The length of the retreat is beyond most people's imagination, and although there are a few times during it, it is possible to continue the practice within a day or two.

At this time, it is already a year after Xingyun's retreat, of course, the rivers and lakes will not stop because Xingyun retreats alone, and still follow the mighty general trend.

Jianzhu Island, ethereal heavenly palace.

"Chaos in the rivers and lakes? The great factions are going to fight each other? "In the grass and reeds of the Kaiser, there were four people sitting at this time.

The one who is gathering his own experience is Mr. Ming Fei, and it is the Emperor who is speaking at this time, and the only people who can sit with him are the master of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace and Guo Dingfu, Mr. Ming Fei is telling what he has seen and heard in the rivers and lakes one by one, and he is finishing talking at this time, standing aside.

Listening to what he said, the people in the rivers and lakes were already very uneasy, and they only felt that there might be disputes between those big factions because of local interests, and then there would be chaos in the rivers and lakes.

When the Kaiser heard this, he laughed: "That's impossible, the rivers and lakes just seem to be in chaos, but in fact they are not." ”

Listening to the words of the German Emperor, the master of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace was cold on the side: "Otherwise? Aren't you afraid that those big factions will attack each other before they unify the rivers and lakes with you? ”

The sarcasm in the mouth of the master of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace, the Emperor naturally heard it, and he didn't care, and laughed at the moment: "No, now the situation in the rivers and lakes seems that Wudang has united Shaolin to block other major factions in the northwest and cannot go south, while other major factions are holding on to it, and the situation seems to be on the verge of breaking out, but the fact is not so tense." ”

The Kaiser took some tea with his fingers in his chest. Drew on the table: "Look at the rivers and lakes, although the rivers and lakes are big." But there are only nine major sects, except for Shaolin Wudang, there are only seven left, and then they go to Qingcheng and the Ethereal Heavenly Palace, which have been closed and do not ask about the world, but there are only five left. What conflict will there be between these five major factions and Shaolin Wudang? ”

Looking at the master of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace, the Kaiser continued with a smile: "Let's talk about this Shaanxi first. Because of the Bian family, the Yi and Huashan factions each got more than 30% of the land in Shanxi before the other major factions, and the Dong faction was more important to trade with foreign countries, so these two factions could be thrown away, and there were only three factions left at this time, Tangmen, Emei, and Diancang. Therefore, at this time, the hot discussion in the rivers and lakes is also in Guizhou and Jiangxi, which is the reason.

But even if these three factions want to be enemies with Shaolin Wudang, they don't have that strength, and the strength of these three factions and Shaolin Wudang can only stalemate. If it weren't for the local sects in Guizhou and Jiangxi, especially the Zhongyi Sect, Mingli refused to enter. I'm afraid it's also divided like Shaanxi.

Therefore, there is no chaos between these big factions, no chaos between the big factions, and even more chaos among the rivers and lakes. ”

Guo Dingfu didn't speak, just watched the Kaiser talking there, and suddenly said slowly: "You remind me of a person like this." ”

When the Kaiser heard this, he looked up and said, "Oh? Who is the head of Guo talking about? ”

The owner of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace also looked at Guo Dingfu at this time, and Guo Dingfu had been coming to this Jianzhu Island for more than a year. He rarely speaks on weekdays, and he speaks at this time, but it is rare, and he naturally wants to hear what Guo Dingfu said.

The Emperor and the owner of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace both looked over, and Guo Dingfu just said three words slowly: "Zhuge Liang." ”

When the master of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace heard this, his brows furrowed, and when he heard this, he seemed to be praising the emperor, but when he thought about it again, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but move, and he seemed to have a little smile.

What kind of man was the Kaiser. After listening to this, I thought about it for a while. also understood, and smiled bitterly: "Master Guo is kind and sharp, and Mingjian admires it." ”

These three people were like playing dumb riddles, and they listened to Mr. Ming Fei on the side as if they were falling into a fog, and they were puzzled, but the Emperor and the owner of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace were his elders, although Mr. Ming Fei did not know the identity of Guo Dingfu, but only with his martial arts and age as a master of Tongtian, it was naturally enough, so it was not easy to ask, so he had to hold back.

After enduring until the master of the Ethereal Heavenly Palace and Guo Dingfu left, Ming Fei finally asked: "Master, what does Zhuge Liang mean by the two predecessors?" ”

The emperor saw that his apprentice asked, and sighed: "Zhuge Liang has claimed to be unparalleled in wisdom all his life, and he has pointed out the world since he is in the reeds, but although he has great talent, he still can't block the general trend of the world. ”

Hearing this, Mr. Ming Fei was busy: "Master doesn't have to take it to heart, he is just a family's words." ”

The Kaiser knew that this apprentice of his respected him like a god, and immediately laughed: "I naturally know this truth, you don't have to worry." ”.

At the time of the argument on this Jianzhu Island, Anle Valley, Thousand Star Wall.

A figure rushes down from above, as the saying goes, it's easy to go up the mountain and hard to go down.

A cliff as high and steep as the Thousand Star Wall? But although the terrain of this figure is fast, it is reluctant, and it is full of calmness.

This man is Xingyun.

In a year's time, Xingyun has grown taller and stronger, and at this time he is eighteen years old, which is already a head taller than ordinary people, and he has matured a lot. It's been almost three years since I first went down the mountain, and there have been too many changes compared to the teenagers at that time.

"Zhang Songshan has seen the sect master!"

Xingyun just came down the Thousand Stars Wall, and he saw it

Zhang Songshan's knife-like face, with a resolute face, stood at the foot of the mountain to guard.

This Thousand Star Wall is the place where all the soul-level masters in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect practice retreat, so although there will be no external enemies in the Anle Valley, it is also heavily guarded, especially after the spies.

But even so, the four guards of the Heavenly Sword Gate were still not worried about Xingyun's safety, and took turns to guard under the Thousand Star Wall, and today it was the turn of Zhang Songshan, the senior brother among the four of them.

At this time, when he saw Xingyun coming down, he immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Xingyun knew that these four people were extremely affectionate, and they carried out the instructions of their teacher Guo Dingfu without any care, so they were also respectful in their hearts, and laughed at the moment: "Tired of Brother Zhang's practice, Xingyun really can't go." ”

All four of them are past middle age,

Zhang Songshan was even more fifty years away, Xingyun didn't want to talk about his peers, but he couldn't help their shirk, and in the end he had to be commensurate with his eldest brother, and the four of them reluctantly agreed.

"Is the sect master going back to the house to rest, or is he going to summon someone to the meeting?"

Zhang Songshan asked.

In the past year, Xingyun has also been out of the customs a few times, during which he invited Qin Baicheng and Xiao Shouchen to learn about the situation in martial arts, so

Zhang Songshan asked this question.

Xingyun smiled: "Then I'll bother Brother Zhang to invite Qin Lao and Master Xiao to come." ”

Zhang Songshan took the order, turned around and went, and Xingyun went back to his own sect master's mansion.

The reason why Xingyun has to go out of the customs several times this year is not only because he cares about the situation in the martial arts, but also because he sits in the cave for a long time, which will inevitably accumulate dust on his body, and his body is also dirty.

Xingyun had refused before, but after a long time, she also went, and at this time, Qin Baicheng and they had not yet arrived, Xingyun first pondered.

In this year, although Xingyun's internal strength has grown as rapidly as the first practice of Zhuoyan, the moment of encounter, and the refining of internal force, it can have the characteristics of the power of Zhuoyan and Neigang, and Xingyun's internal force has grown much faster than ordinary people.

Therefore, Xingyun has practiced his internal strength hard in the past year, and his internal strength has grown faster than ordinary people, plus day and night rest, this year, Xingyun's internal strength has been able to support two sword souls to be used at the same time for a period of time, as for how long, Xingyun has not tried it, but this progress has already satisfied him.

It's just that in the past month, Xingyun has felt that the growth of internal force has gradually slowed down, thinking that it has reached a bottleneck, and it is precisely because of this that Xingyun has taken advantage of the situation.

At this time, thinking about the general trend of the rivers and lakes this year, he secretly said: "In the time of this year, the development of the rivers and lakes is as accurate as expected, the big factions are fighting for the interests of the place, and the people of the rivers and lakes are gradually clear about the faces of the big factions, and the gap between the big factions is big, which is supposed to show that the previous expectations are accurate, but it is also accurate and suspicious."

And in the past year, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect has sent a lot of people to investigate the mysterious force, but they have found nothing, and Senior Sister Cheng naturally has no news, and the mysterious force is the same as before, making people unaware of it, and it seems to have disappeared. ”

Xingyun's brows furrowed slightly: "They are not such simple characters, the trend of this river and lake is the same as we expected before, but we didn't know their existence at that time, with that mysterious force, this river and lake is still in order, but it is unsettling!" ”

Thinking of this, Xingyun couldn't help but say to himself: "This river and lake is far from being as simple as it seems, it's just ridiculous that those big factions are still fighting for me, for some benefits, but they don't know that they are already in danger." ”