Section 6: Picking the Stars

But it was said that Ye, Nangong and others went south. Ye Xiaotian's mount was purchased by Nangong Dirong for a lot of money, although it was not as good as her and Jinxi's Dawan horse, but it was also fast. In a few days, it traveled more than 400 miles and arrived in Kaifeng. The three of them heard rumors from the Jianghu people all the way, Sancai Fort was full of heroic orders, and Yundao captured Nangong Jiu, the rebel son of the Nangong family, and wanted to be tried in the eighth martial arts at the beginning of the next month.

Nangong Dirong was very worried, so she wanted to turn northwest and go to Sancai Fort to save Nangong Jiu. Ye Xiaotian persuaded: "Nangong girl, going to Sancai Fort at this time is tantamount to throwing yourself into a net. ”

Nangong Dirong hurriedly said: "But how can I watch Brother Jiu die? His Sancai Fort is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and I will also break through!"

Ye Xiaotian stepped forward immediately, grabbed the reins of the yellow horse, and said: "You calm down, I don't want you to watch Senior Brother Nangong die, Senior Brother Nangong naturally wants to save him, but at least think of a complete strategy." Peng Dishi and Peng Renshi are very different, but Peng Tianshi should not be underestimated. It is said that he has practiced Peng Sancai's Xuanhuang internal strength and Sancai sword technique, and his skills are no longer below his father's time. ”

Nangong Dirong was confused, biting her lip, and said blankly: "Then, what should I do?" Jinxi said: "Miss, the three of us can't beat so many of them, if we want to save the Ninth Young Master, I'm afraid that the eldest young master will have to go out." Ye Xiaotian also said: "The top priority is to wash away the grievances of Senior Brother Nangong, if the rumors can be stopped, then the matter of the public trial of Sancai Fort will naturally be self-defeating." ”

"I don't know where Brother Yuan went...... Di Rong knew that what Jin Xi and Ye Xiaotian said was reasonable, so she had to turn back to the horse's head. Ye Xiaotian walked side by side with her, and said slowly: "Ling Zun died at the hands of the Star Picking Tower, and this whole thing must be related to the Star Picking Tower. It's a pity that no one in the rivers and lakes knows where the general altar of the Star Picking Building is, if you can find the killer of the Star Picking Building, you may be able to ask one or two. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a coquettish laugh and said, "You are looking for the Star Picking Tower, but you don't know that the Star Picking Tower is also looking for you?"

Ye Xiaotian raised his eyebrows, and saw a little girl in white clothes coming to the side of the road, the girl was only about eleven or twelve years old, with a double beard and a childlike face. But Ye Xiaotian was like a great enemy, and tightened the dragon's spine sword in his hand.

Jinxi asked, "Little sister, are you the one who picks the star tower?"

The girl in white smiled and said, "Little sister, what do you say?"

Seeing her smiling Yan Yan, Jinxi really didn't believe that she was the killer of the Star Picking Tower, so she said: "Little sister, here in the wilderness, don't play around here, go home quickly." ”

The girl in white shook her head and said, "Little sister, haven't you heard of such a sentence? You only look at my surface and think that I am just an ordinary little girl, but you don't know that I am not an ordinary little girl. As she spoke, she smiled, revealing two cute little dimples, and then shook her hands to reveal two silver-white emei thorns.

Ye Xiaotian said: "Jinxi be careful. She was dressed in white and holding an Emei thorn, if I guessed correctly, she was one of the eight days of the Star Tower. ”

"Hey, it's worthy of Ye Xiaotian, who is more knowledgeable than Nangong Yuan's subordinates, Ruan Jin, Shi Bingchuan or something. Kan Aitian smiled.

She slowly moved over, Ye Xiaotian said loudly: "Stand back!" As she spoke, she pulled out the Dragon's Spine Sword, and slashed her hand at Kan Aitian's chest with a move of "Walking Ma Lantai", he was jealous and hateful, knowing that the other party was a character from the Star Tower, he would not be merciful.

"What a handsome swordsmanship. Kan Aitian turned around and dodged, followed by another flash, Emei's twin thorns had stabbed at Ye Xiaotian, this retreat and advance, it was really fast as lightning.

Ye Xiaotian didn't dare to be careless, the sword in his left hand first blocked her left stab, and then he stabbed to the right to open this move. He reined in his horse and retreated, and the dragon's spine was split, which was another trick "returning in February". There are two variations of his move, which can be left or right, and it is decided according to the direction of the opponent's retreat, which can be described as a feint attack, and then plan to move, which is very exquisite.

I didn't know that Kan Aitian didn't avoid his slash, and he went straight up. She was petite, and she could avoid Ye Xiaotian's horse's head, and Ye Xiaotian would not want to attack her unless he cut off his horse's head.

Ye Xiaotian shouted: "It's not good." Just as he was about to retreat, the horse neighed, and blood spurted out of his throat, which had already been pierced by the twin thorns of Kan Aitian Emei. Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to jump up, put his feet on the saddle a little, and floated back. He jumped down this vertically, and the flaws were all out, how could Kan Aitian let it go?

Ye Xiaotian was in the air, and he couldn't retreat, so he had to block the dragon's spine sword in front of him, blocking Kan Aitian's right hand as a chest stab, and then he turned the sword around, and the dragon's spine sword had dragon teeth on it, and under this block, Kan Aitian's Emei thorn was locked, and then this spin, Kan Aitian only felt that the tiger's mouth in his right hand was shocked, and the Emei thorn was almost out of his hand, she hurriedly retreated, and she didn't dare to enter again with half a move in her left hand.

Nangong Dirong saw that Ye Xiaotian's horse had fallen, and hurriedly asked Jinxi to retreat. She knew that Kan Aitian was petite, advancing and retreating like electricity, and it was difficult for the two of them to compete on the horse, but it was easy for the mount to be attacked and killed by Kan Aitian.

Ye Xiaotian is taller, in contrast to Kan Aitian's petiteness, as soon as the two of them get up, they dismantle dozens of moves in the blink of an eye. Nangong Dirong was shocked when she saw that Ye Xiaotian didn't have half an advantage: "This girl is young, and she is already one of the eight days of Star Picking Tower. What's even more terrifying is that Brother Ye's martial arts are not under Brother Yuan, and he can't fight this little girl at this moment. ”

Ye Xiaotian was also secretly frightened: "Although this girl's internal strength is not high, her moves are wonderful, every time I attack her with the method of 'splitting the box and splitting the armor', she should not be able to return the move, but she can use unexpected methods to counterattack me or block every time." He didn't know that Kan Aitian, a yoga secret technique, could make her limbs soft to boneless, and her arm was no more than two feet long, but suddenly it skyrocketed by half a foot;

It is important to know that this yoga secret technique originated in India, and when ancient Indian yogis were cultivating their bodies and minds in nature, they accidentally discovered that various animals and plants were born with methods of healing, relaxing, sleeping, or staying awake, and when they were sick, they could be healed naturally without any treatment. Therefore, yogis imitated and experienced according to the posture of animals, and created a series of exercises that are beneficial to the body and mind, which is the predecessor of yoga mystic, "asana".

Later, after further improvement by Indian martial arts masters, he put forward the theory of "Brahman-self unity", and combined internal strength with asana, which can make the limbs twist and extend at will, and play incredible tricks. Since then, yogis have created countless incredible tricks based on the method of body twisting, which is the origin of a complete set of yoga secret techniques.

Although Nangong Dirong and Jinxi were clear bystanders, they didn't know that there was such a magical martial arts in this world, so they just wondered, but they couldn't mention it out loud. Jin Xi jumped off the red horse, pulled out his long sword and said, "Ye Gongzi, Jin Xi is here to help you!"

Jinxi was about to make a move, but she heard someone behind her say coldly: "You are both too busy to take care of yourself, do you still have the heart to help him?" The second daughter hurriedly turned her head, only to see that the person who came was wearing a purple coat, and his figure was similar to Ye Xiaotian, and he was a very tall and thin young man.

Jin Xi said angrily: "Who are you?" The purple-robed young man snorted and said coldly: "I am away from hating the sky." Your family Shi Kaishan died under my palm. ”

"Ah, Uncle Shi!?" Nangong Dirong exclaimed, her right hand lightly covering her lips.

"Hmph, come with us obediently, you can suffer a little less flesh and skin. "Leave the way of hatred.

"Don't think!" Jinxi's long sword made a move, "Pingsha and Falling Geese" flattened to the hateful sky. With a wave of his sleeve, he hit Jinxi's sword, Jinxi's feet were unstable, and he took two steps back, and his skills were obviously not as deep as the other party. Away from the hatred of the sky, the big sleeves are like clouds rolling in the clouds, attacking the sky, although Jinxi's long sword stabbed again and again, but hit the cloud sleeves, like cotton wool into the furnace, half a point of sword power.

Nangong Dirong glanced at Ye Xiaotian and saw that although it was difficult for him to win, he would never be defeated, and Jinxi was the opposite. She immediately jumped off the yellow horse, drew her sword and fought with Jinxi.

"Hmph, it's a good time!" said a sword on each of his sleeves, and his scarlet palms occasionally appeared when the sleeves of his robe were waved. Nangong Dirong and Jinxi only felt that every palm of the other party struck, there was a scorching breath, and the saber touched his palm again and again, and it had been ironed to a slight heat.

The five of them caught and fought each other, and each dismantled more than 30 moves, and no one could help anyone. Ye Xiaotian and the others all thought to themselves: "This place is very remote, and there are no pedestrians coming and going, this scorching battle situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to end for a while." Ye Xiaotian glanced at Nangong Dirong, the two had the same heart, and immediately fought and retreated.

Nangong Di Rong suddenly withdrew from the battle circle, ran to the side of the two Dawan horses, and was about to get on the horse, when suddenly a person appeared from the horse like a ghost, blocking Di Rong's way. Nangong Dirong was taken aback, and hurriedly took a step back, and the long sword tightly protected her upper body.

"Heh, I'm very sorry for making Miss Nangong frightened. His voice was elegant and gentle, full of affection, like a lover's sweet talk. But Dirong felt a chill, an inexplicable chill.

The man in front of him was slender, wearing a green high-grade silk shirt, similar in age to Ye Xiaotian, but with handsome cheeks and delicate eyebrows, which was diametrically opposed to Ye Xiaotian's fortitude. On his right cheek he wears a bronze iron mask, hollowed out in the middle, revealing his right eye. In his right hand, he held a green piccolo, and his clothes rose without wind.

"You, are you Xun Shocking!?" Nangong Di Rong had already heard from the mouth of the family that the expression of Xun Shocking when he appeared that day, so he recognized him at a glance.

"Listen to the wind endlessly, read the water like sand. There are traces of the bright moon, and the frost is flying and the snow is falling. Nangong girl, do you know that every leaf has its destination, and the wind determines the direction and place it goes. Xun said meaningfully: "And this one is the same." There are rivers and lakes, there are life and death, there are grievances, and whoever is in charge of the grievances of the rivers and lakes will be able to control the fate of the rivers and lakes. ”

"Okay, okay, you don't want to go on endlessly, kill these three people quickly, the landlord is still waiting for us!"

"Huh. Xun shocked the sky and smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "Xiao Ai, you are still so impatient." Don't worry, they won't be able to escape. ”

Nangong Dirong was shocked, she didn't understand why the other party said these words, and she didn't know what their plans were, she could only hold the green steel sword in her hand tightly, and stared at Xun's shocking every move tightly.

Xun raised his hand gracefully, and the front hooves of the two great Wanliang horses behind him were raised, and they suddenly neighed, and two pods of blood spilled straight from the neck of the horse. Immediately after the sound of "bang!" twice, the two tall and fat big Wanliang horses fell in front of Nangong Dirong's eyes and never moved again.

"Hmph. It's a good hand to 'wind and sickle', you still love to show so much. I don't know when I have knocked down Jinxi, put my hands behind my back, and came to the back of Nangong Dirong.

"Each other, each other. Xun smiled elegantly and said to Nangong Dirong: "Nangong girl, please come with us." ”

Nangong Dirong looked back and saw that although Jinxi fell to the ground, he was only pointed, and he was not worried about his life. She has always been resolute, knowing that it will be difficult to get out at this moment, the long sword immediately attacked Xun Tiantian's left ribs, and said to Ye Xiaotian in a loud voice: "Hurry up!"

Ye Xiaotian also knew that he was difficult to defeat the Star Tower for three days and joined forces, and the Dragon's Spine Sword successively made three moves, "Seven Stars Breaking the Sky", "Sword Shadow Wave", and "Ten Miles of Sanskrit", forcing him to retreat.

Xun Jingtian easily avoided the direct stab of Nangong Dirong's long sword, glanced at Ye Xiaotian's back, shook his head, sighed, and said slowly: "Idiot, you can't escape." ”

Nangong Dirong saw that he missed the stab, and hurriedly made another move "Baiyun out of Xiu", and he had already grabbed it from the hateful sky, and the big sleeve was flicked on the Nangong Dirong sword, Dirong only felt that the tiger's mouth was hot, and the green steel sword was already crooked. When she looked up again, Xun Tiantian was gone, and in her astonishment, she seemed to forget that the palm that Litian slapped was hitting her chest.

Ye Xiaotian came from a little cang, and his light achievements might as well have been out for several miles in a short time. He exhaled, and was about to slow down his pace, when he heard Xun's earth-shattering voice behind him: "Brother Ye's light skills are indeed very good." ”

Ye Xiaotian hurriedly turned around, only to see Xun Jingtian standing on a clump of wheat seedlings on the side of the road, the wheat seedlings were extremely light and soft, how could they bear the weight of an adult man? That was the skill embodied in Xun Tiantian's light skill. Ye Xiaotian tightened the dragon's spine sword, he knew that he had met an opponent this time, and a negligence would probably kill him.

"Let's do it, you don't have to grind. Ye Xiaotian said.

Xun shook his head, smiled slightly as if with pity, and said, "It's not me who wants to do something with you, it's her." As soon as he finished speaking, a white shadow rushed out from behind him, and two silver-white emei thorns were like two white dragons, poking straight at Ye Xiaotian's eyes. It was one of the eight days of the Star Picking Tower, and the mourning day arrived.

Ye Xiaotian took a long sword, pointed at the other party's "Fengfu Acupoint" with his right hand, and thought: "This kid is only eleven or twelve years old, and his light skills are not weak, and he doesn't want to grow his strength for a long time, which is terrible." ”

Ye Xiaotian and Kan Aitian dismantled more than a dozen moves, and Xun Jingtian suddenly said: "Brother Ye, can you bear to let Nangong girl fall into our hands alone?" Ye Xiaotian was anxious, and he had no time to think about Nangong Dirong, but when he mentioned it at this moment, he knew that she had fallen into the hands of Xingxinglou, and his mind was even more chaotic.

"Medium!" Kan Aitian said coquettishly, and when the Emei thorn in his right hand was withdrawn, the tip of the thorn was already dyed a touch of bright red. Ye Xiaotian's left arm was injured, and his sword speed was limited, while Kan Aitian mainly used swift moves, so he couldn't help but retreat again and again. Kan Aitian said again: "Medium!", Ye Xiaotian's left leg has been stabbed. The two of them made a few more moves, and Kan Aitian said "Medium!" three times in a row!"

Ye Xiaotian was injured in five places, and he knew that it would be difficult to resist the enemy, so he turned around and wanted to get out with the footwork of "cleaning the waves", not wanting to be stabbed in the back again, this thorn was very deep, and it was a vital part, Ye Xiaotian's feet were weak, and he almost fell.

Kan Aitian was about to stab him in the back of the heart again, and Ye Xiaotian grabbed a handful of mud with his right hand and threw it at her. "Huh, it's dirty!" Kan Aitian exclaimed, and hurriedly retreated to dodge. She was dressed in white, so she naturally didn't want to be hit by the mud, and she didn't dare to stab her with Emei, for fear that the mud would splash on her body.

Ye Xiaotian took advantage of her retreat, his feet were in a hurry, he knew that as soon as Kan Aitian retreated, Xun Tiantian would be connected, and his "Cleansing Canglang" footwork had not yet been practiced, so he was afraid that it would be difficult to shake off this ghostly Xun Tiantian.

Sure enough, Xun flew in shockingly, handed over his left hand, and suddenly protruded a blade on the back of his right hand, slashing at Ye Xiaotian's shoulder. This blade is the iron fist sword that Fang just killed when Nangong Dirong Erma was killed.

Ye Xiaotian stepped out of the "Cleansing Canglang" footwork under his feet, and as soon as his body twisted, the fist sword slid past his cheek. Ye Xiaotian secretly screamed: "It's so dangerous." Xun was stunned for a moment, completely unexpectedly that the other party would be able to dodge this trick in this millimeter. Ye Xiaotian didn't stop and hurriedly ran forward.

"Hehe, I can dodge one move, but I can't dodge the second move. If you are too persistent, you can only die. Xun said lightly.

Kan Aitian had already put away the Emei thorn, put his right hand on his cheek, and pouted: "Hmph, it's not fun, you made a move, let it be given to you." I'll go!"

"Oh, this kid. After laughing a little, Xun ignored her, and immediately chased after her with a little foot.

Ye Xiaotian's light skills were already inferior to Xun Jingtian, and after being injured, he was even worse, but he knew that life and death were at this moment, so he gritted his teeth and ran fiercely. There are no people in these places, only a stream on the left, and I don't know where it flows.

Ye Xiaotian's mouth was dry, and he just wanted to rush to the stream and drink water, but he couldn't, he could only run forward tirelessly, as soon as he stopped, the green wind behind him would use his Wind Fist Sword to cut his throat.

"Alas, Brother Ye. You're tired, it's time to rest. Let me help you. Xun's shocking voice sounded again, Ye Xiaotian was startled, and before he could react, his calf was in pain, his body was unstable, and he suddenly fell.

Xun Jingtian raised his right hand and put it in front of him, and the fist sword behind his wrist was covered with blood, and the blood slid down the blade to Xun Jingtian's wrist. Ye Xiaotian supported his body with the dragon's spine sword with one hand, covered the wound on his calf with the other, and said with difficulty: "Can you let Ye die clearly?"

Xun smiled and said, "What do you want to know?"

"Where are you going to arrest Miss Nangong?"

Xun Tiantian sighed, showed that look of pity again, and said, "Idiot, don't miss her. He saw that Ye Xiaotian's face did not change, and he seemed to be unbearable, so he shook his head and said, "It's okay to tell you." We'll take her to Sancai Fort and meet her brother. ”