Chapter 8. Sword Edge
Two of the people from the four directions had already left. A man and a demon on the mountain watched the Yin Yang family boy go away, and looked at each other in a tacit understanding.
"Fellow Taoist Gui's life should not be cut off. This Old Turtle Mountain cannot be kept any longer. I will take the first step!"
After saying that, Ding You hugged his fists towards the big turtle lying on the ground and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, human boy!"
Ding You was a little surprised. He turned to look at the old turtle. He had no contact with this turtle demon. He didn't know what he was doing by calling him. You know, now that things are over here, the top priority is to run away, no matter for himself or for others.
All old turtles are like this.
"Boy, although you are from a different race from me, you still helped Lao Turtle a lot tonight. Just now, the boy from the Yin Yang family said, "Old Turtle, I have been here in Lao Turtle Mountain for more than a hundred years. I don't know if this mountain is destined for him."
, but for you, there must be."
After that, the old turtle crawled to the edge of the pool, told Ding You to wait a moment, and then plunged into the dark water.
Ding You smiled bitterly, looked at the scars on his wrists, and shook his head.
"Drought will lead to drought, and waterlogging will lead to death. Those who want it can't get it, and those who have no idea..."
As a monk, you attach great importance to opportunities. Therefore, since ancient times, monks have been looking for treasures in fairy mountains. Some great monks or large sects have even directly occupied mountains and enclosed land, turning the Feng Shui opportunities of a place into private property. Strictly speaking, their behavior
They are no different from those mountain bandits who dominate the mountain, but the so-called Immortal family is invisibly higher up the mountain. Moreover, because there are some great monks who can move mountains and seas with their own strength, the status of the sect on the mountain can be described as transcendent.
He has always been the target of wooing by the country or region he is in. No matter how bad it is, a serious identity is absolutely no problem. In this regard, those kings of the Thieves Mountain cannot be compared to him at any cost.
Even if the sect is like this, the individual monks who rely on the Shi Yuan sect will only become more enthusiastic about the word chance. This is why a direct descendant of the Ouyang family from the Yin Yang family came to Lao Bishan.
After all, even if you come from a famous family, for most people except for a few people, opportunities are always a rare thing.
"Brother Ding, Brother Ding, you must be as powerful as your master in the future, so that we can pull off the tiger's skin to no avail, right?"
The boy from the Yin and Yang family has already gone down the mountain and is walking in the forest. His direction is generally towards the east. It seems that he really wants to go to the East China Sea. However, it seems that he is not in a hurry and is not in a hurry. Instead, he looks like a
He looked thoughtful, and kept tossing the porcelain bottle in his hand, as if he was never tired of it.
"Brother Ding, don't blame me. Everything I told you is true. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so willing to bleed me, right? It's just that people are wandering in the world, and I can't hand over all my bosses, right? That Jian Yuan
The two characters, although the word sword was calculated first, but then the blood sacrifice was used, the two characters still came out at the same time, so the sword is fate. Brother Ding, maybe you are my chance..."
Ding You Lengbu Lingding sneezed and stared straight at the water, quite surprised.
It turned out that the turtle demon had come out of the water. When it got closer, Ding You finally saw clearly that long black shadow. It was the sword he had guessed at first sight. To be precise, there were two swords, but two.
The swords are sheathed. If you don't look carefully at night, you can't tell that they are two swords.
But this was not enough to make Ding You strange. What really interested him was the aura that became clearer the closer he got. It felt very similar to the aura of the master who was practicing meditation on the mountain. However, based on the young man's understanding of the master, it was still
He was keenly aware of the difference. This sword seemed to be too sharp, which was completely different from the peaceful aura of the old man with white beard and white hair.
"This sword..."
The old turtle relaxed his mouth and placed the two swords lightly at Ding You's feet. There was no expression on the snake-headed turtle's face, but he said lightly:
"Back then, there were two sword cultivators, a man and a woman, having a sword competition at Lao Turtle Mountain. Later, for some unknown reason, they threw their respective swords into the Tan. Lao Turtle, I sealed these two swords, otherwise they will not last for forty years.
In the past, these two swords have become scrap metal. Today, I am leaving. I can’t take this sword with me. If I stay here, it will be useless sooner or later. I might as well take advantage of you, kid, just treat it like it.
I returned half of your favor."
Ding You seemed to have noticed something was wrong, and immediately asked: "Even if these two swords are swords, and their aura is locked by your formation, they are not natal objects, otherwise the sword master's aura in them would not remain until now.
Since it is the natal sword of the swordsman for half his life, why was it lost here?"
The old turtle scratched his head with his claws, also looking like he was thinking.
"Old Turtle, I have been thinking about this problem for decades, but I still can't figure it out. But you must know that the aura and dissipated sword energy of one of the swords are not only 100% similar to you, but 99%
There must be some, that male swordsman must be your master, you still don’t know about your master?”
Ding You frowned and did not answer immediately. He seemed to be lost in thought.
The old turtle would never know what the young man opposite him was thinking.
In fact, even though Ding You's face was calm and his aura was as usual, he was horrified in his heart. The listener was interested. The sword energy that Lao Gui accidentally mentioned was that Ding You had a good background and was not a swordsman.
But if you think about it carefully, how could Ouyang Chiu of the Yin Yang family be just intimidated by his own physique and acting skills? Even if Ding You is confident that he can imitate his master with a 60-70% resemblance, the Yin Yang family's qi-gaining skills cannot be overshadowed.
I'm afraid there is no one among the hundreds of schools of thought that can definitely defeat the Yin and Yang family in Wangqi. However, Ouyang Zhao took a step back, definitely because he thought he was a swordsman, but Ding You remembered that the master really didn't teach the Eight Classics seriously.
Better than your own swordsmanship!
Could it be that I am a born swordsman?
That’s the only way to explain it!
The young man was in a good mood. He picked up the sheathed sword and pulled out the wider one. Under the moonlight, a pair of eyes were reflected on the sword. He quickly scanned the sword's spine until he found an ancient-style rut.
word, and finally the owner of the sword was determined.
The master's surname is Huang and his given name is Che. According to the master himself, Bai Huashan, an enemy of Qingshuang Sect, asked Qingshuang Peak for swordsmanship. Ten members of the sect went out to fight, but they were all defeated by Bai Huashan's sword cultivator. That's when he decided to learn swordsmanship.
The master never said anything about his past, nor how good his swordsmanship was. Even the master who practiced swordsman only taught his apprentice the Middle Way, but not even a single swordsmanship to Ding You. As a result, just now
What Ouyang Cho said about his master seemed to be one of the few past events of his master that Ding You knew.
Ding You has his own choice between the true and false. Anyway, since he joined the sect, he has never heard of any sword cultivators in Baihua Mountain, let alone the Sword Qingshuang Sect. However, there are several sword cultivators in his own sect, even if
Ding You has always been deeply involved in Jian Chu, and he has admired their names for a long time, which shows the importance of the word "Jian Xiu".
"Senior Turtle, does he know who the owner of this sword is?"
The old turtle rolled his eyes at Ding You. If I gave you the sword, you would call me senior. If I didn’t give it to you, I would be a Taoist friend, right? I don’t have a good junior like you.
"I was holding my breath in the deepest part of the pool, and that's why I wasn't defeated by demons. What the hell do I know!"
With a smile on his face, Ding You put the two swords behind his back, rubbed his hands, and squatted down, getting closer to the old turtle.
"Senior, don't worry, that brat from the Yin Yang family is destined to be with me. I see, this junior's fate is not this sword, but the fate with senior. This will take a lot of drinking.
Li will do."
When Lao Gui heard the word "Chu Li", he couldn't help but stretch his neck a little, raised his snake-like head slightly, and coughed slightly to moisten his throat.
"You're lucky, do you know why this Old Turtle Mountain is called Old Turtle Mountain? I'm telling you, listen carefully, I'm a divine turtle!"
Ding You's smile froze for a moment, but he smiled back in an instant, and then continued the old turtle's words;
"That's not true. I have heard that the old people collecting herbs nearby, as well as some woodcutters and fishermen, are very respectful to seniors. I have seen the small temple at the foot of the mountain, and the person worshiping in it is Senior Turtle. I heard that
It was specially repaired in gratitude for Senior Turtle's kindness. I took a look and found that although the mud phase only showed half of Senior Turtle's spirit, it was already very shocking."
Being told something that touched his heart, Lao Gui couldn't help but be a little pleased with Ding You.
"Oh, this is an act of transgression. Fortunately, my grandma doesn't care about what my uncle doesn't love here, so I wasn't worried about by the Jin and Chu courts. But I didn't withhold any incense. Let me tell you, these things
I have transformed all the incense into this place, without leaving a drop."
Ding You thought in his mind that he saw a small temple when he was tying his horse at the foot of the mountain. He was bored and took a look at it, and then he got the flattery just now. But you, an old turtle, have lived for so long, haven't you?
Do you know the principle of exchanging shallow words and deep words? You still talk about these things that are related to the foundation of spiritual practice without holding back any incense. That means you have this method. This is rare. At least as far as Ding You knows, only true
Only the mountain sects in the mountains have this kind of secret technique, and it is still used in the ancestral hall, which is the center of the sect. For example, some big names at the foot of the mountain also have it, but it is extremely rare.
"Senior Turtle is upright and upright. Others say that mountains are not high, as long as there are immortals there are spirits. I see that the spiritual energy within a hundred miles radius of Lao Turtle Mountain is cohesive, and the ferocious aura is much less than that of nearby areas. It can be seen that Senior Turtle is an expert. Oh no, it is.
Gao Yao."
Lao Gui also has little dealings with the outside world, but that doesn't mean he is stupid. For a swordsman with a high status to compliment him like this, he doesn't believe it if there is nothing fishy about it.
"What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? Come on, tell me. Don't give me some medicine. You humans have nothing but lots of guts."
Seeing that the flattery had gone too far, Ding You could cough to relieve the embarrassment.
"Senior Turtle, since we are so destined, can you go look for it in the pool again to see if there are any swords? It doesn't matter if it's not a sword, as long as it's valuable, Senior Turtle can't take it with you anyway.
Right, you might as well be the cheap guy like me."
The old turtle snorted coldly, thinking of the Yin-Yang boy just now, and couldn't help but secretly cursed the human race for not being a good person, but he quickly retracted that idea.
"Baby, there is a lot of mud at the bottom of the Tan. There is a lot of fish dung in it, and some of it is probably fresh. If you want, I can allow you to fish some."
Ding You wasn't angry either, and continued to apologize a few times, which finally made the old turtle lose some of his anger.
The sky was dim and bright, that is to say, in the blink of an eye, the completely dark sky was already a lot brighter. The sun had not yet risen and the moon had not yet set, as if the moonlight illuminated the entire world.
It was at this time that the young man discovered that there were words on the carapace that the old turtle was carrying!
He took a closer look and saw that the fonts were the same as the script on the sword on his back. They were both bird and insect scripts from the Chu region, but there were some differences. The shape of the characters was more ancient. Ding You knew that these writing techniques came from a type of script called Yin script.
He had never studied ancient writing, but he could still roughly recognize what these three characters were.
"Can turtles live longer?"
Feeling Ding You's gaze, the old turtle became more serious.
"This prophecy has been around since I opened my spiritual wisdom, and I'm not afraid of you brat going to say it elsewhere. Anyway, the fact that this mountain can be called Lao Turtle Mountain by you has nothing to do with the three words on my back."
Ding You looked at it carefully for a while, and seemed to be quite interested in these three words, so he asked Lao Gui: "Dare you ask me, senior, if I could allow this junior to be rude and rub the words on my back?"
The old turtle waved his webbed paws and said: "Well, since you have been to my small temple, you are really destined to me. The sword can be regarded as returning half a favor to you. These three words, as
It’s a reward for you.”
Ding You laughed loudly, took out a pen and paper from somewhere, and started to copy.
But the old turtle was no longer calm, and took a few steps back from the cheerful Ding You.
"You kid didn't plan this, did you?"
When Ding You saw Lao Gui looking at the pen and paper in his hand, he couldn't help but lamented and said:
"The seniors don't know, and the juniors don't want to bring these crappy things. But after all, the juniors are still serious scouts, so these things are indispensable."
The old turtle was hesitant and asked Ding You to put the silk on his back, but he was also thoughtful. It wasn't until the young man said goodbye and the old turtle looked at Ding You's back from a distance that he suddenly realized.
Chapter completed!