Looking from the courtyard, there are three houses side by side in front of the courtyard, surrounded by broken earthen walls. Although the courtyard is large, there are not many houses inside. The courtyard is full of dead grass, and there is a chicken coop and a dog shed in the corner of the courtyard.

Qin Zhengyang led them to the room in the middle, only to see that the room was neat and tidy, giving people a bright feeling. This room is supposed to be a living room, with a square table in it and a few stools placed at random.

As soon as Ling Tianyun and the old monk entered the house, they only measured the room slightly, this was just a relatively ordinary folk house, and they didn't pay much attention to it. They randomly found a stool and sat down. At this time, Qin Zhengyang made a pot of tea and brought it in.

"Brother Qin, what about your family, why are you the only one?" Ling Tianyun asked him with a teacup in his hand. The old monk was speechless, bowing his head and lowering his eyebrows as he tasted the tea. Tea is not a good tea, and ordinary people can't afford to drink any good tea at all, they buy expired tea from some tea shops, and there are some inferior teas.

"The humble house is shabby, and I hope the two of you don't want to be surprised." Qin Zhengyang beckoned the two to drink tea.

At this time, a few discordant sounds of "cooing" came, but the old monk smiled awkwardly, and said with low eyebrows, "Master Qin, there are still some dry food to satisfy hunger in your mansion, and the old man and the apprentice have crossed the mountains and mountains, and now they are hungry and panicking." ”

Ling Tianyun couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard the old monk's words, but he still forced himself to ask Qin Zhengyang: "The family teacher is old, I don't know if Brother Qin can get some coarse grains or something to fill his hunger." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm slacking you two, there is nothing to eat at home in the cold house, please wait for me to go to the neighbor's house to see if I can borrow some, and fill your hunger first." Qin Zhengyang said apologetically, he didn't expect that the old man and the young would not bring some dry food over the canyon of Qingyun Mountain. After saying that, he went out, probably to borrow some dry food from a neighbor.

When the old monk saw Qin Zhengyang go out, his cloudy gaze changed and turned into a sharp light. He said to Ling Tianyun, "Boy, do you see that something is wrong?" ”

Ling Tianyun took a sip of tea from the teacup, pondered for a while and said, "Master, I just don't understand who he is, if he is a bandit, then it is obviously not. He didn't have the characteristic gangsterism of a bandit, and it seemed that this person was dressed like this. My great man stipulates that young people who have reached the age of sixteen must join the army, and if this person is from this village, he obviously knows such a rule, but why is he still in this village? ”

The old monk looked at him approvingly for a while, nodded and asked, "What else?" ”

"It looks like it's just a courtyard for ordinary villagers, but I didn't find any traces of cooking on a fire. Although the outside is full of dead grass used as firewood for the winter, there seems to be no sign of it being touched. And the black dog, in fact, he was able to stop it in the first place, but he didn't. Obviously, I want to touch the master's bottom line. ”

Ling Tianyun raised his head and looked at the old monk with a smile, he was no longer so afraid of this mysterious old monk. After touching each other all the way, in fact, he probably knew one. He asked about the identity of the old monk somehow, and the old monk brought it over with a burst of giggling, or changed the topic.

"Hahaha, then tell me how this person can call so many villagers to come to the exit of that glimmer of heaven to surround us, and the other group of people are real villagers." The old monk asked Ling Tianyun with a smile again.

"This is something I have never figured out, and maybe these villagers have been bought by him. But what was their original intention, and why did they send people to the front line to surround them. Apparently they didn't know at first that we had crossed the canyon, so who were they going to contain in the first place. Could it be that the original intention at that time was to contain the spies sent by the bandits? Ling Tianyun pondered for a long time, but he couldn't figure it out.

"It's very simple, don't think about it if you can't figure it out, everything will come out of nowhere, some things can't be seen on the surface, you have to look at it more carefully." The old monk said in a very flat tone, but his tone was very peaceful at this time.

"Master, if I really have an accident, will you save me?" Ling Tianyun asked this question that he was most concerned about.

The old monk shook his head and said: "No, if you are willing to be a little scout under Ling Zun, I may save you, if you still want to become a real peerless powerhouse in this troubled world, I won't help you anything, everything depends on you." It's up to you to find your own way. ”

Ling Tianyun was stunned for a moment, how could this tone feel exactly like what his father Ling Duozhi said on the day he left Baishui City, he didn't understand what kind of purpose this old monk who suddenly appeared beside him would have for him. He thought of Guo Huai'an, remembered He Zongzhuo, and didn't know if they were strong people in this troubled world.

The old monk seemed to see Ling Tianyun's thoughts, and his deep gaze seemed to be able to see everything. But he didn't say anything, squeezed the teacup in his hand, and showed a lonely look, as if thinking about something.

For a moment, none of them spoke, and there was silence.

"Why me?" Ling Tianyun broke the silence, his eyes were full of confusion, and he looked at the old monk in a daze. He understood that the old monk must have a purpose in appearing beside him, but he didn't know what that purpose was. So he asked rhetorically, trying to open the gap in the mouth, if he could find something.

"You wish it was you, and if you wish it wasn't you, it wouldn't be you."

The old monk smiled, laughing so weirdly. His breezy words instantly dissolved Ling Tianyun's probe, like a punch in the air, without any effect.

"What a cunning old monk." Ling Tianyun cursed secretly in his heart, but he still asked the other party quietly: "What does the real powerhouse mean in this troubled world, is the cultivation of martial cultivation, or has he achieved a fame for thousands of years." What is the strong and what is the weak. ”

"That's a good question, but the old monk is so hungry and panicked now that he doesn't bother to answer you."

This old monk looked like a scoundrel again, and his face was full of the expression of patience. Ling Tianyun was so angry that his teeth itched, and he couldn't beat this monk so hard that he could not beat this monk hard. But he still gave up, and the hand that the old monk showed along the way could make him retreat. I really can't help but step forward and beat him, that's not looking for abuse.

The old monk kept adjusting Ling Tianyun's mouth along the way, but he didn't give him any answers. Ling Tianyun was depressed for a while, but he didn't dare to attack, otherwise it would be another sneak attack, which made him extremely painful.

"I really doubt that Master, you are a wild monk who was driven out of some monastery, pretending to be a god everywhere, maybe I am the child who was deceived by you with a small piece of candy." Ling Tianyun said to the other party jokingly.

Who knew that the old monk was not annoyed or angry, he held the teacup leisurely. A pair of eyes as deep as the sea stared at Ling Tianyun for a long time, he sighed and said: "You muddy boy, everything is good, you are a good person, when do you get rid of the military temperament in you, when can you make the old monk happy, maybe I will tell you a lot of things." ”

"So, master, when will I become a real strongman, and what kind of height does a strong person have to reach in order to be called a real strongman." Ling Tianyun hurriedly asked the old monk, he knew that the other party might start to loosen his mouth and explain everything to him. His eyes lit up with a look of hope, and he kept looking at the other person.

"Just like you, you still want to be strong. But the main thing depends on how high your heart is, and how high your heart is, how high you will achieve. ”

The old monk did not forget to hit him at the same time, of course, just like a puppy, beat it with a stick, and then give it a bone. At this time, Ling Tianyun was the puppy who was led by the old monk. was beaten by the master, but he still waged his tail and begged for a bone, and after being given a bone, he had to be beaten with a stick.

"How high is the heart, and how high does the bottom heart have to be to be considered high?" The more Ling Tianyun listened, the more confused he became, he could only hear the fog, and he asked again. Anyway, I was hit hard enough by this old monk, even if I asked a few more times, it wouldn't be a shame.

"I ??????" The old monk was speechless by his question for a while, and he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, but this time he didn't hit him hard.

The old monk drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, and said with a long breath: "You muddy boy is simply angry with the old monk me, I think you can't be taught." You have to comprehend these things yourself, what is the point of me saying it, old monk. After speaking, he looked extremely corrupt with hatred and infirmity. He stretched out his cup and motioned for Ling Tianyun to pour the tea.

Ling Tianyun bowed respectfully and filled the old monk with a cup of tea, he didn't speak, he knew that the old monk had something to say behind him. Sure enough, the old monk held the teacup and didn't drink it, but stretched out the teacup in front of Ling Tianyun.

He asked the other person, "What is this?" ”

"A cup of tea", Ling Tianyun replied honestly.

The old monk drank the cup of tea and raised the empty cup to Ling Tianyun and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Nothing, just an empty cup." Ling Tianyun didn't understand why the other party would ask such a simple question, but he still answered honestly.

"If I were to fill this cup with tea, we would say it was a cup of tea. If we fill this cup with water, we will say that it is a glass of water. And that's when there's nothing in the cup, and we notice it's a cup. The old monk glanced at him and said.

Ling Tianyun nodded when he heard this, but he still wondered in his heart, who didn't understand such a simple truth.

"If we want to fill more tea, how do we do that?" The old monk reached out and filled the empty cup in his hand with tea, and asked Ling Tianyun.

"A bigger cup, of course." Ling Tianyun blurted out almost without thinking.

"Do you understand now?" The old monk did not deny his answer, and certainly did not affirm. He didn't continue on this issue, he could only point to it, everything had to be understood by Ling Tianyun himself. Although the young man in front of him is a typical military demeanor in dealing with people, he sometimes doesn't think about being flexible. But he has a tenacity that he prefers, and he doesn't know how much pressure his tough body can withstand.

What does this heart height have to do with this teacup, Ling Tianyun lowered his head and locked his eyebrows in thought. He seemed to think of something, but he couldn't grasp it. And the old monk was drinking alone, he didn't bother Ling Tianyun, it was better for him to comprehend it himself. Otherwise, even if he says it, it won't make much sense.

Ling Tianyun seemed to have grasped something, he opened his eyes suddenly, and a ray of light shot out of his eyes. He understood that he had thought about such a simple truth for so long. This cup is like a person's heart, and a person's achievements depend on his thoughts, his determination and hard work.

"Thank you, Master." He bowed to the old monk from the bottom of his heart and thanked him, although the old monk didn't say anything, but he had actually told him a lot. The ultimate deciding factor is still himself, not others.

At this moment, there was a slight knock on the door, and someone seemed to be outside. At this time, Qin Zhengyang went to borrow dry food and hadn't come back, and the old and young looked at each other and didn't know what to do. The knock seemed to be louder again, perhaps because the person outside the door was impatient or had something urgent.

Ling Tianyun had no choice but to get up and walk out of the door, he couldn't let the old monk open the door, so he had to open the door himself.

As soon as he opened the door, he felt a figure rush through the crack in the door. Before he could see the figure clearly, the figure slammed into him with a breath of fragrance. He subconsciously blocked it with both hands, and his palms touched a soft place, which immediately made his body numb like an electric shock, and his heart fluttered. He hurriedly let go of his hands again, and his soft body collided with him.

He looked at it and felt that the figure was somewhat familiar, and the man raised his head in his arms, and was stunned when he saw the face of the man who had crashed into his arms.