In the city of Zhenjiang Mansion where Dugu Jue set off, in the famous official family "Mengxi Garden", although Shen Ran, the eldest lady of the Shen family, was dressed in men's clothes, her eyes were as bright as pearls, and her smart figure and light steps were slipping out of the back door of the Shen house.

Shen Ran dodged all the way, accidentally knocked down passers-by, she was not used to wearing men's clothes, and several strange objects fell on her cuffs, Shen Ran apologized to passers-by and leaned over to quickly pick them up, Hengba looked behind her and shook her head, and couldn't help shouting: "Miss Shen, you go slowly, no one is chasing you, don't worry!" ”

Shen Ran turned around and rebuked Hengba: "Shhh Don't call me Miss Shen! You're going to call me "Thousand Skillful Hands"! ”

Hengba smiled: "Must be called 'Thousand Skillful Hands'?" ”

"Of course! Our Shen family has always been good at tricks, but unfortunately my father likes literature and doesn't like martial arts, and he rarely interacts with people in the rivers and lakes, so many of the secret skills of making organs passed down from my grandfather, my father doesn't know as much as I do! What's more, many of them are carefully improved and created by myself, hence the name of "Thousand Skillful Hands" of my skillful soul chasing and skillful hands chasing gods. It's not for nothing! Speaking of this, Shen Ran frowned and sighed: "But my father always forbids me to go out, and no one knows about my "Thousand Skillful Hands" in the rivers and lakes, what kind of name is it?" So from today onwards, you will call me "Thousand Skillful Hands"! ”

"Just for the sake of your junior sister, this "thousand skillful hands" wants to make a name for yourself, drag me into the water! I'm really afraid that Master and his old man will find out, and I don't know how to punish me in the future! Although Hengba's tone was helpless, there was no expression of complaint on his face, but he was a little happy, it turned out that he had always been quite fond of Shen Ran in his heart, just because Shen Ran was the pearl of the master's palm, so he never dared to show it, this time because of Shen Ran's begging and accompanied her to sneak out of the Shen family, and went through the rivers and lakes together, although he risked being scolded by the master in the future, but he was really happy when he thought that he could accompany Shen Ran all the way.

"I can't help it! Our Shen family's Ling Musket Team has always been in charge of you, Senior Brother, if you don't come with me, without the Ling Musket Team, I will inevitably have little prestige when I wander the rivers and lakes. Speaking of this, Shen Ran coquettishly said to Hengba: "I know that my senior brother is the best for me, he has loved me since I was a child, and he will definitely not be willing to let me take risks alone, and he will definitely accompany me to break out of the prestige of this "Thousand Skillful Hands", right!" ”

Hengba smiled bitterly: "With such a big river and lake, I don't know where my sister wants to start?" ”

Shen Ran was stunned for a moment, and raised his eyes to see that on the edge of the city gate, there were portraits of many Mingjiao people arrested by the imperial court, including the Mingjiao leader, the left and right envoys, the protector of the Dharma King and many other masters in the sect, all of them had high rewards under the portraits, and their hearts were torn apart, and Liang showed Hengba and said: "Let's start from here, catch a few demon sect leaders to receive rewards!" ”

After leaving Tumi Villa, Dugu Jue went all the way south, it was still early to the day of the "Famous Sword Festival", and there was plenty of time, after Dugu Jue crossed the river, he decided to go to Suzhou to visit the old residence of the Murong family "Shenhezhuang" where he lived in his childhood. It is the end of autumn when the yellow leaves are all over the sky. Dugu stood quietly on the bow of the boat and looked at it from afar, but when he saw that on the shore of Taihu Lake in Shazhou, the Murong family, which was once famous in martial arts, was already a dilapidated wall and a grass annihilation, and he grew up here since he was a child.

After the whistle, Dugu Jue looked at the reflection of the remnant village, bowed his head and groaned, and suddenly felt that the sound of the wind in his ears was different, and then he stood up, and the person had not yet turned in the air, and the green steel sword in his hand had stabbed backwards. Unexpectedly, the martial arts of the person who came were not weak, and he was able to flash his sword, Dugu Jue was so competitive, his body did not move after landing, his hands were used interactively behind his back, and a light steel sword was like an eye that approached the place where the person who came could hardly parry. Suddenly, he felt a loud sound of wind breaking behind him, as if dozens of hidden weapons were coming towards him, and the strange thing was that these hidden weapons seemed to be exactly the same and sent out at the same time, he couldn't think of anyone who could send out so many hidden weapons at the same time. Dugu Jue thought like a thought, turned around and ripped off the sail with one hand, rolled it in front of him, blocked dozens of hidden weapons, and at the same time shouted, the Qinggang sword suddenly grew a few inches, stabbing the man in the chest, only to hear a muffled snort, and the man immediately fell to the ground. Dugu Jue saw that there were dozens of sleeve arrows made of stainless steel nailed to the sail, if it weren't for his deep internal strength, the thin sail turned into iron in his hands, and these sleeve arrows would have already passed through the sail and beat him into a hedgehog. He stared at it carefully, and was even more surprised, although the sleeve arrows are common, but usually one sleeve arrow at a time, one arrow in each hand is extremely normal, at most each sleeve hides a barrel of arrows, both sleeves are applied at the same time, at most only one or twenty arrows, and the landing point is even more concentrated. But there are more than 100 sleeve arrows shot by this person, Dugu Jue looked forward and found that this person's sleeves were closed, and there were six quivers hidden on his wrists, no wonder he could shoot so many sleeve arrows at one time, and what was even rarer was that these arrows were cleverly designed, and the direction of each arrow was different, and the six salvos were enough to seal a person's range of five feet up and down, left and right, such a sleeve arrow was really terrifying and terrifying, Dugu Jue thought, if it wasn't for the fact that there happened to be a sail available next to him, I am afraid that he would also die under this volley of arrows.

Just as he was thinking about it, four fast boats suddenly appeared on the river, surrounding Dugu's boat. A woman on the boat, who seemed to be the leader, shouted to Lonely Zhan: "Dare thief! How dare you hurt my brother! ”

Culprits? Dugu Jue thought to himself, why was he recognized as a thief if he didn't steal or rob all the way? Dugu Jue was about to argue, but the four ships suddenly exploded and fireworks filled the sky, and Dugu Jue immediately found that his ship was attacked by extremely powerful firearms, and it had been blown to pieces in an instant. But he was not in a hurry, and at the moment when the hull of the ship was broken, he grabbed the mast with both hands, broke it into several pieces, and then threw it far away to the shore, and the several sections of wooden pillars seemed to be arranged, every two or three zhang, and they were connected into a line until they reached the shore. Dugu Jue immediately performed light skills, stepping on the wooden chips and flying towards the shore. Unexpectedly, there was a series of cannon sounds, Dugu Jue found that the driftwood in front of him had been blown to pieces by an unknown firearm, seeing that he had no place to stay, he turned over and got up, with a sword to pry the water, borrowing a little water surface anti-shock force, and jumped forward a few feet, was overjoyed, suddenly felt that the tip of the sword that stabbed the water for the second time seemed to be entangled in something, not only could not help him jump up, but dragged him into the water, he immediately abandoned the sword in a hurry, but used the sword to sink down, stepped on the hilt of the sword, borrowed the strength to rise again, intended to take advantage of this meager anti-strength, Perform your light skills with all your might, and jump directly to the riverbank. There are still a few zhang away from the riverbank, Dugu Jue exerts all his strength, his body is like a flying harrier jumping to the shore, and suddenly there are nets in all directions in the air, at this moment he has nothing to rely on, and secondly, the internal force of the whole body is used to perform light exercises, and he has no strength to turn around and move, and finally he was entangled in the net, but he did not fall into the water, but fell to the shore with the net. The woman's voice came from my ears again: "Count you awesome! The thunder and the musket have all been dodged by you, but if you can still break free from the net this day, I will dye the name of "Thousand Skillful Hands" of this skillful weapon chasing souls and skillful hands chasing gods, and let you write it upside down from now on! ”

"Thousand Skillful Hands" Shen Ran walked towards Dugu Jue, she wanted to interrogate this "thief" properly. Unexpectedly, Dugu Jue had already stood up from the Tianluo net, it turned out that Dugu Jue had broken the knot on the edge of the net with extremely fast swordsmanship before the Tianluo net came up, but he deliberately pretended to be trapped by the net, in order to lure the woman who spoke to appear. Dugu Jue listened to the woman's tone very loudly, as if this "Qianqiao Hand" who chases souls with skillful weapons and chases gods with skillful hands is already a famous figure in the rivers and lakes, but why hasn't he heard of it at all? Therefore, we have to see where this "thousand skillful hands" are sacred.

Shen Ran stood in front of Dugu Jue, took out the portrait and looked at Dugu Jue, sighed, and said, "It's not like, it's not like!" It's a lot older than that, it's not the same person at all! ”

Dugu Jue glanced at the woman in front of her, and saw that she was pretending to be a man, but she couldn't hide her charm, showing that she was naturally beautiful, even if she was dressed as a man, she had to dress up very beautifully, so that she could be seen through at a glance. He looked at Shen Ran's coquettish look when he picked up the portrait, and couldn't help but smile.

"In Xia Dugu Jue, I don't know who the girl will mistake for below?"

Shen Ran unfolded the portrait in his hand to Dugu Jue: "Oh, you say!" From a distance, do you really look a little like this Demon Sect Master? So, I can't blame it all on the wrong person. ”

Dugu Jue took a closer look at the portrait, and the figure of the person in the painting was indeed quite similar to himself, but he was obviously much older than himself. Thinking that the thrilling attack just now was actually due to a misunderstanding, it was really unwarranted.

"In Xia, he is not a member of the Ming Sect, but from the "Tumi Villa" outside Kaifeng Mansion."

Shen Ran exclaimed: "'Tumi Villa'? No wonder it sounded familiar to me when you said your name just now! It turns out that you are the Dugu young man who has been rumored to have very high swordsmanship in the rivers and lakes in recent years? Well, sure enough, he was extraordinary, and he injured my senior brother with a single sword. My senior brother and I found you by the lake, mistakenly thought that you were from the Demon Sect, and decided to eliminate harm for the imperial court, so we intercepted and killed you while you were crossing the lake. Originally, I was a little hesitant, afraid of recognizing the wrong person, but as soon as you made a move, you were extremely skilled in swordsmanship, which made me think that you were the protector of the Demon Sect, otherwise how could you be so strong in martial arts! ”

Dugu Jue shook his head and said: "Girl's words are a bit forceful, the Central Plains Martial Arts Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is it only Xu Mingjiao who has masters?" ”

"Oh, even if you are not the Dharma King of the Demon Sect, but you will hurt my senior brother with a sword with one move, I have to catch you no matter what, ask me to understand!" Shen Ran bowed to Dugu Jue and said, "Now I know that you are not from the Demon Sect, you can forgive me, right?" ”

"This is not necessary, dare to ask why the girl of "Thousand Skillful Hands" hates Mingjiao so much? Do your sects have enmity with Mingjiao? ”

"What sect is there? My surname is Shen, my single name is dyed, and I live in Zhenjiang Mansion. Our Shen family has no enmity with the Demon Sect, it's just that the imperial court is arresting the people in the Demon Sect, I think as a martial arts righteous person, I should naturally contribute! ”

Shen Ran said it as a matter of course, although Dugu Jue didn't know what the Shen Ran girl in front of her had with the imperial court, or what kind of illustrious background she had, but looking at her age and words and deeds, she had already guessed that the name "Thousand Skillful Hands" was self-styled by her, and she felt both angry and funny about Shen Ran's naughtiness and recognition of the wrong person. said casually: "The "Thousand Skillful Hands" is famous, and I have always admired it very much. But since Miss Shen has no grudges or enmity with Mingjiao, why does she have to get along with Mingjiao! ”

Shen Ran knew that he had misunderstood Dugu Jue, and he felt guilty in his heart, and learned that Dugu Jue was the famous "Tumi Villa" Dugu Shaoxia in recent years. He claims to be a "thousand skillful hands", after all, he is self-appointed at home, and he is really a nobody compared to Dugu Jue. So when Dugu Jue just said that the "Thousand Skillful Hands" were famous, she felt very happy at first, and then remembered that "Thousand Skillful Hands" was self-styled, and Dugu Jue said something that she had always admired very much, obviously laughing at her, but she had always been outspoken and didn't care, but instead admitted that she was a woman disguised as a man and ran away from home: "Don't tell lies in front of real people, my name of "Thousand Skillful Hands" is self-styled, and no one has heard of it on the rivers and lakes, so I disguised myself as a man and sneaked out of the door, in order to break through my skillful weapon to chase the soul and chase the god skillfully." Thousand Skillful Hands" name! ”

After speaking, Shen Ran generously took off the scarf on his head and took off his robe, revealing a pretty daughter's costume. Dugu Jue saw that her words were calm and her demeanor was straightforward, and remembered that when she was seventeen years old, she also hid from Mrs. Murong and secretly left home, at that time, in addition to wanting to avenge the shame of the Murong family, she also had the same thoughts in her heart as Shen Ran at this time, so she didn't pay attention to Shen Ran's mistaken belief that he was in the Mingjiao and intercepted it, and even added a little cordial favor.

Shen Ran turned around to look at the injury of his senior brother Hengba, although it was not light, but fortunately it was not injured, which showed that Dugu Jue showed mercy under the sword. She turned her head to look at Dugu Jue, and she was very happy in her heart. Although she had heard of Dugu Jue's deeds a long time ago, it was rumored that when he was only seventeen years old, he had defeated more than ten famous masters, including Fang Dongqiu, the head of the Heshuo Seven Heroes, and she was quite curious about Dugu Jue, but she never dreamed that Dugu Jue not only had excellent swordsmanship, but also looked elegant and handsome, chic and elegant. So Shen Ran bandaged his senior brother Hengba's wounds, and at the same time looked back at Dugu Jue's white-clothed figure like snow from time to time, he was a little stupid in his heart, and his face blushed unconsciously.

Shen Ran bandaged the wound for Hengba, and asked Dugu Jue curiously: "I have heard for a long time that the "Tumi Villa" is very mysterious in the martial arts, and there is very little contact with outsiders. Dare to ask Shaoxia, what is the origin of "Tumi Villa"? ”

Dugu replied with a smile: "Many people want to know the answer to Miss Shen's question. In a few days, it will be revealed at the famous sword event. Why don't you wait? ”

"Famous Sword Event? Ah, I've also heard that the "Sword Spirit" Ye Wuxian's predecessors called on the martial arts sages to meet friends with martial arts and discuss the Demon Sect together. Oops, I didn't think I should show my face there! ”

"Miss Shen also wants to go to the Famous Sword Festival?"

"Of course I want to go! I heard you say that the "Tumi Villa" will be revealed at the famous sword festival, how can I not go? However, my senior brother Hengba is injured, I have to take care of him first, you wait! ”

After Shen Ran finished speaking, he turned around and walked to Hengba's side, Hengba had already heard her conversation with Dugu Jue, and without waiting for her to speak, he dissuaded Shen Ran: "Senior sister, don't go to the Famous Sword Festival!" That's where the major sects of the Central Plains Martial Arts want to fight and compete, it's too dangerous! ”

"I'm just going to see the excitement, what danger can there be?" Shen Ran insisted on going to the Famous Sword Festival, and instructed the Ling Musket Team to escort Hengba back to Shen's house first.

Hengba secretly liked Shen Ran and didn't want her to be in danger, but Shen Ran insisted on going, and Hengba was seriously injured and complained a little, saying: "I really shouldn't have listened to my junior sister's words, and took the Ling Musket Team to accompany my junior sister out to wander, but now that I am injured, not only can I not take care of my junior sister, but my junior sister wants to abandon me." ”

"Why did you abandon your brother? Senior sister is asking senior brother to go back and recuperate! Shen Ran comforted Hengba with a few words, and no longer paid attention to Hengba's complaints, so he asked the Ling Musket Team and other family members to immediately escort Hengba back to Shen's house.

After Hengba and the Ling Musket Team left, Shen Ran walked up to Dugu Jue and said, "Young Xia doesn't mind walking with me and going to that sword festival together, right?" ”

Dugu Jue is not a person who is obsessed with subtleties, so he said: "If Miss Shen doesn't feel inappropriate, what's the harm in going with you?" ”

"Nothing inappropriate, it's appropriate!"

Shen Ran said, unable to hide his smile. So the two walked together and went to the Lingjiang Garden in Zhenjiang Mansion together. Along the way, Dugu Jue and Shen Ran treated each other politely, but their words were very agreeable, and Dugu Jue, who originally did not speak much and had a slightly arrogant personality, also became cheerful in the innocent and brilliant Shen Ran's laughter and amusement.

Half a month before the famous sword event, Dugu Jue and Shen Ran had come to Zhenjiang Mansion and were looking for an inn to rest. The two ordered wine and food, Dugu Jue ordered two catties of wine, and although Shen Ran was not good at drinking, he also accompanied him with a small cup. While laughing and drinking, he suddenly saw an old man sitting at the next table, and also ordered a few catties of wine, but from time to time he turned his head to look at Dugu Jue and Shen Ran, with a sneaky appearance, Shen Ran was angry when he saw it, and he wanted to say a few words, but was stopped by Dugu Jue reaching out and signaling. Dugu Jue glanced at the old man, although the upper body pretended to be rickets, the lower body fell under the table but looked calm and solid, he was definitely a martial arts master with unique skills, Dugu Jue knew that this old man was very human, so he looked carefully, only to see his hand holding the cup, generous and condensed, should be a master of the palm. With this hand, with Dugu Jue's eyesight, he immediately recognized that it was the second brother Feng Lei Ye who met by the sand dunes a few days ago, because he was the only one who deserved to have such strong and vigorous palms. Feng Lei Ye knew that Dugu Jue had recognized him, nodded to him, and led him out of the inn, Shen Ran immediately followed, and followed Dugu Jue and Feng Lei Ye into a deep alley near the inn.

There was no one around, so Feng Lei Ye straightened his back, took off his disguise, and called out to Dugu Jue: "Third brother! I didn't expect you to come to Zhenjiang Mansion too. ”

Although Dugu Jue had already guessed that it was Feng Lei Ye, he was very happy to see him show his true colors as a hero and his brothers met, but then he thought that the famous sword event was originally coming for Mingjiao, and asked anxiously: "Second brother, are you coming to Zhenjiang Mansion to go to Lingjiang Garden?" ”

"Exactly, what kind of famous sword event was held by Ye Wuxian, and he wanted to gather all the major sects to be enemies of my Ming Sect, how could I not come to investigate?" Feng Lei Ye enthusiastically shook Dugu Jue's hands: "Brother Xian, don't worry about that bullshit famous sword festival for now!" I finally met you here, you have to come with me to the main altar and see our sect leader. ”

"Sect Leader Fang?" Dugu Jue had doubts in his heart: "I don't know all my life, why does Sect Leader Fang want to look for me?"

Feng Lei Ye waved his hand and said, "What is Su Ying's life?" I taught the treasure Xuantie sword, if it weren't for the help of the virtuous brother, I am afraid that it would have already fallen into the hands of Tong Guan's eunuch, and the virtuous brother is really kind to me! The Sect Master has always been concerned about this, and often says that sooner or later he will definitely meet you, a young hero. ”

Although Shen Ran didn't know who Feng Lei Ye was, it was also extremely novel that he had just turned into a tall and handsome man who was still a rickety and withering old man in front of him. Feng Lei Ye only cared about talking to Dugu Jue, looking at Shen Ran at this time, he hesitated a little in his heart, and asked, "Brother Xian, this girl is..."

Without waiting for Dugu Jue to answer, Shen Ran immediately grabbed the words: "My surname is Shen, my single name is Ran, I am a friend of Dugu Shaoxia, and I am about to go with him to dismantle the stage of the famous sword event!" It turned out that in recent days, Dugu Jue had told Shen Ran that Tumi Villa was originally the Gusu Murong family, and he went to the famous sword festival this time, which was really to take this opportunity to invite the heroes of the world to fight and be ashamed of the Murong family. That's why Shen Ran said that he was going to accompany Dugu Jue to a famous sword event.

When Feng Lei Ye heard Shen Ran say this, he decided that she was a friend and not an enemy, and stroked his palm and praised: "Okay! Shen Nuxia's words are really refreshing! I Feng Lei Ye has a thought with you, and I also want to dismantle their platform! ”

Dugu Jue then smiled and said: "Shen Nuxia is not simple, she is a martial arts legend, known as the "Thousand Skillful Hands" who chases souls with skillful weapons and chases gods with skillful hands!" After speaking, he glanced at Shen Ran, and Shen Ran was so ashamed that his face was flushed.

A thousand skillful hands? Feng Lei Ye wondered a little in his heart, why had he never heard of this person? But seeing that Dugu Jue said that she was a famous person, and seeing that she was very young, she thought that she must be a recent rising martial arts rookie, and she didn't know because she was busy with teaching affairs. Immediately hugged his fist to Shen Ran and saluted: "It's disrespectful, it turns out to be a "Thousand Skillful Hands" woman!" ”

"I'm not a woman! The name "Thousand Skillful Hands" is my self-proclaimed! Speaking of this, Shen Ran glanced at Dugu Jue with disgust, and then remembered that Feng Lei Ye seemed to be a member of the Ming Sect, and asked, "Could it be..., you are the Ming Sect's Bright Left Envoy Feng Lei Ye?" ”

"Next, would the heroine be willing to go to my sect altar with me and my virtuous brother? The heroine is proud and refreshing, and the sect leader must be happy when she sees it. ”

After speaking, Feng Lei Ye didn't care whether Shen Ran agreed or not, took Dugu Jue's hand and strode towards the alley together, and Shen Ran hurriedly followed.

The three of them went out of the alley, took advantage of the sunset and dusk, performed light skills, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they had swept out of Zhenjiang Mansion City and headed south. Soon, there were Mingjiao congregants to answer, the three of them rode fast horses, galloped south, but one day has entered the territory of Muzhou, came to the Mingjiao main altar.

I saw that the main altar was located on the waist of a verdant mountain, and in front of the mountain were villages, extending from the foot of the mountain to the left and right, and extending to the riverside, and it was a huge village group with thousands of families. It seems ordinary, but when Feng Lei Ye passed through with Dugu Jue and Shen Ran, everywhere he passed, everyone knew Feng Lei Ye and compared his hands to his chest in the shape of flames to show respect, which showed that all the people living in this village were Mingjiao sect members. Shen Ran asked Feng Lei Ye curiously: "This village seems to have a lot of people, how do they all seem to recognize you?"

"They are all members of my Ming Sect, so they naturally recognize me as the Left Envoy of Light!" Wind Thunder Ye responded in a dashing manner.

Shen Ran looked at the houses connected, and couldn't help but stick out his tongue: "These connected villages have a lot of people, right?" Are they all from the Ming Sect? ”

Feng Lei Ye nodded: "Well, there are nearly 10,000 people, all of them are members of my sect, but not everyone is a martial arts master, Miss Shen, please rest assured!" ”

From Feng Lei Ye's tone, Shen Ran heard that he seemed to be slightly estranged from himself, so he said, "What do I have to worry about? I am not an enemy of Mingjiao! Speaking of this, Shen Ran remembered that a few days ago she tore up the portrait of the Mingjiao master by the city gate, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, but she had no vendetta with Mingjiao, and after meeting Dugu Jue and Feng Lei Ye, she felt that Ming Jiao did not seem to be as demonic as the court said, and even gave birth to a sense of closeness, of course, this was all because she admired Dugu Jue, and Dugu Jue and Feng Lei Ye were brothers with different surnames.

"If Miss Shen really doesn't make enemies of my Ming Sect, Feng Lei Ye has thanked Ming Sect here!" Feng Lei Ye really stopped, clasped his fists and said: "Along the way, I heard from the virtuous brother that Miss Shen's nickname is the "Thousand Skillful Hands" who chases souls with skillful weapons and chases gods with skillful hands, and is good at all kinds of tricks and weapons. I heard Miss Shen say that her family lives in Zhenjiang Mansion, and Feng thought that Miss Shen must be the descendant of Lord Shen Kuo, a famous eunuch in Zhenjiang, right? ”

Shen Ran raised his fingers: "It's really worthy of being the left envoy of the Ming Sect, but how did you guess it?" ”

Feng Lei Ye smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Lord Shen Kuo was good at mechanical weapons, and when he was guarding Yanzhou against the Western Xia invaders, he often used special weapons to repel the enemy. Later, Lord Shen retired to Mengxi Garden in Zhenjiang Mansion, Miss Shen not only has the same surname as Lord Shen Kuo, but also is good at tricks, so Feng guessed that Miss Shen must be the descendant of Lord Shen Kuo. ”

"The huge Zhenjiang Mansion, isn't there anyone else who is good at tricks?" Shen Ran said disapprehantly.

Dugu Jue didn't want Shen Ran to quarrel with his brother-in-law, so he interjected: "The huge Zhenjiang Mansion, a "thousand skillful hands" like Miss Shen, who is skillful in chasing souls and chasing gods with skillful hands, in addition to coming from Shen Mansion, who else can have such a culture?" Miss Shen, don't be humble anymore. ”

Shen Ran let out a "hmm", and sure enough, he didn't speak again.

Unconsciously, the three of them had reached the mountainside and came to the gate of the main altar of Mingjiao. The guards by the door knew the wind and thunder, but they were quite wary of Dugu Jue and Shen Ran. Feng Lei Ye told him that Dugu Jue was the guest of honor invited by the sect leader, and he had helped him recapture the Xuantie heavy sword, and the guards immediately showed extremely admiring eyes, and everyone saluted Dugu Jue and made way to invite them into the main altar.

After one bronze door, another one, and seven bronze doors were connected before entering the main altar. Dugu Jue thought to himself, the main altar of the Ming Sect is so heavily guarded, it is really difficult for outsiders to approach, so how can Fang Dongqiu enter the main altar and steal the Xuantie heavy sword? Feng Lei Ye saw that Dugu Jue's eyes were wandering, his mind was connected, and he knew his suspicions, so he said: "Brother Xian must be thinking, how can Fang Dongqiu enter my sect altar and steal my sect treasure?" The virtuous brother is very suspicious, with Fang Dongqiu's ability, he will not be able to enter the main altar of my sect. ”

"Ah, there must be an internal response, right?" Shen Ran also thought about this, so he blurted out.

Feng Lei Ye glanced at Shen Ran appreciatively: "Exactly, Tong Guan's old thief has coveted the treasure of my sect for a long time, and he has already sent people to join my sect. Fang Dongqiu has a traitor to respond, so that he can smoothly enter and exit the main altar of our sect. ”

Dugu Jue nodded silently.

Shen Ran asked, "How could you Mingjiao be so careless and accept a traitor without knowing it?" ”

Feng Lei Ye shook his head helplessly: "I teach and preach the Fa in the world, and I never reject people. The congregation is all over the country, at least one million, how can they see them all? What's more, the traitor sent by Tong Guan was not a newcomer to the sect, but an elder in the sect with a high rank. Sect Master Fang is open-minded and treats his fellow believers like relatives, how can he be suspicious? ”

Shen Ran didn't answer, but Dugu Jue said: "I'm afraid that I didn't send people to join the sect a long time ago, but bought people in your sect, and if you buy one person, you can buy ten or a hundred people, and the second brother should be cautious about this matter." ”

Feng Lei Ye saw Dugu Jue's words, and admired his intelligence very much: "Brother Xian's mind is so careful!" After returning to the main altar from outside Kaifeng Mansion last time, the sect leader and I investigated the matter in detail, and as the virtuous brother said, the traitor was not planted by Tong Guan in advance, but was a traitor who was bought by Tong Guan by his own people! ”

Shen Ran couldn't help but sneer: "If you buy it, you will buy it, why should you say that it is an apostasy?" Everyone in this world loves money, and it's normal to be bought! ”

"I teach the doctrine of honesty and self-discipline, and I will save sentient beings if I have a surplus, so I don't want to defile the name of my religion with money." Feng Lei Ye said, his expression gloomy.

"Would it sound better to call it an apostasy?"

Shen Ran still didn't give up, Dugu Jue immediately stopped her and said, "Miss Shen! This is a painful matter for my brother-in-law, why should you be aggressive? ”

"Oops, I'm sorry, I'm talking too much, please forgive me if I ask the left envoy of the wind!" After speaking, Shen Liang gently pinched the cheek on his lips to hide the shame of being blamed by Dugu Jue. In her heart, unconsciously, every word Dugu Jue said to her had great weight. She couldn't help but listen, let alone disobey, but Dugu Jue couldn't see whether she had any intentions for her at all.

The last bronze door opened, and the eyes suddenly opened up, obviously in the belly of the mountain, although there were ever-bright candles, but there were few, why was it so bright? Dugu Jue's eyes swept sharply, and he immediately found that the spacious hall was covered with Liuli as tiles, and the sunlight sprinkled through Liuli, illuminating the hall clearly and brightly. After a little contemplation, it has been clear, thinking that the general altar hall is originally a mountain crevice cave, so Liuli is a tile, which not only shelters from the wind and rain but also does not block the bright sunshine. The wisdom of the Ming religion really opened his eyes.

There was a middle-aged man sitting in the hall, not angry but threatening, it must be the sect leader Fang La. When he saw Feng Lei Ye leading Dugu Jue in, his face was immediately full of smiles, and he got up to greet him. Beside him stood a young man, with two sword eyebrows as dense as thick ink, a thin and stubborn face, and a gaze that looked like everything in the world.

Fang La stepped forward, grabbed Dugu Jue's right arm, pulled him to sit down next to his seat, and said: "I have heard the name of Dugu Shaoxia for a long time, and I am very pleased to see it today!" "It turned out to be the former Sect Leader, and they had already informed Fang La, and Feng Lei Ye came with Dugu Jue.

Dugu Jue thanked: "The Mengfang Sect Leader is wrong to love, I really don't dare to be it!" But he also sat down calmly.

Feng Lei Ye saluted Fang La and said, "The sect leader is above, this is the Dugu virtuous brother who helped me regain the Xuantie Sword. ”

"Very good! Very good! Fengzuo can have a brother with a different surname like Dugu Shaoxia, which is also my joy of Mingjiao! Fang La turned to the left and right and said, "Fetch the wine!" The best aging is necessary, I want to drink it with Dugu Shaoxia! ”

Shen Ran was very happy to see Dugu Jue receiving such courtesy, but he was unwilling to be left out in the cold, and muttered: "Dugu Shaoxia is the joy of Mingjiao, I'm afraid I'll annoy Mingjiao, right?" ”

Fang Lahu glanced at Feng Lei Ye suspiciously, and Feng Lei Ye immediately leaned close to him and whispered a few words in his ear. After hearing this, Fang La laughed: "It turned out to be Lord Shen's granddaughter!" Lord Shen fought against Western Xia back then, and he was also a great hero, and after Miss Shen was a hero, she didn't let her eyebrows go. The old man is disrespectful, and Miss Shen is generous, so she will definitely not take it to heart, please sit down and drink together. ”

Shen Ran heard Fang La say that his grandfather was a big hero, and he was extremely happy. I saw that someone on the left and right immediately served wine, and everyone had a big bowl in front of them. Fang La took the lead in drinking a big bowl of Dugu Jue, meaning that he would do it first as respect. Then he saluted Shen Ran again, and Shen Ran exclaimed: "I... I can only drink lightly, how can I drink such a big bowl? ”

"It's the old man's rudeness again, how can Miss Shen drink a bowl of wine with me and other rough men, come here, change the wine glass for Miss Shen!"

A woman immediately brought a delicate small porcelain wine cup and replaced the large pottery wine bowl in front of Shen Ran. Shen Ran saw that Fang La was really polite to her, and he was very happy, remembering that Dugu Jue always said that he was a righteous brother with Feng Lei Ye because of a Xuantie sword, so he didn't care whether it was Mingjiao's privacy or not, and asked: "Sect Master, you just mentioned the Xuantie Sword, I'm curious, what kind of sword is it?" ”

Fang La smiled, motioned for Feng Lei Ye to go back to the room and take out the Xuantie Sword for Shen Ran to play with, Shen Ran took the sword, his body sank slightly, and exclaimed: "This sword is so heavy!" But if there is no edge on the sword, how can it hurt people? ”

Feng Lei Ye gently slashed at a stone chair beside Shen Ran with a dark iron sword, only to see the stone chair shatter in response, Shen Ran was startled: "This sword... It's invincible! ”

"So without a blade, it can also hurt people, and there is no blade in the world, and there is no one who encounters the Xuantie Sword and keeps breaking!" Wind Thunder Ye retracted the Xuantie Sword Dao.

"Where did Mingjiao get such a magical sword?"

Fang La responded: "The girl wants to know? It doesn't hurt to say it to the girl. The Xuantie Sword and the Bixuan Sword are both the treasures of the town that have been passed down from generation to generation in my teaching, the Xuantie Sword is thick and hard, and the Bixuan Knife is thin and light. This Bi Xuan knife is the Tang Dynasty knife casting master Zhang Ya Jiu made, Zhang Ya Jiu is good at casting swords and good martial arts, in order to ask the first sect master of our sect who had just been introduced to Middle-earth to teach him a knife technique, he actually gave this extremely sharp Bi Xuan knife to my teaching. As for the origin of the Xuantie Sword, it is even more peculiar, because an alchemy Taoist priest made a mistake in the formula of alchemy after being drunk, and accidentally fired a piece of black but extremely hard substance, the Taoist priest was very surprised and wanted to fire more, but he could no longer prepare the formula when he was drunk. The Taoist priest looked at the black thing like iron, the knife could not be broken, the fire did not melt, and he knew that it was a strange thing, and he also cherished it. But once the Taoist priest gambled with the first sect master, and as a result, he lost this piece of black and hard strange substance to the first sect master, and the first sect master knew that this was a rare treasure, so he exchanged a set of palm techniques and asked Zhang Yajiu to cast this substance into a dark iron sword. The ancestor of the martial arts of the world, for the characteristics of the Bi Xuan knife and the Xuantie sword, respectively, created the corresponding knife and swordsmanship, but it is a pity that the Xuantie Sword needs to have deep internal force, I have been persecuted by the imperial court for several generations, there have been several generations of people who have not had such deep internal strength as the Fengzuo Envoy, and the Xuantie Law was lost, which is a pity! ”

Shen Ran thought about it sideways: "Ming is like this, just now the sect leader said that the imperial courts of previous dynasties often persecuted your sect. In my opinion, the sect leader is really a polite and righteous person, how can everyone in the rivers and lakes mistakenly call your sect a demon sect? What a mistake! Shen Ran knew that this was very rude, but she wanted to be a newcomer, and she said a few wrong words to understand the mystery in her heart, even if it was rude, it was not a big deal. When the wine is hot and they are familiar with each other, if you want to ask each other again, I am afraid that you will not be able to ask.

Dugu Jue glanced at Shen Ran, but he didn't mean to blame, but smiled and nodded.

"Miss Shen is really a cheerful person! My Ming religion originated from Persia, and the founding name of the world was Mani, and the world often called my religion Manichaeism. Because the Mo of Mani has the same sound as the Demon of Evil, many people in the rivers and lakes who do not like my religion deliberately use the Demon as the Demon Sect and insult my Sect as the Demon Sect. Fang La put down the wine bowl and looked up at the glass dome: "Self-teaching is to seek the people from fire and water, since the uprising of the Quartet, the court and the rivers and lakes have hated our religion, and of course they want to insult my religion in the name of the Demon Sect!" ”

Shen Ran plucked up his courage and said, "You openly rebelled, of course the court will not let you go!" However, not all the people in the rivers and lakes contribute to the imperial court, so why do they also have a lot of bad voices against your religion? ”

Feng Lei Ye saw that Shen Liang was blindly asking, afraid that she would displease the sect leader, so he immediately interjected: "I teach righteousness in all directions, and when I see people who oppress the people, whether they are court officials or people in the rivers and lakes, they will not let go. Miss Shen, do you think that in the imperial court, which military attache with military power in his hand is not a sect? Even if it is not a disciple of the sect, it is also a friendly relationship, such as the Song general Cai Zun was originally a disciple of the Shaolin layman, and the group guard Peng Rufang was even more friendly with the Kunlun faction. The so-called public anger is difficult to commit, and all the major sects accuse our sect, and other idle masters do not know what to do, so they follow suit. This truth, Miss Shen's heart is more tomorrow than anyone else, so why ask again? ”

Shen Ran remembered that he didn't know anything about Mingjiao, but when he saw that the court was offering a reward for his arrest, he also thought that Mingjiao was a demon sect, which was really like what Feng Leiye said. She thought that Feng Lei Ye didn't know that she had torn off the portrait of the famous religion on the side of the city gate, but just from the fact that she came from the house of a famous eunuch, she could also infer that what she heard every day must be the evil voice of the Ming Sect, so she knew better than anyone else in her heart, but it was also in the same sentence. Along the way, after several responses and conversations, Shen Ran found that Feng Lei Ye was bold and heroic, and at the same time thoughtful and reasonable, and couldn't help but admire him very much. She thought, the bright left envoy of the Ming Sect is so civil and military, and the sect leader and other masters can also imagine that such a Ming Sect can really be a demon sect that is a disaster in the world as the court said?

Shen Ran was suspicious in his heart, and Dugu Jue was also confused. Since he got acquainted with Feng Lei Ye, and listened to Master Li in Tumi Villa to defend Mingjiao in his words, he didn't regard Mingjiao as a demon sect, but he didn't know how Mingjiao offended the various sects in the Central Plains, and he also wanted to understand it, through the Q&A between Shen Ran, Fang La, and Feng Leiye, the doubts in his heart were finally resolved, and he was relieved that he had been maintaining and supporting Mingjiao.

Dugu Jue was about to open his mouth to ease the atmosphere, but unexpectedly, the young man standing behind Fang La sneered: "Miss Shen wants to know if my sect is a demon sect, she shouldn't ask the court officials, she shouldn't ask the martial arts sect, she should ask the people of the world!" ”

Thinking of the common people, it is really awe-inspiring and righteous! The young man said a few words, and Shen Ran was speechless, and even Dugu Jue was angry.

Fang La said to Shen Ran: "My son Fang Yun has always been straightforward and fast-talking, Miss Shen is not strange!" ”

It turned out that the young man was actually the son of Fang La, Fang Yun, who served as the right envoy of the Ming Sect. Dugu Jue's mind turned sharply, he thought of someone, and asked: "Fang Shaoxia is the "overturning clouds" who have been rumored to be the first in the rivers and lakes in recent years? ”

Turning the sky and clouds hugged his fists slightly: "The false name is not worth the young man's teeth!" You are not only kind to my teaching, but also the brother of the left envoy of the wind, today to know the young man, Fang Mou is also deeply honored! ”

Although the words were polite, Dugu Jue could hear that Yungui was the son of the leader of the Ming Sect, but he was able to become famous at such a young age. It can be described as the pride of the sky, but he is not spoiled, which is really valuable, no wonder his young eyes are full of the sharpness of the world.

Subsequently, Feng Leiye talked about the famous sword event, and he told Dugu Jue that due to the recent uprising of the Ming Sect, he was ordered by the sect leader to be in the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and to meet the Ming teachers from all walks of life. I happened to pass by Zhenjiang Mansion and heard that in order to deal with Mingjiao and fight against the power of Mingjiao, Ye Wuxian called on the Central Plains Martial Arts to hold a "Famous Sword Event" in Lingjiang Park.

"The sect leader learned that Ye Wuxian called on the martial arts to hold a famous sword festival for the purpose of dealing with the Ming Sect, so he asked me to disguise myself and find out the details, so I was able to meet the virtuous brother in the inn of Zhenjiang Mansion City, I was really overjoyed!" Feng Lei Yewanjiu kept saying: "If it weren't for Ye Wuxian to hold this famous sword event, we brothers wouldn't know when we would be able to meet!" ”

Dugu Jue also drank a few bowls of wine, and persuaded: "The second brother has a unique skill, and the eighteen palms of the dragon are unparalleled in the world, but if you think that the sword festival is coming to Mingjiao, there must be sinister means, and the second brother will break into the meeting alone, but I am afraid that the risk is very great, and the second brother is still careful." ”

Fang La responded: "Dugu Shaoxia's concern for the left envoy of the wind has been accepted by Fang Mou's generation of the left envoy of the wind. Please rest assured, Shaoxia has already made proper arrangements, and it is not just for the Feng Zuo Envoy to go into danger alone, I will ask me to teach the four major Dharma Protectors to go with the Feng Zuo Envoy, please rest assured! ”

"Exactly, this trip must let the Central Plains Martial Arts know the power of my teaching, and the virtuous brother is waiting to see a good show!"

Dugu heard Fang La mention the four Dharma Kings of Mingjiao, so he asked Feng Lei Ye: "The four Dharma Protectors, but the rivers and lakes are rumored, representing the four Dharma Protectors of "ten, hundred, thousand, and ten thousand" who are vigorous, pure, happy, and wise? ”

Feng Lei Ye replied: "I don't think the virtuous brother actually knows a lot about my Ming Sect, you are right, the four Guardian Dharma Kings are the "Ten Dharma Protectors of the Might", the Ten Dharma Kings; "Pure Hundred Protectors", Water Hundred Laws One; "Changle Thousand Protectors", the King of the Thousand Vehicles of the Dao; and the "Wisdom of the Ten Thousand Protectors", the King of the Spiritual Ten Thousand Tibets. ”

Shen Ran heard the names of the Four Dharma Kings for the first time, and was quite amused, and asked: "In addition to the Four Dharma Kings, the Left Envoy of Light, there should be another Right Envoy of Light, who is that?" ”

Feng Lei Ye didn't answer, and glanced at the clouds. Turning the sky cloud nodded to Shen Ran. Shen Ran exclaimed: "It turned out to be you?" I really didn't expect the right envoy of the Ming Sect to be so young! ”

Shen Ran originally meant to appreciate it, but he didn't appreciate it, and replied solemnly: "Miss Shen must think that I am under the shadow of the sect master's father, so I became this right envoy of light, right?" That's right, it's best for all the martial arts people in the Central Plains to think so! ”

Shen Ran said with a slight anger: "You are really unkind, I don't mean that!" Not to mention other Central Plains martial arts people? Do you like people to think of you as a pill kid? ”

The more they despise me, the less they will guard against me, and the more sure I am of winning, wouldn't it be good!" ”

"I really can't see that you are young, and the city is so deep!" Shen Ran turned his head away and said no more.

Dugu Jue said: "Fang You's envoy is in the bag, his edge is exposed, and he can't hide it." The masters of the Ming Sect are like clouds, with millions of sect members, and the Central Plains martial arts is really the first major sect, but Sect Leader Fang, Fang Right Envoy and the second brother must not be taken lightly. I think that the millions of people in the sect are really Li people, and there should be a small number of people who have really been on the battlefield and know how to fight. Although this incident wants to save the people, it is not known whether the Song family has run out of energy. Now that the war has started, it seems to be going well, but in fact, because the imperial court is still gathering a large army, if the imperial court calls in the border guards who can recruit and fight habitually, it is still difficult to predict the victory or defeat between each other. At this point, Dugu Jue looked at Feng Lei Ye sincerely: "Second brother, those who do great things must be tolerant and elegant, Mingjiao should make every effort to deal with the war at present, and if you can let go of the Central Plains Martial Arts Sect, you will be less offended, so as not to spoil the big things and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Feng Lei Ye's calm analysis of Dugu Jue was extremely admired and appreciated, and Fang La also appreciated Dugu Jue's outspokenness, and each toasted Dugu Jue with a big bowl of wine. Even after listening to Dugu Jue's words, he lowered his head and groaned, quite agreeable.

Shen Ran and Dugu Jue drank with everyone in this Mingjiao general altar, listening to Fang La, Feng Lei Ye, Turning the Sky and the Dharma Kings of Mingjiao, talking about the origin of the Mingjiao rebellion, it was actually to ask for the people's lives and resist the oppression of the people by the government, and felt that this Mingjiao, which was called "Demon Sect" in the mouth of the imperial court, did not seem to be as bad as he imagined. But although she was relieved that Mingjiao was considered a demon sect, after all, after being born in the imperial court, she was still uneasy about where she should be in the face of the openly rebellious Mingjiao.

Under the hospitality of Fang La and Feng Lei Ye, Dugu Jue and Shen Ran stayed in the Ming Sect General Altar for a few days, not only the friendship between the two and Feng Lei Ye was more irreversible, but Dugu Jue and Fang La, the Four Dharma Kings, the Seven Sages and others during this period, they learned martial arts, drank a glass of wine, and felt heroic and cherished each other, and formed a deep friendship.

After leaving the main altar of the Ming Sect, Dugu Jue and Shen Ran went to participate in the Ming Sword Festival. The two returned to Zhenjiang Mansion and stepped into Lingjiang Garden together. Feng Lei Ye disguised himself and then entered.

Under the clear sky, I saw the pavilions and mountains and the water pavilions leaning on the lake, and there were exquisite pavilions everywhere through the corridor in the garden, and the courtyard was dotted with precious flowers and rockery stones. The garden in the south of the Yangtze River, the beginning of the six dynasties, was passed to the Song Dynasty because of the long period of peace, prosperity and prosperity and more exquisite. Dugu Jue sighed in his heart, he had heard that Lingjiang Garden and Mengxi Garden were both famous gardens in Zhenjiang, and when he saw it today, he was really beautiful. Although the Tumi Villa carefully maintained by Mrs. Murong is also extremely elegant, after all, the water is different and the patterns are different, and the gardens in the north are not as beautiful as those in the south of the Yangtze River.

Ye Wuxian has been famous for a long time, and he is quite famous in the rivers and lakes, gathering this famous sword is famous, giving away famous swords and swordsmanship, and inviting Mingjiao to discuss the Ming religion. Shaolin Temple Dharma Academy's Void Cloud, Void Phase, Void three monks took the lead in stepping into the door, the three monks looked peaceful, wearing red robes, and the disciples behind them were silent and polite. When everyone saw this kind of discipline, they all felt that the prestige of Shaolin Temple for hundreds of years was not false. Ye Wuxian saw from a distance that Master Xuyun had come to the Famous Sword Festival in person, he was very happy and flattered, got up to greet him outside the hall, and respectfully led Xuyun into the seat.

Soon after Xuyun and the disciples sat down, there was a noisy noise outside the door, it was Tian Dayi, the head of the beggar gang, who had entered the garden with all the disciples, Tian Dayi was draped in white hair, wearing a blue and gray cloth robe, holding a turquoise dog-beating stick, after entering the hall, he first bowed hands with the heads of the door, and then sat in the seat next to Master Xuyun. Shaolin, the first major faction, and the beggars of the first major gang are adjacent to the upper position, which is also natural.

After the beggars, the disciples of the Kunlun faction, dressed in white robes, entered the venue with elegant steps, Leng Wuyan, the head of the Kunlun faction, holding a folding fan and hanging a sword from his waist, slowly walked out from among the maids who threw flower petals. After Leng Wuyan saw Master Xuyun and saluted like a ritual, he immediately talked about Cai Zun and Peng Rufang being killed by Mingjiao, and both of them felt resentful. Soon, the Qingcheng faction, the Penglai faction, the Guangling faction, and the Canghan faction, which is a burly and strong man, also entered the grand meeting venue one after another. In addition, there are also people who don't know which sect and which master, in order to win the reputation of the world's number one swordsman, the alliance power of the crusade against the Ming Sect, as well as Ye Wuxian's crape myrtle soft sword and ghost spirit sword spectrum, one after another, for a while, Lingjiang Park was bustling, noisy and boiling, hidden dragon and crouching tiger.

After the heroes sat down, Ye Wuxian got up first, bowed to everyone, and thanked: "Thanks to the love of the predecessors and young heroes of the martial arts, Ye felt both ashamed and happy to come to the garden. It is a shame to be ashamed, with the body of Ye Mou's idle clouds and wild cranes, he can invite all the heroes to come to Zhenjiang without tirelessness, and he really dare not be it. Those who like it, it can be seen that the Demon Sect has committed the common anger of the world, so that all heroes can be invited to participate in the grand event, and righteousness should be the first. ”

Leng Wuyan took the lead in responding: "Who doesn't know the name of the sword spirit, who doesn't know?" Ye Daxia doesn't have to be too humble! What's more, it has not been a day since the Demon Sect scourged the martial arts, and it has recently rebelled against the sky, Ye Daxia held high the banner of righteousness, and my generation naturally responded. ”

"Thank you for being in charge, the title of sword spirit is a play with the same way, and Ye is ashamed. However, the crusade against the Demon Sect is the top priority for Ye to invite all the heroes here this time. Ye Wuxian sighed abruptly: "If Ye is greedy for life and afraid of death, he is helpless and is quite old, he is willing to use this grand event to invite heroes and select a chivalrous warrior with the most skilled martial arts, temporarily as the leader of the martial arts alliance, and lead all major sects to work together to fight against the Demon Sect, and the old man will also follow him." Therefore, this competition, the point is over, and the heroes must not hurt the harmony because of this. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Wushu took out the "Ghost Sword Spectrum" from his arms, and said with a rare sword hanging between the left and right rings with his fingers: "That crape myrtle sword has been with the old man for more than 20 years, and the old man will dedicate this sword and the swordsmanship of the old man's life to the winning knights. ”

Standing behind Ye Wuxian, his righteous son Mo Guyan was proud of the crowd, with a look of imperative for the Ziwei Soft Sword and the Wraith Sword.

The junior disciples of the Qingcheng Sect's Tianyou Daoist and the disciples of Xu Feiyu, the head of the Canghan Sect, had both humiliated the masters of the Ming Sect, so as soon as they heard that Ye Wuxian proposed to destroy the Demon Sect together, the Tianyou Daoist and Xu Feiyu immediately seconded the proposal.

Xu Feiyu said angrily: "That Demon Sect bullied the widow with the public, and once insulted my Canghan disciple, I swear to destroy the Demon Sect to eliminate the harm of martial arts!" ”

"Xu's words, Lao Dao very much agrees. Some time ago, Lao Dao's junior brother was injured under the sword of the Ming Sect Protector Dharma King for no reason, and he can no longer use the sword. "Tianyou Dao Chief said, the sword was unsheathed, and everyone in the hall felt a chill, and everyone knew that it must be a good sword.

"Good sword!" Tian Dayi shouted:

"Today, not only does the head of the Tianyou Dao want to take revenge, and the head of Xu wants to be ashamed, but I, Tian Dayi, also want to get justice for my brother!"

Guan Wenshan of the Guangling Sect asked, "Listening to the words of the Tian Gang Master, could it be that the Demon Sect also hurt the people in your gang?" ”

Tian Dayi waved his palm, smashed the corner of the table and said, "Isn't it?" I help the gang to have strict rules, the disciples in the gang have always helped the weak and the strong, but a few days ago they were also killed by the Demon Sect, this hatred, this hatred, I don't share the sky with the Demon Sect! ”

All the sects present said a word and I said a word, and suddenly the hatred of the Ming Sect gradually rose, and they shouted that they would compete as soon as possible and elect the first master in the world, and everyone was promoted as the leader of the alliance, and all the factions listened to the order, and went to the main altar of the Muzhou Demon Sect as soon as possible, and destroyed the Demon Sect in one fell swoop.

Dugu Jue and Shen Ran were sideways in the hall, seeing Ye Wuxian's righteous and awe-inspiring words, they felt a little hypocritical for some reason, and when they saw the evil voices of the various sects, it was really insulting and disdainful. Shen Ran looked up at him, only to see that the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he smiled slightly, but he was silent.

Feng Lei Ye, who disguised himself as an ordinary reckless man, slowly walked to Dugu Jue and Shen Ran's side, and said in a low voice: "The disciples of the Canghan Sect raped and insulted the women of the good family, and they were bumped into by the Seven Sages of my Sect; The junior disciple of the Heavenly Shadow Dao Master came to the door himself, and he was bound to challenge my Apologetic Dharma King Dao Qiancheng and was defeated; As for the group of disciples of the beggar gang, they actually helped to abuse the people and oppressed the people for that Peng Rufang; These accounts will be hung on my church's head, and my church will have to bear it gladly! ”

Dugu Jue nodded and said, "I see, the second brother should not be worried about their insults." ”

Feng Lei Ye said with a smile: "If just scolding can scold people to death, then why do I need to raise a teacher to revolt in blood?" Don't worry, I've heard too much of these dirty words, and I won't take them to heart at all. ”

After speaking, Feng Lei Ye restrained his smile and looked at the heroes in the hall with cold eyes. He has always acted calmly, not to mention that he is confident, so he will not be angered by Ye Wuxian's insulting words against the Ming Sect and the other sects.

At this time, Tian Dayi, the leader of the beggar gang, suddenly said: "Ye Daxia's name of benevolence and righteousness has spread all over the martial arts for decades, in my opinion, why choose someone else, just ask Ye Daxia to preside over the major affairs of the Demon Sect." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. First, I was surprised that Tian Dayi really had a big belly, and he had no intention of becoming the leader of the martial arts alliance; Second, I was surprised that if Ye Wuxian agreed, since the beggar gang leader recommended him, how could others dare to say it again, wouldn't this martial arts alliance leader let Ye Wuxian take it for nothing? Among the heroes, there are quite a few people who feel deceived.

Ye Wuxian immediately humbly refused, and said solemnly: "Gang Master Tian is so wrong to love, Ye Moude is shallow, embarrassed by this responsibility, but he is also very grateful. The so-called "the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the new people replace the old people", looking at the martial arts, there are many new and handsome people, and there must be someone stronger than Ye Mou who has to take on the important task, Ye Mou thanked the Tian gang leader for his kindness. ”

Seeing that Ye Wuxian tried his best to be humble, Tian Dayi was no longer reluctant.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Ye Wuxian immediately announced the rules of the competition. He first invited the highly respected Shaolin monks Xuyun, Void Appearance, and Void, as well as the beggar gang leader Tian Dayi, the elder of the Palm Bowl Changfa and the Elder of the Gonggong, and the six senior masters of the two major sects as witnesses of the competition. Then he said to the group of heroes: "Ye Mou, the sword sheng, was originally planned to be held for rising stars under the age of forty, but this grand event will elect the leader of the alliance to defeat the demon sect, so Ye Mou first went to the original idea here, no longer limited to age, everyone present participates in the competition." And although it is a famous sword event, the weapons used in the competition are not limited to making swords, flying knives and hidden weapons, but they are not allowed to use poison or hide soft armor. Ye thought that this competition could be divided into winners and losers, and if there was a mistake and hurt people, it was determined by the six senior heroes that it was indeed not malicious, then both sides and their sects should not have grudges because of this, otherwise it would hinder the great cause of jointly destroying the Demon Sect. Is that good? ”

Everyone felt that Ye Wuxian was thoughtful and reasonable, and they all agreed, and the competition immediately began.

In the wide courtyard outside the hall, Ye Wuxian's family has set up two high platforms on the left and right to facilitate the two competitions to be held at the same time. Ye Wuxian looked at the two high platforms and said: "There are many heroes in the competition, so it is divided into two high platforms, and two competitions will be held at the same time. Anyone who wins two games in a row can take a break and accept the challenge again. Then he glanced at Mo Guyan, and continued: "Everyone present knows that Mo Guyan is my righteous son, but his swordsmanship is not passed on by me, and he himself is willing to discuss Mingjiao, Ye Mou, as a father-in-law, should not prevent him from serving for the Central Plains martial arts, but he will never be given a preference because he is my righteous son, and the six seniors who witnessed the competition will not treat him with any leniency, please forgive me!" In addition, although the six witnesses are masters of Shaolin and the Beggar Gang, they will not defend their disciples, so the young heroes in Shaolin and the Beggar Gang, if they are interested in challenge, can also come to the stage to show their skills. ”

"Among the heroes, some people have long suspected that Ye Wuxian held a famous sword event in order to let his own righteous son win the throne of the martial arts alliance leader, and they were quite suspicious of Mo Guyan's participation. But Ye Wuxian himself spoke first, and there were six senior masters of Shaolin and the Beggar Gang as witnesses of the competition, and those who wanted to say a few sarcastic words were speechless for a while. Think about it again, if Mo Guyan really won fairly with his own strength, then he can't be prevented from being the leader of this martial arts alliance just because he is Ye Wuxian's righteous son!

Therefore, after Ye Wuxian announced the rules of the competition, everyone drank spirits to each other as a salute, and they all prepared to go on stage to win the championship. Although Ye Wuxian just announced the change of the conditions for the candidates, there is no limit to age and blade, but when the heroes from all walks of life came to the meeting, the well-known sword event was limited to people under the age of forty to participate in the competition, the purpose was to select the rising rookies in the martial arts, and as a temporary alliance leader to discuss the Ming Sect, so except for some Jianghu rangers who have no sect and no faction, the heads or seniors of each major sect are self-respecting and only send disciples to step down to compete, first, they are unwilling to compete with young people, and second, they know that this alliance leader is only temporarily set up to exterminate Mingjiao. You really don't have to gamble your reputation for this. Therefore, the majority of the participants are still young juniors.

On the left, Guan Wenshan of the Guangling faction took the lead in jumping on the high platform, waiting for the challenges of various sects to come to the stage. The disciple of Xu Feiyu of the Canghan faction, Tie Zheng immediately flew up to the stage, and with the sound of gongs and drums, the sword competition officially began. Guan Wenshan shook his body, paced with unpredictable steps, and the long sword in his right hand stabbed at Tie Zheng's chest with a fierce wind. Stunned, Tie Zheng could avoid it, and at this time, Guan Wenshan had already turned over in the air and crossed the neck of Tie Zheng with the short sword in his left hand, and Tie Zheng immediately raised the golden knife to block... After more than ten moves, Tie Zheng was defeated by Guan Wenshan's sword. Then, Wang Yixin, known as the King of Guanzhong Mallet, challenged Guan Wenshan with a double mallet, only to see that his arms were thick and powerful, and the heavy double mallets waved in his hands, which seemed to be as light as a feather. The double mallet struck at Guan Wenshan, and the power was very fierce, but Wang Yixin was still defeated by Guan Wenshan's sword after dozens of moves. After winning two games in a row, Guan Wenshan stepped down to rest. Xuan Lianzi from the north of the province came to the stage to accept the challenge, but was defeated by Mo Guyan with only one move, everyone saw that Mo Guyan's sword was as fast as lightning, and Xuan Lianzi was injured, and the audience was shocked and applauded He Cai. At the same time, there were discussions, all saying that the swordsmanship and body shape of the "Sword Spirit" Ye Daxia are like fairy spirits, so they have the reputation of "Sword Spirit"; But Mo Guyan's body did not move, and he defeated Xuanlianzi with only one move of the fast sword, and his swordsmanship was indeed quite different from that of his stepfather, Ye Wuxian. Ye Wuxian had previously said that Mo Guyan's swordsmanship was not what he had passed on, but it seemed to be true.

After Guan Wenshan rested, he came to the stage to fight against Mo Guyan, but after only more than ten moves, he was also defeated by Mo Guyan's sword. This time, after the heroes in the audience saw Mo Guyan's more than ten swordsmanship moves, some people whispered, saying that Mo Guyan's swordsmanship was very similar to the swordsmanship of Zhuo Bufan, who was known as the "Sword God" back then. Since Mo Guyan had won two games in a row, he stepped down to rest.

On the right side, Ruan Tianying, a seven-bag disciple of the beggar gang, fought against the "Sancai Sword" Flying Sky Wing, the first disciple of the Qingcheng Sect's Heavenly Shadow Dao Master, and after dozens of moves, Ruan Tianying was defeated by the Flying Sky Wing Sword. Dugu Jue jumped onto the stage and challenged Feitian Wing, and defeated Feitian Wing with the same "Sancai Sword" sword technique in a few moves. Immediately afterwards, the head of the Kongtong faction, the first disciple of Yun Ion, challenged Dugu Jue with the "Soul Chasing Double Hook", but he didn't expect Dugu Jue to use a long sword to make a hook method, and also shot down the double hook in the hand of Shan Lingzi with the move of "Soul Chasing Double Hook", Shan Lingzi changed his move quickly, although the double hook fell, he immediately hit a "Flying Dragon Fist", Dugu Jue changed his move faster, his right hand held the sword and did not move, and his left hand immediately swung out a "Flying Dragon Fist", which actually knocked Shan Lingzi down the stage. After winning two games in a row, Dugu stepped down to rest. The heroes watched him sit on the edge of the stage, and shouted one after another: "This is the way of the other, and give back to the other!" ", there is a lot of discussion about Dugu Jue's martial arts origin.

After Mo Guyan and Dugu took a break, they both challenged again.

On the left side, there are successively the disciples of the Kunlun faction, the cold and unglamorous disciples, Tie Wuxian, the Huaiyin Three Uniques, Shan Tianren, Shan Diyi, and the Single Xiong... took the stage to challenge, and finally won with Mo Guyan's extremely fast swordsmanship.

On the right side, there are Liu Yijin, Liu Yimu, Liu Yishui, Liu Yihuo, Liu Yitu of Huangshan Wuyin, and Yan Xiahong, the first disciple of Wei Du, the head of the Diancang faction... On the stage to challenge, Dugu Jue first defeated Huangshan Wuyin with "Dou Zhuan Xingxing", but when he met Yan Xiahong, the other party deliberately did not use the "Wind Chasing Sword Technique" of the Diancang faction, but instead fought with Dugu Jue with a knife. Dugu Jue didn't know Yan Xiahong's sword technique for a while, so he had to use his own sword technique to counter, and he still hit Yan Xiahong within a few moves, and finally won with Dugu in the right field.

When the two games on the left and right were in full swing, in addition to the six Shaolin and Beggar Gang seniors who were witnesses, Ye Wuxian deliberately sat in front of the hall, as if who won or lost had nothing to do with him, but his eyes also drifted to the two high platforms from time to time. On the one hand, he was concerned about Mo Guyan's battle situation, and on the other hand, he was curious about Dugu Jue. Just when Dugu absolutely fought Yan Xiahong and used his own self-created swordsmanship based on the Dugu family's swordsmanship, Ye Wuxian looked at Dugu Jue on the high platform, and a suspicious look suddenly appeared on his face. What attracted Ye Wuxian's attention was not Dugu Jue's Douzhuan Star Shift, he had already seen that Dugu Jue must be related to Gusu Murong back then, and what really surprised Ye Wuxian was Dugu Jue's swordsmanship. Ye Wushu vaguely felt that he was very familiar with Dugu Jue's swordsmanship from some of the sword moves of the Dugu family's inherited swordsmanship left in Dugu Jue's self-created swordsmanship, as if he had seen it somewhere. Suddenly, Ye Wu's heart lit up, and he suddenly realized that those sword moves were quite similar to the Dugu Zhan's swordsmanship that he had seen in the Shen family in the "Dream Creek Garden" back then! With this thought in his heart, Ye Wushu looked at Dugu Jue's appearance carefully, and only felt that his eyebrows and face were very similar to Dugu Zhan, Ye Wushu thought sadly, could it be that this Dugu Jue in front of him was actually the descendant of Dugu Zhan back then? Thinking of this, Ye Wuxian's eyebrows revealed a touch of murderous aura.

Seeing that the sun had sunk, Ye Wuxian got up and walked to the front of the two high platforms, announced the end of the competition on the first day, and asked the heroes to rest in Lingjiang Garden for one night, and then continue the competition on the second day. The heroes left the Gaotai courtyard one after another, and Ye Wuxian had already arranged a wine banquet for the heroes to drink in the water pavilion of Lingjiang Garden, and after the banquet, the heroes spent the night resting in the hundreds of exquisite side rooms temporarily arranged by the Ye family. Dugu Jue and Shen Ran were also arranged to have a side room, but Feng Lei Ye was gone.