My Sword Has a Way

All I saw was a green wooden sign, the size of a palm, with the small characters "Column B 127" engraved on it. It was the test wooden sign that Xu Zhian had requested at the government office in the main city.

Xu Zhian looked at the wooden sign with hope in his eyes. He carefully put it away and placed it in his arms.

As soon as I turned around, I saw a handsome young man walking towards me.

Today, Xia Shuyin has changed into a white Confucian robe and is holding a black sword, giving people the heroic spirit of a young gentleman.

This was the first time Xu Zhian saw that the handsome boy next door was so high-spirited. As the old man in the village said, clothes make the man. It was as if he had changed into a Confucian robe. The boy suddenly became more scholarly, no longer careless and cynical.

Xia Shuyin walked up to the boy and asked, "Are you okay last night?"

Xu Zhian nodded and said, "It's okay. Thank you for last night."

The boy rarely did not tease Xu Zhian today: "No, don't do things like killing people in the future. It's addictive."

Xu Zhian did not answer the handsome young man. Xia Shuyin shook his head slightly: "By the way, I will leave Xiaolingang today."

When Xu Zhian heard this, he quickly took out three copper coins from his waist, handed them to the handsome boy and said, "This is for you. I heard from the old people in the village that if a friend is going to travel far away, he must give some small gifts as a blessing. I don't have any other gifts, just these three copper coins, please don't mind."

Xia Shuyin did not reach out to take it. He knew that the young man in front of him was extremely poor and always lived a tight life. Recently, even eating was becoming a problem. These three copper coins must be the last bit of savings of the young man. How could he accept them?

Xu Zhian smiled slightly and said, "I give this to you because I treat you as a friend. That's all. If you don't like it, you can throw it away on the road, but don't refuse it in front of me."

Xia Shuyin took the copper coin and looked at the stubborn and somewhat obstinate young man in front of him. Suddenly, he felt a little dazed. Wasn't this exactly the bad habit that he had always wanted Xu Zhian to change? But now, for some reason, he suddenly felt that this was Xu Zhian, simple and pure, stubborn but also kind.

Xu Zhian added: "Also, if you can thank Mr. Gai for me, I won't see you off."

After saying that, he picked up the bucket and walked towards his yard at the corner alley. The handsome young man looked at the three copper coins in his hand, then walked away, then laughed loudly: "Xu Zhian, I, Xia Shuyin, recognize you as my friend. If one day you can't live anymore, come to Shengxian Mountain to find me, and I will make a bed for you. If you have something in your heart that you don't have anyone to tell, just write to me and I will definitely write back!"

Xu Zhian looked back at the handsome boy walking away, did not reply, but just nodded slightly.

The morning sun shone on Xia Shuyin's back. The young man walked away on the wind, full of high spirits, with both joy and willows swaying in the wind. From then on, Xiaolingang lost a Xia Shuyin, and Shengxian Mountain gained a young swordsman.

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When Xu Zhian returned to his yard, he saw the man in black talking to his younger sister, and the girl looked unhappy.

When she saw Xu Zhian coming back, the girl's expression immediately changed and she said happily, "Brother, are you feeling better? Meng Yao was scared to death last night."

The young man nodded slightly to the man in black, then turned to the girl and said, "I'm fine, I'm in good health, don't worry."

Seeing this, the girl was a little unconvinced: "Brother, please don't lie to me."

Xu Zhian smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother is fine."

Seeing this, the girl said happily: "That's good, brother, here you go."

Xu Zhian looked at the candied haws in the girl's hand and smiled. Last night, he told his younger sister that he had just bought some candied haws at home and asked the girl to go home and wait for him, and to keep an eye on the big wooden box at home to prevent it from being stolen. The girl then returned to her own courtyard with the man in black.

Xu Zhian: "Little sister, please eat it. I bought it especially for you."

The girl shook her head. Xu Zhian took a bite of the candied haws helplessly. The girl immediately said happily: "Brother, what do you like to eat the most?"

Xu Zhian thought for a moment and said, "Steamed buns with meat filling."

Xu Zhian vaguely remembered that when he was young, the eldest son of the Zhang family once showed off in front of him. His servant even insulted Xu Zhian, saying that as long as he could crawl under the crotch of the young master, he would be given a meat-filled bun.

The young man always refused and was beaten by Zhang's servants. They insulted him and said he was worse than a dog. Then they threw the buns in their hands to the stray dogs foraging on the roadside. Since then, Xu Zhian never went to the alley where the Zhang family's mansion was located again.

The girl seemed to remember something and suddenly felt that Xu Zhian was right: "The buns are indeed delicious. When I have money in the future, we will buy all the buns in Yishui City and eat buns every day."

At this time, the man in black came over and said, "Meng Yao, as long as you agree to go to Qi's house with me, you can eat steamed buns every day, and even more delicious delicacies from land and sea."

The girl said impatiently: "I won't go to that Qi family with you, I want to be with my brother."

The man in black said patiently, "Meng Yao, this world is far from being as beautiful as you imagine. People are always born, grow old, get sick, and die. There are wars and disasters. Just like yesterday, if I hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid your brother would have fought with those two villains to save you and eventually died. And those two villains are just ordinary ants. If you meet a cultivator, you can only be bullied. At that time, will you still yearn for this beautiful corner of the world?"

The girl looked a bit struggling, not knowing what to do. Seeing this, the man in black said, "If your brother is in danger, what can you do as a weak woman? Over the years, your brother has been looked down upon and humiliated outside, insulted and beaten, and even cursed by others, and you can only watch all this happen helplessly without any way to do anything. Isn't this a kind of torture and suffering? As long as you are willing to follow me to the Qi family, you can practice the art of longevity, become an immortal who can fly into the sky and hide in the ground, and have the power to punish everything. By then, although this world is big, who dares to humiliate you."

The girl's face became increasingly ugly. Xu Zhian could only sigh slightly when he saw this. He was the same.

Xu Zhian looked at the girl who looked a little thin due to malnutrition and said firmly: "Little sister, follow uncle to the Qi family, that is your real home. Haven't you always wanted to know your life experience? You want to know who your biological father is, and want to ask him why he abandoned you and mother. Now that you have found your family, the answer will not be too far away."

The girl looked at Xu Zhian with red eyes: "Brother, can you come with me? Meng Yao doesn't want to leave you."

Then the girl turned around and asked the man in black: "I want to go with my brother. If he doesn't go, then I won't go either!"