Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Pingyang didn't have to and couldn't explain many things to Xie Qiuhan. That day, he was only concerned about Zhou Wenxuan's headache and wanted to calm things down, so he let Xie Qiuhan run away without paying attention.
In the past few days, he inquired about Xie Qiuhan's residence while he was busy, and wanted to come to him.
He couldn't come empty-handed. He remembered that Xie Qiuhan's saber was destroyed, so he still picked and picked in his collection for a long time, and brought a very famous Yuchang sword to compensate him.
Before the baby was taken out, Pingyang looked at Xie Qiuhan holding the peach wood sword that had just formed in his hand, and asked, "This is...?"
"Sword," Xie Qiuhan replied.
Pingyang naturally knew it was a sword, he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Peach wood sword is not made like this... Forget it, you come here, I have something to give you."
Xie Qiuhan was suspicious.
Ping Yang took out a small sword with the length of his index finger from his sleeve, and with a breath, the sword became three feet long, simple in appearance, bronze in color all over, and gray-black on the blade.
Overall, this sword is quite ugly.
Pingyang said: "I saw your sword was destroyed that day, so I found a new sword for you. This sword is called Yuchang, and it is a famous sword in ancient times. You should take good care of it."
Xie Qiuhan didn't know what this thing could be used for, the handles of the crudely made "Ten Famous Swords" on the street stalls at the foot of the mountain looked sharper than this one.
He cautiously said: "You will not be rewarded for any meritorious deeds. This disciple dare not accept it, so please take back this sword."
Pingyang looked at Xie Qiuhan's face of resistance, with a tight headache, and sighed: "I know that I favored Zhou Wenxuan that day, not because of his status, but because that kid himself is very difficult to deal with. If he loses face, save him." Don't turn around, why did he go crazy..." He paused, feeling a little guilty again, "I can't say that, it's still my fault, it's my fault that I can't lead by example as a teacher."
Xie Qiuhan raised his head and looked straight at Pingyang, feeling that the white-haired old man was cute.
Pingyang said: "You just hold this sword, you don't have to worry about the crime of carrying Bi, the sword spirit of Yuchang Sword has long since died with its owner, this sword is now tangible but has no spirit, it is very suitable for beginners to use, you take it Walking with this sword, others will be a little more afraid when they know that you have a teacher behind you."
Xie Qiuhan finally took the sword, bowed to him, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Master."
Pingyang heaved a sigh of relief, repeatedly said no thanks, and told him to practice seriously, and he was about to leave.
He had just walked a few steps, when he remembered something, he turned around and said, "Why didn't you go find Qiongqi with them?"
Xie Qiuhan said: "The disciple just found out about this."
Ping Yang said: "If you haven't gone, don't go, stay in the house well, Qiong Qi hurts people wantonly, Shen Xiao can't do anything when he comes, don't join in the fun."
Xie Qiuhan's heart skipped a beat, what he said sounds like... the real Shen Xiao has left the customs?
However, Pingyang just gave an order, said nothing more, and left in a hurry.
Xie Qiuhan returned to the room, closed the door, and put the Yuchang Sword on the table, "According to Master Pingyang, the first one is out of customs."
Only Yunfang let out a "huh".
A phantom flashed, and he walked out of the painting.
"However, even if I leave the customs, I, a young disciple, will not be able to see it. I don't know if the real person will see the emperor off when he leaves. Maybe he will be able to catch a glimpse at that time."
His answer was another cold "heh".
Xie Qiuhan looked back and saw that Yun Fang was sitting on the ground in the peach grove, covered in mud, and he actually took advantage of the magpie's nest to lie down on his bed.
Xie Qiuhan's heart stopped, seeing that this person was playing the flute and cutting the sword with him today, he restrained himself, and only hinted implicitly: "You don't want to cut the sword anymore?"
I saw Yun Fang waved his hand, and I don't know why he suddenly lost interest, "I'm sleepy, don't you have a fish intestine sword, someone will give you a pillow when you are sleepy, you can use it."
Xie Qiuhan was stunned, and asked again without thinking: "You really don't want to cut it anymore?"
"Don't cut it, don't cut it anymore, Pingyang didn't lie to you, no matter how poor the Fish Intestine Sword is, it is better than rotten wood."
Xie Qiuhan pursed his lips, picked up the Yuchang Sword, put it down again, and cleaned up the room instead, and after cleaning it aimlessly, he said again: "Then I want to use you to sharpen it."
Yun Fang was about to fall asleep, he smiled, thinking that he understood Xiao Jiujiu in the young man's heart, and said, "Let me tell you, Zhou Wenxuan's father was the master of Taixuan Palace, and his mother died when he was eight years old. I trekked to Zixiao Mountain to find my father, and suffered a lot. The older generation in Taixuan Palace knew about it and felt pity for him. There is nothing Pingyang can do about him. Just use this sword.”
"...You know a lot."
Seeing that the young man's expression was not right, he added another word to coax the child: "Hey, I'll cut it for you when I have time, I'm tired today."
Xie Qiuhan didn't speak or ask.
Yun Fang felt that his merits and virtues were complete, he yawned, and said, "I'll sleep for a while, I don't want you to tell me."
Xie Qiuhan replied in a low voice, and the room gradually fell silent.
There were two swords on the table, a fish intestine with no shape, and a mahogany sword with no shape. The mahogany exudes a fresh and sour wood smell, which floats in the room lightly.
Xie Qiuhan stood there with eyes lowered for a while, without saying a word, picked up the knife himself, went to the window, and carefully carved the pattern of the peach wood hilt against the light.
When Yunfang woke up again, the sun was setting and the moon was just beginning to appear. He opened his eyes and saw that Xie Qiuhan was carving a sword with a lamp, and the famous swordfish intestines were lying on the ground with no one to care about.
The room was quiet, only the sound of a knife chiseling wood could be heard.
He coughed lightly, signaling that he was awake.
Xie Qiuhan blew off the sawdust on the hilt of the sword, walked up to Yunfang with the sword in hand, put the sword in front of him, and looked at him quietly.
Yun Fang didn't know what he meant.
Xie Qiuhan: "Do you know what day it is today?"
Yunfang's life was muddled, he didn't know what day and night, he looked out the window, pinched his fingers and calculated, "September Festival, Shuangluning, today is Shuanglu."
Xie Qiuhan: "Today is my birthday."
Yunfang: "..."
Xie Qiuhan said with a blank face: "I thought you said you were going to the peach forest early this morning. You chipped wood and played music because you remembered my birthday, so it wasn't."
Yunfang's expression froze.
A silent condemnation spread in the air, he was used to being heartless, and he was still a bachelor in his [-]s, how could he know so many crap about raising children.
How can I coax you now?
At this time, Xie Qiuhan turned the sword horizontally, facing him with the hilt facing him. The body of the sword had already been cut out, and patterns were simply engraved on the hilt, "Here you are."
Yunfang didn't know what it meant.
I only heard Xie Qiuhan whisper: "Engrave your name on it, and I will count it as your gift."
Yun Fang was taken aback, just now he was trying his best to search for the sweet words in his stomach, trying to deceive him, but the words suddenly disappeared in smoke.
Yun Fang sat up and said, "Xiao Qiuhan, you will be sixteen after today?"
Xie Qiuhan hummed.
Six years passed in a blink of an eye.
Yun Fang took a deep look at him, took the sword and knife silently, and engraved his name on them seriously.
Xie Qiuhan took it, hugged it in his arms, stroked the name on the hilt with his index finger, and said with a smile on his face, "Then this is my birthday gift today."
Since it is a birthday, it must look like a birthday.
Yunfang made amends, dragged Xiao Qiuhan through the window to the bamboo forest outside, picked around in the bamboo forest like a fortune teller, and finally dug out a jar of wine from under a certain bamboo tree.
Xie Qiuhan watched in amazement, and had no idea when he hid it.
Yun Fang came back with the jar in his arms, lifted the lid, and the smell of alcohol overflowed.
Xie Qiuhan looked expectantly in his eyes, "Can I have a bite?"
Yun Fang burst out laughing, what foolish thing did the child ask, could he still drink it by himself?
He dipped some wine with his index finger and put some on Xie Qiuhan's lips, "Here, take a sip."
Xie Qiuhan froze at first, then angrily said, "Yunfang!"
Yun Fang laughed out loud, but Xie Qiuhan snatched the jar angrily and took a big gulp——
"puff--"
As soon as the wine entered his throat, the spicy internal organs were protesting, and he spit it out in one gulp, coughing non-stop.
Yun Fang was so teased that he leaned back and patted his back with a smile, "Isn't this your first time drinking a bar?"
As soon as he said the words, he remembered, isn't it the first time for this kid to drink alcohol.
Xie Qiu stuck out his tongue hotly, his neck was red, "Why is this wine so bitter, drinking and having fun is a lie!"
Yun Fang couldn't help laughing, "It depends on what you compare it with. Compared with sorrow, isn't wine sweet?"
Xie Qiuhan wrinkled his face into a ball, not wanting to speak.
After a long while, Xie Qiuhan finally came to his senses, casting a shadow on the wine.
Yun Fang looked at his childish side, smiled deeper, and said: "Today is your birthday, I hope you will never worry, every year will have today, and every year will have today."
Xie Qiuhan frowned and said, "I don't want to have today every year, that doesn't mean I am immortal."
Yun Fang picked up the jug with one hand and drank by himself, and replied slowly: "You are talking about mortals, otherwise all the real people who are hundreds of years old in this mountain would be old immortals, old monsters."
Xie Qiuhan said: "I just like being a mortal."
Yun Fang took a deep look at him, didn't speak, and took a sip of his wine.
The stars move several times in autumn, and six years have passed in a blink of an eye.
He knew that Xie Qiuhan wanted to go home from the very beginning.
To Xie Qiuhan, Xiuxian, whom everyone in the world flocks to, is just a heavy shackle, how can he keep it?
He has gone through a lot of life and death in these years, and he knew that his destiny was fixed, everyone has their own trajectory, and he can't force it.
But at this moment, there was still some sighing—the fate of the two could only go so far.
Yun Fang patted the young man's head, and said, "Since it's your birthday today, let me give you another word, you have to remember it all the time when you get home."
Xie Qiuhan leaned against him, looking up at him unconsciously.
Yun Fang said: "The way of heaven is mysterious, and the Taoist is nameless. The so-called cultivation of the Tao does not cultivate Taoism and longevity, but your own "upholding". All the hardships, all the hardships, are worth it."
Xie Qiuhan didn't quite understand this sentence, and he didn't know what his "body was smashed to pieces" and "holding fire and lying on fire" were.
He only found out later that it was what Yun Bing told him.
Xie Qiuhan couldn't tell what was going on at the time, so he just retorted: "You only have a little bit of Taoism, and you know what cultivation is."
Yun Fang shook his head, he was also confused, why would he say such things to a child.
The two started bickering back and forth, lively and happy.
It was the last birthday of Xie Qiuhan's teenage years, which was filled with sorrow.
That night.
The sky is dark blue, the galaxy is vast, and it is indistinct.
Xie Qiuhan was lying on the bed, sleeping deeply.
The window was pushed open with a creak, and a small animal with a snow-white body and raw wings jumped in, went straight to his bed, and stepped on him.
Xie Qiuhan was in a deep sleep, but he just pulled the quilt and didn't wake up.
"Come down for me," a hand came across the sky, grabbed the little beast by the nape of its neck, and lifted him up.
The little beast flew into the air with its four claws and fluttered for a while, but couldn't break free from the big iron clamp around its neck.
Yun Fang said: "Qongqi, Qiongqi, the whole mountain is looking for you, I told you to keep a low profile, why are you going against me?"
Qiongqi spits out: "Hey, it's obvious that Kongming is looking for you! You're just using me as a cover!"
Yun Fang's face was slightly cold, he put it down, and his wide sleeves gently swept Xie Qiuhan's face, making him sleep more deeply.
Yun Fang sat on the chair and said, "Has Kong Ming come out of retreat?"
"Come out. He got this talisman and that pill, and practiced it over and over again, but your body still couldn't be used by him. He suspected that you were not dead, so he came to me, and I bit you hard."
Yun Fang sneered, "I didn't raise you for nothing. Where is Kong Ming now?"
"Who cares where he is?" Qiongqi fell to the ground, his body became bigger, and he became a beautiful boy with all fours on the ground. He licked his paws and said, "When are you going to wait until the trouble? The young master is so uncomfortable , I want to have a fight!"
Yun Fang said slowly, "It depends on how fast Hong Lan moves."
Qiongqi said excitedly: "I knew it! What did I write in the letter I sent to Honglan that day? He was very happy after reading it, and gave me a lot of delicious food. General, it seems that there is going to be a big movement, are you going to sell Zixiao? It's too exciting!"
It was really exciting, the first seat of Xianmen sent a letter to Mozun, and after delivering it, Momen immediately cleared up its troops and was ready to go.
Yun Fang said: "I didn't write anything, just four words..."
"what?"
Yun Fang wrote slowly on the table with his fingers: "Li Daitao is stiff."
As a result, Qiongqi didn't understand these people's unfathomable routines at all, so he squatted on the ground eagerly, waiting for him to explain.
Yun Bing raised his forehead, and put it into human words: "The Demon Lord Hong Lan and Kong Ming have a deep hatred. He thought that Kong Ming was killed by me, and he has always regretted it. Now that he has learned that Kong Ming has replaced me, he has the opportunity to kill him with his own hands." Blade Enemy, naturally can't wait to set off firecrackers to celebrate."
Qiongqi suddenly realized, and said: "Then you are not afraid that Honglan will bring people to ruin the fairy gate?"
"will not."
"Why not?"
Yun Fang was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about what to say so that the idiot Qiong Qi could understand him, but in the end he couldn't figure it out, so he could only shake his head meaningfully, "You don't understand even if I say it."
Qiongqi grinned at him for a while, really wanted to bite him on the neck, "You think I want to talk to you! Well, do you want to come with me, if you stay here again, your body will rot!"
At this time, Xie Qiuhan on the bed turned over and mumbled something in his sleep.
Qiongqi was distracted and asked, "What about Xiao Qiuhan?"
Yun Fang also took a look at Xie Qiuhan, took out a piece of peach wood from his sleeve, and blew on it, the wood turned into a living him, alive, able to talk and move, no different from himself.
He went to Taolin today, firstly to call Xie Qiuhan, and secondly to make this puppet.
"Is that enough?" Qiongqi probed curiously.
Yun Fang gave the puppet a few words, and then walked to the bedside.
Xie Qiuhan was still talking in his sleep.
Yun Fang listened carefully and laughed softly.
This time I heard clearly, one is "Niang" and the other is "Yunfang".
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