Autumn goes to spring, flowers fall and bloom, red faces are old, and loyal bones are buried in the wilderness, and it is more than 2,000 years later......

This year is the tenth year of Yuan Huizong, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the world is in turmoil, heroes come out in large numbers, all the princes rise up to divide the world, for a time, the beacon fires are in the sky, the wolf smoke is everywhere, only some barbarian border wasteland can still stay away from the war, temporarily enjoy the blessing of peace.

The phoenix of Xiangxi was originally the territory of Chu State, surrounded by a group on all sides, the Tuojiang River in the middle passes through the city, the ancient city is arranged in a strip along both sides of the Tuojiang River, the stilted wooden buildings built in the Yuan Shizu period are lined up one after another, densely occupy the vast majority of the ancient city. Several wooden bridges and stone bridges across the river add a bit of cultural charm to the ancient town.

However, in this quiet and peaceful ancient town, this terrible legend is circulated.

It is said that in the mountains deep in the ancient town, there is a large mansion that stretches for several miles, and the original owner of this mansion is an organization called "Bloody Clothes Hall". Up to now, the disciples of the Blood Cloak Hall have withered, and this mansion has been abandoned for decades, but it hides a secret that makes everyone crazy - the "Blood Immortal True Sutra".

This "Blood Soul Sutra" is said to be created by the founding patriarch of the Blood Clothes Hall, Qing Shenzi has been feathered into an immortal hundreds of years ago, and has become a great avenue, and the "Blood Soul Sutra" that he handed down has naturally become the supreme treasure that countless people in the rivers and lakes dream of.

However, for hundreds of years, there are countless people in the martial arts who have visited this mansion for this "Blood Soul Sutra", but they are all alive and dead, and no one has ever seen what this scripture looks like. Since then, this mansion has become the most mysterious and terrifying place in the rivers and lakes.

I heard that many mountain natives pass by this compound late at night, and sometimes they can hear a faint burst of ethereal singing from inside......

This day was the fifth day of the fourth month of the tenth year of the Zhizheng year, that is, the fourteenth day of the fourth month of the year 1,350 A.D.

At the beginning of the first watch, it is the time when the lanterns are on, the stilted buildings on both sides of the ancient city Tuojiang River are hung with red lanterns, the oblique wind and drizzle swaying to illuminate the entire river surface, the breeze continues to blow through, the lanterns of several kilometers long are reflected in the ripple source, and the magnificence of the ten thousand is faintly revealing a bit of strange taste.

Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin sat on the bank of the river in the most famous "Dongxing Building" drinking tea and admiring the moon, there are more than a dozen tables in the building, which are full of people, among them, the most in-one man in white is the most eye-catching, the man in white sits alone on a table, pressing the sword in his left hand, holding a cup in his right hand, and is pouring himself a drink, not looking at others.

There was also a person sitting on the table opposite him, this person was dressed in green clothes, but the long sword was placed on the table, but a pair of eyes only swirled on the man in white, as if he was very interested in the man in white.

On the table outside, there were five dwarves dressed as Hu people, gathered around a big eight immortal table, pushing cups and changing lamps, shouting loudly, and making noise, but among the five people, some people kept sweeping around the people in white and green clothes intentionally or unintentionally.

Next to Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin sat two brightly dressed Miao women, most of whom were Miao people in Xiangxi, so it was not surprising that Miao women appeared in the restaurant.

Suddenly, someone at the table next to him said loudly: "I heard that the six major sword sects in the rivers and lakes are proud of themselves and never take other sects in their eyes. Ye Boyu looked up and saw that it was a young man in a brocade robe who spoke, and there were more than a dozen young people in the same costume sitting next to him.

Ye Boyu saw that these brocade-clothed Daoists pointed their fingers directly at the white-clothed man, seeing that these Jinyi Daoists were overwhelming, he couldn't help but secretly worry about the white-clothed man, but the white-clothed man didn't seem to hear half of it, he didn't look back, and still drank by himself.

One of the young people in the group continued: "Senior brother, what you said is wrong! Although the six major sects are superior, there are always some sects that are indiscriminate and full of sects mixed in, and they have no ability to do it, so can't they rob others?"

The first person to speak said: "That's because my brother is lonely and unheard, I don't know which sects have made a false name and lowered the reputation of the six major sects?"

The more this group of Jinyi Dao people talked, the more explicit they became, and someone said: "It's a sigh, it's a sigh, since the death of the head of Cangyun Dao, there will be no successor under his door!"

Everyone knows that the head of the Cangyun sect is the head of the previous generation of the Qingcheng faction, and the current head of the sect, Xuanzhen Dao is the current head, and the Jinyi Daoist named him, which is obviously a blatant provocation.

Hearing this, no matter how well the man in white was cultivated, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and was about to get up, but the Taoist man in Tsing Yi opposite him slapped the table heavily and said loudly: "Where did you come from?" The six great sword sects are not what you juniors can say. Shut your beaks for me. ”

There is a person in the Jinyi Dao who is older, who seems to be the leader of this group of people, and when he saw the Tsing Yi people calling for a battle, he also took the case and said loudly: "Who are you waiting for? Dare to provoke my Hengshan faction, you can't find death!"

Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin glanced at it, and said in their hearts, it turned out to be the Hengshan faction, this Hengshan faction has been mediocre since the creation of the faction, and there have been few talents, and now they dare to openly provoke the Qingcheng faction, obviously they have no fear, and the reason here is really incomprehensible.

The man in Tsing Yi rolled his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Hengshan faction, what is the name, I haven't heard of it!"

As soon as these words came out, a group of Jinyi Dao people kicked over the table as if they were exploding, pulled out their long swords, and surrounded the people in Tsing Yi and the people in white in the middle.

The man in Tsing Yi said proudly: "Native chickens and dogs, let's go together, save me the trouble of killing." ”

Seeing this situation, the guests who were drinking and eating in the store had already run out of the store in fright, but the five short men, two Miao girls and Ye Boyu stayed in the store.

"What a thing that doesn't know whether to live or die, let's take my life!" The Jinyi Taoist who took the lead stepped forward with his sword, and stabbed straight into the chest of the Tsing Yi man, extremely fierce. Unexpectedly, the man in Tsing Yi ignored it, and when he knew that the tip of the sword was still an inch away from his chest, he turned sideways slightly, and his movements were extremely chic and neat.

The Jinyi Taoist stabbed a sword into the air, turned around, and slashed the horizontal sword obliquely to the right shoulder of the Tsing Yi man, the Tsing Yi man did not avoid it, grabbed his long sword on the table with his right hand, snorted, the blade flew out a few inches, the sword handle just hit the wrist of the Jinyi Daoist, the wrist of the red Daoist was numb, the long sword could not be held, and it fell to the ground, and the long sword of the Tsing Yi man fell into the sheath again.

Seeing that their leader was invincible, the group of Jinyi Dao people around him shouted, drew their swords one after another, and stabbed at the people in Tsing Yi.

The man in Tsing Yi sneered, the long sword in his hand flew out of the sheath, he didn't see any movement in the man in Tsing Yi, the white light flashed, and he only heard a clanging sound, and the wrists of the people in Jinyi were stabbed by the tip of the sword, and the long swords in their hands fell to the ground.

The man in Tsing Yi's face sank, and shouted in a low voice: "I think there is a virtue of a good life in heaven, and today the Taoist master left you a dog's life, don't get out of here." ”

A group of people in brocade clothes looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The leading Jinyi Daoist asked loudly: "I don't know what sect Your Excellency is, why do you want to be an enemy of my Hengshan faction?"

The man in Tsing Yi said in a deep voice: "Shushan Phantom Sword." ”

"Your Excellency is really the master of the Shushan Illusion Sword Dao. The Jinyi Daoist was stunned, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "I don't know if the Phantom Sword Dao Master came and offended him." ”

"Get out of here. The man in Tsing Yi said impatiently.

A group of Jinyi Dao people knew that they were far from being the opponents of Shushan, so they hurriedly picked up the long swords in the ground and rushed out.

Seeing this, the man in white, who had been pouring himself a drink just now, said slowly: "Shushan Phantom Sword, what a big name!"

The man in Tsing Yi snorted and said, "Don't dare, I don't know how to compare with Senior Brother Lingyun?"

Ye Boyu secretly said in his heart, it turned out that they were Lingyun of the Qingcheng faction and the phantom sword of the Shushan faction. Since he was a child, Ye Boyu has followed his third uncle to learn some introductory Taoist techniques for arranging array talismans and refining magic weapons, and he has also heard some stories of Jianghu sects, but he doesn't know anything about swordsmanship, and he can't see the cleverness of the phantom sword just now.

Today, Kunlun, Shushan, Emei, Qingcheng, Wudang and Kongtong are collectively known as the six major schools, the six major sword schools have their own strengths, and there are many outstanding disciples in each faction, especially the cloud shadow of Kunlun, the phantom sword of Shushan, the white fruit of Emei, the Lingyun of Qingcheng, the falling snow of Wudang and the Shangyue of Kongtong are the most famous, it is said that the cultivation has reached the "enlightenment" stage of "refining and refining gas", and is praised by the rivers and lakes as the new generation of sword school Liuying, which is the hope of the six major sword schools. And among them, the disappearance of Cloud Shadow is the outstanding of Ling Yun and Phantom Sword.

Ling Yun turned around slowly, only to see him with long eyebrows and handsome eyes, and his face was cool, Ye Boyu sighed in his heart, what a handsome guy. Although the Tsing Yi Man's Phantom Sword is not as handsome as Ling Yun, it is also long and jade, and his heroic spirit is compelling. The two stood together, and it was indeed a moment of brightness, and it was difficult to distinguish between the top and the bottom.

Ling Yun's eyes slowly swept over everyone, and those who were swept by his eyes couldn't help but feel furious in their hearts. He didn't answer the stubble of the phantom sword, but said: "The people from the 'Five Wonders of the Western Regions' and Jiuli Cave are also here, I don't know who these two are? But he was talking to Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin.

What are the five dwarfs who turned out to be the "Five Wonders of the Western Regions", those two beautiful Miao girls are under the door of Jiuli Cave in Xiangxi, and Jiuli Cave in Xiangxi is also good at Gu arts, and they covet the "Blood Soul True Scripture", of course.

Wuqi and the two Miao girls in the Western Regions snorted, but they didn't speak, Ye Boyu arched his hand and said, "The next two really came unintentionally, they have no name and no faction, and they are not enough to worry about." ”

Ling Yun nodded, and didn't care, obviously he didn't take these people seriously, and said to the Phantom Sword in a deep voice: "Although the Blood Soul True Scripture is famous all over the world, it may not be able to enter the eyes of the Shushan Sword Sect, and the Phantom Sword Senior Brother doesn't know what happened when he came?"

The phantom sword shook his head and said: "The Blood Immortal True Scripture is a thing of the evil sect, and it is indeed not in the eyes of Shu Mountain, I am just here to investigate the matter of Yunying on the order of the master, the six major sword sects are in the same breath, and the matter of Kunlun is also the matter of Shu Mountain." ”

These words were said very reluctantly, let alone others, even Ye Boyu shook his head when he heard it, and said in his heart, although the Kunlun disciple mysteriously disappeared in the Blood Clothes Hall, no matter how you say it, it is not your turn to intervene in the Shushan faction.

Ling Yun didn't care, smiled slightly, and continued: "No matter why you are here, whether it is for the Blood Soul Sutra or for other things, I hope that everyone will do their own thing, so as not to hurt each other's harmony." ”

Phantom Sword sat at the table and drank again, and did not speak, and the Five Qi of the Western Regions and the two Miao girls were also thinking about their own situation, thinking about how to have a better chance of winning, but they did not speak. Ye Boyu and Wang Baiqin were even more arrogant. For a while, the originally noisy restaurant returned to the silence just now.

Readers are encouraged to watch the next chapter, "Tracking".