After Jiang Yu fought with Wu Lian, the next day Qingming, an explosion news spread throughout the entire Tianji Sword Sect.

"The real person of the witch refining announced that the sword was sealed and hidden!"

The news spread, and almost all those who heard the news widened their eyes in disbelief. Because what time is it? The Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect is holding a Blade Refining Conference, as the host, the witch refining actually announced its retreat at such a time, if it wasn't for a special reason, how could it be?

Different people have different minds. Those who are worried about the sky are worried about whether the Blade Refining Conference will be terminated after the witchcraft is retreated. And those who came to seize the sword and were very confident in their sword skills were glad that after the lack of witchcraft, they were bound to win. And those who really have the way of the sword in their hearts, they can only regret the retreat of witchcraft. After all, he is the example and target of many sword-wielding people on the snowy continent.

No matter what kind of people they are, there is only one thing they care about in common. That's why the witchcraft went into hiding! And rumors have been around for a long time!

"I heard that I lost in a sword competition with someone, and I fulfilled my promise to seal the sword!"

"Is Zihuan really here? besides him, who else can beat the senior of witchcraft. ”

"It's a shame I didn't see it!"

"It seems that this Blade Refining Conference is interesting, without witch refining, who can get that sword?"

......

All kinds of discussions, all kinds of speculations, for a while, the topic of witchcraft retreat has completely overshadowed the Blade Refining Conference itself. There was a lot of concern about who had defeated the witchcraft.

Not long after dawn, outside the Heavenly Sword Pavilion of the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect, a large number of disciples of the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect who came to ask for the letter knelt down. The matter of witchcraft retreat is a lively and good conversation for people from other factions, but for them, it is not like that. The return of witchcraft is related to the rise and fall of the sect, which is not trivial.

"Master, do you really want to go into seclusion?

"If the master ancestor is in hiding, what will the Tianji Sword Sect do? Please consider it for the Tianji Sword Sect and take back your fate!"

"The Blade Refining Conference is being held, if the master lets it go at this time, I don't know how to deal with myself!"

......

Outside the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, there was an uproar, and even some of the more fragile disciples were crying.

Suddenly, the door of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion Hall opened from the inside, and a boy walked out.

The boy said to the disciples of the Tianji Sword Sect who knelt down for a large time: "Master Ancestor has an order, let Master Ping go in and speak." ”

Hearing this, a disciple spoke: "The guests from all walks of life are worried that the Blade Refining Conference will be terminated, Senior Brother Ping is responsible for calming people's hearts, and it will be there later, if the master has any send, we can also do it." ”

The boy said: "The ancestor said that what he wants to explain is a major matter related to the inheritance of the Tianji Sword Sect, as long as Master Ping goes." ”

"This ......" The disciples of the witch refining looked at each other. They all knew what that meant. Although it is said that their junior brother Ping, that is, Zhou Ping, is better than them, and he was the first to enter the Canghai realm. Sooner or later, the mantle of witchcraft will be inherited by him, but no one expected that it would be so fast.

As he was talking, he saw Zhou Ping leading a few of his disciples over.

When the boy saw Zhou Ping, he walked a few steps quickly, stopped Zhou Ping, and said, "Uncle Ping, the ancestor is calling you!" Zhou Ping didn't speak, just nodded. followed the boy and walked into the Heavenly Sword Pavilion.

In the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, the incense burner was smoking, and the witch refining sat there, meditating cross-legged.

"Master, Uncle Ping has arrived. The boy led Zhou Ping to the side of Wu Lian.

"You go out first. Wu Lian said to the boy, who bowed slightly, took a few steps back, and then went out of the hall.

Looking at the witchcraft that was meditating, Zhou Ping couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, the friendship between master and apprentice for a hundred years, and now he was shocked to hear that the master wanted to seal the sword and return to seclusion, and Zhou Ping couldn't accept it for a while. The reason for the matter, he had already heard from those disciples who had witnessed the battle between Wu Lian and Jiang Yu.

Zhou Ping knelt down silently, and his heart was like a person who stopped water, but he couldn't stop the turmoil in his heart.

"Master, you have been seeking swords all your life, if this is the end, wouldn't it be ......" Speaking of this, Zhou Ping's voice was already choked. Unlike the other disciples, Zhou Ping was not thinking about the future of the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect, nor was it the current Blade Refining Conference. He was thinking about the future of witchcraft. Wu Lian has been seeking swords all his life, and it can be said that the way of the sword is all he has, and if he seals the sword, it can be said that he is a person who has no all, no goal, where should he go? Zhou Ping just thought about it from another position, and he already felt that he couldn't bear it.

"Stand up, how can you say that you are also a hundred-year-old person, if you are like this, how can I rest assured that the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect will be handed over to you?" Wu Lian said in a loud voice.

"Master......" Zhou Ping was shocked when he heard this. Immediately said: "Although the master is determined to seal the sword, he can still hold the position of the sect master of the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect. ”

Hearing this, Wu Lian shook his head and said, "The sect master of the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect, if he doesn't hold a sword in his hand, won't it become the biggest joke in the world?"

Hearing this, Zhou Ping said again: "But the disciple's qualifications are shallow, and he is not suitable to inherit the mantle of the master, and several senior brothers are more suitable than the disciples." ”

Hearing this, Wu Lian shook his head and said, "Although you entered my door late, your character and sword path are unmatched among my disciples. The best person to inherit my mantle. Except for you, you will not be the second choice for the teacher. ”

When Zhou Ping heard this, he was silent. I saw Wu Lian stand up, walked to the side of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, and opened the window, outside the window the birds and flowers, and the gentle breeze.

"Ping'er, you don't have to be sad for Shizun, Shizun is not dead. will not leave the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect because of this. ”

"Although the teacher was defeated, he was convinced. I believe that in the past few decades, you can also see that Master's kendo has had a bottleneck. Stagnant. That's because I thought I had reached the top, but I forgot that there are people outside of people and there are heavens outside of heaven. You should take this as a precept and not follow in the footsteps of the Master. ”

"Remember!" Zhou Ping, who stood up slowly, responded seriously.

Wu Lian looked at the scenery outside the window, a gust of wind blew, and he had to move, so he heard Wu Lian say to himself: "It turns out that there is such a beautiful scenery in the Tianji Sword Sect, and I haven't found it all the way through the window." ”

No matter what happened to the Tianji Sword Sect, Jiang Yu, who was the perpetrator, was also quite uneasy at this time. He fought with the witchcraft, and never thought that the witchcraft would really seal the sword because of this. He didn't have much friendship with Wu Lian, but as a swordsman, he really didn't want to see Wu Lian seal his sword and go into hiding. After all, he and Wu Lian were only compared to the basic sword skills, and they didn't really fight with all their might.

After Jiang Yu translated the prescription for the Holy Master for a day, it was not until evening that he set off for Xiandu Town, and as soon as he arrived in Xiandu Town, he heard the news that surprised him.

Wu Lian had already passed the throne to his disciple Zhou Ping during the day, and from today on, Zhou Ping was the sect master of the Tianji Sword Sect. The Blade Refining Conference continued, and there was no impact except for the withdrawal of the witchcraft from the competition.

His brother became the sect master of the Tianji Sword Sect, which should be extremely happy, but Jiang Yu was not happy, and Jiang Yu also believed that Zhou Ping must not be very happy.

Things have happened and cannot be changed. Jiang Yu was also embarrassed. The matter has been discovered, and Jiang Yu decided to go to Yueming Mansion to buy some warm fish soup for Mei'er to take back. He entered the Yueming Building, and there were few people on the first floor of the building. After he ordered the warm fish soup, he sat downstairs and waited. Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice on the second floor. If it is an ordinary person, it may not be able to hear clearly, but Jiang Yu's ear power is so sharp.

"You see you're not doing well now, and you're light on mundane things. If you don't have a sword in your hand, you don't have a burden in your heart. A man's voice was somewhat drunk.

"Brother Dongli?" Jiang Yu wondered in his heart, so he wanted to go upstairs to have a look, but suddenly heard a voice say: "If it is possible, I actually want to give up the position of the sect master of the Tianji Sword Sect to you, junior brother, or rather, you are more suitable than me." ”

Hearing the second voice, Jiang Yu was stunned, because the second voice was none other than Wu Lian! Jiang Yu's footsteps to go upstairs stopped again, just sat downstairs and listened to the sound upstairs.

And upstairs, the drunken east fence and the witch refining sit opposite each other to drink. At this time, Wu Lian was wearing civilian clothes and did not wear any sword. It looks like an ordinary old man. If he wore such a suit and went out to meet people before he sealed the sword, who would dare to think that he would be a witchcraft.

Hearing Wu Lian say this, Zui Dongli scratched his head and said, "Don't be kidding, why don't you look for me for good things, this kind of troublesome thing, the first thing that comes to mind is me." Drunken Dongli drank a glass of wine, thought for a while, and asked, "If you choose to seal the sword, do you have any plans?" If you want to find the way of the immortal in wine, I can help you. ”

When Wu Lian heard this, he said, "This is exempt." I'm not very interested in it. Maybe I'll study the Immortal Law or something. ”

"One catastrophe has passed, and another catastrophe has risen, right?" Drunken Dongli laughed without hesitation.

Wu Lian shook his head slightly, and said, "No, in the past, I pursued the way of the sword, and I was too persistent. Missing out on too much. Although it is fulfilling, it can be carefully recalled, but it is tasteless. Now, even if I study the Immortal Law, it's just for fun. Just playing, not obsessed. Maybe one day it will change again. As for you, junior brother, you are too free and easy, and you are not shallow in harming people!"

Hearing this, Zui Dongli immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't mention this." ”

The two of them drank a few more glasses, laughed drunken Dongli, and said, "I always feel that you talked about retreating, but no matter how you look at it, it seems that you are still a little reluctant." ”

Wu Lian listened, smiled faintly, and said: "When I decided to give up, although it hurt to the bone marrow, but let go, I let go." If you talk about regrets, there are still them. ”

"Hahaha......" Drunk Dongli laughed inexplicably, and the laughing witch refining felt strange. The laughter stopped, and he said, "What you want to say is that you don't know who you lost to, right?"

"Do you know?" said the Witch Alchemist. After Wu Lian was defeated by Jiang Yu, he naturally didn't believe that Yun Qi was his real name.

Drunken Dongli nodded, and then said, "If you want to know, call a few more pots of wine, and I'll tell you." ”

Jiang Yu has been listening to the conversation between the two, and he has a feeling in his heart, he has the heart to go upstairs to meet the two kendo seniors, but after thinking about it, he said in his heart that it is better to forget it, after all, he has just defeated Wu Lian, if he goes to see Wu Lian at this time, even if Wu Lian is a generous person, I am afraid that in the face of himself, there is nothing to say. Coincidentally, at this time, the warm fish soup he asked for was also good, Jiang Yu took the warm fish soup, left the Yueming Building, and disappeared into the vast night.

In the days that followed, Jiang Yu stayed in the Holy Master's residence, translating prescriptions for the Holy Master with peace of mind. And Mei'er, under the infection of Yaoxin, even helped the Holy Master to do some simple work, and stopped running around, and the Holy Master sighed that the sun really came out of the west.

Many days had passed in a flash, and Jiang Yu estimated that the days were almost to the second stage of the Blade Refining Conference, that is, the stage of direct competition.

In the early morning of this day, after Jiang Yu had breakfast, he explained the reason to the Holy Master, and then went to Xiandu Town to participate in the second stage of the competition, but after arriving in Xiandu Town, he got an important piece of news, that is, the rules of the Blade Refining Conference have been changed. Because of the original setting, it was not taken into account that so many people would come to participate. There were too many people who made it from the first stage. If these people were allowed to enter the second stage of the competition and compete with the masters of the Canghai Realm, it would inevitably reduce the level and ornamentation of the Blade Refining Conference. So the rules are temporarily changed to all those who are promoted from the rookie competition, and the competition is again, this time the rules are relatively simple, only four zones are set, the loser is eliminated, and the winner is the gatekeeper of the zone. All those who are eligible to participate can choose any one of the four districts as a challenge, for a total of three days, until the end of the last day, and the remaining gatekeepers in the last four districts are the last four people to advance.

The official competition officially began at noon. Three days later, it ends in the afternoon.

"We have to play a lot more. Jiang Yu couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said in his heart that he must not meet the referee who was so bad before. When Jiang Yu was thinking about where to rest for a while, he saw someone waving at him in the distance, and it didn't take long for him to run over. It turned out to be Amon.

"Big brother, I've finally found you. I've made it to the cut too!" Amon said.

"Huh?" Jiang Yu's voice dragged on for a long time, and he was very surprised. He knew in his heart that Amon's cultivation was not high, and he was not very old. Although he is much better than his peers, it is really ridiculous that he wants to advance with such a cultivation.

Seeing Jiang Yu like this, Amon smiled and said, "I know that you don't believe it, big brother." But I did win, and the luck was a blast. ”

"No wonder ......" What Jiang Yu said was no wonder, not that Amon was lucky, but why the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect changed the rules. After all, it is really nonsense that a young man with a low cultivation like Amon can advance to the second round. Like him, when he encounters a person in the Canghai Realm, he almost fell down as soon as he raised his hand, and there was nothing to see there.

"Big brother, have you heard, the witchcraft has retired, he is really cunning. Amon said suddenly. When he said such a thing, Jiang Yu was slightly surprised and said, "What?"

I heard Amon say: "Others say that he is strong in swordsmanship, and it was difficult to find an opponent at that time. The Master often said the same. But I often think that one day in the future, when my swordsmanship is successful, I must challenge him to prove myself. But now that he has gone into hiding so early, he really doesn't leave a chance. Not what cunning is. “

"There are people outside the world, and he may not be the strongest. Jiang Yu said.

Amon said: "Yes, but it's a pity that now I don't know who defeated the witch refiner, those disciples of the Heavenly Extreme Sword Sect either don't know, or their mouths are very strict, and they can't ask anything at all." It's irritating. ”

Jiang Yu and Amon chatted for a while, and suddenly heard a bell ringing, the competition was about to begin!