Baihong Town, Broken Alley.

The snow in front of the door is piled up in the corner, and the old residents in the alley live in front of their houses, talking to each other, although the distance is not very close, but it does not prevent them from talking, if they walk out tremblingly, it is likely that this life will come to an end.

It's also fun to shout and talk to each other.

And among the old people who talk, there are also lonely mountain guests.

At this time, he saw someone walking in at the mouth of the dilapidated alley, so he beckoned to those old neighbors and said, "The girl at home is back, you talk, I'll go back first." ”

He carried a wooden stool into the courtyard, and then Xiao Zhinan also crossed the threshold, looked at him and said: "The seniors don't have the back of their ears, how can they be the same, the road is slippery, the old people are inconvenient to move around, the seniors can obviously walk in front of them, why bother to sit at the door and shout and talk." ”

The lonely mountaineer chuckled and said, "You know what, that's the natural way of talking between us. ”

He moved the wooden stool under the eaves, sat straight on the recliner, and swayed comfortably, while asking: "Li Mengzhou's kid will definitely be retaliated against if he destroys Xiaonan Tianmen with a sword, he knows this, but he still wants to draw his sword, is it really just because I want him to draw his sword?"

Xiao Zhinan said: "In fact, Li Mengzhou is also a person who values feelings, not to mention that his predecessors have the grace to guide him, maybe he didn't understand it at first, but at the moment when he drew his sword, his state of mind was very clear. ”

The lonely mountain guest said: "Although he has a high cultivation qualification, the problem in the qi sea always has to be solved, and the farther he goes, the more serious the problem will actually become, especially in front of the threshold of the Five Realms, if he wants to become stronger, he must draw his sword." ”

Xiao Zhinan said puzzledly: "Since there is a problem in his qi sea, how can he be able to enter the four realms from an ordinary person in just one year?

It seems that except for the fact that although Amaterasu was opened at the beginning of his cultivation, he was unable to open the gate of the Qi Sea for a long time, Li Mengzhou's cultivation progress was extremely fast, and there was no problem at all, but Li Mengzhou's Qi Sea did have a problem, which was very illogical.

The lonely mountain guest said with a smile: "That's because the ban on the sea of qi is heavy, Li Mengzhou has already unlocked a heavy one, if there is no problem with his sea of qi, in fact, his cultivation should be faster." ”

"There are many demons in the world, but there are very few demons who can become demons among demons, there will always be a special existence in the world, just like the sword immortal king Chengyue is also a special existence, otherwise how can he be the only sword immortal in the world?"

"I think Li Mengzhou should have a lot of secrets, he is tightly bound, if it is like this, when he stands in front of the threshold of the Five Realms, the problem of the Qi Sea will fully explode, and it will be difficult to advance even the slightest. ”

"Only by breaking the shackles can he go further, Xiao Nantianmen is just at the beginning, he has to hand the sword to the world, and imitating the sword immortal is just a subordinate move, but for him at the moment, it is the best way. ”

Xiao Zhinan was thoughtful, she was silent for a moment, and said: "I don't think there is anything special about Li Mengzhou, except that his cultivation is very fast, but there are many geniuses in the world, and there are a few people who can really stand at the top, and qualification is just a very illusory standard for judging how far you can go, but there is no guarantee that you will definitely be able to reach the end." ”

The lonely mountain guest said noncommittally: "Yes, just like those people in the Fuji Cave, all of them are qualified demons, but when they first became famous, all of them died unexpectedly, the cultivators who can get the mercy of the Dao Heaven must be extremely special existences, but this kind of person is difficult to see." ”

"But if you make a bold guess, if the person who banned Li Mengzhou's qi sea is not hostile, he is deliberately suppressing Li Mengzhou's talent, either to be an ordinary person for the rest of his life, or to overcome obstacles, break the shackles, and stand at the pinnacle of the world. ”

"The so-called death and then life, Phoenix Nirvana, standing in a very high position at the beginning, is extremely easy to fall to death, and obviously has the qualification to stand on a high place, but you must start from the foot of the mountain, this is the precious. ”

The lonely mountain guest looked at Xiao Zhinan and said: "As long as Li Mengzhou has the courage to draw his sword towards the world, the height he will stand at in the future is immeasurable, with too many restraints in sword cultivation, it is difficult to become strong, even if the early cultivation is fast, it is meaningless, because his sword heart is not clear, and he will inevitably be intercepted in the end, and it will be difficult to move an inch." ”

Xiao Zhinan thought that the path he was going to take was different from Li Mengzhou after all, although the targets were all sword immortals, he was also relieved, maybe Li Mengzhou really had the qualifications to become a sword immortal, otherwise why did Xue Wangwu give Mr. Seven's position to Li Mengzhou, who had not yet broken through the four realms?

If it was purely because of what happened in Chaosi Lane at that time, it would be difficult to convince the public.

Even if Xue Wangwu was famous for protecting calves, he would not joke about the future of the Imperial Sword Academy.

A cold wind blew into the yard.

Xiao Zhinan raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at the lonely mountain guest.

The lonely mountain guest smiled and said, "A guest has arrived." ”

A guest came to the Broken Alley.

It was a woman dressed in white.

He is a powerful cultivator who has already stood at the peak of the Four Realms.

In Dishui County, it is very rare to see a young peak monk of the Four Realms.

And the most famous one is Yue Congshuang, the chief disciple of Pujia Garden.

The courtyard door was opened.

Yue Congshuang stood in the snow, looking at the girl standing under the eaves in the courtyard, and the old man sitting on a chaise longue holding a teapot.

"I sensed a strong aura here, it turned out to be Xiao Zhinan from the Northern Yan Sword House. ”

"Are you Yue Congshuang?"

Xiao Zhinan stared at the woman in white outside the courtyard gate, and the last flower sword was already trembling in the scabbard.

Yue Congshuang looked at Xiao Zhinan and said, "Miss Xiao is already standing in front of the threshold of the Five Realms, and I am only at the peak of the Four Realms, so I am not your opponent, and I am not here to fight." ”

Xiao Zhinan said, "Then what are you going to do?"

Yue Congshuang looked at the lonely mountain guest and said, "I know that Li Mengzhou went to the back mountain of Mocheng and took out his sword towards Xiaonan Tianmen, but I don't understand why he did this. ”

Xiao Zhinan said: "Sword cultivation out of the sword, you don't need a reason, just obey your heart." ”

Yue Congshuang chuckled and said, "That's Miss Xiao, not Li Mengzhou." ”

Xiao Zhinan frowned slightly and said, "Have you seen Li Mengzhou?"

Yue Congshuang nodded and said: "I have been to Baihong Town, met him outside the town, and asked him to help do some things, although he is a sword cultivator, but in fact, many times not all obey his heart, his life is more important than his heart." Throwing a sword towards Xiao Nantianmen is a matter of losing his life, and if there is not enough reason, I can't think of the reason why he did it. ”

Li Mengzhou is indeed not a qualified sword cultivator.

Xiao Zhinan said lightly: "But the problem is that there is really no reason for him to make a sword towards Xiaonan Tianmen, if he insists on saying a reason, it is to break the realm, he just chose Xiaonan Tianmen, the relationship between the Sword Gate and the Dao Palace is very delicate, there is a sword immortal king Chengyue to the Xitianmen Temple, and it is understandable that the sword cultivator will follow the sword immortal." ”

Yue Congshuang thought about it seriously and said: "This is also a reason, not to mention the original relationship between the Sword Gate and the Dao Palace, it's just that the Sword Immortal King Chengyue destroyed the West Heavenly Gate Temple of the Dao Palace, although the Dao Palace didn't say anything at that time, but Liang Zi finally came to an end." ”

"In other words, the Sword Gate and the Dao Palace themselves are on the two sides of life and death, and there is really no need to find any reason. Whether it is the trouble of the Dao Palace looking for sword cultivation, or the trouble of the sword cultivator looking for the Dao Palace, it seems to be a very common thing. ”

Having said that, Yue Congshuang still felt that there was something wrong, she stared at the lonely mountain guest who had never spoken, and said: "However, Li Mengzhou directly destroyed Xiao Nantianmen with a sword and killed Zhu Pajiu, but it was not just a trouble to find the Dao Palace, the Sword Immortal King Chengyue could do this, because he was strong enough, even the Dao Palace had to be weighed, but Li Mengzhou was just a Four Realms Sword Cultivator, and a random person who came out of the Dao Palace could easily kill him." ”

Xiao Zhinan also glanced at the lonely mountain guest, and said very casually: "Then let's kill it, that's Li Mengzhou's business, it has nothing to do with me, and it has nothing to do with you, why care?"

Yue Congshuang was a little speechless, but in fact it was.

But the purpose of Yue Congshuang coming to Baihong Town was not just to find out the reason why Li Mengzhou was swordsmanship towards Xiaonan Tianmen, but that there was a strong cultivator in Baihong Town who even the Lord of Begonia Mountain could not observe, and it might have something to do with Li Mengzhou.

She stared at the Lone Mountaineer, apparently already having a suspicious target.

"Who is this?"

The lonely mountain guest took a sip of hot tea and said with a light smile: "It's just a bad old man." ”

Yue Congshuang said: "But I think the old man is very unusual. ”

The lonely mountaineer said: "Maybe I look like I have a better temperament, but no matter how good my temperament is, I'm just an ordinary bad old man." ”

Yue Congshuang frowned, she was observing the lonely mountain guest very carefully, it turned out that the lonely mountain guest was indeed very ordinary, no different from ordinary old people, maybe the difference was only in the eyes of the lonely mountain guest, and the overall feeling.

It can indeed be attributed to temperament.

Xiao Zhinan looked at Yue Congshuang's appearance, and probably understood something, as if he said very casually, "How can seniors be ordinary." ”

The lonely mountain guest glanced at her, and said a little helplessly: "I'm just stubborn about temperament." ”

Yue Congshuang was silent, just looked at Xiao Zhinan and the lonely mountain guest a little weirdly, and always felt that there seemed to be something wrong here.

But no matter how she looks at it, the lonely mountain guest is very ordinary, but just like that, it seems that the lonely mountain guest is not ordinary.

Thinking that even the mountain lord couldn't observe the strong man in Baihong Town, even if she was standing in front of the strong man, it was normal that she couldn't see it, which could prove something more.

She pursed her lips and smiled, and waved goodbye to the lonely mountain guest and Xiao Zhinan.

Under the eaves in the courtyard of the Broken Alley, Xiao Zhinan stroked the sword of the last flower, and said lightly: "It seems that the Lord of Begonia Mountain has noticed something, and Yue Congshuang will find it here, and it is difficult for the seniors of Gushan to continue to stay in the Broken Alley and live the life of ordinary people." ”

The lonely mountain guest shook his head and said: "Pujiayuan won't come to disturb me, it's just that the lord of Begonia Mountain wants to be sure of something, and I'm really a little reluctant to let the big guys in Baihong Town go, and I don't want to leave until I have to." ”

Xiao Zhinan said: "How can the predecessors of the lonely mountain be sure that Pujia Yuan will not come to disturb him? In the entire Dishui County, at least on the bright side, there is only one powerhouse of the Five Realms, the Lord of Haitang Mountain, and the Lord of Haitang Mountain has found that there are hidden masters in Baihong Town, even if he doesn't care, he must always be under the control of Pujia Yuan." ”

The lonely mountain guest said with a smile: "The lord of Begonia Mountain is a very outstanding person, since she let Yue Congshuang come here, she is already paying attention, there is no need to disturb again." ”

Xiao Zhinan thought for a while and said, "I also think that Yue Congshuang is not a simple character. ”

The lonely mountain guest said: "Yue Congshuang is the first person of the younger generation in Dishui County, naturally it is not simple, although she is not the successor of the future mountain lord of Pujiayuan, but she is the first disciple of the Haitang Mountain Lord, and she is among the best among the female cultivators, and it is rare for the entire Jiang country to be able to stand out." ”

Xiao Zhinan said very seriously: "But she can't compare to me." ”

Gu Shanke shook his head with a smile, did not deny it, and said: "In the line of the Sword Gate, you Xiao Zhinan can be described as the best, you have fought those gentlemen in the Sword Courtyard of the Palace, although you have only won one, but it has also established your qualifications in the Sword Gate, and when you see those people in the Sword Pavilion, you will be able to know who is the first person of the younger generation of the Sword Gate." ”

Xiao Zhinan frowned and said, "Which is stronger or weaker, Ouyang Shengxue, the eldest gentleman of the Sword Academy, or Xu Beihan, the sword idiot?"

The lonely mountain guest said: "Xu Beihan has the name of a sword idiot, of course he is not taken casually, in the whole world, he is the only one who has the name of a sword idiot, if you really want to compare, it is naturally Xu Beihan who is stronger." ”

Xiao Zhinan asked, "Mr. Big has fought with a sword idiot?"

The lonely mountain guest thought for a while and said, "At the Great Dynasty Meeting that year, it should have been a fight. ”

The Great Dynasty of the World is a rule negotiated by the dynasties together, held once every five years, when the world's younger generation of strong cultivators will participate, of course, this is not mandatory, just like the last Great Dynasty Meeting, Beizangfeng did not participate, in fact, because Beizangfeng is a late bloomer, it can be said that he stepped into the path of cultivation by pressing the line, and then broke through the realm in a short period of time, if you really want to calculate the time of cultivation, Beizangfeng is actually not as long as Xiao Zhinan's practice.

Bei Zangfeng only stepped into the path of cultivation at the age of fifteen, while Xiao Zhinan had already entered the path of cultivation at the age of five, with a difference of ten years in between.

This actually has little to do with the level of qualification.

Because Xiao Zhinan has been in Beiyan Jianlu since he was a child, and Beizangfeng was admitted to the academy halfway, although he opened Amaterasu ten years later than Xiao Zhinan, but since he embarked on the path of cultivation, he has broken through the realm one after another, and in just a few years, he has caught up with Xiao Zhinan, and even further than Xiao Zhinan.

Although there is a relationship between the cultivation qualification and the time of cultivation, it is not very related to it, because it is also a normal thing to accumulate a lot, and some people are just mediocre in the front and suddenly explode in the back.

Xiao Zhinan and Bei Zangfeng did not participate in the last Great Dynasty Meeting, while Shen Qiubai and Ouyang Shengxue participated, and Xu Beihan was naturally among them, but in the end, it was Shen Qiubai who became the top of the Great Dynasty Meeting, just because Xu Beihan and Shen Qiubai did not really distinguish the winner at that time for some reason.

And there is not much time left until the next court.

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There is a plain that stretches for many miles at the southern border of the Western Jin Dynasty, and at the end of the south of the plain, there is a group of fiery volcanoes, bordering the western border of the Wei Kingdom, because of the proximity to the black volcano, the plain environment is quite bad, covered by black clouds all the year round, thunder and lightning whistling from the clouds, I don't know when it will fall, resulting in the original picture of the grass growing warbler flying becomes very barren, which is the origin of the abandoned wasteland.

And it was only because the people outside the mountain who were banned here by the monks of the world during the Demon Swing period that this wasteland had the name of Heavenly Abandonment.

On the mountain road, hundreds of miles north of the Heavenly Forsaken Wasteland, there were horses galloping.

Sitting on horseback was Qi Xiaoran.

He escaped from the Western Jin Dynasty and has been hiding and hiding, although he did not notice that someone was following him in the process, Qi Xiaoran did not dare to be careless.

Facing Chu Canglan, the prince of the Western Jin Dynasty, of course Qi Xiaoran would not be naïve enough to think that his words would be able to get away with it, but what is more strange is that it seems that Chu Canglan really believed him, and actually let him escape from the Western Jin Dynasty like this.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't believe it, Qi Xiaoran had been quite cautious, maybe he had already returned to the capital, although he was now on the land of Jiang Guo, but he was still far away from the capital.

On this day, he settled in a town, and he could ride his horse to his heart's content on the land of Jiang, and although he wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible, he still had to stop when it was time to rest.

And when Qi Xiaoran lived in an inn, there were also people outside the town.

They all have weapons in their hands, not ordinary people in the rivers and lakes.

There were two groups of people dressed in different costumes who met in the town.

They wore sword costumes and star costumes respectively, representing the Imperial Sword Courtyard and the Star Picking Mansion.

The leaders are Ouyang Shengxue and Shen Qiubai.

This place is close to the southwest border of Jiang Kingdom, and two groups of people from different routes meet by fate.

Shen Qiubai looked at Ouyang Shengxue on the opposite side and said, "The nearby outsiders should all be eradicated, the closer they are to the Heavenly Abandoned Wasteland, the smaller the number of outsiders will be, and no matter whether those outsiders who have emerged have escaped from the wasteland or not, they obviously don't dare to approach the wasteland." ”

They obviously looked like they had just experienced a battle, but it wasn't a battle, and not even a single corner of their clothes was broken.

Ouyang Shengxue said: "I always have a feeling of uneasiness in my heart, although the closer I get to the Heavenly Forsaken Wasteland, the fewer people outside the mountain, but I always feel that the more dangerous it is. ”

Shen Qiubai frowned slightly, and said: "The purpose of our coming here is to investigate that those people outside the mountain who have no connection with the Heavenly Abandoned Wasteland, there are Tang God generals outside the wasteland who are personally guarding it, and there are also strong cultivators from other countries, it is normal for people outside the mountains to dare not approach here." ”

"On the contrary, I think that the outsiders outside may not have anything to do with the outsiders in the wasteland, at the end of the Demon Swing Period, although the two strongest outsiders were banned separately, but after all, there are still some left, and they have also had trouble in Dongjun, but they happened to be bumped into by Bai Shuo Shangxian. ”

"Perhaps in addition to this, there are other outsiders who have escaped the ban and hid in the shadows, continuing to develop the power of the outsiders for decades. If there were really people from outside the mountain who escaped from the wasteland, I am afraid that they would be killed by Tang Shenjiang on the spot, and there would be no chance to escape from the border at all. ”

The two dangerous places that suppressed the people outside the mountains were guarded by strong cultivators from various countries at the same time, if there was no serious problem, let alone that there were people outside the mountains escaping from the wasteland, even if it was a fly, don't want to fly out.

Ouyang Shengxue said: "It is precisely because of doubts that Your Majesty will let us come to verify, although this place is not too far from the Heavenly Forsaken Wasteland, but it is not on the way of Tianhe, I think we should let the junior disciples wait for others to arrive somewhere, let's take the first step and go to the Heavenly Forsaken Wasteland to find out." ”

They had come to this town by chance and had followed the trail of people from outside the mountains, and it was difficult to meet people from other routes if they stayed here.

Shen Qiubai didn't have any opinion, nodded, and said, "It's getting late, let's stay in this town and leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhong Xiyan and Jiang Zihua both followed in the footsteps of their respective senior brothers and looked for inns to settle down separately, after all, their numbers were not small, and it would be difficult if they all got together.

Ouyang Shengxue chose an inn and let the younger brothers and sisters have a good meal, they did not eat in the lobby, but in the room, Jiang Zihua spread out on the bed as soon as he entered the room, exhaled, and shouted: "Hungry to death!

Ye Jinyu slapped Jiang Zihua's pouting buttocks and said: "On the way, in addition to eating and sleeping, even if you meet people from outside the mountain, you are also the senior brothers and junior brothers who go up, and you have been hiding behind, and you also have the face to say that you are hungry and tired?"

Jiang Zihua turned over suddenly, glared at Ye Jinyu fiercely, and said: "I'm recuperating my energy, who knows that the closer I get to the Heavenly Abandoned Wasteland, the fewer people outside the mountain will be, and there is no place for me to use it at all." ”

Shen Jiyue sat on the stool in the room, and said while pouring tea: "Recently, I have always heard that Li Mengzhou and Senior Sister Lu of Pujiayuan drew a sword along a certain Tianhe River, and Li Mengzhou was seriously injured by Senior Sister Lu, I think it should be true, otherwise it would not have been transmitted here." ”

He Zhengrong sat next to Shen Jiyue, lowered his head and closed his eyes, hearing this, he raised his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "No wonder he left the capital one step ahead of us, but he didn't meet him along the way, it turned out that he took the route of Dishui County, and Mr. Bei and Xie Chunfeng also walked that way, thinking that there must be many stories that we don't know." ”

Tao Ye, who was lying on the table and was a little sluggish, seemed to have suddenly come to her senses, she came down from Cangnan Mountain to follow the sword cultivators of the palace sword academy Although she has experienced a lot of things, she has actually been protected, after all, her cultivation is too low, and she has no resistance at all when she encounters people outside the mountain, but she has gained a lot of knowledge, but it is inevitable that she is a little physically and mentally exhausted.

When she heard about Li Mengzhou's incident at this time, she immediately had her spirits, and couldn't help but say, "But Senior Sister Lu Jiuge, why did she want to hurt Senior Brother Li? Senior Brother Li won't have anything, right?"

Jiang Zihua and He Zhengrong both frowned, they looked at Tao Ye silently, and secretly thought in their hearts, there is no heavenly reason, Tao Ye always has to call out Li Mengzhou's name several times a day, which makes their ears calloused, not to mention that they are very envious and jealous of Li Mengzhou.