(PS: Hmm...) Next month is tomorrow to hit the monthly ticket list, please help a lot, there will be no less explosions. Well... In fact, I don't know if I can succeed or not, but I will try my best, and I ask for your support as much as I can, thank you again. ）

Henghuang City is a huge city.

The so-called giant is not compared with ordinary cities, but compared with Chang'an in the Great Zhou Dynasty, this city still gives people the illusion of being a big and a small thing.

To the east is the imperial palace of Great Xia, to the west and north are the offices of the common people and the various governors, and to the south is a huge mountain. It's hard to imagine, but in fact, Henghuang City is built on a mountain like this.

This mountain is called Longyin, and there is a temple on the mountain, think about it is not more than words, that is, people who have not been here also know when they hear here, this high mountain is the state religion of Daxia - Longyin Temple.

Compared with the three peaks of the hanging river, Dahuan and Chongju occupied by the Linglong Pavilion, the Longyin Mountain where the Longyin Temple is located is actually not how majestic, the height is only 800 zhang, the mountain is not even precipitous, and even ordinary believers can come and go normally, there are quite a lot of pilgrims on weekdays, and there are endless exchanges.

Of course, the crowd at the foot of the mountain today is more than ten times more than ten times more than in the past, whether it is pilgrims or some people of good deeds.

But today, these pilgrims have no chance to go to the temple to worship the Buddha.

Today is March 15, and it is a five-year sword holding competition. This can be regarded as one of the best events in the rivers and lakes of Great Xia, Longyin Temple is closed to the mountain gate, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. But Rao is like this, but it can't extinguish the enthusiasm of these people and good deeds, they surrounded the mountain gate of Longyin Temple, and they all looked forward to looking at those who walked into the mountain gate.

These people who are qualified to enter it are either the big people invited by the Longyin Temple and the Sword Pavilion to watch the ceremony, or they are the masters of the rivers and lakes who participated in this grand event.

These high-ranking rivers and lakes on weekdays naturally have an extraordinary attraction for ordinary people.

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to it from afar, whenever there is a well-known person, someone will report the name of that person, the crowd will be in turmoil for a short time, and there will even be a good person to open a handicap, betting on who can finally pass the sword bearer and become the new favorite of the Great Xia Jianghu.

Most of the people who open the handicap are people who know everything about the rivers and lakes, and their handicap odds are extremely exquisite, obviously they have done a careful study of all parties, but even if ordinary people know that there are few chances of winning, they still can't stand the luck in their hearts.

"Look at the man in black who was born thin and thin, with a hooked nose and two emei thorns on his back, this guy is called Yi Qiwen. Suddenly appeared at the Dragon Gate Meeting, overwhelmed the crowd, and won the top spot of the Silver Execution List of the Dragon Gate Conference held by the old Confucian Du Pingce, and his cultivation did not know the depth, but even the master of the Sixth Realm of Leaving the Dust Realm could not take three moves in his hands. ”

"Look at the middle-aged man with half of the tiger head mask and a Tang knife around his waist, called Ke Yuan, and he is also the top of the silver list at a certain Longmen meeting. It was also not famous before, and it suddenly appeared, but it made everyone at the Longmen meeting suffer a lot that day. ”

"And besides, look at that one again..."

At the foot of the mountain, Chu Qiuli pulled Yan Qi and Fang Ziyu to chatter non-stop, and pointed out to everyone one by one that several people who were quite outstanding at the Longmen meeting, and the tone of the mouth was like a river, which was like the taste of several family treasures.

Not only him, but Xue Ning, who was also unqualified, was also in this mountain gate.

This is also the sword bearer contest is different from the rules of the Dragon Gate Society, every person who is selected, whether he is in the bronze, silver, or gold leader, can bring an entourage, after all, the sword bearer, although it is not a life-and-death match, but after all, the sword has no eyes, and the result of success or failure is also extremely important to the monks.

Xue Ning was able to appear here, naturally relying on the identity of Yan Chopping Jinzhi, and Chu Qiuli was able to appear here, relying on Miss Fang, who practiced the "Demon Devouring Town Heavenly Decision", and her cultivation rose sharply, and she herself was a jumpy person, so she simply made a fun and easily obtained the identity of the copper executive.

"Okay! You've been talking for half an hour, so you can't be quiet for a while?" It's just that Fang Ziyu doesn't have such a good temperament as Yan Shu, and he soon interrupted Ning Zhumang's chatter impatiently.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately shut up, and was as aggrieved as a little daughter-in-law, and muttered in a low voice: "I'm not here to remind you, it took a lot of effort to inquire about these news, just as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is a hundred battles..."

Such a look suddenly caused Yan Shu and Xue Ning on the side to chuckle.

It's a pity that Chu Qiuli said this well, but Miss Fang is very clever, when she heard this, she glanced at the big man fiercely, and said, "Ahh

"Me and the surname Xu are on the bronze list, Brother Yan is on the gold list, you say it, it's all people on the silver list, what does it have to do with us?"

These words undoubtedly hit the pain point of the middle-aged man, he was suddenly speechless, and he muttered softly for a while: "How do I know, this year's sword-wielding man is very much more evil than evil, and there are many demons on the silver ruling list who have not been known before, and I don't know where they suddenly popped out." ”

This is indeed not to blame Chu Qiuli, these days, Xu Han is not there, although Chu Qiuli listened to everyone's advice and did not go out to look for it, but he was worried and guilty in his heart.

He wanted to help everyone do something, so he simply wandered around the market on some free days to inquire about the news of all parties, wanting to search for some information for everyone so that he could deal with the upcoming sword competition.

But he was not from Great Xia after all, and it was obviously impossible to get too detailed information when he first arrived, at least in this short period of one month, and most of the news he got came from rumors in the market.

And most of these rumors have one thing in common, that is, curiosity.

For those people who were familiar with the rivers and lakes before, or people who were originally from famous factions, these people naturally didn't dare to be interested, so most of the people that Chu Qiuli could explore were some people who were not famous before, but suddenly shined, and coincidentally, these characters were almost all people on the silver list.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man also felt a little embarrassed, but at this moment, the big man suddenly seemed to sound something, slapped his head and said: "By the way, I also inquired about the ruthless role of Dao Tong's list, the name can't be said, but it is said that he is much younger than Xiao Han, but he is fourteen or fifteen years old, and those young talents have no power to fight back, all of them are one move to defeat the enemy, it is said that he is still a monk, but there is a little girl beside him..."

Speaking of this, Chu Qiuli, who had finally said something useful, suddenly straightened his back, he looked at Fang Ziyu on the side proudly, and was about to say something, but at this time, Fang Ziyu reached out and touched the shoulder of the big man, and then stretched out his hand to point somewhere, and asked in a rather strange tone: "What you said, is that the one?"

The middle-aged man was a little confused when he heard this, but he still subconsciously looked in the direction pointed by Fang Ziyu, but saw that at the mountain gate, a little monk with red lips and white teeth was leading a girl of his age and quite beautiful into the mountain gate.

"It should be. Chu Qiuli nodded and said so, but his brows suddenly furrowed, he felt that this little monk looked quite familiar, but his memory couldn't be remembered for a while. He turned his head to look at Fang Ziyu on the side, but found that the expression on the other party's face was quite heavy, and he couldn't help asking, "Have we seen him somewhere?" ”

At this time, Fang Ziyu didn't have the heart to fight with Chu Qiuli, she stared straight at the little monk, and only after a while did she say, "Don't you know." ”

Maybe it was Fang Ziyu's extremely unusual tone at the moment, or maybe it was the fragments of memories from the past that finally came to mind, Chu Qiuli's body was shocked, his face showed a look of horror, he pointed at the little monk, his mouth opened wide, and he was about to blurt out an exclamation.

Fortunately, Fang Ziyu on the side was quick to jump up and cover his mouth before the other party could make such a shout.

So the exclamation turned into a strange sound of whining, but fortunately, at this moment, the mountain gate was already full of people from all walks of life who had come to participate in the sword holding competition, and such a small movement did not attract everyone's attention.

After making sure that the big man had stabilized, Fang Ziyu let go of the hand covering Chu Qiuli's mouth, but her hand was stained with a lot of Chu Qiuli's spit because she had worked too hard before. The girl shook her hand in disgust, as if she wanted to shake off the things on it, and then said, "Don't die! That guy is so powerful, you provoked him, what if he comes to retaliate?"

Chu Qiuli was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the scene when the little monk killed in front of the mountain gate of Linglong Pavilion, and Zhong Changhe had no power to fight back.

Fortunately, the little monk didn't seem to notice everyone, and led the girl next to him to a place far away from everyone, which made Fang Ziyu and the others let go of their hanging hearts.

......

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the hour had arrived.

The people from all walks of life in the mountain gate have almost arrived, and there are thousands of people, standing at the foot of this Longyin Temple.

The expressions on the faces of Fang Ziyu and the others gradually became solemn over time, but not only because of the Guanglin ghost that suddenly appeared, but also because they saw that the time of the sword holding Dabi was approaching, and Xu Han still did not arrive.

At this moment, they no longer had the intention of fighting, and they all looked forward to the outside of the mountain gate, which was crowded with people who came to see the excitement, but there was no trace of Xu Han.

There is a way, but the road is narrow.

The group looked forward to it, but they didn't see Xu Han, who had not been heard from since the day's farewell, but they saw Lu Houde and the three of them walking through the crowd into the mountain gate.

Before, Xie Minyu drove the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird into the Henghuang City in the Henghuang City, and there was a lot of uproar about it, for which there was no shortage of people from all sides who stood up and criticized the writers, but with the secret multi-party operation of Chixiaomen, such remarks have gradually been calmed down, and it was only said that it was caused by the imbalance of power between the two sides under the fierce battle, and not only Mr. Wei made every effort to stop it, but Xie Minyu also tried his best to control his Vermilion Bird Divine Bird at a high altitude, which calmed down the disaster.

Naturally, there are many flaws in such a statement, but those who can see it clearly have received benefits, or they are unwilling to offend Chixiaomen, which is still powerful, so they keep silent and don't talk about it. And those who don't understand it, under the manipulation of people with intentions, quickly echo such statements.

Things in the world, like this, you always think that you know a lot, understand a lot, but you don't know, everything you know is what the rulers want you to know, and what you think is right is only what the rulers want you to think is right.

People are born to live in such a world, even if they occasionally have doubts, under the tide of everyone, they will be extinguished in an instant, and they will go with the flow.

This is both unfortunate and fortunate.

Therefore, because of this, when Lu Houde and the three of them walked into this mountain gate, most of the people present still gave the three of them a kind look very politely.

No matter how dissatisfied he is with Chixiaomen in his heart, he is not close, at least he doesn't want to offend.

The way to protect one's self, whether it is in the rivers and lakes, or in the court, is the best and easiest way after all.

"Hmm, why didn't you see that kid, wasn't he scared and didn't dare to come here?" Fang Ziyu and the others were enough to arrive at Lu Houde and the others, and the other party also noticed their existence.

I don't know that Lu Houde, who Xu Han almost killed himself that day, still has great murderous intentions for Xu Han, he is very self-righteous Sword Chixiaomen has suffered a lot of troubles these days on Xu Han, and when he sees the other party at this moment, he naturally has to make a mockery.

Fang Ziyu and the others didn't want to make any extraneous branches, so they turned their heads and ignored them.

"Little slut. But Hu Man'er, who was beside Lu Houde, was even more hostile to Xue Ning, she glanced at Xue Ning viciously, and scolded softly.

Such a whisper could not hide Yan Qi's ears at all, the man frowned, how could he let his sweetheart suffer such humiliation, and he was about to step forward, but the girl next to him grabbed him and looked at Yan Qi with a pleading gaze. After all, he couldn't resist the other party, but he just stared at Hu Man'er with cold eyes, and he didn't make a move after all.

When the arrogant three people walked away, Chu Qiuli looked at the backs of the three of them with a strange expression, turned his head and asked, "Xue Ning, why do you hate you so much?"

This was originally a joke, although it was a little inferior, but Chu Qiuli has always been this character.

But the moment these words came out, Chu Qiuli saw Xue Ning's face change, and Yan Qi on the side also looked strange.

The middle-aged man chuckled in his heart, and secretly said that Mo was right?

He immediately relented and fell silent, not daring to continue on this awkward topic.

......

Time continues to flow.

Xu Han was still nowhere to be seen, and the people who watched the sword contest this time also began to be present, among which the organizers of the more than ten Dragon Gate meetings were naturally indispensable, and Li Moding, who stole chickens and rice, was also among them, but looking at his smiling and smiling look, he was not in a very good mood. As for most of the others, Fang Ziyu and the others couldn't name them, and they didn't have the heart to care.

The arrival of these people naturally indicates that the time has come for the sword wielder.

The crowd gradually quieted down, and after a hundred breaths, dozens of people dressed in white robes, embroidered with gold or silver or red thread on the cuffs, suddenly appeared from the steps leading to the top of the mountain in a menacing manner, and slowly walked to the front of everyone.

The last whispers of the already silent crowd dissipated at that time, and the field instantly became audible.

Needless to say, this group of people who came was naturally the sword-wielding people of the Sword Pavilion.

Although they were dressed in the same white robes, the embroidery on the cuffs already showed their different identities.

And the leader is a plump woman who looks like she is in her early thirties, her cuffs are embroidered with seven gold threads, you must know that these three-color sword wielders also have their own grades, and the number of gold threads represents the high and low of them, and even if it is Xiao Yu, the master of the Sword Pavilion, there are only nine gold threads at the cuffs, which shows that this woman has a high status in the Sword Pavilion.

She seems to be a famous person in the rivers and lakes of this Great Xia, she just arrived, and the big people who watched the ceremony took the initiative to salute her, although the women also returned the salute one by one, but the attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and it seemed that they did not put these famous rivers and lakes or princes and nobles in their eyes, but they were courteous to one of the old men dressed as Confucians.

And after doing this, the woman looked at the people who were waiting for the big competition, and the woman's face was straight, and then she said loudly: "In Xia Nangong Jing!

The woman's voice is different from the softness and tactfulness of ordinary women, with a little men's unique lowness, but it does not seem strange or harsh, but has an indescribable strange charm.

She stood on the steps, carefully explaining some details of the sword bearer's competition, whether it was her appearance or voice, listening to such a woman speak, it was probably a very enjoyable thing.

But Yan Chop and his party couldn't raise the slightest interest in this.

Xu Han still didn't appear, they looked at me and I looked at you, with both worry and anxiety in their eyes.

"Did Xiao Han really give up, or did he encounter something unexpected?" such thoughts inevitably came to everyone's minds, but at the moment they didn't know what to do.

And just as they were thinking about this, that Nangong Jing finally finished her not lengthy speech, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on this woman's face at that time, she glanced at everyone and said, "Then now, the first round of the competition will begin." ”

As soon as this remark fell, everyone was stunned, most of them were naturally gearing up for this competition, but after all, they were still at the foot of the mountain at the moment, there was no ring, and there was no specific arrangement, they really didn't know how this competition should be conducted.

Therefore, at this moment, when they looked at Nangong Jing, their eyes were all full of all kinds of doubts without exception.

The strange smile on Nangong Jing's face was thick at that time, she clapped her palms, and the team of sword-wielding people that had lined up in front of this mountain gate before retreated to both sides at that time, leaving a five-person wide passage for everyone.

And Nangong Jing's voice also sounded at that time: "This first round of competition is very simple. ”

"Climb the mountain. ”