Early one morning after March.

In the western part of the Tianshan Mountains, there is a mountainous forest area with many frosts.

At this time, with the cold winter wind whistling and blowing, and the sound of 'hooves' horses galloping.

Zhao Zhou led two thousand cavalry guards after several months of running, and now, stopped in front of a Baizhang peak surrounded by white clouds.

"Zhao Zhou, the governor of the Eight Prefectures, was ordered by the imperial court to record the roster of the free faction."

Zhao Zhou came to the foot of the Ethereal Peak, and immediately looked at the four disciples on duty in front of the entrance of the mountain road, signaling them to hurry up and pass through, so as not to delay time.

"Yes.. Be! "One of the disciples said, 'Governor, wait a minute, I'll go and report it,' and without saying a word, he turned around and ran up the mountain, looking anxious, as if he was afraid that he would be killed.

Because the Ethereal Peak in the sky is a big faction, well-informed, and has long known what Zhao Zhou has done on the rivers and lakes during this time, it is simply a disagreement, and he will destroy all people.

"It's Zhao Zhou here...."

In addition to the disciple who passed on the rumor and hurriedly went back to report it, the remaining three disciples in front of the door had also heard Zhao Zhou's name, and then they were all quite nervous, staring at the two thousand cavalry guards behind Zhao Zhou who surrounded the mountain peak, and the crossbow they held in their hands, afraid that if they were not careful, they would attract ten thousand arrows.

"I don't know how this Xiaoyaozi's martial arts are." Zhao Zhou also saw the report of these disciples, and also thought for a moment, thinking that after he had finished this trip to the Ethereal Peak, and after saying the 'good news', he would have to go to the only remaining major faction on the rivers and lakes, Wudang Zhang Zhenren.

And in these three months, Zhao Zhou rushed to the way to the free faction.

He thought about the detour back and forth, and also changed his original plan, and did not make a special trip to the Ethereal Peak, but took a detour along the way, and noted down the various sects near the north and south that were willing to Zhao'an.

Again, this lasted three months.

Zhao Zhou basically went through the sects on the rivers and lakes, and all of them were surrendered to the imperial court, even if it was the Quanzhen Sect with a half-step grandmaster, Wang Chongyang. is also compared with Zhao Zhou, far worse, willing to be canonized as a state religion.

There are those who are willing and those who are not.

Zhao Zhou also killed several cult members who would rather die than give in along the way, killed more than 10,000 people, and stained the mountain gate with blood.

But also in the case of Zhao Zhou's killing spree, and Wang Chongyang is not Zhao Zhou's opponent, many sects have chosen to record the roster, and there is no 'rebellion' in the past few years.

Because Zhao Zhou did not 'kill all the people in the rivers and lakes this time, as he did a few years ago, and no one was left'. Instead, most of them went to the various major sects with the 'holy decree', and they were crowned officials and knights.

Especially Zhao Zhou just wrote down a 'name', which is not a major event of stealing the family and exterminating the clan.

After the major factions learned about it, some people felt that they couldn't make a 'big move', so that their disciples were killed and injured, and then they followed first.

In other words, the major factions that have signed the 'roster' now are 'temporarily choosing to be attached' and 'openly agreeing to Zhao Zhou'. Secretly, they are actually waiting for the 'more powerful half-step grandmaster' to make a move, kill Zhao Zhou under his fist, and then burn this roster.

But also when they don't want to be this up-and-coming bird.

Zhao Zhou's news of 'annihilation' was fueled by his intention, and he let the Janissary Flying Pigeon spread the book, and it spread throughout the entire rivers and lakes within a month.

Roughly speaking, those who obey the court prosper, and those who disobey the holy decree die. Let those Jianghu sects that have not yet signed weigh it.

And also in these three months.

Zhao Zhou also went to Huashan a month ago and saw the wind Qingyang who had learned the 'Dugu Nine Swords'.

And he consulted one or two hands, wanting to see how magical the Dugu Nine Sword is, and what it means to 'win without a move'.

It's just that the day passed by a hand.

Feng Qingyang, who is between the earth list and the sky list, is not Zhao Zhou's opponent at all, and he was defeated by Zhao Zhou's move. After all, the strength difference between the two is too much, and it is difficult to make up for it with any swordsmanship.

And Zhao Zhou partnered with him a few times, and also found that this 'Dugu Nine Swords' was actually a 'Six Senses Understanding'.

Just like in a battle, the person who has learned the Dugu Nine Swords will first use his eyesight to observe the opponent's moves. After brain review and judgment, it is deduced to the opponent's 'flaw', and then plays various move changes, or a one-hit killing move, killing the opponent.

But if the difference in strength between the two sides is too great.

For example, Zhao Zhou's body speed is too fast, and the wind is clear and can't see it clearly, and there is no so-called 'change and breaking move'.

However, if the strength of the two parties is similar, and the world of this side focuses on internal cultivation, there are slight flaws in the moves. Dugu Jiujian can indeed seize the opportunity and play all kinds of killing moves, because those who can learn Dugu Jiujian will be more or less superior to others in the 'Six Senses of Understanding'.

In simple terms.

That is, those who want to practice this swordsmanship must first have a 'high understanding and a stable mentality'. When you are fighting between life and death, you can calm down, think about the opponent's various moves, and then combine your own ideas to play the most effective and simple 'breaking moves' in the fastest time.

But in Zhao Zhou's mind, if he has a high level of comprehension and understands a thousand methods in one way, then any swordsmanship is the same, and all the moves can kill.

Or to put it bluntly, this swordsmanship originally needed the 'powerful six senses to carry', not a natural genius, I'm afraid that I can't even enter the door of Dugu Nine Swords!

Or like Zhao Zhou, with great perseverance, slowly grinding for decades, practicing day and night, fighting more than 10,000 people, eating all kinds of treasures, opening all the magical powers, 'six senses of the gods', killing moves at your fingertips, proficient in all eighteen weapons, also called 'Dugu!' ’

Equally.

Zhao Zhou found out about this matter, and also found that Dugu Jiujian was not talking about a sword move, but an indescribable 'artistic conception'.

It's the kind of 'artistic conception' that can instantly judge the situation and make a killing move.

To put it mildly, it is the 'sword intent' that kills thousands of miles away.

However, although Zhao Zhou didn't understand what this strange 'artistic conception' was, he also had his own understanding, and he felt that he had already cultivated this 'meaning'.

"This 'meaning' sounds too mysterious, and I don't know how to practice. But I always feel that this 'meaning' is actually like muscle memory, and when I come to the battlefield again, I subconsciously fight back, which is also the same as the breaking move of the Lonely Nine Swords. ”

Under the Ethereal Peak.

Zhao Zhou thought about it, and after summarizing the experience of the past few months, it didn't take long for him to hear the sound of footsteps coming from the waist of the mountain, as if someone had come down the mountain.

At this time, Zhao Zhou looked up and vaguely saw a woman with more than a hundred neatly dressed disciples in the clouds on the mountainside.

"Humph!"

On the mountainside, the woman noticed Zhao Zhou's gaze, first snorted coldly, stepped over the remaining five or six hundred meters of mountain road in about twenty steps, stopped in front of the mountain gate, looked at Zhao Zhou, and did not dodge her eyes.

"What is the matter with Governor Zhao coming to my free faction?" The appearance of this woman is an old voice, which is extremely weird.

And she is also the Tianshan Tong grandmother of the free faction! He is also the eldest disciple of Xiaoyaozi!

And between her words, she completely ignored the thousand horsemen behind Zhao Zhou, and instead stared at Zhao Zhou, as if she had some deep hatred!

This was the battle of the Jianghu court five years ago, and her junior sisters Li Qiushui, Wu Yazi and others all died, and no one survived.

As a result, the second-generation disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect are now the only ones left to support her. How could she not hate these people in the court?

"Of course you came here for something." Zhao Zhou didn't mind Tianshan Tong's gaze, but ordered the guards behind him: "Climb the case and surround the mountain."

"What do you mean by the governor?" Tianshan Tong's grandmother saw that Zhao Zhou was more domineering than herself, and without her consent, she had to register her name, her face was not very good-looking, and she spoke with an unpolite voice, and there was a faint smell of gunpowder.

Because in addition to these origins and hatred, she herself cultivates 'Eight Desolations and Six Combinations of Exclusive Martial Arts!' ’

Listening to its name, you will know that the exercises are like people, and people are like exercises! If you don't have this domineering, but after seeing the 'enemy of the court', your momentum will be weak, and you won't dare to speak. Then she didn't need Zhao Zhou to do it, she went crazy by herself.

"The Governor's siege of the mountain today. But did the Freeman offend you? Tianshan Tong's grandmother was originally this temper tantrum, and before Zhao Zhou could say anything, she also asked in a row, "Your court killed my junior brother and sister a few years ago, and my free faction hasn't said anything yet, which can be regarded as revenge." But now that people in your court have come to my Ethereal Peak Mountain again, do you still want to find something to do? Is it true that we are easy to bully? ”

"That's not true." Zhao Zhou saw that the guards surrounded the mountain pass, and saw a steady stream of disciples coming down on the mountain to be on guard, so he said to the Tianshan Tong Grandma who was becoming more and more dissatisfied: "If you say that you can find a reason, you have indeed offended this governor." It's not that this governor deliberately embarrasses you, and it's not that he thinks you're so easy to bully. ”

"Our Tianshan faction hasn't stepped into the rivers and lakes for five years, how can we offend?" Tianshan Tong's grandmother laughed angrily, her face became even more ugly, "If the governor wants to impose a crime, he will say it bluntly, why beat around the bush?" ”

"If I want to kill you, do I need to be charged?" Zhao Zhou said, after seeing that the faces of the disciples and Tianshan Tong's grandmother became ugly, he didn't care at all, but got off the horse and took out a jade pendant from his sleeve.

"Of course, this governor acts in accordance with the law, not killing innocents indiscriminately, which is different from you and other cult people."

Zhao Zhou spread the jade pendant in the palm of his hand, and didn't wait for Tianshan Tong's grandmother to say again, "And if you really want to know the reason, then you know what it is." ”

"How can you have my apprentice Yi Hao's token?" Tianshan Tong's grandmother moved her eyes to the jade pendant, and asked rhetorically, "Could it be that the governor has seen my apprentice?" Or has my apprentice offended you? ”

Tianshan Tong's eyes were inquisitive and anxious, because the master of the jade pendant, 'Yi Hao, the 'Time and Space Person', is the 'future pillar' of their sect! ’

Whereas. Tianshan Tong's acceptance of Yi Hao as a disciple is also a coincidence. It was when Yi Hao first came to this world that he happened to be at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain, and he happened to be discovered by the Tianshan Tong Grandma who was in a good mood, and then he was admitted to the ordinary disciple.

But as soon as Yi Hao came into contact with the internal force, he stepped into the third layer of the day after tomorrow on the first day! And after Tianshan Tong's grandmother found out, she called Yi Hao simply 'the innate body, the asset of a god and a man!' ’

Even the ancestor of the Xiaoyao faction, Xiaoyaozi, rushed to hear the news, and he sighed to himself, judging that if Yi Hao practiced martial arts well, he would definitely be able to step into the realm of the legendary grandmaster within two or three years!

It can be seen that Yi Hao is so qualified, and he is so affirmed by Xiaoyaozi. He must have been held in the palm of his hand like a pearl by the Carefree faction, and he was well cared for, and he had what he wanted! Even if you don't have it, grab it!

Especially during that time, Xiaoyaozi gave up his own cultivation, taught him every day, and tirelessly followed the good path, hoping that he could support the banner of the sect as soon as possible! And kill all the people in the court again to avenge his disciples!

However, just about a year ago, Yi Hao suddenly disappeared! The door of the Loose Sect shook!

Xiaoyaozi searched all over the world this year, wanting to find his apprentice grandson.

But Ren Xiaoyaozi searched for thousands of rivers and mountains in this year, and he couldn't find it at all.

And now.

After seeing this governor, Tianshan Tong seemed to know where her beloved disciple was, but she was very excited, how could she not be in a hurry? I'm sure to know a thing or two.

"The governor has seen Yi Hao?" Tianshan Tong's grandmother looked anxious, with a sense of questioning, and even a bad feeling. Because this jade pendant token appeared in the hands of this 'famous Governor Zhao', plus they still have a lot of grudges with the imperial court, so what good thing can her apprentice have?

"See you if you're destined." Zhao Zhou saw that in addition to the Tianshan Tong's aunt, even those disciples were also exploring, and then he didn't hide anything, and said bluntly: "It's a pity, this governor was going to ask him something. However, the disciples of your sect directly killed this governor, and they also moved with murderous intent. This governor can only kill the killer. ”

Zhao Zhou said, seeing that Tianshan Tong's grandmother was in a trance, and took a few steps back, but was supported by a few disciples who seemed to be happy, but there was nothing unbearable, because there were no good people in the entire Xiaoyao Sect, and there was no blood in their hands.

Similarly, the imperial court killed the people of the Loose Sect, which seems wrong. But the people of the Xiaoyao faction also killed many meritorious soldiers who guarded the frontier in the imperial court.

Bang Bang –

And it was also when Zhao Zhou's words fell.

When Tianshan Tong's grandmother heard the news of the death of her beloved apprentice, she came back to her senses with the support of the disciples beside her, but she suddenly raised her internal strength, and without saying a word, she attacked Zhao Zhou twenty meters away!

"My disciple killed you, why didn't you lead the neck to be killed?!"

Tianshan Tong's words echoed the cliff, one step and twenty meters, a type of Tianshan Six Yang Palm, accompanied by the 'whirring' wind whistle, scorching high temperature, straight towards Zhao Zhou's heart!

"From your disciple's words and deeds, and acting with you, this governor also knows what the character of the Carefree Sect is." When Zhao Zhou saw this, he easily dodged sideways, and split with one hand, although he did not open the feather, but with the blessing of more than 40,000 catties of strength, he only heard the crisp sound of 'click', which broke the internal strength of Tianshan Tong's protective body, and shattered her positive spine!

"Zhao Zhou!" In the next moment, Tianshan Tong's spine was broken, and she fell to the ground on her back, and looked up at Zhao Zhou and shouted: "When my master Xiaoyaozi comes back, he will definitely kill you!"

Because of Yi Hao's matter, although Xiaoyaozi has not been in the door for a while, he has also heard the news that Zhao Zhou is coming to their sect, and he is rushing back, and he will come back in a few days.

However, Zhao Zhou also wanted to wait for this person, and when he heard the scene of Tianshan Tong's grandmother, he didn't fight back, but ordered the guards,

"Tianshan Tong and Yi Hao attacked and killed the members of the imperial court, and they should punish the three clans."

Zhao Zhou said, rubbing his fingers, and crushed Yi Hao's jade pendant in the angry gaze of Tianshan Tong's grandmother, "And the Xiaoyao faction is exactly three generations of descendants, and today the mountain slaughter sect is closed, don't let anyone leave here." Young and old, they were all beheaded. ”

Zhao Zhou's words fell, the guards plucked the bowstring, and for a while, the hundreds of disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect who gathered together had not yet stepped out of the range of the arrow rain, roared for revenge, or begged for mercy, and with the sound of 'snorting' into the flesh, they became a live target, and they were pierced by the crossbow arrows!

"Formation!"

Several Janissaries shouted in unison, and asked all the Praetorian Guards to load up new crossbow arrows, form a small formation of ten people, and march towards the mountain road to destroy the door.

Click-

Zhao Zhou also smashed the vest of Tianshan Tong's grandmother, took a long sword from Lin Pingzhi's hand, and prepared to kick up the mountain to help the guards get rid of the cultists.

But it's also this time.

When the guards surrounded the peak, Zhao Zhou somehow suddenly heard that his heart moved, looked towards the way he came, and saw that six or seven hundred meters away, it seemed that there was a middle-aged man with black hair and wearing a Taoist robe stepping on a tree, one step forty or fifty zhang away, straight towards his side!

And this person is also the ancestor of the Xiaoyao faction, Xiaoyaozi!

"This time the body is light, and the skill is far better than Wang Chongyang, father-in-law and others. It's the number one master I've ever seen. If there is no accident, this person must be a free child. ”

As soon as Zhao Zhou's thinking fell, Xiaoyaozi stepped over the mountains and forests repeatedly, jumped in the air, raised his hand to form a golden handprint the size of two zhang in the air, and with the help of the momentum of jumping, he headed towards himself!

Bang!

Zhao Zhouyu suddenly opened, the storm around his body rose, and after smashing the palm print, the two of them fought again, and Xiaoyaozi retreated far away, and then went sideways, seemingly indistinguishable from top to bottom.

But in fact, Xiaoyaozi was amazed in his heart that Zhao Zhou's strength was almost the same as his own.

"Seeing that this person's age is only more than ten years old, since it is the same as the strength I have cultivated for a hundred years? Or is this person, like me, what kind of exercises have he learned, and then he has a good face? ”

Xiaoyaozi's mind flashed, and he didn't ask Zhao Zhou what he meant, because the hundreds of corpses in front of his sect were vivid, and after he saw it, he had already wanted to kill Zhao Zhou and hurry up! I don't want to talk so much with Zhao Zhou.

Boom –

In the next moment, Xiaoyaozi stepped forward directly, either with a fist or a palm, forming a fist palm handprint the size of a three-foot Dao, condensing it into the palm of his hand, and beating around Zhao Zhou's body repeatedly!

Similarly, Zhao Zhou is also unspoken, lifting like a bow, successively splitting and hanging in the shape of a tiger, opening and closing, Gangfeng crushing the internal force handprint, not afraid of Xiaoyaozi's body and fighting, and repeatedly greets him.

For a while, there was a muffled sound of 'dong dong', and the two fought together, like the sound of a temple bell, echoing near the cliff, shaking the eardrums of the guards who had just gone up the cliff and looking down the mountain.

But now that Zhao Zhou and Xiaoyaozi are fighting together, they have seen and heard about this scene, although they help each other, they dare not intervene, for fear of affecting their own manager and helping them.

And at this time.

With the sound of 'dong dong' fists and feet, the two exchanged fists and feet for more than 30 times, but Zhao Zhou suddenly buckled his backhand upward, and 'clicked' grabbed Xiaoyaozi's side wrist and held it in the palm of his hand.

At the same time, Zhao Zhou's nails were like sharp blades, peeling off his flesh and skin, ready to split his muscles and bones and cut off his meridians!

"What a poisonous move!" Xiaoyaozi's internal force was running, his wrist shook, and he found that Zhao Zhou couldn't get rid of a shock, and then drove the wind and waves with his other hand, grabbed Zhao Zhou's neck, and his calf was 'hula' and kicked Zhao Zhou's inner thigh, wanting to force him back, and then make a calculation.

Zhao Zhou saw and heard it, but he stepped on his knee sideways, and with a muffled sound of 'bang', he fought twice, blocking his moves, and did not separate the grappling.

'Huhu' Xiaoyaozi can see, in order to protect his wrist, he also did not stop his moves, one hand or fist or palm, hit Zhao Zhou's eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and the move was ruthless!

But Zhao Zhouping blocked with his arm, tilted his head back violently, suddenly shook his chest and abdomen, and again, he opened his mouth and 'smack', only to see a one-inch white sword pill, breaking through the wind and hitting Xiaoyaozi's eyes!

"Flying swords?" Xiaoyaozi's eyes froze, he didn't expect Zhao Zhou to have such a means. But he was also always on guard, and instantly forced the internal force to burst into the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, and in the short distance of two feet between the two of them, he narrowly avoided this sword pill.

But Zhao Zhou's sword pill was hit, and he also put down the arm of the horizontal bar, followed up with a crane hand, and pecked straight at his heart!

Click-

Xiaoyaozi was able to avoid one of them, but he failed to dodge Zhao Zhou's crane hand, although he retreated and dodged in time, but he was still smashed three inches under his chest by Zhao Zhou, shattering his left intestines, and the internal force breath was violently dispersed.

"It's dangerous, it's impossible to fight...."Xiaoyaozi was seriously injured, and he also realized that he couldn't do anything, and then held the danger of his arm being scrapped, and forcibly pulled out the wrist that was grabbed by Zhao Zhou!

'Snort', Xiaoyaozi's wrist was torn off by Zhao Zhou at the same time as a large piece of skin and flesh and bones, his feet kicked with internal force, and then jumped over a distance of nearly sixty or seventy zhang, wanting to get out of this place, and then think about revenge in the future.

"Since you're here, why bother leaving."

Zhao Zhou saw that Xiaoyaozi wanted to retreat, but he also stepped forward step by step, and jumped into a hundred feet.

When Xiaoyaozi heard the strong wind behind him, he knew that he couldn't escape, and then reflexively spread his palms to kill Zhao Zhou, while Zhao Zhou slashed three times in a row, with the blessing of nearly 100 tons of force, a few crisp sounds of 'click', cutting off the two arms that Xiaoyaozi attacked and parried, and for a while blood splashed, and the muscles and bones were revealed!

Zhao Zhou saw that he didn't spare his hand, and after hitting repeatedly, it was another half-step collapse punch, which hit his neck collarbone firmly, and the 'click' sound smashed his trachea and broke his neck and cervical vertebrae!

'Bang la' Xiaoyaozi was hit hard by this, and under the strength of Zhao Zhou's fist, he walked a hundred meters close to the ground, crashed into the front of the Ethereal Peak, and crushed the stones along the road and flew away.

'Bang! Zhao Zhou followed up, afraid that he would not die, so he followed in an instant, and kicked him in the heart again, crushing his still beating heart.

"Now Xiaoyaozi has been killed. If the news is obtained on the rivers and lakes, there will definitely be people who sincerely submit to the imperial court. Zhao Zhou thought about it, put back the guards who had just besieged, and after a few breaths of strength, he took a long sword from a janissaries, took a few steps and jumped to the mountainside, cut the disciples of the Xiaoyao faction along the road, and walked towards the top of the mountain.