"Brother?"

Seeing Lin Ming looking at the wine glass in silence, Jiang Boyun couldn't help but ask.

Lin Ming raised his head, looked at Jiang Boyun, and said, "Thank you..."

Jiang Boyun was startled. He didn't know what Lin Ming was thanking, but it didn't matter. He smiled heartily and said, "Brother and I are in love, and I won't come home until I'm drunk today!"

At this time, Jiang Lanjian also echoed: "Haha, I won't go home until I'm drunk!"

Jiang Boyun looked at Lin Ming and suddenly said: "To be honest, brother is very much like an old friend of mine, that's why I invited brother to drink."

"oh……"

Lin Ming was silent and didn't say much.

"Brother, you are really special." Jiang Boyun was slightly startled. Ordinary people would often ask what kind of person he was, but the masked man in front of him just said a faint "oh".

Jiang Boyun drank down the glass of wine and remembered the duel in Qixuan Valley more than 130 years ago. That unparalleled battle with Lin Ming was the most unforgettable battle in his life.

He sighed in his heart and said: "You are indeed similar to my old friend in spirit, but in fact you are different. You are not as persistent as him. Instead, you are like an old man in his twilight years. However, because of this, you have gained a little more weight..."

"That old friend... I once chased his footsteps, but as we got further and further away, I finally lost sight of him. Now, he should have embarked on the path of pursuing the pinnacle of martial arts. That was his dream..."

"The peak of martial arts..." Lin Ming said quietly, his eyes a little confused, "What is the peak of martial arts?"

He seemed to be asking Jiang Boyun as well as himself.

In fact, over the years, Lin Ming had already begun to doubt the peak of martial arts.

Since ancient times, there have been countless outstanding people, all of whom have been pursuing the peak of martial arts.

Shengmei will do whatever it takes to get to the top of martial arts, Shenmeng will work hard to get to the top of martial arts, and the Holy Emperor of Creation will not hesitate to merge with the devil of the abyss to get to the top of martial arts...

But, how far can they go?

Not to mention them, even the masters of the Shura Road and the creators of the "Holy Scripture"...have they reached the pinnacle of martial arts?

Jiang Boyun said: "I don't know what the peak is. But I think people call the highest mountain among a group of mountains the peak. So, the Jianshan Mountain where I am is also the peak."

Lin Ming shook his head, "Sword Mountain... is not enough."

"Yes, it's not enough! I climbed to the top of Jian Mountain. I can overlook a country, but overlooking the world is far from enough. There are endless mountains in this world, but there is always one mountain that is the highest. The higher the mountain, the higher the mountain.

The higher the mountain, the harder it is to climb, but that’s not the scariest thing. The scariest thing is that you don’t know where the mountain is.”

Lin Ming remained calm and stared at the wine glass. Perhaps he already knew where this mountain was...

The fusion of the three major divine objects in the universe, the way of essence, energy, and spirit, the "Sacred Scripture" for cultivating the inner universe, and the "Book of Heaven" for cultivating the universe...

Is this the pinnacle?

Lin Ming was not sure, but he knew that the Samsara Sword Technique that Jiang Boyun had performed before, and his double sword technique, were nothing compared to the three paths of energy, energy, spirit, and the universe of heaven, earth, man, and the universe.

Even if Jiang Boyun reaches the extreme on his road, it will only be as high as the Sword Mountain.

"Will you keep searching?" Lin Ming suddenly asked Jiang Boyun.

"Why not?" Jiang Boyun laughed and filled the wine glass. "I will keep looking. I know that my vision is limited and I may never find it, but I will still keep climbing. I don't need to really climb.

To get to the highest peak in the world, I just need to climb to the highest peak I can see!"

"Because when I climb a peak, my horizons will be wider, and I can see where the higher peak is. Then I climb down again, climb the new peak I found again, and keep repeating..."

"Does it make sense?"

Lin Ming asked.

He knew that the life of a warrior was so short. If he took detours again and again, he would only waste his youth.

"Yes." Jiang Boyun nodded solemnly and drank the wine in the glass. "Even if I keep climbing all my life, even if I am so small that I can never see where the ultimate mountain is,

But at least...I can constantly surpass myself and beat myself."

Defeat yourself?

At that moment, Lin Ming was shocked, as if something had touched his heart.

Defeat yourself...the biggest enemy in life is actually yourself.

Jiang Boyun is destined not to reach the pinnacle of martial arts in this life, but he still pursues it, because every time he climbs a new mountain, he defeats his former self.

Sometimes, even if a person knows that he cannot achieve anything, he will rush in without hesitation.

Moths fly to the flame, isn't it?

Lin Ming was silent, chewing on these insights in his heart, and said nothing for a long time.

He once said that he was willing to be a moth flying into the fire.

However, humans are not moths after all.

There are people who are willing to be moths fighting against the flame. In fact, after all, when they rush into the flame without hesitation, they can still see hope.

In the past, Lin Ming was also like this.

He said he would be a moth to the flame, and he did it, and he succeeded.

However, the moth will not succeed.

They rush into the flames and face death.

When there is really no hope, when there is real flames in front of them, how many people dare to rush in?

"Drink again!"

Jiang Boyun's words interrupted Lin Ming's contemplation, and Lin Ming drank the wine in one gulp.

One glass after another, I finished drinking the Millennium Mist Flower Wine.

New wine was added, jar after jar, and they drank from many jars without knowing it.

The three of them were not drunk originally, but today, they were drunk.

When people are drunk, they become confused.

In a person's life, ordinary people are struggling for their livelihood, high-ranking officials and nobles are fighting for their career, ordinary warriors are fighting to the death to reach a higher realm, and the race's gods and true gods are fighting for the continuation of the race and the path of life...

I have been fighting all my life, but it is rare to be confused...

Taste the spiciness and you will know the mellow flavor, and you will understand the secret when you are very confused.

This is the artistic conception of wine and also the artistic conception of life...

Lin Ming drank the entire glass of wine countless times. Until all three of them were extremely drunk, they lay on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

During this sleep, Lin Ming slept deeply.

It had been many years since he had slept like this.

Don't worry about the catastrophe of the human race, don't worry about being hunted down by the true god, don't worry about the disappearing fire of your soul.

It's rare to indulge, it's rare to be confused...

…

When I woke up from a dream, the night was already deep.

Jiang Boyun and Jiang Lanjian were still sleeping, and the wine glasses were in a mess on the wine table. There were seven or eight empty wine jars beside them.

Lin Ming looked at it silently for a while and then stood up.

At this time, Jiang Boyun also woke up.

"Want to leave?"

Jiang Boyun looked at Lin Ming. Lin Ming nodded lightly.

"Where to go?"

Lin Ming remained silent and said: "Go to another place..."

He had a premonition that this should be the last time he and Jiang Boyun met, "What about you?"

Jiang Boyun smiled, "I? I should be looking for...another higher peak..."

…

Lin Ming left. Jianshan and his party gave him an inexplicable feeling.

Although during this period, he did not study the techniques, comprehend the way of heaven, or meditate, Lin Ming knew that his soul had actually received an unprecedented baptism.

If the fire of his soul is still strong, then this realization will be unimaginable for his future achievements.

However, he still has not found a way to restore his original soul power...

He climbed over the Sword Mountain, crossed the vast wilderness, and came to the Kingdom of Tianyun.

Tianyun Kingdom is the place where he was born and raised.

This place holds so many memories for him.

Lin Ming stood on a high mountain, overlooking this country. In the vast universe, this small country was so small that even a grain of sand in the desert could not describe it.

However, it carries too many memories of Lin Ming...
To be continued...