Chapter 657
Fan Xian looked at Sigu Jian . After a brief moment of silence, he moved toward the head of the bed and stretched his hand under the Great Grandmaster's head and pillow . This action was done very slowly . The skin on the back of his hand and wrist could clearly feel the wheat shells stuffed into the pillow, as well as the thin strands of dry hair scattered messily across the pillow .
The tips of his fingers touched something hard . The pads of Fan Xian's fingers gently moved against it . He knew it was a small notebook wrapped in rough cloth .
Pulling his hand back and bringing out this little notebook, Fan Xian did not immediately open up the rough cloth . Instead, he stared dazedly at the notebook and matched it to the guess in his heart . This was something Imperial Advisor Ku He had left behind and solemnly given to him by Sigu Jian . Presumably, it was a rarely seen treasure . It was a slim notebook . The true treasure was probably the content recorded on it .
Sigu Jian did not rush him . He only looked calmly and indifferently at that corner of the room . It was as if he was not by his side and hadn't reached his hand behind his ear earlier .
Fan Xian couldn't resist such a powerful sense of curiosity . In front of Sigu Jian, he unwrapped the cloth and looked at the contents inside . Unlike what he imagined and Sigu Jian had said, there wasn't a notebook inside . There were two notebooks .
Fan Xian shook his head with a smile and casually opened up the notebook on top . He looked at the incredibly familiar heart of the Tianyi Dao, which he could recite backward . It was impossible for him to hide his hopeless smile .
Before Sigu Jian died, he personally instructed him on the knowledge of controlling sword intent through intentions . Before Ku He died, he didn't forget to deliver the Heart of Tianyi Dao to his hands . Fan Xian's mouth was slightly bitter . It looked like these strange creatures of the elder generation really were strange . They had entrusted their last hope for the destruction of the Qing Emperor to him .
Before the Great Grandmasters left this world, they wanted to leave a sufficiently powerful enemy for the Qing Emperor . However, the enemies outside of the Qing Kingdom were not sufficiently scary, so they had chosen someone from within the Qing Kingdom .
Ku He had his second disciple forcibly extend Chen Pingping's life and put down pawns in Xiliang Road . He knew that after he died, cracks Northern Qi could make use of would appear between Fan Xian and his convenient father because of what had happened in the past and what was happening now .
Sigu Jian had proffered Dongyi to Fan Xian with both hands but had also given Fan Xian a great burden that was heavy and weighty .
"You really think well of me . " Fan Xian shrugged and drummed his fingers gently against the ultimate technique, which was considered a treasure by the Qing Mountain sect . "Or, perhaps I should say you are all too daring to entrust this illusory and fleeting hope to me . "
"Your mother is a woman of Dongyi . It is natural for me to entrust my hope to you," Sigu Jian said in a raspy voice . "However, even Ku He, that damn baldy, was willing to give you such a great gift . That was truly out of my expectations . "
Fan Xian stared at the Heart of Tianyi Dao in a daze . He thought that when Ku He died, he probably still thought Fan Xian had only learned the changed version of the Heart of Tianyi Dao from Haitang . He had not known that Haitang had ignored his orders and passed the true Heart of Tianyi Dao to him because she had been worried about his injury .
He didn't know what Haitang was doing on the grasslands now . The songs of the Hu people had begun to ring out and create internal conflict among the Western Hu . No matter how talented she was, she wouldn't be able to have much effect being so removed from the borders of Northern Qi .
Before his death, Ku He had delivered the true Heart of Tianyi Dao to Fan Xian . It was because he hoped to gather the strengths of a number of people to create another Great Grandmaster in the world .
"Learning too broadly may not be a good thing," Fan Xian said .
Sigu Jian slanted his eyes at him . "I knew you had already learned the stuff from Qing Mountain . It looks like Ku He never met you, so he did not know this . The notebooks he gave you are indeed not of much use . "
"However, these notebooks are still of some use to the disciples of the Sword Hut . " Fan Xian watched him calmly . Of the four Great Grandmasters, only Ku He and Sigu Jian widely accepted disciples . Given Sigu Jian's ability in accepting disciples, how could he not put to great use and pass on to his disciples the secret of Tianyi Dao he had suddenly obtained?
"This is for you and, furthermore, it is the damn baldy's previous trust in me," Sigu Jian said proudly . "I won't disdain to look at his things . "
The corners of Fan Xian's lips twitched as he nodded . "If I didn't tell you the matter of Ten Family Village, you wouldn't have given these notebooks to me, right?"
Perhaps these words had hit on Sigu Jian's concerns . Sigu Jian had to determine just how loyal Fan Xian was to the Qing Emperor and how much he would look out for Dongyi . Only then could he make up his mind . Passing on Ku He's legacy was one of the things he had to decide .
This Great Grandmaster did not admit to this . He only coldly said, "You've already learned the contents of the notebook, what difference does it make if I give them to you or not?"
"But, there is another notebook underneath . " Fan Xian's eyes gradually calmed . He lifted the second notebook . Staring at Sigu Jian, he asked, "The four Great Grandmasters have been equal for a long time . You do not disdain to look at the martial method of Tianyi Dao because you are already familiar with Ku He's style and know that no matter how much it is practiced, it will not cause the Sword Hut to make a huge leap forward . Are you not curious as to what the little notebook with the Heart of Tianyi Dao Ku He had solemnly handed to you is?"
The little notebook was very thin, probably only 20 pages or so . Fan Xian's palm was pressed on top . He looked at Sigu Jian with a smile waiting for his answer .
"Of course, I am very interested because I don't know what other abilities Ku He, that old baldy, had other than the lame zhenqi that could be used to plant flowers and trees," Sigu Jian said in a raspy voice . "You asked earlier what the use of learning a bit of everything is . It is useful to learn broadly . Even if you don't use it, you can examine it . "
"So, you examined it . "
Sigu Jian did not deny it . Coldly, he said, "If I'm going to be the postman, it's fine to have a look . "
After a moment of silence, Sigu Jian closed his eyes slightly and said, "It's a pity that I couldn't understand . "
When he said these words, Fan Xian had already curiously flipped open the little notebook . He was interested in what was recorded inside . After he curiously opened the thin notebook, he became disappointed .
Fan Xian also could not understand anything . When it came to martial realms and martial comprehension, Fan Xian was far inferior to this Great Grandmaster . He looked disappointedly at the strange collection of words on the page . He stared at it fixedly but could not understand it .
"Pu-rui-si-ma-wei-na, pu-rui-gou…"
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