Time flies, cold and summer alternate, and another five years have passed.

In the backyard of the Han family, Han Shi sweated like rain, and the firewood knife was waving whining, and the thirteen-year-old Han Shi was about to catch up with the Han blacksmith.

If someone is around, they will be surprised to find that the body that looks a little thin on the outside looks very well-proportioned after taking off the shirt, and there is no feeling of thinness at all.

The gray stone hangs on his chest, no matter how he sways it, it has a natural meaning, just like a part of Han Shi's body, although he doesn't have large muscles, but there is a strong force hidden in his body, like a lurking beast.

It's just that the eyes are still so clear and clear.

Swinging the knife 6,000 times is a must-do every afternoon when you get home.

He did not chop wood, but only swung his sword, and within half an hour, he did not stop, and swung three thousand times with his left and right hands.

"Familiar with the force of the knife, do it freely, move if you want to, stop if you want to, it is a small success, but compared with my husband, my hand is still not stable enough when moving the knife. ”

"Although the section of this morning class began to show signs of smoothness compared to before, it was still far from enough, and it was still far from the section like jade, not to mention, every time either the firewood was cut or the stone slab was cut out of a trace. ”

His hands trembled slightly, and he was sore, but Han Shi made up his mind that he would have to practice a thousand times today.

In the past five years, on Woniu Mountain, Han Shi has only done three things, one hour to chop wood, one hour to study, but it takes two hours to sharpen his knife.

Spring went to summer, in June, when the scorching sun was in the sky, Xuanyuan Wen leaned on the bamboo chair, his eyes seemed to be open, as if he was sleeping.

Han Shi sharpened his knife on the bluestone slab on the side, the blade sharpened faster and faster, sprinkled a little water, and stroked it with his right hand, and suddenly a ghostly light flashed away.

Han Shi was silent, glanced at Xuanyuan Wen, turned around, and continued to sharpen his knife.

As if seeing the hint of impatience in Han Shi's eyes, Xuanyuan Wen didn't open his eyes, and said softly: "Han Shi, in the past five years, you have been practicing hard every day, I see it in my eyes, the knife you used in your morning class today is already very good at your age, do you know why I want you to chop wood?"

"Shi thought that chopping wood would help me know how to control my strength, exercise my body, and learn advanced martial arts. ”

"That's a good point, but why do you want to study?"

"Reading can be reasonable, but also can understand the world, I can say this truth, not only the teaching of Mr., but also the credit of reading. ”

Xuanyuan Wen glanced at Han Shi appreciatively, "Han Shi, you are indeed a smart child, but do you know that from ancient times to the present, those big people who shook the past and the present have never been the smartest people when they were young, do you know, why?"

"I don't know the stone, but I hope that Mr. will teach me. ”

"That's why I let you sharpen your knife, and tell me how you feel when you sharpen it. ”

Han Shi was silent for a long time, and said: "Sir, sometimes, the more I grind, the more irritable I become, just to complete Mr.'s instructions, I insisted on it for two hours, I don't understand, why the blade has been sharpened, extremely sharp, and I have to continue to sharpen, isn't it useless?"

"Yes, it's not right. ”

"If you just sharpen your sword, it is useless, but if you sharpen your mind, it is not useless. ”

"Han Shi, when I was getting started, I also said the same thing to my master, but I realized it too late, so my realm in this life is limited, and I don't want you to be the same as me. ”

"Sir, what did you get into? It must be very powerful, right?"

"You'll find out later, it's not the time yet. Xuanyuan Wen's eyes froze, looking at the back of his hand, and his eyes showed the color of memory.

"Master only said five words to me at that time, sharpening the knife is sharpening the heart. ”

"Han Shi, the knife is rusty and needs to be sharpened, but if the heart is rusty, how to sharpen it?"

"Everything in the world can make your heart rust, if there is nowhere to grind, if there is no grinding, then the rust will not end, until the heart is rusty. ”

"Rusty hearts are demons, and this is true for mortals and immortals. ”

"The smartest people always like to bypass problems or solve them in other ways, but this is the most difficult thing in the world, and it is not something that can be done by being smart. ”

"What is needed is to be pious and sincere, pious and persistent, pious and persistent, dare to face your own heart, without the slightest hypocrisy, Han Shi, you can do it...... For a lifetime?"

Xuanyuan Wen's eyes burst out with dazzling brilliance, looking directly at Han Shi's eyes, as if he wanted to see through Han Shi's heart.

"The stone is taught. ”

When Han Shi heard this, his hands were folded, his eyes showed piousness, and he immediately sat down cross-legged, his eyes closed, and an ethereal feeling rippled from Han Shi's body to all directions.

There was a sudden silence around, and outside the fence gate, the whistling mountain wind seemed to be a lot quieter, but in this courtyard, even the mountain wind could not blow in, like a corner forgotten by time, and everything was quiet.

Epiphany, Xuanyuan Wen's eyes showed shock, and it was rare to see it in those monks who had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, and seeing an epiphany in a thirteen-year-old child was the first time in his thousands of years of cultivation.

Han Shi sat facing east, there was a mist slowly drifting out around him, and the gray stone on his chest was windless and automatic, slowly floating from his chest, floating in front of Han Shi's eyebrows, as if looking at Han Shi, it was very weird.

After ten breaths, the gray stone suddenly turned black, and after a breath, it turned white, and so on, slowly, the mist condensed, becoming a millstone-sized yin and yang double fish, appearing behind Han Shi, and the cycle was endless.

Xuanyuan Wen's eyes were filled with shock, and under the agitation of his heart, he hurriedly pinched his hands, and a transparent cover array of thousands of zhang appeared on the top of Woniu Mountain, isolating the breath inside and outside, after doing all this, Xuanyuan Wen turned around, his face was extremely solemn, and his eyes stared directly at the gray stone.

He could feel the extreme danger contained in this little gray stone.

"Thirteen years ago, the thing that Han Shi held in his left hand at that time and made me feel the terrifying aura was this small stone?"

As soon as Han Shi sat down cross-legged, he felt a sudden darkness in front of him, his body seemed to be swept up by the wind, and he swayed up with the wind, and in a snap of his fingers, he passed through the boundless sea of stars and came to a continent in the void.

The continent is boundless, the ground is very flat, and at a glance, it seems that you can see the end of the sky, and the ground is covered with grass and trees, and it is lush and green.

Only on a small hill not far away, there are two trees standing side by side, and there are many plants and trees around them, which makes them particularly abrupt on this flat ground.

Suddenly, a sigh passed by Han Shi's ears, and Han Shi's eyes looked at it, and the sound seemed to come from between the two trees.

It's just that the place where these two trees are located seems to be not far away, but no matter how Han Shi steps, he can't get close.

Han Shi also left in the opposite direction, but after a long time, when he turned back, he found that the distance between him and the two trees had not changed.

It's as if Han Shi is walking, and the two trees are also walking, no matter what direction they are going, the trees are always neither far nor close to each other.

It's out of reach!

In the dark, there was suddenly an incomparably certain belief in Han Shi's heart, if he could go under those two trees, he would have a wonderful encounter.

At this moment, a second sigh was heard in Han Shi's ears.

Han Shi's complexion changed, he closed his eyes, and listened carefully to the sound of this sigh, for a long time, Han Shi felt shocked in his heart, this sigh was not heard by his ears, but directly sounded in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that there was not the slightest malice in this sigh, Han Shi believed that he would definitely be in danger at this moment.

And after that sigh, there was a faint aftersound that did not dissipate, and in Han Shi's mind, it swirled for a long time.

Han Shi has already seen that this place is by no means an ordinary place, and there is weirdness everywhere, at this moment, since he has come here, he can only be bold and careful, if he is afraid of this, lose the opportunity and not say it, it may bring him life worries.

Han Shi's mind completely regained its calm at the moment when the second sigh completely dissipated, and what filled his mind at this moment was the faith that came from the underworld.

When the third sigh came, his eyes did not open, but took a step.

He didn't know where this step would go, let alone where the end would be, he just followed the guidance that his sigh brought him, and pursued it.

It's like walking in the dark, not knowing things, and it takes great courage to fall every step.

A blind man riding a blind horse, approaching a deep pool in the middle of the night, unknown opportunities, unknown dangers, everything is unknown.

I don't know how long it took, the sigh no longer appeared, but was gradually muffled by the sound of the commotion, Han Shi could hear it, it was the wind, the sound of the leaves, Han Shi stopped, slowly opened his eyes.

The place where Han Shi stands is between two trees.

The road that he once couldn't find had been left behind him, and he couldn't see the way he came, and he didn't want to see it.

The road is not seen, but walked.

Even if you don't look at it, you can walk out of the road, and with the guidance of your heart, you can still walk to the place that is out of reach.

For a long time, Han Shi rubbed his eyebrows, he couldn't see the difference between the two trees, if he hadn't stood between the two trees, he could walk under the two trees and reach the place, he would mistakenly think that these two trees, one is true, and the other is the tree in the mirror.

The leaves of the two trees are pale blue, showing a hexagonal shape, and there are many veins on them, which are connected to each other, forming a completely different picture, as if there is a heaven and earth in which the truth is hidden and sometimes appears.

The leaves were blown by the wind, and a flood of desolation emanated from them, as if these two trees were ...... Heaven and earth.

Not long after Han Shi's eyes carefully stared at the twin trees, a shocking protrusion appeared, and the tree on the left began to wither at a speed that he could see.

In less than half a burnt of incense, it had already died, and even the trunk of the tree was dry and cracked, revealing a withered black color, but the yellow and falling leaves were scattered quite evenly within five zhang of the tree, and the wind came, and it was not moved.

The tree on the right is full of vitality, the emerald green on the leaves is rich and full, as if there is an overflow and falling, and the texture on the body of the tree, and the veins in the leaves, emerge at the same time.

It is as if this tree is the source of the Heavenly Dao.

This tree exudes an eternal meaning, and at this moment, it is the source of life, and it will never die one day.

"A tree withers, a tree prospers. Han Shimu looked thoughtful, stared at the two trees, and was silent.

"Between this withering glory, there must be an important heaven and earth, and whenever you encounter a major event, you must first meditate. ”

"I'm going to be quiet and wait for the change. Having made up his mind, Han Shi sat cross-legged between the two trees.

As time passed, the stars in the sky dimmed, and the sky grew darker.

The last trace of starlight also disappeared into the sky, and the complete darkness engulfed Han Shi, but Han Shi still opened his eyes wide and looked into the distance, as if he wanted to see through this boundless darkness.