Chapter 100 The ultimate sword, the sword of God!
The next few days.
Li Hao walked out of the Divine General's Mansion and walked around Qingzhou City with Bian Ruxue.
Take her to eat delicious food, watch dramas, and listen to storytelling.
He also went to the nearest lake outside the city to catch dragonflies and butterflies for her. He used the hinges of a sword manual book to make butterfly specimens and put them in it for her.
Both of them are extraordinary people, but they still have smiles on their faces when they do these little things that ordinary people do.
During an outing in the wild, Li Hao brought a paper and pencil scroll and painted Bian Ruxue one after another. There were hundreds of paintings with different backgrounds and angles, and he had no experience left in the painting.
But Li Hao did not paint for her for experience.
On the outskirts of the city, it was not the black water demon lake that the second master Li Muchiu took Li Hao to, but another small demon lake.
Li Hao brought his fishing rod to go fishing, with Bian Ruxue sitting next to him, and the white fox Xiaorou lying in the girl's arms, playing with the girl.
When she got tired of playing, the girl held her chin with her little hands and watched Li Hao fishing quietly.
Seeing the young man staring intently at the fish float with the same seriousness as when he was a child, a slight smile appeared on her lips.
The courtyard of her childhood seemed to appear in front of Bian Ruxue's eyes.
In that courtyard, when I was practicing my sword, I would hear that young and unstained cry from the pavilion not far away:
"Oh, Uncle Lin, you are in the wrong position again!" "
"The chess piece doesn't fall in the frame, it falls on the cross seam!"
"Uncle Lin, you lose again!"
Every time she got tired from sword practice, she would look up at the pavilion. When she saw the boy's figure, she felt particularly at ease.
The cheerful laughter seems like it was yesterday, and it still echoes in my ears vividly at this moment.
The boy stared at the fish float in the lake, while the girl stared at the boy's profile, both of them seemed to be in a trance.
Suddenly, the fish float moved.
The young man tugged on the fishing rod, as if he were lifting a bow to draw it full. Soon, a fish demon in the Tongli realm was pulled up.
For monsters below the Soul Succession Realm, fishing rods made of these tough metals and special fishing lines can be used to fish.
"Brother Hao is awesome!"
The lost girl also came back to her senses, clapped her hands and jumped for joy.
Li Hao smiled, shot the fish demon to death in the air, and threw it back. Seeing that it was getting late, he also put away the fishing rod and picked up the fish guard from the bottom of the water. There were a few ordinary fish inside.
He let it go.
Then he put away the fishing stools and called to the little white fox, Ruxue said to the other side: "Let's go home."
"good."
Bian Ruxue smiled and nodded. Li Hao was carrying everything. With her little hands behind her back, she followed Li Hao with cheerful steps.
The smoke from the picnic in the mountains has begun, and the two of them have returned home by the lake.
The pace home was not fast, and I passed by the crop fields outside the village, and there was a melon field.
There was only a native dog guarding the melon field outside. Li Hao smiled and asked the little white fox to attract the native dog's attention while he secretly picked a watermelon from another place.
He held the watermelon in his arms and ran. When he ran far away, he flicked it, sprinkled two taels of silver, and threw it into the melon pit.
Going to the hillside in the distance, Li Hao cracked open the big melon, revealing the bright red flesh. He handed it to the girl, half of it for each person.
Li Hao didn't pay much attention to it. He just buried his head in it and started to eat it. The juice overflowed.
Bian Ruxue, on the other hand, was much more elegant and ladylike. She touched the hilt of the sword lightly with her finger, and the blade was unsheathed. With a flash of silver light, the watermelon was cut into several crescent-shaped pieces.
She handed a piece to Li Hao, and Li Hao also took it and started eating it.
"It's such a comfortable day like this..." Li Hao sat on the hillside, holding his palms back on the ground, looking at the setting sun in the distance, and the afterglow shining on the world.
When Bian Ruxue heard Li Hao's words, she paused slightly while eating the melon, then smiled and said, "Yes."
Li Hao smiled, picked up his own half and finished it, while Bian Ruxue gave two pieces to the little white fox. After they all finished eating, they went home together.
Seeing that Li Hao and Bian Ruxue came back late, and their boots and trouser legs were covered with mud, Li Tiangang said to Li Hao:
"You take Xue'er to a better place to play, don't go to those messy and dirty places, and you have this fishing rod. If you go fishing, what will happen to Xue'er? Will she be boring? She should think more about others. think."
Li Hao listened expressionlessly, seemed to smile, nodded, just hummed, then turned and left.
Bian Ruxue quickly said to Li Tiangang: "Uncle, it was actually me who asked to watch Brother Hao fish. He is very good at fishing, and he also likes fishing. I can tell."
Li Tiangang loved and liked this unmarried daughter-in-law very much, and said with soft eyes: "Of course I know he likes it, but it's rare for you to come back, and you can't always rely on him and accompany him in everything. If One day I won’t be here anymore, and it will be very hard for you if you remain so soft-tempered.”
"Uncle, don't say such things, you will be fine." Bian Ruxue said quickly.
Li Tiangang smiled and said: "Good Xue'er, don't worry about me, you should think more about yourself."
Bian Ruxue was slightly startled and nodded, "I will."
A few more days.
Li Hao accompanied Bian Ruxue to play in the city, and there happened to be a temple fair in the west of the city. After hearing the news, the two went to play, watching sparkling silver trees, watching mortal acrobatics, and watching shadow puppet shows.
The temple fair was coming to an end, and the two of them were still a little unhappy.
Li Hao held a lot of purchased items in his hands. He did not bring any personal guards by his side to avoid making him and Xue'er uncomfortable.
"Are you happy?"
Sitting on a stone on the side of the street, the two of them side by side, looking at the sunset outside the city wall, Li Hao smiled.
"happy."
Bian Ruxue's eyes were full of smiles.
Li Hao turned his head and stared at the profile of her face. It had to be said that she still vaguely had the outline of her childhood, but it had changed a little. After all, she had grown up and matured.
It is also more beautiful and dazzling.
However, although brilliance is beautiful, it comes at a price.
Just like a shooting star, so brilliant, but fleeting, burning all life.
Li Hao watched quietly, and the two of them just sat quietly.
After a while, Li Hao said: "Do you want to continue like this forever?"
Bian Ruxue was slightly startled, turned her head and looked at Li Hao.
The two looked at each other, and there were many things in each other's eyes.
Bian Ruxue slowly turned her head, with a relaxed smile on her face, and said, "Of course I want to."
"Really?" Li Hao asked, but his eyes glanced at the sword in her hand.
inseparable.
Bian Ruxue's smile faded slightly. At this moment, she seemed to understand that Li Hao had noticed something.
She couldn't help but sigh deeply in her heart.
"Brother Hao, I may have to apologize to you."
Bian Ruxue turned her head and stared at Li Hao again. The relaxed smile on her face was gone, but her eyebrows were slightly frowned, with a bit of sadness and helplessness.
Li Hao was silent for a moment, and the hope in his heart slowly sank with these words.
Seeing Li Hao's silence, Bian Ruxue's chatterbox seemed to suddenly open up. After sighing, he lowered his head and said to himself: "I know, Brother Hao, you are very good to me. Well, I can't repay you."
"It's just that I want to take a look, give it a try, see the scenery at the top of the sword, and see if I can reach the top."
When the girl talked about the sword, her low and soft voice contained a trace of unshakable tenacity.
Li Hao's lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak.
Just watching the girl's lowered eyebrows quietly, at this moment, in addition to the familiar contours on her face, Li Hao also saw another familiar thing.
That is the look in the eyes of countless geniuses who are rushing for fame, like moths to the flames, risking their lives to pursue them.
"Actually, once you see that scenery, you will know that the ordinary and ordinary life like ours now is the happiest." Li Hao said softly, as if sighing.
Is the joy of playing these days still no match for that sword heart?
Bian Ruxue looked up at the sunset and said: "Maybe, but if you don't take a look, I'm afraid I will never be willing to accept it. I want to see the ultimate in swordsmanship, and I also want to see the swordsmanship that the master said. The ultimate, the power of the God’s Sword!”
"Is it the sword of God..."
Li Hao shook his head and smiled. There are countless swordsmen in the world. This saying has been circulating since I don't know how many years ago.
There are thousands of swordsmanships in the world, various schools, and various sword styles, which have multiplied to the extreme.
However, these are not the ultimate in kendo!
The ultimate sword, called the sword of God!
No one knows how to draw the sword, no one knows how to chop or stab the sword.
No one knows whether that sword really exists.
However, countless people spread rumors that if one could comprehend such a sword.
It can kill gods, destroy ghosts, slay monsters, suppress demons, kill everything in the world, split the sun and moon into pieces, and fill the sea!
Such a sword is the ultimate pursuit and ultimate goal of swordsmen in the world.
Li Hao looked through the deeds of many masters in Tingyu Tower, and even the deeds of some past sword masters. There are records that they had learned from each other, fought and communicated with each other in order to understand this sword technique!
The rumors about the God's Sword were the most widespread and popular eight hundred years ago. That was also the moment when sword cultivators were most obsessed with it, and they were crazy about it!
But then it gradually became less popular, because no one has understood it yet, so it is regarded as a legend.
In addition, if a topic has been discussed for hundreds of years, you will get tired of hearing about it, and no one will argue or discuss it anymore.
I didn't expect that the girl in front of me would have such thoughts and wishes.
Was it instilled by that bad old man?
Li Hao thought of the old man who rejected him. He originally had neither good nor bad feelings toward him, but at this moment, he felt a trace of anger.
"Is this all what your master taught you?" Li Hao asked.
Sensing the slightly aggravated tone in the young man's words, Bian Ruxue's face changed slightly. She glanced at Li Hao and then shook her head: "No, the master just mentioned it casually. This is what the master pursues, but he has never I’m not forcing it on us, it’s just a path I want to explore.”
"Yeah."
The anger in Li Hao's heart subsided and he said: "If you practice swordsmanship, I can accompany you, and I can teach you."
Bian Ruxue couldn't help but think of what happened in the courtyard when she was a child.
She sighed secretly, today was different from the past.
"The Sword of God has no rules and no records. It is just a legend and cannot be taught. Maybe when someone actually uses that sword, the grace of that sword will become concrete."
Bian Ruxue said softly: "I know you can also use a sword, but this sword is already a Taoist sword. Even my master cannot teach it. Only by spending a lifetime of effort to understand and explore can I have a chance to get a glimpse of it."
Li Hao was silent.
Indeed, the opponent has a sword master as his teacher, so he has no need to teach him the sword.
He looked at the girl and stared at her: "Are you serious that you have given your heart to the sword?"
When the way of kendo enters the heart, one will become obsessed with it, but there is still a certain distance between obsession and madness.
This can only happen if you truly fall in love with the sword.
Bian Ruxue met Li Hao's gaze and did not dodge this time. It seemed that she was unwilling to dodge or escape since it involved a sword.
"Yeah, so I wanted to check it out."
"But what if you can't see it?" "So I want to try."
"Countless swordsmen have pursued it to no avail. This is a legend. No one can achieve it. Do you want to give up the happiness you have so easily at your fingertips for such an illusory legend?"
Li Hao looked at the girl in front of him, somewhat incomprehensible. He had already mastered many arts, and he had never been so crazy.
Bian Ruxue was silent for a moment, then said: "If I don't try hard to climb once, I may regret it for the rest of my life!"
Li Hao couldn't help but smile and sighed again.
Isn’t it possible that all the crazy men and women, countless grudges and hatreds in this world are all because of this unwillingness to give up?
It's just that flowers bloom again, and people are no longer young...
Li Hao sighed and said, "What were your original plans?"
When Bian Ruxue saw Li Hao sighing, her eyes showed a bit of unbearability, but she still bit her lip and said:
"In my school, there are two choices, Hongchen and Kendo. In fact, the two options can also be chosen side by side, taking both into consideration, but in that case, I still choose Hongchen."
"Because the way of swordsmanship is pure and unique."
"Only the only one can achieve the ultimate!"
She said quietly: "I have made a decision when I come down the mountain this time. I plan to accompany you first, and then continue to practice my sword skills!"
"Waiting for the future..."
When she said this, her tone softened, her cheeks suddenly turned slightly red, and she glanced at Li Hao secretly. Seeing that Li Hao was also looking at her, she couldn't help but turn her head: "Brother Hao, you want to start a family in the future." Then, I will come back, marry you and have children.”
When Li Hao heard this, he only sighed in his heart, because he knew that the other party had not finished what he said.
"Then what?" he asked.
"Then, I will continue to pursue my swordsmanship." When Bian Ruxue said this, the blush on her cheeks gradually faded, and she said seriously.
Li Hao understood her plan and said: "But if you get married and have children, you will lose a year. In this case, it will not be the ultimate wholeheartedness."
Bian Ruxue nodded. She didn't know this.
If you really want to pursue it to the extreme, the best way is to completely cut off from Li Hao.
From now on, only the sword will accompany you.
However, everything that happened in her childhood made it impossible for her to break up.
That kind of kindness is too heavy and too great.
She understood that without Li Hao's help, she might not even have the chance to pursue the art of swordsmanship, or even become a disciple of the Sword Master.
The Li family used the best foundation-building liquid and the best alien blood to shape her muscles and bones. Li Hao also used the most precious blood extracted from the three-thousand-year-old monster corpse that Li Tiangang killed at the border to dissolve her blood. .
Only in this way can we create the supreme ninth grade talent!
This gave her the opportunity to pursue the way of swordsmanship.
How can we forget this kindness?
If she forgets, her heart will be incomplete and her sword will also be incomplete.
How can one climb to the top and become the ultimate swordsman like this?
Therefore, even if there are defects and it takes a year, she is willing to do so.
Giving birth to an heir for Li Hao was the only way she could repay Li Hao.
"Have you made your decision?" Li Hao looked at her.
"It's decided." Bian Ruxue said seriously.
The corners of Li Hao's mouth moved slightly, knowing that persuasion was useless.
The other party has given his heart to the sword.
He couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little ridiculous.
In that courtyard, four years of wind and snow were not as good as her eight years of companionship with the sword.
Yes, maybe in terms of time, I am only half of it.
How can it be achieved?
However, he is alive, but the sword is not.
He thought of the dark night in that courtyard and the bright stars in the dark night.
I thought of the crying little girl I met for the first time, comforting her hurt heart after losing her father.
He thought of the promise made by two little hands pulling hooks in the courtyard in the warm sunshine that day: "You have to be obedient. As long as you stay here, I will come back no matter where I go."
"Hook."
"Don't change, you said, whoever changes will be a puppy."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Who would have expected that the child who doted on, smiled and treated casually with words that day would actually show his sincerity.
The letters flying from the sword house in the south were like the ellipsis after the oath, to be continued.
However, the people in the courtyard are still waiting for the spring breeze to arrive, but the girl nine thousand miles away has already prepared her heart for the sword.
Li Hao never expected that the little girl who followed the master that day would really go far away.
Maybe I was too happy that day and mistook that goodbye as a promise...
Li Hao then thought about the day when he was fishing by the lake a few years ago. The second master Li Muxiu saw that the young man was extremely talented and couldn't help but teach him his unique skills.
"Half-step Invincible Fist".
After the lesson, the old man asked: "Do you know why my boxing technique is only half-step?"
The young man guessed: "Is it possible that, Second Master, you only created half of the work?"
The old man smiled and shook his head: "Everyone in the world thinks so, but in fact it is not. This half step is the complete version."
The young man asked: "Then why is it called half step?"
The old man said: "Because it takes half a step to become invincible."
The boy didn't understand.
The old man went on to say: "Because people, if they step hard, it is easy to lose control of their strength. Once the enemy escapes, they will fall into trouble... This life is also the same. Don't take it too seriously, otherwise it will be easy." I can’t hold my heart back.”
Don't take it too seriously, otherwise it's easy to lose control...
Only now did Li Hao realize that the half-step was an artistic conception, not a real half-step.
The same is true for boxing, and the same is true for life.
Otherwise, the defeat will be revealed...
Li Hao looked up at the afterglow of the sunset and finally let out a long sigh.
When Bian Ruxue heard Li Hao's sigh, her heart trembled slightly, as if she felt that something was missing.
She slightly tightened her grip on the sword in her hand, and finally loosened it slightly. This may have been an expected result, so why should she feel sad at this moment?
She calmed down, looked up at the young man in front of her, who was as bright as the stars and the moon, and asked with a fake smile: "When did you realize this?"
Li Hao slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at the smile on the girl's face that was like the sunset. It was so beautiful that it made people forgetful. However, his eyes were smiling and he did not stop to stare. Before."
"A long time ago..." Bian Ruxue was stunned, and then looked at Li Hao doubtfully: "Why?"
Li Hao smiled and did not explain.
The content of the letter at the back and the frequency of sending letters are enough to illustrate something. People are emotional animals and are naturally sensitive to emotions.
Including this time when the other party came down the mountain, they did not go straight to Li Mansion, but tried to conquer Minghe first.
Since the Ming River has penetrated and the villages have been destroyed, the civilians caught in the Ming River will surely die. It doesn't matter whether they conquer it sooner or later, it just depends on their mood at the time.
"This time when you return home, I will take you around Qingzhou. Are you really happy?" Li Hao asked.
Bian Ruxue nodded slightly: "Happy!"
"That's good."
Li Hao also nodded and immediately smiled, but there was something missing in this smile.
I am really happy, but I still can't bring back the heart that has already burst out.
Half a step, half a step... Why do I have to take a few more steps...
Li Hao shook his head and smiled.
"Why are you laughing?" Bian Ruxue asked.
Li Hao's eyes fell on the sunset and said: "I laugh, this scenery is beautiful, but it's a pity that the world is so busy and people are rushing to and fro on the street, who has the leisure to stop and look up."
Bian Ruxue was slightly silent. She knew that Li Hao was not talking about the pedestrian, but her.
So she also spoke for the "pedestrians": "Maybe they have to run for life and run for their ideals... Brother Hao taught me the word ideal."
Li Hao couldn't help laughing, and suddenly stood up as if he was full of pride: "That's right!"
But then he added: "However, if you really want to, you can still squeeze out just by raising your head for a moment. It depends on whether you are willing."
"What's the point?"
"Of course it's meaningful. Isn't the purpose of life just to look up at that moment?"
It seemed that both of them were serious for a moment, and then they fell silent.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Li Hao's face had put away all emotions and looked slightly tired, saying: "I'm a little tired from shopping today, you should go back first."
Bian Ruxue was silent for a moment, nodded slightly, then stood up and said: "It's getting late, it's time to have dinner in the courtyard, you should come back as soon as possible, don't keep uncle waiting for too long."
The corners of Li Hao's mouth curled up slightly:
"I've been waiting for him for fourteen years, so what if he waits for me a little longer?"
Bian Ruxue was slightly startled, her lips slightly opened, and she wanted to say something, but found that she had nothing to say.
She suddenly felt an inexplicable tingling and sad feeling in her heart.
This has never happened before when practicing swordsmanship.
She was pure when she was practicing swordsmanship, but she is not pure now.
Bian Ruxue left first, and Li Hao sat there with his arms full of snacks and juggling toys bought from the temple fair.
Looking at the things in his hands, Li Hao couldn't help but smile. He saw that the girl didn't take anything away.
If you really like it, why don't you take it with you?
She just picked up the sword, added herself, and left like a ray of breeze.
Does the sword really have such charm?
Li Hao raised his head and looked up, thinking that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would climb up and have a look at this pinnacle of swordsmanship.
Look at how many kendo corpses are buried under that cliff.
And on top of that supreme peak, is there really that God's Sword?
The sunset has also turned red, like orange peels weeping blood. The sun is going to set today...
(End of chapter)