Nandao dodged when he noticed the abnormality, but the long knife came directly through the bamboo platform under his feet, Nandao stepped on the bamboo plank, and then jumped backwards, pulling out the sword at his waist in the air, blocking the horizontal sword in front of his chest.

The knife did not give up, and slashed towards the South Island again.

Nandao saw it clearly this time.

It was the man in black at the bottom of the river on the night of the fourth day of the new year.

The knife slashed at the sword in his chest, slashing the South Island out and landing on the steps leading into the river.

Nandao endured the pain, stood up, glanced at the man, turned and ran.

The man in black stood on the platform, raised his legs and lightly stepped on the guardrail, his figure was like a ghost, and chased after him.

The movement behind the liquor store quickly attracted a lot of people, but when they came, they only saw the platform that had been smashed, and no one was in sight in this place.

Nandao put away his sword and kept running down the long street.

Fang Cai's knife made Nandao realize that this was not someone he could match, and now he had to flee first.

However, while Nandao was running, he inadvertently raised his eyes and glanced at the eaves, and found that the man in black was following under the moonlight, stepping on the green eaves of the long street.

Nandao stopped, and the man also stopped, standing silently on the eaves, not coming down, as if he didn't want to make too much noise in Nanyi City.

Nandao stood under the eaves with an umbrella, silent for a long time.

After a long time, the man seemed to sense something, glanced not far away, stepped lightly on the ridge of the roof, and disappeared into the light of the world.

Nandao glanced in the direction of the man, but saw a middle-aged man in a black and gold-patterned robe standing on the street with a sword on it, with a black token hanging from his waist with two words on it.

Hell.

The man looked up, looked at the man in black who had disappeared into the night, said nothing, and walked towards the South Island.

Nandao stood under the eaves, silent.

The person from the Heavenly Hell stopped in front of Nandao, looked up and down for a long time, and said, "The people of the Hanging Courtyard? ”

Nandao saluted and said, "The gatehouse of the Hanging Courtyard." ”

"Concierges with swords are rare." The man turned to look at the moonlit night above the flourishing lights of the world. "How did you provoke the people of the River Sect?"

Nandao was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know. ”

The man looked back at Nandao for a long time and said, "Do you know what place the River Sect is?" ”

"Where?"

The man turned around and walked towards the other side of the long street.

"They're crazy, much crazier than our people in Hell." The man said as he walked. "But you don't have to worry too much, in this place of Nanyi City, you are still relatively safe."

Nandao bowed to the man from behind and said, "Thank you seniors for your help." ”

The man did not speak, and disappeared into the crowd with his sword in hand.

......

The man in black put away his knife and quickly shuttled through the alleys of Nanyi City.

Then it suddenly stopped.

Under the tree at the entrance of the alley ahead, a man stood against the tree with a scabbard on his back.

"Who is the River Sect in now?"

Zhang Xiaoyu turned his head to look at the man and asked calmly.

The man in black did not answer, turned around and was about to leave, but was hit in the back by a scabbard, snorted, and fell to the entrance of the alley.

Zhang Xiaoyu walked over slowly, picked up the scabbard from the ground, tied it back to his back, and then squatted down in front of the man in black, looked at him for a long time, and did not remove his mask.

"I don't want to say it." Zhang Xiaoyu stood up and walked out of the alley calmly. "But this is Nanyi City, since you like to hide in the dark, then you must hide in the darkness well."

"Traitor!"

The man in black raised his head behind him and looked at Zhang Xiaoyu's back, scolding in a hoarse voice.

Zhang Xiaoyu stopped, looked back at him, and said softly, "In my opinion, the people of your River Sect are traitors. ”

......

Holding his umbrella tightly, Nandao uneasily walked through the long street of the Hanging Temple, returned to the courtyard, and looked back at the gate that had not been closed for many years, wondering whether to close it or not.

After a long silence at the door, Nandao gave up on the idea.

Naturally, it is safe in the courtyard.

The two attacks on Nandao were on the Nanyi River, the first time was underwater, and this time, although he chased after him, he didn't dare to make a move, but was frightened away by the people in Heaven.

Nandao returned to her room, closed the door, and sat down coughing.

Earlier, he was slashed out by a knife and hit the stone steps next to the wine shop, and Nandao was running all the way through the pain, and at this time, when he returned to the room, he felt as if he had fallen apart.

After sitting slumped for a while, Nandao sat up cross-legged.

The Heaven and Earth Yuan in the Divine Sea is still abundant, but at this time, it is also constantly shuttling through the body, repairing those injured flesh and bones.

Dead.

Nandao suddenly remembered what the man named Peach Blossom said that day.

It should be the sermon in the five thousand words of the green cow.

Looking at the sea of gods inward, the five thousand words of the green ox hung there quietly, and the vitality that repaired the body was driven away by it.

If it exists, it is not used diligently.

Nandao was silent for a long time, exhaled the vitality of heaven and earth, and began to practice.

It was a long time before Nandao reopened his eyes.

I took off my clothes and raised my hand to touch my back, where the pain had eased a lot.

It won't take long to heal.

But the mood in the South Island is very heavy.

River Jong.

Nandao whispered the name.

It was the first time he had seen the name.

The people in hell say they're crazy.

Why the madness?

And why do you attack yourself repeatedly?

Nandao was lost in thought, but could not understand why.

It wasn't until late at night that Nandao sat down on the bed and fell asleep with an umbrella.

When I woke up on the second day, it was raining lightly in the yard, Nandao picked up the broom as usual, and planned to go out to clean up, but when I walked out of the door, I found Zhang Xiaoyu sitting at the door.

Seeing Nandao open the door and walk out, Zhang Xiaoyu said very guiltily: "Senior brother, I didn't catch up with that person last night." ”

Nandao was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and said, "Senior brother was there last night?" ”

Zhang Xiaoyu nodded, sighed and said: "Last night I was playing cards nearby, when I heard the sound come out, the person had already begun to flee, I saw that you were talking to the person in the prison, so I went to chase the person, but unfortunately I didn't catch it, he ran into the river and disappeared." ”

Nandao looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and said gratefully, "Thank you, senior brother." ”

Zhang Xiaoyu stood under the eaves and shook his head.

Nan Dao held the broom and said, "Does Senior Brother know about the River Sect?" ”

Zhang Xiaoyu was silent for a moment, turned his head to look not far away, and said, "You know, could it be that person from the River Sect?" ”

Nan Dao nodded and said: "What the person from the Heavenly Prison told me last night is also strange to say, I have stayed in Nanke Town since I was a child, and I have never gone out to make enemies with others, and once I came to Nanyi City, I was chased and killed by him twice, and I don't know why." ”

Zhang Xiaoyu looked at the wall in the rain, where there was a green grass that was swinging constantly, and after looking at it for a while, Zhang Xiaoyu said, "Yes, it's really strange." ”

"Senior brother is a disciple of the Sword Sect, so he should know what kind of place the River Sect is."

Nan Dao looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and asked.

Zhang Xiaoyu said calmly: "I know, the River Sect belongs to the view of mountains and rivers, and I have always seen them unhappy. ”

"Senior brother has a feud with the people of the River Sect?"

Zhang Xiaoyu was silent for a while and said, "So to speak. ”

"Then senior brother, be careful, the people from the Heavenly Prison told me last night that the people of the River Sect have always been crazy."

Zhang Xiaoyu turned his head to look at Nandao, then smiled and said, "It's okay, they don't dare to touch me, but junior brother should be careful." ”

Nan Dao nodded and said, "That's right, after all, you are a disciple of the Human Sword Sect." ”

Zhang Xiaoyu walked towards the rain, thought about it, and looked back at Nandao.

"Don't have too much contact with the people of Hell."

"Why?"

Zhang Xiaoyu turned his head and said slowly, "They are not much better than Hezong. ”

Minamijima nodded in response.

"Got it, brother."

As he spoke, he remembered something, looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and asked, "By the way, why haven't you seen Senior Brother in the past few days?" ”

"I went to play cards with other senior brothers in the Sword Sect."

"Oh."

Nandao looked at Zhang Xiaoyu's back slowly leaving, and always felt a little strange.

Yes.

Zhang Xiaoyu's mood was wrong.

Such a small fish.

Not cheerful at all.

Nandao suddenly missed Zhang Xiaoyu who was giggling before.

When Nandao had finished his work, he went out and bought two jars of wine, stacked them in the crook of his arm, and then went to the library.

Chen He, who was idle and wild, sat at the door, his eyelids kept staggering, obviously he was extremely sleepy.

Nandao put the wine on the counter and threw the rest of the money on him.

"Brother Chen He didn't sleep well last night?"

Chen He woke up in a daze, looked at Nandao, yawned, and said, "Someone played cards in the library last night, and I quarreled all night, and I was annoyed. ”

Nandao looked curiously at the library, and sure enough, a space was vacated and a card table was placed.

This scene made Nandao stunned.

"Playing cards here?"

"Not really." Chen He said helplessly, "It is said that it is from the Institute of Mathematics and Physics, and I lose too many credits in playing cards on weekdays, so I come to the library in the middle of the night to practice my card skills." ”

"......" Nandao was silent.

The oldest and most enduring tradition of Nanyi City is indeed playing cards.

Chen He looked at the wine Nandao bought, yawned, and said, "You go up and sit down first, and I'll come up after making up for sleep." ”

Nan Dao smiled and said, "It's okay, you sleep with yours, I'll read a book." ”

Chen He nodded and fell asleep again.

Nandao walked upstairs and searched through the spiritual texts on the second floor for a long time, but did not find what he was looking for.

That's Daoshu or swordsmanship or something like that.

Most of them are cultivation methods or introductory solutions.

The only book that can be counted as swordsmanship is the book "The First Solution of the Causal Sword" written by Cong Blade.

Nandao took out the book again, read it for a while, and put it back.

But I suddenly remembered something.

Cong Blade's sword is still in Nanyi City.

Where did Zhang Xiaoyu go?

In the past, although he knew that he only carried a scabbard, Nandao only thought that the sword was lost, or where to keep the sword - like autumn water.

Qiu Xi'er once said that Zhang Xiaoyu was the only person in the Human Sword Sect who had learned the fruit sword.

Where did he send the sword?

Nandao suddenly became curious.

I thought that the next time I saw Zhang Xiaoyu, I must ask this question.

If you can, learn the causal sword.

After all, it is one of the three swords in the world.

Thinking about it, Minamijima stood on the stairs that led to the third floor.

The door is closed, and you can still hear the sound of rain on the third floor, which should be the oblique wind and rain into the small building.

But it seems to have become the sound of flowing water in the sea of clouds on the high cliff of the sea of clouds.

So behind the door, what the hell is it?

Nandao stood there hesitantly.