Chapter 136 Seeing the Ancient Well, that Afternoon that Gu Yu Will Never Forget

When Gu Yu heard this, his eyes first lit up, but soon dimmed again.

He looked at his arms, which were already shaking just by raising them, and smiled bitterly:

"Sir, although I am sometimes a little stubborn, my spirit is really... old."

He raised his head and looked at Xu Taiping with a complicated look in his eyes, and asked:

"Sir, is this really possible? Is it suitable?"

Xu Taiping met Gu Yu's gaze and looked over, and said with a serious look:

"At least in this world, no one is more suitable than you!"

From childhood to adulthood, except for his brother Gu Yang, this was the first time that Gu Yu saw someone believe in and praise him so much.

"No, there is another person, Mr. Hongli!"

"Back then in the Hongli Library, Mr. Hongli also believed in the stupid me like this!"

Thinking of Mr. Hongli, Gu Yu suddenly burst into tears again.

But immediately, he wiped the tears from his face with his sleeves, and then nodded heavily and said:

"Since the immortal believes in me so much, I will do my best to practice!"

Xu Taiping nodded, and then continued with a serious look:

"However, after learning my sword skills, you have to avenge the eight villains in the Eight Heroes Valley by yourself."

"The three of us can only protect you at most."

Hearing this, Gu Yu froze there, muttering:

"This...the eight villains in the Eight Heroes Valley are not something that ordinary people can, can deal with..."

Xu Taiping did not respond, but continued:

"Do you want to learn my sword skills and avenge the murder of your master yourself, or let the three of us avenge the murder of your master on your behalf, you choose."

Gu Yu's face was immediately full of pain when he heard this.

He has always been cowardly, and even if there are three immortals in front of him, it is difficult for him to muster the courage to seek revenge on the Eight Heroes Valley.

Even when he was young and strong, he didn't dare to think so.

Because in his opinion, the eight villains in the Eight Heroes Valley were so strong that even the knights in the rivers and lakes could not compare with them. If he went there, he would just die in vain.

There are even rumors that the eight villains in the Eight Heroes Valley have been instructed by immortals and practiced immortal arts.

This is why, after more than 60 years, the eight people's skills are still the same.

Dongfang Yuejian, who was standing by, saw this and whispered to Xu Taiping in confusion:

"Brother Taiping, why did you let him go alone to deal with those eight villains?"

Xuanzhi also looked puzzled at this time and said:

"Brother Taiping, isn't this inappropriate?"

"No matter how gifted he is, it will take at least ten years to practice a sword technique to perfection."

Xu Taiping did not explain to Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi, but stared at the old man Gu Yu in front of him and continued to ask:

"Gu Yu, have you forgotten how your husband Hongli died at the hands of those eight villains?"

Gu Yu heard this and immediately hugged his head and shook his head:

"Shangxian, don't say it, don't say it anymore!"

Xu Taiping did not stop and continued to ask:

"Gu Yu, what do you think your brother Gu Yang would choose if he was standing in front of me today?"

Gu Yu said in a trembling voice:

"If it were my brother, he would definitely choose to learn Taoism from you without hesitation, and after his sword skills were perfected, he would personally kill the eight evil men!"

Xu Taiping asked in a deep voice:

"What about you? Don't you want to?"

Gu Yu looked up at Xu Taiping with a painful face and said:

"Shangxian, how could I not want to? It's not that I don't want to, but I dare not think about it, and I can't think about it!"

Gu Yu said with a face full of self-blame:

"This is the last chance to avenge Mr. Hongli. If I waste it like this, I will not be able to rest in peace when I die!"

Xu Taiping asked very calmly:

"Gu Yu, do you look down on yourself like this?"

Gu Yu's heart trembled when he heard this.

Because there was a person who asked him this question back then.

This person was Mr. Hongli.

In an instant, Gu Yu suddenly felt dizzy and his eyes went dark.

When he opened his eyes again.

Gu Yu found that he had returned to that afternoon many years ago.

He saw himself who had to climb up the old elm tree in the nearby forest because he was chased by wild dogs, but did not dare to come down.

He also saw Mr. Hongli, who stretched out his hands under the tree, ready to catch him.

And his brother Gu Yang, who also stretched out his hands to him.

Although Gu Yu knew clearly that the scene in front of him must be an illusion in his mind.

But when he saw Mr. Hongli again, he suddenly couldn't help but feel his eyes warm and said:

"Mr. Hongli, you are still so handsome."

Mr. Hongli, with a plain face and long hair flying in the wind, looked up and smiled at him:

"Gu Yu, be brave, don't look down on yourself."

Even after many years, Mr. Hongli's smile still made Gu Yu feel very warm.

At this time, Gu Yang also opened his arms and shouted to him:

"Brother, don't worry, I will definitely catch you!"

After a long time, Gu Yu heard his brother's voice again, and his heart was clenched, and an indescribable bitterness surged out.

The two people in front of him were the two most important people in his life besides his parents.

How could he not want to avenge them personally?

How could he not want to wipe out the lingering fire in his mind with his own hands?

Although he knew that what he saw was just an illusion in his mind, he still couldn't help but ask the two of them:

"Brother."

"Mr. Hongli."

"Is Gu Yu's really okay?"

Under the golden sunset, Gu Yang and Mr. Hongli smiled at Gu Yu and nodded gently.

The next moment, the illusion disappeared with the wind, leaving only the voices of Gu Yang and Mr. Hongli, floating in Gu Yu's mind--

"Gu Yu, my good brother, you have never been a coward in my heart."

"Gu Yu, although you love to cry, but the teacher knows that when the friends in the library are in danger, you are always the first to stand up. Aren't you trapped in this tree today just to lure away the wild dogs in the mountains? Good boy, the teacher saw it all."

Almost at the same time when the two voices disappeared, Gu Yu resolutely jumped down from the "tree".

When he opened his eyes again.

Gu Yu found that he was lying on the ground next to the old well in the backyard.

Turning his head, he saw three immortals sitting at the old stone table in the backyard, tasting the old wine he used as a sacrifice.

"Are you awake?"

It was Xu Taiping who first discovered that Gu Yu had woken up.

"Sir, immortal... I... I am sorry!"

Gu Yu struggled to get up.

Master Xuanzhi, who had already walked over, leaned over to help him up, and then smiled:

"Just now you should have been poisoned by the headless grass, but don't worry, your body is quite special, and this poison can't harm you."

Gu Yu thanked him repeatedly after hearing this.

At this time, Xu Taiping also came to Gu Yu.

Unlike Xuanzhi, who had a gentle smile, Xu Taiping still looked serious.

After confirming that Gu Yu's body was fine, Xu Taiping asked directly:

"After sleeping, you should have thought it through, right?"