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Chapter 112 Above the Waterfall
Until Xie Zhao swayed out of the west gate of Zhaoge carrying the wine bottle, and continued walking west for several miles, finally finishing the small bottle of sake.

At this time, when you look up, you can already see the towering, majestic and holy Shentai Palace in the distance.

And perhaps because she had been drinking, her forehead was actually slightly sweaty.

"tsk"

Xie Zhao shook his head slightly and murmured to himself:
"How much wine did you drink just now? As expected, I didn't have enough internal energy, so I realized that I didn't have the capacity to drink at all."

Normally, after walking for several miles on the official road outside the west gate of Zhaoge, and then continuing on the branching path to the west, you would hardly see any human habitation.

The Shentai Palace has a respected status, is holy and noble.

Unless it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every three years, when the goddess retreats in the high tower temple to ask the heaven and pray for the country, the common people will spontaneously and consciously carry the ever-bright lantern near the Shentai Palace and look up to the tower in the distance with reverence. Except for the outline, it will basically not go close to this area at other times.

But the last two days have been different.

Shen Wei, the second master of the Shen family in Ruyang, stood quietly at the foot of the Shentai Palace and asked about the sword attendant of the "Thousand-year-old Sword Immortal" and the injured bird on the road of the "Golden Platform". It was like a drop of cold water suddenly dropped into a pot of hot oil!
In Nanchao Tianchen, it has been many years since there has been an open martial arts competition between masters. It is really rare and rare to see.

Especially one of them is related to the "Thousand-year-old Sword Immortal" who has always been known as the best sword in the Southern Dynasties and the best sword in the world, which is even more incredible.

When the Sword Immortal draws his sword, many people will never have the chance to see him in their lifetime.

But now there is such an opportunity in front of us. The world can do the next best thing and be lucky enough to see the half-step void realm swordsman who has practiced the "Hetu Swordsmanship" of the Sword Immortal. This way, he will have no regrets in this life. !
Therefore, not only is everyone in Zhaoge City excited and discussing in teahouses and restaurants, but also people from the surrounding counties and masters of various factions have heard the news and rushed to Zhaoge uninvited, wanting to have a look. The two masters asked about the style of sword competition.

Along the way today, Xie Zhao saw a few people heading in the same direction as her.

But gradually, she went further and further off the road, not only deviating from the main road of the official road, but even the trails with traces of people's trampling gradually deviated.

Xie Zhao walked on the gradually steeper and primitive gravel dirt road, heading upwards with difficulty in the bushes.

I don’t know how much time passed, but the dense forest was finally completely left behind.

The sky suddenly appeared in front of me, and the scenery suddenly became brighter.

The water and sky were the same color, the wind and waves were magnificent, and we actually reached the top of a mountain wall with stunning scenery.

The sound of flowing water below the mountain wall was loud, and it was obvious that it was a waterfall hidden near Shentai Palace.

Xie Zhao finally stopped.

The scenery of the rock walls here is beautiful and the terrain has a huge difference, so the sound of the waterfall flowing down the river and the slap of the water as it hits the pool are almost deafening.

This is a "secret base" that Xie Zhao discovered when he was a child.

The scenery is majestic and beautiful, yet deserted and rarely visited. She used to like to sneak out from the Shentai Palace to stay here for a while when she was a child.

There was no other noise here except the roar of falling water, which was perfect for her to soothe her often restless heart;
Due to the strong impact of the terrain, the force of the falling water under the waterfall is terrifying. It is also a rare and perfect place for her to hone her epee.

When he was eight years old, Xie Zhao loved to jump down and stand in the pool, holding an epee weighing as much as a thousand catties, and slashing open the waterfall with a single strike of skylight.

When she was young, she especially liked the feeling, as if one person and one sword made up the world.

No one disturbs him, he relies on his sword to cut through the sky, he is invincible, and he is invincible in every battle.

Xie Zhao was really unruly in the past, so maybe she was so smooth in the first half of her life that she never seemed to be afraid of anything.

She used to feel that as long as she wanted to, there was nothing in this world that she couldn't do.

Strange, it is said that people like to reminisce about the past as they get older.

Why is it that she is only twenty-nine years old and already she is beginning to look back on the glorious past?

Today, Xie Zhao has experienced many things that are not humane to outsiders.

Once I had nothing, I lost all my past, but I still seemed to be fearless.

She lowered her head and smiled.

Yes, since we have already lost everything, why should we be afraid?
She used to be very curious and always wanted to get to the bottom of everything.

But now she feels that there are some things that have reached this stage, and there is no need to dig deeper to find out.

Seeing everything too clearly will only cause trouble for yourself.

Xie Zhao even thought with pleasure: This is not just a broken pot. I have clearly achieved a great state of mind and can immediately escape into Buddhism and ascend to become a Buddhist master.She picked up a small white smooth stone on the ground.

This place was originally a mine, so this stone is unique to the scenery here.

At first glance, it looks like precious jade, smooth and crystal clear.

So, she looked at the mountains and the water. She was in a happy mood and played with the small stones carefully for a while. She couldn't help but bent down and picked up a few more stones from the ground.

Xie Zhaozai wiped it clean carefully. The surface of each stone was slightly dirty due to rain and mud.

It wasn't until she lifted it up and held it up to the sunlight to make sure that each one was white, clean and round that she nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he put them back one by one into the sachet around his waist.

Xie Zhao touched the coarse cloth sachet on his waist with a smile and said to himself:

“Although this stone is not valuable, it is hard and clear.

Since they are all here, why not take a few pieces back for them to play with, and maybe make a hairpin or something, which is also strong and durable. "

She praised herself in a serious way.

"I know how to live a good life, so I can't come here in vain, can I?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Zhao suddenly stopped smiling and moved his ears very lightly.

Behind
someone.

Although her Dantian is now empty and her martial arts level is low, her insight and ears are still sharp.

And the fighting instinct that was almost engraved in her bones made her instinctively realize that she was not the only one nearby.

She knew that man was looking at her.

The probing eyes followed her closely, almost nailing her back.

The other party didn't seem to have any plans to hide himself, he just exuded his presence in such a thorny way, as if he wanted to see how she would react.

There was nothing unusual about Xie Zhao on the surface, and it could even be said that he looked as if nothing had happened.

As if she had nothing to do, she took two steps forward, squatted down, and picked up small white stones on the ground, but in fact, she had already started thinking quickly in her mind.

Who could it be?
Is it because of the recent bustle of the so-called "Wenwen", ordinary passers-by who were attracted and lost their way and stumbled upon this place, or...
Strictly speaking, she was not the only one who knew this place in the past.

Besides her, there was actually one person who knew the strange scenery of this place.

That person is one of the three masters of the Immortal Mysterious Realm in the world today, and the current owner of the Shentai Palace, the high priest Nanxu.

Shouldn't it be him?
It can't be such a coincidence?
Xie Zhao faced the source of the waterfall flowing down, with his back turned, frowning in deep thought.

Nanxu rarely leaves the Qingxu Hall of Shentai Palace, and even more rarely goes out.

Even during the emperor's wedding in the third year of Jing'an, he refused to be summoned to Zhaoge City to preside over the wedding of the emperor and the empress. He refused and never left the Shentai Palace. How could he come to this wilderness and steep cliff outside the Shentai Palace now?

She didn't think that Nanxu was the kind of person who had nothing to do and went out to relax and travel.

Xie Zhao laughed in his heart. The man in Nanxu was as calm as water. How could he be troubled?
If there is no distress, there is no need to relax.

But this place is the boundary of Shentai Palace. Who is such a person with such a strong sense of presence, if not Nanxu?

It can't be that little guy from Orange Emblem, right?
At this moment, Xie Zhao felt quite embarrassed.

Because only by knowing exactly the true identity of the person looking at her behind her can she make a reasonable judgment and decide what her next move would be more appropriate.

If she was really an ordinary passerby, she would just leave openly.

But if the person behind him is really Nanxu, it will be really troublesome.

I'm afraid she will have to direct and act in a good play by then to barely pass the test.

Xie Zhao lamented that she must have forgotten to read the almanac when she went out today.

(End of this chapter)