That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 435

For the entire autumn that followed, Xu Beiyou was dealing with these nonsense matters, but the two major events that he really cared about were the slow progress, one was the whereabouts of Wu Lezhi and the Five Poison Sword, and the other was the progress of rebuilding the Taoism workshop.

For the former, Xu Beiyou no longer insisted, it was my luck, but my life was lost. As for the latter, Xu Beiyou also felt that he would probably not be able to keep up with the completion of the Xu Mansion.

As the time to prepare for departure was getting closer, Xu Beiyou had to turn his attention to his own cultivation.

If it is said that all rivers are crouching tigers, hidden dragons, then the imperial capital is no different from a dragon pool and a tiger's lair. In terms of the number of earthly immortals in it, it is not inferior to the Taoist Xuandu. Nothing.

If it is said that a level of cultivation is the basis of a level of standing, Xu Beiyou's capital is still a bit small.

The original name of the imperial capital was Dongdu. Back when the Great Sword Immortal Shangguan Xianchen entered the imperial capital, thousands of flying swords covered the sky and the sun, and the sword energy shook the city. What kind of prestige?

Now Xu Beiyou is going to imitate his master and set off for that great city, but he doesn't have such awe-inspiring prestige, and he doesn't have a thousand swords covering the sky.

Back then Zheng Ting begged Jianzong, now it is Jianzong begging Qi Ting.

Xu Beiyou had to sigh with emotion, it's really a turn of events.

A few days before his departure, Xu Beiyou went to the East Lake Courtyard, and brought a pot of snake gall wine to the master's mourning hall.

In the end, the old man who carried the sword box didn't even leave his body, only the tablet and the tomb.

Before his death, Master said, to help the building to collapse and to turn the tide from collapse. It sounds very impassioned, and it is just a matter of touching the upper and lower lips, but it is easy to know and difficult to do. If you want to really do it, you don’t know. No matter how much effort it takes, it is not uncommon to lose your life. If it really comes to the day when you can't do anything, then let's go. Even if you start a new stove, don't be crushed to death by this old building that fell down.

Having said that, why didn't Xu Beiyou know that the master still hoped that he could raise this old building again, and really come to help the building once it is about to fall, and turn the tide before it collapses?
Xu Beiyou sat beside the incense table in front of the memorial tablet, and placed two wine glasses on the incense table.

In the past, Xu Beiyou didn't drink at all, because his husband said that drinking and sex was a mistake, but he broke the precept later, because the more things he carried on his body, the more lumps he had in his chest, so why bother?Only wine.

Alcohol is not intoxicating, people are self-intoxicating.

Xu Beiyou opened the jug and filled the two wine glasses.

It's like two masters and apprentices drinking wine across an incense table.

Xu Beiyou said softly, "Master, I'm going to the capital of God, to that place you've always wanted to go but never made it."

"It's a pity that this time I went to the emperor not to compete with the sword like my master did, but to live under the fence. Back then, master, you told me that in a sect, if someone saves the face, someone has to be the face. If everyone sings loudly When the sword goes to death, if no one bows his head and bears the humiliation, then our sword sect will be dead long ago. If everyone shows their enthusiasm for a while, it will look tragic, sound romantic, and even more impassioned when they say it, but they have saved face, who will do it Lizi? The foundation of the patriarch was wiped out with a few bold words, so what's the use of it?"

"My apprentice deeply agrees with this. Death is the only difficult thing in the ages. The hardest thing is death, and the easiest thing is death. Master, you have traveled [-] miles all over the world, alone, without any regrets. Compared with a single death, How big! How strong! A man who lives in the world, not only wants to stand up to the sky and die generously, but also can bow his head and bear the weight, and endure humiliation to survive."

"Master, you said back then that if there was a place where there was a three-foot cone, An Neng would be known to everyone today. Let me tell you good news, Master. Our Jianzong now has a foothold again, which is the Daoist workshop of Jiangnan Daomen. Since our Sword Sect is going to reappear in front of the world, we can't always hide our heads and show our tails, and sooner or later we will have to confront the Taoist sect again, but I don't know if I can shoulder this burden, and I don't know if I will disappoint Master."

"There is a gentleman sitting in the imperial capital, there will be no mistakes. I heard that the gentleman said that he has formally mentioned the matter between me and Xiao Zhinan to Emperor Xiao. His Majesty the emperor should have acquiesced, but the Empress Xu is very fond of me. There are criticisms, I am afraid that this trip will not be too smooth, but I am used to it, if my wish really comes true, then I will suspect that there is a fraud in it."

"Master, I have already picked up some of the incense you left behind, and some I haven't picked up yet. This matter cannot be delayed, but it can't be rushed. In my current situation, if I forcefully continue these incenses, I'm afraid it will be a mess." It’s self-defeating, it’s better to let nature take its course.”

"Master said that I got the inheritance of Shangguan Shizu. I think it is 36% true. Now I am familiar with sword 23, but because of my own realm, I stopped at sword [-] and half sword. I don't know when I can reach Shizu. I don’t know when I will be able to make Jianzong regain the supreme glory of the past.”

Xu Beiyou picked up the wine glass and drank it down, and said softly: "Let's not talk about these boring things, let's talk about family matters. Our Jianzong is actually a family. Master, you are the head of the family, and the teacher's wife is the wife. I am the son who is waiting to take over. , there is a group of older sisters and younger sisters below, the yin flourishes and the yang declines badly."

"Since you left, master, my mother has become more and more taciturn, and her mood is also good and bad, especially when the hundred-year-old mark is approaching, I am really worried that something will happen to her, but I can't do anything about it. Master entrusted it to me, and I will treat it as my mother, if something goes wrong, I really don't know how to face you."

Xu Beiyou rambled on about these things that he would never say to outsiders.

"Master's mother once commented on the success and failure of our Jianzong in the past hundred years. From the ancestor of Shangguan to my Xu Beiyou, there are three generations."

"Shangguan master relied on his own force and almost succeeded. Unfortunately, he was too hard to break, and finally fell short. That's why my sword sect was overthrown in 50 years."

"Master, you have learned the lesson of Shangguan's master's failure. You are no longer blindly strong, but you have become feminine. You swayed between the court and the Taoist sect with vertical and horizontal means, and saved Jianzong from being destroyed. It's just success and defeat. Master You still did not escape the end of death in the end, but because of the forced attack, Qiu Ye compromised his own morality and had to retreat to make up for his cultivation, which made the Taoist school trapped in the battle of the first disciple and had no time to care about others. Instead, let us sword Zong took the opportunity to win the Daoshu workshop, and it is still too early to tell the outcome between you and Qiuye."

Xu Beiyou poured the glass of wine that belonged to Gongsun Zhongmou to the ground, and then filled two more glasses.

"After talking about master and master, I will be the next one. Since I took over the power of Jianzong, I seem to have accomplished several major events, such as defeating Taiyi to save Tianzun Ku, trapping and killing Zhang Zhaonu, and expelling Jiangnan Daomen. But it is overdrawing the few foundations of our Sword Sect, and even taking a sixty-year lifespan into it, so it is too early to say whether it will be a loss or a gain."

Xu Beiyou looked up at Master's spiritual seat, "Master, the autumn leaves are about to ascend, Xiao Huang is surrounded by clouds and fog, Lan Yu is in power, but you took a step first, have you ever regretted it?"

Xu Beiyou raised his wine glass with both hands, and said softly to the spirit tablet, "Master, it's still the old rules."

After drinking a glass of wine, Xu Beiyou turned the rim of the glass down to show that the wine was dry.

"Apprentices do first and then respect."

(End of this chapter)