step on mountains and rivers

After Lu Qing and Jiang Ling separated, they came to the training ground.

In the arena, Li Zhenwu was sitting on the edge of the bamboo forest and meditating. When he heard footsteps, he slowly opened his eyes and saw Lu Qing standing there, so he got up to meet him.

Seeing Li Zhenwu meditating, Lu Qing didn't want to disturb him, but saw him get up and walk, so he walked towards him.

The two came closer, and Lu Qing greeted him:

"Brother Li."

"Brother Lu." Li Zhenwu turned back and asked, "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

Lu Qing took out the shooting sun and said to Li Zhenwu:

"I re-adjusted the shooting sun and wanted to try how powerful it is. Brother Li, help me take a look together?"

"Okay." Li Zhenwu replied.

When the two walked up to the stakes, Lu Qing raised the shooting sun, and the steel needles flew out, smashing the three stakes to pieces.

Lu Qing looked at the stake, and retracted the shooting sun.

Li Zhenwu looked at the stake, then at Lu Qing, seeing that he seemed to have no intention of practicing sun shooting, so he asked:

"Brother Lu, what's wrong with you? Is your injury still not healed?"

Lu Qing shook his head, looked at the sunset, turned to Li Zhenwu and said:

"Brother Li, what are we doing for?"

Seeing Lu Qing's question, Li Zhenwu thought for a moment and said:

"For the common people of the world."

Lu Qing looked at Sheri and said slowly:

"The common people in the world... have nothing to do with me."

After hearing Lu Qing's words, Li Zhenwu was slightly taken aback, and then said:

"It's also for the sake of having no regrets in this life."

"No regrets." Lu Qing said.

"Yes." Li Zhenwu replied.

Lu Qing looked at the sunset without saying a word.

At this time, Tang Qingfeng was looking for Li Zhenwu. As soon as he walked to the entrance of the training ground, he saw Li Zhenwu and Lu Qing standing in front of the wooden stakes.He was about to go forward, but he heard Lu Qing say:

"Brother Li, have you ever regretted what you did?"

Li Zhenwu looked at Lu Qing, and then said:

"No."

Lu Qing listened to his answer, turned around, looked at Li Zhenwu and said seriously:

"Brother Tang, have you ever regretted it?"

Li Zhenwu listened to Lu Qing's words, was slightly taken aback, and said seriously:

"No."

Listening to Li Zhenwu's answer, Lu Qing froze for a moment and asked softly:

"you like him?"

"Well, not only Brother Tang, I also like you and Jiang Ling." Li Zhenwu replied.

"Brother Li, you understand what I mean." Lu Qing said.

"Yes." Li Zhenwu replied.

Listening to his answer, Lu Qing froze in place.

Hearing Li Zhenwu's answer, Tang Qingfeng smiled slightly, turned and left the training ground.

Li Zhenwu looked at Lu Qing who was stunned, and then asked slowly:

"Lu Qing, do you have something on your mind?"

Lu Qing nodded and said:

"Brother Li, I seem to like someone I shouldn't like."

"Yes." Li Zhenwu replied calmly.

Seeing that he was so calm, Lu Qing was slightly stunned, and then relieved, so he continued:

"He treats me very well, cares about me, takes care of me, saves me from danger, and works hard for me. He thinks about me in everything, even if he is injured, he also cares about whether I am in pain. He treats me like this, maybe because Brotherly love, friendship, but I fell into the abyss, unable to extricate myself, let alone save myself."

Lu Qing looked at the sunset in the distance as he spoke, and continued: "We may be like this sunset, brilliant and beautiful, but fleeting."

Li Zhenwu listened to Lu Qing's words, did not answer immediately, but looked into the distance, and then said slowly:

"Brother Lu, have you ever thought that the person you like is just as you think."

Listening to Li Zhenwu's words, Lu Qing froze in place.He looked at the sunset and thought to himself: 'He, will he? '

The two were speechless for a while, watching the sunset quietly.

After Jiang Ling and Lu Qing separated, they came to the bamboo hall.Inside the bamboo hall, Chen Jianghe was waiting for Jiangling, and when he saw him coming, he said happily:

"Xiao Ling, come and accompany me."

"Yeah." Jiang Ling turned around and sat next to Chen Jianghe.

Chen Jianghe poured him a glass of wine, and Jiang Ling drank it down in one gulp.

Seeing him drink it, Chen Jianghe took the bottle and drank it.After seeing Jiang Ling, he also wanted to drink with a bottle, but was stopped by Chen Jianghe and said:

"Xiao Ling, you are in good health, don't drink too much, just stay with me."

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and gave Jiang Ling a glass.

Jiang Ling took the wine glass, looked at Chen Jianghe and said:

"Old leader, I am too weak. If I were stronger, Lu Qing would not be injured."

Chen Jianghe looked at Jiangling, put down the bottle and said:

"Xiaoling, the real strength is not only to protect friends, but also to protect oneself."

Listening to Chen Jianghe's words, Jiang Ling said softly:

"I can't even protect my friends, so what am I?"

Chen Jianghe glanced at him, picked up the jug, took a sip and said:

"Xiao Ling, is your friend an important person to you?"

"Well, he is a very important person." Jiang Ling replied.

"With such an important person, are you willing to leave him alone and leave alone?" Chen Jianghe asked.

"I'm...... reluctant." Jiang Ling said.

"Well, I think so, so do you still think you don't care?" Chen Jianghe asked.

"I......" Jiang Ling was speechless.

Chen Jianghe looked at Jiangling, and said earnestly:

"Xiaoling, people, don't guard because they are strong, they become powerful because of protection."

"Old gang leader..." Jiang Ling fell silent after listening to Chen Jianghe's words.

Chen Jianghe took a sip of his wine and continued:

"When you have a guardian, you will inevitably force yourself to become stronger. Xiaoling, you have to remember that true strength lies not only in fists and qi, but also in the heart."

After Chen Jianghe finished speaking, Jiangling looked up at him and said:

"Old gang leader, I seem to understand a little bit."

Seeing Jiangling's clear eyes, Chen Jianghe nodded, and then said:

"It's getting late, and we have to hurry tomorrow, so go back and rest."

"Well, the old gang leader also rested early." Jiang Ling replied, and then walked out.

When Jiang Ling walked down the steps, he ran into Tang Qingfeng who had just returned from the martial arts training ground. He saw Tang Qingfeng coming, so he walked up to say hello:

"Old Tang, what are you doing here?"

Tang Qingfeng saw that it was Jiang Ling who came, so he said:

"Nothing, just take a walk, how about you?"

"I just came out for a drink with the old gang leader," Jiang Ling said.

"Oh, it's getting late, go back and rest." Tang Qingfeng said and turned to leave, but was stopped by Jiang Ling.

"Old Tang, I have something I want to talk to you about."

Tang Qingfeng looked at Jiang Ling and said, "Tell me."

"Let's go to the bamboo pavilion." Jiang Ling said.

"Okay." Tang Qingfeng returned, and after the two finished talking, they walked towards the bamboo pavilion.

When they arrived at the bamboo pavilion, the two sat down, Tang Qingfeng looked at Jiang Ling and said:

"What do you want to talk about?"

Jiang Ling looked at him, then replied:

"I drank with the old gang leader. He said that with a guardian, he will become stronger."

"The old leader is right." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Old Tang." Jiang Ling said.

"Huh?" Tang Qingfeng said.

Jiang Ling looked at Tang Qingfeng and asked, "The person you want to protect is Brother Li, right?"

After hearing Jiang Ling's words, Tang Qingfeng showed a little surprise in his eyes, and then said slowly:

"Well, not only Zhenwu, but also you and Lu Qing."

"Old Tang, that's not what I mean. I'm asking, is brother Li the most important person to you?" Jiang Ling said.

"Yes." Tang Qingfeng replied.

Jiang Ling was stunned for a moment when he heard Tang Qingfeng's words. He didn't expect him to answer so readily, so he asked softly:

"So, you like him?"

Tang Qingfeng glanced at Jiang Ling, and then said:

"Yes."

Jiang Ling froze in place after hearing his answer.

Seeing him stunned, Tang Qingfeng added another sentence:

"It's the kind of liking you want."

After hearing Tang Qingfeng's words, Jiang Ling started talking nonsense after being provoked by him.

"Old Tang, I already knew. I said why you are so good to brother Li, so good that even I feel a little bit jealous. I have been in love for so many years, and you are not half as good to me as brother Li. So that is the case, so you... ......"

"Okay, let's talk about your business." Tang Qingfeng interrupted Jiang Ling's words.

Jiang Ling looked at Tang Qingfeng, calmed down his excitement, and asked:

"Old Tang, I seem to be the same as you for Lu Qing. I want to protect him, I don't want him to be hurt, I don't want him to cry, and I don't want to be disgusted by him. Old Tang, tell me, do you like it?"

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the moonlight, and then said:

"Lao Jiang, let me ask you, what will you do if Lu Qing takes the girl you like in the future?"

"I...... I will bless him." Jiang Ling said.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at Jiang Ling and asked, "How is it, does your heart hurt?"

Jiang Ling looked at Tang Qingfeng, and said softly, "It hurts."

"That's it." Tang Qingfeng said.

Jiang Ling looked at the moonlight and remained silent.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Tang Qingfeng knew that he understood, so he said:

"It's getting late, go back and rest."

"Okay." Jiang Ling replied.

Then the two walked out of the bamboo pavilion. As soon as they walked out of the bamboo pavilion, they saw Li Zhenwu and Lu Qing approaching.

Tang Qingfeng stepped forward and said:

"True martial arts."

"Brother Tang." Li Zhenwu replied.

Jiang Ling looked at Lu Qing, and said slowly:

"Lu Qing."

"Well, I didn't drink much." Lu Qing said.

"No." Jiang Ling replied.

"Yes." Lu Qing said.

"It's late at night, everyone go back and rest." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Okay." Everyone replied.

Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu were walking back. Li Zhenwu looked at Tang Qingfeng and asked, "Brother Tang, what are you talking about?"

"Some unimportant things." Tang Qingfeng replied with a smile, and then asked: "Zhenwu, what are you and Lu Qing talking about?"

Listening to Tang Qingfeng's question, Li Zhenwu remembered Lu Qing's words, and then said, "It's nothing, it's just something insignificant."

"Yeah." Tang Qingfeng replied.

The two went to rest after talking.

Lu Qing and Jiang Ling were walking back, Jiang Ling looked at Lu Qing and asked:

"Lu Qing, do you have a woman you like?"

Lu Qing looked at Jiang Ling with some doubts, and then said, "No."

"Then, do you have someone you like?" Jiang Ling asked cautiously.

Lu Qing was slightly taken aback when he heard Jiang Ling's words, then looked at him and said, "Yes."

After speaking, Lu Qing turned around and walked towards the room.

Jiang Ling looked at Lu Qing who was leaving, and was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly: "Lu Qing, I have it too."

With that said, he walked towards his room.

The night is very cold, the moon hangs high, and people under the moon sleep soundly, but it is very sweet.

The next day, the four of them woke up in the morning light, packed their luggage, rode fast horses, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, they left the beggar gang and ran towards the distance.