It was late at night, Jiang Bai and his party finally walked to the end of the maple forest along the river, fortunately, at this time, the sky was full of stars, but it didn't seem so dark, the big river under his feet reflected the stars meandering forward, and the mountains in the distance were continuous. Compared with the majestic mountains in the distance, the vast and flat plains where Jiang Bai and his party are located are due to the 10,000-year-old erosion and sedimentation of the great river around them, but no one has settled down in such a fertile land, and the yellowing autumn grass and the wild beasts that pass through it are the masters here. Along the way, the thinly dressed women not only felt cold but also a little warm, this is because Jiang Bai behind them used his body to penetrate the world and thus transform the small environment around him, the women endured the embarrassment of the spring light along the way, and still looked back at the man behind him from time to time, with gratitude, admiration and curiosity in their eyes, among which Yun Niang can best understand the meaning of Jiang Bai being able to do this, and it is already the pinnacle of martial arts to penetrate the world and rest with the heaven and earth in one breath. And it seems that the man behind him will use the qi of heaven and earth for his own use to do such a leisurely stroll is definitely another realm, which is beyond the scope of her understanding, if her country can have such a grandmaster, then it will never be destroyed, thinking of this, she sneered slightly, it is enough to have a grandmaster of ordinary significance, but Weiguo is not a big country, it is congenitally insufficient, and there is a lack of environment to produce such a grandmaster, and the country that can produce such a grandmaster, the grandmaster cannot betray his motherland.

In fact, there are only four countries in the seven countries of Kyushu, and there are only four countries where martial arts masters are in charge, and now there are the most powerful masters of the Yingguo Kingdom, and they are all from one door, and there is a beautiful talk of the Three Swords Sect, which is not difficult to understand, the origin of family learning is nothing more than that, the center of gravity of the Yingguo is in the northwest of Kyushu, sitting on the northwest Hengzhou and most of Yuzhou in the middle of Kyushu. The national strength is second to the Yin State of Yingguo, located in Qizhou in the east of Kyushu, the land in the east of Yuzhou is also owned by the Yin State, the existing master of the Yin State Jiang Kui is in charge, it is rumored that Jiang Kui's younger brother swordsmanship talent is not inferior to his brother, but he is nowhere to be found in the past few years. Yunzhou, the northernmost part of Kyushu, belongs to the Han Kingdom, and the Han Kingdom is at war with the grassland barbarians north of Kyushu all the year round. The last country with a grandmaster is a bit special, Chen is the smallest country in the Seven Kingdoms, in Mengzhou, which is below Qizhou, but Chen Guoshu is better than Yin, and Yin's subject country is no different, its grandmaster is to practice in Yin and attain the Tao, is Jiang Kui's personal disciple, and is also his brother's close friend. It is rumored that now Yue Guo has been helped by Yingguo, and he also has his own kendo master, but it is not convinced that the territory of Yue Guo is mainly in Tongzhou below Yuzhou, and also includes part of Chuzhou in the southwest of Yuzhou, but now Chuzhou is basically owned by Yue Guo, because the defense of Chuzhou headquarters is almost destroyed by Yue Guo. The northwest of Chuzhou is Xizhou, the land of Xizhou is vast, it is the most of Kyushu, and the land of a state is larger than the sum of the two largest states in the other eight states, but most of them are stretching high mountains, so it is called 100,000 mountains. The eastern edge of Xizhou is owned by the Yue Kingdom, but there is a boundary between the human race and the spirit race thousands of years ago, and none of the seven countries can set foot in the hinterland of Xizhou. Danzhou, the southernmost part of Kyushu, has the country of Li, and Weiguo, Chen have borders, most of which are bordered by Weiguo, this time the country of Weiguo, the vast majority of people fled to Li, and some fled to Yin through the Li country, Yin's power is strong, it is easier to avoid the disaster of war, Xiao Xun Yunniang They are lost along the way to Xizhou, Xizhou is no different from death in the minds of the people of the Seven Kingdoms.

Regarding the significance of the martial arts master to a country, Gongsun Rongzhi, a master of the world's recognized art of war, once had a sentence describing "flying out, incarnating invisible, escaping from heaven and earth, and predestined to die", which roughly means that to reach the realm of martial arts grandmaster who is integrated with the breath of heaven and earth, the person he wants to kill will inevitably not be spared, so in the war of annihilation, as long as the opponent's martial arts master cannot be killed, then even if the war is won, the victorious country from the monarch to the important minister will fall into the shadow of death at any time at any time, Even if you have a martial arts master in charge, but one side is in the light and the other side is in the dark, and the grandmaster is almost incomprehensible under the deliberate concealment, so the starting point of Gongsun everyone's art of war is to destroy a country, and its martial arts master must be destroyed first. In addition, the martial arts master has another important significance, that is, it can greatly stimulate and inspire the morale of the people, this is the era of swords and soldiers, force is undoubtedly the most convincing language, and the martial arts master himself as the pinnacle of the force of the representative, by the people of all countries morbidly worship is also inevitable.

In fact, there are almost no cases of martial arts masters directly participating in wars in history, and they are more of an existence as a deterrent. The only one goes back to a hundred years ago, when the Yue Kingdom, Wei Guo, and Li Guo were originally a country, called the Law State, and Tu Min, an important minister of the Law State, was blinded by power, and launched a palace coup d'état when the King of Law Jing returned to heaven, and slaughtered the Law King Clan. But as a civil servant, he obviously couldn't grasp the psychology of a martial artist, and Jiang Feng, as the best swordsman in the world, believed in the upright way of the sword and never tolerated it, and directly killed all the officials who participated in the coup d'état, and then hung up his sword and left. In the end, the power gap left by the law was gradually filled by the local powers, which directly caused the law to be divided into three, of which now it has become the most fierce struggle between the two forces of the Yue and the country, and directly formed a century-old feud between the two countries. After the Three Kingdoms stabilized, the royal family all took the surname Yu and officially became the kingdoms of Kyushu.

When it comes to Yu, I have to say that today's situation is actually created by the clan surnamed Yu, Yu is not only a surname, but also a country, and even for a long time Yu is the world. Strictly speaking, the seven kingdoms of Kyushu are all subject countries of Yu, until now, Yu Tianzi is still the nominal co-lord of the world, only because thousands of years ago, it was the leadership of King Yuwen and King Yuwu father and son that mankind defeated and expelled the spirit race to become the master of the four seas of Kyushu. And King Wu's division of the princes has directly led to the current situation of separation. A thousand years ago, it was a real supreme honor to be given the surname by the Son of Yu, but after a thousand years, as long as someone is willing to contribute money to support the royal family of Yu for half a year, they can be given the surname of the Son of Yu, but it is impossible to obtain the canonized land. As soon as the beacon was burned, the glorious scene of the vast armies of the princes from all walks of life and the diligent Wang Gong listening to the dispatch had long since disappeared with the changes of history. Now the royal court of the Son of Yu is still in Yuzhou (formerly known as Yizhou), the center of the world renamed by King Yuwu himself, but only retains the land of thirty miles around the royal court, which is also the result of the negotiation of the countries around the royal court and no longer encroaches, which is considered to save the last face for the royal court of Yu, it is a pity to say that the mausoleum of King Yuwen now belongs to the Ying Kingdom, and the tomb of King Yuwu belongs to the Yin State, and the subsequent sons of heaven also have their own belongings, according to the laws of various countries, in its ten years of bento into its naturalization, is to rank the first holy king, Especially about the nationality of King Wen and King Wu, countries often quarrel endlessly, and I don't know how the kings would feel about this. All this has naturally become a laughing stock for all the tribes of the 100,000 Great Mountain Spirit Clan.

"Brother Jiang, are you Jiang Kui's brother?" Yun Niang still didn't suppress the curiosity in her heart and asked.

"Yes." Jiang Bai smiled and replied affirmatively. "It stands to reason that if you were an ordinary person, it would not be surprising that you knew my brother, but why did you know about me? I have never made a great name. Jiang Bai paused and asked again. Yun Niang was obviously a little hesitant when she heard this.

"I told Brother Jiang the truth, I was originally Princess Weiguo Daiyue, the second daughter of King Wei Hui, and the four of them are my handmaidens." As he spoke, he pointed to four of the women. "My identity is now known only to them. Originally, there were two samurai who escaped with me, but the bandits set up an ambush in a very orderly manner, and the young men in our fleeing team were the first to be shot by the crossbow, and they were not spared. My appearance has also been transfigured. As he spoke, he poked his fingers at the forehead, the corners of his eyes, and his chin, which were the most impressive parts, and when the disfigured things peeled off, he showed a beautiful and elegant face, and the other women were amazed. Everyone stopped walking on the road, the child on Zai Xin's back was sleeping, and Zai Xin also showed a curious look at Yun Niang, and couldn't help but think that the human disguise technique was really strange.

"This time, despite the opposition of my family, I went from Wei Wang City to Yucheng to boost the morale of the people, but I had no choice but to suddenly appear in Yue Kingdom, and every time I went out to war, I assassinated all our important guards, and there were no generals in the army, and the soldiers were naturally defeated. In fact, in the previous battles, we already knew that there was a character like the Grandmaster on the other side, but I was unwilling and even had a trace of luck. After seeing it with my own eyes, I realized that I was too naïve, and when I reacted, the city was already broken, and I was sent out of the city by the guards around me, and then I was exiled here. Speaking of this, Yun Niang's eyes showed a sad look, and her words paused, maybe the blow to her from the destruction of the country was no less than the humiliation of the bandits, and her maid also cried.

"Originally, I had given up the heart of returning to the defense, but when I met you, Brother Jiang, maybe you were the last hope for the defense of the country, as long as you were willing to help the defense to repel the Vietnamese soldiers, the next and next kings of the defense of the country would ask for it!" After saying that, Yun Niang knelt heavily on the ground and touched the ground with her forehead.

"You get up and talk first!" Jiang Bai's tone was resolute, and Yun Niang didn't dare to insist when she saw this, so she had to stand up. "Yun Niang, oh no, I should call you Princess Daiyue, I don't know how you think of the martial arts master, about these people, I know a few, some of them have fought each other, according to your standards, I am sure I can also be called a grandmaster now." Jiang Bai told the story. "Next, I'll tell you about the martial arts master in my eyes. The so-called martial arts masters, flaunting the Tao with martial arts, these people stole a glimmer of heavenly opportunity by chance in the practice, and became a fairy-like figure in the eyes of others, and gradually thought that they were the people who belonged to the destiny of heaven, and since then they have enjoyed the worship of all the people, and they have taken it for granted that they are all in one body. And what do they bring to the world? The Tao gives birth to heaven and earth, heaven and earth nurture all things, and the survival and operation of all things are maintained by force? Of course not, force is fundamentally nothing but destruction. Martial arts and Taoism are just a gorgeous cloak for the thing that hurts the heavens and the heavens, no matter how beautiful the rhetoric can not change its ugly nature, martial arts and Taoism are fundamentally opposed, to achieve the great harmony of the operation of heaven and earth, we must first eliminate force, martial arts masters such a figure, should not exist in this world. As far as Wei Yue's current chaos is concerned, isn't it caused by the fall of the royal family of the law back then, and he will be at a loss to follow like a mad dog that has lost its chains? So you know my reply? Jiang Bai looked at Yun Niang and said. The flame of hope ignited in Yun Niang's heart was instantly extinguished, and she was stunned and speechless. Later, she carefully pondered the meaning of Jiang Baihua, sometimes she felt that she understood, but after a while, she felt that it was not like that, and such doubts have been with her all her life.

"What is Brother Jiang talking about?" After Jiang Bai said all this, the child behind Zai Xin quietly approached Zai Xin's ear and whispered, he now felt close to the black-clothed young man who carried him all the way.

"You can't call Master that." The corners of Zai Xin's eyes twitched a little after hearing the child's name for Jiang Bai.

"What should I call that?" The child was afraid that Zai Xin would not like him, so he obediently didn't ask why he couldn't be called that, after all, Jiang Bai introduced himself like that before.

"You are too young to call my master uncle or uncle." Zai Xin felt the cowardice in the child's tone, and regretted that he had spoken in a heavy tone, so he touched the child's head on his back with his backhand to comfort him. "As for what my master said, it was probably because the woman asked him for help with something, and he didn't want to go, so she talked nonsense." Zaisin explained the child's previous question, but he was afraid that others would hear it, so he deliberately put his hand over and whispered it in the child's ear. But what kind of character Jiang Bai is, Zai Xin's whispers can be hidden from others, how can he hide it from Jiang Bai, hearing this, he turned his head and glanced at Zai Xin, and slowly fell a sentence rotten wood can not be carved. Zaisin and the child couldn't help but tremble, and didn't dare to say anything more.

"Everyone has been tired all day, and now it's getting late, let's rest here for the time being, and it's not too late to hurry up when it's dawn." Jiang Bai saw the tiredness in everyone's eyes and proposed. Everyone had no objection, and then Zai Xin picked up some shrubs and weeds and set up a bonfire, and the girls and children soon fell asleep, and Jiang Bai and Zai Xin also sat cross-legged and closed their eyes to rest. For a moment, it seemed that only the crackling sound of a bonfire and the twinkling stars were left in the sky.

The next evening, the group finally arrived at their destination......