After Waking up Beside the Villain

Xie Chengyun left and went to Songtao Pavilion, while Chu Yunsheng stayed in the Heming Courtyard, and together with the old servant Fubo tidied up the small anteroom where he was going to live.

The ear room used to be Xie Chengyun's small study room when he was a child. It was not abandoned, and it was often cleaned in the past, so it didn't take too much effort to clean it up and move in.

There are very few servants in the Heming Courtyard. Uncle Fu only called a [-]-year-old and [-]-year-old servant girl to assist him. As far as he could see, there were only two or three figures walking through the courtyard, dealing with affairs, not like ordinary princes from aristocratic families. He behaved like a well-behaved son, not to mention the scene of a son-in-law.

When going back and forth to clean up, Uncle Fu carefully watched Chu Yunsheng, hesitant to speak several times.

But either because of the presence of other people in the courtyard, or because he didn't dare to discuss Xie Chengyun's decision, and he didn't dare to provoke Chu Yunsheng at will, so in the end, he didn't say anything to Chu Yunsheng.

Everything was tidied up, half an hour had passed, Xie Chengyun still hadn't returned, the night was getting darker, half of the lights in the courtyard were turned off, and it gradually became quiet.

The window of the ear room was opened by Chu Yunsheng, reflecting half of the blue waves of the lotus pond and a green willow swaying in the wind.The sparkling water is poured on the bed through the gaps of willow leaves, accompanied by the cool night wind.

Chu Yunsheng admired the quiet moonlight for a moment, then sat cross-legged on the couch, and decided to take the opportunity to stroke Yuan's body's martial arts skills.

Calculated according to the current time, Xie Chengyun should have reached the pinnacle of Hanshen after traveling around the world for six years, and has just returned to Beijing for the tour and crowning ceremony, officially becoming an adult.

And Rong Ange is four years younger than Xie Chengyun, and he is only 16 years old now, and he is still in the stage of enlightenment. When he is eighteen, he will become Dingdan.

In other words, at this time, there are still eight years before Taixu Guansheng changes, and nine years before Rong Ange goes down the mountain.So in the short term, there will be no protagonist in front of Chu Yunsheng's eyes.

He has enough time to strengthen his body and enhance his strength.

Moreover, he does not intend to sit idly by and ignore the changes in Taixuguan eight years later. If early warning cannot be avoided at that time, then he can only take action to prevent it.So strength is very important.

Of course, it is too early to talk about helping Tai Xu Guan to avoid disasters. Now he is just an ordinary martial artist in the late stage of Hanshen, and he is far behind the White Dragon Ranking.

Moreover, the original body was already 28 years old, and the 28-year-old Hanshen Late Stage could only be considered a little talent, definitely not the same as a genius.

If he had practiced martial arts early, the original body might have made greater achievements. Although he was still not as good as those martial arts geniuses who rose like the scorching sun on the White Dragon List, he could easily become a first-class master and become a guest of some small family , or stand on their own, and be the leader of a small force.

No matter how hard you try, you may be able to break through Dingdan in the future.

It's just that it was too late to practice martial arts in the original body. He had no one to rely on since he was a child, and struggled to earn a living. During the wasted years, he wasted his talent for practicing martial arts in vain until his bones matured in his teens, and he missed the best year of martial arts practice. At the age of ten, he had the opportunity to step into the threshold of martial arts, but at this time, it was already too late to regret.

Originally, he practiced martial arts at thirteen, and only entered Hanshen at eighteen. After ten years of hard work, he entered the late stage of Hanshen. Compared with all living beings in the vast rivers and lakes, he is indeed considered a strong man.

With his progress, it is by no means a problem to achieve a half-step concentration pill before the qi and blood decline at the age of 60.

The original body has such a cultivation level, as long as he is cautious enough, as long as he doesn't provoke people he can't afford, he will definitely have the power to protect himself when he walks in the rivers and lakes.

But he was terrified of the dangers in the Jianghu, so he chose to hide from the world, and immediately avoided his problems. Before his fame spread, he would die early, and he was not even a wave in the Jianghu, let alone his ambition. And the arrogance and self-conceit that firmly believes that as long as you stick to it, you will eventually become a genius.

You must know that although there are many talents in the world of martial arts, the real geniuses are a minority after all.

There are only 30 people in the Bailong list of young geniuses under the age of 50 in the world, only 40 people in the shocking list of tyrannical Dingdan below Youxian, and 22 Youxian in the list of immortals, which has not necessarily increased in decades Minus change.

No one wants to be famous, no one wants to reach the peak, but how many people go down the mountain and travel every year, and how many people step into the rivers and lakes every year?

Tens of thousands.

The mediocrity is always a hundred times and a thousand times more than geniuses, just like the vast amount of gravel is to the sky and the stars.

If there is no accident, Chu Yunsheng's original body is also such a mediocre person with little talent.But now, everything is different.

Chu Yunsheng followed the original body's memory, sat cross-legged quietly, and entered into a state of concentration.

He has never practiced martial arts, but he is more proficient in the matter of entering into a samadhi than the original body, and it hardly takes much time to calm his mind, clear away excess thoughts, and then he has a peaceful mind, and his heart is clear—this is the case with many things , with the increasing number of memory fragments in his mind, he seems to be inexplicably familiar with some things that he has never experienced before.

Complicated thoughts disappear, and the mind is pure, like leaving an empty and quiet place.

Chu Yunsheng gradually felt the true energy surging in the meridians of his body.

It started from the dantian, like flowing water, scattered into the river-like meridian, gurgling, nourishing and strengthening one's body, and finally after running for a week, it grew a little bit, and then returned to the dantian like a hundred rivers converging into the sea.

Different martial arts skills create different types of zhenqi.

The true energy in Chu Yunsheng's body was completely different from the finger that Xie Chengyun pointed at him in the prison room. It didn't feel extremely cold, but it was hazy and mysterious, which seemed difficult to grasp.

This is the reason why Chu Yunsheng was able to use one or two points of true energy to iron Xie Chengyun's coat even though he was in the prisoner's lock.It was also the reason why the original body was certain that the attack would be successful when he was imprisoned.

It is the particularity of this true energy that makes it impossible for Prisoner God to imprison it completely.

And the martial art that condenses this true energy is a volume of "Sheng Sheng Yi Dao Jing".

This martial art is incomplete, only Hanshen chapter, but it is enough for the practitioners to find their own path and achieve Dingdan.Afterwards, the realm is different, just change it, and it doesn't hinder it.

According to what the good-hearted elder said before his death, although this martial art is obscure and difficult to understand, it has a rough grasp of the superficial principles of heaven and earth. Containing the realm of the gods is rare.

Naturally, this technique is not comparable to the unique skills of those famous schools or aristocratic families, but it is also much better than many martial arts.

It's just that this martial arts is really difficult and mysterious. It took more than ten years for the original body to become the late stage of Hanshen. There are reasons for his own aptitude, but there are also some profound and tiring exercises.

In line with the movement of the true energy in his body, Chu Yunsheng read through the Book of Life and Changes from beginning to end in his memory, feeling a little surprised.

From his point of view, this martial art is definitely born out of the Book of Changes, but it is easier to understand and closer to martial arts than the Book of Changes.

It talks about divination of the fate of heaven and man, and about the changes of yin and yang. After getting started, it will generate a mouthful of mysterious and true energy, understand the theory of numerology, and know the will of heaven.

The original body has practiced this skill to a small degree, and barely reached the late stage of Hanshen, if he wants to break through and enter the peak, he must at least have a great success.

Based on the original understanding of the Book of Changes, it may take a lifetime to learn the Dao, but Chu Yunsheng is familiar with the principles of Yi Xue. Although he does not study it intensively, he once firmly believed that it is connected with mathematics, and has studied it in depth. So this martial art is not too difficult for him.

Closing his eyes and concentrating, reciting the scriptures silently in his heart, Chu Yunsheng's body gradually circulated like a breeze, and sometimes a mist appeared, making his figure blurry and difficult to distinguish.

The moonlight falls here, and it is also far away and uncertain, like falling into nothingness.

The sound of the wind, the sound of the water, the sound of fluttering leaves, the chirping of insects and cicadas, the sound of flower buds blooming and the sound of grass breaking through the ground are all clearly heard.

The scent of flowers, books, pens and inks, floating aloes, and fine dust all flow through the tip of the nose.

Chu Yunsheng opened his eyes and looked far away, and saw a dewdrop hanging on the edge of the roof tiles on the small pavilion in the center of the lotus pond.

In the later stage of Hanshen, the five senses are keen, but there are also high and low points.

At this time, Chu Yunsheng, who was awake and opened his eyes, undoubtedly improved the body's five senses by one point.

Suddenly, pulled by Qi, Chu Yunsheng turned his gaze, and looked at the hanging flower gate in the courtyard through a green lotus leaf and the clear moonlight.

Xie Chengyun stepped forward, as if feeling something, he stared at it.

Seeing Chu Yunsheng sitting by the window in the ear room, he slightly raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said with a soft smile, "You have the will to fight."

Chu Yunsheng got up and walked out of the ear room.

"As soon as Fang is out of trouble, he will enter the realm. Your skills and talent are indeed quite good. It's just that you practiced martial arts too late, and you have wasted a few years. If you want to be the first to come first, it may not be easy. You are far from My opponent, I am afraid that even a single sword will be difficult to catch, if you have the heart in the future, I will fight with you from Yin hour every day."

Xie Chengyun walked slowly, entered the main room, and said: "You just practiced the mental method, and there are traces of Taoism on your body, but it is not orthodox, it is about Taoist."

"The palms are bright white, with residual true energy. They should be good at palm techniques. However, Xuanmen excels in mysticism, which is less compatible with palm techniques. You'd better abandon palm techniques and find a weapon that might have miraculous effects."

Whether it's Rong Ange's perspective in the original plot or the memory of the original body, they know very little about the entire martial arts world, and Chu Yunsheng couldn't think of it, but there were some traces of running skills on his body, and Xie Chengyun See through many details.

With such extensive knowledge, as well as his keen insight and superb insights into martial arts, he is worthy of being a genius in the world.

Among them are Xie Chengyun's experience of traveling the world for six years, as well as Xie's family's incomparably rich information resources, but also Xie Chengyun's own extraordinary aptitude, clever mind and eyesight, so that he can achieve this vision.

The two entered the main room.

The lights in the room were still bright and majestic.

Chu Yunsheng entered the door and asked, "What weapon does Ji Ling use?"

A servant girl outside the door heard the news and rushed over to serve hot tea.

Xie Chengyun ordered her to bring someone over to take a bath.

When the servant girl went down, he replied: "Ji Ling used to use a sword, but after entering the Nine Immortals Palace, she used a snake whip. Her weapon 'Rouchangdu' has been damaged. I will prepare a new whip for you to disguise."

Chu Yunsheng didn't know that Ji Ling used whips before, but now that he knew, he was not interested in snake whips.

He believed that Xie Chengyun hadn't lied in what he said just now, so he also seriously considered the suggestion of abandoning the palm technique and switching to other weapons.

In fact, when he was running the Shengsheng Yidao Jing, he also found that the Yin-Yang Zonghengzhang did not fit well with this mental method. There were less mysterious changes, but more domineering and blunt.

"You don't go to rest, come in with me, do you have something to talk about?"

Xie Chengyun's shoulders were straight, his body was like a bamboo, he folded his sleeves and raised his hands, poured out two cups of tea, brought one of them to Chu Yunsheng, and asked casually as if chatting.

Hearing this, Chu Yunsheng put aside his thoughts on weapons for the time being, and said straight to the point: "Although Mr. Xie doesn't ask, but my identity and origin, with the ability of the Xie family, I can check it out within a few days. After all. So, why don’t I tell Mr. Xie first.”

Xie Chengyun raised his eyes slightly.

He was on his way to Songtao Pavilion just now, and he was already sent to investigate.But I don't want to, the appearance of this person, I really want to confess myself.

Chu Yunsheng felt that he had nothing to hide, so he sorted out his thoughts a bit, and then told the past one by one.

The events of the early years are briefly mentioned, and the content of the discourse focuses on the fact that he met the phantom of the girl on the mountain road, and then became Ji Ling in disguise.

"You're not like a monster with a mad mind."

Xie Chengyun said about Chu Yunsheng's reaction to the girl's phantom.

Chu Yunsheng couldn't explain that it wasn't him, so he said, "The way of thinking is wrong, and I went crazy for a while."

Xie Chengyun nodded, he didn't know if he believed it or not, but he didn't get entangled in this matter.

"False phantom, real body replacement..."

He murmured in a low voice: "This kind of method should be the method of Li Daitao's stiffness. If the golden cicada escapes its shell, only the divine will must escape. It is you who exchanged with Ji Lingyuan, and you will not be your body when you appear in the cell, but the It's Ji Ling's body."

"But Li Daitao is different."

"Not surprisingly, that Youxian must have had contact with Ji Ling a long time ago, and planted a peach body on her body, and made a plum body with her breath. When Ji Ling was in trouble, it was difficult to When it is easy to rescue, throw Li Shen out. If you meet Li Shen, you will inherit the cause and effect of Li Shen, and use your own body to replace Ji Ling who is in trouble without anyone knowing it. This is the method of Li Daitao's stiffness , is a method of traveling to the fairyland, which is often seen in heretic demons."

Speaking of this, Xie Chengyun raised his eyes, and the long sword in his waist suddenly came out of its sheath.

The sword was bright and clean, and the chill was bitter, and it cut straight at Chu Yunsheng.

Chu Yun didn't move, letting the sword energy fall, and within a breath, his right shoulder was numb and frozen, cold to the bone, his hair and brow were silently covered with fine frost.

Almost at the same time, Chu Yunsheng heard a sound transmission from behind him: "You are such a scum who bullies women, you should go-!"

There was a soundless sword cry.

That voice dissipated at the same time as the extreme cold oppressing the whole body, and stopped abruptly.

With a lightening all over, Chu Yunsheng seemed to have swept away the haze in his heart, his thoughts leaped, and his body bones made a light cracking sound, as if he was changing his appearance and figure rapidly.

No wonder he didn't notice any bone shrinkage skills or disguise when he practiced the exercises, but it turned out that the disguise and bone shrinkage all came from the imprint of the fairyland.Now that the mark is broken, he will naturally return to his original appearance. If he wants to disguise again, he will have to disguise himself.

The fluttering dress was originally loose, but in the blink of an eye, it was stretched tight, and the muscles and figure suddenly appeared, which was extremely weird.

Seeing this scene, Xie Chengyun was a bit slow in taking his sword back into its sheath.

If it was a handsome or slightly feminine young man wearing a long skirt, it would not be too disobedient, but the person in front of him was a slender and strong young man who was wrapped in this dark red skirt. It was just very, very weird.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?" Xie Chengyun said.

Chu Yunsheng did not detect any killing intent or fatal threat from that sword. This was due to his familiarity with him. He couldn't say more, so he just said: "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your promise."

Xie Chengyun raised his eyebrows, raised the corners of his lips as if listening to a joke, and almost stooped to laugh: "There's a lot of nonsense."

After laughing, he said: "It's just a mark, it has no power or aura. Presumably this person just wants to give you a dying message. After you kill it, you don't need to worry anymore."

While speaking, his eyes swept over Chu Yunsheng's handsome and indifferent face, paused for a moment, and then fell into the clear yellow tea.

Chu Yunsheng nodded, and asked the last question: "What do you need to do to be your sword servant?"

"There's no need to do anything."

Xie Chengyun smiled: "As long as you are loyal and capable, you can be considered a qualified sword servant. Unlike Jianku or Shushan Sword School, the Xie family has no rules and regulations. If you don't want to be idle, you can follow me Leaving home to sharpen my sword, on the third day of the seventh month, I will live and die in Cangxi Mountain outside Shangjing, open the sword platform, and ask the sword to the world."

This incident was mentioned in the original plot, and Chu Yunsheng was not surprised.

There has been an unwritten rule and tradition in the rivers and lakes since ancient times, that is, all those who practice the way of swords, when they think they are invincible in the same realm, can open the sword platform, make a life and death oath, and challenge the peers in the world Those who are challenged can be afraid to admit defeat, and can postpone the time of the challenge within one month, but they must not refuse to fight, and must not intentionally fake a fight, otherwise it will be regarded as an insult to the way of swordsmanship, and all sword practitioners in the world will fight together Of.

Once the sword platform is opened, life and death will be lightened.

The sword platform must not be closed, and the battle must not stop for more than a month until the battle has completed a hundred games or five consecutive losses, or the realm has broken through.

This means that no one in the Sword Opening Stage can be seriously injured in each match, otherwise the recuperation time for serious injuries will definitely not exceed one month.If the injury is really hard to heal and cannot be compared, then you have to abide by the original life and death oath, abandon the sword from now on, and never use it again.

It is unacceptable for ordinary people to abandon what they have cultivated all their lives.

Moreover, few people are so arrogant that they think that they can really withstand the test of the Sword Opening Stage and are invincible in the world.

According to hundreds of years of records in Great Xia Wulin, so far, 78 people have opened the sword stage, but only five people succeeded.

Among these five people, one is the No.30 second-generation master of the sword cave leader, one is a fallen wandering immortal of the Shushan Sword School, one founded the Bliss Academy of the Western Regions Demon Dao, and became the leader of the five sects of the Demon Dao. With one sword, the Three Views of the World have been transformed into the Four Views of the World.

There is another person who came from a humble background and is a casual cultivator in the world, but he created the three swords by himself, and he has been able to kill and attack with the way of the sword, so far no one has been able to break it.

It is these five legends who are as bright as the sun, when either Yu Hanshen or Yu Dingdan set up the sword arena, their best record was still four defeats.

There are countless outstanding people in the world, and the strong are like clouds, and they must not be underestimated.

And such an incomparably difficult road to sharpening swords has made countless geniuses daunted.

It has been about 30 years since the sword stage was opened.

Chu Yunsheng remembered the result of Xie Chengyun's opening of the sword platform this time. Strictly speaking, Xie Chengyun's sword opening platform died prematurely.

In the third year after he left Shangjing, when he had challenged more than 40 games, he was hunted down by the late Dingdan, and he broke through while fleeing for thousands of miles, so he stopped the challenge because he was no longer in the state of Hanshen.

Later, Rong Ange thought to himself that he was invincible in the Immortal Realm, so in order to improve, he also chose the sword-opening platform.

Because of the harshness of the oath to open the sword stage, only five defeats, Rong Ange was terrified when he tasted the first defeat given to him by Xie Chengyun.

There was one defeat in the first battle, let alone the next 99 games.

In fact, although Rong Ange became a Youxian ten years after he opened the sword stage, he did not fight a hundred times. From the number 30 or so, all the people he challenged gave up and did not fight him.

So he easily completed the opening stage with a brilliant record of 99 wins.

Although some people murmured that it was tricky, those who admitted defeat seemed to be really convinced. Hearing someone's speculation, they would stand up and defend Rong Ange.

As time passed, everyone in the world believed in the strength of Rong Ange, who would win without fighting.

"This move is dangerous. You go to Songtao Pavilion to discuss this matter with the family?"

Chu Yunsheng recovered and asked.

He intuited that Xie Chengyun was being hunted down by a strong man in the late stage of Dingdan on the way to the sword opening stage. It was not simply that a certain swordsman couldn't afford to lose, so he invited an assassin.

There may be other secrets in it.

Xie Chengyun smiled, and did not reprimand Chu Yunsheng for his unobtrusive inquiry, but he did not answer, only said: "This matter is incidental, and you will know the rest in the future."

"It's getting late, go back and rest."

At this time, there was also movement in the courtyard. A young man came over carrying a wooden bucket and carrying hot water.

This is only the first day of meeting Xie Chengyun, Chu Yunsheng is not in a hurry to exchange feelings with Xie Chengyun.

Although after leaving the cell, Xie Chengyun's attitude towards him has always been as gentle as a spring breeze, as if he really regarded him as his sword servant and one of his own.But Chu Yunsheng is clear that this is just an appearance. With Xie Chengyun's palace and scheming, he still doesn't have any trust in him at present, only suspicion and use.

Using the bone shrinking skill again to transform into a woman's figure, Chu Yunsheng stopped talking, got up and left, and returned to the ear room.

At the same time, Yanzhou is thousands of miles away.

In the deep night, Tai Xu contemplated that in a low house hundreds of meters away from the cliff, two thin young Taoist priests were lying on a mat, covered with a thin quilt, and peeping through the half-opened window. Under the blowing of the night wind that came in, he fell asleep soundly.

Suddenly, the little Taoist priest by the door trembled all over, screamed as if he was in a nightmare, opened his eyes suddenly and sat up.

Another little Taoist priest in the room was startled awake, and said with a little fear, "An Ge? Are you... in a nightmare?"

Rong Ange's middle coat was drenched by cold sweat that broke out in an instant, and when the wind blew, it was bitingly cold.

He opened his eyes wide in a daze, turned his head following the sound, and looked at the little Taoist priest who had woken up. A trace of astonishment and confusion flashed in his eyes: "You...you are Zhao Anfeng? Why are you here, you are not dead..."

In the middle of speaking, Rong Ange closed his mouth as if he came to his senses, quickly lowered his head to look at his body, and then scanned the hut again.

Slowly, uncontrollable ecstasy and excitement emerged in his eyes.

After compose himself, he got out of bed, rushed to a cabinet, and took out a thick book from it, which was the daily patrol situation recorded by six disciples patrolling Siguo Cliff in their three houses.

Rong Ange flipped through the pages in a hurry, and soon saw the most recent page.

——The ninth year of 480 in the Daxia calendar, June [-].

Rong Ange stared at the year and month records on the paper, his fingers trembling and his heart trembling.

After a long time, he closed the booklet with a snap, and laughed like crazy.

Zhao Anfeng was terrified, suspecting that he was invaded by foreign demons, he hurriedly picked up his sword and hugged it, concentrating his true energy, looking vigilantly at the laughing Rong Ange, and tentatively said: "Ange, are you alright?" ?”

Rong Ange stopped laughing.

He saw the sword in Zhao Anfeng's hand, but he didn't take it seriously. He just clapped his hands and smiled happily: "It's okay, I had a nightmare, and I almost forgot what year it is."

As he said that, he gradually calmed down, returned to the bed, and said, "Keep sleeping, tomorrow it's your turn to patrol for a whole day."

Zhao Anfeng responded, but still held the sword. He didn't heave a sigh of relief until Rong Ange really calmed down, and heard the faint sound of deep sleep. He put down the sword, and moved the pillow away from Rong Ange. An Ge moved away and continued to sleep.

In the darkness, Rong Ange quietly opened his eyes.

Although the memory after Piercing the Sky left was blurred, he still remembered that he had a happy life and didn't have too many regrets.But since God gave him a chance to be reborn outside of time travel, he must take good care of it and cherish it, and live a life that is more exciting and shocking to the world.

This time, he already knew his own strength, and he was no longer so afraid of the rivers and lakes below the mountain. In this way, he could go down the mountain earlier and venture into the rivers and lakes with Ji Anbai.

Young people join hands, presumably the friendship will be deeper.

Rong Ange bent his mouth, slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep again.