An Ran asked his master, master, master, what is Jianghu?
The master said that Jianghu is a place, a very big place.
An Ran raised his head and widened his eyes and asked his master, are all the heroes in the martial arts world unparalleled in martial arts?
The master said, nonsense.
An Ran pulled the master's sleeve and asked, master, master, where are the rivers and lakes?
The master handed An Ran a dozen soy sauce bottles and told An Ran that Jianghu was in Madam Ma's soy sauce shop at the foot of the mountain. If he wanted to practice martial arts, he needed to bring the bottles safely down the mountain, and then transport twelve full bottles of soy sauce back to the mountain.
An Ran has been making soy sauce for ten years, and she has just realized that the soy sauce from Uncle Niu's house is one copper cheaper than that from Madam Ma's house.
But An Ran couldn't figure out things like peerless martial arts. Maybe it was because he lacked the secrets to become a hero.
Later, when they were in Lin'an, Jin Deng pulled An Ran's sleeve: "An Ran, An Ran, let me ask you a question."
An Ran pulled away from the memories, but did not look back: "Just ask."
"What is Jianghu, and where are Jianghu?"
An Ran looked at the night: "Jianghu is... A big place."
Then he suddenly turned around and stared into Jin Deng's eyes. There was no sadness or joy in his eyes, and he was completely peaceful: "Jianghu is everywhere."
Jianghu is everywhere.
On the day when the master passed away, he stared into An Ran's eyes like this. There was no sadness or joy in his eyes, and he was peaceful: "The rivers and lakes are everywhere."