I practice ruthless way

Yan Wushu grabbed the corner of the plain white clothes, wrapped it around his knuckles inch by inch, and approached Xiao Man inch by inch.

The spring in March is infinitely beautiful. The snow accumulated over the winter melted over the soil, and the willows that withered for a long time sprouted new branches.

Xiao Man's eyes fell from the sky to Yan Wushu's slightly curly clothes after he let go, and he said "OK".

He agreed because of the two names mentioned by Yan Wushu.

Yan Wushu knew this, this was his strategy, he smiled, stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Man's wrist, and led him up against the wind.

The two turned into streamers, and Xue Yifeng arrived in the blink of an eye.It is slightly colder than Mingguang Peak to the east and north.Frost remains on the Luoyue Lake, and the forest trees have sprouted buds, which have not yet stretched into leaves, but the flowers bloomed on the gentle slope, weaving into a beautiful blanket.

Xiao Man glanced over and stopped on the Taoist temple on the mountainside.

The appearance of the main hall is the same as it was ten years ago, and the flowers in front of the gate have not changed, and the flower branches are swaying in the wind, showing twelve points of beauty.

Yan Wushu carried him across the threshold to the courtyard.

There were a lot of fish in the clear pond in the courtyard, but they were all turned upside down, spitting bubbles and staring, looking like they were dying.Qu Hanxing squatted beside the pool, took a spoonful of water from it, carried it on the whetstone, and sharpened the knife.

He caught a glimpse of someone coming back from the corner of his eye, thought it was only his master, and was going to ask if he would eat grilled fish or grilled fish tonight, but when he saw who was following Yan Wushu, he was startled.

"Brother Man!" Qu Hanxing yelled, and rushed towards Xiao Man, unaware that the water in his hand would make him disgusted.

He not only pounced, but also hugged Xiao Man's shoulders, hanging on Xiao Man's body like a monkey hanging from a tree, rubbing his nose against his shoulder, and shouted: "I haven't seen you for ten years, I miss you so much!"

Xiao Man was made to take a step back by this man's actions.

In Xiao Man's life, he had never been treated with such "enthusiasm" by anyone, and this person was still his friend, so he was hesitant to push or not.

Push it, it hurt Qu Hanxing's feelings; don't push it, the water where the fish was soaked is really dirty.

indecision.

Yan Wushu, who was beside him, made the decision for him, and with lightning speed, he tore Qu Hanxing off Xiao Man's body neatly and threw him away.

Xiao Man secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Qu Hanxing, "Long time no see."

"Although it is said that there is no time in practice, Brother Man, you have retreated for ten years, more than 3000 days and nights, isn't it too timeless? If I were a mortal, what you see now is an old man." Qu Hanxing persevered Come up, talking and gesticulating, with an exaggerated expression.

"Brother Man, you have lost weight, but your realm has also increased."

"However, it's a good thing that I didn't cultivate to the upper stage of Guiyuan like Wei Ge. Now when I see him, my legs tremble and I feel the pressure. It's clear that he started at the same time, why is the gap getting bigger and bigger? "

He circled around Xiao Man, looked left and right, sometimes sighed and sometimes rejoiced, talking non-stop, just like the old days.At this moment, Xiao Man felt that the past ten years for him seemed not to be like a lifetime away.

The old friend is still the same, and the time is just right.

Qu Hanxing's topic changed quickly. He threw a cleansing technique on himself and Xiao Man respectively, grabbed the sword from the Qiankun ring, and said to Xiao Man:

"Brother Man, we haven't seen each other for so many years, let's compare? Just like in the Bai Huafeng training ground."

What he was holding was a mid-grade sword, so Xiao Man took out the iron sword that Mo Juntian had prepared before they went down the mountain to practice, nodded and said: "Okay."

"I'll be your referee." Yan Wushu snorted and retreated from the courtyard.

Xiao Man and Qu Hanxing performed salutes to each other. The moment the competition started, Qu Hanxing took the lead.

He is no longer the boy who only studied the trick of "spring breeze blowing the threshold".Yan Wushu spent ten years teaching him, pulling him from the Baoxu Realm back then to the current Guiyuanchu Realm, which is only a small realm lower than Xiao Man.He also knows more sword moves, and his moves are flexible and changeable.

In comparison, Xiao Man's sword is more stable, it looks neither fast nor slow, very peaceful, but it turns violent when it falls, making it difficult to parry.

Yan Wushu watched from the side, and saw that what Xiao Man had learned was indeed Xiao Shen's master's sword.It is true that Shen Juan used a sword, Xiao Man learned swords, and it is indeed better to follow Shen Jiankong.

However, there is a significant difference in breath between the two.Shen Jiankong was cold, like snow that never melted in an extremely cold place; Xiao Man was gentler, gentle and resolute, like wind and rain, and even more like a strong and unyielding bamboo in the wind and rain.

After reconciling dozens of tricks, Qu Hanxing was defeated.

"Sure enough, I still can't beat you." He lay on the ground and exhaled, "It seems that I still need to work harder."

"It's a matter of fighting style." Xiao Man retracted his sword and said softly to him.

"Battle style?" Qu Hanxing raised his head and asked doubtfully.

Xiao Man: "You are not suitable for one-on-one competition. If you are in a multi-person team battle, you can play more."

"This seems to make sense. When we went down the mountain to practice, the sword we used at that time was much more comfortable than the sword I used when I went back to the mountain to fight against monsters." Qu Hanxing said thoughtfully, turning his head to look at Yan Wushu , "Master, do you think so?"

"You are flexible and quick-witted, and you react quickly, but you lack a bit of composure, and you will always be vacillating. If someone in the team can clearly guide the direction, your performance will be better." Yan Wushu laughed.

Qu Hanxing thought for a while, got up from the ground, and patted the hem of his clothes: "Brother Man, what kind of swordsmanship do you practice? It gives me an indescribable... sense of being out of the dust."

Xiao Man lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Master, they didn't tell me my name."

"It turned out to be an unnamed swordsmanship that is sure to win in the storybook. Disrespect and disrespect." Qu Hanxing didn't notice the momentary pause in Xiao Man's words, and he cupped his fists with emotion.

At this time, Rong Yuan came to the Dao Palace, saw Xiao Man, his eyes lit up: "Your Highness!"

Before Xiao Man retreated, Rong Yuan was only in his teens, not even a teenager.Ten years have passed, he has grown a lot, his immature facial features are developed, he is handsome and steady, but the appearance of walking quickly in front of Xiao Man is still the same as before.

"Yes." Xiao Man nodded to him.

From Rong Yuan's point of view, before Xiao Man left Xueyi Peak, the most persistent thing was eating.After performing the ceremony with Yan Wushu, he asked Xiao Man: "Your Highness, last year we learned to brew some sweet wine, which was just unsealed earlier, would you like to try it?"

Xiao Man recalled the scene of Yan Wushu shaking the thin-necked porcelain vase in front of him in the Daoist Hall of Mingguang Peak.At that time, he thought that Yan Wushu brewed it himself, but now it seems that how many people brewed it together?

"You?" Xiao Man asked.

Rong Yuan nodded: "Me, Senior Brother Qu, and Master."

Xiao Man couldn't help but glanced at Yan Wushu: "What does he teach you all day long?"

Rong Yuan heard the reproach hidden in Xiao Man's words, and explained: "Master has started to play with his kitchen utensils again these years, we were curious, so we followed suit."

Qu Hanxing was different, he hadn't thought about it at all just now, but now that he mentioned it, he was very excited: "Ah yes! Brother Man! We made wine! It's not quite the same as the wine outside. It doesn’t burn the throat. Jiuniang Yuanzi is made of it. You used to eat Jiuniang, don’t you know this? Come, come, come and taste.”

He was the least polite to Xiao Man among the three, walked behind Xiao Man while talking, and pushed him to the backyard.

Xiao Man was placed on the corridor by Qu Hanxing, who laid out a table in front of him, turned around and went to the cellar, and took out three wine jars in one breath.

He lifted the lids of the wine vats, took out half a bowl from each vat, and placed them in front of Xiao Man.

The three bowls were of different colors, Xiao Man was puzzled: "Why do you give me three bowls?"

Qu Hanxing laughed and said, "Of course I want you to guess which jar is made by which person!"

"We've all tasted it, it's neither bitter nor spicy." Yan Wushu sat beside Xiao Man and said in a low voice, "I think it suits your taste."

"Yes, yes, yes." Qu Hanxing nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Xiao Man looked down at the three bowls on the table.It is different from the fruit wine, white wine, and yellow wine that I have seen before. This soup is rice white, with a few rice grains floating in it, just like soaking it with glutinous rice. The taste...is sweet.

Under the expectant eyes of Qu Hanxing and Rong Yuan, Xiao Man picked up one of the bowls and took a sip.

It is indeed sour and sweet, and it does not taste like alcohol. It can be said that it has the word "wine", but it does not look like wine at all.

"How so?" Qu Hanxing asked.

"Yes." Xiao Man gave an affirmative word.

Qu Hanxing laughed, and pushed the other two bowls towards Xiao Man: "Try them."

Xiao Man tasted some of them one by one and put down the bowls one by one.

Sitting beside him, Yan Wushu rested his jaw with one hand and asked with a smile, "Guess what? Who made it?"

How can this be found?All are sweet and sour.Xiao Man thought for a long time and asked, "Is there a difference?"

"Master's is on the sweet side, brother's is slightly sour, and mine is in between." Rong Yuan replied.

Xiao Man really couldn't tell the difference, and his expression was a little dazed.

"Do you want to eat grilled fish? Just serve it with rice wine, it has a special flavor." Yan Wushu didn't think too much, changed the subject with a chuckle, and then added: "The fish Qu Hanxing caught himself."

These words made Qu Hanxing on the opposite side startled.

Yan Wushu likes cooking all these years, but he never asks them if they want to eat, let alone ask them to eat after cooking.

At first, Qu Hanxing couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind, so Rong Yuan took him to the kitchen to get the bowls and chopsticks, steamed a pot of rice, and ate the vegetables together.

Master's culinary skills are no less than that of the master in the Five Drum Towers. What the master said...it sounds like he wants to bake it himself.Qu Hanxing felt that he had caught something, narrowed his eyes slightly, turned around and ran to the kitchen: "I just processed a batch, I'm going to get it now!"

Qu Hanxing came and went like the wind, the fish were cut up and salted, he skewered them and handed them to Yan Wushu.Rong Yuan immediately set up a grill on the porch.

The two brothers and sisters were extremely skilled in doing these things, and they never gave Xiao Man a chance to refuse.After Yan Wushu finished skewering the fish, he snapped a dozen fingers, and the pile of firewood started to ignite.

It didn't take long to grill the fish, but one of the three people secretly performed a trick to increase the firepower, Yan Wushu finished brushing the ingredients, turned them over several times, and the aroma wafted out.

He grilled fish for Xiao Man, while Qu Hanxing and Rong Yuan grilled their own. After about three or four minutes, the skewer in his hand became crispy on the outside.

It has to be said that Yan Wushu's control and deployment of condiments is better than before.

But Xiao Man was not hooked at all, he just lowered his eyes and stared at the jumping flames.

He wanted to leave, he didn't want to sit at the same table with Yan Wushu, but Qu Hanxing and Rong Yuan were so happy, he couldn't bear to ignore their wishes.

After a while, the fish was ready, Yan Wushu handed it to Xiao Man.But at this moment, a small black dot came from far to near, and quickly broke into the courtyard. It flapped its wings vigorously, and it was heading towards Xiao Man.

The three masters and apprentices on Xueyi Peak were very familiar with this black spot, so they didn't stop it. Unexpectedly, the little black spot came to Xiao Man's body, rolled over, and bumped his head against Xiao Man's forehead.

thump—

There was a thin muffled sound.

This is not over yet, after bumping into Xiao Man, it quickly turned around, took away the grilled fish skewers in front of Xiao Man, came to a stone lantern in the courtyard, and began to peck vigorously.

A series of movements seemed to flow freely, and I don't know how many times I rehearsed them in my heart.

When Yan Wushu saw this, he was very surprised: "It's that tit that used to like to give you fruit! Why is it so angry that it ran towards you this time and snatched your fish?"

Xiao Man looked at it, pursed his lips and did not answer.

"Probably because you are angry that you will not leave the mountain for ten years." Yan Wushu smiled, and answered for Xiao Man, picked up a bunch again, brushed with seasoning, and put it on the fire.

Chickadee finished eating the grilled fish and returned to Xiao Man.

It stood on the porch, raised its wings lightly, and touched the back of Xiao Man's hand on his lap.Xiao Man didn't respond, so he kept scratching, never giving up and leaving.

The second grilled fish was also fragrant, Xiao Man stared at the tit for a long time, finally raised his hand, put it on its head, and rubbed it slowly.

The chickadee uttered a brisk and melodious cry, rubbed against Xiao Man's palm, turned and flew away.

Not long after, he came back again and threw several fruits into Xiao Man's arms.

"The way it acts like a baby is really special." Qu Hanxing opened his eyes wide.

Yan Wushu finished grilling the second fish, handed it to Xiao Man, and said to Qu Hanxing: "At the beginning of Shen Shi, you and Xiao Man went to Liangyi Hall together, there is a competition there."

"Competition?" Qu Hanxing gnawed on the fish and asked vaguely.

Yan Wushu: "Have you heard of the Guangling Examination?"

Qu Hanxing's gaze became blank: "I've only heard of Guangling San."

"It's a competition for young practitioners." Xiao Man explained.

"I see." Qu Hanxing nodded clearly, "Are we going to compete for places?"

"That's right." Yan Wushu said, "Just now at the discussion meeting at Mingguang Peak, each peak recommended one person, but the Guangling Trial limits the number of people, and each sect can only participate in ten people. So among the names of the twelve of you, among them Two are crossed out."

"The Guangling Exam is one of the grandest contests on the Xuantian Continent. All factions and factions in the world will send people to participate. It is a good opportunity for you to broaden your horizons and expand your network. Xiao Man will definitely get the qualification to participate. As for you, I hope you will squeeze in even if you sharpen your head."

"No wonder you said that I will go out for a while." Qu Hanxing murmured, and then he was surprised, "I have only made it to the Yuan Dynasty in ten years. Compared with these people recommended by the school, the chances of winning are very small?"

Yan Wushu snorted and asked back: "If I lose, wouldn't you be disgracing me?"

Qu Hanxing didn't eat the fish either, and looked away bitterly.

"Xiao Mo and Brother Wei are also among the 12 people." Xiao Man said softly.

"...I see." Qu Hanxing gained some motivation, scratched his head, and looked at Yan Wushu: "Master, are you going later?"

Yan Wushu said: "If I don't go, who will hold the place for you?"

Qu Hanxing stood up with a groan: "Then I'll go back and get ready!"

"Be prepared." Yan Wushu strongly agreed.

"Brother Man, wait for me, at the first quarter of the unitary hour, let's go together!" Qu Hanxing did not forget to tell Xiao Man not to leave before running away.

Rong Yuan has something to go, so please leave, Xiao Man and Yan Wushu are the only ones on the corridor.

Xiao Man returned the untouched grilled fish to Yan Wushu's hands, intending to get up and change places, but Yan Wushu took a step ahead of him, tilting his head and pressing it on his shoulder.

Yan Wushu whispered "Little Phoenix".

Xiao Man retreated to the side of the long corridor expressionless, and distanced himself from Yan Wushu.

This time he moved quickly, Yan Wushu raised his hand and grabbed it, but he missed the person, his hand dropped, and he raised his eyes.Xiao Man looked at him, and he also looked at Xiao Man. After a long time, he said, "It must have been a lot of hard work to stay at Yunfeng Peak for ten years."

"No." Xiao Man denied it very quickly.

"You have, you have lost weight." Yan Wushu said it with confidence.

"It's just a superficial appearance." Xiao Man said indifferently, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to leave, "If Lord Ling Guang is fine..."

Yan Wushu corrected him: "You call me Yan Wushu."

"It's just a title, what's the difference?" Xiao Man said.

"There is no difference, why don't you just call me by my name?" Yan Wushu looked at him, very persistent.

The wind passes through the corridor, turns low and then turns high, sending a quiet fragrance of flowers.

Some of them were planted by Xiao Man himself.When he arrived for the first time at that time, he always stayed by Yan Wushu's side, planting flowers, praying to Buddha and making tea.

Ten years have passed, time flies, people are still there, scenery is still there, but there are always things that are not the same as before.

Yan Wushu lowered his eyes, took out something from the Qiankun Ring, and handed it to Xiao Man.

It was the snow-white sword, the scabbard flowed silver, the hilt was covered with frost, and there was coldness in the beauty.

"A few days ago, I asked someone to type it, and it happened to be delivered today. I think it will be very suitable for you." Yan Wushu said.

"Thank you Ling Guang-jun, but I already have a sword." Xiao Man refused without thinking.

Yan Wushu said: "What's the harm in having one more?"

Xiao Man's tone was firm: "There is no need for two."

Then he said: "Qu Hanxing is still using a medium-grade iron sword, so give it to him."

This sword is three feet three inches long and weighs three catties and 12 taels, even in the hands of ordinary people, it would not feel heavy, but at this moment, Yan Wushu feels that it weighs a thousand catties.

What is heavy is actually the heart.

How close Xiao Man was to him before, how alienated he is now.Thinking carefully now, the silent gentleness of those years can no longer be recalled, unbearable to recall.

Ten years ago, he could still tell himself that Little Phoenix was angry, but now it seemed that it was far more than just angry, but he couldn't figure out the reason.

Can't calculate, can't deduce, the future and the past are boundless.

A lingering irritability and restlessness rose in Yan Wushu's heart.He pursed his lips again and again, and asked: "Sure enough, do you still despise me in your heart?"

"No."

Xiao Man flicked his sleeves lightly, wanting to get up from the corridor.

But at this moment, Yan Wushu made a certain decision, leaned forward, grabbed his hand, and pushed him to the ground.

The two eyes met, Yan Wushu looked down at Xiao Man, and said in a low voice: "Since you don't dislike it, then come back to Xueyi Peak."

Since it is impossible to calculate the past and future, since it is impossible to know what kind of cause and condition has produced such a fruit, then no longer think about it, no longer calculate it, and just focus on the present.

Xiao Man struggled, but he was only in the middle of Guiyuan Realm, and Yan Wushu had reached the Great Consummation of the Upper Taixuan Realm, the higher his cultivation, the greater the gap in realms, how could Xiao Man break free from his shackles?

Unable to break free, Xiao Man frowned: "Let go!"

"Don't let go." Yan Wushu said firmly, "If you don't want to go back to Xueyi Peak, then I will follow you to Tingyun Peak."

"Up to you." Xiao Man said, "Let go."

"Don't let go." Yan Wushu stared intently at Xiao Man, only one person was reflected in his clear eyes, and his tone was extremely firm, "You have been away for ten years, I managed to catch you, and I won't let you go."

"Yan Wushu!" Xiao Man got a little angry, stared at Yan Wushu, and called him by name.

But Yan Wushu lowered his head and buried his head into his neck.

The hair like silver frost on the back flowed like water, and fell on Xiao Mansu's white sleeves, and they couldn't tell each other apart for a moment.Yan Wushu rubbed his forehead against the side of Xiao Man's neck, and begged softly, "Little Phoenix, can you come back?"