After being pulled up by the master

Thousands of miles away from Sui Hanfeng, Pinghu City.

It has been more than two months since Xue Si stepped here last time, and in a few days, it will be the winter solstice, the day when the Kendo Conference officially begins.

As soon as he entered the city, Xue Wendi felt that this place was a little familiar. After asking Xue Si, he found out that his grave was not far from here, in the dense forest thirty miles away.Xue Si even jokingly asked him if he wanted to visit the old place again. Xue Wendi shook his head with a bitter face, saying that he was easily sad, but in the blink of an eye he saw pastries sold outside, and he didn't look sad at all.

Several people entered the inn reserved for the venue together, and as soon as they entered, they were greeted with several probing eyes.

"That's the Changning Sword Sect? He's really good looking, he's so handsome!"

"It's nothing but fancy. I lost to Weiran Peak last time. I don't know who will be the loser this time."

"The one in white is their head? Why is he wearing a gauze hat?"

"Hey, you don't know that, do you? It is said that the head is young and promising, and the most mysterious. If he doesn't wear a hat to cover his face, how can he show his sense of mystery?"

These words were very targeted, and those who were used to hearing gossip couldn't help sniggering.

Xue Wendi's hearing is very good, so he naturally listened to these whispers, so he asked in a low voice: "Master, do you need me to clean it up?"

"No need."

Xue Si put one hand on his wrist, although Xue Wendi was not a reckless person, but this gesture somewhat comforted him, and the other party understood it, so he stopped talking.

Several people went back to their rooms to rectify, and the two shared one room, counting down according to the ranking, which was reasonable.

Cao Ruoyu was the quickest. After tidying up, he knocked on the doors of his master and senior brothers one by one, saying that he wanted to go out for a walk, and asked his brothers if they would go.Xue Si didn't like the excitement and had no intention of going, Shi Wei thought the road was bumpy and wanted to lie down and sleep, Fu Ji said he wanted to recharge his energy, and Zhang He planned to eat something.

After asking around, only Xue Wendi, who had just returned to the mountain and had not experienced the kendo competition, was interested in going out for a walk.

"Master, I must be back before dinner."

He was talking with Xue Si, the other party nodded, untied his distribution bag from his waist, and handed it to him.

Xue Wendi weighed it, and found it was quite a lot. He was a little hesitant, but more happy: "Master, give me all these?"

"Ah."

"Any flower?"

Xue Si chuckled: "Buy whatever you want."

Xue Wendi's heart felt hot, and he blurted out: "Master, you are so kind, I—"

"Brother, how are you? I've been waiting until the day lily is cold!"

Cao Ruoyu was yelling outside, Xue Wendi smiled and said softly, "I'll go back as soon as I go."

After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the house: "I know, I know, am I not coming?"

"What's in your hand? Wow - it's not woo woo!"

Cao Ruoyu probably was dragged down by covering his mouth, Xue Si pursed his lips, but smiled and said nothing.

The history of Pinghu City’s construction is not too long, but its geographical location is special. In that battle between good and evil, it became a battleground for military strategists. Even now, you can still find traces of the battle left ten years ago in the stone, brick and rubble. .Therefore, this place is not rich, and with the Sword Dao Conference coming up, the city is full of people from all walks of life, good and bad people mixed together, Xue Wendi and Cao Ruoyu walking on the road with such looks will inevitably attract people's attention.

But Cao Ruoyu was obsessed with those strange gadgets, and ignored them; Xue Wendi glanced casually, and saw a string of indigo tassels hanging on the eaves of every house, with an octagonal square silver bell tied at the end.

It was the Linyuan Sun Clan's sound transmission weapon, and it was also a guardian magic weapon.

The tassels and tassels are unceasing, and the bells are unceasing, and evil spirits can be warded off within a hundred miles, and good news can be spread a thousand miles away.

Xue Wendi suddenly recalled the days when he fought side by side with his old friends in the past, and wondered if his friends were healthy at the moment.

"Eldest brother, this way!"

Cao Ruoyu waved to him at the corner of the street. The winter solstice sunshine is not very warm, but the young people are warm, like a ball of fire, an eternal star.

Xue Wendi didn't have much deep perception of demon protection before, and only regarded it as a responsibility to be desperately shouldered, but in this situation, he was quite relieved and sighed.

He stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Lend me some money, can you? I'll pay you back later."

Cao Ruoyu grinned, and pointed to an old gossip compass on the side of the road, "That's it."

Xue Wendi glanced at it, but it was just a low-quality fake, and shook his head: "This thing is not good, if you are interested in the art of astrology and divination, I will send you a top-quality genuine product later."

"My little brother, my compass is a treasure left over from the battle between good and evil ten years ago, but it was used by the patriarch of the Sun clan back then. How can you say that it is not good?"

The skinny stall owner was dissatisfied with his smashing behavior, blowing his beard and staring, Xue Wendi glanced at him: "The grand patriarch of the Sun family? Is that the grandson patriarch Sun Xuehua who died in martyrdom?"

"Of course it's him!"

"Patriarch Sun is best at the method of subduing demons by killing and stopping them. When it comes to divination, Elder Gu Qing is better at it."

The stall owner obviously choked for a moment, and the eyeballs that were protruding because of his thinness seemed to be falling out: "Elder Gu Qing left Linyuan after the death of Patriarch Sun, and the Sun family has been looking for her for ten years and has not seen her. , you mention her now, be careful to be caught and questioned!"

Xue Wendi frowned, Gu Qing left Linyuan?She was Sun Xuehua's right-hand man back then, could it be that after Sun Xuehua's death, some major changes occurred within the Sun family?Reminiscent of the relationship between the Sun family and the Yong'an Sword Sect that his juniors had mentioned before, Xue Wendi vaguely felt that there must be undercurrents surging in the ten years since his death.

In this way, he smiled: "Thank you for your reminder, this junior is new here, and his understanding of Linyuan is only in the past, and he still doesn't know the inside information, so he won't dare to talk nonsense next time."

Seeing that his attitude was quite good, the stall owner snorted coldly: "Forget it, I don't care about you."

Xue Wendi took out some broken silver from the kit and stuffed it into his hand: "We bought this compass, I hope you can't blame it."

The stall owner looked him up and down for a while, then returned half of the money, and said in a low voice, "Young man, you are a smart man. Have you seen the sound transmission bell hanging in this city? Be careful what you say! Don't get caught then." Do not know at all!"

"Thank you."

Xue Wendi stopped talking, and the stall owner said again: "I don't think I heard what you said today. Look at your clothes, you should be here to participate in the kendo competition, right?"

"No, I just came to join in the fun, and I haven't been able to go up to the stage yet."

Xue Wendi said calmly, "I heard that the Linyuan Sun family will also send people this time, I don't know if it's true or not."

"Should send the disciple who holds the sword to come. I don't know who it is. How can we ordinary people like us speculate about the affairs of the Xian family?" The stall owner picked up the compass and handed it to Xue Wendi, "Let's go Well, since you bought something, hurry up and don't disturb my next business."

"it is good."

Xue Wendi nodded and led Cao Ruoyu back.

"Brother, shall we stop shopping?"

Cao Ruoyu didn't quite understand, Xue Wendi said softly to him, "I'm here for now, and senior brother will tell you the specific reason tonight."

"Oh, good."

Cao Ruoyu didn't ask any further questions, and went back with him.

When they arrived at the inn, Xue Wendi entered the room with the compass in his arms, and only said that he would give it to him at night. Cao Ruoyu nodded and went back to his room.

"Why did you come back with a broken piece of copper?"

Xue Si was still a little strange, he knew that Cao Ruoyu might be deceived, but Xue Wendi couldn't even see through this little trick.

The other party just asked: "Master, is there any clear water?"

"Have."

Xue Si understood.

He took out his white jade bottle and sprinkled some on the compass. Xue Wendi wiped it, and two or three drops of water flew into the silver bell under the eaves, and the little thing suddenly became dumb.

"A cup of tea."

Xue Si hooked his finger, and Zhu Chuang was locked, "After this time, Mrs. Sun will find something abnormal."

Xue Wendi's eyes were burning: "Master, this evil spirit transmission bell may be watching us."

"How do you say this?"

Xue Wendi told him everything about what happened on the street today, and finally asked, "Master, do you know what happened to Linyuan in the past ten years? Why did Gu Qing leave?"

"I've been looking for you for the past ten years, but I didn't pay attention to Linyuan."

Xue Si stared at the anxious apprentice, as if he had sensed something, "Do you have someone important in Linyuan? Gu Qing?"

"Elder Gu once gave me a divination, and she was kind enough to save my life. Her disciples have a good personal relationship with me, so I am worried. I wonder if Elder Gu took them with me when he left."

Xue Wendi sighed slightly, "The youngest is only 14 years old, and at that time he always followed me behind me and quarreled with me."

Xue Siwaner: "Master knows, Master will help you, don't worry too much."

Xue Wendi shook his head: "What I'm most worried about is the change in Linyuan. The whole Sun family seems to have changed. It's not the righteous Sun family I used to know."

"It's hard to hold back a Qingtian. Linyuan has come to this day, maybe it's some kind of inevitability."

Xue Si didn't know whether he was comforting him or had other deep meanings, his expression was hard to tell.

Xue Wendi looked at him and lowered his eyes: "Master, it's my fault, I fell into the trap, otherwise you wouldn't have gone out of the valley to find me. In this immortal way, I, Suochungu, and Linyuan must be evenly divided."

"If you are not here, there will be no one to inherit this Suochun Valley, and it will fall sooner or later."

Xue Si paused for a moment, stepped forward, and said softly, "So your safety is something that Master must consider. Don't mention that you are not good anymore, Master——"

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, but still said: "I will be sad too."

Xue Wendi was stunned for a moment, and for a while, many emotions such as touch, bitterness, embarrassment, etc. were intertwined, complicated and unbearable, and even made him want to move.

"Master, I-"

"Eldest brother! Master! It's time to eat!"

It was still Cao Ruoyu's loud voice, Xue Wendi couldn't help but smile: "Then let's eat first, Master."

"it is good."

Xue Si didn't ask him what he wanted to say, and just followed the trend, while Xue Wendi thought that he must have a good talk with Junior Brother Cao some other day.

He withdrew the spell and restored everything to the original state, then took the compass and went downstairs with Xue Si.

It was night, and a few people were still nesting in Fu Ji's room, listening to the other party talking about specific tactics. The whole paper was filled with stick figures of different shapes drawn by him.

Xue Wendi watched him put a red dot on one of them, and finally couldn't help laughing: "What is this? He is very powerful?"

"This is Qiao Xin, the great disciple of the Yong'an Sword Sect. He was the one who defeated me last year."

Fu Ji's words were sincere, without any discomfort, Xue Wendi became interested: "Win you? Then he is not bad."

"The Kendo Tournament is a five-round three-win system, and players will take turns playing in turn according to the ranking in the gate."

Fu Ji explained, "There are five members of the Yong'an Sword Sect, and there are five of us. At that time, senior brother, you were not there, so the master played on your behalf, but the master automatically abstained, so we lost that round."

"The second game was me against Qiao Xin. He was really good, and I lost half a move to him."

"and then?"

Xue Wendi looked at Shi Wei, who yawned lazily: "It was me in the third round. To be honest, except for Qiao Xin, the Yong'an Sword Sect was basically an idiot. I won him within ten moves."

"I won too."

Cao Ruoyu echoed, "But after I came down, the master said that the younger brother didn't need to play, so we gave up the last round."

"Because the sword from last time was trash?"

Xue Wendi questioned, Cao Ruoyu nodded: "Yes, that's what Master said. Later, there will be no later."

Xue Wendi was thoughtful: "Then this year, it's me who treats Qiao Xin?"

"The rules of the Kendo Tournament have been changed this year. The decision is made by drawing lots instead of rankings." Fu Ji sighed, "I really want to compete with Qiao Xin again, but I wonder if I can meet again."

"Isn't it okay to use martial arts to make friends in private?"

Xue Wendi was a little curious, Fu Ji shook his head: "After the last time, I did have such an idea, but the other party refused."

"So it is."

Xue Wendi pondered for a moment, "Since you can't meet this friend, then find someone else. The Kendo Conference is so lively, you should be able to meet some like-minded people."

Shi Wei squinted his eyes, and poured a basin of cold water over: "In the kendo competition, except for Qiao Xin, I guess no one can beat the second senior brother. Of course, you are all excluded, senior brother."

Xue Wendi smiled: "There will always be, don't be discouraged."

"That's all for today. Go to bed first. The show will start the day after tomorrow. We can't go with dark circles under our eyes."

As soon as Fu Ji finished speaking, Shi fell asleep before he fell asleep. Cao Ruoyu laughed at him: "Third senior brother, can you give second senior brother some face?"

"No, today is the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, so I can't disturb my sleep!"

Shi Wei turned over, leaving only the back of their heads messy.

Several people went back to their rooms.

Xue Wendi handed the cleaned compass to Cao Ruoyu, and told him not to make a fuss about today's matter, but the other party responded, but he didn't understand: "Brother, is this compass a hidden secret?"

"It's not the compass's problem, it's the Sun family's problem." Xue Wendi pointed to the roof. A family of immortals has already covered the sky with one hand, and has a tyrannical tendency to turn clouds and rain, which is somewhat worrying.

Cao Ruoyu was also clever, so he only said: "Then senior brother, when you return to Sui Hanfeng, you are teaching me the five elements and eight trigrams."

"Okay, definitely."

Only then did Xue Wendi part with him.

After entering the house, Xue Wendi found that Xue Si had already fallen asleep, so he took off his clothes, climbed into his bed lightly, and was going to meet Zhou Gong in his dream.

I don't know if it's because he's new here and he's not used to sleeping, so Xue Wendi had a dream all night.

For a while he dreamed that he had just arrived in Linyuan and met new friends, for a while he dreamed that he jumped off the cliff and narrowly escaped death, and for a while he dreamed that he was dead and the lights went out, his relatives and friends were separated, and he had no branches to rely on.

Xue Wendi suddenly opened his eyes, the night was dark and the moon was silent.

He quietly got out of bed, walked to Xue Si's bed, squatted on the ground, resting his forehead on the side of Xue Si's pillow, not daring to move.

The dream was too real, and the pain that had been forgotten flooded him again.

My body hurts, and my heart hurts too.

Xue Wendi covered his heart, the wound pierced by the sharp weapon had long since healed, and there should have been no more pain, but at this moment, he was still uncomfortable, as if tens of thousands of ants were eating his flesh and blood in his heart, making him extremely painful .

"Can't sleep?"

Xue Siqingyue's voice sounded above his head, Xue Wendi froze for a moment, and did not reply immediately.

Xue Si turned sideways and faced him: "Why don't you talk?"

Xue Wendi faltered: "The legs are numb."

"Squatting numb will hinder your speech?" Xue Si laughed, "So what's wrong?"

Xue Wendi raised his face, the moonlight was already hazy, and the person he liked was close at hand, as if he could kiss those cool thin lips if he got closer.

Xue Wendi blushed: "I'm having a nightmare."

"Have a nightmare?"

Xue Si's breath seemed to linger around his ears, and the string in Xue Wendi's brain broke: "Master, I had a nightmare and couldn't sleep well. Can I sleep next to you?"

Xue Si remained silent.

Xue Wendi paused, bit the edge of the bed, and said, "Sleeping in separate beds, can't you?"

Xue Si coaxed softly: "Going out is not as good as being in Sui Hanfeng, so I will sleep with you in a separate bed."

"I know, I can understand."

Xue Wendi buried his face again, Xue Si stretched out his hand from under the quilt, and stroked his head: "Remember to get up early tomorrow, so that no one will find you."

With that said, he lifted a corner of the quilt, "Come on."

Xue Wendi was so overjoyed that he didn't say anything, and went in directly.

"Master, I will tell you about my time in Linyuan tomorrow."

He leaned on the other side's ear and whispered, "I forgot to tell you about Suihan Peak before."

"it is good."

Xue Si's sleeping posture is very correct, but she is also a little tired, "Go to sleep."

"Ah."

Xue Wendi closed his eyes again. This time, he finally didn't have any more nightmares.

Two days later, the kendo tournament officially began.

The highest point in Pinghu City is a martial arts viewing platform.It was something left a long time ago. It was severely damaged during the battle between good and evil, but after ten years of repairs, it is still passable.

Various families and factions entered the arena early. Although they declared that a hundred flowers are blooming, the center of discussion is still Suihanfeng and Weiranfeng. Which one will win the championship this year, and the underground casino/casino even opened a bet.At present, the two sides are evenly matched, and it is not clear who is betting more for the time being.

When Xue Si led several apprentices into the arena, Wei Ranfeng happened to be there, and Xue Wendi saw clearly what kind of "opponent" the juniors were talking about.

Weiran Peak is all in yellow clothes, looking from a distance, it looks like golden corn in the sun, which is strange.

Xue Wendi couldn't agree with it, Cao Ruoyu whispered behind him: "The surname of their head is Huang, so all the disciples wear yellow clothes."

"The one in his early thirties with a mustache is their head?"

Although Xue Wendi didn't know any of them, he still had the ability to read people. The group of people in Weiran Peak were about the same age as the juniors, and only the one standing at the front was older, so he should be the master.

"No, the head of Weiran Peak Huang is not here, that's his little apprentice."

Cao Ruoyu snickered when he thought of this, "I heard that he was originally a great apprentice, but he was too disappointing, so he was abruptly pushed down the ranking."

Xue Wendi became curious: "Then, who is the head of Huang?"

"I'm probably dealing with people from Linyuan, so I don't have time to come."

Cao Ruoyu looked left and right, but Xue Si said: "We are on the left, don't look around."

"Yes, Master."

Cao Ruoyu responded, but found that he was the only one looking around, so he shrank behind Xue Wendi politely.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Before they reached the tent on the left, the head Huang of Weiran Peak came.

When he saw Xue Si, he opened his arms, eager to give him a big hug, but Xue Si avoided him.

Xue Wendi's heart tightened immediately.

"Headmaster Xue is out of touch now, isn't he? Let's say that we are fellow practitioners. In this world of swordsmanship, we have to work together."

Huang Qiuming smiled, although he looked very young and was of the same generation as Xue Si, but this smile fell on Xue Wendi's eyes, no matter how you looked at it, he felt uncomfortable, and even felt a little wretched.

Xue Si replied unhurriedly: "I have never been on the same path as Master Huang, you are too worried."

Huang Qiuming was not annoyed by such a rejection, he still smiled to show that he was open-minded.But Xue Si didn't want to talk to him, and turned to leave. Only then did Huang Qiuming see Xue Wendi behind him, and he was surprised: "Master Xue, this is your new apprentice? He is really a good-looking talent, a dragon and a phoenix among people! Why don't you bring him first?" I saw it, but I hid it and only brought it now?"

Hearing this, Xue Si turned around quietly, and suddenly raised her foot and kicked hard, kicking the person a foot away.

Everyone present was stunned.

Xue Si just looked down at his shoes, and then told Xue Wendi: "The shoes are dirty, you can go and fetch a new pair for Master, it's in the inn, okay?"

The other party blinked, and then came back to his senses: "Well, I'll go and come back soon."

"it is good."

Seeing him running out of the venue, Xue Si looked coldly at Huang Qiuming who was being helped up by his disciples.The other party was unprepared, but fortunately, he was considered skilled in cultivation, so there was no serious problem.

He glared at Xue Si angrily: "What do you mean? You can't listen to me praising your apprentice?"

"You'd better not go to see him. Next time, it's not as simple as kicking you."

After Xue Si said this lightly, he walked away.Huang Qiuming couldn't help being angry, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he was no match for Xue Si, and if he continued to entangle, it would be harmful instead of beneficial.

So, he had no choice but to endure the bad breath and shouted: "Master Xue, let's decide the winner in the ring!"

Xue Si did not respond.

Fu and the others were also taken aback by Master's actions, but after looking at each other for a few times, they tacitly chose to keep silent.

Xue Wendi fetched new shoes for Xue Si and put them on for others, but the other party only said to throw them away, and then sat at the table without saying a word.

"Master, you are so angry."

Xue Wendi coaxed in a low voice, "Don't be angry, it will hurt you."

"I'm not angry."

Just wanted to kill him.

Xue Si was still calm, sitting upright like a pine.

Xue Wendi looked to the left and to the right, and all the juniors all agreed not to look this way, so he lifted Xue Si's veil boldly and confidently.

"Master, just smile."

Xue Wendi still wanted to make a funny face like he did when he was a child to make him happy, but when he opened it, he suddenly realized that it had been too long and he couldn't do it anymore, so he had to laugh twice, embarrassed, a little embarrassed.

Xue Si looked at him silently, and took a while to look away: "Sit down."

"Oh."

Xue Wendi sat back on his seat, sniffed his fingertips, and they were also stained with the light fragrance from the gauze hat. It's great, next time, if only I could kiss Master next time.

Xue Wendi snickered, but Xue Si didn't notice.

The author has something to say:

Six thousand words!Although I was late for more than an hour, it is already the second day, and I bow to everyone!Thank you for waiting for more! !There will be an update today!But what happened during the day ahhh! [Tomorrow I will probably fix this chapter and then update it, sleep! 】