"Thunder Boy, the food and wine have been prepared in the banquet hall. Just as Xiao Tianhe was about to further inquire about the "Demon Lord" from Nangong Ting, the voice of the shopkeeper Xu came from a distance.

Nangong Ting put away the folding fan: "Let's go, Brother Xiao, let's talk while eating." ”

Xiao Tianhe followed Nangong Ting and turned two corners along the corridor and came to a spacious hall. The hall is as lavishly furnished as the foyer of a pawnshop, and the round tables in the room are filled with all kinds of delicacies, hot and cold dishes.

"Brother Xiao, I don't know how to drink, the cook of Jinyulou knows my habit and has always replaced it with tea. I forgot to tell the shopkeeper Xu just now, so Jin Yulou didn't prepare wine to send it, and I hope you will forgive me. Nangong Ting said politely as soon as he entered the door.

Xiao Tianhe hurriedly said, "It's okay, I don't like to drink either." A cup of tea is sufficient. ”

Nangong Ting smiled "haha": "That's very good." The dishes of Jinyulou can be called this Nanlang City, no, it is also ranked first in the entire Nangong Mansion, Brother Xiao should not be polite, please taste it. ”

"You and I don't know each other, but thanks to the warm hospitality of Ting Gongzi, I am grateful. If the son needs Xiao's help with something, Xiao is willing to serve. Xiao Tianhe's words have been pondered in his heart for a long time. Although Nangong Ting is open-minded, he should not be so polite, perhaps because he is asking for himself. In addition, Xiao Tianhe also has his own plans, if he can help Nangong Ting, it is equivalent to having a relationship with one of the four major families, which is very beneficial to his survival in the Heavenly Flame Continent in the future.

Nangong Ting smiled, poured a cup of tea for Xiao Tianhe first, and was about to speak, when the door of the banquet hall was suddenly pushed open. Xiao Tianhe turned his head and saw that it was a young woman.

The woman had her hair hanging down to her shoulders, thin eyebrows and starry eyes, red lips and jade face, and she looked very delicate. The white robe, with a red background and gold silk shoulders, and a gold silk belt around the waist, looks very capable. The bright clothes show her extraordinary identity and status, and the first thought in Xiao Tianhe's heart is: she is also a member of the Nangong family.

Nangong Ting was startled when he saw the visitor, got up slowly, and called softly: "Sister......"

The woman didn't answer, but nodded at Xiao Tianhe first, and then turned to Nangong Ting, with a slightly stunned look on her face, and said angrily: "How can you have my sister in your eyes? After being punished, I will look for you everywhere, you are better, hide here and be happy!"

"Hehe, sister, aren't I also doing this for our Nangong family? I left a note when I left, did you see it?" Nangong Ting snorted haha.

"Hmph, that's nonsense. If you want to find someone, why don't you go to the deep mountains and old forests, but eat and drink and meet friends in this Nanlang City?" the woman said, glancing at Xiao Tianhe again.

"You're wrong for me. It turned out that I was going to Ximen Mansion, but I just stayed in Nanlang City to rest, but I didn't expect that 'there is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to come', he is the person I am looking for. Nangong Ting put his hand on Xiao Tianhe's shoulder.

"Oh?" the woman looked Xiao Tianhe up and down carefully, and arched her hand: "My name is Nangong Xue." I don't know what to call you?"

"Nangong Xue", why is this name somewhat familiar? Xiao Tianhe carefully recalled that when Xipinghai was caught, the "eldest lady" of the Ximen family once suspected that he was sent by "Nangong Xue", could it be that the "Nangong Xue" in her mouth was this person?

"In Xia Xiao Tianhe, I have seen Nangong girl. ”

"I wonder if Xiao Daoyou has been cultivating for more than thirty-five years?" Nangong Xue suddenly asked an inexplicable question.

"Nope. Xiao Tianhe shook his head and looked at Nangong Xue suspiciously.

"Then did Xiao Daoyou join the other three families?" Nangong Xue asked again.

"No, there isn't. ”

"On behalf of the Nangong family, I sincerely invite Xiao Daoyou to join my Nangong family. Nangong Xue stretched out her slender hand to Xiao Tianhe.

Xiao Tianhe was a little surprised, and he didn't know what this so-called "joining" meant.

Nangong Ting patted Xiao Tianhe on the shoulder and persuaded: "Brother Xiao, you can join my Nangong family, although my Nangong family is only the third among the four major families, this is only temporary." The strength of my Nangong family is thriving, and it has been gathering momentum for a long time, and it will definitely be able to surpass the two major families of Dongfang and Beitang in the future. ”

"I don't know what I need to do?"

"Just represent our Nangong branch in the 'Demon Treasure Conference'. Xiao Daoyou rest assured, no matter what the final result is, my Nangong family will not treat you badly. The items needed for demon cultivation, as long as the Nangong family can afford it, they will definitely not be stingy. Nangong Xue replied.

"This ......" Xiao Tianhe looked embarrassed. When Simon's family was bound, he had heard the term "magic treasure assembly". Playing for the Nangong family at the conference, seeing that the opponent was someone from the other three families, Xiao Tianhe was a little reluctant. As for the demon cultivation items, he didn't lack anything, so he didn't care.

"Brother Xiao, you may not know much. The Demon Treasure Conference was held under the supervision of the Nangong family master and the elders, and it was stopped at the same time, and it was not allowed to harm people's lives. Nangong Tingdao.

Xiao Tianhe asked, "Will the other three major families also participate in the Demon Treasure Conference?"

"No, it won't. This is the Demon Treasure Conference within my Nangong family, and the other three major families will also hold their own Demon Treasure Conference, and we will not interfere with each other. ”

Xiao Tianhe nodded, it turned out that this "Demon Treasure Conference" was not the "Demon Treasure Conference" of the Ximen family.

"In this way, Xiao Daoyou might as well go back with us first, and the relevant matters will be slowly told to you in detail, and then Xiao Daoyou will decide whether to join my Nangong family. Even if you don't want to, my Nangong family is happy to have a friend of you. Nangong Xue was so polite that it was impossible to refuse.

Xiao Tianhe smiled: "I still have a question." You don't know my details, so why do you trust me so much?"

"Brother Xiao, my sister is also my senior sister, and her metaphysical knowledge is slightly better than mine. With your realm in the late stage of the void and the ultimate magic sword, you are exactly the talent that my Nangong family needs. If yes

In the case, Brother Xiao can ask your master to also go out of the mountain to join my Nangong family. Nangong Mansion is in charge of the southern part of the Heavenly Flame Continent, and there are countless Feng Shui treasures that can be cultivated, which can be chosen by the Venerable Master. Hey, maybe the place where the Venerable Master cultivates is in the territory of Nangong Mansion! I don't know where the Venerable Master is?" Nangong Ting became more and more excited the more he spoke, the person who can refine the best magic knife must be superb in cultivation, maybe he is still a master who is good at forging knives, and the Nangong family can't ask for it.

Xiao Tianhe didn't want to say more, and replied lightly: "Family teacher...... has passed away. ”

"Ahh......h

"Xiao Daoyou, please forgive my little brother for being reckless. Let's go. "Nangong Snow Road.

"Brother Xiao, I owe you a feast. I'll treat you well when I get home. Nangong Ting squeezed his eyes at Xiao Tianhe.

Xiao Tianhe hurriedly left the pawnshop with his sister and brother, got into a carriage after going out, and drove quickly towards the east of the city.

After leaving Nanlang City, the carriage galloped along the main road in the southeast direction. Xiao Tianhe suddenly remembered that Nangong Xue had just said, "Our Nangong family is a lineage", so he asked, "Nangong girl, I don't know how many lines the Nangong family is divided into?"

Before Nangong Xue could speak, Nangong Ting hurriedly replied: "Brother Xiao, my Nangong family has many children, and it is divided into three departments and a total of twelve families. My family belongs to the Guixi Department, the Nanjiang River. ”

"Guixi Department, Nanjiang Department ......," Xiao Tianhe repeated in a low voice.

"Brother Xiao, you haven't even heard of the word 'Guixi', have you?" asked Nangong Ting tentatively.

"I beg Ting Gongzi to teach you. ”

Nangong Ting exaggeratedly said: "My God, it turns out that you really don't know how closed the place where you used to cultivate?"

Nangong Xue also looked at Xiao Tianhe curiously.

Xiao Tianhe smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the two, my master is also my mother, since I was born until I left the mountain, I have never been in contact with others, and I don't know the situation in the world, so I smiled." ”

Nangong Ting patted Xiao Tianhe's shoulder: "No, no, I don't mean to look down on Brother Xiao, but rather admire." Being able to cultivate in an absolutely closed environment for so long is something I really appreciate. ”

Nangong Xue "giggled": "If you can have one-tenth of Xiao Daoyou's patience, your realm is far more than that." ”

"Sister, you're wrong. People go their own way, and there is always a way to cultivate that suits them. I've worked my way and I'm quite satisfied with where I am now. Nangong Ting didn't care, "Brother Xiao, the word 'Guixi' is well-known in the Heavenly Flame Continent, 'Gui' is the 'Gui' of 'Dangui', 'Xi' is the 'stream' of 'stream', and 'Guixi' is the name of a peerless magic knife. ”

Xiao Tianhe suddenly realized that the Black Sword Patriarch had said that there were eighteen peerless demon swords that he had cast earlier on the Heavenly Flame Continent, and one of them was originally called Guixi. "I've heard a little about the eighteen peerless demon swords, I don't know what the Guixi knife ranks?" Xiao Tianhe hurriedly asked.

"Seventeenth. My Nangong family has three peerless magic knives, and the Guixi knife has the lowest ranking. Nangong Xue said calmly, "The other two are the ninth-ranked Kunwu Sword and the thirteenth-ranked Deception Sword on the Demon Sword List. Kunwu and Batian are also the names of the other two parts of the Nangong family. As for the name of the lineage, it is based on the name of the city. The main city of our Nanjiang system is Nanjiang City. ”

"Then we're heading to Nanjiang City now?"

"It's not. The Nangong family has a huge power, coupled with intermarriage with various affiliated families, so there are many bloodlines. There are many branches of the Nanjiang lineage, and the number of people is too large to live in the same city. Nanjiang City is where important people of the Nanjiang system lived, and those of us who were younger generations were scattered in other towns in the Guixi department. This branch of my family lives in Nanlu City. Nanlang City is also our sphere of influence, and is now ruled by a subordinate family surnamed Yang. Nangong Xue replied.

Xiao Tianhe pondered in his heart: "It turns out that the situation in the Heavenly Flame Continent seems simple, but it is actually complicated. There are many internal lineages within the four major families, and the relationship between them and many affiliated families is entangled, and the power must be scattered. The Nangong family actually has three peerless magic swords, and their strength is not strong, and the other three families must not be far behind. Xiao Tianhe felt that the most important thing at present was to figure out the contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of the four major families. I heard Nangong Ting say that the Nangong family ranks third among the four major families, but I don't know who the first and second are, and how much stronger than the Nangong family. "I wonder what the relationship between the Nangong family and the other three major families is?" Xiao Tianhe asked.

"Divide and merge, and deceive. There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Nangong Xue replied very incisively.

Nangong Ting explained in detail: "For now, my Nangong family and the Ximen family are allied, and the Dongfang family and the Beitang family are allied, and they are opposed. In terms of strength, the Simon family is the weakest. Therefore, many elders in the clan opposed an alliance with the Simon family, but the patriarch insisted on going his own way, and we had no choice. He spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders.

"How can the patriarch's mind be able to figure it out thoroughly? Don't forget, more than twenty years ago, our Nangong family was still the weakest, and thanks to the leadership of the patriarch, the status of the Nangong family has risen by one place. "Nangong Snow Road.

"Hmm. After the strength increased, the relationship between the four major families became more delicate. Nangong Ting nodded in agreement, "Alas, if it weren't for those subsidiary families who were troubled by it, the Nangong family wouldn't have had to be like this."

"Some small families are just grass on the wall, trying to survive in the cracks of the four major families, no wonder they are. ”

Nangong Ting pursed his lips and snorted coldly: "If you want me to say that someone is deliberately trying to sow discord, otherwise we will not break with the Beitang family." The head of the Simon family is not a good thing, and he actually took the opportunity to open his mouth, and I suspect that he instructed it at all. ”

"Don't speculate without evidence. family

The Lord had a foresight and believed that he had a plan in mind. We just have to do our own thing. ”

Xiao Tianhe's question seems to have reached the key, and the Nangong sisters and brothers talked about it word by word, as if they forgot that there were outsiders around them. Xiao Tianhe was in a fog and couldn't figure it out. I just got acquainted, and it's not good to ask too much, so it seems that I can only get to know it slowly later.

Suddenly, the coachman blew a whistle and the carriage stopped.

Nangong Xue lifted the curtain of the car and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Through the gap, Xiao Tianhe vaguely saw the shadows of many horses shaking not far ahead.

"Yo, isn't this Sister Xue, why are you so interested in coming out to play?" a disgusting female voice came.

Nangong Xue jumped out of the car, and the curtain fell again. I only heard Nangong Xue say: "I've seen Sister Qiu, Brother Hui." I went to Nanlang City to find my brother, and now I am going back to Nanlu City. ”

"Oh, Brother Ting is also in the car, why don't you come out to meet you?"

Nangong Ting sighed and whispered, "Brother Xiao, please wait for a while." With that, he lifted the curtain and jumped out, saluting the comer.

"Brother Ting, you and I haven't seen each other for almost a year since we last said goodbye. I don't know how well your sword skills are cultivated? Why don't we learn from each other? The man's voice continued.

"How can my sword skills be comparable to my brother's? Brother, don't embarrass my younger brother anymore. Nangong Ting seemed to be forbearing.

As the saying goes: 'Don't be impressed for three days', not to mention that you and I haven't seen each other for more than three days. Let me see how your sword skills have improved!" and it seemed that the man had jumped off his horse.

"That's right, Brother Ting, you and Brother Hui will learn first, and I'll compete with Sister Xue in a while. "It's that nasty female voice again.

Xiao Tianhe frowned slightly, he didn't have the slightest affection for these two rude people. However, judging from the titles of several people, they should also be the children of the Nangong family.

"Brother, this is the road, not a martial arts arena, the competition will hinder others, let's talk about it when we have a chance in the future. Nangong Tingdao.

The man suddenly raised his voice: "Nangong Ting! I have good words, don't you be ignorant! Aren't you afraid that you will lose badly and be laughed at by passers-by?"

Nangong Ting finally couldn't help it: "Nangong Hui, I admit that I can't beat you, but don't think that you can bully others at will when you enter the late stage of the void!

With a sound of pulling out a knife, Nangong Hui said contemptuously: "Stinky boy, don't use Nangong Wei's name to scare me! If you don't mention him, I will be even more angry when you mention him! Just because of your great disrespect to me just now, I will definitely teach you a good lesson today!"

Nangong Xue was anxious, and hurriedly blocked in front of Nangong Ting, and arched her hand: "Brother Hui, Brother Ting is young and vigorous, and his mouth is open, and his cultivation has not been smooth recently, and he is in a bad mood, so he is not disrespectful. I hope you don't have to worry about him for the sake of your kindred......"

"Sister Xue, it's not your turn to speak here. I advise you to get out of the way quickly, lest I hurt you by pinching and pinching you. Nangong Hui said coldly.

"Haha, if Brother Hui accidentally destroys your flowery appearance, you will end up in the same fate as your mother. Among the people behind Nangong Hui, there was a strange laughter.

Nangong Xue's face sank, she rushed over in stride, and slapped the person hard, a crisp sound came, and Xiao Tianhe secretly said in his heart: "Good fight!"

"Let me tell you, no matter how down-and-out my mother is, she is also the daughter-in-law of the Nangong family, and it is not your turn to sneer at you!" Nangong Xue was also angry.

"Nangong Xue, you dare to be rude to my people, don't you know that 'it depends on the master to beat a dog?'" Nangong Qiu shouted.

Xiao Tianhe in the car shook his head and smiled, this Nangong Qiu's speech is really not level.

"Heh, you're right, he's a dog, and the Nangong family is the master! The master beats his own disobedient dog, it's right!" Nangong Xue sneered.

"You!" Nangong Qiu really had nothing to say.

"Sister Qiu, what are you talking about? Her sister and brother are so rude to you and me, they must be dealt with by family rules today!" Nangong Hui said angrily.

Xiao Tianhe couldn't help laughing, this Nangong Hui is really shameless, the positive is said to be the opposite, and the black is said to be white.

This laughter attracted Nangong Hui's attention, he didn't expect that there was still a person in the car, so he yelled at the carriage: "Who is hiding in the shadows and snickering? Get out of the car for me!"

"Xiao Gongzi, don't get out of the car!Lao Zhao, hurry up and drive back to Nanlang City!" Nangong Xue said eagerly, "Nangong Hui, the person in the car is a mortal friend made by my sister and brother, not a demon cultivator, don't embarrass him!" The kind-hearted Nangong Xue didn't want to involve Xiao Tianhe because of his own affairs.

The coachman Lao Zhao was already trembling with fright, and immediately turned the head of the car after receiving the order.

"Hey, just a mortal, still regarded as a friend? He dares to laugh at me, he will take his dog's life today!" Nangong Hui kicked his feet, raised his knife and flew towards the carriage, he wanted to split Xiao Tianhe and the car in half.

"Be careful!" Nangong Xue and Nangong Ting shouted loudly together, but it was too late to chase and block.

Xiao Tianhe was unceremonious, pulled out the Heavenly Venguity Demon Knife and broke out of the carriage, and was facing Nangong Hui's falling blade and slashing upward.

Nangong Hui was startled, he really thought that there was an ordinary person sitting in the car, and he didn't use any force when he made a move, only heard a "click", and the blade of Tianqiu slashed into Nangong Hui's magic knife, and with a slight turn of Xiao Tianhe's wrist, Nangong Hui's magic knife was broken into two.

"What kind of people have what dogs. The owner is so virtuous, no wonder the dog is so rude. Xiao Tianhe smiled coldly.