Chapter 2 Chapter 58 Bamboo Forest

Nanshan's arrival hardly stirred up any disturbance in Qingyun Bieyuan with more than 900 people. In fact, except for the master of Yidao 23rd Yard, most of the new disciples in other Yards didn't know that there was such a newcomer.And Nanshan is not a high-profile person, during the few days in Qingyun Bieyuan, apart from walking and talking with Wang Zongjing a few times, he almost didn't leave the gate. Seven days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was time for Xiao Ding to go home again.This morning Xiao Ding ran over, knocked on Wang Zongjing's door, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, are you ready, are you going home with me today?"

"Go." Naturally, Wang Zongjing replied without hesitation. In fact, he never forgot about this matter. Whenever he thinks of the mysterious figure on the unknown Dazhu Peak, he feels a little bit in his heart. Excited, but also mixed with some apprehension, especially after seeing Xiao Yicai late at night a few days ago, his heart was even more curious and doubtful. What kind of person would that person, Xiao Ding's father, be? Unusual cook. Seeing Wang Zongjing's immediate agreement, Xiao Ding was also very happy, and greeted him with a smile: "That's good, let's go now."

Wang Zongjing agreed with a smile, stood up, he had already taken care of this matter, as long as Xiao Ding led the way, he could leave at any time.It's just that when Kankan walked to the door of the room, he suddenly saw a figure walking by in the courtyard outside the house. Wang Zongjing hesitated for a moment, but stopped.Xiao Ding followed him, and asked a little strangely when he saw this: "What's the matter, Brother Wang?" Xiao Ding shook his head, and said: "No, my father has also explained this matter to you alone, and no outsiders will know about it."

Wang Zongjing pondered for a moment, but squatted down and said, "Xiao Ding, have you told anyone else that I want to go back with you?" Wang Zong nodded and said: "Well, you go alone now, just wait for me at the corner of the mountain road behind the huge rock at the mountain gate, and I will come right away, okay?" Xiao Ding looked at him half-understood, and suddenly a trace of mystery flashed across his face, and said in a low voice: "Brother Wang, you also want to keep a secret, so that others don't know about the relationship between the two of us?" Wang Zongjing was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and said with a wry smile: "It seems to be almost the same."

Xiao Ding was a little excited, he clenched his fist and waved it, saying: "Okay, let's do this, then I'll go over and wait for you first, come quickly." Wang Zongjing smiled slightly and said, "Okay." Xiao Ding waved his hand with a smile, and then ran out in a jump. Wang Zongjing followed outside the door, watched Xiao Ding run over and yelled "Big Yellow, Little Gray" a few times, his two pets He ran out and followed him all the way to the door.Wang Zongjing stood at the door, turned his gaze, and saw that all the doors in the courtyard were closed except his own. As for the figure just now, it looked like Qiu Diaosi walked by, and it was a shame to go out so early. It is also rare, but it must be going back to the room to rest at this moment.

He raised his arms, turned his body a few times, exhaled and opened his body. He felt full of energy and his body was light and healthy. It was the time when he was full of energy and energy. He couldn't help thinking that Xiao Yi had taught him the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao technique seven days ago. tactic.And according to Xiao Yicai's instruction, from that day on, he gave up the practice of Qingfeng Jue and began to concentrate on practicing Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao. Although the time is too short to see any changes, but in such a morning, being in Qingyun Bieyuan, thinking of the countless people around him who are still practicing hard on Qingfeng Jue, although he is not a person who gloats, he also knows that he has gained Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao is to embark on the road that will inevitably pay a price in the future.It's just that at such a moment, in his heart, after all, there is such a faint joy, passing gently from his heart.

After about a cup of tea, Wang Zongjing walked out of the Huozi room as if nothing had happened, Shi Shiran walked out of the 23rd courtyard, and then walked towards the gate of the other courtyard.At this time, in Qingyun Bieyuan, there were already many people walking on the road. In the flow of people coming and going, Wang Zongjing was not the slightest noticeable except for his tall stature, so he walked out of the Bieyuan all the way, quietly Slowly walked through the path in the forest and came to Qingyun Mountain Gate. Behind the boulder, on the stone steps of the mountain road, Xiao Ding was waiting boredly. When he saw him, he immediately became happy. After waving his hand, he was smart enough not to come down to say hello, but came up with big yellow and small gray The mountain road disappeared in a blink of an eye.Wang Zongjing also walked towards that place. The front of the mountain gate was still the same as before, with several Qingyun disciples guarding it, but these disciples seemed to have received some kind of instruction. Seeing Wang Zongjing coming, they only nodded slightly, but they didn't stop him In other words, he let him go up easily, but it made the rhetoric that Wang Zongjing had prepared in his stomach useless.

Walking up the mountain road, the solid stone steps extend upward layer by layer, with potholes and hollows, and there are signs of damage in many places, like the traces left by wind, frost, rain and snow in the past countless years, vicissitudes and ancient meanings .On both sides of the mountain road, the trees are verdant, and the birdsong is faint among the dense branches and leaves. The further you go up, the quieter the surrounding area, and the obvious coolness becomes stronger. Turning a small turn, I saw Xiao Ding sitting on the upper stone steps with a smile, next to Da Huang lying on his stomach a little lazily, and Xiao Hui squatting on the stone steps higher up, with his body on top of Da Huang. I rummaged through fur and fur.Seeing Wang Zongjing coming up, Xiao Ding suddenly laughed, waved again and again, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, come quickly."

Wang Zongjing walked up the stone steps, glanced at Da Huang and Xiao Hui beside Xiao Ding, and then smiled at Xiao Ding: "Have you been waiting for a long time, are you in a hurry?" Xiao Ding shook his head and smiled, "No way." Wang Zongjing looked up at the sky, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go quickly, the peaks of Qingyun Mountain are so high, and your family lives on the top of the peak, we will hurry up from now on, I'm afraid we will It takes a day to get there." Next to it, Da Huang's ears pricked up, and he snorted lightly, and the monkey Xiao Hui also took a look here.

Xiao Ding was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head and said, "No need, Brother Wang, we don't need to climb the mountain." Wang Zongjing was taken aback, and said in surprise, "Xiao Ding, what did you say?" Xiao Ding smiled and pulled the small cloth bag behind his back towards him, then reached in and fumbled for a while, but after a while, he took out a square magic weapon with shimmering light. It looked that there were six sides in total, almost the same as Xiao Ding's head is about the size of a head, and there are different numbers of dots engraved on each side of it, which looks very strange.Wang Zongjing stared at it for a long while, and for some reason, he always felt that this thing seemed familiar. Looking around, it looked like the dice used for gambling that he had seen in the streets in the past.

"This, what is this?" Wang Zongjing felt that his idea was probably wrong, how could anyone refine such a magic weapon, so he asked Xiao Ding honestly. Xiao Ding smiled and tossed the magic weapon of dice in his hand, made a face at him, lowered his voice and said with a smile: "This is the magic weapon of dice I won from the sixth master. I agreed to let me play for seven days. Yes. Today we will use it to go back to the mountain, which is much faster than climbing the mountain.” It's really dice... Wang Zongjing was speechless for a while, and he couldn't help but wonder which senior of the Qingyun family would refine such a... "ingenious" magic weapon.However, this idea was only fleeting in his mind, and then he reacted to another thing. He was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Ding, and said: "Xiao Ding, you just said that you want to use this magic weapon to go home. Could it be that you have been able to Yu Jian flew?" Xiao Ding waved his hand and said, "No, I can't do it yet. But there are people here who can." After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to the two yellow dog and gray monkeys beside him who were still enjoying themselves, and said loudly, "Xiao Hui, hurry up." Wang Zongjing was taken aback, and his gaze immediately fell on the gray-haired monkey.Xiao Hui grinned and jumped over with a grin, then Xiao Ding casually threw the magic weapon of the dice to Xiao Hui, Xiao Hui caught it with both hands, screamed "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi" a few times, and then Wang Zongjing was surprised In his eyes, the light of the magic weapon of the dice suddenly brightened, and it became larger several times in an instant, and it started to spin and float into the midair. Xiao Hui was the first to jump up, followed by Xiao Ding a few times, and then Da Huang lazily climbed up, one jump also jumped onto the dice, although the dice were bigger than usual gambling tools A hundred times, but once squeezed by these three guys, especially the gigantic Rhubarb, it was packed to the brim, and there was hardly any space left. Xiao Ding looked left and right, and simply turned over and climbed onto Da Huang's body, then barely gave up his position, then turned around and waved to Wang Zongjing: "Brother Wang, come up." The corner of Wang Zongjing's mouth couldn't help twitching. It was a bit funny to watch this scene, and the crowded dice magic weapon looked as dangerous as it could be, and as unreliable as it looked. There is no sign of stability in the center, but it keeps floating up and down, as if it is about to fall. Could it be, this thing will really fall when it flies into the sky... Is this monkey that can only manipulate magic weapons really reliable... Wang Zongjing only felt cold sweat on his forehead, but the little tripod urged him again, but he couldn't help hesitating any longer, he gritted his teeth, thinking that anyway, Xiaoding, your little guy's life is much more precious than mine, you I am not afraid of anything!So, with such a slightly tragic mood, Wang Zongjing jumped onto the dice, and when he stood up, he felt his feet go soft, and the dice sank suddenly, almost falling to the ground. Even Xiao Ding and Da Huang were startled. Xiao Ding muttered twice, then turned his head and complained to the gray-haired monkey in front of him: "Xiao Hui, are you okay, please be steady." The monkey stared, screamed, and looked unhappy, Xiao Ding ignored it, stretched out his hand and waved forward, and said carelessly: "Let's go, let's go!" Xiao Hui snorted twice, put his hands on the square dice magic weapon, but he couldn't see how it cast the spell forcefully, the dice magic weapon seemed to be driven by some kind of force, and slowly flew up to the height slightly shaking , and then the speed gradually increased, but it flew towards the towering mountains above the blue sky in front of it. Speaking of which, it is not the first time for Wang Zongjing to ride the magic weapon to fly in the air. Lin Jingyu, Wang Xiaoyu and others have taken him on the ride several times, so they are considered experienced and will not be particularly afraid.It's just that today's flight is completely different from the previous ones. No matter how Lin Jingyu, Wang Xiaoyu and others take him to fly straight into the clouds, the magic weapon itself will give people the feeling of being calm and powerful, and it will definitely not let people There is concern about falling.But at this moment, two people, one monkey and one dog are crowded together on a dice magic weapon, not to mention the crowding, but this monkey doesn't know whether it is not good enough or the skill is not right, the appearance of flying the dice magic weapon is horrible, Going up and down, swaying here and there, making dangerous moves from time to time, listening to the strong wind whistling in my ears, looking at the empty space under my feet, even though Wang Zongjing's mind has been tempered like iron stone, At this time, I couldn't help my scalp numb, and I wanted to cry but had no tears. On the other side, Xiao Ding didn't look very good-looking, he grabbed Da Huang's neck tightly with both hands, and at the same time complained to the gray monkey in front of him, "Xiao Hui, why are you so poor, thanks to my father usually being in front of me I keep saying good things about you, but you should fly more steadily." Xiao Hui looked quite relaxed in front of him, he didn't show any nervousness, he was still a bit mischievous, manipulating the magic weapon of the dice and galloping, although the way was still extremely crooked and ugly, he even let out a few excited squeaks from time to time squeak.In this way, a group of people attached themselves to the magic weapon of dice and flew from the foot of Qingyun Mountain. The speed was not too fast, but it was still countless times faster than climbing the mountain step by step, so before noon, they flew Fly to the big bamboo peak. From afar, Xiaoding laughed and pointed excitedly at the majestic mountain hidden behind the clouds, and told Wang Zongjing that it was Dazhu. Wang Zongjing was also a little more apprehensive. Of course, at this time, he was more worried about Monkey Xiaohui's flying skills. He was afraid that he would accidentally fall down and die just before reaching the Big Bamboo Peak. The tearful feeling. Fortunately, the story did not develop in that tragic direction. Although the monkey Xiaohui looked unreliable, the magic weapon of dice was still very tenacious. fly away.As the clouds and mist dispersed in front of his eyes, the mountain peak gradually became clear, and Wang Zongjing gradually saw the true face of the mountain peak from the initial blurred outline, and there were waves of strange sounds that followed, It's like flood waves sweeping across the world, resounding through the heaven and earth. It was a verdant mountain, and the mountains and plains were covered with a very pleasing green color. Countless bamboos grew in every corner of this mountain, drawing a thick and colorful green between the sky and the earth.The mountain peak is extremely wide, stretching as far as the eye can see, towering into the clouds, and at the same time, a strong wind blows through, instantly blowing the bamboo forest all over the mountain. From the bamboo forest in the distance, suddenly there is a wave. It is a whole piece of bamboo covered The wind blows low and low.A moment later, as the wind passed by, the green waves surged in the same direction along the mountain range, just like the huge waves blowing up on the sea, rushing in.At the same time, the sound of countless green bamboos swaying turned into a "squeak" sound, lingering in the ears, making one's heart wide open. In front of this wonder of the world, he suddenly felt that he was extremely small. No one said anything, but at this moment, Wang Zongjing knew almost subconsciously that this must be the "Bamboo Wave" in the legendary six sceneries of Qingyun.Looking at the bamboo sea in the mountains, I can see the mountain wind blowing, and the waves of bamboo branches are undulating in the wind, like the sea tide. In the wonderful scenery, Xiao Hui still manipulated the magic weapon of the dice and galloped, and finally flew to the Big Bamboo Peak in a dizzy shaking, and landed safely. Wang Zongjing didn't intend to show any face to the gray-haired monkey at all, he just jumped off when he was still five or six feet high from the ground.When Wang Zongjing stood on the land of Dazhufeng, when the solid and reliable feeling was conveyed from the ground under his feet, Wang Zongjing looked up at the sky and let out a long breath, only to realize that he felt a little The exhaustion of sitting on the monkey's dice, and the energy and strength consumed by fighting with ferocious monsters, is not much different... "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi", a few screams sounded from behind, Xiao Hui let the magic weapon of the dice fall to the ground, turned his head and glanced at Wang Zongjing, it seemed that he had some complaints about this guy's eagerness to jump off.But Wang Zongjing just pretended not to see it, and Rhubarb, who was unexpectedly calm along the way, was suddenly refreshed at this time, jumped to the ground and ran violently, smelling, sniffing, and then suddenly A sky-high barking sound of "Wow, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof" immediately made the originally quiet and serene mountain resound with noisy dog ​​barking, as if declaring to everyone confidently: This is my place, and I'm back! Amidst the barking of the dog, there seemed to be a few chuckles in the distance, but no one came out after waiting for a while, but Xiao Ding ran over and pulled Wang Zongjing, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, go see my father." As he said that, he turned around and left, but walked towards the kitchen in a remote corner opposite the Shoujing Hall. It seemed that this little guy was very familiar with all the plants and trees on the big bamboo peak.Naturally, Wang Zongjing didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly followed up, Xiao Hui was the last one to jump off the dice, and with a casual slap, the magic weapon of the dice shrunk a lot, and could be easily held with one hand.When he turned his head to look, he saw that Xiao Ding and Wang Zongjing had walked quickly to the kitchen, and Da Huang also ran over behind them. As soon as Xiao Hui moved his body, he wanted to run to that side too, but at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side, grabbing the magic weapon of the dice, Xiao Hui reacted very quickly, grabbed the dice and swung it far away, then turned back Heck, I looked up at the same time, and saw Du Bishu standing beside me at some point, looking at the gray-haired monkey with a smile on his face, squatting down and stroking Xiao Hui's head, and said with a smile: "Xiao Hui, good boy, hurry up!" Return the treasure to me." Seeing that it was him, Xiao Hui was also startled for a moment, and uttered "Zhi Zhi" twice, looking a bit hesitant, Du Bishu glared, and said: "Damn it, Xiao Ding bet with me, and just rolled the dice Lend him to play for seven days, and return it to me after returning to the mountain, you dead monkey still want to renege on the debt!" Xiao Hui smacked his mouth twice, let go of his hand, and Du Bishu laughed loudly if he met an amnesty, and held the magic weapon of dice in his arms carefully, caressing it a few times, showing a bit of satisfaction He immediately turned around and walked away quickly, looking a bit afraid of Xiao Hui, as if Xiao Hui was afraid that this guy would come to snatch his magic weapon again.Xiaohui's tail swayed twice on the ground, watching Du Bishu run away in a hurry, the monkey's face had a strange look, and he stretched out his hand to scratch his head, as if he felt that something was wrong. On the other side of the kitchen, Xiao Ding ran to the door of the room, and there was a familiar figure standing inside the room. He suddenly became happy, and rushed in, yelling at the same time: "Father, father, I'm back." The man in the kitchen turned around, with plain clothes and a gentle smile, he was Xiao Ding's father Zhang Xiaofan. Seeing Xiao Ding galloping all the way, Zhang Xiaofan also showed a smile on his face, bent over and stretched out his hand, with a little effort, he picked up his son, threw it in mid-air, Xiao Ding giggled non-stop, and dropped his hand Afterwards, he was naturally caught by his father again, and then he put his arms around Zhang Xiaofan's neck, and said with a smile: "Father, are you happy to see me?" Zhang Xiaofan nodded and smiled, "Happy, Xiao Ding is back, I'm very happy." Xiao Ding laughed loudly, then struggled to jump off the ground, turned to the door and said, "Brother Wang, come in." Wang Zongjing was originally standing at the door, hesitating whether he should come in, after hearing what Xiao Ding said, and Zhang Xiaofan also looked at him in the blink of an eye, smiled at him and nodded slightly, his heart suddenly relaxed a lot , Somehow, the initial nervousness disappeared suddenly. He smiled slightly and walked into the kitchen. Zhang Xiaofan touched Xiao Ding's head, knelt down and whispered to him a few words, the words he asked were nothing more than caring and loving words, Xiao Ding answered them one by one with a smile, Zhang Xiaofan then smiled and said: "Go and find Your mother, she should be talking to your Aunt Min in the Shoujing Hall now." Xiao Ding nodded, turned to Wang Zongjing and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, then I'll go first, you can play here first." Wang Zongjing couldn't help laughing, thinking that children are just playing with everything they see.I saw Xiao Ding ran out again in a hurry, and before he reached the Shoujing Hall, he started to call loudly: "Mother, mother, I'm back, where are you!" All of a sudden, the entire top of Dazhufeng Mountain was filled with the voice of this energetic little boy again. In the kitchen, the little boy's father smiled and shook his head, with a look of love on his face, it seemed a little helpless, but more of it was pity.Afterwards, his eyes fell on Wang Zongjing. Wang Zongjing felt a little nervous in his heart. He somehow remembered that night in Heyang City that day. Ding said you need me for something?" Zhang Xiaofan nodded, but did not answer his question, after looking Wang Zongjing up and down, he suddenly smiled gently, and said, "Can you cook?" Wang Zongjing was stunned at the moment, he didn't know what to say for a while, since he was a child, he was born in such an aristocratic family as the Longhu Wang family. Even if he was plundered by the pines and trapped in the primeval forest in the 100,000 mountains for three years, many times he would simply drink blood, and he had never done cooking. Thinking of the person in front of him, who is now a cook, Wang Zongjing was a little surprised, but he still didn't understand after all, so he shook his head and said, "No, senior." Zhang Xiaofan didn't care about it, he just smiled lightly when he heard the words, and said: "Then sit down for a while, I'll be ready in the pot, just wait for me for a while." Of course Wang Zongjing didn't dare to urge him, he nodded repeatedly and agreed, he walked to the kitchen and fiddled with the old wooden table and chairs, thought about it and still didn't sit down, just stood by the table and looked back.Sure enough, Zhang Xiaofan came back to the stove, lifted the lid of the pot, and suddenly a strong aroma wafted out from the bubbling pot, he looked at it twice, seemed to be satisfied, nodded, Put the lid back on the pot, then turned around and walked to the fire place on the other side, picked up four or five pieces of bamboo and put them into the burning flame under the iron pot on the stove, it seemed that there was another fire.It was only then that Wang Zongjing noticed that starting from the corner of the stove, there were many bamboo pieces neatly stacked on the side next to the wall. Each piece looked about the same size and were neatly stacked. The firewood used in the fire seems to be these bamboo chips. The flames were blazing, entangled with the newly put bamboo pieces, Zhang Xiaofan's face was also slightly reddish by the flames, he looked at it, and casually picked up a black fire stick placed by his feet , I reached in and fiddled with it a couple of times, and suddenly the flames became stronger again. Perhaps it was because of the light of the fire, when Wang Zongjing glanced over the fire stick, he vaguely saw very light and fine red lines on the head and body of the stick, but the stick was black and inconspicuous, why? It looked like an ordinary fire stick, so he didn't pay much attention to it.After waiting like this for a while, Zhang Xiaofan, who had been silent by the stove, suddenly said, "Have you really thought about it?" Wang Zongjing didn't expect him to ask this question suddenly, he was slightly taken aback, but he reacted quickly, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment.But he finally understood the meaning of what Zhang Xiaofan asked, after a moment of silence, he stood behind Zhang Xiaofan and said in a deep voice: "Yes" Zhang Xiaofan didn't look back either, he still looked at the blazing flames in the stove in front of him, after a while, he only heard him say plainly: "This road is not easy to walk, it's too late for you to regret it now." Although Wang Zongjing had already determined his mind countless times before, but for some reason, after Wang Zongjing heard him say a word in front of Zhang Xiaofan, a strong impulse suddenly surged in his heart almost instantly, wanting to put himself All previous thoughts and thoughts were overturned, but he was a tough man after all, so he suppressed this impulse, collected himself, and said in a low voice: "Senior, I have already made up my mind." Zhang Xiaofan raised his eyebrows slightly, and stood up, very strange, he looked like a gentle and ordinary man, but when he moved his body, Wang Zongjing suddenly felt a fierce aura emanating from him When it came out, it was like an overwhelming wave, which almost made him unable to breathe, but he took a step back uncontrollably. Fortunately, the next moment, this sudden aura dissipated, Zhang Xiaofan stood silently by the stove for a while, but took a large bowl from the side, then lifted the lid of the pot, and poured it into the iron pot with a big spoon. Pick up the stewed big bones, put water in the pot, and press down on the small flame. After a series of actions last night, he turned around, looked at Wang Zongjing, nodded, and said: "You come with me." Walking out of the kitchen, Wang Zongjing followed behind Zhang Xiaofan, watching him take a black and old hatchet from the neatly piled bamboo outside the house, and threw it to Wang Zongjing, Wang Zongjing took it in a daze Hold on, it feels a bit heavy in the hand, looking down, I see the back of the knife is thick, the blade is thin and sharp, although it looks inconspicuous, but it feels quite handy to hold it in the heart. Zhang Xiaofan glanced at him, and walked forward, although Wang Zongjing was a little puzzled, he still followed. The two of them walked through the Shoujing Hall all the way, made a circle, but walked along a side path After going up the back mountain, on the peaceful mountain in the distance, Xiao Ding's crisp and lovely laughter could still be heard vaguely, as if he had met or seen something interesting, and he was laughing without any scruples. Walking all the way up the mountain, there are dense bamboo forests on both sides of the mountain road. In addition to the most pruning bamboo, there are also many pines and cypresses, which also grow in it. shaking. The mountain is getting higher and higher, and the attic buildings such as the Shoujing Hall are covered by the bamboo forest and can no longer be seen at the moment. If ordinary people come here, they will usually be out of breath when they climb to this high place, but Wang Zongjing is very strong. Like walking on flat ground.At the same time, the bamboo on the mountain is getting thicker and denser, and other trees such as pines and cypresses have been planted here, and they are almost invisible. Everywhere you look, there is a sea of ​​green bamboo.After walking for a while, the mountain road suddenly forks, the right side is a small path that continues to extend upwards, and the left side reveals a flat open space, surrounded by dense green bamboos, on the flat ground below the bamboo forest, there is a tomb located here , a blue stone tablet was erected in front of the grave, with a few lines of writing on it. Zhang Xiaofan came here and stopped.He looked at the tomb.There was a hint of silence and sadness on his face, and he walked slowly over. Wang Zongjing didn't know why, but he still followed him. When he got close, he saw the writing on the tombstone: Master Tian Buyi, Master Su Ru's tomb. The unfilial girl Tian Ling'er, and the unfilial disciples Song Daren, Wu Dayi, Zheng Dali, He Dazhi, Lu Daxin, Du Bishu, and Zhang Xiaofan stood up in weeping blood. The mountain wind blows slowly, the sound of bamboo rustles, and the grass on the grave is fresh green, revealing delicate branches and buds.In front of the tomb, Zhang Xiaofan stood silently and vertically.It seemed that the person in the tomb was talking silently.After a while, he slowly raised his head, but walked to the edge of the tombstone, gently rubbed the edge of the bluestone, his face showed a bit of nostalgia, mixed with a bit of pain. In the end, he lowered his body and pulled out the only few weeds on the tomb, then leaned down and said softly: "Master, mistress, I'm leaving first." After speaking, he bowed deeply to the tomb and bowed deeply, then turned and walked away, Wang Zongjing stood aside, a little at a loss, but seeing Zhang Xiaofan turned and left, he wanted to follow, but thought of something, hurried Still turned around, knelt down towards the tomb, kowtowed three times, then trotted all the way to catch up with Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan turned to look at him, smiled slightly, with a gentle expression. Walking back to the crossroads, followed the mountain road on the right and continued to go up. At this time, both sides of the mountain road were completely covered with bamboos. At the same time, Wang Zongjing gradually realized that the bamboos here were somewhat different from the green bamboos he usually saw, and they looked thicker. Strong but the most special thing is that all the joints of the bamboo here show a pure black color, which looks different. After walking like this for a while, they reached the high point of the back mountain. A vast bamboo forest spread out in front of the two of them.Wang Zongjing glanced at the bamboo forest, and saw that everywhere he looked, there were green bamboos with black knots, ranging from thick to thin, but the bamboos on the edge of the bamboo forest seemed to be obviously thinner. Zhang Xiaofan stopped here, looking at the bamboo forest, his eyes moved slightly, a trace of warmth flashed in his eyes, as if recalling the past many years ago, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Then he turned his head and said indifferently to Wang Zongjing: "According to the rules of Dazhufeng, newcomers are usually asked to chop black-jointed bamboo here for a while before teaching lessons. In addition to looking at the students' bodies, they also have the opportunity to hone their physiques. Meaning." At this point, he paused for a moment, smiled and said, "I can't talk about the relationship between you and me, but I owed others a favor that day, and now I teach you these things, it's also considered a teacher-student relationship." Repay him for his favor. How about this, go and chop the thinnest black-jointed bamboo first, and let me see how your physique is now." Wang Zongjing agreed, clenched the black hatchet in his hand, then walked to the edge of the bamboo forest, found a thin bamboo and looked it over carefully for a while, then grabbed the bamboo body with his left hand, swung the knife with his right, and chopped it down.He didn't use all his strength to strike this knife, and he was more or less tentative about this kind of black-jointed bamboo that he had never seen before, but after the knife was struck with a muffled sound, the hatchet almost fell out of his hand , I clenched it with great difficulty, and looked again, only to see that the well had only scored a point on Xi Xizhu's body, leaving a faint white mark. This black knotted bamboo is actually several times tougher than he imagined. Wang Zongjing turned his head to look, and saw Zhang Xiaofan standing aside without saying a word, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, just looking at him.Wang Zongjing took a deep breath, and suddenly smiled, showing off his face, and then turned to face the black knotted bamboo again. This time, his movements were much slower, but his eyes were more focused. If his eyes could If you look through the clothes, you can see that the muscles on the arm have already stretched out, which is the posture of him pouring all his strength and going all out. "Hey!" With a sound of scolding, Wang Zongjing's eyes sharpened suddenly, and at the same time he held the machete high with his right hand, aimed at the black knotted bamboo and slashed it down violently again.This time, Zhang Xiaofan who was standing beside him moved slightly, watching his gestures, thoughtful. The sharp blade pierced through the air, making a sharp whistling sound, and in the blink of an eye, it slashed on the bamboo of Heijiezhu, and there was only a slap, this powerful knife was indeed quite different from the previous result, directly Cut into the bamboo body of the black knotted bamboo.But the toughness of the black knotted bamboo is well-deserved. Even though Wang Zongjing had honed his brute strength over the years, even with all his strength, he still couldn't cut this thin bamboo with a single blow. He was exhausted after cutting half of it. Wang Zongjing let out a breath of turbid air slowly, a trace of blush flashed across his face, he gritted his teeth, and pulled out the hatchet with all his strength, then paused for a moment, let out another low cry, and slashed down again with force, this time the blade flashed However, he finally cut off the thin black knotted bamboo, under the watchful eyes of Zhang Xiaofan and Wang Zongjing, the bamboo fell down slowly. Wang Zongjing was a little embarrassed, looking at the thin bamboo pole of the fallen bamboo, he didn't expect that he had to take so much effort to cut it off, he didn't know what to say for a moment, he could only turn his head to look at Zhang Xiaofan , when he was searching his guts to say something sorry, Zhang Xiaofan nodded slightly, but smiled and said: "That's right, it's much better than what I was back then." "what?" Wang Zongjing was at a loss for a moment, his mind was a little confused, he didn't understand what this senior said, but Zhang Xiaofan obviously didn't mean to wait for him, he waved to him, motioned him to follow, and then walked deep into the bamboo forest went. Along the way, as they gradually penetrated into the bamboo forest, the surrounding black-jointed bamboos gradually grew thicker. Obviously, the black-jointed bamboos in the depths of the bamboo forest are all older bamboos.Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan randomly pointed out a few black-jointed bamboos for Wang Zongjing to cut down. Without exception, they were thicker than the previous black-jointed bamboos. Zong Jing went all out to cut it down, Zhang Xiaofan took him to the depths of the bamboo forest, and then picked a thicker black-jointed bamboo for him to cut down. In this way, the two have been walking slowly towards the depths of the bamboo forest. Wang Zongjing understood that this was Zhang Xiaofan's intention to test himself, and he did not dare to be negligent. Going forward, it is also thanks to the chance that he has honed a good body over the years, and he has recently practiced some rough Taoism, which is not without benefit to his strength, so he cut it all the way. However, although the black-jointed bamboos fell one by one, Wang Zongjing had already started to complain secretly in his heart. As Zhang Xiaofan pointed out that the black-jointed bamboos became thicker and thicker, it became more and more difficult to cut them down. The tenacity of an adult bamboo is simply unimaginable. Even if he is as strong as a cow, he can't cut too much after chopping with all his strength, so he spends more and more time and energy on the bamboo, and the speed of the two is also the same. Slower and slower. 只是，直到现在为止，王宗景仍然咬着牙坚持着，在他俩路过的途中，沿途倒下的黑节竹，已经有了六根之多。这一刻，甚至连张小凡的眼中，都忍不住流露出几分淡淡的欣赏之色。 不过王宗景自家晓得自家事，却是知道自己的右臂早已经酸痛不堪，特别是刚才勉力砍到第六根粗大的黑节竹后，若不是一股说不出的心气硬是撑着，搞不好这时已经拿不动那把沉重的黝黑柴刀了。带着沉重的喘气声，他勉强迈步跟在张小凡身后，又向前走了十余丈，然后带着几分绝望，看到了前方似乎是这片竹林的最深处，露出了数十根生长在一起的巨竹，每一根都比周围的黑节竹要粗大一倍有余，看那副模样怕是长了千百年之久。 王宗景只觉得口中一阵苦涩之味翻滚上来，讷讷不能言语，而牵头张小凡却好像是丝毫没有感觉到什么一样，随意向那数十根巨竹中指了一根，淡淡道：去试试那根竹子吧。 " 王宗景一阵无语，但还是拖着疲惫的身子向前走去，来到了那根参天巨竹下方时，看着那比自己腰身还要粗些的巨竹，便觉得一阵头皮发麻，只是不管怎样，他终究还是咬着牙举起柴刀，奋力向那黑节竹砍去。只听如精铁一般的一声脆响，那黝黑的柴刀猛地弹起，却是如中精钢一般的飞了出去，而王宗景向那竹身看去时，却是半点痕迹也未见到。 他苦笑一声，知道这里的竹子终究还是超出了自己的能力，当下转头看去，准备向张小凡老老实实认输的时候，却是忽然一怔，只见前面几次一直站在自己身后观看的张小凡，在这里却不知为何走开了去，缓步走到那竹林的另一处，清幽林间，竹影摇动，一根大竹不知为何倾倒在地，横亘与竹林之中。 张小凡慢慢地走到这根倾倒的竹子边上，默默地凝视这它，那一刻，他的颜色仿佛也带了几分飘忽与沧桑，然后，只见他缓缓地伸出手去，扯住自己的袖子，却是在这根倾倒的竹身上擦拭了几下。 一阵清风从远方山谷中吹过，拂过他鬓角略显苍白的发梢，似温柔的手轻轻抚摸已不再年轻的脸庞。 他慢慢地笑了一下，似迟疑了少许，然后又轻轻向旁边多擦了擦，像是又擦出了一个人可以坐的位置，然后，他深吸了一口气，回身，轻坐。 风吹过竹叶如涛，似光阴无声无息地掠过，白了发鬓，断了相思。