March 14.

It was drizzling in the Imperial City at night.

Lu Houde sat in the luxurious box of the ancient road building and threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground.

The cups cracked, and shards were scattered all over the ground.

Hu Man'er and Xing Zhen on the side were silent, and the expressions on their faces were also extremely heavy.

According to Xie Minyu's explanation when he left, the three of them should have been quietly cultivating and waiting for the sword wielding man to compete. After all, because of the matter of the sword order, there was such a big mess, and all parties in the rivers and lakes were quite dissatisfied with Xie Minyu's actions that day, and on this cusp, Lu Houde and the three naturally did not dare to find trouble with Xu Han and others, and they all became turtles with shrunken heads and hid in the ancient road building all day long.

But contrary to their wishes, they don't go to other people's troubles, but others want to find their troubles.

Previously, Xu Han and the others stole the invitations to the Dragon Gate Society carried by those elite disciples brought by Lu Houde, causing the disciples of Chixiao Gate to lose their qualifications to participate in the Sword Bearer Competition. Coupled with the hundreds of elite disciples who died in the Great War with their swords, this trip to the Imperial City brought huge losses to Chixiao Sect in terms of reputation and strength.

In order to make up for such losses, Chixiao Sect later sent more than ten elite disciples and an elder of the Great Yan Realm from the sect to try to participate in the sword master competition. After all, the benefits brought by the Demon Suppression Tower are really eye-catching, and the strength of a sect can't help but be strong at the moment, and more importantly, it is also the cultivation of younger generations.

Even if one of the more than ten people sent out could reach the realm of immortals in the future because of the help of the Demon Suppression Tower, it would be a great thing for Chixiao Gate.

But also because the Dragon Gate Meeting has long ended, it is naturally impossible to open another Dragon Gate Meeting for the sake of Chixiao Gate.

Therefore, the great power in the door secretly contacted Xiao Yu, the pavilion master of the Sword Pavilion.

Xiao Yu, who has been in charge of the Sword Pavilion for more than 30 years, is an insatiable figure in the eyes of most people.

In his eyes, there are no friends or enemies, only interests.

That's why he got close to Chixiao Gate for a fire cloud order, and Chixiao Gate became bigger because of this, becoming the head of the three gates.

Although the unpleasantness of the sword holding order battle made him have a grudge against Chixiao Gate, after paying a sufficient price, the pavilion master of the Sword Holding Pavilion finally nodded and allowed the more than ten elite disciples and the elder of the Great Yan Realm to participate in the Sword Holding Pavilion competition.

After all, the Sword Pavilion is not the Sword Pavilion of Xiao Yu's family, and there is a giant existence like Longyin Temple behind the Sword Pavilion, so such a bad thing cannot be put on the surface after all. Therefore, those chosen disciples and elders did not reveal any news to the outside world and secretly rushed to Henghuang City.

They thought that with the prestige of Chixiao Gate and the name of Xiao Yu, the master of the Sword Holding Pavilion, they would directly default to these more than ten people as the participants when the Sword Keeper competed, and even if those people in the rivers and lakes were dissatisfied, they would not dare to raise too big objections.

This is of course a good thing for Chixiaomen.

After all, the more stable the status of the Chixiao Gate, the more comfortable Lu Houde and the others, who were the elders of the Chixiao Gate, would naturally live.

But something went wrong in this matter.

The more than ten elite disciples, together with the elders of the Great Yan Realm who led the team, should have arrived in Henghuang City three or four days ago, and Lu Houde and the others, who were ordered to receive them, also made preparations early, but they couldn't wait for this group of people to contact the sect, and the sect also didn't get such news, the three of them were a little uneasy, so they went out of Henghuang City to look for it, and they found the corpses of this group of people in a mountain forest a hundred miles away from Henghuang City.

After all, rivers and lakes are rivers and lakes, even if there is a recognized organization such as the Sword Pavilion, vendettas in the rivers and lakes also occur from time to time in Great Xia.

But most of these things happen to those small sects, and even the rangers who have no sects, and Chixiaomen has never encountered such a tragedy in the past two hundred years.

Shocked, Lu Houde and the others reported the matter to the sect, but the sect leader Xie Minyu was busy dealing with the third heavenly tribulation, and the other two immortal-level Supreme Elders had also been hidden for many years and did not respond to the three of them in time, so this was the scene where Lu Houde was furious in this ancient road building.

"In the past two hundred years in my Chixiao Gate, how could such a tragedy have happened! These gangsters don't take us seriously!" After a long dull time, Lu Houde finally gritted his teeth and said coldly.

"Could it be Xu Han's group, holding a grudge..."Hu Man'er on the side put forward his own conjecture.

But such an idea was quickly rejected by Lu Houde.

"Although that kid has some ability, it is absolutely impossible to kill so many disciples and a powerhouse of the Great Yan Realm, and except for Xu Han, everyone else has also cowered in their newly purchased courtyard these days, and has not gone out, it will not be them. Lu Houde, who had fought with Xu Han, said.

"Will that be..."Hu Man'er was about to say something more, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Lu Houde again.

"Tomorrow is the sword bearer's competition, no matter who makes a move on our Chixiao Gate, as long as we obtain the qualifications of the sword bearer and pass the Demon Suppression Tower, then my Chixiao Gate will definitely go further, and those who want to fall into the well to take revenge on us will be exposed. ”

Hearing this, Xing Zhen and Hu Man'er glanced at each other, and nodded their heads heavily at that time, and in their hearts, they were naturally determined to win the quota of this sword-wielder.

......

At the same time, in the courtyard where Yan Qiu and the others were, Chu Qiuli frowned.

Tomorrow is the time for the sword holding competition to begin, but Xu Han is still nowhere to be found.

This made everyone quite worried, this was because they were afraid that Xu Han would miss the sword holding competition, and the other was even more worried about what accident he had when he went out alone.

Everyone wanted to see through it, but they didn't wait for Xu Han until late at night, so they could only fall asleep one after another.

And in the dead of night, a violent cough suddenly came from Mr. Wei's door.

After the old man went through that big war, he had been bedridden for a month, and his condition was really worrying, but he never told Chu Qiuli and the others, but at this time, the old man's condition seemed to have deteriorated further, and he couldn't stop coughing for a long time, and even coughed up blood in the end.

At this time, a burst of white light lit up in the huge wooden box beside him, and the handsome demon man who had a relationship with Xu Han and the others reappeared in the door.

He looked at the old man, sighed, and finally stepped forward with no patience, put his hand on the old man's back, a soft white light surged, and the old man's violent cough gradually calmed down under the nourishment of the white mang.

He turned his head to look at the man behind him, a difficult smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Thank you." ”

The man shook his head helplessly, and said, "You are too impulsive, they must have noticed your existence like this..."

Mr. Wei knew that what he was referring to was naturally that day, and he took action to stop the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird that could only turn the entire Henghuang City into ashes. The old man was a little ashamed: "But after all, you can't see death without help." ”

"Anyone can save them, and in the end you can't save anyone. The man sneered.

The old man was silent about this.

It seemed that he also felt that the atmosphere at the moment was too dull, the man thought about it, and suddenly said, "It's good that you sent that kid." ”

"Yes. The old man also smiled.

But after saying that, the two were inevitably silent again.

The man frowned, and finally asked the question that he had been holding back for a long time: "The thousand-year catastrophe is coming, how sure are you?"

"Since ancient times, no one has been able to withstand that catastrophe, I dare not speak. Knowing in time that such words would make the man not depressed, the old man still told the truth.

But to the old man's surprise, the man did not show any anger, he stared at the old man, and asked again, "What about the watcher, have you seen him?"

The old man shook his head again: "The starry sky is too vast, I tried to contact them with a secret method, but I didn't get any answer. ”

"So, are we on our own?" the man's face grew darker.

"I think so. The old man stood up, he also looked at the man, and suddenly laughed: "But don't worry, I have already arranged your retreat." ”

The man was slightly stunned, he probably guessed what the so-called back road was, but he didn't settle down because of this.

The jackal looked around, and no matter how long he lived, he could not survive. Speaking of this, the man paused, his expression suddenly became solemn, he stared at the old man, and said word by word: "This time, I think..."

"Have you seen the head of the Chixiao Sect, what do you think?" but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the old man.

The man paused, probably not quite understanding why he was mentioning this person who had nothing to do with their topic at this point.

But he still replied truthfully after frowning: "It's just a shameless person who distorts the avenue and does whatever it takes to achieve his goals." ”

The old man nodded, and said, "You are naturally right about this. But there is one thing he said quite right. ”

"Huh?" the man looked at the old man suspiciously.

"There is only hope if you live..."

The old man said with a deep gaze, and he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the man's shoulder.

"So, live well. ”