On the street, there was a lot of discussion. The bamboo elder, who is known as a know-it-all in the rivers and lakes, once again appeared in Linzi, Qi State, and whenever he came to a place, there were often rumors.

Zhu Lao smiled, waved his bamboo cane and said, "Friends who have come to pass, there have been several swords in this sword conference Tianxuanzizi. ”

The man said, "Who doesn't know? The Long Yuan Sword was born. ”

Zhu Lao dragged it back, and the man said: "This young man doesn't know, this thirteen-ranked giant sword has also appeared, and his sword bearer is the contemporary Tianjiao of the peasant family, and the bones are terrifying. There are also the two major swordsmen in the southeast who have been famous in the rivers and lakes for a long time. Zhong Ren and Chifeng, they are Yue Shui, who is ranked 14th, and Yi Yang, who is ranked 15th. ”

The man's eyes lit up and he said, "Really? How come I don't know yet? Which martial arts arena are the two of them in today? Why didn't I see it? ”

Zhu Lao, pretending to be mysterious, said: "It seems that you don't pay attention, the two of them are in the big martial arts arena outside the city, and there are hundreds of people watching when the two of them draw their swords?" Now it's all known all over the city, and you don't even know it. ”

The man suddenly felt a little lonely, touched his chin and said, "Thank you for the old man's reminder, I'll go and find out." ”

Before he finished speaking, the man seemed to be in a hurry and ran away, Zhu Lao's eyes widened, and he was about to say that he wanted to ask for money, but he ran away. Zhu Lao couldn't help but curse, and then began to look for a target again.

Zhu Lao greeted a passing vegetable farmer again: "Alas, do you know how many Tianxuanzi famous swords have been produced in this sword conference now?" ”

When the vegetable farmer heard this, he said, "Oh, don't talk about it, I don't have time to sell this vegetable in order to watch the competition." There are four of them in total, right? ”

Zhu Lao smiled knowingly, and then leaned over and grinned and said, "Alas, you don't know anything! I'm not just going to have four, I'm racing one more. ”

"Another handful? How is this possible? I know all this news today, don't lie to me, old man. "This vegetable farmer, who ran out to watch the game, knows a lot of things, and now someone told him that there are two famous swords, so how dare you believe it?

Zhu Lao said deceptively: "This person's whereabouts are extremely mysterious, and he did not use a famous sword when he competed. It is believed that it will soon be known to the world. ”

The vegetable farmer looked puzzled and said in disbelief: "Really? Then I don't know which one of the Tianxuanzi swords that this sword is? ”

Zhu Lao, this is the nature exposed there, hehe smiled: "If you want to know." I might as well tell you, my name is Zhu Lao, but I am a know-it-all on the rivers and lakes, if you want to know which old rule is to pay the money. ”

When the vegetable farmer heard this, he was immediately furious, and a mouthful of saliva almost sprayed on the old bamboo clothes, and he scolded and left: "If it weren't for the fact that you are an old man, I won't break your legs." Dare to cheat my money. ”

Zhu Lao hurriedly stepped back a few times and looked at the vegetable farmer's domineering appearance, and secretly hated in his heart: "Who is it? You want to hit me, phew! ”

The first night of the first round of the conference was very lively. Xiao Qi relied on his strong strength to win ten consecutive victories over Yunmeng, and for this reason, he set up a banquet and invited swordsmen from all walks of life. This bamboo old man also came to pay his respects inexplicably, and ate a meal by the way.

Zhu Lao leaned on his bamboo cane, his hair was a little messy, he found a table casually, sat down and had a big meal, and the people at the same table didn't know who was in front of him? But it's not easy to ask, so I just sit and let him eat. Xiao Qi was very polite, and came over from table to table to toast. When he came to Zhu Lao's table, the other people stood up and greeted Xiao Qi with a smile, all kinds of exaggerated words and words of praise endlessly. Xiao Qi's eyes fell on this bamboo elder, he still lowered his head, eating as if he was completely unaware of Xiao Qi's arrival.

An attendant next to him said, "Old man, the young master of my family toasts to you." ”

Zhu Lao raised his head and glanced at Xiao Qi, and I said wildly: "You are not qualified enough to toast me." ”

Xiao Qi frowned slightly, very surprised, why did this old man say that? But the attendant beside him suddenly became a little angry, and said to the people at the same table, "Who is this old man?" ”

"I don't know, just see him rush in and eat here."

The attendant was immediately furious: "What a bad thing, the old man dared to come to my young master's dinner." This deception, eating, cheating, and drinking is still above board, which is really disrespectful to the old. ”

The entourage was about to drive Zhu Lao away, but Xiao Qi stopped his entourage and said, "I don't know what this old man's surname is, why does his name say that I am not qualified to toast you?" ”

Zhu Lao unceremoniously, grabbed another chicken leg, and said while gnawing: "My name is Zhu Lao, this is my bamboo cane." You don't need to know why you're not qualified to toast me, because you're out of my sight. Including the previous sword bearer of the Longyuan Sword. ”

Xiao Qi's face did not change, he sat directly beside Zhu Lao, picked up an empty wine glass, personally poured a glass of wine for Zhu Lao, and said: "This Zhu Lao, under Xiao Qi, is just a kid who has not dried up. I hope to get the support of Zhu Lao. ”

Zhu Lao smiled and said to Xiao Qi: "Don't sit next to me, you hurry up and go to the bar!" Oh, by the way, I advise you not to use Long Yuan, otherwise you will end up with the same fate as the previous one. ”

Xiao Qi was suddenly shocked, and he turned his head to look at the somewhat old man in front of him. But then he was dragged by his entourage to another table to toast. The wine glass that was filled with wine, Zhu Lao glanced at it slightly, picked it up and took a sip.

Soon the stars shifted, and the next day arrived. Wei Ziheng got up early to prepare for today's battle, and Qinglian was also actively participating on the side. According to the previous agreement, I am afraid that we have to fight separately, according to different martial arts arenas, so as not to fight each other.

Wei Ziheng and Qinglian met Sun Qi on the road as agreed, and after a brief conversation, they looked around for a martial arts arena.

Wei Ziheng carried the sword of King Goujian of Yue, and shuttled back and forth between the major martial arts platforms outside the city, so that he chose a martial arts platform with a small number of people, easy to rank by himself, and the strength was not weak. Suddenly, he looked at a man who looked a bit of a middle two.

"How does this guy feel like ......"

Wei Ziheng completely saw the appearance of this guy, and after he couldn't help but run over and say, "Wang Xu, why did you come to participate?" Didn't you say that you were preparing for the debate of the sons that followed? ”

Wang Xu was frightened by Wei Ziheng's sudden voice, and hurriedly turned his head and said, "I'll go, if you want to scare me to death, you will be allowed to participate, and I will not be allowed to go?" Besides, I have to make a name for myself in the Princes' Polemic, and I have to make a name for myself at the Famous Sword Conference. ”

"Sounds like it makes sense." Wei Ziheng glanced at the sword in Wang Xu's hand out of the corner of his eye and said, "Wait a minute, where did this sword come from?" Didn't you see before that you didn't have a sword? This workmanship looks very good, so I guess it's not cheap. ”

Wang Xu said confidently: "Of course, I am such a handsome young man, why don't I deserve an excellent sword?" ”

Wei Ziheng's mind turned, and he found that something was wrong: "But where did you get the money?" This sword is not cheap at first glance. ”

Wang Xu smiled and said, "My dear Lord Wei, you have forgotten that I am also a member of the Yue Mission." ”

Wei Ziheng almost dropped his jaw one day: "You! You're embezzling public funds! ”

Wang Xu gestured out his right index finger, made a booing motion, and said, "What is public money?" This is Lord Wei's money, even if I borrow you. ”

"How can you do that? If you're going to participate, let me know. I didn't see you yesterday, so you didn't attend yesterday, right? Wei Ziheng questioned there.

Wang Xu turned his head and said embarrassedly: "I really don't want to hide it, it's true." But Ziheng, I will pay you back this money. Also, I've won three games yesterday and want to try it again today. ”

Wei Ziheng looked at Wang Xu with a puzzled expression and said, "Do you know how to use a sword?" How do I look like you won't? You go out of this venue, I'm coming. ”

Wang Xu seemed to want to stay away and said, "Don't, don't drive me away, let me see how powerful your weapons are." Let me pay my respects. ”

Wei Ziheng cautiously reminded: "Then don't play, I'm afraid that the two of us will be drawn at that time." That's not good. ”

"No problem, no problem, I just want to see what kind of uniqueness the Yue Wang Goujian Sword has?" Wang Xu seemed to be looking forward to Wei Ziheng's battle.

Wei Ziheng stepped forward and handed over his name, received a number plate, and prepared to wait. The battles on the martial arts platform, round after round, were all some relatively clumsy swordsmanship, and I didn't see any masters come out and show their heads. I don't know that after a long wait, Wei Ziheng was finally drawn, and his opponent didn't know where it was, and it seemed to be a lone swordsman.

Wei Ziheng introduced himself before taking the stage according to the rules of the game: "Under Wei Ziheng, a native of Yecheng in the Jin Kingdom. ”

This lone swordsman seemed to be a little arrogant: "I don't need to introduce the name, you just call me a lone swordsman, boy, be careful, my sword is powerful, don't blame me for hurting you by mistake when the time comes." ”

This lone swordsman seems to have won two games in a row, and in this third game, he was full of confidence and did not take the Wei Ziheng in front of him in his eyes at all.

The lone swordsman was wearing a black cloak, looking a little handsome, he held the sword with both hands and attacked forward, Wei Ziheng raised the sword of King Yue Goujian and took a step to prepare to take the move. The lone swordsman thought that his strength was strong, and when he rushed over, he was slashed, Wei Ziheng was engrossed, and he seriously parried when he retreated, and finally Yue Wang Goujian waved his sword and directly forced the lone swordsman out.

The lone swordsman said a little arrogantly: "I can't see that you still have some ability, and few people can completely complete my set of combos." I recognize your strength. Come on, hurry up and fight me to your heart's content! ”

Wei Ziheng frowned, why did he have so much nonsense in a fight? Wei Ziheng rushed forward, swooped down with a sword in his right hand, and finally charged up with his strength, directly slashing upwards into the air. The lone swordsman despised his opponent very much, and when he saw Wei Ziheng swooping over, he was ready to take it head-on, and when he saw the air slashing extremely fast, he didn't have time to be hard and had to dodge backwards, and was injured by Yu Wei in desperation.

The lone swordsman suddenly blurted out: "You guy, you dare to sneak attack me, you have such despicable means." ”

"Huh?" Wei Ziheng looked shocked, I just called it a sneak attack?

The lone swordsman held the sword with both hands and charged a heavy blow, Wei Ziheng flashed lightly, and then the Yue Wang Gou sword stabbed forward, the lone swordsman flashed as hard as he could, and he kept slashing past, Wei Ziheng no longer dodged, and directly used the Yue Wang Gou Jian sword to directly confront it, with a click, the sword in the hand of the lone swordsman snapped and fell to the ground, making a sonorous sound.

The lone swordsman was instantly frightened, and the sword he had used for a long time in his hand actually broke off at this time.

Wang Xu laughed vigorously below: "You see that guy bought a fake sword, and the direct confrontation was directly broken, this is not a fake, what is it?" ”

These words immediately caused laughter, and the lone swordsman suddenly became angry and wanted to continue fighting, but he had no choice but to have a broken sword left, and after a few seconds of confrontation, he had to admit defeat.