Qingyang County, as a remote place in the northwest of the Zhou Dynasty, there were not many people, and after the demon trouble two years ago, almost all the people who could run ran away, making this small city even more desolate and lonely, like an abandoned orphan.

However, in the past two days, many people have come to Qingyang County, all kinds of monks, monks, monks, old Taoists, rich and powerful, Jianghu Lang with green shirts and swords, and pretty women who are not stained with dust......

So many people poured into Qingyang County at once, which made the originally deserted Qingyang County full of vitality, no matter how you look at it, it has a sense of returning to the light.

And these people came here for exactly the same purpose - to find a young man named Li Xiuping.

In just a few days, an unknown little blacksmith has become a hot big man. It's a pity that this guy is not in Qingyang County now, and people from all sides don't know where to look, so they can only wait in Qingyang County.

Nocturnal Division.

The candlelight flickered, making the objects in the room seem to come to life, and shadows danced in various postures on the floor.

A woman in red kept walking back and forth, looking anxious and worried.

A burly figure suddenly broke in, and the "lively" room instantly fell silent, and even the woman stopped.

"How's it going?" The woman in red was the first to speak.

The burly man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Not optimistic, if the rain doesn't stop tomorrow, the water of the Poplar River will spread to the western city wall, and once the rune prohibition on the city wall is damaged, ......"

He didn't go any further, because the master knew better than he did, and there was no need for him to talk nonsense.

The woman in red asked, "How many days has Li Xiuping been gone?" ”

The burly man was stunned for a moment, and after a little thought, he replied, "Today is the sixth day." ”

The woman in red nodded, "It's almost time to come back." ”

The burly man frowned, not quite understanding what the master in charge meant, but he did not ask.

The woman in red then asked, "What cultivators have come to Qingyang County now?" ”

"So far, there have been more than 20 large and small ones, and the Chen family has just arrived." The burly man suddenly understood what the man in charge was thinking.

Once the prohibition of the city wall is damaged, those demon beasts will be unhindered, and they will flood into Qingyang County in large numbers, and at that time, they will definitely not be able to resist it with the Night Walking Division alone. Now that Qingyang County has gathered so many immortal families, if the demon beasts enter Qingyang County, these people will definitely not stand idly by.

Of course, the premise is that when the demon beast enters the city, these people are still in Qingyang County; And there is only one person who can keep these immortal sect bosses, and that is Li Xiuping, the disciple of Mr. Ou Ye, the great master of sword casting.

The woman in red said, "After Li Xiuping comes back, let him come over to see me first." ”

The burly man retreated.

The woman in red looked at the heavy rain outside, and it became more and more fierce in the night, like a wild beast.

After a while, a young man in black came out of the rain curtain, with a palm hat on his head, a black cloth wrapped around his waist, a firewood knife pinned to it, and three animal horns hung.

The boy took off his hat and walked into the room, grinning, revealing two rows of snow-white teeth.

"Hurt?" Before the young man could speak, the woman in red took the lead in asking, her eyes full of concern.

The young man glanced at his abdomen and said with a smile: "I just met the three-headed foundation building period Gou Lian on the road, and I accidentally scratched it." Cutaneous trauma, out of the way. ”

The woman in red took out a porcelain vase and threw it to the young man, scolding: "I don't know how many catties and taels I have? Even the Zhuji Demon Beast dares to provoke. ”

The boy scratched his head and smiled, "Not next time." ”

After seeing the young man swallow the pill, the woman in red said, "Sister knows, you are definitely not a thing in the pool, and sooner or later you will leave a small place like Qingyang County." So ......"

She didn't say anything more, but looked at the boy, as if to see something in the boy's face.

The young man restrained his smile, swept away his previous stupidity, and added a composure and wisdom that did not match his age, and said: "Sister Gao is also for the people of Qingyang County, I can understand." ”

The woman in red was stunned for a moment and asked, "You know everything?" ”

The young man nodded and said, "I guessed some when I came back, but I didn't dare to be sure, now that Sister Gao said this, eight or nine are not far from ten." ”

Speaking of this, the young man hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The sudden appearance of so many cultivators in Qingyang County is definitely not for the demon tribulation, after all, the demon calamity has been breaking out for two years, and I haven't seen any cultivators, so it can only be for me, a disciple of the Great Sect Master of Sword Forging." As for why these sects know my whereabouts, it is obvious that Sister Gao deliberately did it, in order to use these immortal families to solve the crisis in Qingyang County this time. ”

The woman in red smiled bitterly: "If there is any other way, I will not make such a decision." ”

The young man smiled again and said, "I didn't expect that my identity could still take such a role, but ......"

He looked up at the woman in red, and continued, "Sister Gao also knows that my master made a rule before he died, not allowing me to forge a sword. A swordsmith who doesn't forge a sword is of little value to them, let alone let them help protect Qingyang County. ”

The woman in red smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, as long as the demon beasts are still in Qingyang County when they enter the city." So I hope you can find a way to hold them back, just for a day. ”

The boy nodded, "I understand." In fact, as long as I don't show up tonight, these people won't leave. If the rain hasn't stopped tomorrow morning, the demon beasts will inevitably enter the city, and even if they don't want to make a move, they can only be forced to make a move, after all, in the eyes of the demon beasts, the temptation of cultivators is much greater than that of ordinary people. ”

The woman in red nodded.

The young man shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The immortals on the dignified mountain were put in such a position by Sister Gao, if they knew the truth, I really don't know how they would feel?" ”

The woman in red did not rejoice in the successful calculation of those big people, but sighed and said quietly: "I hope this rain will not fall until tomorrow morning." ”

The young man smiled bitterly: "Then all the troubles will become my own troubles." ”

The woman in red said: "So whatever compensation you need, as long as my sister can do it, I will satisfy you as much as possible." ”

The boy shook his head and said, "I just want a bed right now and a good night's sleep." ”

The woman in red was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "That's it?" Never thought about asking my sister to warm your bed or something? ”

The boy's face turned crimson, "I'm still young." ”

The woman in red smiled, and her originally heavy mood instantly dissipated a lot.

……

Following.

After seven or eight days of heavy rain, it finally stopped.

On the branches outside the window, birds sang merrily, as if celebrating the end of the storm; In the distance, after the new rain, the empty mountain, a cloud of milky white morning mist rises and falls, as if a white veil is wrapped in the green mountain, and it blows lightly with the wind.

On the bank of the stream, not far south of Qingyang County, a dilapidated blacksmith shop is like an old man who has finally survived the harsh winter, glowing with vitality in the morning light.

The door to the blacksmith was closed and locked from the outside; On the door frame, a couplet is engraved on the silver hook and iron: "Weapons and blades are not cast; Scrap copper and rotten iron can be forged. ”

Usually there are not even a single bird here, but at the moment it is full of people, and it is still increasing. It's just that there is some distance between them.

In front of them, two women, one large and one small, were talking, whispering.

"If we met him, he would have been back last night, and the door was still locked for no reason." The girl looked at the brass lock on the door and whispered.

The woman nodded and said, "Although that young man is not in the Qi cultivation period, after all, he can kill three foundation-building demon beasts, which can be described as extraordinary, and he is not like a person without spiritual roots, it should not be Li Xiuping." ”

The girl glanced around and said bitterly: "I really didn't expect that even Jiuyuan Mountain and Xuanqing Gate came, or the elders came in person, I'm afraid we will run away in vain this time." ”

The woman also looked at the two groups of people not far to the right, and said, "After all, he is a disciple of Mr. Ou Ye, a future great master of sword forging. If such a person is placed in the sect, I don't know how much money can be saved, who doesn't want it? I heard that before we entered Qingyang County, many sects fought and died a lot. ”

The girl pouted and said, "What Grandpa said is really right, these old guys look otherworldly, but in fact, they are all forgetful guys." Before anyone saw it, they fought first, if they could really solicit it, if they were rejected or robbed by others, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth. ”

The woman did not say anything about this. There are a lot of Jindan stage powerhouses around here, and there are even Yuanying-level old monsters, in case she annoys these guys, not to mention that she is a foundation building stage monk, even if the old lady is here, it will be difficult to save their lives.

The girl also realized this problem, so she said no more, looked at the blacksmith shop in front of her, and waited quietly.

Although these people are all here for Li Xiuping, there are few who really know Li Xiuping, so when Li Xiuping appeared, no one recognized him.

The boy walked through the crowd and walked straight to the blacksmith shop, his immature little face was full of helplessness at the moment, not knowing how to solve the trouble in front of him, but he had to face this trouble.

If the rain hadn't stopped, the demon beasts would have entered the city at this moment, and these old immortals were afraid that they were all busy dealing with the demon beasts, so they wouldn't be waiting for him here early in the morning. But the rain stopped in the middle of the night, making what should have been a lot of trouble for many people into a problem for him alone.

The boy soon saw the two women standing in front of him, and his brows couldn't help but furrow slightly, and it just so happened that these two people also saw him and recognized him.

"Is that you?" The girl was the first to speak.

Li Xiuping, who had a firewood knife pinned to his waist, nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the girl to remember me." ”

The girl smiled and said, "Help, how can you forget." By the way, do you know Li Xiuping? ”

The boy nodded, "Yes." So you're just going to be disappointed. ”

The girl frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

The young man pointed to the couplet on the door frame and said, "Li Xiuping doesn't forge swords. ”

The girl looked at the couplet, but she didn't think so, and said with a smile: "The rules are dead, no matter how big the rules are, as long as the price is enough, they can be changed." ”

The boy shook his head and said, "He won't change." ”

The girl frowned and said, "How do you know?" ”

"Because I'm Li Xiuping." As he spoke, the boy pulled out a key and walked up the three steps in front of the blacksmith's shop.