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The scholar suffered this loss and wanted to quibble a bit more, but he clearly knew that she was the one who had answered his question, even though it was an unorthodox theory, she managed to answer it perfectly. Thus, he had no other choice but to blame himself for being careless and not making a clear decision on the matter, allowing this girl to take advantage of him. Now he could only sigh as he shook his head: "Forget it, little Guo is naturally smart and I am inferior to others. I will submit to you if you have any orders. As long as I can do it, I will not shirk my duties."

Jing Ke and Gong Zhuang Rong didn't expect this scholar to be so much more faithful than the fisherman. In fact, they didn't know that scholars always worshipped others with faith, and never reneged on their promises. After hearing the scholar's words, Gongsheng Rong imitated the scholar's gesture and bowed to him, saying: "Young Master is very talented, I was lucky enough to win and let you win. As for the instructions, I do not dare to accept them. Young Master only needs to answer the question that the two of us asked you earlier. "

The scholar carefully recalled their conversation. He seemed to have understood something, but before he could answer, he asked, "How do you two know where Senior Sun is?"

Gong Zhuang Rong chuckled and replied, "The Soul Bridge is a dead end for those who don't have access to it, so outsiders would normally be unable to enter. Now that Young Master is listening to a poem recitation under the pavilion, of course it's the people here. If my guess is correct, Young Master must have a Senior Brother who lives by fishing, right? "

The scholar turned pale with fright when he heard this. He hurriedly asked, "How does Miss know?"

"This thing is most likely your Senior Brother's. When we entered the Soul Bridge just now, your Senior Brother intentionally made things difficult for us, but told us to give him some acupuncture points, I'm afraid he's still enjoying the cold wind at the end of the bridge."

The scholar naturally recognized that the thing on Jing Ke's back was his Senior Brother's fishing gear. Hearing this, he gave an "ah" sound, then took quick steps, anxious to rescue his Senior Brother. Just as he left the pavilion, he heard Gong Zhuang Rong asking from the side, "Young Master's battle has been defeated, and you haven't fulfilled your promise yet. Are you going to leave just like that?"

The scholar realized that he had been too anxious just now, so he had been too preoccupied with saving people and had forgotten about this matter. He had no choice but to wrench his wrist and sigh, then turned his head and said, "Fine, Master can only blame me for it. You two can only walk east of the Tidal Listening Pavilion and see a tree house in front of you, and that's where Master is."

With that said, the scholar took another quick step forward and sped towards the Soul Bridge without looking back. But he heard Jing Ke loudly shout behind him: "Many thanks! "Your senior apprentice brother has broken the barrier in his energy sea and dummy gates. All you need to do is open these two acupoints!"

The scholar naturally took it to heart, but he did not answer and instead walked straight to the Soulbridge. After Jing Ke and Gong Zhuang Rong pointed out that scholar, they looked at each other and smiled. Then, they continued to follow the scholar's instructions and headed east.

After approximately another incense stick of time had passed, Jing Ke saw a shabby tree house in front of him. That house was only casually built with a few tree branches, but the top of it was covered by some messy straw. Such a shabby house seemed as if it could be blown away by the sea breeze at any time, yet it was able to sit here that surprised Jing Ke.

As he got closer, he saw that there was a chair by the side of the house. On it sat a thin figure with a worn-out appearance. In front of the figure was a slender bamboo pole, as if he was fishing. Could it be that this was the senior, Sun Pa? Jing Ke thought for a while and felt a burst of pleasant surprise. He turned around to look at Gong Luoran and saw that she was also full of smiles. He immediately walked over with her and walked over to that figure.

As he approached the figure, Jing Ke saw from the side that it was indeed an old man. His face was deeply sunken, and his hair was neat and white. Seeing this person's side, Jing Ke couldn't help but think of his respected teacher, who also had this sort of look. He was pleasantly surprised, but also a little sad, but he didn't think too much about it.

"Junior Jing Ke and Gong Huorong have travelled thousands of miles to find him, especially here to pay respects to Old Senior Sun!" The two of them bowed extremely respectfully towards the old man.

The old man didn't turn his head, but stared into the distance. He didn't move an inch, as if he was a statue.

Jing Ke knew that those high level people who lived in seclusion would not easily answer, thus he had an idea. He muttered to himself: "The Jade Tide hears the rain at night, laughing and watching the clouds rise."

When the old man heard Jing Ke's sudden words, his body seemed to be slightly startled. However, the movements were too small and it was impossible to tell if he had moved at all, but he heard a very low voice and said, "Was it Sima Kong who told you to come find me?"

Although that voice was low and hoarse, it was filled with vigor. It was the voice of the old man. When Jing Ke heard this question, he was overjoyed in his heart. He immediately bowed and replied, "Junior fought in the Central Plains and encountered a thorny opponent. I was lured here by Mister Sima to request senior's help."

When the old man heard Jing Ke's words, he only smiled, and his laughter was extremely low, almost passing by in a flash. Then he said, "Sima Kong knows that this old man will not come out of the mountain again, but he still wants to bring you two here. Presumably, he doesn't want to talk about the world anymore, and wants to bring this old man down."

Hearing the old man's words, Jing Ke felt a burst of bewilderment and bewilderment in his heart. What surprised him was that this man never left his house, but knew that Sima Kong had already left his world and was looking for pleasure in the fields by himself.

"Could it be that old senior is really only willing to spend his entire life with the ocean tide, laughing while watching the storm and not asking about the hardships of the world?" If that's the case, then why did senior imitate the Great Master and fish in the air? I'm afraid that senior is waiting for someone to come and invite senior out right? " Of course, he had also heard of the story of the Great Young Master who caught the bait, but just now he didn't notice that the fishing line on the fishing rod actually didn't have a buoy, and was completely submerged in the water. This Old Senior Sun in front of him was also waiting for someone to come and find him?

However, who would've thought that the old man would laugh again. He didn't seem to listen to Gong Zhuorong's words at all. He only said in a more serious tone, "Hehe, the young lady is extremely smart, but you seem to have guessed wrong this time." When the old man finished speaking, he waved his hand and picked up the fishing rod, only to see that apart from a thin long line, the fishing rod was completely empty. The old man raised his fishing rod and stared at the fishing line floating in the sea breeze. He said, "Back then, the Great Master used to hook the line with a straight needle. Naturally, he wanted to become an official. Fishing was only for one's temperament. It was enough to see the ebb and flow of the tide. If one pursued fame and fortune too much, one's life would be extremely difficult. Moreover, fame and fortune can only pass by in the blink of an eye. In the end, people have to give in to the dust, so how can one take away these false reputations? "

Both Jing Ke and Gongsheng Rong were stunned by what the old man had said. They originally thought that Sun Pai lived in seclusion, and was only waiting for those who could invite him to come out of seclusion. However, they never thought that he had truly seen through the affairs of the world and was no longer willing to be involved in disputes with the world. Jing Ke was extremely regretful, but if Sun Pai couldn't leave the mountain, the unruly Yu Li Formation wouldn't be able to be broken, and the allied forces of the six nations would be blocked outside the Corridor, and they would be forced to return without success. Thus, he pleaded once again, "Old senior, the Qin Nation is now tyrannical, and the citizens are in the middle of suffering. Could it be that Senior will really bear to not ask the citizens to suffer?"

After the old man heard Jing Ke's words, he continued to stare ahead in silence, letting the sea breeze whistle past his ears. Jing Ke saw that his pupils were sunken, and the experience was clouded by the passage of time, but it was still vigorous and radiant. Indeed, it was almost the same as the belly of a great man, he did not expect that this man in front of him was the famous number one military advisor of the Qi Kingdom, Sun Wei. But this old man, who was almost a hundred years old, was without a doubt Sun Wei. Ever since he helped Qi, Tian Ji, to defeat Wei, Sun has been outside the military advisor since Ma Ling took revenge on his senior brother Pang Lu. However, Tian's old age was in a state of disarray. Qi was in a state of chaos. Sun Pai had to resign from the family, but his original ambition was ruined. After so many years, the people had long since died, but who would have known that although he was almost a hundred years old, he was still alive in the world, and was now sitting in front of Jing Ke.

Sun Zhang gazed at this imposing young man and slightly nodded his head. He then said, "Young Hero, do you know why Sima Kong lured you here?"

Being asked by him, Jing Ke had a face full of shock, as he shook his head repeatedly.

"A year ago, Sima Kong and this old man met in an unruly fashion, and as the two of them talked, each felt that the other was a talent of the country, but at that time, he was inclined to be an official, and I was inclined to be a recluse. Neither of us could convince the other, so he left a message: If he were to return as I did, he would bring me out of the mountain. So you came to me with his words. He must have seen through the world and hid in the mountains with me. So this young hero, someone like him, who places so much importance on the career of an official, has ultimately chosen to go into seclusion. Yet, you still insist on asking me out.

After Jing Ke heard Sun Ba's words, he finally understood. So Sun Bo had already made up his mind not to leave the mountain, so let alone coming here to invite an unknown junior like him, he would definitely not agree to come here from such a reputable person like Sima Kong or Fan Yuchen.

As Jing Ke thought of this, he couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed, a depressing atmosphere burst forth from his chest, immediately his vital energy and blood were in turmoil, his internal Qi was out of tune, and he almost lost his footing and fell down. And just at that moment, he suddenly heard someone not too far away yell, "These two thieves are too cunning. If I were to meet them again, I must tear them into ten thousand pieces!"

That voice belonged to the fisherman that Jing Ke had locked at the Soul Summoning Bridge. Now that his Junior Brother had rescued him, how could he not be angry? This time, he cursed for a bit, just in time to see Jing Ke and Gongsheng Rong standing solemnly behind Sun Pai, and couldn't help but feel angry, so he took a big stride and used a "asking for fish" move, reaching over and throwing a punch towards Jing Ke.

Originally, with Jing Ke's martial arts skills, not to mention the fact that the fisherman openly attacked him, even if someone secretly attacked him, he still wouldn't be able to escape from his awareness. That was why he didn't even notice that the fisherman had injured him. On the other hand, when Gong Zhuang Rong heard someone shouting behind her, she had already noticed that the fisherman was trying to kill Jing Ke, and immediately shouted loudly: "Young Master Jing, be careful!"

Jing Ke had originally been in the midst of harming himself, but when he suddenly heard this loud shout, he immediately reacted, but that fisherman's fist wind had already reached the center of Jing Ke's back, the distance between them was less than a foot, adding on the fact that the fisherman was already extremely angry, this move was fast like lightning, it was already impossible to dodge at this distance, he could only take a punch from him.

However, in Jing Ke's < The Eight Styles of Defense >, there was a move called Inkfish self-defense, which allowed him to use his movement technique in an extremely short amount of time to avoid the opponent's attack. But when this move was used, although it could protect his body from harm, due to the speed of its transformation, his will had already stayed on the spot, just like the Inkfish spraying ink to help him escape. After this move was used, Jing Ke's figure had already appeared on the other side of Gongsheng Rong, and the figure condensed by his will still received that fisherman's punch.

That fisherman clearly felt that his fist wind had already fiercely struck Jing Ke's body, but when he focused his eyes, the figure that he struck instantly disappeared without a trace like a cloud of smoke. When he carefully searched for Jing Ke, he discovered that Jing Ke's real body was already at the side of Gong Zhuorong, and he couldn't help but be shocked, "You stinking brat, what kind of demonic technique are you using!"

And just as he was about to shout out loud, Sun Ba's face was filled with surprise. He muttered to himself, "Eight moves, Mo Shou?" That fisherman paid no attention to Sun Pa's expression, he only wanted to show Jing Ke, and then shouted: "Stinky brat, take my attack again!" Saying so, he used "Fish Leaping Dragon Gate" and swung his legs upwards, sweeping his legs horizontally in front of him.

Jing Ke originally wanted to dodge the fisherman's attack, but it was an easy task, but he was at the side of Gong Zhuang Rong, and the fisherman's attack could not hit him alone, so in order to not let Gong Zhuang Rong get hurt, he had no choice but to use his internal energy to resist. One move, "Painted Ink Guard", circulated his internal energy to the limit, and blocked in front of Gong Zhuang Rong.

That fisherman's moves were indeed fierce, but his inner force cultivation couldn't compare to Jing Ke's Mo family's internal energy cultivation method. With a "peng" sound, his body, which was flying in the air, was bounced back by a strong Qi force, and he was about to fall down to the ground and die. However, when the nearby scholar saw that his senior was about to suffer, he immediately rushed forward and used a technique called "Ink Blasting Dance". He borrowed the strength from the book in his senior brother's hand and allowed him to safely land on the ground.