七宗未戰,風聲已動。71Please respect copyright.PENANA1uUgdTDT1x
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雲藏、武衡、寂骨三宗邊界之地,近月來風波暗湧,山路無人行、江渡忽斷流,市集半日三問皆不回應。人未動,氣已先斷,整個問界如繃緊的弦,尚未崩響,卻已逼近破口。71Please respect copyright.PENANAcgWOLyRppt
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林慧芳、無名與楚紅練踏入靜城——一座被三宗列為中立之地的古鎮,原本為語修者與散修共聚之所,如今卻寂靜異常。71Please respect copyright.PENANAWhvWUXaU3R
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街上無人高聲言語,茶館無人品談之聲,市井無叫賣之語。所有人彷彿都在「聽」,卻無人願「說」。71Please respect copyright.PENANAUGmHHVoNuM
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林慧芳剛踏入城中,便覺異樣。她向一位賣畫老者拋出一句問語:“今日怎靜得如此?”71Please respect copyright.PENANA8yVEIOpeZX
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老者不語,只將一幅畫捲遞至她手中。71Please respect copyright.PENANAeXev9x1iei
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畫上書三字:**「勿多語」**71Please respect copyright.PENANAsZHHKEunTz
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無名望著畫,道:“是語瘴?”71Please respect copyright.PENANATq11FOB78m
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林慧芳搖頭,低聲道:“不似。語瘴之亂亂於聲,這裡卻是……人自斷言。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAaZnbjfT7pY
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三人未入深街,便在巷尾遇見一位灰袍監者,身背竹簡,眼神銳利,並非當地之人。71Please respect copyright.PENANATKFQB0UILg
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他拱手自報:“武衡宗斥候,應令巡查語術異象。近日有言者入市引幻象,致民自斷語,宗門尚未追責,僅派我觀之。”71Please respect copyright.PENANATFCotaSiGp
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楚紅練冷眼回應:“不追責,是怕追錯了宗?”71Please respect copyright.PENANAkVkbFxSBgK
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斥候淡笑:“此術非正統,來源不明,宗主有言,若不入冊,便不算我宗之法。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAT5zQ8kYZU1
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林慧芳沉思:“語可亂人心,如今卻連未出聲也亂人心……這不是幻術,是語意未明之病。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAkGsizPLkKg
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斥候轉身離去,語中留聲:“有人正在試圖用語構陣,你們若真想知,就去濤臥市。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAyuBT0anADX
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無名望著他遠去背影,微不可聞地說道:“戰,未起聲。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAN5Tapmrtiy
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林慧芳回頭望城:“但聲,已失語。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAh4GFsPBs6D
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靜城之中,風無聲,人無語。問界尚未裂,卻已聞響。71Please respect copyright.PENANAQJ233NbTnp
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濤臥市,江北河岸重鎮,三宗交會之地。71Please respect copyright.PENANAFsEwRQNQxm
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昔日人語熙攘,紙鳶滿空,號子與笑聲接踵,如今卻僅餘一種氣味——沉默。71Please respect copyright.PENANAFV0xfsNZBg
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三人行至市外碼頭,未見攤販、無有渡人,河風中竟混雜微不可察的氣音,宛若低語之聲,在耳邊竄動,無來亦無去。71Please respect copyright.PENANAq6kB5rNOQw
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楚紅練眉頭一皺:“這裡的風,不對。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAI7vHZ1eXa2
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林慧芳蹲下檢視石階,發現其間以極細字跡刻有殘句:「不語之語,最能入心。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAjdx3Vdu5LB
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她輕聲念出,身周空氣陡然一緊,彷彿整個碼頭聽見了她的聲音。71Please respect copyright.PENANAs9OyanPh6O
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風中幻影一閃,一道模糊人影自霧中浮現,形貌不清,步履微顫。71Please respect copyright.PENANAERfBo5l1R6
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“這不是人。”無名低語。71Please respect copyright.PENANAm5sy2O2I4H
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林慧芳退後一步:“是語構之象……有人以語為引,塑了幻人。”71Please respect copyright.PENANA7cxDGwiDgA
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那幻影口唇微動,無聲發言,卻令周遭木欄腐朽、石瓦碎裂,彷彿語意本身擁有了物理的毀壞力。71Please respect copyright.PENANAtQ1O9tIyfz
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林慧芳不敢開口,以目視其唇形,心中暗道:“這不是語術,是……言外之敵。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAjuAvrlS0m6
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“無聲語”者的口型極近某種古語,她驟然想起昔年遊歷藏方寺廟時,曾見過祭語密文,有言:「無聲亦可殺心。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAA97TqjC8LE
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無名忽然踏前一步,一劍斬風,未斷幻影,卻斷其語流。氣浪反震,三人同時退後。71Please respect copyright.PENANA3insrn9e1X
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“這種語,不從人心出。”他淡聲道,“它是被塑造的,來自……未問者。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAmjrRWf99Jd
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林慧芳聞言驚愕:“你是說,有人從未問自身,卻妄語他人?”71Please respect copyright.PENANAmuMC4sH8rD
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無名點頭:“不問而語,是為欺。語若離心,則為兵器。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAeMMmLulvoZ
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風聲再起,幻影破散。濤臥市門緊閉,城牆之上浮現一道模糊文印,猶如禁令,寫著:71Please respect copyright.PENANAbf4cRZF1hR
71Please respect copyright.PENANAow1r0OiJBY
——「語者不入,問者勿近。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAW54wkNXTxg
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這不再是宗門問戰,而是一場語與心之亂。71Please respect copyright.PENANAwaTpiAoSzT
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林慧芳低語:「我們走進的……恐怕不是戰場,是語的墳場。」
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濤臥之局未解,七宗問界已暗潮洶湧。71Please respect copyright.PENANAMhvDJ8Q7DB
71Please respect copyright.PENANAwsJNdBpHWN
武衡宗在東,主修氣鎮與語破,對語術態度最為謹慎,近年派出多組斥候,不表態、不插手,卻處處設眼。 71Please respect copyright.PENANAkQMctLkybJ
雲藏宗居北,素以「心術為上、劍隱於問」為訓,近期傳聞其弟子中出現「異問者」,能以問中嵌語,惑敵心念。 71Please respect copyright.PENANAY6BGHT2pk6
寂骨宗立於中原,沉默不語、不顯於世,然其門下傳出,有一長老已私習破相語,名曰「骨言」。71Please respect copyright.PENANA3KRX3nuU8S
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此外,還有天錄、衡策、潛隱、逆散四宗,皆對「語之亂」持觀望態度,有人說將之視為災,有人卻視之為「新道未啟」。71Please respect copyright.PENANAvz9QJhDNGa
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武衡宗斥候曾密報:「語非術,而是武之顛。若任其亂世蔓延,則戰將無聲、殺將無形。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAAHio3keBEQ
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此言傳至宗界長老會,引發爭論不止。71Please respect copyright.PENANAk7v7GsK2PV
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焚寂山未現於問界,唯自修靜問,然有傳言稱:「焚寂已覺七宗不問之問將至,不出是問,出則破。」71Please respect copyright.PENANALt0yJpvZpP
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種種風聲皆未被證實,卻如流火燎原,各宗心中已難安。71Please respect copyright.PENANAzZVBshj3Jv
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林慧芳翻閱一卷宗間告示時,神情凝重。71Please respect copyright.PENANAd9pcKbejfq
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“他們都想用語來打仗,卻沒人問過語本身……能否承載戰。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAB2NDg8cdPW
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楚紅練冷聲道:“兵器有鋒鈍之限,語若無邊,戰也將無界。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAJqQB2IKe4w
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無名沉默片刻,道:“真正的戰,不是宗門之戰,而是……心中之戰。”71Please respect copyright.PENANA2pqpw7Jkz6
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他望向濤臥市那一道仍未消退的禁語文印,語聲微如風:“當語不為問,而為戰時——誰來問語?”71Please respect copyright.PENANAHMXoXkzaIX
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林慧芳垂下眼簾,聲音輕若自言:“也許,我該再問一次我自己。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAihjxPiaCvV
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七宗未起兵,戰已無聲。風行於語,問將臨界。71Please respect copyright.PENANAraUKqKnYsQ
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夜落濤臥,語風未歇。71Please respect copyright.PENANAWpnvIAho22
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林慧芳獨坐於市外古橋之上,手中翻著一冊未完的語術筆記,頁上密密麻麻記錄著她自創的語式片段,卻在今日看來皆如虛字。71Please respect copyright.PENANAxpq9TJ8hwS
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她忽然感覺,那些昔日自以為巧妙的話語、譏諷、破敵的句式,在語瘴與幻影面前竟顯得蒼白無力。71Please respect copyright.PENANAw06SwSAbuE
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她輕聲唸出一句:「若語可惑人心,能否反問自己?」71Please respect copyright.PENANAjnnJh9fNxI
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語音落地,橋下水波紋動,一道倒影浮現水面——那竟是她自己說出這句話時的模樣,卻比真身更冷漠、更寂靜。71Please respect copyright.PENANAuoCZVvoDJh
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她驚覺,語術本為破人心防之術,若用之不慎,亦可能反噬施語者本心。71Please respect copyright.PENANAhQPYhXcOr2
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“你說的話,是為了誰?”倒影中她問自己。71Please respect copyright.PENANAx69dDfc2PW
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她驀地閉口,將書冊合上。71Please respect copyright.PENANA946CMy8ZZg
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遠處,無名靜靜站於橋邊未上前。他望著她的背影,像是明白這一刻無須語言。71Please respect copyright.PENANAn8IiOdN1dq
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楚紅練則立於橋尾,看著兩人,不語,但目中帶著一絲微妙的憂色。71Please respect copyright.PENANANr9GcBxvqZ
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語術之問,已不再只是外敵幻象,而成為林慧芳內心真正的戰場。71Please respect copyright.PENANA2oFafAgWrK
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她第一次真正質疑:「我說的每一句話,是否只是為了不讓自己沉默?」71Please respect copyright.PENANAqcAuewWUfX
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星光映水,倒影緩散。林慧芳低語一聲:「或許……該試著不說話了。」71Please respect copyright.PENANALX3gMEKr3o
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此語既出,她竟感心口微震,像是多年的束縛鬆了一線。71Please respect copyright.PENANAo5Owo7kN9M
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語者無語,言止心問。71Please respect copyright.PENANAwUNl4K3LIU
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這一夜,她未再開口。而她的語術,也將從此轉向。71Please respect copyright.PENANAHNGEdnGKGT
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次日清晨,林慧芳未語,亦未笑。71Please respect copyright.PENANAc57I7ehCeK
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她行於市中,如常人般觀街、看市、聽風,但不再與人問話。那曾經源源不絕的話語,像在一夜間枯竭,留下的,只是一種近乎異樣的寂靜。71Please respect copyright.PENANAzca5PFgr3M
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楚紅練與她並肩而行,幾次欲言又止,終是放下。71Please respect copyright.PENANALORcHMP1Qw
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無名則如往常般沉默,但他的沉默與林慧芳不同。無名之靜,是自然;林慧芳之靜,是一場修行。71Please respect copyright.PENANAiISYQ9tm54
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行至市東古語碑前,那原是供旅人留語之地,碑上滿是詩句與問語,此刻卻滿佈被人以墨重寫之字——71Please respect copyright.PENANAx3jQrK8Dgk
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——「問無可問,語無所依。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAZFi5sevEhk
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林慧芳駐足良久,忽掏出墨筆,卻未書於碑上,只於手心畫下一句——71Please respect copyright.PENANADAks2cZZjZ
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——「無語可破,當自破心。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAX1V285NjC3
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她將此語握於掌中,未展開。71Please respect copyright.PENANA3ScBrNCdX5
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無名望向她,輕聲問:“不語,是懼?”71Please respect copyright.PENANApMdJfHVpXv
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她搖頭:“是不再倚。”71Please respect copyright.PENANAbY2xdF6NtQ
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“那之後呢?”71Please respect copyright.PENANAwoqXTMXfwE
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林慧芳露出一抹淡笑,這是她今日第一次展現笑意,卻不帶戲謔與調侃,只是沉靜而真切:71Please respect copyright.PENANAilkVHjp7Bu
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“之後再說。”71Please respect copyright.PENANA1CTgUb1Vfy
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她轉身離去,步伐無聲,像語術之風已隨她封存,心中卻似在重構另一種語言。71Please respect copyright.PENANAvFTpb8LuV6
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語者不語,不為敗,亦不為退。71Please respect copyright.PENANAbpOCTq9eAq
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她的語術,正在經歷一次無聲的重生。
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當夜,三人於濤臥市西廢塔留宿,此塔舊為道坊所建,年久失修,如今僅存四層,塔心破窗如眼,對著滿月。71Please respect copyright.PENANAbuAn5oKy6H
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塔內無語,風聲如織。71Please respect copyright.PENANAUVitHaadfZ
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林慧芳席地而坐,面前放著那本語術殘冊,已三日未添一字。她將手掌中前日所書「無語可破,當自破心」攤開,望之如鏡。71Please respect copyright.PENANAmnXdwOQGbv
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她輕輕將那句話覆在殘頁之上,壓著不寫,卻不忘。71Please respect copyright.PENANATIpyABuk8J
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楚紅練盤膝靠牆,劍橫膝上,目不轉睛地望著林慧芳。71Please respect copyright.PENANA3lxLk3aOT3
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「妳是真的打算封語?」她問。71Please respect copyright.PENANAL7C3V2r9bJ
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林慧芳抬眼,語氣淡然如霧:「語不是不再用,而是不能再亂用。曾經我一語破敵,是因我知他人之破,但我從未想過……我自身是否已碎。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAIzWwQ0qBdb
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楚紅練沉默,許久才道:「若語成刃,會傷己也會殺敵。妳不怕?」71Please respect copyright.PENANAfvJ7LNoseC
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林慧芳笑了,這一次笑得淡然卻堅定:「我不是怕它成刃,而是怕它……從來就不是語。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAqAVmBdbJN3
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她指尖在殘頁上輕畫,如同布劍氣。71Please respect copyright.PENANAjdLDlvCm1N
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「所以我要重新打造它。不為言巧,而為問心。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAxEDFB144CH
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此言一出,無名睜眼,輕聲開口:「語若破心,非為敵器,而為己問。」71Please respect copyright.PENANAfbgD3jJsyG
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林慧芳回望,兩人目光交錯無聲,一種心境共鳴悄然成型。71Please respect copyright.PENANARpuHVd1dLH
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這一夜,林慧芳未說一句話,卻於無語中,將語術重新置於問與破之上。71Please respect copyright.PENANAqjBrP2aj1H
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她的筆未動,但筆心已轉。從今往後,她的語,將不再為破敵之術,而為問己之刃。71Please respect copyright.PENANAxK5MmsvWv7
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語將成刃,心將問破。71Please respect copyright.PENANAVxam77Q35E
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第二日天明,她的冊頁仍舊空白,卻如新頁未書,正待開章。
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清晨,濤臥市東城門緩緩打開,塵土未揚,聲息全無。71Please respect copyright.PENANAfGg55wkWlZ
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三人立於城外野道,背對古鎮,前望問界。他們未被逐,也未被召,只是知——留者困於語,離者自問其心。71Please respect copyright.PENANAboWMZpibjw
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林慧芳最後回望城牆,牆上那句「語者不入,問者勿近」仍在,卻已不刺眼。她淡然一笑,不語離去。71Please respect copyright.PENANAeHqCKni11v
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楚紅練緊隨其後,長劍不出鞘,步伐穩定如昔。她望向林慧芳背影,心中難得泛起一念:「她若封語成道,當真可開一宗?」71Please respect copyright.PENANArfkrCi92Bu
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無名最後離城。他在門口駐足良久,目光落於城下殘磚裂縫中,那裡曾有一字碎語——「戰」。71Please respect copyright.PENANA8iaKi9lI8e
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他輕輕以劍尖一畫,將那字圈住,不斷也不塗,只留下筆意。71Please respect copyright.PENANAYfTL54gfmQ
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三人步入問途,風起無聲。71Please respect copyright.PENANA8cPw0CE6jf
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那日之後,濤臥市封語七日,七宗皆靜,不發一兵。71Please respect copyright.PENANAylexgJTZsk
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但宗門心火已燃,語術之勢難止。雲藏宗內部傳出消息,有弟子於密室以「問語」構陣,劍斷虛形;武衡宗則於邊陲設問境,試以語破幻。71Please respect copyright.PENANAs9L6zxREI3
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林慧芳的沉默,未止語亂,卻啟了另一場無聲之戰——語能否為道,能否成宗,能否破相,成了七宗之外最危險的問題。71Please respect copyright.PENANAco3sEY7rwY
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那是語未問之問,刃未斬之斬。71Please respect copyright.PENANA65dHyRbg5d
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她未說出口的話語,將於後日化為最鋒利的思想。而當她再言之時,那不會只是語——而將是一場靜極生聲的戰爭。71Please respect copyright.PENANAOpG95C6KF4
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無聲之戰,已悄然開幕。71Please respect copyright.PENANADTPq0TqjeF
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語者無語,劍者未出,心者未問。71Please respect copyright.PENANAvHvQF62EF8
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破,將由此啟。
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