Even though the world is changing, the Shudi Sword Pavilion is still the same, standing quietly on the top of the mountains.

The peaks are like blades, reaching straight into the sky. The mountain road is rugged and like a ribbon. The clouds and mist that swirled around the mountains were like an invisible barrier, cutting off the strife and noise of the outside world.

This is undoubtedly the most ideal place in the world for refreshment.

But Su Xiao, the new pavilion master of the Sword Pavilion, was not calm at all.

He felt like he was in a gloomy mire, surrounded by fog that made it difficult to find his way.

Gu Xu, a young genius who once climbed Laoshan Mountain with him, became an anti-thief leader who made the Great Qi court feel extremely troublesome.

The master he respected the most suddenly left the sect quietly and followed Gu Xu to rebel; Only left him a letter, and the heavy burden of the Sword Pavilion.

Su Xiao became the helmsman of one of the three major sects of the Great Wilderness at a young age. It looks like a high-ranking and high-profile position, but in fact, it is in the middle of the cracks, walking on thin ice.

For Xu Man's personal disciples like him, the Great Qi Imperial Court seemed to be extremely tolerant - while branding Xu Man as a traitor, it did not implicate them in the crime, but instead faintly showed an attitude of wooing, providing the Sword Pavilion with more cultivation resources than before.

But Su Xiao knew very well in his heart that the benefits of the Great Qi Imperial Court were not taken for nothing.

He always felt that there was a pair of invisible eyes watching him in the dark, and once he did something he shouldn't do, he would be doomed immediately.

And the Sword Pavilion itself is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Among the disciples are the prince and grandson from Luojing, the kendo wizard from a civilian background, the relatives and henchmen of the three major lords, and even the former fiancée of the anti-thief leader Gu Xu.

In today's increasingly confusing situation in the Great Wilderness, it is by no means easy to handle the internal affairs of the sect and mediate the contradictions and disputes between disciples.

However, the most troublesome thing for Su Xiao are the elders who are known as the "right-hand man of the head", but they quarrel constantly all day long.

Several of them were die-hard members of Xu Man, and they had an almost fanatical admiration for the former head of the world's best swordsmanship.

They firmly believed that the reason why Xu Man chose to leave the sect and follow Gu Xu to rebel against the Great Qi court must have a hidden secret.

It is likely that the Great Qi Imperial Court did something that hurt the heavens and reason, which made Xu Man, who cultivated the "Pingtian Sword Technique" and was determined to "show injustice for the heavens", indignant.

Therefore, as soon as they had the opportunity, they either directly or indirectly instigated Su Xiao, and asked him to simply take the entire Sword Pavilion and forget it together.

There were also many elements close to the Great Qi court.

Even Su Xiao suspected that some people were undercover agents sent by Qi Ting at all - after all, as a large-scale sect, the Sword Pavilion had stood on the top of the mountains of Shu for so many years, and had received the resource support of the Great Qi Imperial Court for a long time, so it had naturally been deeply infiltrated by the Great Qi Imperial Court.

While accusing Xu Man of treason, they repeatedly told Su Xiao to keep in mind the court's kindness to the Sword Pavilion over the years, and not to be an ungrateful villain like his master.

After only a few days as the Sword Pavilion Master, Su Xiao was already anxious.

He finally understood that the reason why he was able to concentrate on sword practice without distractions before was because he had a master to shelter him from the wind and rain.

And now, the departure of the master has made him understand that the mundane things in the world are a scripture that is more difficult to cultivate than swordsmanship.

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"Which star of the 'Green Shadow' are you?"

Su Xiao frowned slightly and asked.

At this moment, in front of him, stood a short man dressed in a flower robe, wearing a high hat, with white powder on his face, and painted opera harlequin makeup.

Su Xiao knew that these people who liked to disguise themselves and cover their faces were all from an organization called "Qing Ming".

With Gu Xu's troops on the northwest border, the existence of "Qingming" gradually became known to more and more people.

The members of this organization, one by one, with the code name of Putian Xingdou, widely infiltrated all levels of the Great Qi Imperial Court. People can't see through who they really are, they only know that they have a common goal -

That is to assist Gu Xu, who is known as the "reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei", to overthrow Qi Ting, and then kick the pseudo-god "Taishang Haotian" off the altar and return the truth to the people of the Great Wilderness.

Su Xiao knew in his heart that the most rational thing to do in the face of this uninvited guest in front of him was to drive him out of the sect immediately and not listen to anything he said.

But perhaps because of the master's choice, or perhaps because of his father's experience that was hidden in history, he finally kept the clown outfit.

"In the Lower Giant Gate Star, I have seen the Su Pavilion Lord," the "Giant Gate Star" bowed slightly, and said politely towards Su Xiao, "I came to your sect this time because I have a shocking secret that I want to share with the Su Pavilion Lord. I wonder if Lord Su is interested in hearing it? ”

His seductive tone and the funny smile on his face made Su Xiao involuntarily vigilant.

"Hearing this secret, I ...... Or Sword Pavilion, what price does it take? He asked earnestly.

"There is no need for anything," the smile of the "Giant Gate Star" became brighter, "This is a gift from our Wenchang Xingjun to the Su Pavilion Lord. ”

"Wenchang Xingjun......" Su Xiao silently recited the name in his heart.

Before Gu Xu's rise, "Wenchang Xingjun" had always been the leader of "Qing Ming", with vast and mysterious powers. Many people have tried to investigate his true face, but nothing has been found.

Before Su Xiao could open his mouth, the "Giant Gate Star" continued: "Please forgive me for my offense. But Wenchang Xingjun asked me to ask you a question for him, after the Luojing Rebellion this spring, the Su Pavilion Lord must have already known the truth about Ling Zun's death, right? ”

Su Xiao nodded, her expression a little stiff.

"Have you ever thought about avenging him?"

"The enemy is dead. The emperor had already killed it for me. ”

"No, it's not dead," the "giant gate star" shook his head slightly, "It put a coffin in the lair of the mountain, hiding a wisp of distraction, leaving itself a glimmer of resurrection." When you return to Luojing City, you can see it alive again. ”

"With the strength of the emperor, coupled with the strength of the Heavenly Dragon Great Array, it is impossible to completely kill it?" Su Xiao looked surprised.

"No matter how powerful a cultivator is, there will be times when he makes a mistake or not, right?" "Giant Gate Star" said with a smile.

Su Xiao heard a hint of sarcasm in his words.

His right hand clenched into a fist casually, as if he were gripping an invisible sword.

"You can just talk straight to me, you don't have to beat around the bush with me."

"Then please prepare mentally for the Pavilion Master first," Speaking of this, the "Giant Gate Star" paused for a moment and continued, "You may have heard such rumors already—the emperors of the Great Qi Dynasty are all puppets of Taishang Haotian and are the jailers guarding the Great Wilderness.

"Our current Tianxing Emperor Xiao Zeyao naturally has not escaped such a fate.

But as one of the best cultivation wizards in the history of the Great Qi royal family, after taking over the Tai'a Sword, he tried to resist the manipulation of Taishang Haotian with his own strength, and persevered under the oppression of Taishang Haotian's will for eight years.

Of course, in the end he failed.

"Most of his spiritual will was assimilated by Taishang Haotian.

"The remaining small part, with the power of the ancestors' remnants, was reincarnated as a ghost body with the yin qi of heaven and earth and the 'Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique'.

Then, with the spell he created, he firmly bound the fate of his human body and the ghost body, living and dying together, so that Taishang Haotian could not directly erase his ghost body, and could only imprison and seal him.

"Everyone knows that the current emperor prefers retreat and practice more than any previous emperor.

"But he is by no means here to explore the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and seek a breakthrough in the realm.

"It's because he needs to spend more energy to suppress the rebellion of the ghost body and stop its invasion on the spiritual level."

Hearing his words, Su Xiao was silent for a long time.

Then, as if he suddenly remembered something important, he took a deep breath and said slowly: "I have persevered for eight years...... The eighth year of Tianxing is the year when Lu Shoufu committed treason, right? ”

(End of chapter)