It is named a sword because the bamboo forest that is full of mountains resembles a sharp sword with a handle stuck upside down (Note 1)

Mr. Ming Fei led Xingyun up the mountain and pointed out the scenery on the island by the way.

An isolated island overseas, but it is full of green bamboos, which makes Xingyun feel cordial, but when he looks around, he finds that although this scene is beautiful, but it is rare, Xingyun can't help but sigh: "There are still a lot of pavilions in the mountains on this island, but there are few people, I often hear people say that there are not many people in this ethereal heavenly palace, but I never thought it was so deserted." ”

Mr. Ming Fei laughed when he heard this: "My friends have some misunderstandings, although there are few people in the Ethereal Heavenly Palace, but there are not so few, most of them are just looking for a place to practice martial arts, and the martial arts of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace are the most important internal force to cultivate, so on weekdays, half of the time has to be used, and friends naturally can't see anyone." ”

When Xingyun heard this, he thought of the famous Bailian Pingtian of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace, and nodded secretly.

At this moment, Mr. Ming Fei pointed to a grass reed high in the peak, and smiled: "My master is there." ”

Xingyun followed what Mr. Ming Fei pointed out, and indeed saw that there was a grass reed that was in the middle of the mountain, this is inserted into the heavenly peak, the more up, the steeper, the grass reed has been built to the limit of the peak, and then there is a distance of dozens of zhang, but there is no more flat place.

As for the buildings of those ethereal heavenly palaces, most of them are under the middle of the mountain.

Looking at the grass reed where the emperor lived, Xingyun suddenly thought of the master of the Mandate of Heaven and the Ethereal Heavenly Palace on the same island, although these two wanted to see each other for a moment, but he didn't think he could have any chance to see it, but it was not too much to ask.

"The owner of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace naturally lives in the Ethereal Heavenly Palace, but I don't know where the Heavenly Destiny lives?" Xingyun thought of this and asked immediately.

Mr. Ming Fei replied: "The Mandate of Heaven is on the top of that peak, the place where the heavens are connected, since I came here, it has never been moved for decades. ”

Xingyun looked at it, this Heavenly Peak was steep, and after reaching the top of that peak, it seemed that there was no place to stay, let alone a house, "How did Heavenly Destiny live on it for decades?" Xingyun was a little puzzled.

Seeing that Xingyun was a little surprised, Mr. Ming Fei explained: "There is still a place at the highest point of the Heavenly Peak, but you can't see it from below.

But it was not flat, it was quite uneven, and Destiny did not want anyone to build a shed for him, of course, this is what I heard said, and I did not go to see it, because Destiny has been living there since he arrived here, and no one can approach it except for some water and food sent by someone on a fixed day. ”

The two of them are fast, and while they are talking, the grass and reeds are almost there, standing outside, Mr. Ming Fei smiled: "Friends can go in, my master is waiting inside, Ming Fei has to rush to Jiangxi to mediate the matter of the Zhongyi Gate, so I won't stop more, if my friend wants to leave, there will be someone from the Ethereal Heavenly Palace to send him off." ”

Xingyun nodded when he heard this.

Xingyun has always had a thought in his heart in recent days, if Wudang really fell out with the Zhongyi Gate in Jiangxi this time and had a conflict, it would make the people of the rivers and lakes recognize their faces. Xingyun is also very contradictory, because the result is that many small factions in Jiangxi will suffer unjustified disasters, and Xingyun does not want to see it.

So Mr. Ming Fei was in a hurry to leave, and Xingyun didn't stop him.

Look at the grass and reeds again, when you are at the bottom of the mountain, you don't feel big, but when you get closer, the more you look at it, the more you look at it, standing outside the door, Xingyun shouted: "Can the Kaiser be old-timer?" At this time, he had already covered his face.

Kaiser, Xingyun had thought a lot about what he looked like, a benevolent elder, a majestic strongman, nothing to say, and at this time he was in front of his eyes.

I saw that the emperor was long and wide, that is, he was sitting on a chair, not much shorter than ordinary people, although he was already 100 years old, but he still had a ruddy complexion, and at a glance it made people feel very kind and kind, but it faintly revealed his majesty, and he was dressed in a pale cyan robe, which was even more simple and elegant.

Benevolence, majesty, and even elegance, these qualities are all blended into the same person, Xingyun has thought about the appearance of the emperor a lot, but he really didn't expect that this old man actually has them all.

When the Kaiser saw Xingyun looking at him, he was a little stunned, and smiled at the moment: "Little friend, please take a seat." ”

When Xingyun heard this title, he felt a little wrong, but after thinking about it, he was relieved, his appearance of the thunder sword was only forty or fifty years old, which was considered old for his actual age, but in the eyes of the emperor who was more than a hundred years old, he was indeed a "little friend".

I saw the Kaiser smiling and looking at himself, Xingyun suddenly blushed, he was sitting in front of the Kaiser with his face covered at this time, at least he had lost too much in this politeness, and he clearly told people that he had a problem and needed to cover up.

Although Xingyun's face was covered, but he did not cover his eyes, his embarrassment was all reflected in his eyes, and the Kaiser saw it and smiled: "Xiaoyou can be casual, don't be too restrained, to put it mildly, there have been no outsiders here for a long time."

For a long time, the old decay may be a little negligent in this etiquette, Xiaoyou is not

The Emperor was modest, Xingyun was too busy to dare to, in front of this old man, Xingyun felt depressed, although the Emperor had been smiling, but Xingyun felt an invisible pressure on himself, maybe it was psychological, maybe not, Xingyun couldn't tell the difference.

The Emperor continued: "Xiaoyou came thousands of miles and did not have to rest, so Lao Yu went straight to the point, this time invited Xiaoyou, for two things, the first is the case of the King Kong Gate, although Xiaoyou was in Tongren that day has been said, but Lao Yu still wants to listen to it again, after all, others relay, I am afraid that there is an omission, I don't know if Xiaoyou can describe it in detail?" ”

Since Xingyun is here, of course he is ready for this, although I don't know why the Kaiser said that he wanted to find himself because of two things.

After calming down his emotions, Xingyun repeated the events of that day.

The Kaiser listened carefully, and after Xingyun finished speaking, the Kaiser closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes and smiled at Xingyun: "This experience is no different from that transmitted back by the apprentices. ”

Looking at Xingyun, the Kaiser continued: "This matter is old and decaying because I believe in Xiaoyou's righteous deeds, as for the person behind the scenes, I'm afraid it is not easy to get, since that person dares to offer such a blatant reward, he has naturally thought of a countermeasure." However, the impact of this matter is so bad, naturally it can't be so simply exposed, after the little apprentice coordinated the Jiangxi incident, he asked him to start a detailed investigation, and then contact the major factions, track it down in the provinces, and definitely give Wulin an explanation, although the old man has not performed the rivers and lakes for many years, but if he wants to come to this face, they will still give it. ”

The Kaiser wanted to investigate the case, Xingyun was happy, but he asked those big factions to help together, but Xingyun was very skeptical: "Let them help?" How fair would that be? ”

Thinking of this, Xingyun's suspicion was also reflected in his eyes, and the Kaiser saw it and asked, "What objection does Xiaoyou have to the old arrangement?" It doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Seeing what the Emperor said so, Xingyun immediately said bluntly: "In this case, the biggest suspect should be the two major factions of Diancang and Wudang, if you want to send a large faction to assist in the investigation, I am afraid ...... Hey. ”

After all, there are some words, in front of the Kaiser, Xingyun still can't say it, but the meaning of this has already been pointed, the Kaiser naturally immediately understood, and there was no meaning to blame at the moment, but smiled: "Listen to what my disciple said, Xiaoyou seems to have a deep prejudice against the big faction, so according to Xiaoyou's intentions, who should help in this case?" ”

The Kaiser's question made Xingyun suffocated, and his heart was dark: "Yes, the only ones in this world who have the ability to investigate this matter are those big factions, but they are suspicious, who should investigate this?" Obviously, Mr. Ming Fei's strength alone is definitely not enough! ”

Thinking of this, Xingyun was even more determined to want the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to come out of the mountain, this Jianghu needs a force that can resist the big faction, otherwise more King Kong Sects will appear.

Seeing that Xingyun didn't speak, the Kaiser arrived again: "Even if Diancang is suspicious, there are other major factions that can help." ”

Xingyun frowned when he heard this: "Seniors really believe in those big factions so much? What was the cause of the battle between the predecessors and the Mandate of Heaven sixty years ago? Who provoked the Mandate of Heaven to destroy the Danxia Sect, don't the predecessors know? How could they return the Vajra Gate to justice? ”

Xingyun didn't expect the Emperor to trust those big factions so much, and blurted out at the moment, but as soon as the words came out, he regretted it a little, after all, the Emperor gave up sixty years of time to restrain him in order to stop the Mandate of Heaven from being a disaster to Wulin, and this kind of behavior is worthy of this Jianghu.

The Kaiser listened to Xingyun's words, and was suddenly silent for a moment, and then sighed: "Xiaoyou's requirements for them are a little too high. ”

Xingyun was regretting what he said just now, but at this time, when he heard the Kaiser say this, he was dissatisfied for a while, and then he said: "It's not that I have high requirements for them, but because they are righteous examples!" If they were ordinary sects, it would be fine, but since they claim to be righteous and famous, they have to do righteous things, so how can they be considered to be too demanding? For the sake of resentment or profit, you can slaughter others openly and secretly, what kind of righteous way is this? Is this demanding? ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, he didn't expect the Kaiser to say such a thing, it was completely unexpected, Xingyun only felt that this Kaiser was very different from what he imagined.