Richard and Dugu Jian stayed in this small courtyard until evening, and when the parents of these children returned from work picked them up one by one, neither the children nor their parents knew the identity of Dugu Jian, they only regarded Dugu Jian as the original owner of this small courtyard, an ordinary kind-hearted old man.

"Old man, it's you here today." When the parents of each child saw Dugu Jian, they all smiled and said hello, and some of them held something in their hands, and they didn't forget to give him a little, "Old man, this is the wild vegetable I just picked, you can take it back and eat it with my husband." ”

For the simple kindness of these people, Dugu Jian did not refuse, and all nodded and took it with a smile. It is now the season of spring, not long after the beginning of spring, the sky is as dark as winter, and when the last child is picked up by his parents, the sky has completely dimmed, and Dugujian and Richard also have a lot of wild vegetables in their hands.

After closing the courtyard door, the two returned to the city lord's mansion, and after ordering the kitchen to add an extra wild vegetable soup to dinner tonight, Dugu Jian took Richard back to his small courtyard, sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard, Dugu Jian smiled at Richard: "How is it?" I'm not bad in this Peerless City, isn't it? ”

Richard smiled and nodded, although the Wushuang City is even bigger than Chang'an, but today he walked around with Dugu Jian and stayed in the small courtyard for a while, which made him feel the difference of this Wushuang City, unlike Chang'an City, where the gate valve stands and the class is clear and cold, this Wushuang City has a human touch.

Dugu Jian picked up the tea set on the stone table, pointed to the pool in the corner of the yard, and a thin stream of water flew out of the pool and fell into the purple clay pot, after putting the pot on the charcoal fire, he turned his head to look at Richard and said, "Okay, let's talk about you kid." After receiving the letter, I thought that you came to Wushuang City to find me for the matter of the Yin Sect, but you said that you had already solved it, so you should have come to me for something else? ”

Richard's face became extremely serious, and he said seriously: "The junior is here for the way of the sword, senior Dugu, I want to know what is the way of the sword?" ”

"Poof... Ahem, what is kendo? You kid practiced the Holy Spirit Sword Technique to the level of sword twenty-three, but you came to me and said that you don't know what kendo is, and ask what kendo is?! Dugu Jian said in surprise, looking at Richard's eyes as if to say what the hell are you teasing me?

Richard smiled bitterly: "Junior, I really don't know. ”

Dugu Jian looked at Richard for a while, and seeing that Richard's expression didn't look like he was lying, he smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know the way of the sword, but I have practiced my Holy Spirit Sword Technique to such a level, I don't know whether to call your kid a genius or your kid a fool." ”

Saying that, Dugu Jian shook his head and continued: "As for what kendo is, I don't know either. ”

"The world says that I was born a sword idiot, learned swords at the age of five, became famous at the age of nine, and understood the way of the sword at the age of thirteen. But I don't know what I've learned, I only know that after the age of thirteen, I see everything like a sword. ”

"Look at everything like a sword?" Richard frowned and muttered, he suddenly remembered the fourth sword in the sword mound where Dugu sought defeat, the wooden sword that had decayed, and the description of the wooden sword in the sword mound was that after the age of forty, it was not stagnant, and the grass, trees, bamboos and stones could be used as swords. Since then, he has been refined, gradually moving to the realm of no sword is better than a sword.

Richard said secretly in his heart: "Grass, trees, bamboos and stones can be used for swords and Dugu Sword to see everything, it is like the sword is not different in nature, Dugu has used the nameless sword, Ziwei soft sword and Xuantie heavy sword in his life, and all types of swords have been tried to finally reach this realm, do I have to go his way again to meet the conditions for using the true solution of the sword?" ”

He thought about it for more than an hour, thinking about where he had reached the first step of the fourfold realm of the sword, soft sword, heavy sword, and wooden sword, and then he should switch to the soft sword or continue to use the sword until he polished the heavy realm of the sword to the extreme.

Richard muttered to himself: "Now if I use the sword to fight the enemy, it is against the Ximen Blowing Snow, and I can live thousands of moves without falling behind, and it is extremely difficult to improve in the realm of the sword, and my next goal should be to practice the soft sword to the same level as the sword." ”

At that moment, a voice came from outside the courtyard, causing Richard to wake up from his thoughts.

"Old city lord, it's time for dinner."

Turning his head to look, he saw a steward of the City Lord's Mansion standing outside the courtyard with a candle flame in his hand, followed by several beautiful maids, three maids holding lanterns in their hands, and the remaining maids holding dishes in their hands.

Dugu Jian put down the teacup in his hand and nodded with a smile, "Okay, then let's eat." ”

The steward walked into the courtyard with the maid, first put the candle on the stone table, and then turned his head and instructed the maid to put the dishes on Zhuo one by one, a total of four dishes and one soup, the soup was made of wild vegetable soup made from the wild vegetables sent by the child's parents according to Dugu Jian's instructions, Richard scooped a bowl and drank it and then said in surprise: "Strange, this soup..."

The general wild vegetables have a bitter and astringent taste, and some will have an earthy smell, people who like this taste call it fresh, and people who don't like it are difficult to swallow, but there is no such taste in this pot of wild vegetable soup at all, and this soup is not the kind of bitterness that simply covers the wild vegetables with heavy materials, but uses some other method to make the wild vegetable soup extremely delicious.

The steward on the side hurriedly said: "The cook told me that they blanched this wild vegetable twice in water, and then cooked it with the duck soup to enhance the flavor and preserve the original taste of the wild vegetable as much as possible." ”

"I see." Richard nodded, and glanced at Dugu Jian strangely, ordinary people dig wild vegetables to satisfy hunger, and take them home to blanch them to taste bitter, but it can be poured into the kitchen of the city lord's mansion, because Dugu Jian's command to wild vegetables has become a major dish, if the parents of those children know that they used an old duck in order to cook a pot of wild vegetable soup, they have to scold a loser.

After eating, the steward who was waiting outside the courtyard walked into the courtyard again with the maid and took away the dishes and chopsticks.

Richard lived in Wushuang City for a total of three days, and in the early morning of the fourth day, Richard offered to leave, and Dugu Jian sent him to the door.

Standing at the gate of the city, Richard turned to Dugu Jian and hugged his fists and smiled: "Senior Dugu, don't send it, the younger generation will bother you again in the future." ”

Dugu Jian nodded, took out a wooden box and threw it to Richard, and said, "I'll give it to you." ”

Richard took it and opened it, only to see that in the wooden box was a black soft sword, the soft sword was about three feet three inches long, the blade was as thin as a cicada's wings, and it flashed with a little cold light.

Dugu Jian said lightly: "The sword name is Black Cicada, if you practice the soft sword and don't know where to find the heavy sword, you can come to Wushuang City to find me again." ”

Richard glanced at Dugu Jian gratefully, put away the black cicada and nodded vigorously, and responded with a smile, "Eh! ”

Richard then turned to leave, Dugu Jian stood at the city gate with his hands behind his back, looked at Richard's back and said softly: "Love is too difficult and bitter." In comparison, the path of Dugu seeking defeat is indeed more suitable for you. Boy, you're smart and you've chosen the right path. ”

(End of chapter)