The style is different [Comprehensive]

When Xie Linyun said this thing that made her very sad, her expression and tone were very calm, which was completely opposite to the previous appearance that would show immediately when she was slightly happy or angry.

Even though Dugu Qiubai didn't get along with her much, after seeing her at this moment, he immediately understood how much Huang Yaoshi's sudden departure had affected her.

He didn't speak out to dissuade her immediately, but let her squat by the lake and slowed down for a while before stepping forward two steps to her side.

"When I first entered the rivers and lakes when I was young, I was like the owner of the lake." He said, "I met friends who felt very caring."

Xie Linyun didn't speak, but his attention was somewhat diverted.

Dugu Qiubai glanced at her and knew that she was listening, and continued: "At that time, I regarded him as my best brother, and we went to the rivers and lakes with him, traveled all over the land of China, and the two of us have never failed together."

"What happened next?" Xie Linyun asked.

"Later he conspired with others to poison me." Dugu Qiubai said calmly, "It's a pity that the success fell short, and the defeat fell to me."

"At that time, I also didn't understand. I have been friends with him for many years, and I am almost like a brother. Why did he treat me like this?"

As soon as this question was asked, Xie Linyun frowned.

Xie Linyun said: "Do you understand now?"

"I didn't kill him at the beginning because the two of us had a friendship." Dugu Qiubai said, "Later, he practiced kung fu to the point of becoming obsessed. Before he died, he said he wanted to see me, so I went."

"After I went there, before I could say a word, he took his last breath and began to count the things we experienced together when we were young."

Speaking of this, Dugu Qiubai couldn't help but sighed.

After sighing, he continued: "It was only then that I realized that what seemed to me to be the happy days of supporting each other and going through the rivers and lakes together was torture to him."

Xie Linyun didn't quite understand: "Why?"

Dugu Qiubai smiled wryly, and said: "Because his talent is a bit behind mine, the longer I stay with me, the more he feels that part is like a natural moat, insurmountable."

"Is it because of this?" Xie Linyun felt incredible, "If it is because of this, even if you are killed, it doesn't mean that the gap between you does not exist."

"The owner of the lake looks at it from the sidelines, so he can naturally make the most rational judgment." Dugu Qiubai said, "But he is different. He has been in this environment suppressed by me for too long. Pretend not to care, if you don't do anything to me, this matter will become his demon, hindering him from going further, and making it even more impossible for him to catch up with me."

Xie Linyun: "...So that's how it is."

"But..." She bit her lip, not knowing whether it was frustration or disappointment, "Huang Yaoshi couldn't have broken up with me for this reason."

Dugu Qiubai said that I didn't tell you this story to help you guess the reason why Huang Yaoshi left.

Xie Linyun waited for him to continue.

"I want to say that the same relationship may have a huge difference in the eyes of both parties." Dugu Qiubai said, "It's like when I thought it was fun to swim with my friends, but he I feel that it is torture. The acquaintance of the Lake Master and Young Master Huang is very important to the Lake Master since he is the first friend he makes after leaving the sect; but to Young Master Huang, it may not be the case."

As for what happened, Dugu Qiubai didn't make random guesses, after all he wasn't Huang Yaoshi himself.

"What's more, taking ten thousand steps back, there are many things that don't make sense in the world." He continued, "People's hearts are even more unpredictable. The Lake Lord has been obsessed with this for a long time, and if he thinks too much, he will inevitably fall into obstacles."

"I know, my master also said something similar." She suddenly answered, "If possible, I would like to forget about it as soon as possible, but it is very difficult."

Since their acquaintance, Xie Linyun and Dugu Qiubai have almost always been treated as equals.

In the depths of Dugu Qiubai's heart, this girl who beat her twice can basically be equated with her target role model.

So for a long time, he never thought that after all, she was just a little girl who was not yet in her teens.

Her martial arts are high, and her marksmanship is good, but she has no experience in dealing with the world, and she is not even as good as some people who are younger than her.

However, she is seemingly indifferent but actually has a very emotional personality. If she is not careful, she may give birth to demons.

When martial arts has been practiced to their stage, simple practice is useless, what is important is the understanding of strength itself.

Dugu Qiubai lived alone in the mountains for so long, besides being unable to find an opponent in the rivers and lakes, there is another very important reason, that is, he wants to abandon all the influences of foreign objects on him, and continue to participate in the competition. Wudao.

He knew how dangerous Xie Linyun's current state was, and it happened that she came to give him an apprentice today, so he took this opportunity to remind him.

"I understand the current mood of the Lake Lord. After all, I have experienced it in the past. I also couldn't sleep at night because I couldn't figure it out." When Dugu Qiubai said this, he paused for a moment, "But the Lake Lord should also understand, You shouldn't be doing this anymore."

The next words, compared with before, are a bit cruel.

After all, from the point of view of Dugu Qiubai after a thorough understanding, feelings are the most illusory thing.

"People often say that the avenue is invisible, but compared with all kinds of emotions that may change in the next moment, the avenue is the most stable thing." Dugu Qiubai said, "It is difficult to give up those things that are destined to go away, but once you really give up , will be much more comfortable.”

After Xie Linyun listened, he was silent for a long time before asking: "So how did you give up at that time?"

Dugu Qiubai said my method was too dangerous.

"It's okay, tell me, I'm also dangerous now, and I'm equally dangerous, so I might as well try to find a way out for myself." Xie Linyun said while taking a deep breath, as if he had made some very important decision.

"I closed a death test at that time." Dugu Qiubai said, "I know that once I let go of this matter, my swordsmanship will definitely improve to the next level, so I specially found a sword that I couldn't break through with my swordsmanship at that time. place."

Ordinary death gates, even with the word "death", will never directly block all the roads like him.

If not, he would not say that this method is too dangerous, because it means that if he fails, he will die.

Xie Linyun's heart shuddered when she heard that, but she had to admit that under such conditions, human potential can indeed be stimulated to the maximum.

The only problem is that for Dugu Qiubai at that time, it was not too difficult to find a place that could not be broken by his sword skills. For her, finding a place that could not be broken by her martial arts was tantamount to Arabian Nights.

But even if this path can't be taken, it still gives her some reference.

The Dongting Hegemony will be scheduled for March next year, and there is still nearly half a year before now. Xie Linyun feels that she can devote herself to retreat once within half a year.

Her master taught her Liaoyuan marksmanship, not because she wanted her to use it only for venting, Dugu Qiubai was right, she should focus more on martial arts than those erratic things.

Xie Linyun decided to retreat.

She has always acted quickly, and now that she has made a decision, she will never hesitate.

But the location of the retreat still made her quite entangled for two days.

Finally, Wuming gave her a suggestion.

Wuming said: "Does the Lake Lord still remember the sandbar on the west side of Junshan?"

How could Xie Linyun not remember, she simply remembered too much.

The day before Huang Yaoshi left, they went there together to pick sweet-scented osmanthus.

She suppressed all the complex emotions in her heart, nodded, and said, "I remember, what's wrong?"

"The sandbank is relatively recent, and the rice grown there is not as good as other places. I originally planned to leave it alone for the time being, and make plans for the hegemony meeting after the spring of next year." Wuming explained, "If the owner of the lake wants to retreat, he might as well go There? It's far away from the rest of the islands in the lake, it's quiet enough, and no one else will pass by during this time."

Xie Linyun wanted to refuse at first, but she was afraid that if she stayed there, it would be easier for her to think of Huang Yaoshi's departure for no reason, so she would not be able to concentrate.

But after thinking about it, it was because that place was special enough that it was a challenge worth trying for her.

If she can calm down on that sandbar, it means that old friends, old friends, and past events have no effect on her.

She is also one step closer to the Consummation of Dao Xin.

After hesitating for a moment, she nodded in agreement with the plan.

"Okay, there it is."

Wuming heaved a sigh of relief and said, "The lake master will wait for a few more days, and I will send a few people to repair a house first."

Xie Linyun waved his hand: "No, just prepare some dry food for me. If you're ready, tell me that after I go there, no one is allowed to go near there until March next year."

Wuming shuddered when he heard that, thinking that the Lake Lord was really cruel to him.

However, he could only obey the master's order: "... yes."

As a good enough housekeeper, Wuming can satisfy Xie Linyun almost effortlessly when doing these things now.

It only took him half a day to complete all the preliminary arrangements.

To be honest, from his point of view, Xie Linyun's retreat over there is not much different from Dugu Qiubai when he was young.

Xie Linyun saw that he was quick and dedicated, and before retreating, he unsealed the previously sealed meridians, saying that it was just in case.

"After all, I won't come out for half a year." She said, "Everything big and small in Dongting is in your hands. I don't worry about the safety of the people on the island, but you are in charge of so many things and have to deal with many outsiders. His martial arts are better next to him."

Wuming almost didn't cry. At the beginning, he was greedy and wanted to take away the dragon and phoenix rings of his mother and son before leaving, but he ran into Xie Linyun's hand directly.

Since then, he has never fully used his martial arts. Although he can cope with life, but occasionally going outside, he really has no confidence in his heart.

To be honest, at the very beginning, he regretted it more than once. He shouldn't have thought of that at the time. If he hadn't moved, he wouldn't have had to work under Xie Linyun. In the past six months, he has become more and more adapted to the role of steward of Dongting Lake.

So at this moment, when Xie Linyun brought up this matter, most of the reason why he was so excited was because he felt finally recognized, not simply because he had recovered his original strength.

"Many, thank you Lake Master!" Wuming patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely arrange everything properly during your retreat."

"En." Xie Linyun didn't say much, and pointed to two attendants casually, "Both of you get on the boat with me, and when I arrive, row the boat back."

She retreated resolutely, and only had time to tell Wuming Lin Chaoying and others about her plan. The rest of the island still didn't know what she was going to do until after sending her to the sandbar.

A group of teenagers and girls were speechless: "The owner of the lake is the best in the world, and he still wants to close this kind of death test?!"

"... Otherwise, it will be number one in the world."

"If you think about it, the Lake Lord is actually two or three years older than you and me. People really can't be compared..."

The attendants on Junshan Island are still amazed by her decision, but after Xie Linyun got on the sandbar, he did not immediately enter the state of concentrating on martial arts as they had guessed.

She knew that this matter could not be rushed, so for the first half a month, she did nothing, and started to build a house for herself as soon as she woke up every day.

Except for the osmanthus trees on the sandbar, there are some crops with soft branches, so there is no need to think about the wooden house, only thatched huts.

But it was not easy to build a thatched hut, especially after late autumn, when the rain in Dongting increased sharply, and sometimes the heavy rain would directly wash away half of the hut she had built.

Every time like this, Xie Linyun's patience was put to the test.

At first she was always impatient, after all, building a thatched cottage is a very boring job, but then one night after she was woken up by the heavy rain, she calmed down.

Xie Linyun thinks this is not enough, she always puts it up casually, and then it is over when it is hit by the rain, why is she closed, when winter comes, the wind is strong on the lake, and the thatched cottage will be blown away every day?

After suffering a few times like this, Xie Linyun began to think about how to build a house with limited resources.

It's not that she didn't regret that she stopped Wuming from sending people to make preparations first, but as time passed, she found that this decision was not wrong.

Pure physical work is easier for her to let go of her mind than martial arts, because she is not familiar enough.

In the end, she managed to create a shelter for herself that could shelter from the wind and rain before winter came.

At that moment, her sense of accomplishment was not much less than when she learned the first form of Liaoyuan Hundred Strikes back then.

The most important thing is that when she finished all this in meditation and started to practice the gun, she obviously felt that she had made progress.

Although she took advantage of the second crossing, but in martial arts, she did go a little further than Dugu Qiubai.

It is not easy for Dugu Qiubai to make an inch of progress, let alone her.

She is familiar with all the moves of the Liaoyuan marksmanship, even if she is practicing in the water, she can perform them with incomparable precision.

But this does not mean that she has made any progress worth mentioning in marksmanship, at least according to her original martial arts standards, it is not enough.

This time, when she came back to the Shazhou retreat, she didn't use her internal strength and marksmanship at all. Instead, it seemed to give her a chance to settle down slowly.

Xie Linyun no longer felt bored.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed moderately in Dongting, but she didn't think it was too cold, so she got up early every day to practice shooting.

The days have been repeated monotonously for nearly half a year.

In mid-February, there are only a dozen or so days left before the competition for the Dongting Hegemony, and people from all walks of life who are eager to try the "Nine Yin Scriptures" rushed to Dongting one after another.

Even if Xie Linyun lived alone on the westernmost sandbar, he felt that the excitement was coming.

To be honest, rather than going out to meet people, she would rather stay here and continue to seek breakthroughs.

The scene that Dugu Qiubai glimpsed because of his own time travel is the best proof of the establishment of Shattered Void.

And Shattering the Void is the only way for her to return to the previous world and meet Li Ruohai again.

However, she is the master of Dongting Lake after all, so it is really unreasonable not to show up for such a grand event.

What's more, in the entire Dongting, except for her, no one knows where the "Nine Yin Manual" is kept.

Those heroes from all walks of life traveled thousands of miles to Dongting just for it, so before the competition for hegemony officially started, it had to show its face.

The hegemony competition was scheduled to start on the third day of March, and Wuming followed her instructions before retreating, and on the first day of March, he personally drove a boat to the west to pick her up.

As soon as they met, Xie Linyun found that his housekeeper had become a lot more energetic, presumably because he had taken actions recently to frighten those who tried to take advantage of the troubled waters.

But he was still quite respectful when he saw her.

"Lake Master." Nameless called her.

"Don't move anything on this island in the future." Xie Linyun said, "The hegemony will be over, and I will come back."

Wuming was not surprised by this, and immediately complied, but after he complied, his expression suddenly became hesitant.

This is the appearance of having something to say, but hesitating whether to say it or not. Even Xie Linyun, who is as slow as Xie Linyun, can understand it.

She clicked her tongue and said, "If you have something to say, I'm listening."

"Yes, that's right. About a month ago, the world's number one shipbuilder entered the Dongting." Wuming carefully chose his words, "He probably knew that we have a very powerful ship here, and he said he wanted to see it when he came to the door. , and patted his chest and said, as long as it is something he has seen, he can imitate everything."

Xie Linyun immediately understood: "Huang Yaoshi told him."

Wuming: "Uh...Actually, that Mr. Zhu is very tight-lipped, and he didn't say who told him at all, but there should be no one else except Mr. Huang."

In the past six months, no one else has left the Dongting, as for the one who saw the boat while not in the Dongting, there is only Bai Xiaosheng.

Although Bai Xiaosheng was good at dealing with ups and downs, but facing Xie Linyun, he was always honest, so he dared not speak out about the situation in Dongting.

"And then?" Xie Linyun asked, "Did you agree to let him see the ship?"

"...Agreed." Wuming gritted his teeth, and quickly called her his calculations, "But I agreed with Mr. Zhu, we are paying for him to consult for us, and it is a money and goods transaction."

Xie Linyun felt that Wuming was more useful, and he would not let go of the opportunity to make money, but if he could not owe favors to others, he would not owe them. This matter was actually handled beautifully.

At least she couldn't find anything wrong, she nodded, got on the boat and said, "Okay, let's do it this way, if he really imitates it, you remember to pay him a good reward."

Wuming said it was natural, and immediately followed into the boat, telling the attendants to paddle quickly.

"During my retreat days, did any major events happen?" Xie Linyun suddenly asked again after getting on the boat.

"There is one thing, I don't know if it's a big deal." Wuming paused, "Didn't Mister Dugu take Master Fei as his apprentice? Their master and apprentice are not interested in the Nine Yin Scriptures, but Master Fei seems to have decided to participate in the hegemony meeting. Try your own sword skills."

If it weren't for the sentence that Mr. Dugu accepts his apprentice, Xie Linyun would almost not be able to remember who the Young Master Fei he was talking about was.

But now that I think about it, it's not much better, because she only saw A Fei once, and she didn't look at it seriously at all, so she couldn't turn that face out of her mind at all.

But there is nothing surprising about A Fei wanting to participate in the Hegemony Contest. Since he has become Dugu Qiubai's apprentice, he will more or less get some of Dugu Qiubai's habits.

If it was Dugu Qiubai when he was young, he would definitely not let go of such a grand event.

Now that Ah Fei has been instructed by him, it is really normal for him to meet the heroes of the world for a while.

"It's good for young people to be sharp." Xie Linyun said, "If he wants to participate, then let him participate."

"Master Fei is only four years younger than you." Wuming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How can you talk about yourself so plainly?"

Xie Linyun smiled and did not speak.

On the first night back on Junshan Island, she didn't do anything, and she didn't immediately take out the "Nine Yin Manual", but slept soundly in the familiar room.

At noon on the second day, she climbed over the wall and went to the courtyard next door that had been locked for a long time, and dug out a porcelain box under the tree in the courtyard.

The "Nine Yin Manual" was placed in the porcelain box, and she buried it with her own hands that day.

And the porcelain box containing the scriptures was also the handiwork of the former owner of this yard. He made it when he fired the set of sapphire peach blossom wine cups. The quality is far inferior to that set of cups, but it is more than enough to hold the scriptures.

When Xie Linyun dug it out, he suddenly realized that this should be the only thing Huang Yaoshi left that had his traces besides the recipes.

She thought she would be irritable because of this, but when she actually held the porcelain box, her heart was surprisingly calm.

In the porcelain box, the "Nine Yin Manual" was still lying in it. She took out the scriptures and planned to keep them with her.

As for the porcelain box, she originally wanted to lock it in the room, but when she picked it up and accidentally touched the inner wall, she realized that something was engraved in the blind corner of the inside of the porcelain box.

She stroked it for a long time, barely making out her own name.

One stroke at a time, with the utmost seriousness.

If she hadn't been in seclusion for nearly half a year before that, she would probably have fallen into the original state of being unable to figure it out again when she touched this secret place where the name was engraved.

Of course, she didn't think about it now, but she didn't think it was necessary.

In the evening, she called Wuming to her residence, and asked him to pick a unique subject in the "Nine Yin Manual" to ponder on his own.

"This is what was agreed at the beginning. If you do things well, I will reward you." She said.

Wuming was ecstatic, and without hesitation, he chose the Kungfu called Destroying God's Claw.

Xie Linyun: "I have a good eye. This move is really powerful. It was because Gongsun Lan learned this move superficially earlier that he hurt Quanzhen Sect Ma Yu."

Wuming: "Gongsun Lan's talent is far inferior to mine, otherwise she wouldn't be deceiving people all day long."

Xie Linyun: "...you even know her, you really have been in many places before."

Wuming immediately followed up and flattered: "In fact, there are enough people now, and it is easier to obtain various intelligence and news."

Xie Linyun raised his eyebrows: "For example?"

Wuming almost blurted out, for example, I have already found out where Mr. Huang is now, but thinking of the calm attitude of my lake master when he mentioned Huang Yaoshi yesterday, he hesitated and swallowed the words back, and then talked about some things that he would definitely attend. What is the general level of the Jianghu people in the Hegemony Club?

However, he never expected that he had endured so much hard work and didn't mention it. On the first day of the hegemony competition, someone would directly chat with Xie Linyun about Huang Yaoshi.

The people who were chatting were quite big, one was the young master of the beggar gang, and the other was the prince of Dali.

Hong Qi, the young master of the beggar gang, said: "I look at Junshan Island over there, and the peach blossoms seem to be in full bloom. From a distance, it really looks like Huang Yaoshi's peach blossom island!"

Dali Crown Prince Duan Zhixing was startled when he heard the words, and immediately couldn't help looking at Xie Linyun, while paying attention to his expression, he said: "Young Master Huang and the Lake Lord have a close relationship, so it's normal to plant the same flowers in the residence."

Nameless: "..." Oh my god, you two shut up!

Xie Linyun's reaction was much calmer than they imagined, and he only said, "Peach Blossom Island?"

Hong Qi hurriedly replied: "Yes! Peach Blossom Island is quite close to Jiaxing. I went to eat fish before. I happened to hear about it, so I went to have a look, but I didn't expect him to be the owner of the island."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help showing a very regretful expression, and said: "I wanted to ask him to cook me some fresh sea fish, but he just told me that he would never cook again. I was so angry .”

"Maybe it's just that he's too lazy to talk to you." The guards of the Dali royal family who came with Duan Zhixing knew the thoughts of His Royal Highness, and were very indignant at Hong Qi's behavior of desperately rushing to answer, and couldn't help but choke.

"Shut up!" Duan Zhixing immediately stopped his subordinates. He felt that guessing like this was not only disrespectful to the young master of the Beggar Gang, but also looked down on people like Huang Yaoshi.

After pondering for a while, he looked at Xie Linyun with an uncertain expression and said sincerely: "With Mr. Huang's personality, how can others force him to do things he doesn't like to do? Why make an excuse; that's why he said he won't cook anymore. , then you really won’t be able to cook anymore.”

Hong Qi also nodded in agreement: "That's true, he has such an arrogant temper, he really doesn't bother to talk to me, he can just throw me out of Peach Blossom Island."

"I'm ashamed to say that when we first met in Luoyang, I thought I was a few years older than him, and my martial arts were better than him, but it didn't take long before he was able to fight me evenly!"

Duan Zhixing: "At that time, Mr. Huang often split moves with the master of the lake. Many moves, I would sigh for their subtlety when I saw them."

Hong Qi: "In other words, his progress so fast should be credited to the Lake Lord?"

The two of them were distinguished, and the topic they were talking about happened to be related to Xie Linyun. After a few sentences, they attracted the attention of the rest of the people present. As soon as Hong Qi finished speaking, almost all eyes were on Xie Linyun.

Everyone is waiting for her to say a few words on this topic.

But she just smiled: "It happened to be on the same road at that time, and we walked together for a few days. His martial arts progress, what has it to do with me?"

The author has something to say: the last point is that there may be a typo in the phone. I will check it when I feel better. If there is an update tonight, there is a high probability that it will be less than 3000. Please forgive me.

If it's useless, Monday's update will also strive for this word count, sorry, sorry, really sorry!