woman, stood up, raised her foot, said with a smile: “little girl, the marriage line can’t be implicated indiscriminately , Put away the trouble.”

The girl was dazed, charming and innocent.

Chen Ping put two fingers together, casually, gently swiping towards his feet, and cut off the invisible red line that draws him and Ye Yunyun’s ankle on the spot.

The girl suddenly narrowed a pair of almond eyes.

According to the Master, there is no doubt that it is a Sword Immortal on the mountain!

I didn’t use Divine Weapon or Life-Source Flying Sword, and instantly cut off the marriage line I set up, and it was as easy as cutting tofu. That must be the Immortal Realm cultivation base.

The old woman stared blankly at the azure clothes “Sabrewielder”, she sighed and patted the girl’s head, indicating that I was not afraid, the old woman might know that today is destined to be unhealthy, she lowered her head and laughed and took out one from her sleeve The delicately curved purple lens, then twisted the corners of the clothes, gently wiped, the material is similar to colored glaze but not colored glaze, and the precision of the stone work is by no means the craftsman of Yamashita can sharpen it.

The old woman lifts the head, regaining the original voice, hoarsely opened the mouth and said: “I never thought that I would be lucky enough to meet such a young Land Sword Immortal in a place so far away from the ancient Shu Kingdom.” [19459002 ]

Chen Ping turned a deaf ear to his ears, but with both hands and sleeves, he glanced at the objects in the hands of the old woman and gained a lot of insight.

Dragon Palace grows Yuzhi, cultivates purple glass.

The texture is clear and clear, almost the secret of the Liuli Pavilion of the White Emperor City of the later generations. And in the Central Plains Divine Continent, this thing still has a magical effect, it is most suitable to be used to make a kind of auxiliary telescope utensils, some old and dim mountains are high ranking official, or they hurt their eyesight at a young age. The high-ranking officials are noble, and with this, they can restore their eyesight as they were when they were young. In addition, the Imperial Observatory Bureau of Central Plains countries also has a secret made by Yin-Yang School of Thought Lu Clan. It is rumored that the naked eye of the common child can also be far away. Observing the stars is like the present thing, looking at the stars in the sky, with a clear context, like Deity looking at the mountains and rivers of the world with no difficulty.

Chen Ping squatted down again, warming his hands, and asked with a smile, “The iron box at the bottom of the river where the Water Chart is drawn is an old item from the Dragon Palace somewhere, the old mother’s treasure? Three hundred years ago, it was again. Who picked up and sent the Imperial Palace in Yuan country?”

The old woman looked at the kind-looking azure clothes Sword Immortal, said with a smile: “As long as Sword Immortal can help take away a Dao Talisman, the old man must know everything to say today. Otherwise.”

The old woman shook her head, “Otherwise, even if Young Master is a Sword Immortal on the mountain, she really dare not kill me.”

Chen Ping nodded and said: “A Heavenly Master Mansion daoist hand-written talisman is indeed not only a thunder pool ban, but also can be used as a Life Protecting Talisman.”

The old woman glanced at the Pushan yellow cloth Yun, then took her gaze back, and looked at the azure clothed man of Tree Leaf Continent in front of her, and exclaimed sincerely: “Young Master is really unique to Divine Vision. Old Huang’s calendar, the inside story is as precious as every family’s treasure.”

Three thousand years ago, the battle of Slashing the Dragon killed the descendants of Flood Dragon and thousands of aquatic people in the world, and they stagnated in the Nascent Soul Realm.

There is no Fish Dragon Transformation in the world.

Now that the ban on mountains and rivers is lifted, if the world’s water people are amnesty, they will gather at Dragon Sect on the side of White Emperor City. They will go upstream and jump over Dragon Sect. As long as they can successfully enter the Yellow River Small Paradise, they can get the Confucian Temple in one fell swoop.

It is a pity that there is no Heavenly Master Mansion daoist on Dragon Tiger Mountain to reveal the Restriction Talisman with the mighty Heavenly Might for her.

It seems to have forgotten about it completely.

Ye Yunyun took a sip of the tea soup, feeling dull.

The heavy rain stopped outside the tea shed.

Walk into a purple clothed Daoist.

The old Daoist is now the daoist of Liang Guo’s protector.

Dragon Tiger Mountain surnamed Heavenly Master, Liang Shuang.

The old woman looked at the old daoist with a strong purple zodiacal spirit. She was familiar with it. Although she was not the young Heavenly Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain, she was finally waiting for a Heavenly Master Mansion daoist. She looked sluggish for a moment, suddenly her voice was sharp, her hands were like hooks, her hands pressed against her dry cheeks, faint smile, as if crying but not crying, as if crazy, almost begging, and trembling: “Please, Heavenly Master take away the talisman, beg Daoist is out of law, I know it’s wrong…”

After holding his hands, the old daoist ignored the sad old woman. He just laughed and said: “In this world, learning to do good deeds is not so simple. If you still want to start and end well, it will be even more difficult. Now.”

Liang Shuang came to the brazier, gently pressed Chen Ping’s shoulders who wanted to get up, and then squatted together. The old daoist picked up the pot of hot rice wine, drank it, and twisted a piece of redwood charcoal with his fingers. , Wiped the corners of his mouth, then tossed the empty jug back and threw it into the chilin river.

The old daoist still each minding their own business said: “Just like this young friend Chen who hits me right next to me, is it not young and frivolous, easy not knowing the immensity of Heaven and Earth, so he is immensity and sacrifices his life. I have done it several times at a young age, and I was lucky not to die. In the eyes of outsiders, it is naturally the word “good luck”. It’s just that what it feels like here, you know it, it’s not enough for outsiders.”

Chen Ping 取出两壶糯米酒酿，放入炭火中。

老daoist 等着酒酿渐渐温热，随口问道：“young friend Chen ，既然那么喜欢看杂书，有无最为心头好的几篇Legendary 小说？先别说，容我猜一猜，有无温岐，若是有的话，可是那位温飞卿的那篇？嗯？”

“daoist 算人，堪称一绝。”

Chen Ping 会心一笑，nodded and said ：“Junior 最喜欢的三篇Legendary 当中，确实有那篇《窦乂》。”

其实当年使用化名，在一大箩筐的备用名字当中，这个名字罕见的窦乂，其实曾与曹沫并驾齐驱，如今打算将来跟刘景龙一起游历Central Plains Divine Continent ，就用这个化名了。

老daoist 又问：“此篇最妙，又在何处？”

Chen Ping 答道：“少年窦乂，曾经五年默默植树。想来此间滋味，唯有书中人甘苦自知，恐怕温飞卿都未能感同身受。”

老daoist 将那块炭火丢入盆中，抚掌而笑，loudly said ：“果然我与young friend Chen 投缘，是大有理由的！”

作为daoist 梁爽的Yin Spirit ，一切喜怒哀乐，皆free and unconstrained 。

除了对话双方，茶棚内其余人，全部一头雾水。

Cao Qinglang 和小陌，还有蒲山薛夫子，这几个scholar ，当然听说过那位被誉为婉约词宗的“温飞卿”，只是他们还真不知道温歧写过什么传世的小说。

老daoist 这才视线raise upwards ，看着那个早已匍匐跪地的old woman ，说道：“求个什么，有用吗？”

老daoist laughed ，“何况已经不用求了，我不白喝你一壶酒。”

old woman 这才惊喜发现自己身上的那道Heavenly Master talisman ，竟然unconsciously 间，就已disappeared 了。

老daoist 提醒道：“莫磕头，小心折我寿，一怒之下，再给你贴张新符。赶紧起来吧，本就是福祸自招如开门迎客的事情，就不是什么求与不求的事情。”

old woman 坐在板凳上，望向那位azure clothes Sword Immortal ，said resolutely ：“禀告Sword Immortal ，当年是有位云游至此的年轻Daoist ，从我这边买走了那只铁盒。我见他是Mount Taiping Daoist ，对方还给我看了那块Ancestral Hall jade token ，我勘验过真假，便答应了。只是老身要与陈Sword Immortal 说明白，当年铁盒之内，其实空无一物。”

Chen Ping 心中了然，就是那个与背剑Old Ape 一同造就出Mount Taiping 内乱的罪魁祸首，对方隐藏极好，top secret ，曾经确是Mount Taiping 嫡传cultivator 之一。

对方是Wild Desolate World 早就隐藏在Tree Leaf Continent 的great demon 之一，弯来绕去，归根结底，还是文海周密的谋划。

看来周密曾经对蒲山，确实是志在必得了。

old woman 看着那个面无表情的陈姓Sword Immortal ，内心惴惴，subconsciously 搂住一旁的少女，“她是我收取的唯一dísciple ，先前她冒冒然牵红线，也是我幕后指使，恳请老Heavenly Master 与陈Sword Immortal 就算责罚，也不要连累她。”

Chen Ping nodded ，站起身，以心声分别与老daoist 和薛怀言语一句，一起走向茶棚外。

到了江边，Chen Ping 停下脚步，望向那个不明就里的蒲山薛夫子，眯眼说道：“可以出来了，既然老daoist 在此，我觉得就没有必要躲藏了吧？”

姜尚真的预料，半点无错。

蒲山云草堂内部，果然埋藏有后手。

正是这位在蒲山口碑最好的Distant Roaming Realm Martial Artist ，被yellow cloth 芸最器重的嫡传dísciple ，“薛怀”。

purple clothed Daoist 抚须而笑，一头鬼鬼祟祟寄居在Martial Artist Divine Soul 中的Original Purity Realm 鬼物that’s all ，在自己眼皮子底下，还要躲躲藏藏，像什么话。

欺负Poor Daoist 不是Fourteenth Realm 吗？

片刻之间，根本不给那头Original Purity Realm Monster Race 鬼物作祟机会，老daoist 就已经“搜山”往返一趟，双指间捻住一粒芥子大小的魂魄。

薛怀只觉得脑袋裂开，痛如刀绞，就要抬起双手，Chen Ping 立即伸手抓住薛夫子的胳膊，帮忙稳住对方那一口纯粹True Qi ，不至于在人身Heaven and Earth 内翻江倒海，如洪涝水患一般伤及体魄根本。

片刻之后，薛怀满头汗水，said with a bitter smile ：“陈山主，是我先前着了道？”

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“是对方有心算无心了，何况还是一头精通Enchantment Technique 的Upper Five Realms 鬼物，薛夫子其实不用过于自责。”

其实是Chen Ping 瞎蒙的，倒也不全是乱猜，灯下黑之人事，往往离灯火最近。

反正这种事情，Chen Ping 很熟悉了。

那么在蒲山能够接替yellow cloth 芸的人选，也就一手之数，除了辈分不高但是极有声望的薛怀，其实还有蒲山掌律檀溶，还有那个Ancestral Hall 管钱的，叶芸芸的兄长。所以在Mountain Sect 口，Chen Ping 故意聊起金石一道，本就是为了能够与老Nascent Soul 借机多聊几句，好让小陌暗中多观察几分。

总得有些人，得比坏人更聪明些，才能有更多的好人有好报，就可以让更多好人做好事，能够可以完全不计后果。

薛怀欲言又止，最终还是nodded ，默然cup one fist in the other hand 。

Chen Ping 只得cup one fist in the other hand 还礼。

老daoist said with a smile ：“薛Great Grandmaster ，你先回茶棚便是，我跟young friend Chen 再聊几句。”

薛怀依旧没有说什么，只是与这位决然不会只是什么梁国护国daoist 的purple clothed Daoist ，作揖行礼致谢，直腰起身后，转身大步离开。

在薛怀返回茶棚后，老daoist 与Chen Ping 一起在雨后江畔缓缓散步。

“当今天下，道途之分，人鬼各半。”

“呵，斩妖extinguish demons ，真正Demon ，斩杀降服，daoist Heavenly Monarch ，have the words at hand ，不过是依仗个realm 道法，如市井俗子膂力雄健，所谓的阴阳之别，幽明殊途，无非是得道之士，Heavenly Eye 一开，一望便知。可惜斩不尽的人心鬼蜮，除不完的蝇营狗苟。”

老daoist 喟叹一声，揪须不言。

“难也难，难如heavenly ascension ，易也易，易如反掌。”

Chen Ping 笑着接话道：“就算注定人力有穷尽时，也要先竭尽人事，再来听天命。无非是能够做成眼前一事是一事，能够手边出力一分是一分。”

老daoist 抚须nodded ，“是也，然也。”

老daoist 准备返回梁国道观了，临行前said with a smile ：“共勉。”

是说那缝补Tree Leaf Continent 旧山河一事，老daoist 自己还要在这边待上多年，以后双方打交道的机会不会少的。

Chen Ping said solemnly ：“共勉。”

老人最后said with a smile ：“先前那座mountain god 祠庙外，为了试探you brat 的Dao Heart 深浅，必须talk nonsense 一通，小子听过就算，莫要心怀芥蒂啊。”

youngster 斩钉截铁道：“daoist 只管放心，Junior 最不记仇！”

回了茶棚，Chen Ping 才发现两Hu Family 乡糯米酒酿温热妥当了，只是老daoist 没喝就走了，就拿起，大家分了喝，old woman 和少女也不例外。

那位喜笑颜开的old woman ，说是欢天喜地都不为过了，一直坐在火盆旁边擦拭眼角泪水，见着了Chen Ping ，喝着那碗糯米酒酿，更是连呼恩公。

一旁少女则瞪大眼睛，端着酒碗却不喝酒，只是看着那个azure clothes Sword Immortal ，十分好奇。

好像她眼中的风景，比酒好喝。

叶芸芸也轻松许多，虽然还是没能从敕鳞江这边得到确凿证据，好让她与杜含灵问拳一场。

但是dísciple 薛怀身上，少掉了那桩原本极有可能惹来蒲山内乱的古怪祸事，还是让一贯神色冷清的叶芸芸，颇has several points of 笑颜如花的姿容。

Chen Ping 起身告辞时，那位old woman 赶紧跟着起身，施了个万福，感激涕零道：“陈Sword Immortal ，此次脱困，从此恢复自由身，老身无以回报，大恩不言谢……”

Chen Ping 想了想，既然你都说大恩不言谢了，我还能说什么？

本来他是想问问看old woman ，关于那些被小陌说成数量可观的江中美石，双方能不能做笔价格公道的山上买卖？

退一步说，反正比起那个当那定婚店shopkeeper 的少女，学那些书上误人子弟的言语，突然来一句“Young Master great kindness and virtue ，小女子devote one’s life to ”要好太多了。

少女在那位azure clothes Sword Immortal 即将转身离去之时，她突然眨了眨眼睛。

Chen Ping 以迅雷不及掩耳之势转身，与那个手腕轻轻拧转的少女，fiercely 瞪了一眼，以心声警告道：“这位姑娘，可别requite kindness with enmity 啊！”

少女一脸无辜，打了个酒嗝，掩嘴而笑。

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Chen Ping 离开那座茶棚后，就没有再去蒲山，而是临时起意，并未重返仙都山，稍稍绕路几分，走了一趟名为“燐河”的水域地界，因为自家那条风鸢渡船，跨越三洲山河，在这桐叶一洲，从北往南，依次是Pure Boundary Mountain Qinghu Palace ，自家仙都山，灵璧山野云渡，Great Quan Dynasty 桃叶渡，一条支流众多的ten thousand li 长河，然后才是Jade Tablet Sect 和最南边的驱山渡。

加上Aquarius Continent 和北Entirely Reed Continent ，渡船停岸渡口各五座，总计十七处Immortal Family 渡口。

entire group 御风悬停白云中，Chen Ping 看着脚下那条大河，位于水源附近，大地之上已经有了个Immortal Family 渡口的雏形，当然是别家的。

这条与西海衔接的ten thousand li 大河，早有多方势力，都不约而同相中了这处极有可能成为Treasure Gathering Pot 的Feng Shui Treasure Land ，因为这附近的广袤地带，别说sect 或是sect 候补，连个喊得上名字的Nascent Soul Realm 都没有，只有几个忙着做供奉当Imperial Teacher 、或是establishing a monastery or sect 的Golden Core 地仙。

所以就有五六个离着自家山头颇为遥远的Immortal Family 势力，或者与那些附近刚刚复国、或是最新立国的山下王朝以及藩属，一方出钱，一方出人出力，或是几个有Burning Incense 情的Immortal Family Sect 相互结盟，陆陆续续，开始在两岸自建渡口，再请那些精通水法的cultivator ，出山相助，或施展Life Source Divine Ability 或布阵，聚拢长河水运，凝聚不散，再与其他势力争抢Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi 。

是个再浅显不过的道理，一张桌子上边吃同一碗饭的，谁多吃谁就少，谁吃饱谁就饿肚子。

Chen Ping 沿着那条大河继续赶路，去往河流中段，很快就到了那处此行目的地。

按照Cui Dongshan 的说法，all influence 勾心斗角，明里暗里，打了几架，最后大河源尾两地，再加上中段，只有三家山头，算是站稳脚跟了，其余几股势力，都陆陆续续或主动或被动放弃了。

结果一处半途而废的河边渡口，能拆掉能带走的，都已经搬迁一空，倒是还留下个渡口雏形的壳子，只是那边的渡口地基已经打好，别小看这些土工事宜，光是夯土一事，就要消耗大量的人力物力，只说渡船落地靠岸一瞬间的那份山根震动，若是渡口不够结实，当场就要出现一个牵连甚广的大坑。所以此处渡口的旧主人，算是亏了一大笔Divine Immortal 钱，实在是没把握能够挣钱，就及时收手撤出了。

建造山上渡口一事，就是个拿mountains of gold and silver 去填补一个巨大湖泊的活计，风险巨大，可以视为一场豪赌。

除了大兴土木，打造山水Formation ，建造出一处处停泊船坞，之后聚拢山Water Spiritual Qi 一事，又是一笔巨大开销，不然哪家渡船have brain issues 了，愿意在此花钱停靠补给Spiritual Qi ，而且一旦渡口建成了，结果到头来就没有几条渡船光顾，更会入不敷出，Divine Immortal 钱打水漂不说，还会连累师门吊死在一棵树上。一件鸡肋的法宝Spiritual Artifact ，还可以转手贱卖，可是这种趴窝不动的山上渡口，谁肯傻乎乎接手？

再者任何一座崭新渡口的出现，对于邻近Immortal Family 渡口而言，就是一场夺人财路的，无异于Great Dao 之争。

因为渡船数量的增增减减，大体有数，新建渡口，就要从同一只碗里分走一杯羹。

Chen Ping 望向脚下大河，

这就是继牛角渡、野云渡之后属于自家山头的第三处Immortal Family 渡口了。

在外人眼中，此处崭新异常的渡口“遗址”，已经被某个shameless 的Sect 的某个不知名immortal master ，白捡了个现成。

一个white clothed youth ，前不久在那边摆了个摊子，迎接各路豪杰，一张桌子，摆上三碗酒，对外扬言，三拳，三道攻伐术法，Sword Immortal 嘛，就只能递出两剑了，三剑哪里扛得住。

反正老子要钱没有，烂命一条。

三招两剑打死我，报数十下，老子如果还没能起身，这座渡口就是你们的了。

所以相距不过千里的那座渡口，重金聘请了一位Golden Body Realm 的martial arts Grandmaster ，来此出拳。

那眉心有痣的俊美少年，吓了所有观战cultivator 们一大跳。

不是少年play the pig to eat the tiger ，如何术法Heavenspan ，而是被人问拳后，只挨了一拳，就倒飞出去十several feet ，满地翻滚，然后老半天倒地不起，还要颤颤巍巍抬起一条胳膊，大概意思是说缓缓，先让我缓缓，我马上就可以站起身，我一定可以的……

那个Golden Body Realm Martial Artist 递拳之后，站在原地愣了半天，也没马上出手，问拳当然是真，毕竟拿了邻近渡口immortal master 一笔Divine Immortal 钱定金的，可他不想真的闹出人命来啊。如今Great Fu Academy 规矩重，只要是山下纠纷，死了个谱牒immortal master ，都是需要立即跟书院报备的，他这辈子打小就最烦读书，自然不想去Great Fu Academy 补上一笔读书债。

等到那个少年摇摇晃晃站起身，patted 胸脯，才说了一句再来，结果就是a mouthful of blood spurted ，差点就躺在地上继续休息去了。

所以那位Martial Artist 的第二拳，只得稍稍收力几分，仍是打得那个white clothed youth 在空中转圈圈，然后重重摔在地上。

Martial Artist 当场就纳了闷了，自己this fist ，不说如何轻巧吧，可是不管如何，肯定并无旋劲拳罡啊。

第三拳，Martial Artist 几乎算是brace oneself 加重力道了，毕竟三拳过后，如果少年还能站起，自己就算go on an errand for nothing 了，会少去半数Divine Immortal 钱。

这拳过后，可怜少年，数次双手撑地，想要爬起身，又数次口吐鲜血，重重趴下，奄奄一息，最后面门贴地，颤颤巍巍抬起一手，竖起大拇指，大概是想说……好拳？

如此一来，让那个Golden Body Realm Martial Artist ，都有些愧疚了。

最后少年仍是在快要数到九的时候，坐起身，再踉跄站起。

Martial Artist 赶紧将少年搀扶起来，扶着他，或者说是拖着少年一起去往那个酒摊子，Martial Artist 自己喝了三碗酒，双手cup one fist in the other hand 告辞，说是得罪了。至于赢了拳才能收入囊中的剩余半数Divine Immortal 钱，这位Golden Body Realm Martial Artist 是半点不多想了，爱咋咋的，反正老子下不去那个狠手。

当天那个正在燐河源头建造渡口的势力，就马上请出一位Golden Core Realm bottleneck 的老cultivator ，两件Life Source 物，配合攻伐术法，极有杀力。

几乎是一瞬间的接连三道术法过后，white clothed youth 躺在大坑之中，衣衫褴褛，口吐白沫，抽搐不已。

结果不等十个数报完，就艰难起身，醉汉一般，走向酒桌那边，老Golden Core 未能得手，只是coldly snorted ，不喝酒便御风走了。

不到一个时辰，在大河入海口的那座渡口，就派了一位Golden Core Realm sword cultivator 出马，controlling sword 而至。

结果这场架打得更unfathomable mystery ，what’s gone can never come back 了，不知怎的，那个Golden Core sword cultivator ，好像只是与那少年以心声聊了几句，竟然就开始falling out to become hostile ，sword cultivator 收了一大笔定金后，倒是没renege on a debt ，却是朝那条大河，took out Life-Source Flying Sword ，三剑劈空，打完收工。

这也就that’s all ，那个狗日的Golden Core sword cultivator ，竟然代替那个white clothed youth ，看守摊子，还对外扬言，说是改规矩了，问拳问剑，切磋道法，都照旧，但是他会还礼三剑。

如此一来，谁敢来触霉头？

这位Golden Core sword cultivator ，大一百岁了，刚刚三sixty years cycle ，名为陶然。

是Tree Leaf Continent 本土sword cultivator ，却一直是山泽rogue cultivator 。

如今就在河边捕鱼，偶尔抓只老鳖，炖上那么一锅，先前来时就带了七八种佐料，绝不亏待自己。

Chen Ping 早早落在河畔，散步走向那处简陋摊子。

远处那位sword cultivator ，正在岸边拖拽着一张渔网往摊子走去，有几条鱼在网中活蹦乱跳。

就是不知道这位Sword Immortal 的手艺如何。

Chen Ping 之所以会来此地，其实还有一件密事，就是有人会在渡口附近，在此立国，而不是复国，不过properly speaking ，勉强也能算是一种复国。

仙都山的青萍Sword Sect ，未来lower sect Ancestral Hall 谱牒cultivator ，Nascent Soul Realm sword cultivator 邵坡仙，会帮助身边那个servant girl Meng Long ，为她赐姓独孤，改名为独孤Meng Long ，他自己则继续躲在幕后，准确让Aquarius Continent 那个注定复国无望的旧Vermilion Glimmer Dynasty 的独孤姓氏，在Tree Leaf Continent 重新开国，重建Supreme Temple ，既可算是延续了national blessing ，又与Aquarius Continent 故国适当撇清了关系。

这一切，邵坡仙当然是得到了Cui Dongshan 的授意和支持。

以中岳山君晋青的性格，肯定会在自家山头那边……再次向南方作揖遥遥礼敬了。

那位Golden Core Sword Immortal 到了摊子旁边，甩了渔网在地上，指了指桌上三碗酒，与岸边走来的那拨人，以拗口别扭的一洲雅言，跟对方出声提醒道：“我如今是仙都山，暂不记名的guest official 。”

sword cultivator 陶然先自报名号，再extend the hand 指，遥pointed finger towards 了指那张桌上的三只酒碗，说道：“通知一声，如今规矩有变，各出三招。”

至于仙都山在哪里，这个身为不记名guest official 的Golden Core sword cultivator ，其实他自己当下也不清楚，只知道在北方，暂时当家做主的，就是那个white clothed youth ，姓崔。

之所以“临阵倒戈”，

一来自己早年在那场战事中受了伤，剑心几乎破碎，Dao Heart 更是稀烂，其实是个中看不中用的纸糊Golden Core 了。

不愿去公门里边当差，这辈子will not 去的。受不了那些人前一套人后又是一套的嘴脸。

不然再不济，陶然也还是个Golden Core Realm ，还是sword cultivator ，怎么都不至于抛头露面，挣这种丢人现眼的Divine Immortal 钱，做这种拿人钱财替人消灾的跑腿勾当。

只是到了这边，确实打不过对方，实力悬殊，那个貌若少年的家伙，竟然是个Nascent Soul Realm 。

再就是对方，承诺自己哪天正式担任了仙都山的guest official ，就可以得到一件可以用来缝补剑心、温养魂魄的山上重宝，法宝品秩。

只不过这类嘴上说说的漂亮话，他没当真，山泽rogue cultivator 有点好，就是懂得认怂。

只是此外还有个添头，真正让他心动了，跟钱什么的没关系，那位姓崔的，说自己认识几个Great Wall of Sword Qi 的sword cultivator ，以后可以帮忙引荐一二。

陶然半信半疑，当然怀疑更多。

因为如果没有记错，Tree Leaf Continent 去过Great Wall of Sword Qi 历练的sword cultivator ，好像就只有一个名叫王师子的sword cultivator 。

与自己一样，是惹人嫌的山泽rogue cultivator origin ，对方是在Golden Core Realm 去的Great Wall of Sword Qi ，

虽说去时Golden Core ，回时还是Golden Core ，但就凭他敢孤身前往Great Wall of Sword Qi ，并且愿意置身战场，陶然就愿意由衷佩服。

不过这家伙脑子抽筋了，竟然跑去Tree Leaf Sect 当了Ancestral Hall 供奉，从山下豪杰变成了山上走狗，就当是自己看走眼了。

陶然自己当下的处境，也是自找的下场，杀了一头Golden Core Realm 的Monster Race little bastard ，还是对方托大了，只是很快就被一位Nascent Soul 老畜生的扈从重伤了，一把Life-Source Flying Sword ，就是在那次受创，惨不忍睹，缝补起来，铁定是个吃钱无数的bottomless pit 了。其实当年硝烟四起，哪里不是实力悬殊的战场，一边倒的屠戮？

无数Capital 、陪都、州郡city ，被Monster Race 大军席卷而过，这位山泽rogue cultivator origin 的sword cultivator ，都忍住了，关我鸟事。

到头来只是因为一件小事，约莫是自己脑子一样抽筋了吧，反正就是终于没能忍住。

没办法，有些苦头，总是吃了一次又一次都不长记性，这辈子都是这个鸟样了，改不掉的。

不曾想，最后只有那个自己原本最反感的姜尚真，才算条汉子。

骂姜尚真，需要理由吗？不需要。

何况他还真有好几个理由，比如早年自己爱慕的两位山上Fairy ，竟然都被同一头猪拱了。

身为云窟blessed land 的Jiang Clan Patriarch ，陶然怎么骂怎么痛快，也就是自己realm 低，打不过对方，不然还要当面骂。

但是对方作为Jade Tablet Sect 的老Sect Master ，姜尚真的所作所为，陶然还真就骂不出口。

所以那位崔immortal master ，离开渡口之前，还跟自己吹了个比天大的牛皮。

说只要成了自家仙都山的记名guest official ，以后哪怕当面骂那姜尚真，姜尚真will not 还嘴，还要赔笑。

于是陶然如今就alone ，在这边帮人看守家业，如此说来，自己只比王师子稍好点，都是看门狗呗，但是仙都山既然半点名气都没有，怎么都比那个Tree Leaf Sect 好吧。

至于何时正式开工动土，继续建造这座渡口，崔immortal master 说得等到明年了，solemnly vowed ，一群bastard 蛋，想跟自己抢生意，闹呢。

等着，回头就并了它。

white clothed youth 抖了抖雪白袖子，大手一挥，画了一个大圈，说when the time comes 这儿，就是一国东西两渡口的景象了。

习惯就好，是个满嘴跑渡船的主儿。

所幸那个Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base 是真的。

Chen Ping 以心声said with a smile ：“我们都来自仙都山。”

陶然愣了愣，还是半个自家人？

听说对方来自仙都山，陶然就有些好奇，这还是崔immortal master 之外，陶然见着的第一个仙都山native 。只是怎么瞧着不像是修道之人，反而是纯粹Martial Artist ？

不过看起来，比那位崔immortal master 正经、是正常多了。

莫不是崔老Nascent Soul disciple of grand disciples ？

毕竟山上cultivator ，往往是看着越小，realm 越高，年纪越老。

对方笑着自我introduced ：“我surnamed Chen ，named Ping ，是Cui Dongshan 的Mister 。”

好家伙，又来个说话不靠谱的。

不是一家人不进一家门？

一个Nascent Soul Realm 老Divine Immortal 的Mister ？

好歹换个像样点的称呼，比如Master ？传Daoist ？

你怎么不干脆说自己是Aquarius Continent 的那个Chen Ping ？

老子真想按住这些Heaven’s Chosen Child 、Upper Five Realms 年轻Sword Immortal 的脑袋，问他们到底的realm 到底是怎么来的？

小小Aquarius Continent ，屁大地方，一洲之地，竟然在短短sixty years cycle 之内，先后出现了三位sword dao heaven blessed genius ，Snow Wind Temple Wei Jin ，Dragon Spring Sword Sect Liu Xianyang ，Unrestrained Mountain Chen Ping ，好像都是四十来岁跻身的Original Purity Realm 。

他娘的，老子两sixty years cycle 岁数那会儿，这帮年轻Sword Immortal ，还在穿开裆裤玩泥巴呢。

眼前azure clothes 客，腰间一侧叠双刀。

要么是一位纯粹Martial Artist 。要么这两把狭刀，是山上immortal master 铸造的法刀。

Chen Ping 坐在桌旁，拿起一碗酒，抿了一口，said with a smile ：“听我那个学生说你叫陶然，是位Golden Core Sword Immortal 。”

陶然蹲在一旁忙着炖鱼，随口说道：“只是Golden Core Realm ，算个狗屁Sword Immortal 。”

Chen Ping 笑问道：“能不能问一句，怎么伤到了Life-Source Flying Sword ？”

陶然said ill-humoredly ：“设身处地，你会回答？”

Chen Ping nodded with a smile 道：“有道理，以后咱们找机会多喝几顿酒，愿意说时再说。”

陶然嗤said with a smile ：“少来这套，跟你不熟，我就是在你们仙都山混口饭吃，跟一位show off one’s military strength 的纯粹Martial Artist ，可尿不到一个壶里去。”

Chen Ping 一笑置之，转头望向那条大河。

按照那位许夫子的说文解字篇，Old Locust Tree 生火，凝脂为燐。

陶然见那家伙好像在等着白吃一顿炖鱼，sword cultivator 愈发神色不悦，皱眉不已，闷声道：“蹭喝也就算了，你们别想着蹭吃。”

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“陶Sword Immortal 半点不像是loose cultivator origin 啊。”

陶然黑着脸，转头说道：“能不能闭嘴？”

Chen Ping 举起手中酒碗，当然可以。

小陌笑问道：“陶Sword Immortal ，要不要我帮忙？”

陶然不耐烦道：“爬开。”

小陌微笑nodded ，也学自家Young Master 提了提手中酒碗，好的。

陶然用眼角余光打量了这拨人，烦归烦，脾气倒是还凑合。

若是回头就去崔Mister 那边告刁状，给自己穿小鞋，随你们背后嚼舌头去，老子at worst 就不当什么狗屁guest official 了。

到最后，煮饭炖鱼的陶然，就蹲在不远处each minding their own business 吃起来。

Chen Ping 放下空酒碗，说道：“陶Sword Immortal ，生姜稍稍放少了，肉桂又稍稍放多了。”

陶然咧嘴一笑，Interesting 。这句话，还算顺耳。

Chen Ping 也没打算在这边等着偶遇邵坡仙、Meng Long 那对主仆。

起身告辞，Chen Ping said with a smile ：“回头在仙都山那边，我请你吃顿真正的炖鱼。”

陶然rolled the eyes 。

见那个自称是Chen Ping 的家伙wants to walk to walk ，这位sword cultivator 犹豫了一下，问道：“哪个Chen Ping ，总不能是Aquarius Continent Unrestrained Mountain 的那个吧？”

不曾想那个azure clothes Sabrewielder ，竟然nodded with a smile 道：“如果不出意外的话，我就是了。”

陶然呆滞无言，然后扯了扯嘴角，转头呸了一声。

所幸entire group 转瞬间就已化虹离去。

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一路北归，中途在Great Quan Dynasty 停步，就在那京畿之地的桃叶渡，下榻于那个名为桃源别业的Immortal Family Inn 。

花掉了Chen Ping 两颗Lesser Summer Coin ，这还是只要了两栋最小的宅子，只比单间略好。

Inn 内，还有些早就被玉芝岗之外immortal master 购入手中的旧淑仪楼“阴宅”talisman 美人，她们如今亦是桃源别业的金字招牌之一。

而且按照府尹大人的little daoist 消息，这处桃源别业的幕后Lady Boss ，还是胭脂榜的副评美人之一，名次还不低。

在此落脚的客人，离开Inn 时，桃源别业都会免费赠送一份礼盒，里边装有一枚桃符，数张桃花笺，一把桃花扇，其实加在一起，撑死了也就是十几颗雪花钱，但是意义不小。花大钱，住过了桃源别业，总不好对外why do you shout ，那就落了下乘，但是出门在外，或腰悬一枚桃符，或手持一把桃花扇，不然就是与朋友Flying Sword 传信时，在桃花笺上书写文字。

外人瞧见了，也就都懂了。

确实是住过桃源别业的有钱人。

若是下榻独栋宅院，还有两把袖珍Peach Wood Sword 相送，用途就更多了，可以作为那把桃花扇的精巧扇坠，女子immortal master 还可以拿来当作挽髻的发钗。

比如先前沛江游船上的宇文Young Master ，就是这类有钱人。

Aquarius Continent ，必须喝过Everspring Palace 的酒酿，Tree Leaf Continent ，必须住过桃源别业。

这才是真正会做生意的。

之所以如此大手大脚，是Chen Ping 让Cui Dongshan 帮忙约了一个人，会在此秘密碰头。

Golden Peak Temple 的首席供奉芦鹰。

芦鹰将他误认为是蛮荒共主的斐然了。

这位掌握一种鸡肋“远古Divine Dao 相人之术”的老Nascent Soul ，也是个人才。

可以与九True Immortal 馆的the immortal 云杪媲美。

一个坚信不疑，众人独醉我独醒，将他当成是White Emperor City City Lord 。

一个铁了心，认为Chen Ping 是Wild Desolate World 的斐然化身。

都是打着灯笼难找的山上genius ，在Chen Ping in mind ，只比Righteous Sun Mountain 那个兢兢业业、掌管谍报的天才兄，略逊一筹。

Chen Ping 看着那份新鲜出炉的Central Plains 邸报，sighed 。

那个Central Plains Divine Continent 的Mountain Ocean Sect ，跟自己有仇吗？

不愧是桃源别业，消息比起一般的sect 候补山头，还要消息灵通。

也对，Tree Leaf Continent 本土cultivator ，哪有那闲钱和闲工夫，去收集Central Plains Divine Continent 的邸报，至多就是了解一下Aquarius Continent 和北Entirely Reed Continent 的山上动静。

何况如今Tree Leaf Continent 的风评如何，谁都心知肚明，何必自找罪受，花钱买骂不成？

转去看几份本土山头的山水邸报，篇幅最多的，还是云窟blessed land 的花神山胭脂榜，还分出了正副两评，

先正后副，登评女子，有Great Quan Dynasty 女帝姚近之，White Dragon 洞洞主许清渚，还有三山blessed land 那个万瑶宗Sect Master’s daughter ，韩绛树。

副评上边，有small dragon 湫的令狐蕉鱼，Golden Peak Temple 一位女冠，虞氏王朝的郡主，还有个江湖中人的女侠。

遗憾落选正评的女子，估计自己都没什么，反而是那些仰慕她们的男人，肯定要卯足了劲砸钱，也要在副评当中，为心仪女子争个靠前的名次。

比如其中一封山水邸报上边，就专门写了一桩风流事。

有个复国极正的新王朝，一位户部任职的年轻郎官，不是一般的胆大包天，小小Grade 5 官，就敢私自挪用国库，足足三百万silver tael ，被他全部折算成Divine Immortal 钱，丢给了Jiang Clan 云窟blessed land 的那座花神山！

为此丢了官不说，还差点掉了脑袋，之所以是差点，还是因为家族砸锅卖铁，那个当刑部high official 以及晚来得子的father ，再与朋友借钱、银庄赊账，反正能用上的法子都用了，能欠的人情都欠下了，这才补上了大半亏空。

youngster 倒好，带着几个随从，乘坐一辆carriage ，腰悬一枚自己刻的印章，底款篆刻三字，一户侯。

此地不留爷，自有留爷处，老子going on a scenic tour 去也。

Cui Dongshan 在先前一起登上青萍峰途中，专门跟Mister 聊起这桩趣事，还说自己忙里偷闲，在那边看了一场好戏。

原来那个youngster 的father 死活阻拦不下，气得complexion ashen ，嘴唇发抖，在书房当场摔了茶杯，一口一个不当人子，unfilial son ，unfilial son ！

挨骂耳朵又不疼，youngster 依旧离家出京去了，反正是不会去找那位心仪Fairy 的，见一面都不用。

砸钱一事，只求公道。这叫名士风流。

图那一响贪欢，可就是下流了。绝非我辈风流帅所为。

再说了，自己的相貌，随爹不随娘，委实是磕碜了点，估计登门求见Fairy ，也要吃cold shoulder 。何苦来哉，不如给自己留个好念想。

结果才出Capital 没多久，就eagerly return to the capital ，既发财，补上了国库亏空，又升官了，当上了工部Vice-minister 。

原来是半路上遇到了个意气相投的同道中人，对方自称surnamed Zhou ，是个来自Aquarius Continent 的外乡人，是个realm not worth mentioning 的半吊子cultivator ，Dao Name 崩了True Monarch ，说自己来到Tree Leaf Continent 没多久，不料就像是被立马当头一棍，吃了个下马威，晕头转向，竟然见识到了他这种壮举，一下子就对整个Tree Leaf Continent 的印象改观了。最后留下了三颗见都没见过的Divine Immortal 钱，youngster return to the capital 再一打听，才晓得是那传说中最值钱的Grain Rain Coin ！

那位Brother Zhou 还留下一封书信，言辞恳切，不是朋友说不出这样的话，二十年里，是得多缺心眼，把自己多当傻子，才会夸他相貌英俊？这封信就不一样，反而让他好好为官，在仕途大展拳脚，反正都如此不贪财了，不如就当个清官好官，躺着祖宗功德簿享福，谁不会，但凡投了个好胎的，享乐还用学？大把花钱还要人教？倒是那only after bitter hardships 的行当，若是给你做成了，才算天下真正头一等的风流纨绔pampered young master ……

youngster 一下子就看进去了，比起自家老爹在耳边絮絮叨叨二十几年，可管用多了。

当那身份清贵不干正事的的Ministry of Rites Vice-minister ，算个屁的造福一方，要当就当个工部doctor ，于是自家老爹又开始大骂unfilial son ，unfilial son 。

结果真去工部当差，才知道不去暗中捞油水的话，日子是如此清苦，公务繁重，加上他又脑子一热，主动揽活上身，走了一趟地Fangzhou County ，风餐露宿，嘴上冒泡，手脚老茧，everyday all 是累得倒头就睡，还想啥女子？老子累得连春梦都没了。 youngster 只觉得二十几年的好日子，都both principal and interest 还回去了。

结果等他回到Capital ，他那个老爹，明明眼巴巴在门口等了许久，真等儿子从工部government office 返回家门了，high official 大人才瞧见carriage ，就又立即回了书房，正襟危坐，等到老人看着才个把月没见便瘦了一圈的儿子，倒是没有再次摔茶杯，沉默许久，一开口，就还是老调常谈的unfilial son ，unfilial son ……

其实youngster 心中苦极，原本这次return to the capital ，就想要打退堂鼓了。去Ministry of Rites ，或者重返户部，当个郎官都成，工部Vice-minister 真就不是个人干的活计。

只是等到一天朝会结束，年轻Vice-minister 看着远处那个father ，明明已经白发苍苍身形佝偻了，却中气十足，大嗓门与同僚们笑声言语。

年轻Vice-minister 便默默告诉自己，怎么都要在工部government office 再熬个about a year 的……

由此可见Sect Master Cui 忙归忙，闲时也闲。

Chen Ping 当初之所以会与梁爽说出那句肺腑之言。

“梧桐真不甘衰谢，数叶迎风尚有声。”

除了是说Tree Leaf Sect 的那拨年轻sword cultivator ，同样也是说这样的山下youngster 。

桃源别业一处宅子。

有人当下可谓心急如焚。

对方不来，好似头顶悬剑，将落未落的，可对方真要来了，更不知如何自处，总觉得比拼心机，根本敌不过啊。

只得alone ，坐立不安，老cultivator 哀叹不已。

又是top secret 的路数。

有人出现在芦鹰身后，伸出一只手，轻轻按住这位老Nascent Soul 的肩膀，“芦首席，又见面了。”

至于门口那边，则还是那个扎丸子发髻的年轻女子，双臂环胸，斜靠房门。

身后那人微said with a smile ：“芦首席，如此feel ill at ease ，该不会是要拿我的脑袋，去跟Central Plains 文庙邀功吧？”

吓得芦鹰一个蹦跳起身，said with a bitter smile ：“斐然Sword Immortal ，就不要再吓唬我了，我是山泽rogue cultivator origin ，胆子不比谱牒immortal master 。”

芦鹰一下子自知失言，fiercely 打了自己一耳光，改变称呼，谄媚said with a smile ：“见过曹guest official 。”

Chen Ping 搬了条椅子，坐在芦鹰对面，抬起手掌，虚按两下，翘起二郎腿，摸出旱烟杆和烟袋，动作娴熟，开始吞云吐雾，fire star 点点。

芦鹰cautiously 问道：“曹guest official ，这次召见小的，是有什么吩咐吗？”

上次见面，眼前这个家伙，报上了一连串身份名号，什么云窟Jiang Clan 的二等供奉，Jade Tablet Sect 九弈峰的二等guest official ，还有神篆峰Ancestral Hall 三等guest official ，名字倒是就只有一个，曹沫。

不过今天重逢，对方除了腰间多出了两把狭刀，而且还抽起了旱烟。

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“芦供奉这次下山远游，是挑选了中午出门吧？”

芦鹰脸色尴尬。

上次还是门口那个女子帮着道破天机，芦鹰才晓得原来是have hidden meaning ，不然就会“早晚出事”。

Chen Ping 问道：“没有画蛇添足吧？”

虽然对方说得晦暗不明，芦鹰却是立即心领神会，老Nascent Soul 说句不自夸的，自己temperament 和行事谨慎，比Nascent Soul Realm 界还是要高出几分的，虽然站起身，却早已使劲弯腰，老cultivator cautiously 说道：“曹guest official 只管放一百个心，绝对不会有任何多此一举的作为，在那Golden Peak Temple ，一个首席供奉该看的，一眼不落下，不该说的，一句话都没说。”

Chen Ping laughed ，“坐下聊天。”

告诉一个聪明人某个真相，对方反而会疑神疑鬼几分，远远不如让那个聪明人自己想明白一个真相，来得坚信不疑。

芦鹰奉命落座，只是如坐针毡。

山泽rogue cultivator origin 的地仙，哪怕只是位Golden Core ，都是一个个见惯了wind and rain 的，Dao Heart 之tenacious ，心志之不俗，说不定比那些谱牒immortal master origin 的Nascent Soul ，还要更好。

所幸对方很快就步入正题，“你们那位杜观主何时跻身Original Purity Realm ？还是说已经玉璞了？”

芦鹰疑惑道：“回曹guest official 问话，我这次返回Golden Peak Temple ，那个杜含灵一直没有闭关的迹象。”

由Nascent Soul 跻身玉璞，动静不会小的。

不曾想那个斐然就直接nodded and said ：“多半已经是玉璞了。”

芦鹰稍加思量，便佩服不已，果然是那个胆大包天the sword moves with side stroke 、却至今都未能被文庙找到的蛮荒共主，斐然！

芦鹰顾不得心头震撼，赶紧将功补过，“下山之前，跟尹妙峰喝了顿酒，没说漏嘴，但是看样子，加上道观财库那边的一些蛛丝马迹，他的dísciple 邵渊然，极有可能会马上闭关，而且跻身Nascent Soul 的把握不小。”

尹妙峰的Master ，是那个Dao Name “葆真Daoist ”的尹妙峰。

master and disciple 双方，曾经是Great Quan Dynasty 的Imperial Family 供奉，负责帮助当时的Liu Clan Imperial Court 监督Yao Family 边军。

Chen Ping nodded ，突然眯眼问道：“当真没有画蛇添足？芦首席，我怎么觉得你像是在设计我？”

芦鹰强压下Dao Heart 起伏，一手缩袖，攥紧手中一枚jade pendant ，以心声道：“程山长，此时不收网，更待何时？！”

坐在院中的小陌忍俊不禁，果然被自家Young Master 料中了，此人还有救。

对于芦鹰而言，一旦东窗事发，事情败露，自己可就是与Wild Desolate World 勾结！别说Central Plains 文庙了，如今academy 书院的手腕，跟以往大不相同，就是Tree Leaf Sect 的本土cultivator ，得知此事，都要生吞活剥了他。

所以来桃叶渡之前，芦鹰下定决心，瞒着Golden Peak Temple 杜含灵，在一处Immortal Family 渡口，秘密Flying Sword 传信一封。

就只等那个斐然walking right into a trap 了。

运气不佳，也能与斐然和Wild Desolate World 撇清关系。 good luck ，那就是天大功劳一件！不管眼前斐然，是Yin Spirit 化身，还是什么乱七八糟的手段，只要被文庙逮住，说不定自己都能破格获得文庙的许可，establishing the sect 去了。

如果上次黄鹤矶的螺蛳壳道场府邸一别，双方就再无交集，at worst 我走我的独木桥，斐然继续走你的阳关道，你ignore 我芦鹰，我就只当没见过你，反正我芦鹰屁事没做，只是跟你在云窟blessed land 闲扯了一大通废话，就算Great Fu Academy 和Central Plains 文庙事后追责，at worst 就是被抓去那座Merit Virtue Forest ，读Sage 书几年，说不定还能见着那个刘叉一面呢。

只是袖中的那枚书院jade token ，没有半点动静，自己的心声言语好似clay ox entering the sea 。

芦鹰瞬间like falling in a ice hole 。

操蛋！

Great Fu Academy 和程龙舟那边，竟然毫无反应。 is it possible that 是abandon one’s benefactor after achieving one’s goal ？打算先让自己与斐然死磕一场？死磕个卵，就是个死。老子就是个破烂Nascent Soul ，伤得了对方丝毫？ !

你们这些狗日的scholar ，满嘴Sage 道理，结果一肚子坏水，比我们这些野狗刨食的loose cultivator 还不如……

只是又灵光乍现，还是说程龙舟这条old Flood Dragon origin 的书院山长，其实是眼前斐然的一颗绝妙暗棋？

芦鹰一时间心情复杂，呆滞无言，除了自己肯定要吃不了兜着走。

难Daoism 乡这好不容易有点样子的一洲山河，迟早还要重蹈覆辙？

芦鹰觉得如今的修道生涯，其实不赖，虽说磕磕碰碰不断，可是总能避过一些大灾大祸，不管怎么说，如今这份来之不易的世道太平。

挺好的啊。

难道又要没了？

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“不管是脑子一热想要逞英雄，还是出于私心，只是想要自保自救，Tree Leaf Continent cultivator 芦鹰，到底做了件……人事。”

庭院台阶那边坐着的小陌以心声said with a smile ，“这位老cultivator ，有点伤感。”

Pei Qian 则聚音成线，与Master 说道：“芦鹰心相，出现了一瞬间的景象，还有一个面容模糊的女子。”

来时路上，Chen Ping 已经通过风鸢渡船的剑房，Flying Sword 传信一封，与Great Fu Academy 说了三件事。

Unrestrained Mountain 会在明年立春创建lower sect ，邀请书院山长程龙舟观礼，再就是询问钟魁的传信方式，最后就是如果Golden Peak Temple 供奉芦鹰，秘密传信Great Fu Academy ，说自己是斐然，书院那边可以按例录档此事，不过就不必兴师动众来桃叶渡这边“围剿斐然”了。

芦鹰一头雾水。

他算哪门子的良善之辈，只是如今年纪大了，realm 高了，就想要图个安稳。

比如只说自己当了Golden Peak Temple 的首席供奉后，在外远游，心甘情愿自荐枕席的female cultivator ，或是想要改换门庭认他当Master 、甚至是干爹的，一双手都数不过来了。

而这么多年，最求而不得，最心心念念的两个娘们，一个是Mount Taiping 黄庭，是个年纪轻轻的疯婆子。

还有玉芝岗那位惹下泼天大祸的女子Sect Founder ，如今整个Tree Leaf Continent ，都在往死里骂一个死人。

只是芦鹰非但没骂她，反而专程去了一趟玉芝岗遗址，在那边的废墟中，蹲着喝酒，喃喃自语。

因为你是谱牒immortal master ，你才是谱牒immortal master ，笨是笨了点，蠢得一塌糊涂了，但你是好人啊。

fiercely 摔了一壶酒在地，这个声名狼藉烂大街的老Nascent Soul ，最后挤出个不正经的笑脸，hehe 而笑，当年本是想要趁着玉芝岗大多数Ancestral Master ，去Jade Tablet Sect 参加一场声势浩大的开峰庆典，韦滢入主神篆峰嘛，major event 情。芦鹰就打算来这边的淑仪楼偷些talisman ，结果，hehe ……

老Nascent Soul 离开废墟之前，最后说了句，意外之喜啊，无意间偷看你美人出浴，还是看少了，才漏了个脖颈，就被你发现了行踪，不然如今会将你记得更真切几分。

涟漪阵阵，水雾升腾，appear out of thin air 一位高冠博带的儒雅老人，正是如今Great Fu Academy 的山长程龙舟，曾经的Yellow Court Country old Flood Dragon ，Draping Clouds Mountain Forest Deer Academy 的副山长。

Chen Ping 收起旱烟杆，起身与这位书院山长作揖行礼。

程龙舟作揖还礼。

如果Chen Ping 只是Unrestrained Mountain 的年轻山主，收到芦鹰的那封密信，即便Chen Ping 还是Literary Saint 的final disciple ，程龙舟还是不敢掉以轻心，但是这位年轻Sword Immortal 还有个身份，所以程龙舟这次就只是单独前来了。

不过此事，书院还是会如Chen Ping 信上所说，要秘密录档，而且程龙舟也已经immediately 传信Central Plains 文庙，without omission and in detail 禀报此事。

瞧见了那个高冠博带、腰间悬佩一枚jade pendant 的老人，芦鹰已经完全摸不着头脑了，到底是闹哪样？

程龙舟said with a smile ：“a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity ，你眼前的这个曹沫，根本不是什么斐然。当然，你可以继续误会下去，比如我是Monster Race origin ，所以跟这个‘斐然’早有勾结，所以你千不该万不该，不该寄信前往Great Fu Academy 。”

芦鹰脸色尴尬。

自己就算信不过自己，还是信得过Central Plains 文庙的眼光。

有至圣先师，有礼圣Sub Saint ，何况如今还重新有了个Literary Saint 。

程龙舟丢了一份山水邸报给芦鹰，“自己看去，答案就在上边。”

芦鹰翻来覆去，生怕错过一个字，只是看了两遍，也没想明白这个书院山长，到底让老子看个啥？

也没啥关于曹沫的只言片语啊。

要说曹沫是个化名，咋的，不是Wild Desolate World 的斐然，是Jade Tablet Sect 的Great Sword Immortal 韦滢啊？所以才与姜尚真并肩而行？

不然，是那个Great Wall of Sword Qi 的外乡人……Chen Ping ？

打断了Wild Desolate World 的仙簪城，与王座great demon 绯妃拖拽曳落河，再搬空了托月山，最后斩杀一位Ascension Realm sword cultivator 的托月山大祖首徒？

要真是。

老子这就立马跪下磕几个响头。

反正传出去，也是一桩美谈。

程龙舟说道：“虽然曹沫不是斐然，但是你没有选择与误以为的‘蛮荒斐然’勾结，反而涉险揭秘，Great Fu Academy 会记录在册，并且不对外公布，只等将来你需要这笔功劳之时，比如可以用来将功补过，只是丑话说在前头，有些过错，是肯定无法-功过相抵的，你得自己掂量。”

芦鹰赶紧装模作样作揖行礼，与程山长道谢一番。

Chen Ping 陪着程龙舟来到庭院，这位书院山长心情复杂。

当年双方初次相逢，对方还是个持柴刀穿草鞋的young official ，晒得跟块黑炭似的，只是少年虽然瞧着消瘦，却给人劲峭之感，可算是外圆内方。

程龙舟said with a smile ：“走到今天，真是不容易。”

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“都一样。”

老人摊开手掌，当年那个已经不再是Literary Saint 的old scholar ，赐下一个golden 文字。

就像个谜语。

伏。

蛰伏之伏，也是如今Great Fu Academy 之伏。

Chen Ping 问道：“你们Great Fu Academy 的杨朴，如今还不是贤人？”

当初在Mount Taiping 遗址，书院儒生杨朴在Mountain Sect 口，待了足足三年，受尽白眼不说，还等于跟多个山上势力结仇了而且杨朴还不是得了书院的授意，就只是脑子一热，不管不顾then went Mount Taiping 那边看门，那会儿Great Fu Academy 的山长职务，还空悬着。是杨朴在那边待了一段时间后，程龙舟才上任，然后书院才真正开始为杨朴撑腰。

Chen Ping 在Mount Taiping 门口那边，先后对上了一Golden Core ，一Nascent Soul ，一玉璞，一the immortal 。

托月山大祖final disciple 离真，三山blessed land 万瑶宗the immortal 韩jade tree 。

这两位，都是一等一的大财主。

这两场架，也是Chen Ping 打完之后，收获最丰。

更不谈那……半部Fist Manual 。

因为那位Sect Master Han ，等于挨了Eleventh Realm Martial Artist 的一拳。

“已经是了。”

程龙舟said with a smile ：“这个smelly brat ，才当了贤人，就开始问我如何才能当君子了。理由嘛，很充分，说姜老Sect Master 曾经亲口允诺一事，哪天等他当了君子，就可以约上陈山主一起喝酒，而且就约在Great Fu Academy 。”

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“本就是大实话。”

程龙舟说道：“我已经联系到了钟魁，让他直接去仙都山那边找你。”

Chen Ping cup one fist in the other hand 道谢。

程龙舟笑着摆摆手，一闪而逝。

在确定程山长已经离开，芦鹰才敢离开屋子，实在是怕被这个不是斐然的家伙，来一场秋后算账啊。

对方不是斐然，胜似斐然啊。

难怪当初，一口一个“斐然那个孙子”。

天底下敢说这种话的，并且还适合说的，找来找去，还真就只有Great Wall of Sword Qi 的末代隐官大人了吧？

看到那个azure clothes 背影就坐在台阶上，又开始吞云吐雾。

芦鹰就只好一步跨出，身形直接落在台阶底部，然后再落座。

Chen Ping 拿出旱烟杆敲了敲，重新换上烟草，问道：“去过玉芝岗了？”

芦鹰心中大为讶异，然后就只是默然nodded 。

天下美色absolutely 千，不曾想到头来，还是想着那个只算惊鸿一瞥的女子多些。

有多喜欢，自然谈不上，早先就只是男子贪色，如今也只是淡淡愁绪，萦绕心扉，挥之不去，难以释怀，好像也没个道理可讲。

Chen Ping 问道：“芦鹰，作何感想。”

芦鹰without the slightest hesitation 说道：“我要是玉芝岗的Ancestral Hall cultivator ，当时又在场的话，她obsessed 要开门收纳难民那会儿，我肯定直接一巴掌摔在她脸上，老子骂不醒她，还打不醒她？”

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“如果我没有记错，她是Original Purity Realm ，芦首席就只是个Nascent Soul ，谁打谁，不好说吧。”

芦鹰nodded ，“也对。”

那婆姨在世时，凶悍得很。

当然比起Mount Taiping 那个年轻女冠sword cultivator ，还是要稍好几分。

两两沉默起来。

芦鹰试探性问道：“陈Sword Immortal ，你真是那个隐官啊？”

这种事情，哪怕再千真万确，还是让人会觉得unimaginable 。

一个出自Aquarius Continent 的外乡人，按照推算的话，到Great Wall of Sword Qi 那会儿，身边这位当时还是个youngster ，怎么就成了Great Wall of Sword Qi 的那么个“大官”。

Chen Ping said with a smile ：“不然？”

芦鹰开始酝酿措辞，slowly said ：“隐官大人，我来桃叶渡之前，在Golden Peak Temple 那边，前不久翻到了一封来自Pure White Continent 的山水邸报，说那两本印谱，正是出自隐官大人的手笔，所以……能不能送我一本印谱，当然了，若是印章，就更好了，我一定好好珍藏，当个传家宝，虽说我至今一直没个正式的山上Dao Companion ，暂无子嗣，但是这种事情，稍稍加把劲，终究不难的……”

芦鹰当年就是奔着与黄庭结为Dao Companion 去的，结果倒好，差点砍死自己。问题是那个小娘们，不地道，开打之前，以及斗法期间，愣是不说自己来自Mount Taiping 。若是早知对方身份，芦鹰别说招惹黄庭了，见了她就走，走慢了就当自己没脑子。那会儿的Tree Leaf Continent ，是公认的惹谁都别惹Mount Taiping cultivator 。

虽说山中Dao Companion 生下的那类“Immortal Family 后裔”，未必一定成材，可只要是能够不靠Divine Immortal 钱就能自主cultivation 的家伙，往往aptitude 超乎常人。

比如small dragon 湫的那个令狐蕉鱼，还有White Dragon 洞许清渚的那个嫡传dísciple 马麟士，以及他们掌律Sect Founder 的嫡孙尤期，修道aptitude 就都极好。

结果说着说着，芦鹰发现隐官大人朝自己斜眼看来。

芦鹰立即闭嘴。

懂了，拍flattery 拍马蹄上了。

自己这不是想要找个角度刁钻的flattery 嘛。

以这位隐官大人的显赫身份，会缺那些功力寻常的溜须拍马？

看来是自己想错了。

得到小陌的心声言语，Chen Ping 站起身，抬了抬手中旱烟杆，以烟雾在空中pointing fingers ，condense 十二字，“就当是送你了。”

原来是府尹大人姚仙之又赶来了这边。

在Chen Ping 屋子那边，姚仙之见面就said with a smile ：“Your Majesty 已经答应了，鸡距笔这桩买卖，咱们Great Quan Dynasty 可以跟仙都山合伙做！”

其实at first 不是这么说的，His Majesty The Emperor 在一天清晨时分，退朝后就微服出宫，到了姚府，她与grandfather 一番谈心之后，就找到了在门口那边候着的姚仙之，His Majesty The Emperor 其实当时听到此事，without the slightest hesitation 就直接拒绝了此事，而且脸色还不太好看，只是不知为何，她在回宫之前，改口了，说此事可行。

Your Majesty 当时揉了揉眉心，再补了一句，说国库缺钱。

不过这些家事，姚仙之就不与陈Mister 多说什么了。

His Majesty The Emperor 终究是女子，女人心seabed 针，他一个糙老爷们，怎么猜，自己又不是陈Mister 。

而别处宅院内的那个芦鹰，看着那些渐渐消散的烟雾文字，反复读了两遍，老cultivator 由衷觉得意味深长，沉默片刻，蓦然一拍膝盖，高声叫好。

“静思敬事警世，休道修到修道。”

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返回仙都山后，Chen Ping 继续出门北游，留下Cao Qinglang ，只带了Pei Qian 和小陌，做客small dragon 湫。

small dragon 湫离着仙都山不远，勉强能算是一个山上邻居。

远亲不如近邻嘛，怎能不混个熟脸。

初次相逢于藕花blessed land 的Mount Taiping 女冠黄庭，如今在别家Ancestral Hall 边上结茅cultivation 。

其实small dragon 湫那边，还有个out of blows friendship grows 的山上朋友。

正是那个Mount Taiping Mountain Sect 口当门神的两位地仙之一，small dragon 湫的首席guest official ，章流注。

老Nascent Soul 精通水法，显然对此颇为自负，从他的Dao Name 就可以看得出来，水仙。

跟芦鹰一样，是rogue cultivator origin ，没有避难去往五彩天下，而是摇身一变，并且跟芦鹰是如出一辙的“登山”路数，成了个谱牒immortal master 。

按照周首席的说法，就是如今什么货色都可以往山上跑了，从早年山上人人喊打喊杀的山泽rogue cultivator ，变成了一洲山河的中流砥柱，脊梁骨，顶梁柱。

当时双方交手，老Nascent Soul 差点没见着敌人的面，就被劈成了两半。

后来被拘拿去了Mountain Sect 口那边，魂魄剥离出来，悬在自己头顶，一阵阵如潮水般拍打Dao Heart 的剐心刮骨之痛。

而且那个陌生的山巅cultivator ，脾气实在是……一言难尽。

就那么抬起脚，使劲踩着一位Heaven’s Proud Daughter 的Original Purity Realm female cultivator ，一边大骂，然后一脚又一脚，都踩出个大坑，不见女子脑袋了。

不同于虞氏王朝的那位Golden Core 地仙，这位如今身份清贵至极的老Nascent Soul ，当时在Mount Taiping 那边，被姜尚真帮忙打发走了。

一场噩梦。

使得这位老Nascent Soul 返回small dragon 湫后，都没敢说那边具体发生了什么，只是含糊其辞，说与人斗法一场，不可力敌，还受了伤。

黄庭好找，她就在small dragon 湫Ancestral Mountain 的如意尖。

Chen Ping 走入那间简陋茅屋，年轻女冠正在啃苞米，火盆里边还有不少。

也不客气，Chen Ping 坐在凳子上，弯腰拿起一颗苞米，straight to the point 道：“黄庭，需不需要Divine Immortal 钱？我们Unrestrained Mountain 财库还有不少盈余，仙都山lower sect 这边，不会跟Unrestrained Mountain 要钱，所以不会耽误做买卖，反正就像是账簿上趴着的一笔数字，你要是真的过意不去，我们可以算利息。”

Mount Taiping 遗址，山河破碎，千里山河，Spiritual Qi 淡薄如风中飘絮一般，重建一事，除了砸钱还是砸钱，forcibly 靠着Divine Immortal 钱来添补Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi 的缺失。在这之前，还需要建立大阵，以及招徕大量的山水神祇塑金身、立祠庙，填补空缺，帮助聚拢Spiritual Qi ，不至于急剧流散，不然就只会work for others with no benefit to oneself 。

按照姜尚真的大致估算，一座新Mount Taiping ，如果想要在两三百年内，恢复到昔年sect Peak 时三成规模的山水气候，就至少需要三四千颗Grain Rain Coin 。

此外各种乱七八糟的人情往来，山上邻居的打点关系，山下王朝的生意往来，以最快速度布置十数座山水祠庙，帮助辖境内各路神祇获得Imperial Court 封正……

Chen Ping 知道此间艰辛。

尤其是Mount Taiping ，如今只剩下黄庭一人。

不像自己的Unrestrained Mountain ，即便在草创Early-Stage ，山中就有Zhu Lian 当Chief Steward ，况且隔壁就是关系莫逆的山君Wei Bo ，有个几乎等于与Unrestrained Mountain 穿一条裤子的Draping Clouds Mountain 。

黄庭摇头道：“暂时不需要，我身上还算有点家当，可以折算成不少Divine Immortal 钱，要是等到哪天真缺钱了，不会跟你这个土财主客气的。”

Chen Ping nodded 。

Mount Taiping cultivation 我，Ancestral Hall 续Burning Incense 。

之前在那边，Chen Ping 是打算在八十年之内，替Mount Taiping 守住Mount Taiping 。

双方脚下的这个small dragon 湫，是Central Plains Divine Continent 大龙湫的lower sect ，其实properly speaking 是“下山”。

其实当年迁徙搬家的，可不止那两位自封Great Saint 、大王的水族精怪，它们只是跟small dragon 湫immortal master 们有样学样that’s all 。

不过Pure Boundary Mountain Qinghu Palace 是搬去了Aquarius Continent ，还在那边建功立业，small dragon 湫则是跨海渡水，对外宣称寻了一处山水Secret Realm 。当年搬家比较快，后来回家也不慢。然后就相中了那处Mount Taiping 遗址，打算跻身sect 后，搬迁Ancestral Hall ，再铸造出一把仿Mount Taiping 的远古明月镜。

而那座Central Plains upper sect 大龙湫，是当之无愧的宗字头Immortal Family ，Ancestral Hall 嫡传cultivator 皆是山上的镜工，immortal master 所铸宝镜，其middle grade 秩最高两种宝镜，分别名为“停月”、“止水”，profound Divine Ability ，一直是有价无市的珍稀重宝。

修道之人跋山涉水，大多怀揣着几样类似物件，一幅Searching Mountains Chart ，一把Monster Revealing Mirror ，一摞山水Barrier Breaking Talisman ，

就跟江湖人在外闯荡，得有金银细软和火折子差不多。

而天下炼制Monster Revealing Mirror 一途，可以分出六条分工明确的道脉，大龙湫镜工就垄断了其中lineage ，铸造宝镜最能压胜水裔精怪，与“赶山”lineage 的Monster Revealing Mirror ，在山上需求最多，故而大龙湫的财源广进，属于想要不挣钱都难。 Grand Virtue World 各路cultivator ，上杆子送钱。

在别洲境内，与大龙湫合伙做买卖、帮忙售卖宝镜的sect ，其中就有流霞洲的天隅paradise ，以及北Entirely Reed Continent 的琼林宗。只不过前者所卖宝镜，品秩高，价格贵，不是地仙谱牒cultivator 或是sect 嫡传dísciple ，都会望而却步。

琼林宗是只兜售那些最入门的大龙湫Monster Revealing Mirror ，就算是Lower Five Realms loose cultivator ，咬咬牙，都可以入手一把宝镜。

不同于蒲山和White Dragon 洞，同样作为sect 候补的small dragon 湫，并没有参加那场声势浩大的桃叶之盟。

黄庭沉默片刻，笑着jokingly said ：“我见着Ning Yao 了，realm 很高，如果再高，就真的有点不讲道理了，漂亮……也就那样了。”

Chen Ping laughed ，啃着苞米，直白无误道：“Ning Yao 在我眼中，反正就是最好看的。”

黄庭说道：“还有事？”

Chen Ping nodded ，含糊不清道：“打算邀请你担任lower sect 的guest official ，再就是有个想法，得看你的意思了。”

黄庭说道：“说说看。”

Chen Ping 说道：“我想要担任你们Mount Taiping 的供奉，记名供奉。”

黄庭said with a laugh ：“这有什么难为情的，就这么说定，不过我得是你们lower sect 的首席guest official 。”

Chen Ping nodded ，“没问题。”

这是Chen Ping 在担任Pure White Continent Liu Clan 的不记名guest official 之外，第二次在别家山头任职。而是直接就是供奉，甚至都不是什么记名guest official 。

Chen Ping 突然说道：“你要是不适合爽快递剑，我可以出手做掉他，肯定top secret 。”

黄庭看着这个azure clothed man ，面无表情，语气淡漠，而且他……神色从容。

黄庭直愣愣盯着那个家伙，她愣了半天，摇摇头，轻声道：“还是别了。”

Chen Ping un’ed ，就继续啃苞米了。

吃完手中苞米，Chen Ping 就起身告辞，说自己去随便逛一下small dragon 湫。

黄庭said with a smile ：“我就不送了啊，又是guest official 又是供奉的，多的是见面机会。”

一袭azure clothes ，背影远去。

黄庭这才转头瞥了眼墙上那把佩剑，她slightly frowned ，奇了怪哉，我都不怕他，你一把剑，怕个啥？

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再次回到仙都山青萍峰。

Chen Ping 找到Cui Dongshan ，先took out 一把笼中雀，再让Cui Dongshan 打开那座从田婉手中得来的不知名Small Paradise ，然后跟着Cui Dongshan ，只带着小陌一同进入其中。

在Small Paradise 内，Chen Ping 甚至让Cui Dongshan 又设置了一道golden thunder pool 。

与此同时，让小陌注意留心有无外人窥探此地。

Cui Dongshan 神色凝重起来。

这可能是Mister 第一次，如此兴师动众。当初在夜航船联手对付那位吴霜降，Mister 可能都不如今天。

Chen Ping 在山巅盘腿而坐，双手笼袖，等到Cui Dongshan 一屁股坐下后，以心声问道：“如何以自欺来欺天？”

Cui Dongshan solemnly asked ：“Mister 是要？”

Chen Ping 说了一句让Cui Dongshan 先是如坠云雾、继而心头巨震的言语，“我自己已经忘了，只知道必须再与你请教这个手段。”

那位Great Li Dynasty 太后南簪，也有类似手段，却只能算是最下乘、最rateless 的手段。

比起Chen Ping 想要的那份Heavenspan 手段，差了vast distance 。

Cui Dongshan 默不作声。

Chen Ping 就开始闭目养神。

Cui Dongshan 站起身，原地踱步画圆而转，突然抖了抖两只雪白袖子，低头端详一番，叹息又叹气。

最后站定，眺望远方。

当年在Black Pearl Paradise 的Yuan Family 祖宅，自己这个“少年Cui Chan ”，与那Qi Jingchun ，senior and junior brothers 二人重逢。

Qi Jingchun 曾经有意无意询问一事，为何你会从Twelfth Realm 跌境到Nascent Soul Realm 。

当时的半个Cui Chan ，未来的Cui Dongshan ，想法和解释，并无隐瞒，是真心话。

因为按照他“自己”的理解，是Qi Jingchun 的学问，是出于Literary Saint lineage 却又可以别开生面，可是自己和那个老bastard 蛋，却被牵连太多，

old scholar 学问被禁绝，Divine Idol 地位一降再降，甚至被搬出文庙，打砸破碎，在Cui Dongshan 看来，是因为Qi Jingchun 已经“上岸了”，但是自己这个Literary Saint 首徒，“Cui Chan ”却必须破而后立，彻底撇清师承道统，凭借事功学问，在一洲之地Eastern Mountain 再起，重返the immortal ，甚至是跻身Ascension Realm 。

Qi Jingchun 当时还有一问。

“那天你和Cui Minghuang ，on the surface 是演戏给Wu Yuan 看，其实是给我看，累不累？”

放你的屁，累个锤子的累。

你们俩看笑话累不累才对。

因为事实上，这个Qi Jingchun ，何尝不是与Senior Brother Cui Chan 配合演戏，给未来的“Martial Nephew Cui Dongshan ”看？

关键是Senior Brother 二人，并无任何言语交流，甚至都无需碰面。

就只是一种心有灵犀的默契。

双方各凭棋力，看似处处giving tit for tat ，并且落子都是真，实则最终却在棋盘上布下同一局。

Cui Dongshan 如此少年temperament ，并非是Cui Dongshan 装模作样，自然是Cui Chan 那个老bastard 蛋刻意为之。

这还只是1st floor ，犹有Second Layer ，Cui Chan 又给自己设置了重重禁制、关隘，这就像明明都是自己，凭什么你这个老bastard 蛋更有钱，甚至学问更高、棋力更强？

那么当年“累不累”三个字。

大概就是身为Junior Brother 的Qi Jingchun ，对Senior Brother Embroidery Tiger 的一种独有宽慰之语？