When Jing Jiu came back, Zhao Layue had already calmed down, and her expression was normal. Jing Jiu didn't know what she was thinking about. Looking at the fading smoke and dust in the dense forest, he said, "The monkeys of the outer peaks are so annoying, not to mention humans. I think it's better for us not to do it."
He meant that according to the rules of Aoyama, Xilai Peak should arrange people for Shenmo Peak very soon.
Jing Jiu looked at Zhao Layue's loose clothes and said, "I know how to sew, leave it to me."
Zhao Layue asked with her eyes wide open, "You even know how to sew?"
Jing Jiu said, "I learned it in the village for a day."
Zhao Layue thought for a while and said, "That's good, in case there's something wrong with the people sent by Xilai Peak."
Recently, the atmosphere in the nine peaks of Aoyama was not right. It was oppressive and tense, giving people a feeling that a storm was coming. However, Shenmo Peak was remote, and there were only two of them, so they didn't have anything to do with the complicated power struggle for the time being. Besides, with Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue's characters, they definitely wouldn't care about these things. They just needed to focus on their cultivation. The problem was, what should they learn now?
Zhao Layue had turned the cave house inside and outside, but she didn't find a sword manual.
"How can we learn without a sword manual?"
Zhao Layue's eyes left the Thoughtless Sword and fell on Jing Jiu's face for a long time.
Jing Jiu touched his face and said after thinking for a while, "How about … I do it?"
"Capable people do more work. You are the one who fights with the monkeys, so you should be responsible for this kind of thing."
Zhao Layue thought to herself, and then asked, "Did you win?"
Jing Jiu knew she was asking about helping the monkeys fight, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course."
Then, he walked into the cave.
Zhao Layue looked at his back and was speechless.
From the South Pine Pavilion to the Stream of Sword Washing, he casually broke through the Four States, entered the Cloud Top of the Sword Peak, defeated Gu Qing, and even reached the Shenmo Peak, Jing Jiu had always been calm, as if he didn't care about anything. However, he couldn't hide his pride when he helped the monkey win today.
What kind of person was this?
Inside the Immortal's Cave, Jing Jiu took out a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, calmed himself down, and began to write on the paper. Not long after, he had finished writing on a whole piece of paper. Then, it slowly increased until it could be compiled into a book. He was ready to stop writing, but after thinking for a while, he realized that writing one book was the same as writing two books. It would be troublesome to grind the ink again in the future. Therefore, he used the remaining ink in the inkstone to write a lot more, but he didn't know what the content was.
At dusk, when the ink was completely dry, he cut it into several books and bound them with a needle and thread. He took one book and left the cave.
Zhao Layue took the book and opened it. Her expression was very serious.
The words on the paper were obviously newly written. They had just dried, and the illustrations were not completely dry yet.
The words and the illustrations depicted the sword moves and the secret sword-riding skills.
This set of swordsmanship was heroic, or in other words, resolute, and unrepentant.
Zhao Layue raised her head and looked at Jing Jiu. The emotions in her eyes were very complicated.
"What's the matter?" Jing Jiu asked.
Zhao Layue said, "Martial Granduncle really trusts you more. I'm a little jealous."
Was it because Jingyang left the Thoughtless Sword to her, but left the Nine-Deaths Swordbook to Jing Jiu?
But no one knew which was more important, the sword or the swordbook.
Jing Jiu sat back on the reclining chair and adjusted his posture to make sure that the worn legs of the chair would not destroy its stability. He closed his eyes and began to rest.
Looking at the side of his face, Zhao Layue suddenly had an earth-shattering idea.
However, apart from asking Jing Jiu directly, there was no other way for him to verify his idea.
Until the end, Zhao Layue did not ask.
This was the difference between her and Liu Shisui. Otherwise, Jing Jiu would definitely tell the truth.
Then, under the twilight of the mountain, she would already know the answer.
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Looking at the two flying swords passing through the sea of clouds and descending toward the peak, Gu Han was silent for a long time. Then he said, "It's obvious that Shanghai Peak is suppressing us."
Guo Nanshan said, "Calm down. It won't be good if these words are spread out."
Gu Han looked at him and said with an ugly expression, "Shangde is so arrogant. Don't the martial uncles have anything to say about it?"
"What did your father say before he died? As long as Aoyama lasts long … "
Guo Nanshan looked at the two flying swords that had disappeared. After a moment of silence, he said, "Any sacrifice is bearable."
At the Inherited Sword Competition, Gu Qing was forced by Jing Jiu to use the Six-dragon Sword Formula that he learned in Liangwang Peak. He forgot the taboo and used it.
It was not a big deal, but since Shanghai Peak insisted on investigating, Liangwang Peak had to give an explanation.
Did Liangwang Peak secretly teach the real sword to the sword-washing disciples, or did Gu Qing secretly learn the swordsmanship?
Everyone knew which one to choose.
If Gu Qing admitted that he secretly learned the swordsmanship, Liangwang Peak would at most be guilty of not being strict with its disciples.
Therefore, Gu Qing became a victim. He was expelled from Liangwang Peak and returned to the Sword-washing Stream. He had to wait for another three years to participate in the next Inherited Sword Competition.
Gu Qing was not familiar with the layout in the cliff cave, because he grew up on Liangwang Peak, and didn't live here even when he was in the sword-washing stage.
He walked out of the manor cave and came to the cliff's edge. Looking at the clear Sword-washing Stream under his feet, he said after a moment of silence, "Did you notice the look in the eyes of those sword-washing disciples?"
Liu Shisui had been helping him pack his luggage since he saw him off Liangwang Peak. "The one with the loudest voice is Xue Yong 'e. I heard that his granduncle is an elder of Shiyue Peak," he said.
Gu Qing sighed.
If it were before, he wouldn't have paid any attention to someone like Xue Yong 'e. Even if his granduncle was an elder of Shiyue Peak, so what?
But now he had to put up with the mockery from those guys.
He had been staying on Liangwang Peak and never appeared by the stream, so those sword-washing disciples didn't have a good impression of him.
Under such circumstances, it was natural for him to hear some mockery.
He suddenly thought of the sword fight the day before yesterday that might have changed his cultivation life. Although that guy hit him a few times, he didn't seem to look down on him or want to ridicule him, whether it was his eyes or his tone. He even answered his questions very seriously.
"Jing Jiu … what kind of person is he?" he asked Liu Shisui.
Liu Shisui was a bit alarmed, looking at him without saying anything.
Gu Qing said, "I heard that you two used to be a master and a servant?"
Liu Shisui said after a moment of silence, "Big Brother Lü and Big Brother Gu both said that as soon as I entered the mountain gate, I would cut off all worldly ties, so I don't remember those things."
Gu Qing could tell that he didn't want to talk about this, so he didn't ask further.
Liu Shisui asked, "Should I make the bedding?"
"No need."
Looking at his peers by the stream, Gu Qing said after a moment of silence, "I'll leave soon."
Liu Shisui was a bit surprised, asking, "What did you say?"
Gu Qing said, "Cultivation is all about advancing forward, especially the swordsmanship of our Aoyama Sect. If I have to wait here for another three years … I doubt if I can enter the State of the Undefeated before I turn twenty. And you know, if I can't do that, cultivation is meaningless for me."
His voice was calm, and so was his expression, but Liu Shisui heard a lot of sadness in his words.
"Big Brother Guo and Big Brother Gu have high expectations of you …"
Liu Shisui couldn't continue to comfort him.
Liangwang Peak was a place with high expectations for its disciples, so calm that it was a bit cold.
Moreover, Gu Qing's identity was a bit special. If he couldn't do better than other peers, Gu Han wouldn't put resources on him.
Looking at the lonely Gu Qing, Liu Shisui suddenly thought of a possibility. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Do you want to go there and have a try?"
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