"I deliberately ran out of the city, but in fact I returned to the city. The soldiers who chased out of the city naturally could not catch me." Li Yang said to Ye Gucheng in the Li Mansion Courtyard.

He sighed again: "It's just a pity that those masked men in black were not completely wiped out and their identities were unknown. However, one of them was seriously injured. When I came back, I found that they had been taken away by the government. Even those bodies were so I couldn't check them."

The battle with the masked man in black spread all the way from the streets in the city to the gate of the city, which had a great impact. It was normal to alarm the government. Unlike the inefficiency of the Yan family local government in Shanxi, this is the capital city and the capital capital. Before Li Yang returned to the city, the government had already dispatched to control the situation. Li Yang did not want to have any connection with the court, so he did not go into it further.

The attack of the masked man in black was over.

Ye Gucheng raised his hand.

A maid came in outside the door, holding a set of very regular-folded clothes in both hands, and put them in front of Li Yang with her hands and feet.

"Change this dress." Ye Gucheng said.

Li Yang did not hesitate to pick up his clothes, flashed to the screen, and when he came out again, the clothes had been changed, and the original clothes on him were taken in his hand and picked up by the maid.

"Take it to burn."

"Yes." The maid took Li Yang's clothes and respectfully retreated.

"Is this necessary?" Li Yang shook his clothes with some discomfort.

Unlike the martial arts uniform he usually wears, which is close and comfortable, he is wearing a wide-sleeved cross-collar robe, square-toed shoes, and a six-held hat. He doesn't look like a gangster, but more like a scholar.

"Be careful." Ye Gucheng looked at Li Yang with deep eyes.

"Although those who attacked you were defeated, what they said was the truth. You are now the target of public criticism. Half of the sects in the world are wanting you. As the duel between Ximen Chuxue and I approaches, more and more people in the world are pouring into the capital. If they know that you are in the capital, you will never have peace. What I want to do will be affected by you and will fail."

"That thing must be done?" Li Yang asked.

"It must be done." Ye Gucheng's tone was decisive.

Li Yang was silent.

He really couldn't understand why the sword immortal among the free and easy white clouds, the extraordinary figure, devoted himself to usurping power and seizing the throne.

Is it really lonely and have nothing to do to pass the time?

Listening to Ye Gucheng's decisive tone, looking at Ye Gucheng's resolute attitude, he was so careful that even Li Yang's clothes were burned without leaving any traces. This was not like playing around and passing the time. Instead, there was a kind of determination that the wind was whistling and the Yishui was cold, and the hero never returned once he left.

Or is Ye Gucheng just an ambitious man who seems calm on the outside but full of power on the inside?

An ambitious man will definitely not be able to practice the peerless swordsmanship like Ye Gucheng, because the ambitious man’s heart is full of power and no swords.

What is that?

"I can't understand..." Li Yang sighed sadly.

Ye Gucheng actually smiled for the first time, "You will understand sooner or later."

He felt that if anyone could understand him in this world, there would be only two people.

Ximen Chuxue.

Li Yang.

But when will they understand?

"What does it mean?" Li Yang asked strangely.

Ye Gucheng did not speak immediately, lowered his head and stroked the Feihong Sword placed horizontally on his legs.

This sword was with Li Yang for more than half a month. He traveled from Emei to the capital, and went through battles of all sizes and big and small, drinking dozens of people. There were ordinary Emei disciples, Xiao Taoist Gu, and an unknown masked man in black... He was stained with blood over and over again, and had already become dirty. Even after wiping, he still felt much dimmer than before.

Like girls, swords also need to be raised. If Li Yangguang doesn't use them, no matter how good the sword falls into his hands, it will be ruined.

Seeing that his beloved sword was like this, Ye Gucheng was not angry at all, but instead pointed out Li Yang.

"Do you think I am the number one sword in the world like those ordinary people, and should you be free and transcend the world?"

"Isn't this the case?" Li Yang asked back.

Practicing peerless martial arts, becoming a master of a generation, walking around the world with a sword, traveling freely, being above the world, and transcending beyond the world, isn’t this the dream of a martial arts practitioner?

"Beyond the world, this is indeed my pursuit." Lian Ye Gucheng himself said so.

"So, is your pursuit changing now?" Li Yang couldn't help thinking so.

Ye Gucheng said, "It has never changed."

"But what you are going to do now goes against your pursuit." Li Yang said.

“On the contrary.”

Ye Gucheng suddenly stood up, and a look that Li Yang had never seen before, and was almost fanatical.

"I'm still pursuing!"

"Pursuing the real, higher kendo!"

"I abandoned the glory of the Sword Immortal, put down the honor of the Lord of Baiyun City, and dedicated my life to this rolling world, just to pursue the great way beyond the world."

For some reason, every time Ye Gucheng said something, Li Yang's mind shook violently. Finally, he stood up excitedly and asked loudly.

"Do you really regret it?"

"I will never regret it!" Ye Gucheng said.

"Knowingly it's dead?"

"Knowingly he was dead!"

As each question and answer, the former is like torture, the latter is like to resolve. Li Yang was obviously infected by Ye Gucheng, and a rare blush appeared on his face. He admired him and cheered him. It took him a while to return to normal.

"Be born, first enter the world." Li Yang sat down and said something like this.

The fanaticism on Ye Gucheng's face disappeared, and he returned to normal. He looked at Li Yang with his eyes open and admired, "It seems you understand."

How can you transcend the world if you don’t enter the world?

Li Yang shook his head, "I don't understand, I just remembered someone."

"Who?" Ye Gucheng asked, and sat down.

"Ximen Chuxue."

"Oh?" Ye Gucheng was obviously interested.

In fact, he has always been very interested in Ximen Chuxue, but he has nowhere to know.

There is no way. No one in this world has ever seen Ximen Chuxue's sword, because everyone he has seen is dead...

So until now, there is a duel. Ye Gucheng's understanding of Ximen Chuxue is still only at the level of being very high in swordsmanship and being ruthless in action.

The more this happens, the more interested Ye Gucheng is in Ximen Chuxue.

"Your words just now reminded me of some of the things that Ximen Chuxue said to me."

"What did he say?" Ye Gucheng asked on his own initiative. He had been in harmony with each other for a long time and felt sympathy. He wanted to know about Ximen Chuxue very much.

A look of memories appeared on Li Yang's face, "He said that a real sword needs to be entered into the world. No matter how good the sword is, if it has not been through the experience of the human world, it will not be a good sword."

Li Yang's memory is still so good, and he remembers it word by word, including typos...

Hearing this, Ye Gucheng was a little disappointed, "What he said about entering the world is clearly different from what I said about entering the world."

Li Yang said again: "He also said that he not only needs to enter, but also needs to enter and exit."

Ye Gucheng shook his head, "It's still different."

"He told me a story." Li Yang's face looked a little strange when he mentioned this story, because the feeling of being taken advantage of was back.

"The story told by Ximen Chuxue must be very special. Let's listen." Ye Gucheng became interested again.

Before Li Yang said it, he solemnly and seriously reminded: "This is what you ask for. After listening to this story, if you feel that someone has taken advantage of it, don't blame me for not reminding you."

“…”

Ye Gucheng didn't understand.

But his interest became stronger.

And someone will naturally not let it go, this open and open water word opportunity:

“Once upon a time…1”

After telling the story, Li Yang's eyes turned and asked Ye Gucheng with a smile, "Can you guess how he died?"

If it were normal, Ye Gucheng would never pay attention to Li Yang, but this was the story told by Ximen Chuxue. Ye Gucheng felt that there must be a deep meaning in it, so he really lowered his head and pondered it carefully and thought about the answer.

"It's definitely not a duel in a martial arts competition, otherwise this story would have no meaning... It should be a death from the enemy's poisonous attack... No, no, if it's just such a cliché story, there's no need to tell you specifically, then... Maybe it's a death from a betrayal of a friend? Or maybe it's a murderous woman you love? Well, maybe it's a friend or woman who has very low martial arts skills and even no martial arts skills?"

Li Yang opened his mouth and really wanted to ask, have you heard Ximen Chuxue tell this story long ago?

This is obviously impossible.

Ximen Chuxue is not a storyteller, so it is even more impossible for his father to do so.

"It seems that I guessed it right." Without Li Yang's admission, Ye Gucheng knew that he guessed it right after seeing Li Yang's expression.

Li Yang nodded and expressed his affirmation.

"It seems that Ximen Chuxue's swordsmanship is a ruthless way." Ye Gucheng said again.

Li Yang had no choice but to nod and continue to affirm.
To be continued...