Hejian County, the ancient city in the gorge, backed by the majestic mountains, facing the mighty river scenery, the word magnificent is nothing more than this.

River Building, Jingwu Courtyard.

This is a quiet courtyard, planted with green bamboo, bamboo leaves, clear dew, for the Zhang family to feast Xiang Ji and the three people.

Pushing the cup and changing the lamp overnight, all kinds of misunderstandings have been eliminated in front of the 'gifts' that are constantly sent, not only the previous century-old He Shou Wu, Sanyang Knife Spectrum, Medicine King Catalogue and Distraction Secret Technique, the Zhang family also sent someone to send five hundred taels of silver and snow lotus, Ganoderma lucidum and other supplements, which is regarded as a 'gift of teaching', not only to get closer to the relationship, but also for the sake of Zhang He's daily medicine and food when he goes out.

As for the matter of apprenticeship, both sides did not mention it for the time being, the time is still early, and it is still too young, and it will be good for them to talk about it after Luoyang Academy has a firm foothold.

At the same time, outside of Yan County, on a small hill, two figures were looking at each other from afar, witnessing the departure of Tianyang Dao, and also seeing the people in the courtyard of the restaurant.

"It's a pity, if the Tianyang Knife is left here to distract the attention of the Zhang family and the county government, at this moment, Yan County has also had the opportunity to become a stronghold for the spread of 'natural disasters', and capturing Liu Yang's spirit of servitude can also pull the Lecheng Liu family into the water;

Where the hell did this guy come from? If you don't stay in Youzhou, you have to come to Jizhou to join in the fun, it's really annoying. ”

On the mountain, the first person was dressed in animal skin, black hair tied up with silk ribbons, feet on cloud boots, temperament is good, but a pair of eyes are a little gloomy at this time, glowing with cold light, beside him, there is a middle-aged man in a black robe, his eyes are slightly closed, and his breath is like nothing.

"The messenger should not be angry, the overall situation is important, although the variables are born, but there is no opportunity, this son will not stay for a long time, after he leaves, it is just that we spend more effort." At this time, the middle-aged man in the dark robe who was standing on the side suddenly opened his eyes and said lightly.

Hearing this, the envoy glanced at the direction of the river again, frowned, and said, "Your Excellency, as an elder of the world, has completed the real supernatural power ceremony, if that strange old man comes again, can you be sure to capture him?" ”

"Nope." The middle-aged man in the robe replied very simply, and then muttered, "But the envoy, he can't stop us, this big drama will eventually become an opportunity for us to join forces and go further." ”

"I hope so, otherwise we will join forces with the grassland to plot the sequence, and you Jizhou families will not be able to please in front of the Son of Heaven." The grassland messenger snorted coldly, always suspecting that these families could not work.

Gradually, the evening breeze subsided, the silver moon between the high hanging clouds faded, and the whole county fell into silence.

Until a round of red sun jumped out of the horizon, the turbidity in the dark night all disappeared, and there was nothing to hide from the darkness and yin qi, and the sun was shining, and the world was full of vitality.

The sun rises and the east is red, and it is the hour of the hour.

In the courtyard, facing the rising sun, facing the purple air of the rising sun, there are three figures exercising in the morning.

Xiang Ji stepped on the Ming Wang pile, his hands were facing back, his right hand was facing up, his left hand was facing down, the back of his hand was facing each other, and his two little fingers were hooked against each other.

In an instant, the blood was rolling and rushing under the alternation of cold and heat, and the muscles of the whole body were pulling and rattling, and the surrounding energy was full of energy, like a strong bow, and a faint red light floated on the nine-foot body, and the strength of the fire gradually became apparent.

At this moment, Xiang Ji raised the Liyang knife, the five knuckles became crystalline, as soon as he grasped the knife, the red fire energy coiled around the knife like a snake, and it became a whirlpool under the intersection of the tip of the knife, and the surrounding air collapsed to the middle at a rapid speed, as if the four sides of heaven and earth were in it, and the red light continued to condense and compress, gradually forming a round of 'fire wheel' the size of a human head, and at the time of its formation, Xiang Ji suddenly swung the knife and slashed forward rapidly.

Rumble! The wheel of fire suddenly swirled and slashed, rubbing a large area of sparks on the ground, and then exploded violently, disintegrating into a sky full of red light, burning a square mile, and a black knife pierced out from the firelight, extremely hidden.

This is the first type of the Sanyang Knife Technique, the first Yang Resumption Beginning, this knife method ranks at the second-rate level, and the founder is realized from the legendary Taoist Guo Chunyang's peerless 'Zhengyi Pure Yang Gong'.

There are only three types of knife moves: one yang restart, two yang dangkong, and three yang Jiaotai; But they can rotate with each other, forming a cycle, three changes to six rises and nine, which is secretly in line with the mystery of Zhou Yiqian's hexagram.

"The so-called three yangs are taken from the "Yi", and October is the kun hexagram, the image of pure yin. November is the repetition of the hexagram, and a yang is born in the next; December is the hexagram, and Eryang is born below; The first month is the Thai hexagram, and the three yangs are born in the next; Winter goes to spring, yin and yang are long, there is the image of Jiheng, understand these, the knife technique is natural and calm, I practice easy art in the body, this knife technique is unexpectedly compatible. ”

After practicing a hundred times, Xiang Ji stood up and thought about it.

After Sanyang, it may not be impossible to continue to deduce, Yi Zhongjiufang is the extreme, and in the future, when he cultivates to a high level, he can naturally evolve Sanyang and make his own knife technique.

And what he cares about even more is the content recorded in the Medicine King Catalogue, which marks a mysterious place called the Medicine King Tomb, which is related to the Shennong ruler, and also records a search route left by the predecessors, but the current location of the Medicine King Tomb is a little unclear.

After a while, the mountain catchers and autumn tigers on the side also gradually reaped their efforts, and the muscles and bones of their bodies roared together, not very violently, but like the chirping of autumn cicadas, with a rhythm.

"The characteristics of the four levels, the mystery of the golden muscles and jade bones?"

Xiang Ji was attracted and called Zhang He, who was humming and boxing on the side, over to watch together.

I saw that the breathing of the two four-level martial artists gradually became inaudible, the skin and flesh slowly became pale gold and transparent, the limbs and hundreds of bones loomed, and even the qi and blood flowed, the five internal organs and six internal organs were manifested, and the two hundred and six bones were also dyed with a touch of jade white.

Then, Zhang He couldn't help but widen his eyes, and clearly saw that the bones of the two of them were slowly becoming transparent, and he could see that the bright red marrow blood was flowing, not very quickly, as if a viscous feeling had been born, gurgling and moving.

The novelty is that there is a fresh aroma in the courtyard that grows spontaneously, with a sweet aftertaste.

The muscles and bones turn into autumn cicadas, and the marrow and blood brew elixir!

Xiang Ji's eyes flashed, and when he reached this step, the mystery of the human body was highlighted, bone marrow hematopoiesis, and marrow refining was equivalent to exchanging blood, replacing a body of qi and blood impurities, and naturally achieving an unadulterated body.

"Walking the streets and alleys, sharpening scissors and sharpening knives~"

On the long street, the peddlers and pawns get up very early, and at this time the cries are endless, the hot steamed buns, the Hu cakes from the Western Regions, the soup cakes floating up and down in the pot, and all kinds of life in the world are revived with the curling smoke at this time.

"Boss, here are four baked cakes."

Pushing open the courtyard door, Xiang Ji stopped the dealer and handed over the money.

The old man who sold the baked cakes smiled, lifted the white cloth covering the basket, stretched out his hand and handed over four oiled paper packets, and said, "Take it, my baked cakes are full of filling." ”

"Try it, you don't have to separate yourself from the world because of practicing martial arts, the more you separate, the deeper you fall."

Listening to the words, looking at the oil paper bag handed over by Xiang Ji, Zhang He picked the smallest one, and the mountain catcher and the autumn tiger looked at each other, and then took it and sent it to their mouths, they hadn't eaten this thing for quite a few years.

Squeak~ The door of the courtyard was closed, and the four of them walked on the long street with baked cakes, all the way to the south, to leave Juxian County and go to Luoyang, Sizhou.

Not far away, the head of the Zhang family took a group of clansmen to send him off from afar, very reluctant, but he also understood that it is difficult to raise big people in a small place, and only by giving children the opportunity to go out and witness a broader sky can there be a bright future.

There is much more potential to follow the Sky Kun than to stay behind him.

Leaving Juxian County, along the official road all the way down, to the original capital Xinguo, and then through the Qinghe country can enter Sizhou, with the foot strength of four people, it will not take too long.

Unexpectedly, after only five days of walking on the official road, Xiang Ji met an old man, a person he didn't expect.

"Master?"

He was extremely surprised, didn't Old Doctor Huang stay in Zhuo County, Youzhou, when did he come to Jizhou?

It's just that Doctor Guanhuang's clothes are torn, and it seems that he has not been fighting with people for a long time, if it weren't for the fact that his breath was still stable, Xiang Ji would have thought that something had happened.

"You are from the country between the rivers, it is normal not to know, as early as two months ago, there was a large-scale plague in the northwest of Jizhou, with heavy casualties, and the corpses were drifting down the river, so that there was a problem in the entire western part of Jizhou, I specially rushed to investigate, heal and save people, the plague four years ago was very similar to this, I failed to stop it at the beginning, and I must figure it out today."

Old Doctor Huang patted him on the shoulder, sighed lightly and explained the reason.

During this period of time, a lot of major events happened in Jizhou and Youzhou, and the tribes outside the Guanxi went south to loot from time to time, coupled with the toss of the plague, it can be said that chaos began to appear.

Xiang Ji suddenly realized that he was struggling under the underground palace of Daijun Lingqiu at that time, and he really didn't know these things, and according to the historical records in his impression, in the spring of 171, a great plague broke out, causing panic.

In the original official history, it was difficult to tell the source of this kind, but in this current era of martial arts and supernatural powers, it may not be a real natural disaster, it is likely to be a man-made disaster!

Even in the sequence of the Twenty-Eight Nights, there are two that he knows are involved with it:

Kang Jinlong: In charge of the human plague, gale, Biaoshi, hundred medicines, national teachers, three dukes, five old and hundreds of officials.

Ghost Golden Sheep: In charge of the world's golden and jade silk, funeral curses, poisons, and the division of evil and evil.

"What the master means is that the plague in Jizhou is endless, and it is likely that there is a star behind it? But is this not an act of anger against the people, and they treat the people like mustards! ”

Xiang Ji frowned slightly, after all, population is still an important resource, and the imperial court should not allow such a thing to happen... But then, he suddenly remembered that now is the node where the aftermath of the party's disaster is about to rise again, and the imperial court may not have much energy to pay attention to these.

Old Doctor Huang nodded with a heavy expression, "For the big family, the people are not people, they are people; Sacrificing something unimportant in exchange for the growth of authority and the breakthrough of the realm is very cost-effective for them.

And, have you ever thought that if it is not only these families who take advantage of the troubled times, but also a person who is unexpected by everyone in the world, then this so-called chaos in the world, the plague and plague will no longer be a handle and a threat, but a source of growth. ”

"Master, it's very uncomfortable for you to say half a sentence and half a sentence."

"It's not that I don't tell you, but when I mention it, I will have a feeling, and the whole world is not the king's land."

After talking, Xiang Ji only felt that he was in a fog, and he hated guessing riddles even more, but the master didn't say it, it was also his consideration, and he would naturally understand it in the future.

Kang Golden Dragon or Ghost Golden Goat? In this situation, I am more inclined to Kang Jinlong, but who is the person behind it... It's just that he still hasn't given up guessing in his heart, and he thinks of a sentence in the historical materials, which is short but shocking:

In the first month of 170, there was a famine in Hanoi, Henan, and the couple cannibalized.

In February 171, an earthquake overflowed and the river cleared; In May, the ground cracked in the east of the river, rain and hail fell, mountains and rivers burst out, and epidemics appeared.

In the first month of 173, the Great Plague.

In the autumn of 174, the Luoshui flooded and flooded all over the land.

In June 175, the land of Sanfu was plagued by locusts.

In 177, in the summer and April, there was a great drought and a plague of locusts; August Xinchou, Jingshi earthquake.

February 178, April two earthquakes.

In the spring of 179, there was another great plague, and in March there was an earthquake in Jingbei.

In the autumn of 180, there was an earthquake in Jiuquan.

In June 181, the summer sunset hail, as big as a chicken.

From this point of view, it is likely that there are supernatural powers who secretly fuel the flames and use natural and man-made disasters to seize power and strengthen themselves.

Xiang Ji frowned at such a discovery, he was not a saint and a selfless person, but he also didn't like to be inexplicably implicated and become the bread for others to grow, that feeling was never pleasant.

"But after checking for so long, I have also fought with a few participants before, and they fled to the direction of the river country, and the steppe people are mixed in.

The matter of the plague in Jizhou gradually became frowned, and I suspect that people from the Taohou Kingdom were involved.

The official road that you walked on, just passing through the original Xindu country, that is, the ruins of the Yaowang Valley, and now the Taoguo fiefdom, will help me explore the virtual reality, make some noise, the most important thing is that the predecessor of the Lei Chi in the Taofu fiefdom is the Yaowang Mound, I found out from the secret book of the master that the Shennong ruler is related to it, and even the Taohou line is not known, if you have the opportunity, you can explore it. ”

Shennong ruler, one of the divine soldiers recorded in history, is a Nine Earth Xuanyu soaked with thousands of poisons and thousands of medicines, becoming a peerless divine soldier who can not only heal serious diseases, but also poison and kill; The previous generation of masters left the Pangu Five Extremes Cultivation Method on it, and then buried it in the Yaowang Tomb.

Without staying too long, Old Doctor Huang had important matters to do, and after telling Xiang Ji, he hurried to the direction of Hejian Kingdom.

He's going to go after the two participants and figure out where the plague is coming from.

Taohou? Yakuo Mound? Shennong ruler?

Xiang Ji's eyes moved when he heard this, the recorded route and the imperial envoy method of the Medicine King Catalogue came in handy, and it could be completed, not to mention that one of his two biggest enemies was in Jizhou, how could he not take a look?

That Shennong ruler is even more among the divine soldiers, and it also records the divine skills of the previous masters, such as the Pangu Five Extremes and other external skills, and Pinggao is in Sizhou, this trip is really not a miss.

"Let's go."

Thinking together, his steps were a little faster, and he ran day and night, and soon came to the mountains near Taohou Country.

Considering Zhang He's young age, the four of them chose to rest in the nearby ancient temple for a night, picked up a lot of hay, and a little spark fell from Xiang Ji's fingers and lit it, lighting up the dark night.

This is a deserted temple, not very big, the temple is dilapidated, the walls are rotten, but fortunately it can block a little bit of wind and cold.

"Huh, I'm going to travel by night, I happened to meet you, it's really fate, I want to spend a while in the next place, I don't know if there is any disturbance?"

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the temple, and a young man with black hair strode in.

The young man looked rough and very hearty, and he had a purple-handled long knife behind his back, although the knife was in the sheath, he could still feel a fierce and restrained power from it.

Xiang Ji glanced at him, and said calmly, "Barren mountains and wild temples, shared by the world, naturally there is no exclusive reason, Your Excellency can come to rest, and if you don't dislike it, you can also come to roast the fire." ”

"Hahaha, then bother.

However, if you want to leave the temple, you must wait until dawn to be safe, and do not leave the temple for at least one hour; There is thunder on a spring night, rest for a while, and wake up from a dream is the time when the spring thunder rises. ”

After the young man finished speaking, he patted the straw under him, and lay down on his side, and there was a snoring sound in an instant.

Xiang Ji couldn't help but glance at him, this somewhat inexplicable guy had thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, his chest was open and open, a little arrogant and uninhibited.

This is a rare young master!

But he didn't care, in this world, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and the young generation of masters are like clouds, although he is confident, he will never underestimate the world.

Instead, Zhang He yawned, glanced at the purple knife on the young man's back before closing his eyes, and gradually became speechless.

Call!

The cold wind outside the deserted temple was cold, and the spring moon was cold, hanging high above the nine heavens, like a condensation of snow-white frost.

Whoa!

There is a cold wind carrying fallen leaves and dead branches into the deserted temple, the bonfire is uncertain, and the sparks are overflowing.

At the same time, the original Xindu State, now the Taohou State, Taoxian County.

The white crane flies, the bird nests, the pavilions and pavilions sit on a lonely peak, it is particularly eye-catching, in the center of these many pavilions and pavilions, a wooden building rises 27 zhang high, the whole body is shining, there is a peach longevity map, and there are peach trees accompanying each other.

Pan Tao Building!

This is the clan land of the Taohou of the past dynasties, in the past, he lost his position because of the case of sitting on the gold, and went into decline, but decades ago, this generation of Taohou suddenly rose, shouldered the beam, and promoted the title back with strength and financial resources, and was appreciated by the emperor of the dynasty.

Similar to him, there is also the Pinggao lineage who was also cut down because of the gold, but the contemporary Pinggao successor is worse, and he has not been able to return to the throne so far, and he is still working hard.

The so-called honorarium, that is, the princes to the emperor sacrifice is not enough, in fact, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is looking for fault and cutting the domain, in September of the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the marquis sat on the temple of the golden sacrifice is not as good as the law to seize the lord of one hundred and six people, Prime Minister Zhao Zhou was imprisoned and died.

And now this building is built with solid sandalwood materials that are as high as three zhang, two feet thick, and grow for thousands of years.

On the roof of the building, there is a middle-aged man sitting cross-legged, his sideburns hang down, his eyebrows are slender, his eyes are slightly closed, and his breath is like nothing, as if he is in the middle of the void and reality, and the life qi is undetectable.

Airplanes!

At this time, as if sensing something, Taohou opened his eyes, his eyes were like thousands of thunderbolts disillusioned, and a quaint pool loomed in front of him, this pool was a phantom, but the thunder slurry surged, and the breath of destruction shook the sky.

If anyone else is here, they will be shocked, because this is the thunder pool!

Legend has it that the land of heavenly punishment is brewing, and the endless thunder gathers and is bred here.

"Is it another battle between the family and the eunuchs? It's faster than you think, and it's an opportunity.

As a result, it is difficult for anyone to pay attention to what is happening in Jizhou. ”

Taohou said lightly, at this moment, the internal organs in his body were shining together, and there was a sound of shouting and sacrificing, as if connecting the gods of the Nine Heavens, praying and recruiting.

In an instant, his figure disappeared into the void space, turning into a cluster of thunder and disappearing in an instant.

Outside the door, all the servants showed awe-inspiring expressions and lowered their heads.

This Taohou has not made a move for three years, and no one knows where he has come.

"Hasn't Prince Liu Kang come back yet?" Outside the Pan Tao Building, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion summoned his servants to inquire about the whereabouts of the recently famous little Hou Ye, Liu Kang, who was smiling.

It's just that the servant made a difficulty, bent down and arched his hand and said, "The little marquis passed on the letter, saying that he has met the top fifty masters on the Dragon and Tiger list, and he will not come back for the time being, and he will have a good fight." ”

"Little Hou Ye is good in everything, he is aggressive, and the triennial Lei Chi opportunity will also be missed, what I'm worried about now is whether Young Master Liu Chou can hold the field, although he ranks eighty-fifth, but the dragons and tigers in Jizhou are not a lot, I heard that the sky-turning kun has appeared in the country between the rivers."

The housekeeper was a little helpless when he heard this, so he had to wave his hand to let him go down, it was time to prepare for the recent opening of the land of thunder pools.

This is a major event for Taohou to win people's hearts and make friends with the Jizhou family, and there is no room for error.

And among the barren mountains and mountains outside the closed country, Old Doctor Huang showed traces here, looking at the withered vines and old trees around him, and the scene of clouds and moons was already clear.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the night of murder.

"Come out, follow halfway, what are you waiting for?" He opened his mouth lightly, and the bamboo cane in his hand was dotted between the rocks, revealing a faint blue light, which spread violently like thunder, turning into a series of ripples that vibrated and impacted in all directions.

Whew!

Suddenly, three sounds of breaking the air sounded, and the envoys and elders of the world who had appeared outside Yan County before, and even the Taohou who came here were all covered in black robes, wearing brass masks, and forming a triangular position to block the old doctor Huang in the center.

"You shouldn't get involved in this matter, preaching in Jizhou, we won't stop us from saving people with water, but you shouldn't, you shouldn't come to find out the truth of the epidemic, friend, you crossed the line."

Taohou opened his mouth lightly, and his words pointed directly at Old Doctor Huang's investigation of the plague.

This touched the interests of their Jizhou forces and would never be allowed to be revealed.

"The three of them, all of whom are characters on the road to the stars, think that they will eat me." Old Doctor Huang's expression was calm, looking around, his eyes did not ripple, as if he had absolute confidence.

And such a gesture made the faces of the elders of the world and the messenger of the grassland sink like water, and an unprecedented sense of foreboding enveloped them, making their hearts throb.

What's missing?

Or is there a helper nearby? But I didn't even notice the breath!

"Brother, come out and help me."

And just when they were suspicious, Old Doctor Huang whispered, and as soon as the bamboo cane knocked on the ground, a bright yellow Qingyun suddenly rose from the Heavenly Spirit, the golden lamp was held high and bright, and the figure standing in his eyes instantly rushed out from the void and became two clear qi, merging into the Qingyun above his head.

Suddenly, there were many visions, such as the heavenly man, the golden car and the feather cover, the dragon and the tiger, and then the yellow and green clouds rolling, and then turned into two men with a similar face to him and landed on the left and right, staring at the Taohou and the grassland messenger and others.

"Spell Talisman, quickly show the Spirit; The eight directions are mighty, and they make me natural. "The first person was dressed in yellow and recited the mantra, and the shadows surrounded him, and his face was seven points similar to that of Old Doctor Huang.

"Thirty-six unifications, scattered Taiping Avenue." The second person wears yellow armor, holds the Dharma seal, and is surrounded by 36 thunder rays of light into a hexagram, and his face is also seven points similar to the two.

"You guys... Who is it? ”

The two masters who suddenly popped up caught the three of them off guard, how could they have never heard of it or seen it, but they appeared at this time?

"Digong Zhang Bao."

"Rengong Zhang Liang."

One after the other, the two figures opened their mouths as if they had their own thoughts, looking down at the three Taohou.

"They, my younger brothers, have always lived in my mind... Brother!

And now, it's me who will fight you with the two brothers.

Lei Gong help me! ”

Bang! Thunder suddenly appeared above the nine heavens, the old doctor Huang in the past, now Zhang Jiao's hair is flying, I don't know when he also changed into a yellow robe, eighty-one talismans around his body are flying, and the bamboo cane in his hand turns into nine knots, pointing to the high sky.

Calling for wind and rain, driving thunder and lightning!