That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 185

For Xu Beiyou, the next half month was nothing special.Murong Xuanyin, who came back to Jiangdu with great fanfare, did not move for a long time, and the Taoist sect and the imperial court also stopped their banners and drums. The major families seemed to be frightened birds, standing on the branches and looking around vigilantly, as if they would be killed if there was a slight disturbance. To fly high.

The entire south of the Yangtze River is like Xuanwu Lake outside Jiangdu City. No matter how the undercurrents are surging underneath, the surface is calm and calm, so calm that it even gives people the illusion that it is a pool of stagnant water.

To sum up Xu Beiyou's life, he accompanied Zhang Xueyao to meet all kinds of people in the south of the Yangtze River, most of them were disciples of Jianzong, and a small number were from Tang Shengyue and Qin Mumian.

They are all treacherous and cunning, this is Xu Beiyou's first impression of these people. Fortunately, Xu Beiyou can be regarded as a person who has gone through a lot of wind and waves, and successfully escaped the interception of the Town Demon Palace and came to the East Lake Courtyard. A small name, coupled with his ghost realm, is indeed outstanding among young people, but no one dares to disrespect Xu Beiyou publicly, so it can barely be regarded as a happy meeting.

In short, there is no Zhenmo Temple, no Duanmuyu, no Xiao Zhinan, and no Li Qinglian, neither joy nor sorrow, as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

Xu Beiyou enjoys this kind of peace very much. He is not sensual, nor is he a prodigal son, nor does he like wandering and the so-called exciting life.

The only thing that makes him feel uncomfortable is that this place seems to be too yin and yang. Excluding Zhang Xueyao, Qin Mumian, and Tang Shengyue, women account for more than half of the people here, especially in the East Lake Courtyard. In Zhang Xueyao's words For nearly 40 years, Xu Beiyou was the second man to enter the back house after Gongsun Zhongmou.

This seems to be an honor, but also a heavy burden, making Xu Beiyou walk on thin ice.

Because he remembered a common saying he had heard, which is called "When the wife is dead, the house is full of guests, but when the master is dead, there is no one to carry it."

To put it bluntly, in this world, a man is both the head of the family and the pillar of the family. If the pillar collapses, the family will almost collapse.When Gongsun Zhongmou was around, even Murong Xuanyin had to be a bit cautious. When Gongsun Zhongmou was gone, all forces would come to bully the orphans and widows soon.

It is even more important to Taoism.

Murong Xuanyin was willing to look at Gongsun Zhongmou's affection and not provoke Zhang Xueyao too much, people from the Taoist sect don't have any affection to speak of.

Xu Beiyou wants to take over Master's mantle and support the family, it is really easier said than done.

Xu Beiyou is like this, so why not Zhang Xueyao.Although her husband, Gongsun Zhongmou, was at odds with her, no matter how they did not get along, they were still husband and wife after all, so last time Murong Xuanyin came aggressively, Gongsun Zhongmou hurried back to Jiangdu to deal with it without saying a word.Now that he is dead, Zhang Xueyao will shoulder the burden of Jianzong alone.

She wants to sit in the south of the Yangtze River, but also has to take care of the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall, which is about to collapse.

If it wasn't for Zhang Xueyao's pressure on the top, the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall would have dispersed like a bird and beast. No one except herself knows how much Zhang Xueyao has paid behind the scenes.

Who can tell the bitterness and suffering in it?

The Immortal Realm is indeed scary to someone like Xu Beiyou, but to a real big shot, it is just a relatively important pawn.

The Southern Ghost Emperor, who was also in the realm of the earth fairy, died as soon as he said he was dead. He was killed by Zhang Baisui himself, and was torn in two together with the bronze armor corpse. Zhang Baisui wanted to bow his knees to the emperor Xiao Xuan, One chain is one chain, and the other chains are interlocking. The rules of the composition are greater than the sky, and even the immortals of Xiaoyao have to bow their heads.

Why did the three women who had no friendship at all get so close?In the final analysis, we still need to stay in groups to keep warm and survive under these rules.

On June [-]th, Zhang Xueyao called Xu Beiyou over and ordered: "Beiyou, there will be a gathering of young people in Jiangzhou tomorrow, we old fellows don't join in the fun, you go with Qinglian, although They are about the same age, but they are all your juniors, so just deal with them casually."

Xu Beiyou smiled wryly, but did not speak.

As the disciples of Gongsun Zhongmou and Zhang Xueyao, he and Li Qinglian are really of a very high seniority, so old that he and Xiao Zhinan can call Xie Suqing, who is called Uncle Xie, the same generation. In other words, among his peers, most of them are He has already got married, set up a business and even achieved fame, but he is still a fledgling little guy.

He had to fight to make friends with the "children and nephews". Seniority was not only his advantage, but also his great disadvantage.

Zhang Xueyao went on to say: "I have prepared a suit of clothes for you, it is the style Zhongmou liked when he was young, I don't know if it suits your eyes."

Xu Beiyou said softly: "Since Master likes it, it is naturally excellent."

Zhang Xueyao patted her hands lightly, and two young girls in their teens walked in with a complete set of outfits, complete with crowns, robes, linings, belts, boots, and accessories, obviously not a temporary idea.

Zhang Xueyao got up and took the robe, shook it off gently, and said: "This robe is definitely not comparable to the handicrafts of Xiao's girl, but Zhongmou wore this robe when we went to Daxue Mountain, but later on, Zhongmou couldn't wear it when he got older. Love spends energy on these things, and is alone for many years, so it is inevitable to be a little dirty."

This is a robe with a black face and a white lining. There are white cloud patterns embroidered on the cuffs and neckline, and the overall black is mixed with a little white. This is the finishing touch and distinguishes it from the Taoist black robe.

Xu Beiyou suddenly thought of Gongsun Zhongmou in the portrait in the mourning hall. He was indeed dressed like this, and he could be called a clean and handsome young man. The gap between the two is indeed so large that it is hard to believe that they are the same person.

Zhang Xueyao said softly: "Beiyou, you want to take over Zhongmou's seat, but you don't want to become the second Gongsun Zhongmou, I hope you can become a figure like my master, one person and one sword can make so big The whole world has been turned upside down. Jianzong is dead. If you want to reproduce the grand occasion of the year, you can't do it by working hard at the family. After all, there must be someone who can rule the world. I believe Zhongmou thinks so. Of course, I It’s not asking you to do it now, but there are some things you should have planned for.”

Xu Beiyou took the robe and nodded heavily.

The next day, Xu Beiyou and Li Qinglian, who had changed into a brand new outfit, went to Jiangzhou together.

Along the way, Li Qinglian ignored Xu Beiyou, as if she had made up her mind not to say a word to this so-called senior brother.

Regarding this junior sister's thoughts, Xu Beiyou didn't dare to say clearly, but he also knew roughly what she was thinking. In his opinion, his senior wife protected this girl a little too much. The current Li Qinglian is not to mention compared with Xiao Zhinan, but compared to Xiao Zhinan. Wu Yu was also far behind, at best on the same level as Zhiyun and Lin Jinxiu.

I'm afraid that's why Zhang Xueyao didn't use her own disciple to take over the Sword Sect, but Xu Beiyou, a latecomer, not only because of the dispute between her and Gongsun Zhongmou, but also because of the situation in Jiangnan that Li Qinglian couldn't afford to be slow. grow slowly.

Today's Xu Beiyou did not carry the sword box as usual, but only brought the two swords of Tian Lan and Que Xie, while Zhu Xian and Xuan Ming stayed in the East Lake Courtyard together with the sword box.

When she was about to enter Jiangzhou territory, Li Qinglian suddenly asked, "Senior brother Xu, how far have you practiced sword?"

Xu Beiyou was startled, he didn't take out his old background, but said: "Sword Fifteen."

This time, Li Qinglian was taken aback. She is now at the peak of ghost immortality, and she is only one step away from stepping into the realm of human immortality. If it weren't for this talent, she would not be accepted as a disciple by Zhang Xueyao. Not long after leaving Xu Beiyou's first entry into the realm of ghosts and immortals, in her opinion, Xu Beiyou's ability to practice Sword Thirteen is already very good, but she never expected that Xu Beiyou would give an answer that was far beyond her expectations .

Li Qinglian was a little skeptical, and pretended to be indifferent: "Senior brother Xu is really not simple, he has already reached the realm of enlightened sword heart."

Although these words were somewhat ironic, Li Qinglian still lacked confidence. After all, she had just practiced Sword Fifteen and was not much better than Xu Beiyou.

Xu Beiyou laughed at Li Qinglian's words.

He will not tell Li Qinglian that he has actually started to touch the Supreme Sword Body and Zhuxian Sword Qi, let alone tell him that there is an inexplicable sword in his body.

If Li Qinglian knew that Xu Beiyou had actually already had a glimpse of the door on the sword 29, even if he was far from reaching the point of entering the room, she would definitely call a lunatic repeatedly.

Skip the thirteenth sword in the middle, go directly from sword fifteen to sword 29, what is it not a madman?
(End of this chapter)