And those drunkards on the side were still looking at Ning Hongyuan in surprise, not believing that this was true at all.

Ning Hongyuan suddenly glanced back, knowing that behind this surprised expression, it was unusual.

Ning Hongyuan began to think, "According to common sense, these people have no reason to be surprised for so long, there must be someone who announced rumors around this downtown that I, Ning Hongyuan, have disappeared in the Forest of Death, and now these ordinary people are looking at me sitting in front of them unscathed, and their faces are so shocked!"

Thinking of this, Ning Hongyuan let out a long sigh, "Hey, when will I be able to calm down a little?"

Ning Hongyuan raised his wine glass high, laughed heartily at the shopkeeper, and immediately drank it all, and immediately said in his heart: "The mastermind behind this announcement that I have disappeared in the Death Forest must be Elder Zhu and Elder Zhao!

"My father told me that ignorant people are most easily seduced, and they always lack their own independent judgment on everything, and if someone provokes them, they will listen to it!

When Ning Hongyuan looked back, he saw that one person was actually yelling while drinking, "He's not dead!

Ning Hongyuan was not angry.

In that test a month ago, the whole thing of the young sect master of the Divine Sword Sect who went to the Forest of Death alone because of his failure to break through the martial realm was spread in the Divine Sword Sect, how could a young man who only possessed the fourth stage of the sword be able to break into the Forest of Death alone?

Ning Hongyuan was not angry, it didn't mean that he didn't care, he raised his wine glass again, looked at the wine shadow in the glass, and said in his heart: "It seems that it's time to completely wash the Divine Sword Sect, and we must not let that group of elders control public opinion, otherwise, in the future, once the Divine Sword Sect attacks outside, these people are lying behind their backs to confuse the public, making people so panicked, once there is a fire in the backyard, our army's front line will definitely suffer the same, how can this work!"

"Although I, Ning Hongyuan, am tired of political struggles, and even extremely hateful, I also know that if I engage in this kind of thing, if I don't control public opinion within the Divine Sword Sect, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch!"

"This complicated and chaotic era is really tiring, externally, I, Ning Hongyuan, want to fully understand the intelligence of all forces, so as to make judgments that are in line with the situation, but internally, I have to control all kinds of public opinion pressure!

"But if I take it easy, I will fail my father, my eldest brother's expectations of me, it seems that before I leave this continent, I still need to engage in this disgusting political struggle. ”

"Socialize with people, Corporal Lixian, this is what I do, conspiracies, designs to harm people, this is not what I want. ”

Sighing, Ning Hongyuan didn't think so much anymore, and refocused his gaze on the shopkeeper in front of him.

"I saved your little girl's life, this is my Ning Hongyuan's business, not enough to worry about, this thing, I remember it was five years ago, I didn't think that I hadn't seen it for five years, Uncle Niu still recognized me!"

The old shopkeeper folded his hands together, and thanked him again: "How dare you forget the great grace of the young sect master, it's just that the young sect master has been living in seclusion in order to practice the martial arts realm, and has never shown up, I have made some money over the years, and I wanted to go to the Divine Sword Sect to thank me in person, but I was afraid of disturbing the young sect master's cultivation, so I didn't leave." ”

Ning Hongyuan gently put down the wine glass and said with a faint smile: "Uncle Niu doesn't need to thank you, since I am a young sect master, I should naturally maintain the legal system and order of the Divine Sword Sect, and the duty of our righteous martial arts cultivators is also here, all these years, has your family been doing well?"

"Since the suzerain came to power, new rules have been promulgated, and we who have worked hard have lived a good life, and the bullies who used to bully people have almost been severely punished according to the law. ”

"Who is this lord of the city? It seems that he is a good official, and he must be a great merit to be able to be so peaceful around here, and I will definitely visit him later." Ning Hongyuan replied lightly.

"He was personally selected by the sect master from among our Thunder City guard chiefs back then, and his strength was in the fourth rank of the martial artist!"

"Well, my father has a good understanding of people, and he never comes from a family, which is of course a great joy for you, but for those elders, it is bad news, hahaha. ”

For the disloyalty and injustice of these elders, Ning Hongyuan didn't have so many things to figure out, not so much to understand, it was nothing more than the obstruction of interests and power, thinking that the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was driven as a plaything, what was he as a young master?

Infighting, infighting, why do people always have infighting?

Ning Hongyuan thought about this question for a long time, and finally returned to a problem, interests and power.

"Why did the young sect master say this?" The shopkeeper was a little confused by Ning Hongyuan's words.

"You don't need to know this shopkeeper, here is the money for dinner! I'm leaving!" Ning Hongyuan suddenly stood up.

"Why is the young sect master in such a hurry?" Even though the shopkeeper knew that his time was extremely precious, he still wanted to keep it.

"I still have some things to do! I have received the gratitude of the shopkeeper! Goodbye!"

After finishing speaking, after Ning Hongyuan finished speaking, in the eyes of everyone's incomparably surprised, he picked up the wine jug in his hand and walked straight out of the door.

This time, he didn't choose to escape in front of everyone, but walked out of the door step by step.

Every step he takes is so confident, so down-to-earth, but so chic and free.

After walking out of the inn, Ning Hongyuan deliberately looked for an extremely secluded mountain road, and did not choose to take the avenue back to the Divine Sword Sect.

Ning Hongyuan hadn't traveled far before dozens of martial artists followed him.

Now Ning Hongyuan's perception ability is no longer at the same level as it was at the beginning, even if the Demon Venerable doesn't remind him, he can also use his powerful True Yuan Perception Ability to detect the aura of the ten stalkers behind him.

The five-day battle had perfected his martial arts strength, and he could clearly feel that his perception ability had broken through the swordsman realm. Demon Venerable has always judged the martial realm strength of a martial artist by perceiving the true element ability.

Since these trackers can be perceived by Ning Hongyuan, it naturally proves that the strength of these trackers is far inferior to him.

Ning Hongyuan suddenly stopped his progress and rested under a small tree, drinking while waiting for the trackers.

This time, he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to once again demonstrate his actual combat ability after breaking through the strength of a martial artist.

Ning Hongyuan felt that these breaths were getting closer and closer, and he was very energetic.

Even when dealing with these martial cultivators whose strength was weaker than his own, Ning Hongyuan knew that he could not underestimate the enemy whenever and wherever he was, otherwise the Poison Seven Swords would be an example.

When those breaths were still a hundred steps away, Ning Hongyuan suddenly turned around, "I've been waiting here for a long time!"

Although Ning Hongyuan said this, but at this moment, no one in the dense forest chose to appear.

"Are you planning to let me pull you out one by one?" Ning Hongyuan said suddenly.

As soon as Ning Hongyuan's words fell, suddenly, ten dark figures suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Your intelligence network is very efficient, I have only been in this Thunder City for an hour, and you immediately gathered dozens of Eagle Eyes to follow me! Such an effective intelligence network, but I don't think about how to deal with the enemy, but I came here to follow me!" Ning Hongyuan looked at these stalkers with an angry face, and reprimanded them like this.

"Ning Hongyuan, I can't imagine that you are not dead yet!" The leader of the team, looking at Ning Hongyuan's figure, didn't seem to believe that Ning Hongyuan could really survive in the Forest of Death.

Ning Hongyuan laughed, "How can I, Ning Hongyuan, die in front of the master behind you?"

"You still have a smile on your face, you are a weak person who can't break through the fifth stage of the swordsman, can you still survive in front of our Falcon Squad today?"

In the middle of the conversation, the little leader who took the lead suddenly laughed extremely confidently, "The master also said that once you find out your whereabouts, don't rashly attack you, I see that you are so weak now, you must have escaped from the forest of death! I see what else you have to say today!"

He looked at Ning Hongyuan's unkempt appearance, and naturally thought that he had escaped from the Forest of Death.

He did have reason to judge that Ning Hongyuan had completely lost his combat effectiveness, because now Ning Hongyuan's whole body was almost full of scars and covered in blood.

What's more, he learned that Ning Hongyuan's previous martial arts strength was only the fourth rank of a talented martial artist, and their average strength was above the seventh rank of a martial artist, which made him think that after killing Ning Hongyuan here, it must be ironclad to go back and invite merit.

However, this little leader did not dare to attack rashly, because he also knew that Ning Hongyuan's rich combat experience was like thunder, and he had defeated many enemies whose martial arts strength was stronger than him.

Looking at Ning Hongyuan's calm and calm expression, and his towering and immovable momentum, he began to contradict in his heart, should he strike first, or wait for Ning Hongyuan to make a move?

If they wait for the first strike, will Ning Hongyuan set up any traps waiting for them, if they wait for Ning Hongyuan to make the first move, they will lose the opportunity, in case this Ning Hongyuan pulls out his legs and runs, what will they do?

Before the battle began, Ning Hongyuan was calm, and they actually got into chaos.

Ning Hongyuan casually patted the dust on his body, and while drinking, he smiled lightly at them: "Don't be blinded by the enemy's superficial phenomena, didn't your master teach you? I'm like this now, maybe it's just because I have experienced a big war, since it's a big war, how can I not get hurt? Since I have the ability to return here, won't I keep some true yuan to deal with possible dangers?" If I'm really that stupid, and when I don't recover my true yuan, I choose to suddenly appear in the Divine Sword Sect, so that you can kill me?"

Compared with the nervousness of these people opposite, Ning Hongyuan was extremely calm.

The men began to take a few steps back.

"Ning Hongyuan, don't be too rampant!" the little leader looked at Ning Hongyuan's fearless look, and shouted like this again.

But after he finished shouting, he was a little afraid, and he didn't know whether Ning Hongyuan was pretending to be calm like this, whether he was playing tricks or being vulnerable.

Ning Hongyuan saw that he was reluctant to make a move, and he didn't have the energy and time to wipe the skin of these people, so he directly exposed the inner thoughts of this little leader, "You just want to say, don't you do it? Do you want to know whether I am drumming up mystery, or if I am really as vulnerable as you said, you come and give it a try, otherwise everything will be revealed!"

The crowd was silent.

"But before I do it, I still hope that you can find out your identity, you are not your master's pawn, not their lackey, but my Divine Sword Sect's martial arts cultivator, as long as you explain the true purpose of the master behind you, I will never pursue this matter. ”

After hearing this, the people on the other side looked at each other.

Ning Hongyuan looked at them with some doubts, and roughly understood what kind of enemies these people belonged to.

Since these people still have such a face-to-face action, it proves that they are "living people" and not "dead people" who have been brainwashed by the rear forces.

At this moment, Ning Hongyuan stood in place without moving, like a towering mountain standing in front of these people.

He waited for a preemptive strike.

A few of them were frightened by Ning Hongyuan's momentum, and they actually took a few steps back.

The person who took the lead, glanced left and right, and saw that someone on his side was retreating, knowing that the situation was not good, and said in his heart: "They are frightened by Ning Hongyuan's momentum, if I fight Ning Hongyuan alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to win." ”

In order to boost morale, the little boss naturally had to come up with a plan.

"Brothers, don't be frightened by his illusion, back then, as the second sect master of the dignified Divine Sword Sect, he failed to pass the fifth-stage test of the sword master at the Martial Realm Test Conference, which made his father lose face! I think it is absolutely impossible for a son to let his father lose face in order to achieve his personal goals, not to mention that he is still a son of the Martial Sect!"

However, everyone was still skeptical, because Ning Hongyuan's majestic and immovable momentum had completely frightened them.

The little leader glanced left and right again, and saw that these subordinates were still skeptical, so he had to explain it again, and said: "What I mean is that when he tests the strength of the Martial Realm, his true strength must be below the fifth rank of the swordsman! Think about it, if his martial realm strength really breaks through the fifth rank of the swordsman, why should he hide his true strength at the Martial Realm Conference? Could it be that he can't wait to see his father make a fool of himself in public? I remember that his father's face was red with anger at that time. ”

After listening to his arguments and analysis, everyone's expressions became brave.

"He's playing tricks on us and making us feel scared! This is our chance to make a contribution, we must not let him return to the Divine Sword Sect alive, this is our only chance! Kill him, and we will be able to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of our lives. ”