Wu Wei knew that hard fighting was definitely not an opponent, so he swung his sword and slashed at the old man. Wu Wei thought to himself that although the opponent's internal strength was stronger than his own, he might not be able to block his exquisite sword moves. Wu Wei immediately tried his best to use his swordsmanship, and suddenly a sword shadow attacked the old man from all directions.

The old man didn't care about it at first, and he didn't take Wu Wei very seriously. After a few moves, the old man's face became very heavy. He didn't expect that Wu Wei's martial arts were actually not bad, although his internal strength was slightly poor, his swordsmanship was also exquisite.

That old man is none other than Ximen Mountain, one of the five masters in the world, known as the old man of Ximen. He was entrusted to assassinate Wu Zetian this time.

Although Ximen Mountain lives in Xichuan, which is a remote place, he is very concerned about the situation in the world and is also very loyal to the Li family of the Tang Dynasty. Ximen Mountain naturally hated Wu Zetian to the core, and was about to find an opportunity to go to Luoyang to kill Wu Zetian.

Not long ago, Ximen Mountain was about to leave for Luoyang, but received a letter from a friend for many years. He learned that Wu Zetian actually paid a private visit to Jingzhou.

Ximen Mountain's old friend told him in the letter that Wu Zetian was about to leave Jingzhou and was going to Yuquan Temple, and asked him to intercept and kill Wu Zetian halfway to get rid of this scourge for the world.

Ximen Mountain was overjoyed, and immediately asked his apprentice Luo Chuan to prepare and rush to the boundary of Jingzhou as soon as possible to assassinate Wu Zetian. Luo Chuan is a descendant of the Wagang hero Luo Cheng, and his father was also suppressed by Wu Zetian, dismissed from office, and the Luo family was driven out of the capital.

Luo Chuan's father returned to his hometown in Beiping with the whole family, and soon died of depression. But before Luo Chuan's father died, he told Luo Chuan to be loyal to the Tang family.

Luo's father asked Luo Chuan to go to Ximen Mountain to learn art and practice martial arts diligently. After the martial arts are completed, they have to think of killing Wu Zetian and supporting the Tang Dynasty. After Luo Chuan buried his father, he said goodbye to his family and traveled thousands of miles to the foot of Mount Emei in Xichuan to meet Ximen Mountain.

Ximen Mountain and the Luo family are world friends, and Luo Chuan was deeply loved by Ximen Mountain when he was a child. Ximen Mountain has long stopped accepting apprentices, and when others ask for the door, he asks the other party to worship his son Ximen Dajiang as a teacher.

However, Luo Chuan's identity is special, so Ximen Mountain made an exception to accept Luo Chuan as a closed disciple. Under his full teaching, a few years later, Luo Chuan's martial arts made great progress and became famous in Xichuan.

At this time, Luo Chuan heard that he was going to assassinate Wu Zetian, and he was naturally excited. It was his long-cherished wish and his father's will, and now that it was about to come true, it was no wonder that he was emotional.

When Luo Chuan was packing his bags in the room, the little junior sister Ximen Tianxiang walked in. Ximen Tianxiang is the youngest granddaughter of Ximen Mountain, eighteen years old, three years younger than Luo Chuan.

Tianxiang is beautiful, graceful and charming, and is known as the first beauty in Xichuan. She is smart and clever, and she is the most loved by Ximen Mountain.

Tianxiang has been practicing martial arts with Ximen Mountain since he was a child, with profound skills and proficient swordsmanship, and his martial arts are not under Luo Chuan. Tianxiang and Luo Chuan grew up together since childhood, practiced martial arts together, and had an excellent relationship.

Tianxiang saw that Luo Chuan was packing his bags and seemed to be going out, so he hurriedly asked, "Uncle Xiao, do you want to go out?" I'm just feeling bored, can you take me with you? ”

Although the two are about the same age, Luo Chuan is Ximen Mountain's apprentice. Ximen Mountain is very disciplined, and Tianxiang has to call Luo Chuan the little uncle.

Tianxiang's two elder brothers, Tianying and Feiying, are both older than Luo Chuan, but they also have to be called Uncle Luo Chuan. Tianxiang's sister Feixiang is two years older than her, and little Luo Chuan is one year old, so she has to be called Uncle Luo Chuan.

If the four Tianxiang didn't scream, Ximen Mountain would scold them mercilessly. The four of Tianxiang had no choice but to obediently obey the order, and honestly called Luo Chuan the little uncle.

Luo Chuan knew that Tianxiang was active and couldn't bear the loneliness. He smiled slightly and said, "Tianxiang, I don't care about this matter, if you have the master's consent, you can go and beg him for the old man!" ”

Tianxiang thought for a moment, and then asked, "Uncle Xiao, where are you going?" Do you do something? You tell me this first, and then I decide whether to go or not to ask grandpa! ”

Luo Chuan told Tianxiang that he was going to Jingzhou with Ximen Mountain to assassinate Wu Zetian. Luo Chuan persuaded Tianxiang not to follow, after all, it was an assassination, and it was naturally dangerous. He estimated that even if Tianxiang went to ask Ximen Mountain, Ximen Mountain would not agree.

After hearing this, Tianxiang smiled and went out happily. When she came to Ximen Mountain, she asked to follow Ximen Mountain to Jingzhou.

Ximen Shan really disagreed at first, not because he was worried about any danger, but because he was afraid that the road was far away, and Tianxiang couldn't stand it. Ximen Shan loves Tianxiang very much, so he is reluctant to take her with him.

Tianxiang swore that she was not afraid of hardship or burden. Besides, she can also take care of them, and she can also laugh and have fun with them, so that they will not feel lonely on the road. Under the soft grinding and hard soaking of Tianxiang, Ximen Shan couldn't resist Tianxiang, so he had to agree to her.

When Tianying, Feiying and Feixiang learned about it, they also wanted to go with Ximen Mountain. Ximen Dajiang also felt that Ximen Mountain was old, so let his son do it for him.

Ximen Shan rejected the advice of his children and grandchildren, and asked the three Tianying brothers and sisters to concentrate on martial arts at home. He told Dajiang to take care of his family, and if he needed it, he would fly pigeons and send a message to inform them.

Ximen Dajiang saw that Ximen Mountain had made up his mind, so he had to obey the order. The three brothers and sisters of Tianying were helpless, and they could only envy Tianxiang emptyly. There's no way around it, who made her Tianxiang the youngest of them.

Ximen Mountain took Luo Chuan and Tianxiang on the same day, left Mount Emei, got on a boat and went down the river. Ten days later, when the three of them were about to arrive in Jingzhou, Ximen Mountain, Luo Chuan and Tianxiang disembarked and went ashore.

Tianxiang felt strange, so she asked, "Grandpa, didn't you say you were going to Jingzhou?" How did you get ashore early? Luo Chuan was also a little puzzled and looked at Ximen Mountain.

Ximen Shan smiled slightly and told the two. He received a message from the flying pigeon yesterday, and he had learned that Wu Zetian was heading towards Yuquan Temple and would arrive in the next few days.

The biography also told Ximen Mountain that someone in a nearby valley would attack Wu Zetian. If Ximen Shan is willing, he will ask him to help.

Ximen Shan didn't want to get mixed with others, he decided to wait for Wu Zetian on the road behind that valley. If the person in front of him succeeds, he will go home. If the people in front fail, he will send Wu Zetian to the underworld.

Luo Chuan felt that he couldn't kill Wu Zetian with his own hands, and felt a little regretful. But since Ximen Mountain has already decided, Luo Chuan is naturally inconvenient to object. As far as Tianxiang is concerned, Wu Zetian naturally doesn't care who Wu Zetian died in.

Ximen Mountain immediately asked Luo Chuan to buy three fast horses, and the three of them got on the horses and galloped. Two days later, the three of Ximen Mountain rushed to the vicinity of that valley, that is, the valley where Xu Zhitang set up an ambush.

After Ximen Mountain inspected the valley, the road leading to Yuquan Temple was waiting for Wu Zetian on the road to the west at the three-way intersection. But according to his calculations, Wu Zetian will appear early this morning. They waited for a long time, but they didn't see Wu Zetian and his party.

Ximen Mountain immediately thought that Wu Zetian must have taken the road to the south at the fork in the road and wanted to take a detour to Yuquan Temple. He immediately chased after Luo Chuan and Tianxiang, and sure enough, he stopped Wu Zetian and his party on the small mountain road.

Besides, Ximen Shan waved the cane in his hand and defused Wuwei's offensive. He felt that Wuwei's swordsmanship was quite clever, so he didn't dare to be careless immediately, put away his heart of contempt for the enemy, and dealt with it with his heart.

Ximen Shan is a master of swordsmanship, and his subordinates all use swords. Ximen Mountain is only a few years old, and because of his advanced age, he likes to hold a cane.

Ximen Shan didn't want to carry an extra sword on his body, so he used his cane as a sword. His cane, about four feet long, had a curved handle at the top. Walking sticks are similar in length and thickness to ordinary swords, making them easy to perform in a variety of swordsmanship.

The two fought fast against fast, and in the blink of an eye, they fought more than ten moves, and they did not distinguish between superior and inferior. Ximen Mountain has more experience in fighting, and his vision is also very old-fashioned.

Ximen Shan had already seen Wu Wei's sword moves, and immediately launched a counterattack. He waved his cane quickly, and the cane was suddenly fast and swift, attacking Wu Wei endlessly.

Wu Wei was able to cope with it at first, but after more than 20 moves, with the increased strength of Ximen Mountain, Wu Wuwei gradually fell behind. Wu Wei basically had no strength to fight back, so he could only barely support it.

Luo Chuan had been staring at the fight between Ximen Mountain and Wu Wei, and he was convinced that the master would soon take the initiative. Seeing that Ximen Mountain had already gained an advantage, Luo Chuan immediately asked Tianxiang to sweep the battle for him.

Then Luo Chuan pulled out his sword, jumped up, and rushed straight into the carriage. Seeing this, Wu Yong in front of the carriage also flew to greet him. The two met in the air, each swinging their swords.

As the two swords collided, there was a sound. Wu Yong was shocked and flew backwards, turning two times in a row before falling to the ground. Obviously, his skills are far inferior to Luo Chuan.

Luo Chuan took advantage of the situation to turn over in the air and continued to pounce on the carriage. Wu Yuan was shocked and hurriedly flew to intercept it. The two collided in the air in an instant, and after exchanging a move, Wu Yuan agreed to be shocked and flew upside down.

Although Luo Chuan had the upper hand, he was blocked by Wu Yong and Wu Yuan successively, and he was also shocked to the ground. He was about to jump up again, and Wu Yong had already swung his sword to attack.

Luo Chuan snorted coldly, swung his sword with his right hand to open Wu Yong's sword, and stabbed Wu Yong's heart with the scabbard in his left hand. Wu Yong was startled and hurriedly dodged away.

Luo Chuan forced Wu Yong back, and did not chase after him, but walked towards the carriage. But he didn't take two steps, Wu Yuan swung his sword again, and Luo Chuan had to raise his sword to meet him.

Wu Yong knew that Luo Chuan's martial arts were strong, and Wu Yuan alone was not an opponent. At this time, Wu Yong naturally didn't care about the rules of the rivers and lakes. Wu Yong immediately swung his sword and stabbed Luo Chuan in the back of the heart.

Luo Chuan had just opened the Wu Yuan Sword and was about to fight back, but he heard a sword qi coming from behind. Luo Chuan had no choice but to wave his sword with his backhand to meet him. Under the joint efforts of Wu Yuan and Wu Yong, Luo Chuan was barely stopped

Luo Chuan's martial arts are stronger than the two, and one person faces the attack of the two, calmly responding, and does not fall behind at all. The three of them exchanged more than ten moves in a blink of an eye, and the fight reached a stalemate, which was difficult to solve.

Tianxiang in the back looked at it and saw that grandpa had the upper hand, and the little uncle was not in any danger. She pondered for a moment, then drew her sword and rose to her feet. She didn't go to help Ximen Mountain and Luo Chuan, but went straight to the carriage.

Feiyun next to the carriage was shocked, he could see from Tianxiang's body that her skills were not weak, and the guards on the carriage were definitely not opponents.

Feiyun didn't have time to say hello to Liangchen and the beautiful scenery, so he jumped and flew to stop Tianxiang. Tianxiang saw that someone was blocking the way, and immediately swung his sword and slashed.