Zhou Zhou ate hot pot, and soon he was sweating profusely, and the rest of the people raised their chopsticks suspiciously, and each scalded something, but they didn't think it was delicious.

The woman ate a piece of yam, thought the yam was good, but it was too spicy, and after drinking a lot of water, she stopped using chopsticks, and Ge Youyu ate a chicken claw over there, and thought it was good, so she ate another duck paw, but after he ate another duck intestine, he felt that his mouth was about to burst into flames, so he immediately put down his chopsticks and quickly drank a large glass of water, as for Luo Xue, it was about the same.

So later, only Gu Meng and Zhou Zhou were left eating.

Zhou Zhou's chopsticks are flying, obviously he likes it very much.

Gu Meng finally put down his chopsticks, so the remaining four people all looked at Zhou Zhou alone.

It wasn't until half an hour later that all the dishes on the table were eaten into the stomach like a storm in Zhouzhou, so he gave up, Gu Meng got up to check out, and asked about the hot pot method, the shopkeeper's face was embarrassed, this kind of secret recipe, of course, is not easy to mention to outsiders, otherwise how will he open a store in the future?

Gu Meng took out an ingot of gold from his arms and put it in front of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper smiled slightly, put away the gold, and then talked about the recipe leisurely.

Gu Meng actually didn't bother to remember, Zhou Zhou listened very carefully.

After asking about the method, a group of five people left the hot pot restaurant, and asked for a vacant room in an inn around the corner.

Gu Meng looked at the guy.

The latter said with understanding: "Childe doesn't know, today is the water festival in the city, the city is lively, it will last until dawn, if Childe wants to go and see, it's okay." ”

The water festival is to commemorate Li Taishou, who built the water conservancy project for Yancheng that year, and it has continued all these years, even if Nanchu is gone at this moment, it has not changed.

Gu Meng nodded, so he temporarily decided to go and see the water festival in the city.

Putting forward this idea, Luo Xue was of course the first to respond, no matter what she did, being able to be with her junior brother was the best thing.

Ge Youyu was tired and wanted to go back to the room to rest, Zhou Zhou said that he had eaten a little too much and wanted to take a walk.

As for the woman, she has already returned to her room.

So a group of three people walked out of the inn, but they didn't need anyone to show the way, just listening to the sound, they could find a place to go.

After they entered the city, they only found an inn on the periphery, which was actually far from the really prosperous center of the city.

The three of them walked quietly in the quiet street, and whoever it was, it was probably going to feel a little weird.

Luo Xue felt a little cold, so she said, "Little junior brother, after you walk to Yingdu City, do you want to go back to Zheshan?"

This was the original plan, Gu Meng didn't think about changing, he glanced at his little senior sister and said, "If senior sister thinks she can go back, I won't go back." ”

Hearing this, Luo Xue immediately shook her head, "Don't!"

Gu Meng knew that this was the result, so he didn't say anything.

Zhou Zhou muttered: "I know, Sister Luo wouldn't have survived without Brother Gu!"

This voice is not small, plus Luo Xue is not an ordinary person, of course she can hear it clearly, the latter has a red ear, when he reached out and pinched Zhou Zhou's ear, he pulled it hard, "Little guy, tell you to talk nonsense!"

Zhou Zhou was in pain, screamed, and looked at Luo Xue with some pity.

Gu Meng said helplessly: "She is my senior sister, I can't afford to mess with her." ”

Zhou Zhou sighed and said flatteringly: "Sister Luo, I was wrong, I just talked nonsense,...... I really can't do it, I'll worship you as a teacher!"

Originally, it was just nonsense, but Luo Xue really let go of him and looked at it a few times, she knew that Gu Meng had high expectations for Zhouzhou, but the little junior brother was still unwilling to accept apprentices, and in the future, on the mountain, she and the senior sister had to fight, it was okay if the senior sister didn't speak, who could object to anything when she spoke, thinking of this, Luo Xue smiled and said: "Okay, I'll take you as an apprentice." ”

Zhou Zhou opened his mouth wide, a little incredible.

Although he is not very old, he thinks a lot, in the final analysis, he still wants his master to be Gu Ming, but at this time, it is difficult to ride a tiger, so he can only recognize it silently.

So under Luo Xue's expectation, he called out to Master.

Then he turned his head to look at Gu Ming, and shouted with some reluctance: "Little uncle." ”

Gu Meng smiled and touched his little head.

Luo Xue smiled, "I'll tell you something that other disciples on the mountain don't know, your junior uncle is now the head of the mountain." ”

Zhou Zhou wanted to cry without tears.

If he was just a little sad before, then at this time, he is really sad, he still knows the difference between being an apprentice in charge and being someone else's apprentice.

Gu Meng saw his thoughts, and he didn't have any bad feelings, but just comforted: "Practice the sword well, and when the sword is practiced, it doesn't matter whose apprentice you are." ”

Zhou Zhou nodded sullenly.

He's feeling better now.

Gu Meng said to Luo Xue, "Congratulations to the little senior sister for accepting another good disciple." ”

Luo Xue smiled sweetly: "Don't be in a hurry to congratulate, I will definitely hand it over to the junior brother after that." ”

Gu Meng nodded, since this is a fate that cannot be escaped, then don't think about it.

The three of them gossiped and walked forward, and after a while, they could see the lanterns hanging on the tall buildings in the city, which were very red and bright.

But it seems that the laughter I heard before is now gone.

The city suddenly became extremely quiet.

Gu Meng stopped, feeling a little cold.

Zhou Zhou leaned over and suddenly felt very scared.

Gu Meng looked cautiously at the city, and the candle tour reappeared in his palm.

A body of gas is even more vigorous.

Since it is the Water Festival today, there should be a lot of people gathered in the city, but there is no sound at the moment, of course, it is a very strange thing.

Such a strange thing must be abnormal.

If it was elsewhere, Gu Meng might turn around and leave, but in Yancheng, on the boundary of the old Southern Chu, Gu Meng was unwilling to leave like this.

And although I felt weird, I definitely didn't feel any murderous aura.

Suddenly, a figure appeared at the end of the long street, his face hidden in the shadows, and he wore a straw hat on his head, and his face could not be seen clearly.

Gu Meng felt a little familiar.

The man staggered towards Gu Ming, looking crooked, obviously seriously injured.

When the distance between the two became closer and closer, Gu Meng saw the person's appearance clearly.

He knew him.

I've only seen it once, though.

The man ran in front of Gu Meng and was about to fall, Gu Meng hurriedly reached out and held him, and then took out a pill from his arms.

Stuffed into the man's mouth.

The man was pale, but he looked very young.

Many years ago, on the way back to Zheshan with his senior sister Ah Sang from Xian Mall, they met countless cultivators who claimed to be young geniuses in Nanling, and they all came to challenge Gu Ming.

Gu Meng fought over one by one, and most of them were solved very simply, but this one in front of him was not.

His name is Xie Ding, and he was a famous young genius in Nanling back then.

In those years, he was famous for his cultivation talent, but what was even more famous was actually his hair.

He was born sick, maybe not sick, but the hair on his head would be very thin, so he wore a straw hat all year round.

That was the first time they met, and then they met again in the Imperial Tomb, but it was also the last time.

In the days since, Gu Meng has never seen him again.

In the past few years, the most popular young people in Nanling are, of course, the three who use swords, but this is by no means to say that Xie Ding has already disappeared from everyone.

On the contrary, what he has experienced over the years is absolutely wonderful.

In the sect where he is located, the sect master suddenly died a few years ago, and then the sect was in civil strife, and the elders and disciples inside were all fighting for the position of the sect master, and there was chaos, and in the end, Xie Ding was pushed up and became the youngest sect master in the history of the sect.

Everyone knows that he is a puppet, and they will kick him away when the time is right, and many people know about this matter, and it is rumored in the Nanling cultivation world.

Gu Meng had also heard of it, but he never thought that he would be able to see him here one day.

Xie Ding has passed out and looks like he won't wake up for a short time.

Gu Meng stood up, his expression a little solemn.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the lanterns in the city to shake.

Gu Meng turned his head and said, "Little Senior Sister, find a place to hide." ”

Luo Xue snorted and didn't speak.

Candle You turned into a long sword, Gu Luo jumped on tiptoe, jumped up a tall building, and then swept towards the front.

Floating down to a tall building, there is a high platform in front of him, there is a mess around, there are many basins of water in the open space, and there are a few corpses, looking at the costumes, it should be the ordinary people in Yancheng.

There were several cultivators in long robes, standing on the high platform at the moment, looking at Gu Ming.

These few are all young, and their aura is not too strong, only the middle-aged man in the lead has a terrifying aura.

Looking at the costumes, these people are all from the same sect as Xie Ding, and it seems that they came here to hunt down Xie Ding.

Seeing Gu Luo standing on a tall building, looking at them condescendingly, a young cultivator said angrily: "Where did you come from, you can't come down yet?!"

said that he wanted Gu Meng to come down, but in fact, he had already made a move.

With a little tiptoe, he rushed towards Gu Ming, his hands hooked, obviously not prepared to show mercy to his subordinates.

Gu Meng frowned slightly, and swung his sword at the young man.

In a matter of moments, the young man flew upside down and rolled to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Before Gu Meng could speak, several young people immediately rushed out, all of whom looked impatient.

Gu Meng frowned and took out his sword, and one after another sword qi gushed out, which was extremely dazzling in the night, although several young people were also thinking about how to resist, but they were unable to resist these several sword qi, and they rolled down one after another, and everyone was injured.

Gu Meng looked at the middle-aged man who didn't say a word, and said flatly, "This is your sect's code of conduct?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Since you are here to stand up for the thief, why do you have so many rhetoric." ”

It turned out that Gu Ming's rescue of Xie Ding before had already been known to them, and they treated Gu Meng like this at this time, that is, because they decided that Gu Meng was for Xie Ding.

Gu Meng looked at the corpses and said calmly: "Let's not talk about Xie Ding, just what is going on with these corpses, please let me know." ”

The middle-aged man didn't speak, but the young man behind him was already impatient and said, "It's just that I killed a few mortals, what is your turn to say?"

Gu Ming's eyes were cold, and he suppressed his anger and asked, "You killed it?"

The young man said disdainfully, "What if I kill it?"

Gu Meng nodded, whispered a good word, and his body suddenly swept forward, extremely fast, almost in a moment, he was about to reach the young man.

The middle-aged man's face changed slightly, and he came to the young man's side in an instant, and struck out with a palm at Gu Ming, and the majestic qi gushed out from the palm of his hand, layered up, which was enough to see that the middle-aged man's cultivation realm was also profound.

It was enough to stop Gu Ming's sword.

Candle You was extremely sharp, and after a while, it still penetrated the qi machine, and the tip of the sword reached the middle-aged man's chest.

The middle-aged man said coldly: "Stop at this moment, there is still a way out, if you are obsessed, don't blame me for making a dead move!"

Gu Meng ignored the middle-aged man, but as he spoke, he handed out a sword forward, this sword was not the sword moves in the previous three sword techniques, but the sixteen swords taught by Liang Shiyi.

This is the most deceptive of them all.

The middle-aged man had never seen this kind of sword move, and he was a little distracted for a while, and only when Gu Ming's sword was about to pierce his eyebrows did he react, and Queen Cang took a few steps back.

Gu Meng took advantage of the momentum to chase and handed out another sword.

At this moment, the middle-aged man was completely flustered, and hurriedly avoided the sword, which happened to completely expose the young man behind him.

This is Gu Ming's idea.

He never thought of killing this middle-aged man in a short period of time, his real purpose was always that young man.

After the middle-aged man retreated, he suddenly understood, but by the time he thought clearly and wanted to come back, it was too late.

Gu Luo stabbed the young man's chest with a sword.

When the sword was drawn, blood was spilled.

Gu Luo stood in place, looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Flying Light Realm, isn't it amazing?"

He had already seen that this middle-aged man was a cultivator of the Flying Light Realm, one realm higher than him.

But getting out of it all is not a problem.

Gu Meng looked at the corpse and said, "He said that killing people is simple, so it's not difficult for me to kill him." ”

The middle-aged man looked at this young man who was so good-looking, frowned, and said, "Are you Gu Ming?"

There are a lot of young sword cultivators in Nanling, but it is estimated that there are only three that can make him suffer, and among those three, Gu Meng is the best-looking.

This incident is more definite than the name of the first kendo person in his younger generation.

Gu Meng didn't speak, but at least he didn't deny it.

The middle-aged man's face was ugly, although he didn't have any fear of Gu Ming, but he was really afraid of the real people behind him.

Since Chang Yi Zhenren made a move in the West Sea, now there are cultivators in the entire Nanling Tomb, and who else doesn't know that the Zheshan Sect Leader is a powerful cultivator who has reached the end of the Golden Gate.

Rivals are rare. Maybe a big sect like the Sword Court can be unmoved, but a sect like them can't ignore it.

Now if you want to bombard and kill Gu Ming, you have to consider the attitude of Chang Yu Zhenren.

The middle-aged man's face was ugly, but his tone softened a lot, "Gu Daoyou killed my sect disciple for no reason, and he always has to give an explanation?"

Gu Meng turned his head to look at him and sneered: "Have you ever thought about who I am, he killed these people, what reason do I have for killing him?"

Saying this, even if the middle-aged man understood, he remembered what place this was, and also remembered the origin of Gu Meng and this place, but he was still very unconvinced, thinking about Gu Ming, a guy who had already gone up the mountain to learn swords, why was he still worried about these things.

In that case, he is also to blame. ”。

These words, almost through gritted teeth, were uttered with too much unwillingness.

"But Xie Ding is a traitor to my sect, and he should be brought back by us, and I hope Gu Daoyou will not interfere!"

The middle-aged man's realm is one realm higher than Gu Ming's, and now that he says so, he has already given enough face to Zheshan and enough to the real person of Zheshan's master.

Gu Meng said unexpectedly: "I heard before that he is already the sect master of your sect, how can he, as the sect master, still be said to be a traitor to the sect?"

The middle-aged man's face sank, "This is a family matter, Gu Daoyou doesn't need to know." ”

Those things in the sect, the middle-aged man naturally won't tell Gu Meng the truth, but this time, as long as Xie Ding is brought back to the sect, Xie Ding will basically be under house arrest for life, as for whether to kill or not, it depends on their thoughts.

Although Gu Meng didn't know what Xie Ding would do, he didn't want to let the unconscious Xie Ding be taken away by them.

"He's a friend of mine, why don't you wait for him to wake up and go to Zheshan to take him back?"

The middle-aged man's face was hard to see the extreme, and he went to Zheshan to take Xie Ding away? Isn't this just a joke, when Xie Ding wakes up, he will definitely tell Gu Meng everything, and Gu Meng will be able to hand over Xie Ding at that time?

This is obviously impossible.

Then let them go to Zheshan to rob people?

Chang Yi Zhenren is still alive, and now in Zheshan, who the hell dares to trespass?

Today's Zheshan is not the first sword sect of hundreds of years, but it is not too much, at least it is not necessary, no one can provoke it.

"Gu Daoyou, do you really want to do this?"

The middle-aged man gave an ultimatum.

Gu Meng raised his sword and stood up, "Why don't you ask me about the sword in my hand?"

The middle-aged man squinted slightly, if he was asked to retreat now, he would not be reconciled, so he quickly made a decision, "Then try." ”

He is not ready to make a dead hand, even if he hurts Gu Ming, when the time comes, he will not have much to do when Chang Yu Zhenren asks.

Even if it comes at a cost, it's quite limited.

He winked at the other young men, and the meaning was already clear.

He wanted to drag Gu Meng and let them go to find Xie Ding.

A few young disciples understood, nodded their heads, and left in an instant.

Gu Meng frowned slightly, and wanted to take out his sword to stop him, but in an instant, he was stopped by the middle-aged man's fist wind.

Gu Ming's figure fluttered, standing in the distance.

The middle-aged man said: "Taicang Sect Xie Chang, I have asked Gu Daoyou for swordsmanship." ”

Gu Ming's face was expressionless, and his expression was solemn.

......

......

In the Dead City.

Luo Xue laboriously dragged Xie Ding into an alley, and the pair of master and apprentice soon ran out of breath.

Zhou Zhou sat on the ground, gasped and said, "Master, what is this guy doing with a straw hat, he looks like a country boy." ”

Luo Xue didn't know much more than Zhouzhou, she thought about it carefully, and then said matter-of-factly: "With such a big sun in the daytime, he must be afraid of tanning, you see, how white his face is, this is the benefit of wearing a straw hat." ”

Zhou Zhou felt that his master had some truth in what he said, so he nodded thoughtfully, but soon asked, "Master, this is spring, where is the sun so poisonous? Besides, you cultivators will also be tanned?"

Luo Xue was stunned, she really didn't think of this question, and she was a little stunned for a while, but who is she, who is she, who claims to be a smart and beautiful little sister, of course, she will soon give an answer.

"You don't understand, some of our cultivators, the practice of the exercises is too cold, he is like this, the more he practices this kind of exercises, the more afraid he is of seeing the light, I don't believe that you touch him, is it cold?" Luo Xue talked eloquently, looking serious.

Zhou Zhou really touched Xie Ding's arm, and found that he was really cold, so he raised his head and praised: "Master is really amazing, he knows so many things." ”

Luo Xue smiled slightly, very useful.

But soon Zhou Zhou's face was difficult to look at.

"Master, he's out of breath......"

His hand was placed in front of Xie Ding's nose, and he really didn't feel Xie Ding's breath.

Luo Xue turned her head and said calmly: "It's okay, it should be able to be rescued." ”

"How to save it?" Zhou Zhou looked blank.

Luo Xue said: "I know, it should be at the temple, you take off his straw hat first, and I will prick him with needles." ”

"Needle ......"

The corners of Zhou Zhou's mouth twitched, feeling that this was not a good idea.

However, he was still very obedient and reached out to take off Xie Ding's straw hat, and as soon as he took the straw hat in his hand, Zhou Zhou's expression became complicated.

Luo Xue was stunned when she saw him, and urged: "What to do, hurry up!"

Zhou Zhou couldn't take his eyes off, just looked at the sparse hair, and asked seriously: "Master, if you practice, you can't avoid baldness?"

On the top of Xie Ding's head, there are only a few sparse locks of hair at the moment, which looks very funny, no wonder he is wearing a straw hat.

Luo Xue was stunned for a moment, thinking about what kind of question this person was asking, and was about to reprimand her, but when she looked at it, she was also stunned.

After a while, she sighed: "Originally, it looked quite beautiful, but now I look at it, it's really ...... Appalling. ”

Luo Xue sighed: "Compared to the little junior brother, it's really too far behind. ”

Zhou Zhou echoed: "Yes, how can it be compared to Uncle Xiaoshi." ”

Just as he was talking, Xie Ding suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were cold and emotionless.

Zhou Zhou fell backwards in fright, and the straw hat also took off.

Xie Ding said coldly: "Who took it?"

Zhou Zhou glanced at his master, Luo Xue turned her head blankly, her heart beating fast.

Zhou Zhou felt that he was facing the biggest problem in this world, and if he didn't solve it, he would probably be gone, so at this critical juncture, he turned his head and happened to see the few young cultivators who came to the alley.

So he stretched out his hand.

"It's them!"