Chapter 194: The Sword of the Soul (9)

Genius remembers in a second [Aishang Novel Network biquge.info] to provide you with wonderful novels to read.

After dealing with the encounter, the five of them did not continue towards the center of the town, but turned into a nearby alley, and after walking for a while, they found a random resident and pushed the door in.

This Cangling Town is not big, but it is also called "town", and it is not a place of projectiles. Otherwise, the fight just now would have attracted onlookers. After the town was abandoned for many years, there were many thatched houses in the empty gates of the town, and there were no people in them and nothing of value. If you can tolerate some snakes, insects, rats and ants in the house, it is not bad to go in and cover your head with tiles.

According to the information provided by Meng Jiu before, except for the head disciples of the various sects who lived in the inn in the center of the town, the other Jianghu ronin, or people from the second- and third-rate sects, could only look for such a dwelling near the inn. Of course, Meng Jiu and his beggar gang elders never considered this kind of problem, and they got used to sleeping on the road for Huazi.

Feng Buju, as players, can ignore the basic physiological needs of eating, drinking, and sleeping in the script, they just need to pay attention to the amount of physical fitness and whether their concentration can be maintained.

At this moment, there was still about an hour left before dawn, and Feng Bujue's plan was for everyone to hide for another two or three hours, wait until about seven o'clock in the morning, and then go to the inn in the town. Use this time during the period to make the survival value and physical fitness value naturally recover, and by the way, he will talk about the shape and countermeasures after dawn.

Since this script has a high degree of freedom, there are no restrictions on time, maps, and missions, so there is no need to worry about being judged as a negative game by the system, and everyone can correct it with peace of mind.

Of course, Feng Bujue was very efficient, and he instilled all the things he wanted to convey in half an hour, and in the next two hours or so, it evolved into a situation of playing word solitaire and sighing being thrown snacks by sad spirits......

In the two hours that the players hid in the shadows to pass the time, Shi Yanran and the square-faced man were not idle. After a short time, the two would get together and begin to discuss the details of the trouble. They did know each other, and Shi Yanran glanced at it in the distance, and recognized that the man was Sun Li, the second head of Wanxia Building.

Although this Gongsun Li is also surnamed Gongsun, he and Gongsun Qian have no blood relationship, and the two just happen to have the same surname. Gongsun Qian started ten years earlier than Gongsun Li, and he was ten years older, and his senior brother has been called a brother since he was a teenager. Moreover, both of them are very talented in martial arts, and they are outstanding talents among their peers. And so decades later. They became the top two people in Wanxia Tower.

In Wanxia Tower, when it comes to martial arts, Gongsun Qian is the best to do, but Gongsun Li's city government is far beyond his senior brother. Let's take Shi Yanran and Wang Ao's case as an example. Gongsun Qian was in the dark, but Gongsun Li was very clear. The great thing about this man is that he knows it, but he doesn't say it...... And he can pretend he doesn't know.

He did not threaten anyone with this, nor did he interfere in the development of the situation. Gongsun Li's criterion is four words - "beware in secret", so he is always prepared when facing emergencies. It's this thousand-day-like style of anti-thief. can allow him to turn the tide at a critical time like today.

Gongsun Li helped Shi Yanran this time, not because he had a good relationship with this woman or had any intentions for her. He had to make a move purely to take care of Wanxialou's face. He also knew very well that as soon as the murder was exposed. The adultery must also be exposed. It would be fine if it happened somewhere else, but it was here. Now in this Cangling Town, it is even more lively than the martial arts conference, if this ugly thing in their Wanxia Tower is shaken out here and now...... Wherever you go in the future, you will have to be pointed at the back and say, "The lady of the head of the family actually committed adultery with her disciples." How will the disciples of Wanxialou walk on the rivers and lakes in the future?

The upright gentleman and chivalrous man on weekdays have reached such a moment. There are still not many people who can help but not help relatives. At this point, Gongsun Li won't tell any truth, morality, etc., so let's put it all on those outsiders. Anyway, looking at the appearance of Feng Bujue, they are all in their twenties, and none of them are familiar faces, even if they do have some kung fu, they are also new to the role of the rivers and lakes. With his status as the second master of Wanxia Lou and Shi Yanran's wife, if he wants to frame those five people for the crime of killing Wang Ao, is it not a sure thing?

That night, Gongsun Li and Shi Yanran finished discussing the rhetoric and immediately went to Gongsun Qian. The two said that they inadvertently found Wang Ao going out at night, and felt that something was abnormal, so they secretly followed, but after following for a while, they found that Wang Ao had died tragically in the heart of the street, and there were five strange people with strange kung fu standing next to his body. After the fight, they found that the other party was really powerful, and they were afraid that they would not be able to support them with two enemies and five, so they could only flee back to report the news.

Although Gongsun Qian felt that there were a few flaws in his words, he didn't think much about it in a hurry. immediately left the inn with more than ten disciples, and followed the guidance of Shi Yanran and Gongsun Li to the place of the incident, only to find Wang Ao's broken body lying on the street. Judging from the number of footprints at the scene and the dart nails scattered on the ground, there was indeed a fight involving many people here.

However, in the current situation, they didn't know where to find those five people for a while, so they had to collect the corpses and go home, thinking about the long term.

This group of people moved from the inn to go out and in, back and forth, and naturally was looked at by many people. Before dawn, the news spread, and almost all the major sects and people in the martial arts heard about it...... Wang Ao of Wanxia Tower was killed, and the murderer seemed to be five mysterious masters who had never been known in the rivers and lakes.

…………

Early the next morning, Cangling Inn.

The cooks and juniors in the inn were busy before dawn. At this point, a cage of snow-white steamed buns and a pot of fragrant tea have already been prepared, and they can be delivered just waiting for the guests to greet them.

When exactly this inn in Cangling Town reopened, even the guys in the store couldn't tell clearly. Anyway, when people heard the news of Xie San and Ye Cheng's duel in mid-July and rushed to town, the inn was already open for business.

As long as those people in the rivers and lakes inquire about the ins and outs of the inn with the guys in the store, the responses they get are all ignorant of any questions. Because the guys in this inn don't know martial arts, and they don't know anything about the rivers and lakes, they are all ordinary people from several nearby counties. Someone gave them a good sum of money and told them that they only had to work here for a month. After August 15, the inn was closed, the money was cleared, and each went his own way.

As for the innkeeper...... Infrequently. It was a man in his forties, with a feminine appearance, and his face was extremely pale twenty-four hours a day, and he felt like a ghost when he saw it during the day, and he could not see anyone else at night, and he really said that he was the result of the evil spirits of the town. Maybe some people believe it.

After talking about the owner of the inn, let's talk about the guests in the inn......

In the martial arts world of this script, the strongest in the martial arts is "one mansion, two floors, three factions and four gates", adding up to ten sects.

A mansion is Xi'an Ye Mansion; Second floor. For Wanxia Building, Bafang Building; The three factions are Shaolin, Renwu, and Xiaoyao; The four gates are Kaifeng Wuji Gate, Western Regions King Kong Gate, Luoyang Justice Gate and Shuzhong Tang Gate.

Among these sects, Ye Fu is the supreme martial arts, and Yuanyu Yuezhi. The combat power of its top masters is recognized as the strongest in the martial arts. In addition to Ye Cheng, who is known as the sword god, the "Flower Shadow Six Swords" in the mansion are also first-class masters at the head level. The aforementioned Luomei Sword Lu Qingning is one of these six masters, of course, she also disappeared last night......

And that second floor. Wanxia Tower and Bafang Building are all sects that are in full swing today. Each of the two factions has a peerless secret book that has been passed down from generation to generation, namely Wanxia Divine Skill and Bafang Supreme Heart Method. Their leaders are also masters at the level second only to Ye Cheng. Looking at martial arts, even if kung fu is not among the top ten. can't get out of the top 20. Therefore, there are many disciples of these two factions, and the quality of the masters in the building is not bad.

Let's talk about the three schools, the Shaolin school, the Renwu school, and the Xiaoyao school, each respecting the principles of "Buddha, Confucianism, and Taoism", in addition to martial arts, but also teaching thoughts. The spirit of these three sects has a bit of a meaning of "crossing people", so there are many disciples, and the disciples basically don't care about their qualifications. Anyway, the three factions are all profound, with a lot of martial arts, and the apprentices with low qualifications will practice some superficial kung fu, and those with high qualifications will practice more advanced kung fu, and they will have to learn martial arts. Take Shaolin 72 stunts as an example, it is good for a person to be able to practice one in his life, and since ancient times, only Bodhidharma Patriarch has been proficient in all 72 stunts, and no one will compare with this kind of immortal.

The last four sects are considered to be the last of the first-line sects. However, the Wuji Gate of Wuji**, the Dragon Elephant of the King Kong Gate, the Heavenly Sword Technique of the Justice Gate, and the Poison Gate of the Tang Gate are all unique and have their own strengths, and in some specific circumstances, even the martial arts of Wanxia Tower or Bafang Building may not be their opponents.

For example, the dragon elephant is like a skill, quoting the setting of Jin Yong's hero in the Condor - "It is the supreme protector of Tantra, which is divided into thirteen layers, and the first layer of kung fu is very shallow, even if it is a foolish person, as long as it is taught, it can be practiced in one or two years." The second layer is twice as deep as the first and takes three or four years. The third layer is twice as deep as the second layer, and it takes seven or eight years. This increases exponentially, and the further you go, the harder it is to progress. After reaching the fifth level, if you want to go deeper, you often have to work hard for more than 30 years. ”

This kung fu, theoretically speaking, even if a person with poor qualifications, as long as he progresses step by step, he will definitely reach the thirteenth layer realm, of course, that person must have a lifespan of more than three hundred years or something......

From a practical point of view...... From ancient times to the present, only the immortal genius of the Golden Wheel Dharma King, who practiced hard and entered the realm at a great speed, only practiced to the tenth level in his lifetime. According to the dragon elephant Prajna Sutra, at this time, every palm strike has the strength of ten dragons and ten elephants.

Therefore, the strength and weakness of martial arts are not clear, some martial arts can be quickly practiced to a certain level as long as they cut off an organ on their body, and some martial arts are still not very powerful even if they practice for a lifetime and are not talented enough.

Above, the situation of the first-line sect is roughly like this.

And the beggars...... In this world, he can only be regarded as the boss of a second-rate sect. Meng Jiu's age, although he is very old, is kung fu...... It is estimated that he is about the same as Ye Hai, so let him compare himself with Ye Cheng or the two landlords, even if it is the head of the three factions and four sects, Meng Jiu does not dare to say that he has any chance of winning. And the elders and backbone disciples in the beggar gang are also far behind the masters of the first-line sects.

Some people may ask, isn't the number one gang in the world also having such a mastery as the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon? That's right, the eighteen palms of dragon descending, Meng Jiu has also learned, but not everyone can practice this thing to Xiao Feng's level. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of people, if Xiao Feng has practiced Pranya since he was a child, and can live to be sixty years old, then he can probably slap all the leaders of the beggar gang into ashes with one palm.

Let's talk about other second-tier gangs, such as Diancang, Emei, Huashan, Kongtong and so on...... In the past few years, there have been no particularly eye-catching talents, and it is a bit "declining in the inheritance." passed on in decline".

The rest are some third-tier and non-mainstream gangs, such as the Giant Whale Gang, Qinghai Jianmen, or XX Dart Bureau. You can say that these guys are people in the rivers and lakes, or you can say that they are smuggled salt, crop handles, and security companies...... In terms of martial arts, their leaders may only be average, but this Cangling Sword has attracted worldwide attention, and these guys naturally have to run over to make a kick, as if they are involved in this matter. His own sect is also considered to be a grade. In the future, I can still brag to others: Think about how I was next to Ye Cheng and Xie San when they duel in Cangling Town......

As for those stragglers who have no door and no faction, this part of the people is actually not much, and so far there are only seventeen or eighteen masters who have successfully entered the town by taking the small road. Those who came in by the main road were all heroes and masters who were good friends with various major factions and had a great reputation, and the number was only about thirty people.

By the thirteenth day of August, the inn had been filled with the heads and disciples of the Ten Sects. There are only a few solo travelers, who came relatively early, and their status and martial arts attainments are also quite high. to occupy some rooms in the inn.

And the people from the second- and third-tier sects and other martial arts people who came in twos and threes all lived in abandoned houses around the inn. Nowadays, as long as a bamboo is planted in front of the house, it means that it has been occupied. If you don't plug it in, please take care of yourself. Anyway, this town belongs to the three things, and everyone agrees a little bit, and it becomes the rule.

Sum up. The current Cangling Town is basically in such a situation.

But the two protagonists of the duel. Ye Cheng and Xie San have not yet appeared in the town.

…………

The cold dew cleans the autumn sky, and the distant mountains are all in sight.

The autumn morning in the mountain town is indeed very pleasant.

Every morning, the heads of the various factions (including those who live outside the inn) will bring one or two henchmen to the first floor of the inn to find a table to sit down and drink tea and eat. They will definitely chat with each other consciously or unconsciously, on the surface polite, but in fact they test each other.

And the most talked about topic today is naturally the death of Wang Ao, a disciple of Wanxialou......

"Gongsun Lou Master, when the sky is not yet dawn, you and your disciples are working together, what are you arguing about?" The person who asked this was a fat oil-faced monk, who held a wine jar early in the morning, and did not sit at the table, but leaned on the side of the stairs leading to the second floor of the inn, and sat directly on the ground. His face was scarlet, his expression was slightly drunk, his robe was open, and a string of Buddhist beads hung on his chest, each of which was the size of a fist.

This monk's name is Lu Shan, although he is a disciple of Buddhism, but Lu Shan is obviously not from Shaolin. This wine and meat monk doesn't know which wild temple he is from, and he doesn't know where he learned a set of quite advanced boxing techniques - Drunken Arhat, so he created a reputation in the rivers and lakes. For more than ten years, he has walked the rivers and lakes and done a lot of righteous deeds, and he can be regarded as a hero.

"Hmph...... Monk Lu, didn't you get drunk and misheard? Gongsun snorted coldly, holding the shelf, not admitting it or denying it.

The drunken monk Lu Shan has the ability to understand when he is confused, which is known to everyone in the rivers and lakes. If ordinary people don't speak well, Lu Shan can say it if he wants to, anyway, as long as he puts on that drunken appearance, he is not afraid of offending people. If the other party is really angry, the monk will say that he is drunk and talking nonsense, and if he accompanies him, both sides will step down.

"Oh? Could it be that I'm dreaming, monk? That's not right...... In this dream, why do I seem to smell blood? Lu Shan asked again with a pretense of pretending.

"Maybe your monk's nose was also burned by wine, right?" Shi Yanran was sitting next to Gongsun Qian, she turned her head when she heard the words, and replied angrily.

"Master Gongsun, I also heard the movement." A tall and thin man in his forties and fifties interjected at this time and laughed: "Could it be that you took your apprentices up the mountain to hunt game in the middle of the night?" Hehe...... The thing that came from that called tasted quite rushing! ”

This person is Ji Tong, the owner of Bafang Building, and he has a grudge with Gongsun Qian, so it is normal for him to speak sarcastically and thorny at this time.

Gongsun Qian did not bury Wang Ao's body last night, but asked his disciples to wrap it in straw mats and bring it back to the inn. The body is currently being placed in a room belonging to them, guarded by two disciples. As for the smell...... He had been treated with special drugs that could temporarily suppress the smell of corpses for a day and a night.

"Hehehe...... The nose of the owner of the Ji Mansion is really spiritual. Gongsun Qian was not to be outdone, and laughed while scolding insinuatingly.

Gongsun Li, Shi Yanran, and the other two disciples beside him all laughed very cooperatively, as if these words were so funny.

"Humph!" Ji Tong slapped the table, "I didn't wipe it clean, so I used my mouth to fart?" ”

"Say what!"

"Hahaha......" Ji Tong also laughed: "Gongsun Lou Master, the apprentice is dead and not buried, did he not find the murderer?" Hehe...... I, Ji Tong, am also a knowledgeable person, so why don't I help you see the body, so that you can find the enemy. ”

"Hmph...... I understand the kindness of the owner of the building. Gongsun Qian snorted coldly: "It's not the first day I've come out to walk the rivers and lakes, and I won't be able to control you!" ”

The two of them were talking sharply, while the heads of other sects and martial arts people around them watched the excitement silently.

At this moment, at the gate of the inn, several figures appeared, it turned out to be Feng Bujue and his teammates, and they just stepped in from the main entrance...... (To be continued)