Anxi Desert to the east through more than 1,000 miles of Gobi Desert corridor, you see a city, the city is called Liangzhou City, the world calls this place Xiliang.

Xiliang is headed by Liangzhou City, respectively under the jurisdiction of Wuye Town, Huaichuan Town, Huaihuang Town, Woxuan Town, Fulu Town, and together together called Xiliang Six Towns, six towns of more than 2 million people, six towns are the main source of Xiliang Iron Horse.

Speaking of the origin of the six towns of Xiliang, we have to mention the Helan clan, one of the six pillar countries in the world, and the only pillar country family that still has hereditary military power, so the Helan clan is also known as the first pillar country of the Tang Dynasty.

Six hundred years ago, when the royal family on the land of Central Continent fought for power, the ruler was incompetent, so that the entire Dragon Domain was full of heroes, wars were raging, and the demons invaded and swept through Zhongzhou, causing the people of Zhongzhou to not survive. The innocent people of Central Continent had no choice but to rise up to resist in order to survive, and some of them spontaneously armed themselves, each occupying the mountain as the king and dominating one side, in order to protect themselves.

As the demons raged in Central Continent, the resistance forces in various places are also growing, and Central Continent has formed a situation where the demons are powerful for a while, and each group of heroes dominates one side, and it is said that the Helan clan is in the Helan Mountain area that rises in the northwest of Central Continent.

In that year, King Wu Tianwang fought a decisive battle with the demons, and the demons were defeated and retreated to the northern frontier; the human race in Zhongzhou was saved from the ravages of the demons, and later Zhongzhou was reunified again, and the local families had great power, so the central court appeased them, gave them orthodoxy, rewarded them for meritorious deeds, and divided the Six Pillars Kingdom and the Eight Families. Until the Li Tang Dynasty in this world, there is still a Helan clan in the Six Pillars Country, just as there is a folk legend: there are eight families so far, and there is no one in the Six Pillars Country back then, which means that there is only the Helan family in the clan in the Six Pillars Country.

Xiliang is dominated by Liangzhou City, plus the surrounding five towns, also known as the six towns of Xiliang. The city of Liangzhou is prosperous, because it is located in the western frontier, and it is the frequent trade exchanges between it and Xizhou, the intersection of Zhongzhou culture and Xizhou culture, which makes the exotic customs here very rich, and the folk customs are also very strong since ancient times.

Nearly a million Anxi soldiers and civilians returned to the east, returned to Anxi only more than fifty or sixty thousand, and finally settled in Xiliang, eighteen years, Xiliang has been developed, although not as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty, Dongzhou and other places, but also the desert flowers bloom, the number has the reputation of plugging the south of the Yangtze River.

In the city of Liangzhou, the most magnificent house is the Helan Zhu King's Mansion, the Helan clan commands 400,000 soldiers and horses in Xiliang, guarding the western border for generations, and has been enshrined in all dynasties and generations.

The tall and simple gate of the Helan Zhu King's Mansion reveals its deep history and unique division, as if telling its glory to the people who come to pass, and the courtyard of the palace seems to be magnificent, but it does not lose the connotation and style of Middle-earth culture. If you don't know that this place is on the frontier, you will feel like you are in the interior of Middle-earth.

In the inner courtyard, the sword shadow forest, a young man is dancing the sword, the rabbit is falling, the movements are scattered and crisp, there is no need to drag the mud and water, the young man is dressed in a blue and blue robe, the more he dances, the more he dances, the more he moves, the movements are so fast that he can't see the moves clearly. For a long time, the young man took his sword in harmony.

Good, good, make good, a girl clapped her hands and shouted: "Brother's swordsmanship has improved a lot!"

The girl was dressed in a blue and white shirt, sixteen or seventeen years old, with a fair complexion, as slim as a hibiscus out of the water.

The young man smiled: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, compared to the world's famous sword cultivation masters, what am I worth, you will mess with your brother's coaxing." ”

The girl grinned at the boy with pride.

The young man was used to it, so he flicked the girl's forehead with his hand and said, "Call you naughty, and I can't make fun of my brother's jokes." ”

The girl pretended to be aggrieved and cried: "My brother is bullying, I want to tell my grandfather and ask my grandfather to punish you." As he spoke, he ran away, grimacing at the young man.

The young man looked helpless, watched the girl run away, and followed forward.

In the hall, an old man and a middle-aged man were discussing something, and as soon as the girl came in, she ran to the old man, took the old man's hand and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, my brother bullied me, hey, Uncle Xu is also there!" The girl reacted curiously.

The old man didn't know where the girl was, so he hurriedly said, "You girl, alas. ”

The girl grinned: "No, my brother is so good at sword practice, can I praise him, didn't this bring him." ”

After saying that, the young man walked in, saw the elders in the house, and greeted them one by one.

The old man said to the young man: "Chengdu, grandpa has not urged you to practice swordsmanship recently, you have self-discipline and self-discipline, and you have made considerable progress, your sister has said that I have listened, grandpa is very pleased!"

"As a member of the Helan family, Chengdu knows that he has a heavy responsibility, and he must not waste his martial arts, but he should work hard to study sword skills and cultivate them, and he will share them with his grandfather in the future. ”

The old man stroked the white beard with relief and said, "You have such an idea, grandpa is really very pleased, my Helan family has a future hope!"

This old man is the general of Xiliang Zhuguo, Xiliang King Helan Mufeng, and the young girl is his grandchildren Helan Chengdu and Helan Yanran.

Helan Mufeng returned to the truth and preached: "Chengdu, let me ask you, how is my Helan swordsmanship?"

Helan Chengdu saw that his grandfather looked serious, and said truthfully: "Our Helan family's swordsmanship is profound, and we are the champions, and the ancestors of Helan relied on Helan swordsmanship to survive in the troubled times and establish an immortal meritorious family business. ”

"That's right, in terms of swordsmanship cultivation, except for Shushan, which is slightly better than my Helan clan in the world today, looking at the world, there is no swordsmanship that can be matched," Helan Mufeng said proudly.

"But, alas," the old man sighed afterward.

Helan Chengdu didn't understand why his grandfather sighed, and hurriedly asked, "Grandpa, why are you sighing?"

Helan Mufeng looked like he should not talk about it, but he still spoke: "Du'er, when Helan's ancestors rose in troubled times, they relied on their swordsmanship to dominate the world. Although my Helan family is now a nobleman, and the chaotic era of killing has long passed, but once a person is a day, the Xifan Kingdom has long been a tiger against my Xiliang, and your father's revenge has not been avenged!"

"My grandson will never forget his father's great enmity, and he will definitely kill that Xi Boda in the future to comfort his father's spirit in the sky, and he will also protect the peace of Xiliang against foreign invasion," Helan Chengdu said confidently.

"I'll be with my brother too," Helan Yanran on the side also straightened up her slender body and said.

Helan Chengdu instantly flicked Helan Yanran's forehead with his hand, and Helan Yanran patted her brother angrily.

Helan Mufeng looked at the two grandchildren, and said with relief in his heart: "Since you all have such lofty ambitions, grandpa is very ambitious, but now Uncle Xi of Xibo should not be underestimated. ”

The middle-aged man on the side, in a red black robe, with a face full of vicissitudes, seems to be telling the life of a real iron bone, this man is Xu Huacheng, one of the four tiger generals of Xiliang.

Xu Huacheng's face did not change and said: "A few days ago, Zhu Guo asked me to go to Jiuhua to visit the head of Fuyao, and I learned from the door of Fuyao that the five spirit beads have reappeared in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Five Spirit Beads?" Helan Yan was puzzled.

Helan Mufeng said: "These five spirit beads are sacred objects left over from ancient times, and it was with the help of the power of the five spirit beads that King Wu Tiantian repelled the demon race, so that the human race was saved from danger, and the five spirit beads contain the powerful power of the ancients." This wood spirit bead is of great help to our Helan swordsmanship cultivation, if we can find the wood spirit bead, my Helan family can borrow the wood spirit bead to improve the cultivation of the sword, and then it will be more and more exquisite, I think my Xiliang will no longer be afraid of Xifan's sword saint Xi Boda. ”

"It's so powerful, then let's hurry up and find the Wood Spirit Bead!" the girl said happily.

"Don't worry, Yan'er, let's listen to your Uncle Xu first!" Helan Mufeng said with a slight smile as he held Bai Xu.

After listening to the old man's words, Xu Huacheng spoke: "Just now, I am discussing this matter with Zhu Guo. ”

The brother and sister looked at each other, knowing that they had disturbed their conversation just now, and they both lowered their faces in shame, so they pleaded guilty to Helan Mufeng and them.

Helan Mufeng and Xu Huacheng comforted each other, and began to talk about the things together. Everyone sat down and listened carefully to Xu Huacheng's story.

"Now that the Xifan Kingdom is eyeing me, wanting to take my Xiliang, and then invade Central Continent and cause chaos in the world, the Xifan Sword Saint is even more advanced in swordsmanship, and he is one of the best masters of the Holy Realm in the world. When I fought with Zhuguo, I knew its strength, and Zhuguo was far-sighted, so I was sent to Jiuhua to meet the head of Fuyao, wanting to seek a way to protect Xiliang. It was not in vain for this trip to Jiuhua, the head of Ju Fuyao informed that the celestial phenomena were abnormal and the five spirit beads were born. I didn't know what it meant, so I asked the head of Fuyao about the details, and the head of Fuyao told me one by one. When it comes to the matter of the Wood Spirit Bead, I realized the mystery, the swordsmanship of the Pillar Country Clan is the cultivation of the wood attribute for the swordsmanship, if you get the help of the Wood Spirit Bead, you can greatly increase the strength of cultivation, and it is natural to defeat the Xifan Sword Saint, Xiliang will be in no danger, and he will no longer be afraid of Xifan. ”

Helan Chengdu said: "This wood spirit bead, where does Xu Boke know now?"

Xu Huacheng said: "It is not trivial to know at the end of the day, so I insisted on asking the head of Qing Fuyao if he knew where Mu Lingzhu was, but the head of Fuyao just shook his head and said four words, so he didn't say more, no matter how much he asked, I would no longer be entangled, and I would say goodbye to the head and return to Xiliang." ”

By the way, the four sentences said by the head of Fuyao at that time were: "The poplar is tangible at the beginning, and the spirit is in the southeast, don't ask where to find it, and I haven't seen a Netherlands." Xu Huacheng said again.

After listening to Helan Mufeng, he said: "I don't understand the meaning of the words of the head of Fuyao, but I can vaguely know from the words that this wood spirit bead should be located in the southeast, and the word Holland refers to my Helan clan, if it is said that this wood spirit bead is related to my Helan clan, but how can my Helan clan have anything to do with the southeast." ”

"Grandpa, I know, the girl Yanran said, you listen to what this means, Yang Mu should refer to this wood spirit bead, this second sentence of the spirit of the southeast, this southeast refers to the southeast region, and finally don't ask where to find, I didn't see a Holland said that only our Helan clan can find the meaning of the southeast. ”

The young man seemed to have come to his senses, and said hurriedly: "Grandpa, what Yanran said is not reasonable, this wood spirit bead should be in the southeast, it seems that only my Helan clan can find it." ”

The old man repeatedly said with his beard: "It seems that it should be so." With that, he began to frown.

The young man knew what his grandfather was worried about, so he said, "Grandpa, Du'er wants to go to the southeast inland and find the wood spirit bead to relieve grandpa's worries." ”

Yanran saw that her brother took the initiative to ask Ying, and she was not far behind and said, "Yan'er is also willing to go with my brother." ”

The old man looked at the two of them as if he was hesitating, and the girl hurriedly said: "Grandpa, this wood spirit bead has to be found by someone from my Helan family, grandpa is sitting in Xiliang, you can't leave, only me and my brother can share your worries, please grandpa let us go, so that we can see the mainland customs!"

"The rivers and lakes outside are sinister, your brother is a boy's family, you can go there, and your girl's family will stay in Xiliang, so I can rest assured." ”

The girl pleaded again and again, but the old man still refused.

The young man comforted the girl and said: "Yanran, you are good in Xiliang, I will definitely find the wood spirit bead, you are waiting for my good news at home." ”

Yan Ran looked helpless, stopped talking, and rushed out of the door angrily.

The people were helpless and continued to discuss the matter of going south.

In the end, Helan Mufeng decided to let the boy and Xu Huacheng go south together to find Mu Lingzhu, Xu Huacheng is also a martial arts master after all, with him and the boy, Helan Mufeng is also relieved.

After Xu Huacheng received the order, he muttered in a low voice: "Old friend, we are going to meet again." ”