"Come! My dear friends, let me offer you a toast!" In the inn of Baihe Town, Sun Li raised the wine glass in his hand and spoke loudly to everyone with a flushed face.
"Senior! The doctor has told you not to drink alcohol!" Chu Qingxiao looked at Sun Li who was in high spirits with some embarrassment and reminded him in a low voice.
Sun Li, who was holding a wine glass in high spirits, looked slightly embarrassed when he heard this.
"There was wine this morning and I'm drunk now!" Meng Ziliang on the side stepped forward and said: "Our trip is a swordsman's journey to the end of the world with his sword!"
"Don't ask about the future, don't ask about the return journey!"
"That's right, drink when you want to drink!"
Chu Qingxiao was stunned when he heard this.
He looked at Meng Ziliang, who was drunk from drinking two glasses of sake, and his heart moved.
He couldn't be sure whether Meng Ziliang's words were a deliberate reminder or whether they were really drunken nonsense.
But for Sun Li.
He doesn't have much time left, so any talk of taking care of his health is actually deceiving himself. For Sun Li now, he should just enjoy himself in time.
Thinking of this, Chu Qingxiao smiled in relief.
Then he said: "Brother Meng is right."
As he spoke, he stopped trying to stop Sun Li, and instead poured himself a glass of wine.
Then he raised his wine glass and headed towards Sun Lijing.
When Sun Li saw this, he looked at the other party with a smile and said with a smile: "It's hard for me, little friend, to make an exception for me to drink alcohol twice."
"It's a blessing for me to be acquainted with my seniors. A glass of wine is nothing!" Chu Qingxiao also smiled and drank the wine in one gulp.
Everyone also raised their glasses at this time.
The scene was very lively.
After thirty years of drinking, Sun Li was already a little too drunk. He leaned on the seat in front of the window and looked out the window sideways.
In the wine shop, drinks were exchanged, and the chatter and wanton laughter of the drinkers surrounded the place.
Outside the wine shop, there are thousands of lights, and children are laughing and playing, chasing from the street to the end.
Behind him, a woman was laughing and scolding, while a man stopped and watched.
The vendors were hawking their goods, and the young girl lowered her head and covered the corners of her mouth with a fan, but her eyes couldn't help but look at the boy beside her, and she couldn't hide the emotion between her eyebrows.
It was a scene full of fireworks.
There are no disciples armed with swords everywhere in Tianxuan Mountain, and there is no busy rush here and there just to get opportunities in the inner sect.
People here are laid-back and relaxed.
The old man couldn't help but sigh.
"Think about it, if I didn't practice swordsmanship back then, would I have a few grandsons around me now..."
Hearing this, Meng Ziliang stepped forward drunkenly and said with a smile: "Senior, I am always strong. If you can't marry a wife now, you may not be able to have a son in old age."
Chu Qingxiao and others listened to Meng Ziliang's dirty words, and their heads were as big as a bucket for a while.
"This guy can't stop talking after two drinks!" Ziyu said angrily.
Chu Zhaozhao also curled his lips, but Miss Sijun who was following him covered her mouth and smiled softly, looking at Meng Ziliang with undisguised affection in her brows.
"There was a time when it was difficult to overcome the vast sea..." Sun Li sighed.
Meng Ziliang's eyes rolled, and he became interested. At that time, he also forgot about the inferiority of old and young. He took a step forward, approached Sun Li, and asked: "How do you say it? Do you have any other stories? Tell them.
Listen, let everyone be happy!"
This attitude was a bit naughty, and Chu Qingxiao and others on the side shook their heads.
Sun Li was not angry, but waved his hand: "It's okay not to mention the old things."
After that, he looked out the window and said: "It's so beautiful..."
Everyone also turned their heads and looked out the window at this time. The pleasant fireworks scene really made people feel comfortable.
"Senior, if you like it, you can come here after going to Jiuqu River..." Chu Qingxiao quickly comforted him.
"I don't have the strength." The old man waved his hand, obviously he was very aware of his situation.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to touch the sword in his hand, and added: "Actually, the Tianxuan City in the past was just like this..."
"I just don't know when it started to look like that."
"Although there are disputes among the senior fellow apprentices in the sect, most of the time they are still in harmony..."
Chu Qingxiao was also a little silent, but Chu Zhaozhao on the side said: "Since Tianxuan Mountain established a relationship with King Wu, it has been expanding all the way. In these years, 30% of the new disciples who entered the inner sect have joined King Wu's Shenwu Army. Not so much Tianxuan Mountain
The mountain is a kendo sect, rather it is more like King Wu’s back garden.”
Sun Li also sighed after hearing this: "Twelve years ago, the world of Dayu was in constant turmoil."
"It was King Qin Huan of Wu who relied on his own power to conquer the wilderness and bring peace to the troubled times."
"Retreat from the Northern Wei Dynasty, level Jianyue, and defeat Longkui."
"His merits surpass those of his master, and his fame is astonishing throughout the world."
"I also fought under his command against the Northern Wei Dynasty and fought with Long Kui. I thought that the troubled times would be peaceful and I could enjoy a comfortable life from now on, but I didn't expect that the world of Yu would still be filled with abscesses and there would be no trace of life."
"Sometimes when I think about it, I really don't know why I was working so hard in the first place..."
"Ever since I got involved with King Wu, Tianxuan Mountain no longer looks like Tianxuan Mountain."
"You choose your own path, no wonder King Wu." But at this moment, Meng Ziliang on the side suddenly said.
Sun Li was stunned when he heard the words, and turned to look at the young man in front of him. He saw that the drunkenness in the young man's face seemed to have dissipated, and his expression was a little more serious. He stared at Sun Li and said this.
Everyone was also shocked. It's not that they wanted to protect Tianxuan Mountain, but Sun Li was already dead. In their opinion, following Sun Li's wishes was the most important thing.
"What do you mean by this?" Sun Li asked confused.
Meng Ziliang said this: "There are many roads in this world, and some roads are winding and rugged. It is scary to walk on them, and you may not reach the end safely, but there are beautiful scenery along the way."
"Some roads are smooth and smooth, and horses can gallop and travel thousands of miles a day, but the roads are covered with bones."
"Which path to take is your own decision. Since you choose a shortcut, you have to accept the misery on the road."
"There is no good thing in this world that has the best of both worlds. Even if you think about it, the kiln sister in the hook bar will not do this job of being a bitch and building an archway at the same time, right?"
"But Tianxuanshan not only becomes King Wu's thin horse, but also has the reputation of an upright family. Naturally, this is annoying!"
Such words are extremely explicit, comparing Tianxuan Mountain to a woman hanging on a fence, which is enough to make people angry.
Sun Li was also stunned and his face turned a little pale.
"Brother Meng is serious. There are indeed some problems in Tianxuan Mountain, but it is not that unbearable..." Chu Qingxiao hurriedly tried to smooth things over, while winking at Meng Ziliang.
He knew that Sun Li had been running for Tianxuan Mountain all his life. Tianxuan Mountain to him was his sect, his home, and his belief.
Faith can collapse and be reshaped, but for a dying person, this is too difficult and unnecessary.
Even if Tianxuan Mountain is indeed riddled with holes and contains filth, what will happen if Sun Li knows about it?
It would be better to let him finish the last journey with the best memory of Tianxuan Mountain.
Chu Qingxiao felt that this was the right thing to do.
But Meng Ziliang obviously didn't think so. After hearing Chu Qingxiao's words, he said: "It is true that Tianxuan Mountain cannot be said to be unbearable. To be precise, Tianxuan Mountain is a cancer planted by King Wu in the southern border of Yu!"
"Using the declarations accumulated by our ancestors for hundreds of years as a banner, we recruit young talents from all over the Yu world, especially from southern Xinjiang, and use the method of cultivating gu to carefully select them, find their disciples, and then send them to the Shenwu Army.
"
"But what about those people trapped in the Death Sky Hanging City? No one cares."
"This is an attempt to exploit the entire southern Xinjiang!"
"It doesn't matter how big or small a sect is, but as soon as you enter the door, you become a disciple. People say that once you are a teacher, you will always be a father."
"The sect should naturally treat its disciples like their own children..."
"But now it seems that the disciples of Tianxuan City are just goods to Tianxuan Mountain. They are just slaves who can be enslaved and have their bones and marrow sucked out."
"There is nothing to lament about this kind of Tianxuan Mountain. If it is gone, it will be gone. If it is broken, it will be broken."
Sun Li's expression changed, from ugly, to faintly angry, and then to lonely.
He knew that what Meng Ziliang said was true.
However, for him, this fact was difficult to accept.
"Brother Meng!" Chu Qingxiao also saw this clearly. He glared at Meng Ziliang, with some displeasure on his brows.
"He's right." But Sun Li said at this time: "Tianxuan Mountain is indeed no longer the Tianxuan Mountain it used to be."
As if he had figured everything out, the old man picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip, and said: "The world has changed..."
"I'm right, but you're still unhappy, aren't you?" Meng Ziliang stared into the old man's eyes and asked.
Sun Li was stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile: "I am not a sage, and I don't have such an open-minded mind. I really can't let go so quickly. I have been in this sect for so many years, and I have risked my life for it several times.
"
"You probably won't understand the feeling of putting in countless efforts for something, only to have it backfire."
"You're not me, how do you know I don't understand?" Meng Ziliang asked again.
This statement seems a bit deliberately provocative.
But Meng Ziliang continued: "Maybe I have paid a lot for something, but in the end it went against my original vision. Do you want to hear what I think?"
Sun Li hesitated for a while and then said: "I would like to hear the details."
Meng Zi said wisely: "It's just like, I once liked a girl a little bit."
"She has a pretty face, a slim figure, and a submissive temperament to me."
"Most importantly, she seemed to understand me completely."
"I liked her, so I gave her everything she wanted."
"But one day, she suddenly no longer favored me. Although she was still beautiful, she became cold and strange."
"I have sacrificed a lot for her, do you think I should be sad?"
Sun Li thought for a while and responded: "Of course it should."
"But I can't." Meng Ziliang smiled.
"Why?" Sun Li was a little confused.
"Because I am sure that when I like her at that moment, she is real, and I enjoy the feeling she gives me at that moment, so I like her."
"But I also know that people will change."
"I can't guarantee that I will always like her, and naturally I won't desire her to stay the same forever."
"So when everything is gone, it's easy to get together and get away. I have never let her down, and naturally I will not make it difficult for myself because of her fickleness."
"It's the same as using a sword."
"When you joined Tianxuan Mountain, Tianxuan Mountain was a famous and upright sect, holding a sword for the right path of the world."
"You fight for him, and he will reward you with justice."
"And when one day, he goes astray, but as long as you still stick to your swordsmanship..."
"You are still you. You have never let him down in the best of times, let alone yourself."