When they saw the figure in the distance, everyone was overjoyed. The two in front were Yao Huakong, the great elder of the Taiqing Sect, and Yu Ruijiang, the seventh elder, and Yu Ruijiang was followed by Tang Junhe and Zhu Xiaomin.

Zhu Xiaomin immediately ran over happily: "Senior Brother, Senior Sister Xiao, Brother Tianxiao, Brother Tianyao, why haven't you returned ......for so long" She suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, she looked at the embarrassed crowd in surprise, several people's clothes were all tattered and bloodstained, and Han Mingfei and Lu Baifeng's faces didn't look very good.

Yu Ruijiang could see at a glance that Han Mingfei's internal organs were seriously injured, and his brows furrowed: "I thought that if you and Bai Feng came together this time, there would be no problems, how could they be so seriously injured? Also, why are there three people missing?"

Han Mingfei smiled bitterly: "Master, this matter is a long story. Senior Brother Yan had left alone a few days ago, and he should still be on his way back to the sect at this time. As for Senior Sister Lu and Senior Brother Tian...... They were all dead. Even we survived and almost never came back. ”

Yao Huakong was very surprised: "It is so dangerous, Sect Master Li, he was also worried about your safety, so he asked me and Elder Yu to come to the swamp to pick you up and return to the sect, originally I thought it was a bit of a fuss." ”

Lu Baifeng recounted the experience in the swamp in detail as he walked, and the viciousness of Li Yanqing and Fu Wenxi's exercises made the four of them speechless, and the nine deaths of several people really made their hearts tremble. The Taiqing Sect had lost two outstanding disciples, and the two elders sighed again and again, sad.

"Why don't you stay in the sect and cultivate well, and what are you doing in the swamp?" Tianyao said.

"Besides, you, Brother Tianxiao and Senior Brother will be away for almost a month, and I will suffocate to death in Zhuyuan! This time, I begged bitterly, and the master agreed to take me down the mountain. I really didn't expect this experience to be so dangerous, fortunately you and Senior Brother are fine......" Zhu Xiaomin looked aggrieved, she suddenly caught a glimpse of something, and her beautiful eyes were round, "Brother Tianxiao, Senior Sister Xiao, you ......"

Tianxiao is holding hands with Xiao Liying intimately. Since Han Mingfei could walk alone, the work of carrying the fairy sword was transferred to Tianyao.

Tianxiao was startled by Zhu Xiaomin's question, quickly let go of his hand, and scratched his head embarrassedly: "Oh, it's actually nothing, the two of us ...... What's ......?"

"They're all such adults, and their skins are so thin. Xiao Liying is very generous, "Senior Sister Zhu, I want to form a Taoist couple with your Brother Tianxiao, do you think it?" She often goes to Zhuyuan, and she is naturally very familiar with Zhu Xiaomin.

"Okay, okay!" Zhu Xiaomin replied repeatedly, she already liked the amiable Xiao Liying, "Senior Sister Xiao, you just move to live in our Zhuyuan, me and the second senior sister, plus you, can form the 'Three Sisters of Zhuyuan'!"

Tianyao "fluttered" for a while: "It's also 'three sisters', the second senior sister and Senior Sister Xiao are like sisters, you are a naughty little girl." However, if Senior Sister Xiao also comes to live in our bamboo garden, those male disciples will be jealous to death!"

Tang Junhe also smiled: "Yes, if you want to form a Taoist couple, then you should move to Zhuyuan." As for the 'Three Sisters of Zhuyuan', I think it's better to forget it, we don't have the energy to make trouble with the little junior sister. ”

"Isn't it too early to move in now? After all, the two of us are still shallow in cultivation, and it is not necessarily a good thing to become a Taoist couple too early. When you go back, let's listen to Master's arrangement. Xiao Liying was happy with a hint of shyness, her master was the sect master Li Yuanxiao.

"What are you talking about?Seven Stars?Are you saying that the immortal sword used by Li Yanqing is the peerless immortal sword Seven Stars?" Yu Ruijiang, who was walking in front, suddenly said in surprise.

"Yes, Li Yanqing accidentally found the legendary seven-star sword in the swamp, but there are still prohibitions on the sword that have not been resolved. It is estimated that the Chenguang Sword Immortal was worried that the power of this sword would be too great, and the people of future generations would kill and rob it, so he set a ban to cover up its power and buried it in the swamp. It took Li Yanqing a long time to slowly wear off a small part of the prohibition, and it was in this process that strong aura fluctuations were generated, creating the illusion that the spirit treasure was born. Lu Baifeng said.

"The peerless immortal sword is far more precious than the spirit treasure! Where is the seven-star sword now? Is it here for you?" Yu Ruijiang was very excited, among the people who fought with Li Yanqing and Fu Wenxi, only the disciples of the Taiqing Sect survived, and the seven-star sword must be in the bag.

Lu Baifeng untied a pair of sword covers on his back: "It's this sword." After Li Yanqing died, I took it with me. ”

Yu Ruijiang hurriedly pulled out the seven-star sword, and the buzzing sound of the sword sounded so pleasant.

"That's right, looking at the appearance, quality, and faint power, this is really the peerless Immortal Sword Seven Stars! Great, Great Elder, look!" Yu Ruijiang was extremely happy.

Yao Huakong took the fairy sword, and he was also full of smiles: "This is the blessing of my Taiqing Sect, haha." Well done, well done!"

"This is the long-lost seven-star sword? Zhu Xiaomin stepped forward to admire.

"Not only is it powerful! This sword may change the situation between the seven major sects. Do you know why the Seven Great Sects became the 'Seven Great Sects'?" Yu Ruijiang asked.

Several people shook their heads. Yu Ruijiang explained: "There are no more than two reasons why the Seven Great Sects can rise among the hundreds of Immortal Cultivation Sects. One is because the patriarch of the Creation School was once a sword immortal who reached the pinnacle. However, the founding patriarchs of many other sects are also amazing figures, so this is only one of the important reasons. What really played a decisive role was the second reason, that is, each of the seven major sects had a peerless immortal sword. ”

Tianxiao, Tianyao, and Zhu Xiaomin heard Yu Ruijiang talk about other major sects for the first time, so they were very curious. Tianxiao asked Yu Ruijiang: "Master, I only know that the fairy sword used by my grandfather is the tenth ranked Chengying Sword in the "Immortal Sword Spectrum", I don't know what the names of the peerless immortal swords of the other six major sects are?

Yu Ruijiang replied: "The town sect immortal sword of the Night Departure Sect is named Qingshuang, ranking fifteenth, and it is the blade of the sword immortal on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

The one of the Red Sun Sect, named Chunjun, ranked the highest among the seven major sects' Zhen Sect Immortal Swords, the eighth.

The Cold Moon Sect's Zhen Sect Immortal Sword is named Fei Ming, ranking seventeenth.

Feng Ling Sect is the weakest of the seven major sects, and the town sect immortal sword ranking is also the lowest, and it is the last place in the "Immortal Sword Spectrum", Panying Sword.

Ethereal Sect, the town sect immortal sword is named Liujing, ranking thirteenth.

Tianyun Sect's Zhen Sect Immortal Sword ranked only one place lower than Chengying Sword, and the sword name Gongbu was eleventh. ”

"Master, are there only these seven peerless immortal swords that have been handed down?" asked Tianyao.

"And one more. The ninth-ranked fairy sword in "Fairy Sword Spectrum", the Dingguang Sword. For the water and wood scattered people easy willow dust owned. ”

"Shuimu Sanren, Yi Liuchen, who is this?" Tianyao heard of it for the first time.

"Yi Liuchen is a master of the Mahayana realm. But he has a lot of character and has never joined any sect, and the immortal cultivation world calls this kind of person a 'loose cultivator'. As for the name 'Shuimu Sanren', it was Yi Liuchen himself, it is said that the place where he lives is close to the river, and the river is full of weeping willows. Saying that, Yu Ruijiang smiled, "In this way, Yi Liuchen should be an interesting person." ”

"Master, where did he get such a precious peerless immortal sword?Also, there is no sectarian power behind him, why didn't anyone snatch the light sword?"

"This is going to talk about the owner of the Dingguang Sword during the Immortal and Demon War-Fanyi Sword Immortal. Although he did not start a sect, he accepted apprentices, and the Dingguang Sword was passed down in one line. Yi Liuchen also inherited the fairy sword from his master. As for snatching, it's not that no one wants to, but that no one dares. The Fanyi Sword Immortal once set the rule that the children of later generations will only be eligible to inherit when they enter the Mahayana realm and have the ability to keep the Dingguang Sword. If the master is about to break through the void and all the disciples fail to enter the Mahayana realm, then the master will hide the fixed light sword somewhere, and those who are destined will get it. The rules are stricter, but this is to protect the disciples of later generations, so as not to be coveted by others and unable to keep the fixed light sword, thus attracting the disaster of killing. Fortunately, for hundreds of years, he has had excellent disciples in his vein inherit the Dingguang Sword, and this generation has passed into the hands of Yi Liuchen. In addition, the casual cultivators have a wide range of contacts, and most of the scattered cultivators are friends with each other, coupled with their superb cultivation, even the seven major sects don't want to have a bad relationship with them, let alone the other sects. As a result, no one has dared to pay attention to lightsabers. Yu Ruijiang explained.

Tianxiao nodded: "I see." Then our Taiqing Sect will be powerful in the future, and we have obtained a peerless immortal sword, won't we become the number one sect in the world?"

Yao Huakong said: "No, at least not for a short time." You have all listened to it, the news about the birth of the Seven Star Sword must not be told to anyone, not even those who are close to you. There are many people talking, and if the news leaks out, it will bring disaster to my Taiqing Sect. ”

Yu Ruijiang agreed: "What the Great Elder said is extremely true. The seven-star sword has not yet been completely lifted, and there is no master of the Mahayana period in my sect to protect this sword. The other great sects would never allow us to have two peerless immortal swords. Now it's just one case at a time, and it's relatively balanced. From now on, the word 'Seven Stars' should never be mentioned again. ”

Sure enough, the closer you get to the edge of the swamp, the more people there are. Although there has been no sign of the aura for a long time, people will never give up when they don't see the spirit treasure. Although there were many people who could enter the depths of the swamp, even the team composed of immortal cultivators had never come out again, so these people had never dared to enter the swamp.

Seeing someone coming out of the swamp, the scattered people quickly gathered over, and as soon as they saw that it was the outfit of the Taiqing Sect, they all dispersed at once.

"Isn't this Elder Yao and Elder Yu of the Taiqing Sect?What, you also went in to hunt for treasures?" An old man wearing an apricot yellow Night Departure Sect robe stepped forward and bowed.

"Elder Zhao, it's a good thing. The two of us came here to receive our disciples, and now we are about to return to the sect. Yao Huakong returned the salute.

"So that's the case, I don't expect that with the realm of the two of you, you won't be interested in the Heavenly Earth Spirit Treasure. Heh, I am also here to answer the disciples of my sect, so many days have passed, and Sect Master Guo is a little relieved. ”

"Elder Zhao, this matter is very unfortunate, the disciples of my sect are traveling with the disciples of your sect in the swamp, and now only these few people are left. The specific process is very tortuous, and I will repair a letter after I return to the sect and inform Sect Master Guo in detail. Yu Ruijiang said.

Elder Zhao was a little surprised when he heard this: "There is such a thing, my sect also sent two disciples of the Cave Void Realm to follow and protect all the way, I don't know where these two are now?"

Yu Ruijiang was helpless: "Those two have died at the hands of the wicked." The two Cave Void disciples sent by my sect also almost died. I will elaborate on these in my letter. ”

"Since that's the case, I'll trouble Elder Yu. The old man still asked, I wonder if the spiritual treasure has been obtained by the disciples of your sect?"

Yao Huakong replied, "Elder Zhao, there is no spiritual treasure in the world this time. The abnormal movement of the aura was deliberately done by the wicked people, in order to trick the disciples of my great sect into coming and harming them. ”

Elder Zhao frowned when he heard this, and thought for a moment: "I want to hurry back to the sect to report this matter to Sect Master Guo." Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a later meeting. With that, he immediately flew away.

After this, everyone met people from other major sects one after another, except for the Tianyun Sect, several other major sects sent people to respond. However, only the people from the Fengling Sect and the Ethereal Sect stepped forward to say hello, and the Red Sun Sect and the Cold Moon Sect were already at odds with the Taiqing Sect, and when they saw that the leaders were the Great Elder and the Seventh Elder of the Taiqing Sect, they didn't dare to come over to talk.

The people around also heard the conversation between the immortal cultivators of the various sects, and everyone knew that the birth of the spirit treasure this time was actually a scam. What the elders of the Taiqing Sect said could be false? The news quickly spread, and the people dispersed one after another, and soon no one outside the swamp could be seen.

In order to save time, Yao Huakong took the seven-star sword, and Yu Ruijiang took Han Mingfei to fly back to the Taiqing Sect with the imperial sword first, leaving Lu Baifeng to lead the rest of the people back to the sect on foot. After returning to the lively Yanzhou, Zhu Xiaomin, who had not been down the mountain for many years, had a lot of fun, dragging Tang Junhe and Xiao Liying to watch this and that together, and tour around. Now that the swamp treasure exploration mission has ended, Lu Baifeng agreed to Zhu Xiaomin's proposal, and everyone slowly returned to the sect.

If Tang Junhe is a gentle beauty, then Xiao Liying is a beautiful beauty, and Zhu Xiaomin is a lively beauty, three beauties, three styles. The three men who followed them, except for Lu Baifeng, who looked like an uncle, Tianxiao and Tianyao were both handsome young men who were high-spirited and dashing, and this group of people walked together, no matter where they went, they were so eye-catching.

The weather in Yanzhou is not very hot in the middle of summer, and because the nearby green cloud swamp is very humid, Yanzhou is not dry in summer, and the climate is very comfortable. There are many well-known local specialties, including food, use, and play, and there is a wide variety of them.

For example, jade dumplings, fried star fish, white jade noodles, mille-feuille oil cakes, etc., are all very famous flavor snacks in Yanzhou. According to Zhu Xiaomin's words, no matter where you go, if you don't eat all the famous local snacks, you won't be here. There are also many interesting objects in Yanzhou, such as mahogany combs, incense hairpins, red clay rouge, enamel mirrors, sandalwood bead bracelets, etc., which are usually neatly placed on the stalls. These stalls, selling all kinds of handicrafts and souvenirs, are systematically managed, with fixed stalls per person, distributed along the most spacious street in the city. The street is very long, almost running through the entire Yanzhou City, and it is not far from the Xueqing Inn, so Zhu Xiaomin drags everyone out early every evening to go shopping, taste all kinds of snacks, and go to the night market after resting.

The night market in Yanzhou is also very lively. However, at night, there are a lot of mosquitoes outside, but people don't want to be stuffy at home, so the people of Yanzhou came up with a good way to repel mosquitoes: wrap a thin layer of twine on the outside of the incense with insect repellent effect as a candle wick and wrap it in the candle, and then put the candle in the lantern, and light a lamp when you go out at night to achieve the effect of repelling insects.

This lantern has a nice name - Xiangming lantern, which means a lantern that has both fragrance and illumination. When people come out to party, chat, and go shopping at night, almost everyone brings a fragrant lamp, takes a break in the tea stall and wine shop, and tastes fragrant tea and wine with friends, and talks about the mountains, which is a very pleasant thing. When staying in a certain place, people will put incense lanterns not far from the street, and sometimes they can form a continuous line of light along the street, which is very beautiful. The stars in the sky and the bright lights on the ground echo each other, which is not interesting. Because there are many kinds of trees in the Green Cloud Swamp, there are many kinds of incense made from trees here. When the candle in the incense lamp burns, the fragrance is emitted, all kinds of aromas are different, some are rich, some are elegant, when there are more lights on a street, the fragrance will be varied, intertwined into a sea of fragrance.

Although the incense lamp is used for insect repellent and lighting, if the shape is made to be the same, it is inevitably a bit boring. The smart people of Yanzhou have come up with many ways to make incense lanterns of different shapes, including palace lanterns, horse lanterns, lotus lanterns, rabbit lamps for children to play, puppy lamps and so on. During the Chinese New Year, there will also be a game of guessing lantern riddles in the city. Different from the riddle guessing activities in other places, the riddle lantern in Yanzhou of course uses incense lanterns, and the riddles here are divided into outer riddles and inner riddles. The outer riddle is an anagram written on the lampshade, and the inner riddle is to guess what kind of incense the candle is wrapped in the lamp. If the outer riddle and the inner riddle are guessed correctly, then it is considered a correct guess. In addition to receiving a fragrant lantern of the same style as a prize, you can also get some delicious snacks and fragrant tea, or very exquisite handmade products. Some people eat, some play, and some drink, and it is a festival activity that every family likes very much.

Coincidentally, this time coincides with the most mosquitoes in summer, and it is also the most practical day for incense lanterns. The people of Yeonju call the second half of midsummer the "Lin Xiang Festival" because of the variety of trees that make incense, all of which can form a forest, hence the name. In this half month, every three days, there is a large-scale lantern riddle will be held in the square in the center of the city, in addition to guessing the lantern riddles, there are various opera performances, and even sometimes there are everyone's beautiful hydrangea throwing activities. In Yanzhou, the Lin Xiang Festival can be said to be the most lively festival except for the Spring Festival.

Catching up with this Lin Xiang Festival really took advantage of Zhu Xiaomin's heart. Even Lu Baifeng, who likes to be quiet and doesn't like to make trouble, was dragged by her to go out shopping together. On this day, it was the day of the lantern riddle meeting, and the Taiqing Sect and his party also came to the square to participate.

"The two walked down the mountain,

Passing through the winding water river.

Several ups and downs have been hand in hand,

The wind and rain have come to an end.

Typing. "A beautiful lotus lantern with such a riddle written on it.

"A poem is typed with one word...... Can't think of it. Did you guess it?" Zhu Xiaomin fell in love with this lotus lantern.

The anagram is very difficult, everyone thought about it for a long time, and finally Tang Junhe came up with the answer: "Isn't it the 'micro' word for 'smile'?"

Zhu Xiaomin thought for a while, and said happily: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the word 'micro'!" 'The two of them go down the mountain together', buckle the side of the double, the beginning of the mountain and the horizontal under the word 'mountain'; 'passing through the twists and turns of the water and river' refers to the twists and turns of the word 'several' below the horizontal line, and the third sentence also points out the word 'several'; the fourth sentence 'wind and rain beat' buckle the original meaning of the word '攵' - gently knocking, 'the end' means that the whole word ends here. Second Senior Sister, you are so smart! So, what is the fragrance of this lamp?"

This little thing is not a problem at all for Tianxiao and Tianyao, who have excellent senses. Tianyao raised his nose and smelled: "It should be birch incense." Xiaomin, you go to the newspaper to read. ”

Zhu Xiaomin immediately jumped to find the person in charge of the test in the square, if the answer is correct, then the test person will send a medal with the number of the incense lantern to the answerer's hand, with this medal, you can go to the corner of the square to redeem the lantern of the same style but without anagrams, as well as snacks and tea and other prizes.

After a while, Zhu Xiaomin happily ran back with a medal, shouting as he ran: "Right, right!"

Such a beautiful girl ran, laughed, and screamed, and immediately attracted the attention of a person next to her.