But said that Sikong Li and Qiu Yao went out day and night, all the way quickly, and soon entered the Anding City in the territory of the Great Chu State, although the two cultivated high, but not the Taoist Bigu real person, all the way around, was already hungry, Sikong Li for the friendship of the landlord, invited Qiu Yao to sit in the roadside tavern for a while, the latter did not refuse, entered the tavern first, and greeted the store with good wine and good meat to serve.

Although the tavern shopkeeper didn't recognize Sikong Li, he could see the fierce momentum of the two, not to mention the gold ingots in his hand, which were very large, holding them in his hands and smiling, and hurriedly beckoning Xiao Er to serve with good wine and food. Qiu Yao flew off his chopsticks, the wine was dry, he tore the oily chicken legs, feasted on them, and said with a hearty smile: "It's really happy!" Qiu has been trapped in Yunyin Temple for twenty years, and a bird is about to fade out of his mouth. ”

Sikong Li just pulled the corners of his mouth, tasted it lightly, and did not accompany Qiu Yao to drink. This is, a sparrowhawk flew into the tavern, Sikong Li raised his arm, let it stop on his arm, affectionately rubbed his pet that had accompanied him for nearly five years, took out a secret letter from the bamboo tube on the sparrowhawk's feet, and put it in his arms after reading it, and then his arm shook, and the sparrowhawk spread his wings and flew high. On the way back to Chu, Sikong Li would receive letters from time to time, about three times a day when they were in Liang, and even more frequently after entering the territory of Chu, up to seven or eight times a day.

Seeing this, Qiu Yao couldn't help but sneer: "Your Excellency is really busy. ”

Sikong Li explained: "As the god of the Great Chu Army, there are many military affairs, but you can't compare to Brother Qiu, you are at ease, and Liang and Chu are still at war, and they are not in the army, and all matters in the army need to be seen." ”

Qiu Yao pursed his lips, noncommittal to this.

Sikong Li understood that Qiu Yao didn't care much about the battle between Liang and Chu, and continued: "Does Brother Qiu know the latest list of big weapons? Seeing that Qiu Yao was at a loss, he explained: "This list includes the world's martial artists, from high to low, in order, and also lists ten people in the world and some young handsome people with unlimited prospects. ”

Qiu Yao was interested in this, he was trapped for twenty years, and he didn't know much about the general situation today, so he asked the shopkeeper to send two pots of wine, and asked, "What is Qiu's rank?" ”

Sikong Li smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qiu is closely related to the death of the empty mountain monk, and he ranks fourth on this list, but unfortunately he is ranked second. As he spoke, he poured himself a glass of wine and smiled brightly.

Qiu Yao snorted coldly and said: "When Qiu recovers from his injury, I will have a good fight with you, I want to see how many catties and taels Your Excellency has, and you can rank before Qiu." ”

Sikong knew his mind, and then introduced the ten people in the world one by one, most of whom had never heard of Qiu Yao, but when he heard that Cao Qiong was only ranked seventh, he couldn't help but feel sorry for him: "Why is Brother Cao only ranked seventh?" Although Li Xian and Mo Zifeng were already well-known swordsmen twenty years ago, compared to Brother Cao, they didn't even deserve to carry shoes, and who was Zhuo Bufan. is the leader in swordsmanship, why has Qiu never heard of this person's name? ”

"Don't say that Brother Qiu has been trapped for twenty years, and even Zai Xia has never heard of this person." Sikong sighed, "As for why Senior Cao is in the back seat, it is all because he had an earth-shattering battle with the empty mountain monk in Qingyang City earlier, although he was lucky to win, but he fell into a lot of illness, and his realm plummeted, which is why this is the case." Brother Qiu has been trapped for 20 years, and the news is blocked, so I don't know anything. ”

Qiu Yao snorted coldly and said angrily: "If Qiu was there at that time, who would dare to bully my Brother Cao!" really annoyed Qiu, he Feng family, the big Liang Jiangshan, don't want to sit down safely. After that, he pulled up to the mysterious nameless name, and muttered: "It is said that there is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts, but this list of great weapons ranks the martial artists in order from high to low, but few people object, who is the nameless name?" To be able to have such a masterpiece. ”

Sikong Li shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

The two didn't say anything for a while, just sat opposite each other and poured themselves a drink.

After a while, Qiu Yao was full of wine and food, and was about to get up and say goodbye. It's strange to say, in the twenty years that he was imprisoned in Yunyin Temple, he was worried about Cao Qiong all the time, and now he has seen the light of day again and entered the border of Chu State, probably because he is more timid in his hometown, but he doesn't know how to face Cao Qiong.

Suddenly, Sikong Li sighed: "Whether Brother Qiu believes it or not, in my Sikong Li's heart, Cao Seniors are the only sword gods in the world today, even if it is pushed back five hundred years, people who practice swords in the world can't avoid the name Cao Qiong." ”

Qiu Yao smiled and said: "That's natural, Brother Cao, regardless of swordsmanship and swordsmanship, is the pinnacle of the world, and the swordsmanship he created has no other semicolon, not to mention that there is also that Haoran sword intent, this person was born for swords." If he has the opportunity one day, Qiu will definitely personally meet Zhuo Bufan, the second in the world, for a while, to see what he is capable of, and he can snatch the title of my brother Cao's sword god! ”

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Thinking about thirty years ago, Cao Qiong, who was nearly forty years old and had studied swords all his life, finally made a breakthrough, skipped the first-class pure green realm, went straight to the realm of the gods, called himself the sword god, and found a mountain in the territory of Chu State. In the next ten years, because he was born with a sword, he had a sense of intent with the sword array, and the sword was invincible, almost defeating the masters of the Chu State, and countless heroes and heroes returned from the Sword God Mountain. But Cao Qiong's realm has been stagnant for ten years, in order to go further, he left the mountain alone, and met the genius swordsman Qiu Ya, who was only in the limelight at that time, and the two fought without winning or losing, and then became brothers with different surnames, dominating the world, so happy! Qiu Yao's views on swordsmanship are exquisite, although Cao Qiong does not practice swords, he can draw inferences from them, and he has a lot of insights into swordsmanship. Later, when Qiu Yao decided to challenge the empty mountain monk who was the number one in the world at that time, Cao Qiong only said one sentence: "No matter whether you win or lose, Cao is waiting for you to return on Sword God Mountain." But this wait is a full twenty years.

The mountain is still the sword god mountain, but Cao Qiong is gradually forgotten by the world, and the sword god is no longer the sword god.