Chapter 17: The Gathering of the Demon Kings (Part II)
Most of the aggregations in this world come from two places.
Interests and camaraderie. Interestingly, most people think that the two are incompatible. People who think that they get together by friendship often look down on those who get together because of interests and belittle their snobbery. And those who gather in the interests believe that the bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and think that those who talk about love and righteousness are too naΓ―ve.
In Yan Xing's view, the aggregation of Tianji Pavilion comes from interests. The aggregation of the last floor inn comes from affection. Of course, Yan Xing will not laugh at the innocence of the shopkeeper, and can make the number one thief in the rivers and lakes and a person as rational as a scholar return to the inn, although Yan Xing does not know what the means are, but he admits that the shopkeeper gave him a lot of surprise.
And Tianji Pavilion is also not a simple interest, Yan Xing thinks that Li Zangjian and himself can be regarded as friends. This Nanban gathering, if it weren't for something he was interested in, he wouldn't have come at all, and if he hadn't come yet, Li Zangjian wouldn't have come either. The fact that such a person as Yan Xing can become friends with Li Zangjian is also a wonderful thing in the eyes of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion Master.
And Nie Wuxian and Chi Yusi, who had never shown their true faces, could follow the pavilion master with all their hearts, which was also a wonderful thing in Yan Xing's eyes.
The nine people in the arena had their own goals, but they finally got together. Some people are here to do business, just like Gu Sanqiu. Some people come for the sword spectrum, such as Li Zangjian, and some people come for secrets, such as Yan Xing. Akasi was pure, out of caution, he didn't care if someone like the shopkeeper would die, or if his colleagues in the Heavenly Machine Pavilion would die at the hands of the inn and the Demon Sect. As for the Black Jade Netherworld, Blue Jade Nie Wuji, and Chiyu Si, why did they join the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, and why they always followed the Lord of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, this is a secret, and they don't know if they wake up. Of course, the secret he wanted wasn't about the three men.
Xiao Qianye actually woke up unexpectedly, and he was really invited. Although the Nine Jades of the Heavenly Machine have gathered, how to arrange the showdown with the Inn Demon Sect three days later is still to be discussed.
"I didn't expect that one day, I would be able to summon all of you." Xiao Qianye was a little emotional.
"Needless to say, Cabinet Master." I hope to get to the point sooner.
"Although I really want to catch up with the Pavilion Master, but Childe also spoke, you might as well talk about business first, hehe." Gu Sanqiu pulled his mustache and said.
Gu Sanqiu has always been a renegade, in his opinion, there are two masters of Tianji Pavilion, one is Yan Xing, and the other is the pavilion master. Even though the top master that Yan Xing can master is only Li Zangjian, most of the empire's intelligence network is in Yan Xing's hands. And the pavilion master has absolute force in his hands. He hopes that these two people will always be like this, and they will be separated from each other, so that they can benefit from both sides.
"I have summoned you here this time, but there is something to do. And it's not a small thing. Xiao Qianye got up and walked slowly to the center of the main hall.
"There are a lot of stupid things in this world, such as underestimating one's opponents, and even more stupid things than that are giving those opponents who are already quite threatening time to become deadly behemoths. I'm sure Childe knows best. Xiao Qianye looked at Yan Xing, the meaning of his words may make people feel sarcastic, but Xiao Qianye's expression is very serious.
Yan Xing didn't speak, or even indifferent, just waiting for Xiao Qianye to continue.
"Over the years, I have left the Central Plains because of a sentence from Lord Xiang Wu, and I have also traveled to some places. Most of these places are unknowable places, and while marveling at the fact that the legends are all true, they also lament that the legends will die as well. But I never thought that in addition to myself, the Sword Pavilion, there were also heirs. β
Several people in the field are the top masters in the rivers and lakes, and they have naturally heard a lot of legends. When they heard Xiao Qianye's words, everyone became interested. Xiao Qianye is naturally not a person who talks about it.
Some legends in this world are very early, and few people know about them. The most widely told legend is that of two people who died in a flash in the Battle of the Dark Sea. They should have a realm above the extreme mind. But among the rumors that many powerful martial artists have heard, there is a place called the Sword Pavilion. Its location is unknown, nor is it known who lives in it.
For thousands of years, the rumors of the Sword Pavilion have never been broken and have never been confirmed. When some powerful warriors talk about the Sword Pavilion, they are mostly uncertain, and in this uncertainty, there are doubts and fears.
It is rumored that there are seven people in the Sword Pavilion, each of whom has the strength to destroy the heavens and the earth, and their realm is also above the extreme intention. These seven people are known as the Seven Sword Saints of the Sword Pavilion. It is also rumored that any one of the Seven Sword Saints of the Sword Pavilion will come to the rivers and lakes, then all the disputes on the rivers and lakes will be extremely ridiculous and not on the table.
This should be a complete story, because it is ethereal and rootless and difficult to trace, and if the Sword Pavilion really exists, there are countless seekers for thousands of years, and there is no shortage of high-ranking hermits, but it has never been discovered, so the Sword Pavilion should not exist. But now the person who said the word Sword Pavilion was not the storyteller on the side of the road, but the master of Tianji Pavilion. This made everyone start to try to imagine the impact and possibilities that would be brought about by the real existence of the Sword Pavilion.
As far as Yan Xing is concerned, if this Tianji Pavilion Master is really the descendant of those legendary powerhouses, just as when he was surprised to find out that the shopkeeper in the mouth of the original scholar was related to the mysterious powerhouse who defeated half of the martial arts outside Liankong City many years ago with a sword, he would reassess his opponent, whether it was suitable as an opponent or as a friend.
"I have heard Xiang Wu mention you, you are extremely talented, your martial arts are extraordinary, and you have immeasurable ambition and evil at the same time, but I don't want to, the pavilion master is still a person who likes to tell jokes. If such rumored things as the Sword Pavilion really existed, wouldn't it have appeared a long time ago. If there are really people who can defeat the world's heroes, then why should they hide so that the entire rivers and lakes cannot be found? Yan Xing is not unbelieving, but he still asks for verification in a tone of disbelief.
"If the pavilion master is the heir of the Sword Pavilion, does it mean that he has seen the so-called Seven Sword Saints of the Sword Pavilion?" It was Li Zangjian who was questioned, he was skeptical about the existence of the Sword Pavilion, but if it really existed and the swordsman inside was really as powerful as rumored, he would spend his entire life exploring it.
"The original name of this place was Sikong Sword Pavilion. This Sikong, of course, has nothing to do with the Sikong brothers of Taoism. I don't know the name of the master of the Sword Pavilion, and no one else knows it, and the master of the Sword Pavilion has long since died. The Sword Pavilion does have seven legendary swordsmen. It is the Seven Sword Saints. The highest glory of the Sword Pavilion is this, it is rumored that the owner of the Sword Pavilion will find some talented children every year and bring them into the Sword Pavilion to teach swordsmanship, and the most powerful seven of these children are the Sword Saints. And the most wonderful sword technique of the Sword Pavilion is the Sikong Sword Intent, which is also the origin of the name of the Sikong Sword Pavilion, those who can learn this sword intent, even if their talents are mediocre, but they leave the Sword Pavilion and put it on the rivers and lakes, they are definitely the top powerhouses. β
"Of course, the Sword Pavilion also has a strange but interesting rule." Xiao Qianye laughed when he mentioned this.
"What kind of rules?" Gu Sanqiu was also curious.
"A rule on how to learn the supreme meaning of Sikong Sword Intent."
"What kind of martial arts is that?" As a sword god of the previous generation, Nie Wuxian is a god higher than a saint, but in the face of legends like the Seven Sword Saints, Nie Wuxian does not have the frivolity of a beggar in the past.
"Sikong Sword Intent Everyone understands differently, at least it is rumored that the Seven Sword Saints have realized seven different sword techniques, but in the end, these sword intents, in my master's mouth, will be cultivated to the extreme. And what kind of things can be done by practicing to that level. My master doesn't know either. β
"The loftiness of the martial arts, don't say it's me, I'm afraid that Chi Yannan back then, Ning Wuxian now, or my master, can't know where the end is. But at least someone has reached it, and in order to learn that ability, he must succeed him as the next master of the Sword Pavilion. β
The things that Xiao Qianye said are all secret, and in everyone's opinion, if this is not a story, then it may completely subvert people's perception of the rivers and lakes. Siu Qianye continued:
"And to become the master of the Sword Pavilion, there are only two ways, either to get the approval of the previous generation of the master of the Sword Pavilion, or to ...... Kill the remaining six Juggernauts. You must be curious if there really are seven sword saints, then where are these seven people now, they obviously have the ability to change the world by themselves, and why they have never appeared in the rivers and lakes. β
Xiao Qianye said: "Because today's rivers and lakes are too shallow for them. β
The crowd didn't understand what Xiao Qianye meant by mentioning these appalling-sounding legends. After thinking for a while, Yan Xing understood: "When you talk about this, don't you mean to say that the dispute between them has surpassed the so-called unification of martial arts and rivers and lakes?" β
Xiao Qianye said: "The limit of martial arts, if someone can really reach it, maybe the so-called world strife is just a game. β
Words and deeds asked: "Pavilion Master said this, I'm afraid it's not to tout the Sword Pavilion." β
Xiao Qianye said: "In my guess, the boat ferryman of the Dark Sea back then, and the dragon vein martial artist beside Emperor Qin were two of the Seven Sword Saints. It's just that now I don't know how many Seven Sword Saints are left, I don't like my own head, there is a more powerful existence, and after my master died all these years, I have also been inquiring about the whereabouts of the Seven Sword Saints. β
"I am also sure of one thing, among the seven people who are still alive, one is in this river and lake, and among the dead people, one of them is the mysterious swordsman who defeated half of the martial arts outside Liankong City back then."
At this point, everyone understood what Xiao Qianye was going to say.
"It turns out that you went around in such a big circle, just to say that you and the shopkeeper of the last floor inn are in the same door in a sense?" Yan Xing asked.
Of course, Yan Xing didn't really feel that he was going around in circles, Xiao Qianye said a lot to make them believe that the Sword Pavilion was not a legend. And their opponents are definitely worth paying attention to. His purpose has indeed been achieved.
When the shopkeeper defeated the Dragon King in the rivers and lakes, there were many high-level martial arts officials who began to inquire about this person, since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers, but there is no self-taught prodigy in the world, the storekeeper's martial arts realm, exercises, and even the weapons used are the top in the rivers and lakes.
"His master's name is Chensha, and in my master's mouth, he is the most respected by the master of the contemporary Sword Pavilion, and he is also the most talented among the Seven Sword Saints, but unfortunately, he died in the end. But a sword technique was passed on to his disciple, who is also the shopkeeper of the Molou Inn, presumably the prince will not forget that the scene outside the martial arts conference can be said to be the same as the scene outside the Liankong City sixteen years ago. Xiao Qianye said.
Naturally, you won't forget.
What Xiao Qianye said today said to Yan woke up and said that there are many places that are full of shock, about the Sword Pavilion, this place he always thought was a legend and myth, but he didn't expect it to really exist. In this way, he seems to pay less attention to the innkeeper.
"There are many people in the rivers and lakes who are worthy of our help, but only this shopkeeper, if he is left alone, his achievements in the future will definitely be above us and even anyone in the entire rivers and lakes. And I never allowed that to happen. β
Yan Xing said: "If this is the case, inviting them to join forces with the Demon Sect and go to your altar of the Desolate Moon God Sect to fight in the Moon River Tower is not the most perfect strategy. But it seems that the pavilion master seems to be ...... Got a desire to win? β
Xiao Qianye praised: "Childe is really smart, that's right, I do have the heart to win." It's only been a year since I first came to the rivers and lakes, but everything I did was hindering my Tianji Pavilion. And the form of membership is somewhat similar to my Tianji Pavilion, and I have always been very interested in this organization, especially destroying it with my own hands. β
Akasi sneered: "From the time when the inn was not famous, to the martial arts conference that made the entire martial arts owe them a favor, and then to the recent war in the Northern Regions and the Western Regions, it was all us who lost." β
Gu Sanqiu frowned. Resentment appeared in Mizo's eyes. Li Zangjian recalled the battle with Chen Ling. Chi Yusi's eyes were deep, as if he had seen the sword that pierced the cause and effect in Qinzhou City.
Yan sighed, "It seems that so, it seems that we have fought with them many times. And it's all losing. β
Xiao Qianye said: "In the past, they were in the dark and we were in the light, but now they are the opposite, and the people on my side have not made a move. The most difficult thing to deal with in the inn is the master, and the most difficult thing for the Demon Sect to deal with is the sect leader Chen Ling, but if I take action personally, these two people will no longer be troublesome. As for the Demon Sect and the rest of the inn, you will have revenge. β
Yan Xing said: "I didn't come to deal with that group of people. β
Xiao Qianye said: "The identity of the prince is noble, so naturally there is no need to take action in person, but I believe that the life of the scholar of the Shen family still cares about the son." β
Yan Xing said: "Scholars will not be invited, and your idea of wanting to catch them all will inevitably fail." β
The person who knows you best will always be your opponent. The gentleman does not take any risks, and believes that scholars will not make such mistakes.
Xiao Qianye said: "But once you have the shopkeeper and the Demon Sect Master as bait, everything will be simple. β
Yazo said, "I want that girl, Pavilion Master, you promised me, Giggles." When he thought of Zhong Yunxiu, Mizo seemed to have tasted the delicacy of revenge.
Xiao Qianye said: "You face off against her, in this Nanban Secret Realm, there will inevitably be a result." β
Nie Wuxian said: "Lao Chi's people put a fire under the nose of the Qi family, but this account is counted on my head. But it's not bad, it's not a trouble, if that kid from the Ding family comes, you have to raise your hand, because that's my dish. β
Akatama said, "I'm not interested in the weak. β
Gu Sanqiu said: "Except for the two masters of the Demon Sect and the inn, the rest of the people are not afraid, I don't want much, just give me their heads." It's not bad to come here to Nanban and get hundreds of thousands of bounties. β
The time that followed was the time for the division of interests, and Xiao Qianye knew from the time he brought this group of people to fight that if he wanted to move them to fight, he had to be able to meet each other's needs at any time.
Fortunately, he always has enough chips. Xiao Qianye pushed open the door of the main hall, the summer night of Nanban came very early, and at this moment, the starry sky was brilliant.
Akasi looked at the other eight people in the Tianji Pavilion, and his face also looked very calm. All he hoped for was a calmer end to the matchups in three days' time. But thinking about it, no matter how calm it is, this showdown may be a turning point for the entire rivers and lakes.
And three days, too, is fast.
(Excessive plot writing is just a pile of mush.) It's really hard to write. I don't want to write a conversation flow anymore. The inn and the Tianji Pavilion business blow each other and then start fighting, after tomorrow's chapter, it should be the duel part. οΌ
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