On the ninth day of September, in the evening. Le Wen XS520. ＣＯＭ

Three carriages full of goods swayed out of the south gate of the Western Imperial City, and a dozen people wearing hats and coarse cloth clothes and grooms followed the carriage slowly, these people stopped from time to time to pull the rope to check the goods on the car, and did not seem to be in a hurry.

When the three carriages walked to the boundary of Xihuang Mountain, the sky had completely darkened, five steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry at the foot of Xihuang Mountain, and there were sentry posts set up by the disciples of the Soul Sect on the way to enter the Xihuang Mountain, and all those who passed through the Xihuang Mountain, whether they were business travelers or officials, must be reviewed by the disciples of the Soul Sect before they could be released, this rule was also set by Lan Chen, in order to protect the safety of the Soul Sect and avoid the tragedy of the last time the various sects and factions besieged the Xihuang Mountain.

"Stop!"

Through the hazy moonlight, the disciples of the Soul Sect who were in charge of guarding the pass saw three carriages coming towards the sentry post from a distance, and immediately shouted. Immediately after that, more than a dozen Soul Sect disciples with swords and swords quickly walked out on both sides of the sentry post, surrounding the three carriages. The disciple who guarded the gate stepped forward quickly and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"This young man, we are rice merchants from the lockdown city, and we are going to rush to send rice to the semicolon of Shengnan City. A white-faced man wearing a hat and looking quite elegant stepped forward with a smile and explained, while speaking, he took out a bulging money bag from his arms and stuffed it into the arms of the disciples guarding the gate, the white-faced man's face hidden under the hat under the moonlight was still clearly seen, these Soul Sect disciples did not know him, but if Lu Yifan could definitely recognize this person, he was the dean of the Vermilion Bird Academy of the Holy Soul Academy, Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun and Lu Yifan can also be regarded as some masters and apprentices, after all, Lu Yifan was once arranged to practice in the Vermilion Bird Academy when he was in the Holy Soul Academy.

Zhao Yun's set of tactics is okay to deal with ordinary officials, but it is a bit abrupt to deal with today's Soul Sect disciples, just as Zhao Yun sent the money into his arms, the guards of the gate turned their eyes suddenly, and then the dozen or so Soul Sect disciples who were surrounding almost simultaneously "poofed" and pulled out their swords. Seeing this scene, Zhao Yun couldn't help but be stunned, he never thought that the sentence of reaching out and not hitting the smiling face would not work at all in Xihuang Mountain.

"You ...... this"

"If you don't be a thief, what benefits do you give?" the disciple who guarded the gate said coldly, "Who are you? What are you doing in Xihuang Mountain so late?"

A thin old man behind Zhao Yun said in a deep voice with a displeased face: "Didn't we already say it just now? We are rice merchants in the locked city, and we are in a hurry to send rice to the branch of Shengnan City, if we don't rush overnight, we are afraid that we will delay the business of the shopkeeper, and we can't afford this crime." "This person is the dean of the Blue Dragon Academy of the Holy Soul Academy, Qu Feng.

"The rice merchant who closed the city?" the disciple guarding the gate narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Which rice merchant is locked down?"

"Zhao Jiamipu!" The big man who stood behind him like an iron tower snorted coldly, his voice was like thunder, and he was fierce, except for Xuanwu Dean Lei Tian, there was probably no second person in the Holy Soul Academy.

"Zhao family rice shop?" the guard disciple raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Then how many of you are the guys of the Zhao family rice shop?"

"This little brother, we are just taking advantage of the road to rush through the West Emperor Mountain to Shengnan City, what do you mean by being so aggressive?" Fu Li, the White Tiger Dean who was holding the horse beside Lei Tian, asked faintly, "Aren't you blocking the road and setting up cards just to ask for some money to buy the road? We gave it, it is better to say the number directly as much as you want, and there is no need to delay your efforts here in vain." ”

The four deans of the Holy Soul Academy have all arrived tonight, and the identity of this group of people is naturally self-evident, it is a group of masters led by the old man Qiu Ming, and the purpose is to go to the West Emperor Mountain to assassinate Lan Chen on the order of Huang Yanchong.

"It's nonsense!" The disciple who guarded the gate suddenly shouted, "You guys are really blind, and you didn't inquire before you came here, master, I am the person from the Zhao family who sealed the city, how come I don't know that the Zhao family's rice shop has a semicolon in Shengnan City? I have never seen a few of you! Honestly, who are you?"

As soon as the guards came out, the surrounding dozen or so Soul Sect disciples approached forward again, and the appearance of each one eyeing each other made the atmosphere on the scene suddenly become a little depressing.

"Don't waste time, fight quickly!"

An old and calm voice suddenly came from inside the last carriage, and before hearing these words, the guards and the disciples of the Soul Sect were taken aback, Qu Feng, Fu Li, Zhao Yun and Lei Tian had already made a sudden move, because the disparity in each other's cultivation was really huge, so in the blink of an eye, the guards and more than a dozen Soul Sect disciples fell to the ground one after another, they didn't even have time to shout and make noise, the vigorous and resolute momentum of the four masters did not bring a trace of waves in the Xihuang Mountain in the dead of night, and the mountain was as silent as ever.

"Dean, what should I do now?" Qu Feng and the four of them gathered around the last carriage, waiting for Old Man Qiu to give the order.

"The soldiers are divided into two ways, the four of you sneak into the Dragon King's Mansion with the old man and go straight to the Yellow Dragon, and the others go to the mountain gate of the Soul Sect to make some noise to attract the attention of everyone in the Soul Sect. The old man Qiu Ming said in a solemn tone, "Let's go to the Dragon King's Mansion to kill Lan Chen and leave immediately, when the time comes, a signal will be released, you will quickly evacuate when you see the signal, you must not fall in love with the battle, tonight you have to fight separately, you have to ask for more blessings!"

Qu Feng nodded and said, "Now that Lu Yifan is in the Soul Sect, we must leave before we alarm him, otherwise once Lu Yifan makes a move, we will definitely be unable to fly." ”

Old Man Qiu Ming said in a deep voice: "Tonight is the best opportunity, while Liu Sandao and Ji Yuan are not on the mountain, the masters of the various sects and factions of the Five Domains have not yet come to congratulate the wedding banquet, and there are not many peak masters in the Soul Sect except for Lu Yifan." But no matter how powerful Lu Yifan is, there is only one person, as long as we move fast enough tonight, it is reasonable for us to retreat. ”

Hearing the words of the old man Qiu Ming, Qu Feng and the four of them couldn't help but nod with serious expressions, and then after the group discussed the plan again, they quickly disappeared into the huge Xihuang Mountain in the night.

......

In Xihuang Mountain, the middle hall of the Dragon King's Mansion was brightly lit, Lan Chen and Ji Yi'er were happily selecting the wedding clothes to be worn on the wedding day from the skirts that filled the entire table, and the four maidservants on the side were busy acting as hangers, putting these red and gorgeous skirts on their bodies one by one for Lan Chen and Ji Yi'er to examine.

"On the first day of October, I must make you the most dazzling bride. There was a slightly arrogant evil smile on the corner of Lan Chen's mouth, he gently held Ji Yi'er's jade hand, and smiled gently, "These skirts are beautiful, but they are all overshadowed in front of you, no matter which one you wear, it must be the most beautiful." ”

"How did you learn to say the sweet words of these tired dead people?" Ji Yi'er had a hint of scrutiny in her eyes, and asked rhetorically, "I feel uncomfortable listening to it, Sister Wuluzhu and Princess Mu Dan are both beautiful, where is my turn to be the most dazzling?" Saying that, Ji Yi'er was about to get up and compare the newly selected skirt robe on the handmaid next to her, but she had just made a move, but Lan Chen suddenly reached out and dragged it, and Ji Yi'er, who was caught off guard, fell directly into Ji Yuan's arms with an exclamation, and her soft and boneless body also sat on Ji Yuan's lap, and Ji Yi'er was angry and reproached with shame and annoyance, but Lan Chen stretched out his arms to hug Ji Yi'er's delicate body, and then stepped forward and quickly pecked Ji Yi'er's face, causing the four maids standing on the side to turn crimson and hurriedly dodge their gaze away。

Ji Yi'er's face turned red, first glared at Lan Chen "viciously", and then under Lan Chen's very charming smile, Ji Yi'er completely ignored the presence of outsiders, his hands directly wrapped around Lan Chen's neck, Qianqian's jade fingers gently slid into Lan Chen's hair, and then a pair of passionate red lips took the initiative to meet Lan Chen's lips, spitting out Youlan was intoxicating, Lan Chen couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then his eyes narrowed slightly in intoxication, and his arms hugged Ji Yi'er tighter, hating to squeeze her into his body. In the middle hall, Lan Chen and Ji Yi'er fell into a deep affection like no one else, and they couldn't extricate themselves for a long time in the lingering kiss.

Because of his personality, if he were to be Lu Yifan and Han Ling'er, or Yulou and Mu Dan, or even Liu Sandao and Xiao Liuyi, I am afraid that he would not be so casual. But Lan Chen and Ji Yi'er's temperament is like this, they both have arrogance and self-righteousness in their bones, as long as they want to do something, they will do it unscrupulously, never care about the feelings of others, maybe they will not think that they need to worry about the feelings of outsiders when they do anything.

The four maidservants' faces were flushed, and they all looked at each other shyly and covered their mouths and snickered. The four of them exchanged glances, then placed their robes on the table, and stepped back quickly and softly towards the outside of the hall.

"Soul Master!"

However, the two disciples of the Earth Soul Sect who came from outside and stumbled collided with the four maidservants, and the startled four maidservants couldn't help but let out an angry cry.

"Soul Master, something happened......

As soon as the two Soul Sect disciples rushed into the middle hall, they saw the scene of Lan Chen and Ji Yi'er lingering, and they had already said half of the words and immediately swallowed them back, and the two of them hurriedly covered their eyes and fled as if they were exiting the middle hall again, and then knelt down outside the threshold with their heads down.

"Say!"

Lan Chen hugged Ji Yi'er, who was ruddy and delicate, and still looked at Ji Yi'er with tenderness, and spit out a word without turning his head.

"There is a disturbance outside the mountain gate......"

"Where's the man?"

"I don't know, I'm dressed in tatters, I look like a few drunks, fighting and messing with the mountain gate, and the disciples of the mountain gate can't leave. The Messenger replied quickly.

"Drunkards?" Lan Chen snorted coldly, "A few drunks came to me like the sky had fallen, do you want me to help you deal with a few drunks?"

"Don't dare to ......," the messenger disciple hurriedly said, "I'm just here to ask the soul master, these drunks can't drive away that ......."

"If you can't drive him away, kill him!" Lan Chen said without thinking, "Kill him one or two, and the other people's wine will wake up." ”

"Yes!"

After that, the two Soul Sect disciples didn't dare to stay any longer, turned around and left the Dragon King's Mansion quickly. Lan Chen smiled at Ji Yi'er, then reached out and gently brushed away a strand of hair attached to Ji Yi'er's cheek, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the big wedding coming soon, I would want to spend candles with you tonight." ”

Ji Yi'er's eyes were full of spring, her cheeks were red, and she pretended to be angry: "Think beautifully, don't you treat me as one of those red dust women?"

"Even if it's light and thin, you are only allowed to make me a man light and thin in your life......"

"Soul Master!"

Without waiting for Lan Chen's words to fall, a hurried voice came in from outside the hall again, and this time the person who came in was Liu Jitang. Liu Jitang is tall and strong, coupled with innate divine power, he quickly stood out among the disciples of the Soul Sect, and now he can be regarded as Lan Chen's right-hand man.

"What's the matter?" Lan Chen seemed to be annoyed that he had been interrupted again and again, and turned his head rather unhappily and asked, "Didn't you come here for those drunks outside the mountain gate?"

"Drunkard, what drunk?" Liu Jitang was stunned when he heard this, and shook his head blankly.

Although Lan Chen was absent-minded, he still saw the blood stains on the corners of Liu Jitang's clothes with his eyes like torches, and couldn't help frowning, and quickly asked, "Are you injured?"

"Injured?" Liu Jitang hurriedly glanced down at the bloodstains and suddenly realized, and hurriedly explained, "This is not my blood, but the blood of the disciples guarding the checkpoint." Soul Lord, more than a dozen disciples who were in charge of guarding the pass at the foot of the mountain were killed, and when I led people to patrol the night, I only saw a dozen corpses and three carriages full of white rice. ”

"What?"

Lan Chen was shocked when he heard this, his eyes looked straight at Liu Jitang like a torch, and asked in a deep voice, "You said that the disciple of the Soul Sect was killed?"

"Yes!" Liu Jitang nodded heavily, "And there was no body of outsiders found at the scene, which means ......"

"That is to say, someone killed more than a dozen of us without knowing it, but our people couldn't help each other at all. Lan Chen reacted very quickly, and quickly analyzed, "The people who can kill us in the territory of Xihuang Mountain, and there is no movement, it seems that the other party must be a master, and the person who comes is not good!" Lan Chen frowned, and his mind quickly calculated, "Now is the critical juncture, the wedding banquet on the first day of October is imminent, the sect master has invited the powerful and masters of the Five Domains to gather in Xihuang Mountain, and at this time, there is such a big mess, if something happens, you and I can't afford it!"

Liu Jitang nodded again and again: "I thought so too, so I rushed to tell the soul master overnight......"

"Drunkard!" Lan Chen's mind flashed, and he said quickly with a solemn expression, "There are a few drunks outside the mountain gate making trouble, and our people are dead at the foot of the mountain, this matter is too much of a coincidence? There must be a relationship between the two! Jitang, you immediately order the mountain to be closed, and then take someone to the mountain gate to capture those drunks for me, I want to catch them alive!"

"Before I came, I had already arranged for a large number of people to close the mountain and search, so I will go to the mountain gate. Liu Jitang nodded, but he was just about to turn around and leave, but suddenly hesitated, "Do you want to tell the sect master about this?"

"Can't be broken!" Lan Chen shook his head and said, "The sect master is now in retreat in the back mountain, no one can disturb him, we can solve this kind of trivial matter, there is no need to bother the sect master! You go first, I'll be there later!"

"Good ......"

"Lan Chen, you can't go anywhere tonight!"

Without waiting for Liu Jitang to receive the order, a thunderbolt suddenly came from mid-air, and then I saw a swift and sharp figure quickly break in from the gate, and then only heard a loud "bang", and the door of the Dragon King's Mansion was actually closed by this person. After Lei Tian appeared, Qu Feng, Fu Li and Zhao Yun also fell into the courtyard from mid-air one after another, and several people killed several subordinates and maidservants of the Dragon King's Mansion on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, there were only Liu Jitang, Lan Chen, and Ji Yi'er left in the Dragon King's Mansion, as well as a few corpses lying in the courtyard.

Seeing this, Lan Chen subconsciously protected Ji Yi'er behind him, and he took advantage of the situation to pull out the sword placed on the weapon rack in the air, and with the sword in hand, Lan Chen turned the sword horizontally, facing the four masters of the Holy Soul Academy, there was no trace of fear in his eyes, and he snorted coldly: "I expected that this time I would come prepared, I thought it would be who, it turned out to be the four old things of the Holy Soul Academy, since the four of you have arrived, then Qiu Ming's old thing doesn't need to hide anymore, show up!"

"Lan Chen, tonight the old man is ordered by the emperor to take your life!"

An old voice full of cold and murderous intent quietly sounded from the middle hall, and then I saw a black wind hitting in the courtyard, passing straight past Liu Jitang who was standing at the door, and almost at the same time, the old man Qiu Ming, who was dressed in a black robe and had a sinking face, was already standing firmly in front of Lan Chen and Ji Yi'er.

......