"Indeed, this sword was forged by my mother. Xiao Tianhe replied in surprise, "But I don't know how the patriarch knows?"

The corners of Nangong Yan's mouth raised, revealing an almost cunning smile: "Looking at this knife closely, although it is very carefully cast, it can still be seen that there is an extremely slight arc deviation on its blade surface. At first, I thought it was intentional on the part of the caster, but later I realized that the curvature of the ridge was not uniform, which means that the knife was cast by hand without the use of molds. Since it is cast by hand, it means that the flame must be excited by the mysterious force during smelting, so that the entire casting process is completed in the palm of the hand.

Since the width of the palm is far less than the length of the knife, it must be cast with one hand and hammered with the other. Therefore, the blade must have been cast in sections. Although the casters are extremely skilled, and the smelting of all sections is almost completed at the same moment as each round of beating, there are still some clues that are the arc deviations I mentioned earlier.

The rest of the inference is simple, and according to the size of the unevenness, we can roughly deduce the width of the caster's palm and the width of the fist, the width of the palm is about three inches and one minute, and the width of the fist is about two inches and six minutes, which is obviously from the hand of a woman. The realm of the forger is not low, so I deduce that it is either your mother or your master, and it is very unlikely that it is someone else, after all, not everyone can be so generous and give away the best magic sword. ”

"Then why do you conclude that it was cast by the mother and not the master?" Xiao Tianhe asked again.

"The material of this knife is an ordinary material, and it is recast from the furnace, which shows that the caster has no material reserves, no power background, and even no friendship between the rivers and lakes, otherwise it would not be so simple. I said something not very nice, Brother Xiao should not be surprised, if a person is so downtrodden, where will he still have the energy and mood to accept apprentices? I guess Ling Tang should have been cultivating in a place that is inaccessible, right?" Nangong Yan said with a smile, "If that's the case, Ling Tang and Ling Shi are actually the same person. It's a pity, Ling Tang's knife casting skills are superb, if she is still alive, I will definitely invite her to join my Nangong family. I wonder when she died?"

Xiao Tianhe was shocked again, this Nangong Yan is simply like a god!" My mother died a few months ago. Patriarch, don't be embarrassed by me, how do you know about this?"

This assumption is simpler. If Ling Tang is alive, or if she is ascending through the Tribulation, she will definitely not let you break through the rivers and lakes with the best magic sword just by relying on the current Cave Void Early Stage. Alas, it's a pity, it's a pity, a loose cultivator who can be called a master of sword casting...... That's it, after all, I didn't have a chance to get acquainted!" Nangong Yan sighed regretfully, and returned the Heavenly Enemy Sword to Xiao Tianhe.

After Xiao Tianhe took the knife, he raised the blade of the knife flat, squinted one eye, looked along the blade of the knife to the tip of the knife, and after a while, he turned the blade and stared at the other side, but he never found the so-called "arc deviation" of Nangong Yan.

Nangong Yan laughed again, held the blade of the Heavenly Enemy, and turned the spine of the knife upward, Xiao Tianhe looked carefully along the spine of the knife for a long time, but still couldn't see the reason.

Nangong Yan pinched the tip of the knife, stretched out his fingers and flicked the blade three times in a row, "Ding Ding Ding", and the blade trembled slightly.

"Ahh

But Nangong Yan was able to observe so thoroughly just by holding the knife in his hand for a moment. Xiao Tianhe really felt the power of the person in front of him, and secretly appreciated it in his heart: "Sure enough, if you can sit on the position of patriarch, you must not be an idle person!"

Nangong Tong next to him also smiled and brushed his beard, nodding his head incessantly. The vision of the patriarch of the previous generation is really good, with this keen insight and wise thinking, Nangong Yan is indeed worthy of the important responsibility of the patriarch.

"Alright, let's get down to business. Nangong Yan put away his smile and asked Nangong Tongdao, "Master Tongbu, what is the important matter of coming this time?"

Nangong Tong recounted the incident in full, but did not add his own judgment. Nangong Yan is so smart, it is more appropriate for him to think about it himself.

After Nangong Yan listened, he asked Xiao Tianhe again about how he was caught by Ximen Jue. Surprisingly, he didn't show much interest in Lan Yuanshi.

"Ximen Ding, that stinky old man, what kind of tricks are you playing again......" Nangong Yan muttered to himself, holding his arms and thinking.

In fact, Ximen Ding's appearance is just that of a middle-aged man, and his style of acting seems to be quite hearty, but when he arrived in Nangong Yan's mouth, he never said anything good. Xiao Tianhe secretly laughed: "Fortunately, the Ximen family and the Nangong family are now in an alliance, if it is a hostile relationship, then Ximen must not know what to be damaged by Nangong Yan." ”

Xiao Tianhe and Nangong Tong quietly waited for Nangong Yan to finish thinking about it.

After a long time, Nangong Yan, who was standing still, suddenly stretched his waist and said impatiently: "Ximen Ding, that old thing is more cunning than a fox, and I can't guess what he means." That's it, don't think about it. Since he dares to pay it back, we dare to accept it. Brother Xiao, did you say?"

"This ......" Xiao Tianhe didn't know how to answer.

"Brother Xiao should be attending our Nangong Family's Demon Treasure Conference, right?" Nangong Yan changed the subject.

Xiao Tianhe nodded.

"Then don't delay your time, Lan Yuanshi, you can take care of it yourself. In my Nangong family, you don't have to worry about what the Ximen family will do to you, just cultivate with peace of mind

Just refine it. Nangong Yan patted Xiao Tianhe on the shoulder, "However, I have a small request. ”

The patriarch said it directly. ”

"After the Demon Treasure Conference, Master Deng Xianjue of the Ximen family will forge a magic knife for the Nangong family. How about you come with me to see him forge a sword?"

Xiao Tianhe thought for a moment and replied, "It's okay to take a look." But I've never seen my mother forge a knife, and if the patriarch wants me to practice the knife casting technique, I think it's better to forget it, I'm not that material. ”

Nangong Yan smiled: "It's okay, as long as you go and observe." ”

"Okay. ”

......

After returning to Nanlu City from Nanting City, Xiao Tianhe has been meditating in his own courtyard. He was not in a hurry to practice the sword techniques of the cave void chapter in the "Yutian Sword Codex" and the "Peng'an Sword Codex", firstly, because he had just entered the cave void, he had to focus on stabilizing the realm, and secondly, because there was not much time left before the Demon Treasure Conference, instead of practicing the follow-up sword techniques, it was better to practice the sword techniques he had learned more skillfully.

In fact, the rewards of the Demon Treasure Conference were not very attractive to Xiao Tianhe, and the same was true of the Fengyun Conference, he was just a test to test his cultivation. In the early stage of the cave void, he seemed to be a master in the advanced group. Nangong Xi, Nangong Wei and other outstanding children of the Nangong family are the objects that Xiao Tianhe wants to compete with this time.

The days passed day by day, and half a month later, Nangong Xue and Nangong Ting also came back from Sealand City. The three of them began to practice together again, waiting for the coming of the Demon Treasure Conference.

Judging from Nangong Xue and Nangong Ting's good mood, their relationship with Ximen Jue has probably eased, but Xiao Tianhe doesn't want to ask more about others. He also did not mention to the two that he had gone to Nanting City to see the patriarch Nangong Yan.

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed. With the Ximen family's magic treasure conference coming to an end, the Nangong family's magic treasure conference finally began.

This year's Demon Treasure Conference was held in Nanyue City in the Deceptive Heavens. Nanyue City is located in the southeast of Nangong Mansion, and four hundred miles to the east is the territory of the Cold Moon Department of Dongfang Mansion. As an important town in the eastern part of Nangong Mansion, Nanyue City's strategic task has always been to dominate several border states and cities to resist the eastern family, and Nangong Rong, the lord of the Heavenly Domain, is the leader.

There is a large canyon not far south of Nanyue City, which extends longitudinally to the Nanjing Sea of Nangong's house. The two sides of the canyon are about 700 miles apart, and a large river called "Duyong" runs through it. The source of the Yongjiang River is in the broken mountain part of Dongfang Province, and after flowing southwest to the vicinity of the kernel, it turns southeast along the edge of the kernel, passing through the Chongying Forest, the Centrifugal Grassland, and the Fengyu Mountain Range in turn, burrowing into the Thundering Canyon, and finally flowing into the Nanjing Sea.

After crossing the Yongjiang River and turning to the southeast, the river is about a straight line, and it is this river that borders Nangong Mansion and Dongfang Mansion. The Chongying Forest in the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River is overgrown with shrubs and vines, and the trees shade the sky and the sun, making it impossible for pedestrians to pass through. On weekdays, there are merchants passing through Nangong and Dongfangfu, all of which pass through the centrifugal grassland within a radius of more than 2,000 miles. Near the centrifugal grassland of the Nangong Mansion realm, guarded by the two main towns of Nanxing and Nanchen of the Batian Division, in the hilly area at the northwest end of the Fengyu Mountain Range, there is Nanri City, another main city of the Batian Ministry.

The four main cities of the Batian Division, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the stars, are actually located near the borders of Nangong and Dongfang Erfu. In fact, the three cities of Sun, Star, and Chen were not where they are today in the early years. It was at the time of the fourth "World Quartet War", the Dongfang family, which had always been allied with the Nangong family, suddenly turned against the battle, stabbed the Nangong family in the back, and the army swung south, and it took only five days to cross the centrifugal grassland, except for the three days used to cross the river, in fact, it took only two days to cross the grassland of more than 2,000 miles.

At that time, the army of the Nangong family was gathering on the western border to fight with the Ximen family, and suddenly heard that the Dongfang family had betrayed its trust, and the patriarch was angry, but it was too late to dispatch a large army, and if it only relied on the resistance of the defenders on the eastern border, it would definitely not be able to defeat the Dongfang family that had been planning for a long time. In a hurry, the patriarch ordered the demon cultivators above the Yuan Infant in the Kunwu and Batian divisions to immediately rush to the border to support.

The Dongfang family also had a large number of demon cultivators who went out with the army, and the demon cultivators of the two families fought for a long time, but it was obvious that the Nangong family, who arrived in a hurry, had a disadvantage. The Eastern army attacked the city all the way, invaded the territory of Nangong Mansion for more than 4,000 miles, and captured dozens of big cities.

Seeing that the war in the east was critical, the Nangong patriarch had no choice but to send a messenger to ask for help from the Beitang family, who had not yet participated in the war. The Beitang family should raise troops to the east and attack the border of the greedy wolf department of Dongfang Mansion. At the same time, the patriarch of Nangong begged the Ximen family for peace, but the Ximen family did not agree. But who knew that the Beitang family had another purpose, on the surface, they pretended to help the Nangong family, but in fact, they just separated a small army to bluff, and the army smuggled across the Wanqu River on the western border to attack the Linjia Department of Ximen Mansion.

The Ximen family was furious, and instead agreed to a temporary truce with the Nangong family to resist the strongest Beitang family. The Beitang family used this as an excuse to insist that the Nangong family and the Ximen family had formed an alliance, so they withdrew their troops from the east. The Dongfang family was angry at the Beitang family's move to help the Nangong family, but instead surrounded and annihilated the Beitang family's army. The Beitang family was furious, and distributed the army to officially start a war with the Dongfang family.

The momentum of the world's four-way war was formed, and the four major families fought in chaos. Consume too much of each other, until the demon lord at that time intermediates, and the occupants must return the territory, but the occupied side needs to pay the corresponding price, which is equivalent to exchanging food, money, and demon cultivation items for the lost land.

Since that "World Four Directions War", the Nangong Patriarch has also moved the other three main cities of the Batian Department to the eastern border, until now.

In fact, not only the Nangong family, but also the other three major families, and the one bordering the other two families, at least two main cities are close to the border

Border. The head of the ministry is also responsible for the interests of neighboring families. Because of this, Ximen Luo, the head of the Zhenyue department, had some friendship with Nangong Tong, the head of the Guixi department.

Compared with the luxurious prosperity of Nanting City, the capital of Nangong Mansion, Nanyue City is obviously much bleak and simple. Because the city is located at the southeast end of the Fengyu Mountains, it is a mountain city, the terrain is extremely high, and there is no flat road leading to Dongfang Mansion nearby, so merchants generally do not come here. Correspondingly, there are very few entertainment venues here, and there are only a few restaurants and inns in the whole city, and business is still very deserted.

Nanyue City is easy to defend and difficult to attack because of the terrain, so there are not many garrisons. Because it is the main city of the Batian Department, many families of the Nanyue system live here, so the demon cultivators account for the majority of the city's population, which also makes the demon cultivation market here famous, and the highest "Thousand Demon Tower" in the center of the city is built for this purpose, and its scale is more than the "Sifang Palace" in Sealand City.

The arena of Nanyue City was set up in a huge valley twenty miles northwest of the city. The villas of the four families are built on the top of the mountains that surround the valley, and the scenery is quite spectacular. However, due to the winding trend of the valley, even the eight rings of the same group are not in the same place. This is not a big problem for spectators, but it can be a problem for the participants, as not being able to get a quick and face-to-face view of the battle in the ring may have an impact on their plans.

According to the grouping rules of the Demon Treasure Conference, because Xiao Tianhe lied that he had "practiced for thirty-two years", he was placed in the advanced group.

After Xiao Tianhe received the waist medal for the competition, he went to the valley to take a look. The eight rings of the senior group are actually divided into three tiers from high to low, embedded in a cliff. The top layer is the two rings of Qian, Kun, the middle layer is Kan and Li, and the bottom layer of Xun, Zhen, Gen, and Dui are built on the ground. Perhaps to prevent the contestants in the high-rise rings from being knocked out of the ring and landing on the low-level rings, the eight rings were built to stagger each other from each other. In addition, rows of terrace-like platforms have been dug out of the cliff not far from the opposite side to serve as auditoriums. "Tsk, it really took a lot of effort to build this arena...... Xiao Tianhe, who was flying with the sword, admired in his heart.

As for the battle plan, he didn't think about it carefully. With his realm in the early stage of the void, entering the second round is almost a certainty. He felt that he didn't have to think about how to win, and he just had to choose the easiest way to advance.

Although Nangong Xue is in the middle stage of the void, she is close to breaking through, and her strength is not bad.

Xiao Tianhe was most worried about Nangong Ting. After cultivating for thirty-one years, he is still in the early stage of the Void and Netherworld realm, and his sword skills are not as proficient as Nangong Xue, so it may be very difficult to advance to the second round in the advanced group where the masters are like clouds.

But Nangong Ting himself didn't care, the competition was imminent, and he was still giggling all day long, neither hurrying up to cultivate, nor thinking about the battle plan.

Finally, on the fourth day of July, the children of the Nangong family ushered in the ten-year Demon Treasure Conference.

In the first few days, Xiao Tianhe did not go to the ring. Anyway, he plans to advance with the most effortless "challenge win", and there is no point in going to the ring too early.

Nangong Xue didn't go either, but kept meditating in her room. Xiao Tianhe was very puzzled: "Is she going to advance with the method of 'consecutive wins'? That is a bit too reluctant...... Curiosity is curiosity, Xiao Tianhe didn't bother her.

Nangong Ting went to the ring every day, but it didn't seem to be fighting. Every night after he came back, he would describe to Xiao Tianhe the fierce battle situation in the ring during the day.

Until the afternoon of the eighth day, when Xiao Tianhe was meditating in the room, the door was suddenly knocked open, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Nangong Ting. Before Xiao Tianhe could speak, Nangong Ting urged eagerly: "Hurry, hurry! Brother Xiao, hurry up and follow me to the ring, it's too late!"

"What's too late?" Xiao Tianhe was inexplicable.

"Oh, I'll talk about it on the road!" Nangong Ting couldn't help but say, grabbed Xiao Tianhe's arm and ran out of the house. Xiao Tianhe was a little dazed, and was dragged out of the room in a daze, and the royal sword flew into the air and flew towards the bottom of the valley.

At this time, a thought flashed in his heart: "Could it be that Nangong Xue had an accident?" But after thinking about it, even if Nangong Xue was seriously injured, with the presence of the four elders of the Nangong family, Nangong Ting would definitely not rush to him because of this. "Brother Ting, what's wrong?"

"Brother Xiao, you must want to advance in the way of 'challenge to win', right?" Nangong Ting said, "Just now, the first person to win forty-five consecutive games appeared! It just so happens that Brother Wei and their masters are not in the ring, you hurry up and challenge, so as not to be robbed by others!"

"Hey, is this just for this?" Xiao Tianhe couldn't cry or laugh, slowing down his flight, "Panicked, I thought something was wrong!"

Nangong Ting turned his head and looked at Xiao Tianhe strangely: "This is not a big deal, the one who can win forty-five games in a row must be a master, if it was in the past, the master did not appear so early, it was only the eighth day, and there was one, and now it is estimated that no one in the ring is his opponent, but he will definitely not be able to beat you." There were also a lot of people who left as quickly as I did just now, presumably they went to report the news, you go quickly, someone else will preempt it if it's late!"

"If he was robbed by others, he must be the only one who can win forty-five games in a row, so there is no need to rush. Xiao Tianhe stopped, he didn't want to appear so early.

"Brother Xiao, why don't you understand? Because of your identity, the later you appear, the more disadvantageous it will be!" Nangong Ting was anxious, and his voice was raised.

"Oh?" Seeing that Nangong Ting said seriously, Xiao Tianhe had to get serious.