beg for chivalry

The ice creek gurgles under the cliff, and there is a thin layer of ice foam between the jagged and strange rocks.This place is clearly extremely cold, but the water is warm and cool, and can still flow.A girl in a white gauze skirt came from the plum forest, with a towering cloud crown, black hair, clear and arrogant eyes, and a long knife tied around her waist.

She walked slowly and calmly, and set foot on the path leading to the top of the cliff.Some disciples sweeping the snow in twos and threes by the snow stream saw her from afar, their faces were filled with joy, and they whispered to each other:

"Senior Sister Yuxie is here!"

"Where is it? It's rare to see her, and I want to see her beauty today!"

The noise behind him became more and more noisy, and the shadows of some crows were surging. Yu squinted and walked past the disciples without looking aside, snorting coldly in his heart.

She is the youngest daughter of Xu's family in Jizhou. Her ancestors inherited the title of nobility, and her sisters became princesses of the county.She has a quiet temperament, and likes to look up the sword manual of her ancestors by herself.One day, when Elder Beixuan from the Tianshan Gate came down the mountain, she got his favor, so she went to the No. [-] sect in Northwest China to learn knives.She is the bright pearl in the palm of the hand, the bright moon surrounded by the stars.Yubai sword can only be passed on to women, and it is extremely difficult to learn. She is the most promising one to be the next generation of Yubai swordsman.

Originally, there was a senior sister who was more talented than her, but she ran away for some reason, and the elders kept this secret, so Yu Xie picked her name to use.

Now she has made great progress with Yubai Swordsman, and she has practiced the third form of saber technique before she felt a bit difficult.Before going down the mountain, Yubai Swordsman gave her the sword once a month, and later she got the approval of the elders, went down the mountain to the West Desert to practice for two years, and finally returned today.Today is the day when she goes up to the cliff to meet her master.

Yuxie stepped on the falling snow and climbed up the cliff.

The wind was very strong on the cliff, and there was some golden flames at the entrance of the cliff cave.She walked into the cave, but there was no sign of the swordsman Yubai, only a brazier was burning vigorously, warm and warm.A young boy lowered his head and stood by the stone wall with his hands down.

"Hey, who are you?" Yu Xie asked bluntly.

The little boy trembled all over, raised his red and tired eyes, like a frightened little rabbit.After a long time, he moved his stiff lips and said in a low voice, "I am... Wang... Wang Xiaoyuan."

"There is no name given by the Tianshan sect?" Yuxie was a little surprised. All the disciples who entered the sect would be given names by the elder Beixuan. Sometimes they were named according to the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and sometimes they were named according to the poems of stars. After a little thought, she said clearly, "Ah, you are an outer disciple."

The young boy named Wang Xiaoyuan froze for a moment, then nodded hesitantly.Yu Xie was quite unhappy, how could an outer disciple show up in the cliff cave where the master was?This cliff cave is where Swordsman Yubai lives alone, and she can only go up the cliff once a month, let alone a male disciple.She looked at the little boy suspiciously, only to see that he was thin and thin, his face was pale, his breath was intermittent, and he seemed to be a little blood-deficient and exhausted.

"Why are you in the master's cave?" Yu Xie asked aggressively, "Did she allow you to stay here?"

"Yes... yes." Wang Xiaoyuan buried his head lower, "She said that I have been learning swords with her during this period of time."

Yu Xie couldn't believe it.Yubai's sword technique has been female disciples for more than ten generations, how can a kid learn this sword technique that is the best in the world?She looked outside the cliff cave and saw that the rapid snow was gradually subsiding, so she stretched out her hand to hold the blade of the long knife at her waist, and said coldly: "...nonsense."

Wang Xiaoyuan was taken aback for a moment, "I...I'm not... talking nonsense."

"This knife follows the way of 'Yangrou'. 'The most soft in the world, the most firm in the world', this is the truth. The master will never pass the Yubai knife to a man." Yu turned around obliquely , took the lead to walk out of the cliff cave, "Come out, I will compete with you. Since the master is still in the future, let me try how much you have learned from the master!"

The two stepped into the snow.Yuxie strode ahead with her head held high, and the disciple named Wang Xiaoyuan was a little apprehensive, holding a knife and following behind her.The two stopped in an open place, only to see Qionghua fluttering and flying like jade butterflies.Yuxie turned around, and took three steps away from him in the snow, with a cold face, said:

"Just stay here. Draw your sword, let me see if you are the master's disciple."

Wang Xiaoyuan was still very uneasy, he hesitated and said: "Senior sister, I haven't learned the sword well, why don't I avoid this sparring?"

"Who told you to call me Senior Sister?" Yu Xie frowned and asked, "How many years have you been learning swords from Master?"

"Two years..."

Yu Xie sneered, "It's been two years, isn't it possible that you haven't benefited at all? It seems that the rotten wood has more openings than you. The Tianshan Gate doesn't want disciples who can't even protect themselves."

It seems that during the two years when she went down the mountain to travel in the western desert, this kid learned knives with the swordsman Yubai, and even boasted that he became a closed disciple.But Yu Xie didn't believe it, Yu Beixuan said in person that she is a rare genius with extraordinary abilities, and it's impossible that this kid is also a rare freak with a personality far superior to hers. .

Wang Xiaoyuan frowned, and drew his knife out of its sheath.The snowy silver light is like a moon arc, slowly tearing apart the wind and snow.

His movements are familiar but clumsy, like a lame man who is used to a walking stick.Yu Xie sneered on his face, such a stupid disciple could only imitate the shape of a knife clumsily like a scoop, and could not learn the essence of the key.

"Look at the knife!" Yu Xie yelled loudly one step ahead, and crossed the momentum, the snow-white figure leaped out like electricity, and slashed obliquely like a gust of wind.The long knife in his hand drew a pure white light curtain, pressing down on Wang Xiaoyuan like mountains and seas.Wang Xiaoyuan was shocked, he held a knife to cut each other, but was chopped into the iron blade abruptly, he gritted his teeth and trembled, like a child who was about to pee his pants in fear.

"One, clumsy heart and clumsy hands." The girl in the snow gauze skirt drew a knife and slashed again, said plainly.

Wang Xiaoyuan clenched his teeth, and suddenly lost all strength in his hands.He got short, rolled into the snow, raised a cloud of white mist, and then stretched out his legs recklessly, trying to kick the girl's waist, but his ankle was caught by Yuxie.

Yuxie threw him heavily into the snowdrift, splashing thousands of snow dust, and said condescendingly to him:

"Secondly, be kind to Xiaozhi."

There was no sound in the snowdrift, Yuxie frowned, and stepped over, but suddenly felt some rustling sounds under her feet.A figure suddenly jumped out of the snow, and the snow dust was crystal clear, like a small fish breaking through the waves.Wang Xiaoyuan bit the knife, turned his head, and held the handle of the knife in the palm of his hand.

He swung his arms, the tip of the knife slightly tilted, and swung suddenly, a gust of wind hit Yu Xie's pretty face.The flying blade was suddenly intercepted by Yu Xie's long knife.

"...The third," the girl looked at him, with only disappointment in her pitch-black phoenix eyes. "...no roots of wisdom at all."

The wildly dancing snow fell suddenly and softly. Wang Xiaoyuan knelt in the snow, leaning on the ground with a long knife, blowing the wind alone.Yu Xie sheathed the saber, walked up to him, squinting.

"...Only relying on three points, why are you a disciple of the master?"

Wang Xiaoyuan was tongue-tied, speechless for a while, just lowered his head, and punched Houxue heavily.

Yu slanted and asked again: "What are you worrying about?"

The young boy raised his head in a daze, and the girl frowned and said, "Your mind is in a mess. The Yubai sword technique requires calmness and calmness, just like the "Qing Jing Sutra" "A person can always be quiet, and the world will return." But How can you learn how to master a good sword now that you are so anxious and troubled?"

There was some contempt in her eyes, and she asked: "Why did you go up the mountain to learn swords, is it to get the title of 'Jade White Swordsman'?"

Wang Xiaoyuan shook his head quickly: "No, it's not."

"That is for the purpose of joining the Martial Arts League to earn a lot of money in the future, as a guest of a wealthy family, and earn a tael of silver by dancing with a knife?"

"Neither..."

Yu Xie stared at him domineeringly, "What is that for? A person as anxious as you, who came here to learn Yubai Dao, is not for fame and fortune, so what else is it for?"

"For..." Wang Xiaoyuan bit his lip and said, "For saving people."

The girl only moved the corners of her mouth, as if she was sneering, "What a fool. Do you think that there is a high-sounding reason, so it's not considered a desire in your heart? It's just as stupid." She took a step, walked past him, and said coldly, "Forget about the person you want to save first. If you want to practice this sword, you need to become a sword first."

The little boy knelt in the wind and snow in a daze, silent.When Yuxie turned his face away, he vaguely saw a little crystal slipping from his cheek.She thought, what a useless disciple, is it so hard to forget one person?The years will dull everything.No matter how affectionate a person is, one day he will forget the face of the person he cherished in the past.What's more, this world is inherently sinister and precarious, and human life is the most despised.

Yuxie went back to the cliff cave and sat on the felt blanket beside the brazier for a while, the young boy named Wang Xiaoyuan never came back, maybe he was scared by her and wandered alone in the wind and snow.After a while, there was a sudden wind and snow outside, and a figure floated out in the rolling snow and mist, it was a jade white swordsman in white clothes, and Yu Qiuxia came.

Seeing the master coming, Yu Xie was very happy, the frost on his face dissipated for a while, and he changed back to the innocent appearance of a little girl.The two sat down by the fire, Yu Xie was careful, and patted the snow off the hat for the master.Yu Qiuxia untied Yuebai's cotton cloak and poured ginger tea for her.In the rising white mist, the two sat silently facing each other.

After a long time, Yu Xie finally couldn't help but opened his mouth, breaking the silence, "Master, you have a new student?"

"Yes." Yu Qiuxia looked at Yuxie with a smile. Except behind the gauze hat, she looked more gentle, with her hair loosely tied in a bun and tied with a plain white forehead kerchief, "Have you seen him?"

"The master is talking about the boy standing in this cliff cave? He has no talent. He has learned the sword from the master for two years, but he has not improved at all. Maybe he can be a woman." Yu Xie pouted, "Master, why did you bring him in?"

Yu Qiuxia smiled and said, "He came to beg me, and I accepted it."

"Accepted? There are so many people in this world who want a master!" Yu Xie was surprised and angry, "Why is he an exception and can please the master?"

She yelled in annoyance, but she saw Yubai Swordsman lowered his eyes and sighed softly. "Because he was so stupid that he broke all his bones and knelt on the stone path and climbed up to beg me."

"He's as stupid as I am. He doesn't know a truth that everyone knows. Zhuang Zhou once said that in a dry spring, fishes in a dry spring groan to get wet and survive by spitting a little."

Yubai Swordsman looked at the raging wind and snow outside the cave, and said softly.

"...It's better to forget each other than to stay in the rivers and lakes."