Next to the partisan association in the city of Crossbell, there are two buildings.

One is a small two-story building with a signboard of "Fishing Gongshi Regiment". As you can tell from the name, this is a place related to fishing. In fact, the Fishing Master Group is indeed a continent-wide alliance of fishing enthusiasts.

Of course, a few people didn't feel that the Wind Sword Saint had the leisure and elegance to fish or discuss fishing skills in it.

That can only be another building.

The same style of red and white building, there is a wooden plaque hanging on the door, with a brush to write "no heart flow" three big characters, as far as calligraphy is concerned, there is nothing special, but the beginning and end of the pen reveal a strong and sharp atmosphere, hidden in the plaque that is made with it.

Push open the door, a strong ancient rhyme comes to the face, the floor is covered with tatami mats, the balcony is placed with two pots of dwarf pine, the room is hung in the middle of the plaque of "heaven and earth have no heart", look at the penmanship, it should be from the same person as the plaque at the door.

The room is not big, the sunlight is very good, there are no extra furnishings, more than 20 people are wearing wide plain robes standing against the wall, with bamboo swords around their waists, vacating a large space in the center. The two men confronted each other in the sight of more than twenty people.

At the head of the board is the "Sword Saint of the Wind" Arrios Marklyin, who still wears a slightly old brown-red trench coat, and his long blue hair is simply tied into a ponytail to prevent it from affecting his movements. At this time, he was standing with his sword down, his eyes staring at the opposite side, as if he was facing a great enemy.

And opposite him, standing at the west head was a middle-aged man with black and white hair, who looked like he was forty or fifty years old, with a gentle face and a somewhat pale face. He was dressed in a wide azure robe, tied with a dark red cloth band, and hung a dragon-patterned jade pendant, with no extra ornaments other than that. The two scabbards were stuck diagonally on the left waist, empty, and the sharp blades inside were now being held by the middle-aged man. Similar to the posture of the Wind Sword Saint, he stood relaxed, holding a sharp sword in each of his hanging hands, both of which were single-edged long swords about a sub-distance in length.

Joshua's expression tightened, he himself was the type who was used to fighting with his hands, so he was even more surprised.

Ordinary people will deliberately choose one long and one short when they use two weapons at the same time, and their hands will also be divided into the main attacker and the auxiliary attacker, although the specific weapons and attackers are not the same, but they can basically be classified into this model, and the same is true for Joshua himself, even if the length of the two knives he uses is similar, he will only use one hand to attack when fighting, but he can exchange the main attacker at will.

And this kind of attacking habit can't be broken. The effect of confusing the enemy can only be achieved by constantly training the other hand. But the middle-aged man in front of him, not to mention the habit of his hands, even his standing posture is loose, he is simply a novice in martial arts, and even a seven or eight-year-old child is probably more decent than him.

"Yes...... Confused...... "The more Joshua observed, the more he realized that the middle-aged man was weak. However, he was standing opposite the Sword Master of the Winds, and this incongruous combination made Joshua very uncomfortable.

"I think it's back to basics." You casually responded to Joshua's words, his eyes fixed on the middle-aged man, for fear that he would miss something.

Just as the two of them were figuring it out, the Wind Sword Saint snorted lightly and rushed straight towards the middle-aged man like a storm. The long sword was protected in front of him, and in an instant, the brown-red windbreaker had already cut into the front of the middle-aged man, and the next blow was drawn and slashed, and the winner could be divided.

I saw that the Wind Sword Saint's brows suddenly tightened, and he jumped backwards at a rapid pace, and the brown-red coat and the air made a crackling sound of breaking the wind.

How, what's going on! Yu Tatsumi and his party were all surprised, obviously Arios should have the upper hand?

It wasn't until Arios jumped onto the wall and crouched like a war eagle that several people saw that the middle-aged man basically didn't move, but with a twist of his right wrist, the tip of the sword was already waiting in front of him. If Arios took even half a step forward, he would hit the blade in the chest.

"It's a terrible reflex and concentration......," Yuki Tatsumi's voice revealed a hint of admiration.

On the other side, Arios's pupils quickly flickered left and right, and he actually rushed out in two directions in an instant!

Doppelganger? No, it's an afterimage?! Yu Tatsumi was shocked again.

Sure enough, the figure on the left quickly faded, and at this moment, the voice on the right had already hit the wall and ran to the side of the middle-aged man! Jump, step on the wall, crouch, jump again! The whole set of actions was done in one go, but in an instant, Arios had already fallen behind the middle-aged man, and the long sword in his hand dragged the silver light and quickly slashed at the back of the middle-aged man's neck, just to divide the victory and defeat with one blow! Worthy of the Sword Saint of the Wind! With this speed, you are definitely qualified to call yourself a gale.

However, Yu Tatsumi suddenly found that at such a dangerous juncture, the middle-aged man seemed to be smiling? I saw that his right leg stepped out half a step, and his knee bent with it, and the whole person leaned forward in a position. It was this position that narrowly avoided Arios' sword strike, the sharp blade almost touching his collar. And the middle-aged man also turned his waist, his left and right knees changed force, his body had already turned, and his two swords were together, pushing towards Arios.

What a daring ...... If you're a little miscalculated, that's not just talking. You couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for that man. Joshua's face on the side suddenly relaxed, as if he remembered the identity of this person, so he was not worried.

The middle-aged man's sword blade is not fast, it is about the level of a fifteen-year-old boy stabbing the sword with all his might. Seeing his body move, Arios smiled slightly, with a look of victory, he was at the end of his move, although he could do it with his sword and defense, but then he would not be able to fight back. So, Arios made a small jump, stepped on the middle-aged man's sword, and jumped behind the middle-aged man with his strength.

What is surprising is that the middle-aged man in front of him almost lost his balance because of Arios's step, and in the middle of stumbling, his right leg, which was originally behind him, quickly stepped out to prevent him from falling. Arios landed firmly behind him, raised his long knife and slashed at the middle-aged man's shoulder! Then, it landed firmly above the shoulders of the middle-aged man. The sharp sword qi cut a crack in his shoulder.

"I lost."

Surprisingly, it was Arios Markrein who conceded defeat!

A few people looked carefully, only to see that the middle-aged man had already stepped forward with his right foot, and the whole person turned around, with his back to Arios. According to common sense, if he didn't stimulate his fighting spirit and drive his body, he would never be able to turn around and defend.

So, he chose not to turn around. The originally bent knees stretched back, and the long sword was reversed with both hands, and the two sharp blades had already passed under the ribs! Exactly one step faster than Arios! The blade of the sword, which had been picked upside down from his side, stopped in front of Arios' throat and the other in Arios's heart.

Arios took a step back, his sword flicking out a cloud of silver light, and sheathed it back. The middle-aged man also slowly inserted the sword back into the scabbard. The two of them walked back to the original position, bowed together, and said aloud, "Thank you for the teaching." ”

After the two of them straightened up, the young people around also bowed and saluted together: "Thank you for your advice!" "The neatness of the voices shows their quality.

"A few new friends over there, just happened to be competing with swords, and the hospitality was slow, please forgive me." The middle-aged man nodded to the few people who had been standing at the door. The indifferent expression was slightly apologetic.

"Under the name Xia Xiyan, the grandmaster without heart." Xia Xiyan, a middle-aged man with two swords, introduced himself, although his words were a little arrogant, his tone was very modest. Arios smiled a little helplessly: "Moreover, he is also a master with the name of the Sword Master......"

Before Arios could finish speaking, Joshua had already taken the lead in speaking: "Heartless Sword Saint." ”

"What a sword master, it's just a waste." Xia Xiyan waved his hand indifferently.

Hearing him say this, Arios just smiled bitterly and shook his head: This friend of his own, in terms of swordsmanship alone, even if he looks at the entire Semeria continent, he is the strongest swordsman who can steadily suppress Arios's teacher [Sword Immortal] Yun Kafayi. However, fate is impermanent, and the goddess of the sky has given him the best talent in swordsmanship, and at the same time, it has also deprived him of his qualifications as a martial artist.

Yes, Xia Xiyan is only unparalleled in swordsmanship, and when it comes to fighting, it is three or five grades lower, not to mention the upper class, and it is a bit far-fetched to even call it the middle stream. Because, his body, can not use the fighting spirit.

The so-called fighting qi is a kind of energy that a warrior stimulates during a fierce battle by adjusting his breathing and storing the qi in his body. If the human body is compared to a pistol, then vindictiveness is a bullet. Although there are no bullets, the pistol can also be used as a blunt weapon, but when it comes to the turn, the lethality is far inferior to that of bullet shooting. When Xia Xiyan was a child, his hometown had a very high mortality epidemic, and although he finally got rid of death, his lungs lost their vitality forever.

Jogging for fifteen minutes, running for three minutes, breathing at high speed about 150 times, swinging a sword about 100 times, walking 20 times (about 2 kilometers) are all actions that ordinary people can easily do, each of which can stop his lungs from working. Even ordinary life is like this, let alone fighting.

Whenever he thought of this, the Wind Blade Saint would feel deeply unworthy for his friend. However, Xia Xiyan himself is very open-minded, he often says that if he didn't have this lung disease, he would not have created heartless flow, nor would he have climbed to the peak of swordsmanship.

There are many things, and only the loss of them will inspire people to regain them.

It seemed that he could see that the tour party was a little unable to let go, Xia Xiyan said: "The visitor is a guest, if you don't mind, please follow me upstairs to talk." ”

You and Joshua looked at each other and said almost at the same time:

"Then I'll bother."

"I won't bother."

Unlike Joshua, You made it clear that he refused.

"Huh?" This time it was quite synchronous.

Joshua originally thought that Yu-Tatsumi was looking for Arios to confirm the case, but he guessed wrong.

But that's not to say Joshua wasn't a good thinker. After all, You didn't let him know too much about the case, and with insufficient intelligence, it was understandable that he could make a wrong judgment.

In fact, although You and Lloyd agreed to investigate the case separately, You Ke didn't want to investigate at all. After all, if his guess didn't go wrong, then he already knew about the prisoner.

"I'd better go and take a look around first - I've heard that there are a lot of nice things in Times Mall!" He Xu also refused. After all, she was still a child, and it was so boring for her to sit and listen to the adults gossip.

"So, I'll go with you, right?" Estelle was a little uneasy, although Hexu looked like a shrewd little adult, she was still a child after all.

"Huh? Sister Estelle doesn't like to sit and talk too? Okay, let's go together. "Hexu didn't say his heart without any words. Estelle's face turned red, and her eyes flashed with excitement. She tried her best to lower her voice and said to Joshua next to her, "Hey, Joshua, do you hear me, she just called me Sister Estier!" ”

"Hehe, then take her to have fun, sister." Joshua was so happy to see her that he deliberately called her by a name that he didn't usually use. But Estelle, who was excited, didn't care about these little things.

"Huh? Have you discussed? If you want to be together, follow Oh Sister Istelle. He Xu said that he had already run out of the door with small steps, and it was all an adult chatting, and it would be very boring. Compared to that, it's a leisurely walk in the city that is more in line with Hexu's appetite.

Estelle hurriedly answered, bowed apologetically to Xia Xiyan and Arios, and chased after him quickly. You Ze shrugged his shoulders and sighed:

"This is also youth."