Poor Monk

Not empty Shanbei.

The mountains are lofty and the clouds are misty.

A wisp of flute sound is faint, as if it came from outside the nine-day cloud, piercing through the heavy sky, the clear and moist sound is a bit like the spring snow and the sparse shadows of apricot blossoms, but it also contains a little bit of aloof and arrogant spirit.

It's a familiar tune.

It is also a familiar feeling.

I don't know if it's because I've known him for a long time, and I've only heard him play the flute alone, or his flute sound is so special, Shen Duyuan knew it was Gu Zhao when he heard it.

Holding the Chuihong Sword upside down, he came swaying on the clouds, with no expression on his indifferent face. He walked around a mountain peak surrounded by clouds and fog, and saw the flat cliff.

The mountain rock that has been cut into a chessboard rests flat on the cliff.

The fallen chess pieces were still scattered, but a small gap was opened, and a jug and two wine cups were placed on it.

The man in the green shirt, with jade hair tied in his hair, only turned his back to the chessboard, standing tall on the edge of the cliff, like a sea of ​​clouds playing on the other side.

The breeze blows the clouds.

The corners of his robe and strands of hair fluttered.

If it wasn't for being familiar with this person, even Shen Du would have thought that the person in front of him was an immortal from the Nine Heavens, descended from the mortal world, with a neat and clean body, as if he wanted to fly away.

The song is not finished.

Shen Du didn't bother, he just landed on the cliff lightly and soundlessly, without saying a word.

It's not that Gu Zhao didn't notice people coming.

But he has his own habits.

At this time, I only finished playing the song slowly, and then I took a look at the endless mountains, let out a breath, and turned around with a smile on my face: "As expected of Master Shen, he went to the sky and entered the earth. Nothing can trouble you."

Shen Ducai had killed someone before.

The smell of blood on his body was not strong, but it was not weak either.In addition, he didn't cover it up on purpose, and there was no need to cover it up, so the smoldering look between his brows was really obvious.

He was indifferent to Gu Zhao's seemingly flattering words.

The man walked from the edge of the cliff to the edge of the chessboard. He glanced at Gu Zhao and asked lightly, "You want to buy me a drink?"

"Not poisoned."

Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly, and answered the wrong question.

Shen Du then sat down without saying anything.

Gu Zhao poured wine for him.

After pouring three cups, Shen Du also drank three cups.

During the whole process, neither of them said a word.

Shen Du only drinks.

Gu Zhao didn't drink, but he kept looking at him, and a strange color gradually appeared in his eyes.

From the looks of it, Shen Du seemed no different from the past.

An excellent skin that instinctively confuses the world, but the face is completely cold and evil that no one should get close to, not to mention the fierceness and evil that have accumulated between the eyebrows and eyes for many years.

It doesn't feel right.

If in the past, he escaped from the dead and returned safe and sound, he must first ridicule them that they are full of wine bags and rice bags on the right path, so many people can't beat him alone.

Now there is no half a word.

As soon as you sit down, start drinking.You know, Shen Du's drinking capacity cannot be described as "bad", and the word "bad" is flattering him.

When the fourth cup was poured, Shen Du stretched out his hand to serve it again, Gu Zhaoqian glanced at him, and reached out his hand to cover the cup.

The wet rim of the cup was pressed against his palm, feeling a little cold.

Shen Du didn't prevent him from coming, the hand that was about to reach out to hold the wine stopped in mid-air, paused for a moment, then raised his cold eyebrows and looked at him.

"what are you doing?"

"Do nothing."

Gu Zhao did not move his hand away. Although he was talking with a smile, the light and shadow in his eyes were a little colder and darker. His voice was as pleasant as his flute, but the meaning in his words was similar to that of a knife. like.

"I just feel that you look like you are dying, which makes people want to fuck you."

"just you?"

Shen Du smiled.

He was not at all surprised that this word suddenly came out of the mouth of the "Pengshan No. [-] Immortal" who was passed down by all the people in the rivers and lakes.After all, before he met Gu Zhao, he could not swear harshly at others, and he learned from Gu Zhao that "the one who is close to ink is black".

"There are so many people who want to fuck me, who are you?"

"..."

I don't know if he felt that he learned the dirty words too quickly and was not used to it, or because of some other reason, Gu Zhao, who is very knowledgeable, didn't catch the words at this moment, but just looked at him fixedly.After a long time, he shook his head and laughed.

"Master Shen, what did you meet in Tianji Temple? Did you see a god or a ghost?"

"Meet the Buddha."

Shen Du still had no expression on his face. Seeing that Gu Zhao was still clutching the wine cup, he simply picked up another empty wine cup and poured himself a glass, but he stopped talking about Tianji Temple and asked things outside.

"I'm not here during this time, how is the world going?"

"Joyful, singing and dancing, cutting weeds and roots, killing everything." Gu Zhao used four words in a row, but finally said, "But obviously, they are too happy."

"Where is the demon way?"

Picking up the wine cup, he drank another cup, Shen Du continued to ask.

Gu Zhao replied: "That dog of yours went crazy. A while ago, he went on a killing spree on Jiantian Cliff and killed many people. It was rumored that he wanted to replace you. Something went wrong, and he also attacked the people of his own faction. The situation is unknown now, only that yesterday morning, Cui Hong and Yao Qing led people to Tianji Temple, forcing them to release you or search the mountains to find your trace."

Gu Zhao doesn't like Pei Wuji.

So, at least in person, Shen Du never heard a good word from Pei Wuji from Gu Zhao, but he also never mentioned Pei Wuji in front of Gu Zhao.

At this time, after listening, I just fell silent.

Both wine cups were used by Shen Du alone, so of course Gu Zhao couldn't drink anymore.

He drinks well, but with restraint.

Seeing that Shen Du didn't speak at this moment, he just pondered the meaning of his few silences in his heart, and then said: "Where did you come from?"

"Shou Zhengzong."

There was a layer of gloom on Shen Du's face, but maybe it was because of the drunkenness, the madness on the corners of his eyes and brows.

"It's fine to block me in a nearby place, and block me at the main entrance and exit of Tianji Chanyuan. It's a bit despising me."

Who would be stupid enough to get out from the front?

He just recovered by relying on his internal strength, and he was growing steadily. He was arrogant once in the past, and warned the Zhengdao group, don't provoke him if there is nothing to do.

After finishing speaking lightly, he looked at Gu Zhao: "Why, the killing was wrong?"

Be authentic.

There is nothing wrong with that.

Gu Zhao thought for a while, and poured wine for him on his own initiative, and slowly said: "This faction has never been at odds with me, and these days I always get closer to Chi Yin, I don't care if you slaughtered all of them."

"laugh."

Shen Du sneered.

Chi Yin is a leader in the other side of the righteous way, and he is not at odds with Gu Zhaosu.

If there was a third person present at the moment, and heard this with his own ears, he might not be able to believe that it was said by the No. 1 Righteous Dao and the First Immortal of Pengshan. How heartless, ruthless, cold-blooded and indifferent?

"Everyone in the world knows that I am the devil, but they don't know that the devil is among them."

The meaning of this irony is very heavy.

But Gu Zhao got used to it, and didn't care about it: "Master Shen is wrong. You are evil, and I am righteous; you are Shen Du, the Taoist master of demons, and I am Gu Zhao, the number one immortal in Pengshan. There is a clear distinction between you and me." , how can it be confused?"

"That's right. After all, there was a Hongmen banquet more than [-] years ago, and you, Gu Zhao, wanted to do everything possible to put me to death." Shen Du took the fifth glass of wine, "Do you still dare to do it now?"

It doesn't mean "still", but "dare".

What Shen Du said...

Gu Zhao's hands pouring wine for him paused slightly, and the green sleeve robe swept over a chess piece below, a little dust was stained on it, but the light in his eyes changed secretly, and he said: "Not only are you not seriously injured now, On the contrary, it is better than before, which surprised me a little. However, this is not the reason why Gu did not do anything, but just because he felt that this world would be quite lonely without you, Daoist Shen."

You are paralyzed by loneliness.

It's fake when you hear it.

Shen Du listened in with his left ear and threw it out with his right ear.Lifting the eyelids and curling the corners of the lips, there was endless ridicule and sarcasm, and he said coldly: "If you dare, I will kill you right now."

In terms of martial arts cultivation, Gu Zhao is not as good as Shen Du.

It was not as good when we first met, and it is even worse now.

Gu Zhao knew this clearly, but he didn't care about it. Everyone has their own strengths, and his strengths are that he is more ruthless, more poisonous, and more hypocritical than others.

Just mentioning this, he thought of another thing: "A few days ago, there was a news from the Chanyuan that someone broke into the Thousand Buddha Hall at night, bumped into that Shanzai, and broke through the roof of the hall to escape. I guess it's you. It's really rare to be able to fight against this person. I don't know, in your opinion, how is this person's cultivation?"

"Good?"

What popped up in my mind were the eight characters I carved on the lotus column of the Thousand Buddha Hall, the figure standing on the top of the Xueyue Pagoda that night, and the faint face of another monk.

Shen Du was out of breath for a moment.

After a long time, he took a sip of the wine slowly, letting the mellow cold liquid burn a scalding mark in his throat, burning all the way to his heart and lungs, and then smiled——

"You go with me, maybe you can beat it."

"..."

Gu Zhao's dark blue pupils shrank suddenly. At this moment, he almost thought that he had heard wrongly, but the next moment he felt that kind of dread that was almost palpitations!

He is very clear about how terrifying Shen Du's strength is.

There are not many first-class masters in the world, although Shen Du is young, but because of his practice of Liuhe Shenjue, he has already been able to fight many old guys who have been famous for many years, and he may not be defeated.

Although he himself is not on the same line as Shen Du, he is by no means mediocre.

It can be said that if he fights Shen Du with all his heart, even if he loses, there should be only a slight gap.

But now this person actually told him that the wise monk in Tianji Temple was so good that the two of them joined forces, maybe they could beat it.The implication is that it may not be able to beat it?

Gu Zhao was silent for a while.

Maybe it was taking time to dispel the shock caused by his words.

It took a long time before he said: "It seems that you suffered a big loss at his hands."

"more or less."

After a big loss, I got a lot back.

Shen Du didn't say it clearly, and he wouldn't be so stupid as to tell Gu Zhao that he had obtained the three volumes of the Buddha's collection. The relationship between the two of them was either close or far.

After drinking the eighth glass of wine, he felt a little drunk, so he put down the wine cup and asked Gu Zhao, "You and Chi Yin had a rift, is there anyone who wants to get rid of it now? I'll stay out and continue killing people." , if you have it, tell me. After two days, I will use your hand, Pengshan, to clean up the door."

The relationship between the two of them has always been like this.

Gu Zhao is the number one immortal in Pengshan, so of course he can't do such things as eradicating dissidents; Shen Du is a demon Taoist master, with internal troubles from time to time, and it is very difficult to really face the pressure from the entire righteous way.

So you lend me my hand, and I lend you your palm.

You eradicate dissidents for me, and I level the country for you.

Gu Zhao didn't pour any more wine for him.

After hearing his words, he thought about it for a while, and then said the words "East Lake Sword Sect", and then said: "You drink like this, why don't you go when you wake up?"

"Awake?"

Shen Du helped a chessboard to get up and smiled.

"I'm drunk as if I'm awake, and I'm worse than drunk when I'm awake. Gu Zhao, Gu Zhao, you and I have known each other for many years, but you really don't understand me. Hahaha..."

"Don't understand..."

But he felt that he understood very well.It's just that seeing Shen Du already drunk, he was afraid that he would come up and go crazy with alcohol, so one thing more is worse than one thing less, and he didn't refute him after all.

Seeing him get up, he didn't stop him, but his eyes stopped on his waist.

That scroll, hanging on Shen Du's waist, was really indescribably obtrusive and inappropriate, which made him doubt the origin and content of this thing.

But Shen Du obviously didn't intend to show him at all.

He took the Chuihong Sword again, turned around and wanted to wander around Bukong Mountain again, looking for the East Lake Sword Sect.

But after taking three steps, he stopped.

Standing like this for a while, the damp and cold mist blowing on his face, did not calm down the temperature from the burning of the wine, but made the inside even hotter.

The corners of the wet robe fluttered.

Shen Du looked back sideways, staring at Gu Zhao who was still sitting upright.The sharp and bright eyebrows, being swept by the wind and wrapped in the fog, seemed to melt into the wind, melt into the fog, and become pale.

"That day, who was the one who attacked me from behind, you should see clearly, right?"

The author has something to say:*

The line between Gu Zhao and Shen Du originally intended to type "cao (four tones)" and "enter" and "meat" respectively, but it seemed to be a sensitive word, so I chose the next best thing to express my meaning.