Outside a hot valley, two men dressed in gorgeous blue clothes stood at the mouth of the valley, one in his mid-thirties, and the other in his almost forty.

In front of the two of them is a huge city wall built up with thousands of catties of boulders, and the surface of the city wall is extremely smooth, the gaps between those boulders are very small, even if there are some gaps are filled with sand and stones, the city wall is more than ten zhang high, even if the people with excellent light skills want to jump up at once, it is impossible, of course, there are no absolutes in the world, at least those martial arts predecessors, such as the Sword Emperor Sword Saint, they have not come to try.

On top of the city walls stood a row of sturdy men armed with swords, each with a slightly black squish, presumably because the temperature here was higher than elsewhere. There is a huge iron gate half a zhang high and one zhang wide under the city wall, and the iron gate is also closely combined with the huge rocks around it.

The two people standing under the city wall are Lu Wansheng and a master of the Seven Evil Sect, named Wang Jie, the status of the Seven Evil Sect is not low, Pei Xuanjun wrote a letter to Lu Wansheng to hand it over to the Fire Venerable, the Seven Evil Sect is one of the four top sects, and Yan Gu is only one of the ten major sects, so this time Lu Wansheng only brought Wang Jie alone.

Lu Wansheng stood up straight, looked up, and said, "Seven Evil Sect Lu Wansheng came to visit the Fire Venerable senior on the order of the family master. After Lu Wansheng finished speaking, the people above did not react, but Lu Wansheng was not in a hurry, and he and Wang Jie stood quietly below and waited. After a while, a man in his forties stood on the top of the city wall and faced Lu Wansheng below and said, "Our valley master is in retreat and can't see guests, Brother Lu, please go back." ”

Such an answer was expected by Lu Wansheng, so the expression on his face did not change, and he raised his head and continued: "The family master also has a handwritten letter, asking me to personally hand it over to the Fire Venerable seniors, so I also ask the eldest brother to open the door and let us in." Although there is no friendship between Qishamen and Yan Valley, there is no festival, so Lu Wansheng's tone is very polite, the person above saw that Lu Wansheng was unwilling to leave, his brows furrowed, and then said: "Brother Lu, the valley master is indeed in retreat, and he can't come out to meet guests, since Master Pei has a letter to send, you might as well put Brother Lu down and put the letter below, and I'll come down to get it." ”

The Seven Evil Sect is one of the four major sects, and he is the young master of the Seven Evil Sect, it stands to reason that he has been talking here for a long time, and the people of Yan Gu also know their identity, but now they don't open the door to let themselves in, it seems that something big has really happened in Yan Valley. Lu Wansheng thought so, and said, "The family master wants to personally hand over the letter to the Fire Venerable senior, saying that there is something very important, so I also ask the eldest brother to open the door and let me in." ”

Seeing that Lu Wansheng was reluctant to leave, and the other party was a member of the Seven Evil Sects, so he didn't dare to offend the other party too much, the big man hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Lu, wait a minute." After the big man finished speaking, he walked into the city wall, and it didn't take long for him to come to a tall hall, and there was only a thin old man with gray hair and a gray beard about a foot long, this old man's name was Zhu Qinbo, and he was the second elder of the Yan Valley.

The last time I went to Duanmu Villa, the Fire Venerable took away the deputy valley lord and the great elder and many masters, leaving only him and a few masters, and some disciples in the valley, but I didn't expect that only a few people came back in the end, and Zhu Qinbo, who had just known about the battle of Duanmu Villa, was weak and almost couldn't stand, but fortunately, the people on the side helped him.

Although Zhu Qinbo didn't know what happened to the Fire Venerable at that time, he estimated that it was probably more than lucky, but he still had a glimmer of hope, and ordered to go down to block the news, close the gate at the valley mouth, send additional people to guard the valley mouth, and then wait for the Fire Venerable.

But half a month later, the Fire Venerable has not returned, Zhu Qinbo knows that there is no hope, Zhu Qinbo, who has never asked about the world, must take on the heavy responsibility of Yan Valley, but the current Yan Gu is not even as good as an ordinary sect, which makes him feel powerless again. When someone came to report that the people from the Seven Evil Sect came to visit, and they were still visiting the valley master, he knew that the news was still spreading, even if he didn't say it here, he was afraid that Duanmu Villa would say it, and there were still a few people from Zuo Jian, so the news was blocked for a long time, but he didn't expect that the first person to come to visit would be the person from the Seven Evil Sect.

Zhu Qinbo sat in the main hall frowning and thinking, at this time the big man walked in and said, "Second Elder, that Lu Wansheng is unwilling to leave, and he also said that he brought Pei Xuanjun's handwritten letter, and he will personally hand it over to the valley master." Zhu Qinbo did not feel the slightest surprise at Dahan's report, stood up and waved his hand, and said, "You first ask someone to arrange it, and arrange everyone as when the valley master was in the past." ”

The man nodded, and then went out, and Zhu Qinbo sighed and walked out. At the mouth of the valley, Lu Wansheng and the others continued to wait, but after waiting for a while, Lu Wansheng called the person on the side to leave, and the man looked at the person on the city wall and said, "Young master, it's not good for you to go in alone." Lu Wansheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Yan Gu and I have no grievances with the Seven Evil Sects, I just came to visit the Fire Venerable on behalf of the master, they won't do anything, besides, it's even more difficult for them to do anything when you're outside." ”

Wang Jie nodded somewhat understandingly, and then left. Soon after Wang Jie left, the heavy iron door slowly opened, and Lu Wansheng saw a thin old man with gray hair and beard walking out together. Zhu Qinbo saw that only Lu Wansheng was standing here, and whispered in his mouth: "Thoughtful, Pei Xuanjun has a good apprentice." Coming to Lu Wansheng, Zhu Qinbo stood up straight and said, "Old man Zhu Qinbo, Second Elder of Yangu, Liu Shun also made it clear to you just now that the valley master is in retreat and can't see guests, so if you have any letters, just hand them over to the old man." ”

Although the Seven Evil Sects are one of the four top sects, Zhu Qinbo does not look groveling at all, after all, Yangu is one of the top ten sects, even if the three giants of Yangu are no longer there, but Zhu Qinbo can be regarded as an old-timer in the rivers and lakes, so the momentum still exists. Although Lu Wansheng is a disciple of Pei Xuanjun, he also knows that although the top ten sects are weaker than the four top sects, one of the top ten sects and one top sect are dead, even if that top sect wins, it will definitely hurt his muscles and bones, plus the strength of each master of the ten major sects is unfathomable, so he is not surprised to see Zhu Qinbo's appearance.

He made a junior salute and said, "The junior Lu Wansheng has seen the seniors, and the family teacher has explained that the juniors must personally hand over the letter to the hands of the Fire Venerable's seniors." Zhu Qinbo looked at Lu Wansheng's expression, and said in his heart: "It seems that I not only want to see how the valley master is, but also want to see how my Yangu strength is now, since you want to see it, let you take a look." "In that case, then come in with me first, and I'll send someone to ask the people who are in the valley master's retreat." ”

After Zhu Qinbo finished speaking, he walked in, Liu Shun glanced at Lu Wansheng, and then followed in, Lu Wansheng sneered at the corner of his mouth, and followed behind the two.

Walking into the heavy gate of Yan Valley, Lu Wansheng's first glance was to look around, there were rows of tall houses on both sides of the canyon, and there were people standing in front of the houses every two zhang, and there were people walking around on the road. Looking at the situation in front of him, his brows furrowed, and he continued to walk with the two people in front of him, and he didn't go far before he encountered a fork in the road, Zhu Qinbo said to Liu Shun: "You go to the place where the valley master retreats to see if the valley master can come out." ”

"Yes. Liu Shun saluted and walked towards the fork in the road on the right. Lu Wansheng followed Zhu Qinbo and continued to walk forward, there were people walking along the way, and when they passed by Zhu Qinbo, they all bent down and saluted, and everyone's expressions were natural, and there was nothing special, which made Lu Wansheng start to wonder. Coming to the front of a tall hall, Lu Wansheng looked up at the plaque above, on which the three big characters "Huoyun Palace" were written majestically. Follow Zhu Qinbo into the main hall, there are four young people standing in it, with an extraordinary temperament, Zhu Qinbo went in and said directly to a person: "Go down and make a pot of tea." ”

The man nodded, and then the fast man walked outside, his steps were light, and he knew at a glance that the internal force was not weak. "Sit down for a while. Zhu Qinbo said a word to Lu Wansheng and then sat down on the chair next to him, Lu Wansheng looked around the hall, and then sat down on one of the chairs below.

"How is Master Pei lately?" asked Zhu Qinbo. "Thank you seniors for your concern, the tutor is in good health. Zhu Qinbo didn't say anything more, the two waited quietly for Liu Shun to come over, and not long ago, the man who was called by Zhu Qinbo to make tea walked in from outside with two pots of tea, one pot was placed on the table next to Lu Wansheng, and the other pot was placed next to Zhu Qinbo, and he saluted Zhu Qinbo, and then walked out with a tray.

"Drink tea for a while. Zhu Qinbo said. "The senior was polite. Lu Wansheng said with a smile. After some more time, Liu Shun walked in from outside, and Zhu Qinbo hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Liu Shun said: "The disciple who was guarding there said that the Gu Master was at a critical juncture in the retreat and could not leave the pass. After Liu Shun came in, Lu Wansheng kept paying attention to the looks of the two of them, and he couldn't see anything unusual, and then he heard Zhu Qinbo say: "The valley master really can't come out in person, I will understand the kindness of Master Pei on his behalf, and give the letter to the old man, and after he gets out, the old man will hand it over to him personally." ”

Lu Wansheng knew the importance of retreat for those who practiced martial arts, since the people in Yangu had let themselves in, and they had already checked it, even if most of these were not true, but the two factions had no grievances, and he was still visiting on behalf of the master, so Lu Wansheng couldn't find anything to say at the moment. Lu Wansheng took out an envelope from his arms, with the words "Fire Venerable Personally Enlightened" written on it, handed it to Zhu Qinbo, and said, "Then it will trouble the seniors." ”

Liu Shun walked over and took the envelope, and then Lu Wansheng stood up and said, "Since the valley master is in retreat, it is inconvenient to come out, so the junior will leave." Zhu Qinbo also stood up and said, "Then greet your master on my behalf, Liu Shun, go and see him off." Liu Shun handed the letter in his hand to Lu Wansheng and walked out with Lu Wansheng, after Lu Wansheng walked out, he also looked around, there were many people around, and everyone's face was not too nervous. After walking out of the Yan Valley, Lu Wansheng hugged his fists at Liu Shun and said, "Brother Liu, stay here." "Brother Na Lu walks slowly. Liu Shun said. Lu Wansheng nodded with a smile, and then continued to walk forward, and only after walking far away did Liu Shun turn around and go back, asking someone to slowly close the heavy iron door, and he didn't look anxious. After Liu Shun went in for a while, Lu Wansheng, who had already gone away, looked at this deep valley at the edge of the forest in the distance, and at the same time looked at the high city wall, Wang Jie also walked out from behind a tree.

"How's that?" Wang Jie asked. Lu Wansheng said: "I can't see anything, and the Fire Venerable hasn't seen it either." "So what should we do now?" Wang Jie asked. "Let's go, let's go back first, although everything doesn't seem to be abnormal, but I don't see the two of Blaze and Blaze, and I haven't heard anyone inside mention it, and there are still some clues if you look closely. Lu Wansheng said and walked towards a path in the forest, Wang Jie glanced at the city wall of Yangu again, and then followed Lu Wansheng to leave.

After Liu Shun came to the main hall, there was only Zhu Qinbo in the main hall, at this time Zhu Qinbo was holding the letter that had been opened, Liu Shun walked up and asked, "Great Elder, what is written on it?" Zhu Qinbo handed the letter to Liu Shun, Liu Shun saw that it was just two ordinary words of greeting, and there was nothing else. After reading the letter, Liu Shun said: "We have nothing to do with the Seven Evil Sects, what does it mean to write such two greetings to the valley master for no reason?"

Zhu Qinbo said: "The letter is a trivial matter, the Seven Evil Sect is nothing more than to see how many people we have left, and to see how the Gu Master's injuries are, otherwise he Pei Xuanjun will send someone to send the letter casually, so why call Lu Wansheng." "So what do we do now?" Liu Shun said. Zhu Qinbo said: "Outside or strengthen precautions, others must seize the time to practice, and they must practice day and night, so don't ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes during this time." ”

"Then what should we do if the Seven Evil Sects, or people from other sects, bring someone here after knowing the real news?" Liu Shun said with some concern. Zhu Qinbo said: "During this time, the "Invisible Sword Technique" is still walking around the rivers and lakes, and the ideas of those sects will not hit us yet, and it will be the martial arts conference in a few months, and those sects will not be able to pay attention to us, so we should be safe for the time being." ”

Liu Shun nodded and said, "Then I'll go down and make arrangements." Zhu Qinbo nodded, and after Liu Shun left, Zhu Qinbo said in a low voice: "Even if you hit my Yangu with your mind, then you must be prepared to lose a few teeth." "In the dark night, in a room in a restaurant, a man in black with a black hat stood in the middle of the room, there was no light in the room, only the light of the candles outside shone through the window, so the room was very dark.

The inside of the room was even darker, and the man standing in the middle of the room waited for a while, only to see a masked man dressed in black slowly walk out of the darkness inside, and even his eyebrows did not show a little. After the man walked out slowly, the man with the black hat hurriedly bent down and saluted, clasped his fists and said, "See the envoy." ”