Xinghai City, the capital of the Dacheng Dynasty, can be said to be the most prosperous place today, and among them, Shengwutang Square is the most.

Cheng Yuan, the founding emperor of the dynasty, celebrated his fame in a big way, and the prosperous Xinghai City is now really empty alleys, just today the Shengwu Hall openly selected the deputy hall master, and before it started, the Shengwu Square was already like an open dumpling pot, and people came and went side by side. But in the crowd there were two guys dressed in tatters and begging clothes......

"It's finally time to come back, why don't you go to the palace and go to the Holy Martial Hall?" These two people are Ran Ze and Meng Xingzong, who finally rushed back to the national capital.

Hearing Ran Ze's question, Meng Xingzong smiled and said, "Aren't you the helmsman of the Northwest Eagle Rudder, and you are also a candidate for the battle of the deputy hall master."

As soon as he heard this, Ran Ze was stupid, "Are you crazy, do you know what we're going to do when we come back, one more day is one more day of danger." I'm not in the mood to go to any election at this time. The two cities have been completely captured, and it is absolutely impossible for them to let go of the sentinels and carrier pigeons, which means that the empire is still blind now, and it doesn't know what's going on over there, so don't make trouble, okay?"

"Say you're stupid, you're really stupid," Meng Xingzong tore his tattered clothes and said, "Every time I go to a place, I will send a letter to the post station, calculate the time, the military aircraft department should also receive the letter, hurry up and run faster than us, they presented it to the emperor plus the time for the emperor to discuss, maybe two days will pass, and then who knows what has changed." ”

"Now the first task we have to do is to meet Hall Master Zhai and tell him about this matter, and then he will come forward to unite with the Holy Martial Hall martial artists of the Empire in order to confront the alien demon army to some extent. Then it is necessary to unite the various sects and families of the people to fight against the evil spirit, so that it may be possible to destroy it before the disaster comes. ”

"Admire, admire," Ran Ze exclaimed, "Old Meng, what you think is too thoughtful, to be honest, even if the emperor knows about this, I'm afraid he won't take it to heart, and when the time comes, it will be troublesome if he sends a large army to conquer." ”

"Okay, okay, let's squeeze forward......"

Barely more than a quarter of an hour, the selection competition has begun, and an old man with a childish face appeared in the ground fighting ring in advance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Gen Shaokai, the deputy hall master of the Holy Martial Hall. Today is the seventh day of the founding of our Dacheng Empire, and in order to commemorate this day and strengthen the management of the Shengwu Hall, the Shengwu Hall specially selected the second deputy hall master today. "There is no special equipment, just a casual remark can make what everyone in the whole square can hear clearly.

"Today, there are a total of five helmsmen participating in the selection of the deputy hall masters, all of whom have made countless meritorious contributions in the Founding War of the Empire, and they are our best warriors. ”

"Dad, what is a martial artist. In the front row of the ring, a little kid grabbed his father's hand and kept asking.

"A martial artist is a person who can cultivate internal strength and fight. The man replied

"Then what is internal force, and how to cultivate internal force?" the child continued.

The man smiled awkwardly and said, "This, Dad doesn't know." ”

"Internal force, to put it bluntly, is the qi of the human body. Cultivation is nothing more than the process by which a person can control the qi in his body and let it grow stronger. An abrupt voice sounded, and the man turned his head to see that two people in tattered clothes and sloppy appearance were standing behind him, and the one who spoke just now was the person on the left with unkempt hair, but still with a picture of fairy wind and bones. Of course, this guy is Meng Xingzong, and General Ran next to him.

Unsure of the identity of the visitor, the man subconsciously chose to remain silent. It doesn't show that disgust with being called Hanako.

"Let's start the game. "There are finally two people in the ring to start a showdown.

"I haven't been back for a year, and the way this Holy Martial Hall is selected is still so rough and old-fashioned, isn't it man. ”

"Okay, Lao Meng, why don't you go up when you finally squeeze in. "Ran Ze can't keep up with Meng Xingzong's thinking rhythm now.

"Look at it, they're all fighting, let's go up and persuade us to fight, maybe they'll beat us together. Let's wait until they're done, and I'm sure this kid has a lot of questions to ask. Meng Xingzong pointed to the little child who had just asked the question.

Sure enough, before Ran Ze could react, a roar suddenly broke out in the ring, "Wood Qi Jue Wanye Shan." Immediately afterward, the ring began to be enveloped in endless green light, and then leaves began to appear in the air.

"Water and Qi Jue Ice Ling Array" is again. Now there is another blue force on the stage.

"It's amazing, it's amazing. The child was bouncing there again, and the bored Meng Xingzong said, "The Imperial Qi Technique is a way for martial artists to use internal force to attack, because the internal force is divided into five attributes: gold, wood, earth, water, and fire, so there are five attributes of the Imperial Qi Technique." This kind of trick is generally comprehended by the martial artist himself, which means that even if two martial artists of the same attribute have realized the same qi control technique. ”

"Min Yang and Tu Xiangzhong are still so bored when they fight. Ran Ze snorted.

"It's estimated that it's over, let's prepare to follow Min Yang for a while. Meng Xingzong looked at the flow of people on both sides.

"The result of this game seems to be in, and the Tiger Rudder Lord Tu Xiangzhong wins. ”

Not bothering to pay attention to the messy results, at this time, Ran Ze and Meng Xingzong had already slipped to the west exit where Min Yang was about to leave.

"Hey, Min Yang" Ran Ze shouted after Min Yang got off the field.

Min Yang, who had already walked out of the guards' blockade line and half of his body, heard someone calling him to turn around, but saw two people named Hanako standing on the edge of the ring, one of whom was waving to him with a mouthful of white teeth, and it was obvious that he was the one who shouted him.

With a puzzled expression, Min Yang walked back again, and it wasn't until the two of them could already touch the tip of their noses that he realized "Damn, Ran Ze?!, and you, Meng Goutou?!"

"Okay, okay, don't be so emotional, let's go in first, I have something urgent to see Hall Master Zhai. "Meng Xingzong really can't care about that bullshit nickname now, there was no way just now, now that he has a way, of course he has to go quickly.

Seeing that the two of them looked so embarrassed, Min Yang also knew that something big must have happened, and immediately said, "Follow me." ”

The three of them bypassed the Shengwu Square and entered the Shengwu Hall through the back door. On the way, Ran Ze briefly told Min Yang what happened these days, including that he was rescued by a mysterious master.

After listening, Min Yang said, "You big dog head, you are really hit by your crow's mouth." According to you, we can only send warriors to meet the enemy at the moment, but how many warriors can be dispatched at the moment's notice. ”

"Get out," Meng Xingzong scolded, "That's why I'm so anxious to see the hall master, if we want to win this war, we must unite with the civil warriors." ”

"You mean those sect families?"

"That's right"

"Unlikely. Min Yang was obviously not optimistic about Meng Xingzong's methods, "Who doesn't know that these forces are all against the rule of the Cheng Dynasty, if it weren't for the large number and uneven distribution, Your Majesty would have sent troops to suppress it a long time ago." ”

Ran Ze said, "It's because of the large number that their overall strength is strong enough, and the number of civilian warriors is not comparable to tens of thousands of people in our area." The current war is no longer a friction between countries, but a life and death between nations, and they have no reason to refuse. ”

"This kind of truth can only be understood if you are in a high position. Min Yang led them up to the fifth floor and knocked on the door of the only room in the east hallway.

"Come in. A deep voice came from inside the door.

Min Yang pushed the door and entered, "Hall Master Zhai, Ran Ze and Meng Gou...... Meng Xingzong came. ”

When he entered the door, Ran Ze found that a year later, there was no change from before, the only change was that there were no rolls of maps on the desk in front of the window.

"Teacher......" Looking at the old figure standing by the window, Ran Ze said again, "...... Teacher"

Without the arrogance in the war, Zhai Linqing also seems to be getting older and older, and the years have taken away not only his age, but also his will.

Seeing Meng Xingzong's letter in the morning, Zhai Linqing seemed to have regained his life, and his fighting spirit returned.

Zhai Linqing slowly walked to Ran Ze's side, stretched out his hand and touched his head, and said, "It's good to come back, I saw the emperor's letter just now, Xingzong, you tell me the reason." ”

“......”

"I can't imagine it, it was also a famous family in the martial arts world back then, when did Tianshan fall to this point. After listening, Zhai Linqing regretted.

"Teacher, do you know the Tianshan Mountains?" asked Ran Ze.

Zhai Linqing nodded and said, "Originally, a few old guys who didn't care about the world wanted to find a clean place for them to study martial arts in the war era, so they fell in love with Xiyan Tianshan. After going up the mountain, they recruited a wide range of disciples, and founded the Tianshan School with the way of magnifying martial arts. ”

Later, the power of the Ji Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and an uprising finally broke out. Attacked but defeated, they could only keep fleeing to the northwest, and finally they fled to the Bone City, and in desperation wanted to take in the Tianshan Mountains. At that time, the head of the Tianshan faction had already changed for two generations, which meant that it had also deviated from the original 'way of proclaiming heaven and earth, shaking the wind of the martial world'. After being bewitched by countless bewitchments, Tianshan finally threw himself into the Ji Dynasty. You all know what happened after that, the rise of the Cheng Dynasty and the fall of the Ji Dynasty, during which we have no way of knowing what happened in the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"Now we only have two messages, one, the remnants of the Ji Dynasty in the name of Tianshan are fighting back against us. Second, they have viruses that can turn people into monsters, and an army of monsters that carry infections. ”

"Hall Master Zhai, without further ado, we must start mobilizing martial artists to Yanguan City and keep them out of Shuozhou. On the other hand, it is necessary to step up contacts with the civilian sects and to form an allied army. We can't predict what they're going to do next, we have to do it early. Meng Xingzong said.

Zhai Linqing smiled and said, "That's right, I'll go to see the emperor now and evacuate Yanguan City." ”

"What" Meng Xingzong exclaimed, "Why do you have to evacuate the people before you fight, once you let go of Yanguan City, then it will be the Si Pingyuan of Shuozhou." ”

"Star Sect, we can't fight this war. ”

"Why?"

Zhai Lin asked, "Because we don't know any situation of the opponent, troop strength, arrangement, individual combat strength, etc. Also, we don't know how many warriors we can mobilize to fight, what our strength is, whether we know how to cooperate, and how to fight to maximize our combat power. So ......"

Meng Xingzong muttered, "If you don't know who you are, you will lose every battle." ”