"Master, what is a sword?"

In the evening, Chen Kan and Long'er looked at the beating bonfire quietly, and Long'er suddenly asked in a serious tone.

Chen Kan was stunned when he heard this and looked at Long'er. Chen Kan didn't expect Long'er to ask this question at this time. He was really surprised. Chen Kan found that Xiao Long'er's eyes were full of something called "curiosity".

People's curiosity can be divided into two types, one is called "recreational curiosity". This kind of curiosity is broad and shallow, such as a child staring at the butterfly that has been flying, such as your constant refreshing of Weibo and WeChat Moments... It is used to spend some time and has little effect.

Another type is called "cognitive curiosity". This kind of curiosity can allow a child to read a large encyclopedia and allow an adult to concentrate on learning a subject. It is the fourth driving force for human progress. Almost all human progress and personal great achievements are related to this kind of curiosity.

"Well, what do you think is a sword?" Chen Kan asked back.

However, before Long'er could answer, he closed his eyes and meditated and exercised his skills. He ignored Long'er, and did not listen to Long'er's possible answers later.

What is a sword?

If there is a discipline about sword, just like history and mathematics, a discipline that has its own system, then Long'er's problem must be the ultimate problem of this discipline.

In the discipline of philosophy, there are three ultimate questions, namely: "Who am I?", "Where am I from?", "Where am I going?"

When I heard these three questions, do I feel like watching "Journey to the West"? This is one of the reasons why Journey to the West is a classic. To a certain extent, it is Wu Chengen's answer to these three basic questions.

These three questions are the ultimate questions that all philosophers and even scholars have been thinking about for life. If you can answer these three questions confidently, maybe some people, Marx, Hegel, Wang Yangming...

Maybe not!

The answer to this question will change with a person's age, experience, knowledge level, cognitive ability, etc. It is difficult for you to say what the ultimate answer is, or what the most standard answer is.

So no scholar or any professional book will tell you what the answers to these three questions are. At most, they are discussing these three questions from different angles and levels, and that's all.

Therefore, Chen Kan did not answer this question. Chen Kan's answer could only represent Chen Kan's own sword. It was not Long'er's sword. He had to find his own sword.

Seeing that his master did not answer his question, Long'er felt unsatisfied. Perhaps he had become accustomed to it. Long'er stared blankly at the sparks jumping in front of him, not knowing whether he was in a daze or thinking about his own sword.

In this way, Chen Kan meditated for a night, and Long'er kept staring at the flames until the firewood was burned out, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Although Long'er had a different talent, he was a child after all.

"Long'er, clean up and we'll go back to Chenjiabao." Chen Kan said the next morning, after the morning exercise.

"Ah, are you going back?" Long'er was stunned at first, then he was happy. After all, he was still an eight-year-old child, and having fun was the nature of a child. It was not easy for him to stay in the grassland with Chen Kan for so long.

Chen Kan had high hopes for him, but he did not want to suppress his nature. Chen Kan always believed that only childhood nature can be expressed freely, and creativity will not be limited when he grows up.

"Um!"

"Yeah, that's great!" Long'er jumped three feet high and turned to pack up his things.

Chen Kan looked at Long'er's jumping back and shook his head with a smile. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Child, it's so good!"

After packing up, Chen Kan was still empty-handed except for the box behind him, while Long'er was carrying a big package. The bag was made of wolf skin. It was a wolf that he killed and peeled off by himself, and was sewn by Chen Kan.

The package contains all kinds of strange things, such as wolf teeth, strange-shaped stones, etc. These are gifts he wants to bring to his friends and family.

Chen Kan did not stop him either. He had only one request, that was, he would not help him anything. He had to take it back to Chenjiabao by himself. Long'er patted his chest to ensure that there was no problem. Although Long'er had never been exposed to any martial arts since he was a child, he had the breathing method left by Chen Kan on him since he was a child, so his physical fitness was very good, which gave him great confidence.

Chen Kan just smiled and said nothing. You know, they didn't ride horses, they just leaned on their feet. This was a big challenge for him, even if they were practicing with heavy weights.

Chen Kan only took a night off every two days and one night, which was very hard for a child who was only eight years old, but Long'er finally persisted and didn't throw away anything on the way.

After half a month, Chen Kan and Long'er finally returned to Chenjiabao.

"Head of the family, you are back!" As soon as Chen Kan entered the door, Uncle Chen hurriedly came to Chen Kan.

"What's wrong, Uncle Chen, is something happening?" Chen Kan asked. During the past seven years, Chen Kan often went out to practice. In some places, because the environment was too harsh, the carrier pigeons could not be reached at all. Chen Kan had not returned to Chenjiabao for two years, but nothing happened in Chenjiabao.

"Ten days ago, a man with an ice sculpture mask came. He was very domineering. He said he wanted to find the head of the family. He was very angry when he heard that the head of the family was not here and had a conflict with the people in the castle. This man had very high martial arts skills. He killed many people and left, saying that he would come again in half a month."

"Ice sculpture mask!" Chen Kan was shocked. The first thing Chen Kan thought of was Indra, because Indra's configuration in the TV series was to wear an ice sculpture mask.

"For half of the ice sculpture mask, white hair, and a strong cold air in martial arts, the old servant mobilized all the intelligence networks of Chenjiabao, but there was no news about this person."

Half an ice sculpture mask, a head of white hair, exudes a strong cold air.

As soon as Chen heard Mr. Chen's description of this person, Chen Kan knew who this person was. He was not Indra, but Ice Emperor. There was no such person in the TV series. He was Indra's apprentice, earlier than Luo Xian.

"Uncle Chen, you don't have to look for someone. Since he said he would come again in half a month, I just need to wait for him." Chen Kan said.

"yes!"

After Uncle Chen stepped down, Chen Kan stood in the yard, looking at the sky, his eyes flashed with a flash of light, and he muttered to himself:
Chapter completed!