Mu Qianmei thought for a while before replying:

"One of the most unique orchids I've ever seen, called the ghost orchid, when the flowers bloom, the breeze blows, and its flowers sway in the wind, like a ghost flying. Of course, this kind of orchid is quite precious and very rare, probably because of the scarcity!"

Bai Lingshan said suspiciously:

"Is there such an orchid? I don't think I've heard of it yet! It is said that this generation of Magnolia City is rich in all kinds of orchids, and when we have time, we must go around and see if we can find the ghost orchid that Qianmei said. ”

As they spoke, the carriage had slowly driven into the mountain gate of the Sword Sect's Xiyu Country.

When Mu Qianmei and a few people got off the carriage, they found that the rudder of this Sword Sect was so magnificent, at the foot of the mountain was a well-planned building complex, about one hundred and twenty buildings, red walls and blue tiles, carved beams and paintings, the main buildings were magnificent, scattered, the whole valley was like a simplified version of the palace, at a glance, it was more exquisite and atmospheric than the headquarters of the beggar gang created by Mu Qianmei back then.

Butterfly Mountain is not high, about 1,200 meters, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain are bluestone paved steps, a total of about 5,000 steps, for the monk, is nothing, but if ordinary people come to climb, it is not easy to reach the top of the mountain.

There are two neat rows of pine trees on both sides of the stone steps, a fine pavilion not far away, and a few buildings on the hillside that are a little more gentle are built in the air.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a small stream that flows slowly along the edge of the valley, and the water is crystal clear, giving it a refreshing feeling.

The whole mountain is like a painting, and when you walk into the mountain, you feel like you are walking into a painting.

People come and go in the mountains, it seems that they are very popular, most of them are young men and women, occasionally I will see some middle-aged people and elders, almost all of them are wearing the uniform white clothes of the Sword Sect, and there is a delicate sword embroidered on the chest on the left, the tip of the sword is facing upwards, and there is a semicircular arc on it, as if it is a piece of sky, and the delicate sword seems to pierce the sky.

The middle-aged man invited Mu Qianmei and the others:

"Please, let's go to the top of the mountain for dinner!"

Mu Qianmei replied respectfully:

"Yes, I'm sorry senior!"

The middle-aged man led them up the steps and said with a smile:

"After talking for a long time, I forgot to introduce myself, I am the helmsman of the Xiyu Country of the Sword Sect, my surname is Qiu, my name is Li, my friends in the rivers and lakes generally call me Qiu Helmsman, and I am also their little uncle in Qingyuan."

Mu Qianmei praised:

"Master Qiu can take the position of helmsman in the Sword Sect, which is full of talents, it can be seen that the strength is not ordinary, and I hope that there will be more teachings."

Qiu Li laughed and said:

"Haha...... Miss Mu praised falsely, Qiu was just a very ordinary disciple in the Sword Sect, but after a long time, he was considered a little qualified, so he held this position. ”

"In the past two days, the songs that Miss Mu sang a few days ago have been sung everywhere, and Qiu Mou admired it very much, but he didn't expect Miss Mu to be able to write such a good song at a young age, singing all the world, writing all the rivers and lakes, it can be seen that Miss Mu also has a deep understanding of the world and the rivers and lakes!"

Mu Qianmei immediately denied:

"This is not what I wrote, I just can sing, if you say that you understand the world and the rivers and lakes, how dare you say that you can see through the word "Qianmei" when she first enters the rivers and lakes."

Walking on the bluestone steps, there would be disciples of the Sword Sect passing by from time to time, and they would all greet Qiu Li respectfully, and then look at Mu Qianmei and the others curiously.

When they came to the top of the mountain, the hour had already passed noon, and the sun in early winter shone on the main hall on the top of the mountain, only to see the words "Sword Sect" on the roof of the main hall shining brightly, magnificent, Mu Qianmei could see at a glance that it was Qin Changfeng's handwriting, and the Haoran Hall of Yunyan Pavilion on Tianling Mountain had the same effect.

Qiu Li warmly entertained Mu Qianmei and her party in the hall on the first floor of the main building, and at the wine table, in addition to frequently persuading him to drink, he also introduced the current situation to Mu Qianmei and others from time to time.

According to what he said, in today's Outer Heaven, the five kingdoms coexist, the most powerful is the Longxiao Empire, followed by the Northern Moon Empire and the Heavenly Thunder Empire, the Southern Star Empire and the Western Rain Empire are the weakest, and the Western Rain Empire is now weaker than other countries because of the war more than three thousand years ago, plus the sealing of a piece of land the size of Li Yuan Immortal Path.

However, the emperor and queen of the Lingxiao Empire are the princesses of the Xiyu Kingdom, so the two countries are considered in-laws, and they have formed an alliance invisibly.

The Heavenly Thunder Empire is located in the center of the Outer Heaven continent and is surrounded by the four countries in the middle, so the Heavenly Thunder Empire is friendly with the four countries and has become the most commercially developed country.

The Southern Star Empire and the Northern Moon Empire also formed an alliance to prevent them from being annexed.

In this way, the East and the West were allied, the North and the South were allied, and the countries in the middle remained neutral, and the overall strength was balanced, so that a state of peaceful coexistence was maintained for more than 3,000 years.

The five great powers of the outer heavens occupy the land with relatively rich resources, and the aura is relatively abundant, but outside the five kingdoms, there are also some wild lands where there are also many tribes, where they live, the resources are relatively poor, and the aura is relatively thin, and the largest tribal alliance is the demon world.

The Demon Realm is located in the desert land, bordering the West Rain Country, they have always wanted to attack the land where the Five Kingdoms are located, but unfortunately they have not succeeded, the civil war of the Five Kingdoms three thousand years ago is their best opportunity, and the closest to success.

It's a pity that in the end, the five emperors joined forces and expelled them outside the border again, and at the same time paid a large piece of land in the Xiyu Country and sealed it into the Li Yuan Immortal Path.

In fact, the Demon Realm is also very powerful, if it fights alone, none of the five countries is its opponent, even the most powerful Longxiao Empire, it can't be defeated, therefore, the five countries once had an alliance agreement, no matter how far the dispute between the five countries develops, as long as the Demon World invades, they have to unconditionally form an alliance against the Demon Realm, which makes the Demon World have been very helpless, they are not strong enough to confront the Five Nations Alliance at the same time.

These five countries, each country has its own Jianghu gang, the Longxiao Empire is the Streamer Palace, the Southern Star Empire is the Tianxuan faction, the Tianlei Empire is the Mingwang Pavilion, the Beiyue Empire is Zen Buddhism, and the Xiyu Empire is the Qingyun faction.

Mu Qianmei couldn't help but ask:

"Why isn't there a Sword Sect?"

Qiu Li replied with a smile:

"When Venerable Changfeng founded the Sword Sect, he clearly stipulated that the Sword Sect did not participate in the struggle between countries, so it did not belong to any country, it was a gang independent of the country, and it could be regarded as a unique existence outside the sky!"

Mu Qianmei said suspiciously:

"Being independent of the Five Kingdoms, I guess we encountered a lot of difficulties when we started to create it!"

Qiu Li nodded with a heavy face and replied:

"That's inevitable, no country is willing to accept the existence of such a gang, so in the early days of its establishment, there were even nine gangs that jointly challenged the Sword Sect, but fortunately, Venerable Changfeng withstood it, otherwise how could there be the current Sword Sect!"

Mu Qianmei can imagine that the situation at that time was indeed very difficult, the nine gangs must be the forces of the Five Nations Alliance, and for a gang that has just been established, it must have paid a lot of price to withstand such a challenge.

Of course, Qiu Li didn't want to say more, and Mu Qianmei wouldn't ask more about this matter, so she changed the topic and asked:

"Then which country does the headquarters of your Sword Sect belong to?"

Qiu Li replied with a smile:

"The headquarters of our Sword Sect is not in any country, but outside the border, on an isolated island in the vast sea, it was originally a nameless island, after Venerable Changfeng found out, he named it after himself, and now it is called Changfeng Island, it is said that when Venerable Changfeng occasionally traveled to the rivers and lakes, he also regarded himself as the lord of Changfeng Island!"

Mu Qianmei then asked:

"So what is the current ranking of the gangs?"

After a moment of deep thought, Qiu Li replied:

"The first is naturally our Sword Sect, the second is the Streamer Palace, the third is the Tianxuan Sect, the fourth is the Ming King Pavilion, the fifth is the Zen Sect, the sixth is the Qingyun Sect, this is the ranking of the six big gangs, in addition, there are several gangs that are also developing rapidly, and now the seventh is Fuqin Palace, the eighth is the Forgotten Dust Villa, the ninth is the Juxian Valley, and the tenth is the Broken Sky Mountain."

"That's probably it, the ranking in the future, in fact, is not so stable, there are thousands of large and small gangs in the whole world, countless, maybe one day there will suddenly be a new gang rising rapidly, and at the same time, some gangs will be eliminated, and then disappear in the long river of history."

"For example, if you listen to Xuelou, although you don't know how to rank now, but as you slowly develop in the rivers and lakes, maybe one day you can become a big gang that shocks the rivers and lakes!"

Mu Qianmei said indifferently:

"To borrow your good words, in fact, for us, the gang is just a name, just like a village, when we mention it, we will subconsciously think that it is our home, and we have not thought about what ranking we are going to compete for."

Qiu Li said earnestly:

"You can think like this, but other people definitely don't think like this, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there will be fights where there are rivers and lakes. It's just fame and status, since you have shown your gang's name on the rivers and lakes, sooner or later you will be involved in the whirlpool of the rivers and lakes, even if you don't go to find others, there will definitely be people coming to you, some people will ask you for help, some people will challenge you, naturally you can't be alone. ”

Mu Qianmei thought about it, and had to nod and say:

"What Lord Qiu Helm said is very true, I think things are simple, the so-called people in the rivers and lakes, they can't help themselves, since they have entered the rivers and lakes, how can they really stay outside the rivers and lakes?"