After Bai Huang ran out, He Yue said helplessly to Alaya and Felita:
"Stay with the city lord. Anyway, the other party seems to have no plans to kill anyone yet. This is also a rare buffer time for us."
The implication is that I hope that Alaiya and Felita can become as strong as possible during this period of time.
I saw that He Yue's expression was not very good, so I walked over and patted him on the shoulder, saying:
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, just do it at ease. No matter what the result is, I won't blame you."
He Yue shook her head and said in a low voice:
"I may know why there are assassins targeting us."
He looked at me with a complicated expression and said:
"Although I am not well-known, just like Bai Feng can find me singing in the brothel, those lords with a strong organization and outstanding intelligence capabilities in the [Anbu] also know of my existence. Including Felita, including Fang Shisan, all They are relatively well-known people in the west, but for various reasons, everyone works for various forces and cannot be integrated together. But now that you are here, we all gathered in Yuxi City in one go, even Yunhai Baihuang joined in , has become a threat in the eyes of some people."
He Yue said, patted my shoulder, and jokingly said:
"Fortunately, you are relatively useless, which lowers the average."
I took it for granted, but then felt something was wrong, and complained:
"Uh... huh?? Are you complimenting me???"
He Yue nodded heavily, and said with a smile:
"In the eyes of those people, you were forced to leave Lingyun City because you couldn't compete for profit and righteousness. Later, you became a laughing stock when you sang and danced in women's clothing. Later, you were expelled from Yunyang. Later, you cooperated with Fangyuan to break through Tianxing City. The city you got was returned. To sum up, your current reputation is basically a negative. So most people don’t care about Yuxi City at all, which gives us the opportunity to quietly develop and grow.”
He Yue straightened her hair at the temples, and said frankly:
"It's just that there are still smart people in this world. The thirty-six lords of Yongtian, and hundreds of city lords, big and small, can't be all fools. It's normal for someone to come to make trouble occasionally. This time The assassin also reminded us that from now on, we can no longer underestimate the talents of the world."
What He Yue said is very reasonable, and I am also very pleased that the strategic vision of my Minister of Internal Affairs has further increased.
Although the eyesight of people is still as bad as ever.
As early as when I met Baifeng... no, when I met Fangyuan, I realized that this world is quite interesting. When I stayed in Lingyun City before, the people who came and went were all unworthy young masters. Although I felt abusive at the beginning when I was with idiots, it was easy for me to integrate into this circle and become a member of idiots over time.
This is also the reason why I was eager to meet the famous [Yunhai Phoenix] after I came to Yuxi City and officially gained freedom.
However, based on the idea of whoever messes with me, I don't intend to just let go of the forces behind the assassin.
I hope they can understand a truth.
Peaceful coexistence is the best result, if you don't die, you won't die. We have no grievances or enmities, so why make our own path narrower and narrower.
All afternoon, Felita studied alone in the library.
I wanted to take the opportunity of bringing tea and water to give her some advice, but in the end, she was a little stubborn and blocked the door with the cut fruit. Felita bit her lip, her cheeks were flushed, and it took a long time before she spoke quickly:
"If the master is by your side, you won't be able to learn."
"I will want to rub against the master's body, as if the instinct has penetrated into the blood."
"Can't resist, can't calm down—woo. Now, now..."
Panting, Felita hugged me suddenly, buried her face in my chest and rubbed her hard, then took a deep breath, ran back and closed the door:
"So, temporarily not!"
Was rejected.
I went to find Alaya again, who was practicing sword in the yard. But when I passed by, she was sitting cross-legged on the ground, [You Long] was not out of its sheath, and it was inserted into the soil in front of her with the scabbard. Alaiya remained motionless, as if she had merged with the sword and turned into a generation of swordsmen wandering in the sky.
I walked over and stood beside her.
If it were someone else who approached Alayya at this time, Alayya might have already made a single strike. But I'm different, so many years of being together day and night made Alaiya very familiar with my breath, so when I approached and sat in front of her, Alaiya still remained motionless.
I also put my face on my face, looking at her quiet face as if she was asleep, in a daze.
Alaiya is already good-looking, and I like her too, so I won't get tired of looking at her all the time.
After about half an hour, Alayya opened her eyes and called out:
"Master."
I smiled and asked her:
"What's the matter, do you have any insights?"
Alaya said:
"Hmm. I'm trying to understand the mystery of Zen Sword."
I asked strangely:
"Zen sword? The great swordsman next to the king with the tenth level of swordsmanship is the Zen sword. It is said that it will reach the peak once enlightened, but it is just an illusory legend after all. Maybe he secretly tutored him, but on the surface he made a It looks like you haven't practiced at all."
Alaya looked at the sword stuck between me and her, and said:
"Everyone in the world says that serving the world, the common people, and all beings in the vast land of the world is the true pinnacle of swordsmanship. It is also the only way to practice Zen swords. But I think the young master is right. In this world, there are too few heroes. , we are all ordinary people. In order to survive, we have to kill those who stand in our way. So I am very curious, the Zen of Zen Sword means reason. If I take the young master's theory as Zen, and use killing instead of salvation, what will happen in the end? What is it like?"
I asked:
"Then when you closed your eyes and meditated, did you understand the answer to this question?"
Alaya lowered her head and said:
"I saw a blood-colored landscape. The sky was red, the earth was red, the rivers and lakes were all red. The wind smelled of blood, sticky, making it hard to breathe. I was the only one there. Looking at it, I found that what I was stepping on was not soil, but countless corpses piled up together."
I lowered my eyes and said:
"That is the way of Shura, the ultimate in killing. If you really reach the pinnacle, this is your future."
Alaya said softly:
"For the young master, Alaya can kill everything in the world."
I laughed and rubbed Alayya's head.
On this day, Alaiya's kendo is still the five great perfections, but her state of mind has improved to a higher level. To use an analogy, the foundation is more stable, which is also the result of Heji's pursuit of the six major perfections of Kendo for so many years.
Should it be said that it was unintentional, or should it be hit
To paraphrase Captain Li’s words—
Hey, Alayah, you're a fucking genius!
I patted her on the shoulder and said:
"Come on, today the assassin is not going to set fire to the food and grass, Baihuang and Heji have already gone to prepare. Hurry up and tidy up, I will take you to watch the excitement."
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Today, between the announcement volume and the first volume, an additional character design & illustration volume was added, and the character design of Fang Shisan (after coming to Yuxi City) was uploaded. I also want to remind everyone that if you find that there is an update prompt in the collection in the future, and you click in but you don’t see the update, it’s better to start from the beginning and find out if there are any new chapters.