Taiping Inn

In Lingxiu Villa, after Hu Liang made the request to stay for a while, He Jin naturally agreed and placed the group in a unique courtyard on the west side of Lingxiu Villa. He Jin personally led the two to his residence.

This courtyard is located in a corner of the villa. Few people come here, and the environment is quiet. There are a few bamboos planted in the yard, which adds a bit of elegance.

Hu Liang stood in the corridor, gently rubbing the head of the master's knife, and said, "Old Li, this Lingxiu Villa is not simple. The plaque hanging at the entrance of the village contains a mouthful of true energy, even if it passes like this. It has not dissipated for many years, which shows how profound the realm of the person who wrote the characters was. "

"Xu Shisong, a master of the Tianren Xiaoyao Realm, was once ranked eighth on the Taixuan List." Li Xuandu said slowly: "But that's all in the past. Over the years, the imperial court has been declining, and there are fewer masters on the surface. , I just don’t know if there will be a real master hidden in secret.”

Hu Liang hesitated and asked, "When the battle of the imperial capital?"

Li Xuandu's face was a little dim, "In addition to the many realms of return to the truth on the surface, there must be still the realm of heaven and man in secret, but we don't know."

Hu Liang nodded.

Li Xuandu looked at the rain outside and said, "As for Lingxiu Villa, whose ancestors have not been rich yet, I was a master of the Return Realm back then. Now I have to rely on you to protect you. So, It was the past, it was the present, it was two different things.”

Hu Liang leaned under the pillar, looked at the rain outside, and said, "This heavy rain will take only one day. I wonder if I can leave here tomorrow morning. If I can't leave, will there be more dreams at night?"

"Yes, maybe not." Li Xuandu said: "This is of course a nonsense, but the road ahead will never be smooth."

Hu Liang stood up from the corridor column and asked, "Old Li, why do you think Qingluan Guard should hold on like this?"

Li Xuan thought about it and said slowly: "Eighty-mostly it involves the struggle in the court. Since the death of the four ministers of Gu Ming, the Empress Dowager and the King of Jin have taken power together. One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. There must be one between the two. In addition, the little emperor is getting older, he should be sixteen years old this year and will be awarded the title in a few years. Therefore, there are many civil and military officials who are dependent on the imperial teacher Sun Songchan. Today, the Queen Mother is in the temple. One party, one party of King Jin, and one party of the imperial teacher, three parties stand together, among which the Empress Dowager is the most powerful, the King Jin is second, and the Imperial Teacher is second. "

"Zhou Tingchao is a righteous man who dares to speak and speaks bluntly. But he is not in the cabinet or in the center. The Tongzheng Envoy can completely drown his memorial, but it is not drowning. This is an article. As I know, the current Tongzheng envoy is from the emperor's teacher Sun Songchan, so the reason why Zhou Tingchao's remarks can shock the court was because someone behind him wanted to shock the court, which involved party disputes and turbulent things. Although we came to save people here for the word "Yi", it is no longer possible to cover the word "Yi". Nowadays, we can only take one step at a time."

Hu Liang scratched his head, "Old Li, you have never been an official, and you still understand these twists and turns?"

Li Xuandu sighed, "The situation in the imperial capital back then was so dangerous. Do I dare not understand? If I don't understand, I will accidentally be a knife in someone else's hand, so I have to understand, and I dare not ignore it."

Hu Liang said, "It's amazing, it's amazing. Lao Li, it's a pity that you don't become an official."

Li Xuan didn't agree and looked at Zhou Shuning who was closing her eyes to refine her energy.

The skill of the Xuannv Sect belongs to Yin and Near Water. As the saying goes, the best is like water. In rainy days, it is regarded as the harmony between heaven and earth. Therefore, practicing Xuannv in places near water or in heavy rainy weather can achieve twice the result with half the effort. The little girl is now concentrating on collecting water essence into qi in her body, and she cannot take into account the conversation between Li and Hu.

Hu Liang walked into the house from the outer corridor and said, "Old Li, we actually won a bit of luck in the battle of Nanshan Garden. After all, from the perspective of open strength, it is not difficult for them to beat us. ”

Li Xuan did not deny it, "They felt that they were too careless and were too careless. Instead of using some weird methods, it would be better to fight a battle openly."

"This is good." Hu Liang smiled and said, "If Chen Guhong was not thinking about poisoning, but directly opened the landscape formation in Nanshan Garden, maybe we were killed by him, but then again, we were both the two of us. Come back, if the poisoning is done, there will be no effort there. After all, they are greedy and want to take us with the least effort, rather than with the safest way."

Li Xuan didn't say anything about this, and found a fragment from the 18th floor bead on his wrist. It was obtained from Chen Guhong's true school "Human Immortal Orifice Refining Method". Although it was just a fragment, There are also advantages. Li Xuan plans to look through it when he is fine, which can be regarded as fulfilling what he has learned.

After taking a look, Hu Liang withdrew his gaze. He was different from his fate. Some people were involved in various schools, but they were not good at being possessed, and even had the danger of becoming obsessed with others. Some people could integrate and form their own family.

There are precedents in this kind of thing. It is said that there were two methods in the world, namely water and fire. Many people once tried to practice two methods at the same time, either water and fire conflict. If the body explodes, or if the yin and yang are in chaos and go crazy, almost everyone regards it as a dangerous path, but in the end, there is a great master who integrates the two skills into The whole body, water and fire are combined, and yin and yang are combined, and the great success is achieved and the realm of heaven and man is achieved.

So whether to be single-minded or mixed depends on the person. Take the two of them for example. Old Li is the kind of master who can integrate everything. It is enough for him to practice the knife in his hand. Especially after reaching the Xiantian realm, the knife skills are almost instinctive. The so-called knife practice is no longer the knife practice of ordinary people in the martial arts world. As the saying goes, "If you practice boxing without practicing martial arts, you will be empty-handed when you grow old." No matter how exquisite the knife skills are, they still have to be supported by one's own foundation. Therefore, Hu Liang, who has reached the Xiantian realm, began to dabble in the mysteries of the immortals, and he could not be distracted at all.

The heavy rain fell, and the hall fell into silence.

Li Xuandu read books, the little girl practiced martial arts, and the bored Hu Liang looked at the white water line hanging down from the eaves, falling on the steps in front of the corridor, splashing a little water. He remembered a poem for no reason, which seemed to be called "The rain drops into the empty steps and the night is long"?

The night is long and dreams are many.

At this moment, the man in blue staggered out of the back door of Nanshan Garden in the heavy rain, and slowly came down the mountain along the steep mountain road that Li Xuandu and his friends had walked.

Because of the heavy rain, water accumulated in the dry riverbed again, and it looked like a river.

He walked into it, his body swaying, as if he would be knocked down by the water at any time, but he never fell, and walked to the other side.

Then he raised his head and "looked" at Lingxiu Villa hidden behind the rain curtain.