beg for chivalry

The snow is getting bigger and bigger, and the sky and the earth can't be distinguished clearly by the white mist.Everyone went into the house to avoid the cold, but the bamboo old man was still standing in the courtyard of the Jinfu.

Since just now, the old man has been holding a wine bucket, pouring out a big gulp, drinking very excitedly.When he drank the wine, his skin was red and hot, and the snow that fell on his shoulders and arms was actually steamed by the heat, and condensed on his arms like beads of sweat.Although no one paid attention to it, he still drank it to his heart's content.

Not long after, a person stepped on the snow and stopped in front of him.

The person who came over said, "Hey, old man, stand aside and go."

This person's tone was extremely arrogant and domineering, the old man Zhu opened one eye to look at him: it turned out to be the young martial artist Wu Litian who visited the village yesterday and caused trouble immediately.

"Little baby of the Wu family, do you want to trouble the old man, or do you want the old man to trouble you?"

The old man laughed, but jumped off the bamboo stick, pulled out the green bamboo stick from the snow, hung it for a week and then carried it on his shoulder.This means: if Wu Litian utters a word of rudeness again, he will use this stick to speak.

But Wu Litian lifted the wine jar in his hand, placed it in front of the green bamboo stick, and said. "Neither. I'm here to drink with you."

When the word "wine" was mentioned, the bamboo old man beamed with smiles. With a twist of his wrist and a sweep of the bamboo stick, the gale blown up completely wiped away the snow on the surrounding ground.He sat down and asked with a belch.

"Since you are asking someone to be your drinking partner, how can you be so disrespectful to your senior? But this old man doesn't like to be fussy, just sit down, drink three big cups first, and then fight with me, lose one punch and drink twelve cups, how about it! "

Wu Litian sat down, raised his eyebrows and said. "You can drink as much as you like, but you have to make some rules." But he put down the wine cup he brought in his hand, and threw it in front of the old bamboo man provocatively.

Bamboo old man: "Good! Good! Good! Your stubborn and arrogant temper is just like your father. If I fight with you today, it is as if I were fighting with the leader of the martial arts. If you are punished for drinking today, it is also your father who will be punished." drink."

Before the words fell, the clear and crisp sound of the wine cup shattering suddenly resounded!

It turned out that the young man drank the wine in one gulp and fell down in anger. "...don't mention that old bastard in front of me!"

The name of the leader of the martial arts alliance is definitely Wu Litian's Nilin.At first he hated his father's discipline the most, and then he complained about those who compared him with Wu Wugong.If there is anything he can't hear, the phrase "like father, like son" bears the brunt of it.

The old man Zhu didn't panic, he just laughed and said: "The little boy has a very bad temper, I don't know if he will follow his father or his mother?"

"No one will follow."

Wu Litian raised his neck, and poured another large cup of wine indiscriminately.

"I don't have a mother or a father, so I don't have one."

The others must have been shocked when they heard his words.The leader of the Martial League, more than [-] people, being able to have a relationship with him is equivalent to walking around the rivers and lakes wearing an iron cloth shirt with a golden bell cover.But this kid is good, he doesn't hate it, and blatantly calls him "old and immortal".

Regardless of his seniority, the old man filled the wine for him, and gulped down the remaining wine in the altar, saying.

"Hey, you are wrong. Flesh and flesh are kind, parents are kind, even if he treats you badly, since you are born and raised, there is still kindness."

"This is my family's business, what do you know?" Wu Litian insisted.

"I don't understand, but you may not understand either. Since you haven't figured out the bottom line of the Wu family, how can you understand what your father is thinking in his heart?"

It is said that people who practice martial arts have a set of methods of blood circulation, and they can drink a thousand cups without pouring.But this is very old, Wu Litian, as a court military officer who dislikes socializing, rarely drinks alcohol, now after drinking a few cups, he actually became tongue-tied.

"I don't understand, and I don't want to understand! When I came out to be an official, I just wanted to annoy him, because he didn't like temples the most; I didn't use his mighty swordsmanship, but the Miao family's marksmanship, because I wanted to teach him something sad."

"But you little boy didn't do a good job, but ran out to make trouble, what's the difference between this and your father? Your father is still at peace, but you are making trouble everywhere." The old bamboo man said. "There is no good thing, but there are piles of stupid things."

The young martial artist squinted his eyes, he was slightly drunk at this time, and his tone was slow and leisurely. "A good thing! What is a good thing? It's a good thing to obey the emperor's will, it's a good thing to follow the public's will, and it's a good thing to follow the father's will. How can it be a foolish thing to follow one's own will?"

He was unhappy, so he drank more and more.The more he drank, the more he remembered the past.

At that time, Wu Litian was still the son of the Wu family who was regarded as the jewel in the palm of his hand. Before his father had any mishaps, everyone called him "Young Leader".But Wu Litian didn't know what the title of "Young Alliance Leader" was for, he only knew how to practice martial arts.

For nine hours a day, you have to stand upside down among the piles of sharp stones without rest, in order to practice the strength of your palms.

Sometimes his father, Wu Wugong, finished handling the affairs of the Wumeng League and had time to visit him, so he would teach him to tie stones all over his body and face him with a sword.The stone was heavy, at that time Wu Litian's body was still immature, he could hardly move, the sharp blade sliced ​​through the flesh of the stone.

He danced the sword thousands of times a day, and never took his hands off the sword when he fell asleep at night. There are two reasons: one is that he can continue practicing the sword without a moment's rest when the cock crows the next day—

——The second is that after holding the sword for a long time, the skin in his hand was torn, and the hilt was stuck together with blood and could not be let go.

When his martial arts got better, when he was traveling in Jianghu, he always heard others say: "You are worthy of being the son of Master Wu, he is indeed talented and intelligent."

It's a pity that these sycophants and gossip people can't see that there was a young man named Wu Litian swallowing blood and tears in the dead of night.The purpose is to keep the name of the martial arts family from falling behind, and it is also to allow the leader of the martial arts alliance to have a worthy heir.If he can't take up the heavy responsibility of the Wumeng in the future, he will not only be criticized, but also the whole Wujia family, including his younger sister who is a little younger than him.

He also wanted to let go and not practice, but Wu Wugong said coldly. "If you can find a way stronger than Juntian's swordsmanship, then you don't need to practice the sword."

So he asked. "How about Daomen Crane's work?"

Wu Wugong replied: "Heretics, it's nothing more than mediocrity."

He asked again: "How about Huang Jiaqing's wind palm?"

"It's better than tough, it's not good for you."

Wu Litian then talked about dozens of famous exercises that he had heard, seen, and practiced, but all of them were rejected by his father.He suddenly understood that in his father's mind, there was nothing that could beat Wu family's Juntian swordsmanship, even if he was going to die, he could only be defeated by his own swordsmanship.

But Wu Litian refused to accept it, and asked again: "Is the Tianshanmen sword technique worth learning?"

This time his father was strangely silent.

For a long time, he replied. "Sword skills are mediocre, but one knife skill is acceptable."

"What about the water guns in Miao Village?"

"You don't learn swordsmanship well, what are you half-hearted about?" Wu Wugong raised his brows upside down, his eyes stern.In the past, Wu Litian must have been terrified when he saw his expression, but now he has made up his mind——

So Wu Litian said categorically: "I won't learn sword anymore."

As soon as the words came out, he fell to his knees on the ground.

It's not that he wants to kneel himself, it's all because of his father, the leader of martial arts, one of the best sword wielders in the Jianghu, suddenly shot out a coercive pressure.Wu Litian gritted his teeth, but in the end his knees were softened by this momentum, and he knelt down on the ground.But even though he was kneeling, his spine was still straight.

He repeated it again and again. "I don't learn swords."

"Not only will I not learn, I will go out from here tomorrow, and I will teach the world that there is only a boy named Wu Litian in the world, and there is no son of the leader of the martial arts. I must also teach them that this world will be my world in the future, not The world of your Wumeng."

Before the words fell, he heard a sound like thunder in his ears.

It turned out that it was Wu Wugong who pulled out the sword from his waist and slammed it in front of him.The black iron sword weighed more than a hundred catties, and the lord's strength was so strong that the sword body was sunk deep into the ground through Wu Litian's clothes, making him unable to move even an inch.

"presumptuous!"

The voice of the martial arts leader was louder than the thunder.From this tone, Wu Litian could almost tell that his father was burning with anger.

"Jun Tian's swordsmanship is invincible in the world. You are born to learn some tricks, how can you have the responsibility of the young leader? Today, you can swing the sword another ten thousand times, so that you don't have time to speculate!"

The young Wu Litian shook his head, raised his hand suddenly and clenched the blade tightly.With the sound of his clothes being torn, he leaned on his sword and forced himself to stand up under his father's coercion.Flicking the blood on his hand, he said coldly. "Heaven above, today I swear to hold the sword for the last time! This time I cut off the clothes, if I lift the sword again next time, I don't need this arm!"

After he said these words, a sense of revenge-like pleasure surged in his heart.Because he has been born for more than ten years, everything is at the mercy of Wu Wugong, and today he finally has to decide for himself.

The martial arts leader didn't want him to make such a poisonous oath, so he was furious, his face was bruised, but his lips trembled and he wanted to say it.

Wu Litian took one last look at him, then turned around resolutely and walked out of the house.

This step actually allowed this young man who was praised as the pride of heaven in the past to break into the mortal world.In the following ten years, Wu Litian grew from a brat who didn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth to a cold and proud young man. He floated in a flat boat on the clear stream, heard the night rain in the river and lake, saw the coldness of the world, and experienced the warmth and coldness of people's hearts, and he finally reached this point.

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"So, little boy, you got an official position as a garrison back then, just to annoy your father?"

Hearing this, the old bamboo man laughed, pushed the wine cup in front of him, and put it in front of the young man.

"It's really to anger him. That old man only has the Juntian sword in his eyes, and he can't wait to teach an apprentice who can break through the eighth heavy sword art, so he can't see the court frequently using the power of the martial arts alliance to calm the world and force him You have to deal with piles of trivial matters in the Wumeng every day." Wu Litian said in a rather cold tone.

"Later, I got tired of being an official, so I went out to play in the mountains and rivers, looking for some masters and heroes to fight against each other?" The old man Zhu said with a smile. "If you want me to be this official, I can't sit still. The way of the temple is very boring. You come and I go as usual, and even the wooden figure is much more interesting than this. Alas, it's a pity that you are frizzy, love Make trouble, otherwise, how can you make the whole village go crazy? It's too messy!"

The young martial artist took a sip of the strong wine in his cup, his dark eyes reflecting the wind and snow.Compared to just now, his exuberant arrogance can be said to have been somewhat restrained.After pondering for a moment, he said.

"The reason is not only that. I have been traveling for several years, in order to find out—is there any cultivation technique in this world that is better than the Juntian swordsmanship."

The old man Zhu still had a smile on his face, but he shook his head and nodded again.Today's world is not peaceful, all because of the severe drought and snow in recent years, the plague is everywhere, the situation is not good, and people's hearts are turbulent.People in the imperial court are already battered to deal with the Jinren in the north, and they are even more at a loss when dealing with the sects that claim to be such as Luo Daoism, Wuwei Sect, and Houtianlou who incite peasants to revolt from time to time.Since Wu Litian is in the officialdom, it is impossible for him not to know these things.Regardless of whether he intends to learn martial arts and save the common people, he has finally entered the mortal world from the pavilion built for him by the leader of the martial arts.

As for the martial art in this world that is stronger than Juntian Sword Art...

The old man hummed a ditty, and said vaguely: "If you think it is, then every method can beat it by a bit. In the world, martial arts don't care about high or low, only depth. Your father has learned the Great Heaven Sword to the extreme, so it's naturally better than those who have just tried it. People are strong."

Wu Litian said. "No. I've traveled all over the place, and I've met many famous masters, and I feel that no one can beat the strength of the Juntian sword. Although the crane's walking steps are drifting, but after three times, it will be involved in the sword's momentum; It is soft and long, but it needs a woman's yin body to learn it; as for the Taiqing sword and Qingfeng palm, after thinking about it, none of them can compete with the Juntian sword. There are only two exercises, which I have not seen so far , maybe there is still a chance of winning against the Juntian Sword."

"Which two places?"

"The first is the concept of inaction. Although it is lost among the uprising mobs today, after the rumors that the Houtian Tower that 'killed without blood and traces' disappeared, many people flowed into the concept. They live in the Jiuchong Mountain of Nanban. How to use it can be described as the most mysterious thing in the world."

"The second is the Tianshan Gate. The swordsmanship is extremely concise, and the 'Yubai Three Swords' is even more famous all over the world. It is as graceful as a frightening bird, and graceful as a dragon. If I can meet Yubai Swordsman in this life, I must pay homage to her. "

Being able to teach Wu Litian, who has always been aloof and arrogant, to say this, it seems that Yubaidao really holds a very important place in his heart.After the young martial artist finished speaking, he suddenly recalled what he heard after dinner when he was traveling abroad.People know very little about Yubai Swordsman, only that her name is Yuqiuxia, she is covered with tulle, and her figure flutters like clear clouds covering the moon, and the flowing wind returns to snow.

Some people said that she was more beautiful than Luoshen, and she had the face of sinking fish and wild goose, so that the son of Tao Duwei's family, who had always been promiscuous, fell in love with her at first sight, and became delirious.

Some people say that she has unrivaled martial arts skills. Hou Tianzhu's Qingmian Luosha killed several Tianshanmen masters, just to try how beneficial the Yubai Sword is and how strong Yuqiuxia is.

Some people said that she had already retired to the mountains and forests, married a simple farmer, and had several children, regardless of world affairs.

Wu Litian naturally yearns for this legendary character, but unfortunately he has been in the rivers and lakes for several years and has not found it. He is already a little disheartened, and regrets that he will not see the Yubai Swordsman in this life.However, the young envious heart gradually faded away, and now he is full of heart to find a way to surpass Jun Tianjian, and the "Three Swords of Jade and White" has become a kind of sword that can only be seen in dreams, as elusive as the blue sky and white clouds. things up.

"...So, you arrested the young man of the Jin family just to find out if his saber technique is better than the Great Heaven Sword?" the old man Zhu asked.

"Exactly."

"According to the old man's knowledge," said the old man, "it's better than that."

Suddenly, the stern face of the young martial artist trembled.

He drank heavily just now, his cheeks were slightly flushed, but after the old man Zhu said that, he became paler than snow in an instant.He suddenly felt his heart beating and pounding, echoing in his chest, and soon it came to his ears again, making the sound haunting his ears.

It's been ten years!

He thought about it day and night, and he had been trying to obtain the technique of surpassing Juntian Sword for ten years.

He has been his father's puppet for ten years, and he has been looking for ways to cut off the hanging string for ten years.

Now this light and easy sentence is going to bury all his unwillingness and bitterness in the soil.

Wu Litian looked at the old man Zhu in disbelief, at this time the old man hiccupped and smiled at him.

"...You should have recognized it..."

After saying this sentence, the old drunk didn't say a word. It turned out that he was dizzy from drinking and fell asleep soundly due to the wind and snow.

"Recognize what?" The martial artist looked excited, grabbed the old man's shirt, shook it from side to side, almost roaring. "Tell me, what did I recognize!"

Ever since he came here and met the young man who can wield a knife, everything seemed to have changed.He saw that the saber technique was wonderful, although he was suspicious, he repeatedly asked about the source but to no avail.At this time, the old man Zhu said some strange words, which aroused his suspicion even more.

Under the rough shaking, the bamboo old man woke up muttering.Seeing his anxious face turning red and turning white, he spoke slowly, his hoarse voice mixed with the smell of alcohol almost being lost in the sound of wind and snow.

"...you should recognize..."

"...The saber he made...isn't it the saber technique you most want to see in your life..."