Chapter 44: From Far Away

Since that day, Li Taibai fulfilled his request to fulfill his apprentice's request in Tingzhou, so that Mu Qiuhuang agreed to dissolve the marriage contract, he came to the land of Qinlu alone before Ji Ruoxue.

The reason why he came before Ji Ruoxue was because what Ji Ruoxue promised him at the beginning was that when he showed that her father and her were originally masters~ Dao Sword Immortals, as long as they agreed, Ji Ruoxue could officially worship Li Taibai as a teacher...... Therefore, Li Taibai wanted to solve all these obstacles before Ji Ruoxue.

Li Taibai was not too worried about Ji Yuan, the Marquis of Xilie, because he believed that as long as Ji Yuan learned that his daughter was worshipping him as a teacher, he would definitely raise his hands in favor, because no prince on that side would turn away the sword immortal and the characters, not to mention, that sword immortal was still himself. Therefore, the only obstacle is Dao Sword Immortal, after all, the master-apprentice relationship between Dao Sword Immortal and Ji Ruoxue is in the front, and he belongs to a sideways foot. To put it mildly, he is robbing the apprentice with the Dao Sword Immortal, and he believes that an apprentice with such a talent as Ji Ruoxue is afraid that no one will want to share it with others. So... In order not to embarrass Ji Ruoxue when he arrived, he decided to "persuade" Dao Sword Immortal in advance to agree to this matter...... As for how to convince it? He had already thought that the best way to negotiate between sword immortals was naturally to use a sword.

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The Sword Casting Cottage is located in a cloud canyon outside Lucheng, and the ridge path leading to the Sword Casting Cottage is full of green bamboo and red plums along the way, at this time it is late summer and early autumn, although the red plum has not yet bloomed, but the green bamboo is still lush and green, which is gratifying.

After all, it was he who was in charge, so Li Taibai decided to salute first and then soldier. Therefore, he did not directly use his great supernatural power to shrink the ground into inches, but walked forward on the bamboo forest path in a regular manner.

It's just that if you look closely, you will find that Li Taibai is not walking straight along the trail, but moving left and right, and sometimes even walking a few steps backwards...... This is not to say that Li Taibai has any special taboos, but because the bamboo forest leading to the Sword Casting House is itself a sword array. It is said that when Xilie Hou Ji Yuan wanted to see the Dao Sword Immortal in the past~ Ou Yezi, he sent people to hold a prayer post, and after obtaining permission, he dared to bathe and change clothes and go to the Sword House, in fact, the real reason is because of this sword formation in the bamboo forest, and sending people to visit in advance is just to inform him, so that the Sword Casting Lu can close the sword formation in advance when he arrives.

However, Li Taibai obviously doesn't need to be like this, as the head of the four great sword immortals, he is the grandmaster of the grandmaster when he plays with the sword, and when he faced the first sword formation in the world in Wudang Mountain~ Jiugong Bagua Sword Formation, he dared to break through, not to mention a bamboo forest death formation? And his seemingly erratic pace was because he could see at a glance the key to cracking this formation. Although, if he just went straight forward and ignored it, the sword qi contained in the bamboo forest would not be able to hurt him, but in that case, this sword array would also be destroyed, and he would have to re-depict the sword qi. Therefore, he chose a more troublesome method, stepping on the formation eye every step, so that he could pass through the bamboo forest smoothly without destroying the formation inside...... And his intention in doing this is to show his kindness and ability to the other party through this move.

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Just when Li Taibai was walking slowly in the bamboo forest, Dao Sword Immortal Ou Yezi, who was leading his disciples to meditate in the sword house on the top of the mountain, suddenly moved in his heart, opened his closed eyes, and said to the mountain gate: "Someone is breaking into the mountain. ”

I saw Ou Yezi dressed as a Taoist, compared to Li Taibai, who looked like an immortal, and Gu Chenyuan, an idiot sword immortal, his posture and appearance were not outstanding, nor was he as tall as the two, and even a little short, probably because he often cast swords and was in contact with flames for a long time, his skin also looked a little dark...... But such a figure who looks inconspicuous and is thrown on the street like an ordinary blacksmith, but he has stepped into the threshold that ordinary people can't touch in their lifetime~ In the Heavenly Realm, he became one of the four great sword immortals.

As Ou Yezi's words sounded, the disciples who were meditating in front of him opened their eyes one after another and looked at him...... And the apprentice on the left hand is Ji Yan, the son of Xilie, the brother and sister of the Ji family all worshipped the Dao Sword Immortal as a teacher when they were young, but compared to Ji Ruoxue, who is greedy for fun and does not like to practice martial arts, Ji Yan is extremely serious in martial arts, and when there is nothing to do in the ordinary Hou Mansion, he will come to the Sword Casting House to learn swords with Ou Yezi, and Ou Yezi also attaches great importance to him.

"Master, what kind of character is breaking through the mountain? Why didn't we all feel the release of the sword qi in the bamboo forest? Ji Yan looked at Ou Yezi and asked.

The rest of the people also followed Ji Yan's inquiry, and their eyes converged on Ou Yezi's body, waiting for his answer, because under normal circumstances, those who enter uninvited will directly activate the sword formation in the bamboo forest, and once the sword formation is activated, it will definitely be sword qi, at that time, they can naturally feel the sword qi on the top of the mountain, but this time, they have not even felt a trace of sword qi.

"The realm of the person who came is not something you can speculate, you have never felt the sword qi horizontally, but because the person who came has a deep understanding of the sword, he can see at a glance where the formation eye of the bamboo forest sword formation is, if you step on the formation eye, the sword qi will not be activated...... And the reason why I can feel it is because the sword qi in the bamboo forest is what I have portrayed, and I am connected to my heart......" Ou Yezi explained in an unhurried tone.

"Who does he care about? Dare to trespass on my sword-forging house without permission, this is obviously not to take you in the eyes of the master, the master will wait for a while, and wait for the disciple to go and capture him. ”

The speaker is a middle-aged man, who looks like a tiger with a beard on his face, and this person is also Ou Yezi's eldest disciple ~ Shi Crack, because of his own extremely high talent, he has already entered the realm of the Nine Grades, plus because he is the senior brother of the Sword Casting Lu, so this person's temper is more irritable than that of many disciples of the Sword Casting Lu.

At this time, as soon as Shi Split's words came out, several more disciples picked up the swords beside them and stood up, and echoed: "I'm willing to take down someone with Senior Brother." ”

"What? Are you afraid that I won't be able to take down anyone by myself? Shi Crack glanced at the few people who were standing up.

"Senior brother said with a smile, we just want to work hard for senior brother, and I definitely don't doubt the meaning of senior brother's cultivation......" Seeing this, those people hurriedly explained.

"Hmph, it's good to know." Seeing them sit down, Shi Crack didn't say anything more, picked up the broadsword beside him, stood up, bowed to Ou Yezi and said, "Master, stay for a while, and the disciple will come when he goes." ”

"Senior brother......" Just as Shi Crack was about to turn around and leave, Ji Yan suddenly shouted.

Hearing this, Shi Crack turned around, and after discovering that the speaker was Ji Yan, his tone became a little softer, and said, "What? Do you want to take someone down for me? ”

Ji Yan looked at Ou Yezi, who was smiling silently, and said, "Senior brother misunderstood, senior brother wishes senior brother to be captured." ”

Hearing this, Shi Crack grinned and said, "Thank you, junior brother, and wait for the good news of my brother!" ”

After watching Shi Crack stride away, Ji Yan sat down, looked at Ou Yezi who was smiling silently on the side, and fell into deep thought.

Ou Yezi also glanced at Ji Yan, but he didn't say anything to him, but instructed the rest of the disciples: "Go and get all the eight swords forged by the master." ”

"Yes."

The rest of the disciples answered, got up and left together, but on the way away, they couldn't help but talk to each other, the world only knew that their Dao Sword Immortal Ou Yezi liked to cast swords, only their personal disciples knew that the reason why their master cast so many swords was because the highest level of swordsmanship practiced by their master had to manipulate so many swords at the same time, but the strange thing was that Ou Yezi had never used force with people in his life...... And they? Even if Ou Yezi only uses one sword, they are not opponents, even the most advantageous senior brother Shi Crack, can only barely resist the two swords, but I don't know who is coming? It was able to make their master prepare to use eight swords.

When everyone left, leaving only Ji Yan and Ou Yezi in place, Ou Yezi suddenly asked, "What did you want to say just now?" ”

Ji Yan smiled slightly when he heard this, shook his head and said, "The disciple has roughly guessed the master's intentions, so there is no need to ask again." ”

"Oh? You talk about it. Ou Yezi said with a smile.

"Yes."

Ji Yan thought for a moment and said: "Shizun just said that the realm of the people who came over is not something we can speculate, and even asked all the senior brothers to take all the eight swords, so it can be seen that the person who came must be a figure of the same level as Shizun, if the disciple expected it, it is very likely that the person who came is one of the other three sword immortals?" ”

"Oh? Why Sword Immortal? It can't be Zhang Fuling, you must know that he has already stepped into the heavenly realm. Ou Yezi continued to ask.

"Because of his perception of the sword, the master just said that he stepped on the formation and did not trigger the sword qi. Can see through the bamboo forest sword formation at a glance, and look for the formation eye walker, he must be cultivating in the sword, as we all know, Zhang Fuling is practicing the 'Chaos Wuji Gong', which has nothing to do with the sword, if not, he should also be called a sword immortal. ”

"Hmm." Ou Yezi nodded and said, "Your analysis is very correct, it's just that you don't know that Zhang Fuling actually cultivated swords before; For example, there are no four great sword immortals today, and there are only three sword immortals left! ”

"Huh?" Ji Yan couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard this, and looked at Ou Yezi with a shocked face.

Because, the original Beiyu Marquis Mansion's design to besiege and kill the Sword Immortal was a secret matter, so far, in addition to the person concerned, only a few people who are also in the Heavenly Realm will feel it when he falls.

Just before Ji Yan could ask, Ou Yezi continued to ask: "Tell me, why did the teacher acquiesce to Shi Crack when he knew that he was not the opponent of the comer?" ”

Ji Yan continued to reply: "This is Shizun's deliberate sharpening of his senior brother. ”

After glancing at the direction of the bamboo forest, Ji Yan turned around and continued to explain: "Senior Brother's natural swordsmanship is all of the highest grade, and he is the most favorite successor of the master, but... The senior brother had a too smooth life in the past years, which caused his heart to be overly impetuous and his personality was extremely conceited...... Therefore, Shizun deliberately wanted him to fail. Since the person who came deliberately stepped into the formation, he could confirm that he had no ill will towards my sword-forging house, therefore, the senior brother will be defeated, but his life will be safe! And after this defeat, the senior brother's heart will inevitably change......"

"It's a pity, it's a pity......" Ou Yezi said two words of pity after listening to Ji Yan's words.

"What does the master mean?" Ji Yan was puzzled.

Ou Yezi glanced at Ji Yan and said slowly: "It's a pity that you are entangled in mundane affairs for the prince of Xilie...... If not, you would be more suitable to sit in this Sword House Lord than Stone Crack. ”

"Thank you for your praise." Ji Yan thanked him.

At this moment, the disciples returned one after another with their swords in their arms.

Seeing this, Ou Yezi stood up and smiled at everyone: "Let's go, let's go with the teacher to see this guest from afar!" ”