Volume 2: The Hero's Red Face Chapter 24: The Secret of the Iron Sword

The sun was shining, and occasionally a gust of mountain wind blew from afar, making the woods rattle, and everyone stood in the courtyard, their clothes fluttering in the mountain wind.

Xu Feng looked at the two mysterious people who came unexpectedly lightly.

His eyes were misty and distant, he stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and suddenly said: "Since the two of you are here for the matter of Tangjiabao, you must know about the tragedy that happened in Tangjiabao back then?"

He paused, and then continued: "The old man has already withdrawn from the rivers and lakes for many years, and he doesn't want to ask about the rights and wrongs on the rivers and lakes anymore.

The two of them were stunned, their expressions changed, the young man in white's cold face seemed to have a touch of anger, his expression was indifferent, his voice was even colder, and the whole person showed a cold and lonely state.

He said coldly: "I have heard for a long time that Xu Daxia's swordsmanship is exquisite, and his martial arts are world-famous, I can see it today, and I really have an extraordinary bearing, and I want to learn it in the next place?" He looked at Xu Feng with his eyes like a knife, and looked at Xu Feng fixedly, "Don't tell lies in front of real people, I just entered the rivers and lakes, just a scattered person from all over the world, no door and no faction, Xu Daxia naturally won't recognize who I am." My surname is Du and my name is Du Ding. ”

As soon as the words fell, the short and fat middle-aged man also said slowly: "Since Xu Daxia has seen that we are not from Tangjiabao, then I will no longer go around in circles, my surname is Zhao, my name is Zhao Guang, and I have a nickname on the rivers and lakes: Death Scimitar." It is a blessing to be able to see Xu Daxia's demeanor here today!" After saying that, he hugged his fist towards Xu Feng.

Xu Feng groaned, took a few steps forward, looked at the two of them and said slowly: "Let's just say it, what is the purpose of coming here today?"

His eyes flickered, and he looked at the two of them. Vigilant and vigilant of the movements of the two.

The middle-aged man named Zhao Guang smiled faintly, rolled his eyes and said faintly: "It's not a secret, we don't have a grudge against Xu Daxia, it's just a matter of being entrusted by people to be loyal to people, hehe, I might as well just say it directly, the lord of Tang Jiabao gave a thousand taels to buy Xu Daxia's head! ”

He looked down and played with the black scimitar in his hand, a strange glint in his eyes. An indescribable gloom hung over his face, and his whole person seemed to have shown a deep murderous intent in his body.

When Xu Feng heard this, he immediately laughed, and then his laughter suddenly stopped, and he said quietly: "You mean that Dai Yushan, the lord of the Tang Family Fort, gave 1,000 taels to take my head? Hehe, I didn't expect that my head is quite valuable!" He paused and continued, "Do you know the real reason why he wants to buy my head?

The young man, Dudin, was still cold on his face, as cold as ice frozen in a winter field. It's a sight to behold, and I can't help but gasp.

There was also a trace of cold murderous aura in his eyes, and he said firmly: "We don't know about the grievances between you, and we don't want to know! Lord Dai Bao promised that as long as he brought Xu Daxia's head back, he would give us a thousand taels, a thousand taels to buy a life, I think this deal is very cost-effective." ”

He stared at Xu Feng expressionlessly, and slowly took off the long sword on his back. Every muscle in his body was tense. Always ready to deliver the killing blow.

Xu Feng finally smiled bitterly and shouted in a deep voice: "Xiaoyu, take out the iron sword in Nanyuan." ”

As soon as the words fell, a small maid came out of the side room, looking seventeen or eighteen years old, she walked quickly to Xu Feng and bowed to Xu Feng.

Xiao Yu answered, and after a while, he took out a rough Xuantie sword with a strange shape and looked like a sword instead of a sword.

All eyes were on the sword.

This is a very ordinary iron sword, the blade is three feet, the hilt is seven inches, and the sword body is black, which is cast by Zhang Tiehe, the old man who cast the sword on Mount Emei in the past.

Zhang Tiehe has cast countless swords in his life, among which there are many famous swords that are well-known in the rivers and lakes, but this mediocre-looking iron sword is the last sword he cast in his life, and it is also the most inconspicuous sword.

It is said that when he was in the Zimei Cave of Emei Mountain, when the golden god was engrossed in casting this sword, a gust of wind suddenly blew outside the cave, blowing out the fire in the sword casting furnace, and this sword was only half cast, the dark iron has been burned black and deformed, and the whole dark iron has begun to take shape, and it is only a quarter of an hour away from the fire to be cast, but it was destroyed by this strong wind.

He simply discarded the unformed dark iron in a pile of broken swords...... I wanted to make this final finishing sword into a world-famous sword, but I didn't want to, so I unexpectedly cast it into a broken sword. And this last broken sword, as if representing his life, is destined to be mutilated.

Disappointed, he threw the remnant sword under the cliff of Emei...... Then he left Zimei Cave and disappeared from nowhere.

Back then, Xu Feng and Ma Xiaoyun went to Mount Emei to meet the head of the Emei faction, Hongyun Shitai, and when they passed through the Heavenly Canyon, they found this remnant sword.

The rusty remnant sword hung on the branch, Ma Xiaoyun pulled out the remnant sword, and saw that a flying crane was engraved on the blade of the sword. When Xu Feng saw the crane that was about to fly, he recognized that this sword came from the hand of Zhang Tiehe, an old man who cast a sword in Emei, Zhang Tiehe was a well-known sword-casting master in the martial arts, and had cast famous swords such as "Tianyue" and "Zen Star" in Weizhen Jianghu.

Seeing the crane carved on the blade of the sword, he was immediately overjoyed, and concluded that this was an extraordinary thing from Zhang Tiehe's hand, but he couldn't figure out how this iron sword that had not yet taken shape could appear in such a place.

Since then, he has carried this broken sword, which looks like a sword but not a sword, with him. And created a unique set of swordsmanship, he used this ordinary remnant sword to experience dozens of battles, large and small, defeated many swordsmen on the rivers and lakes. This inconspicuous iron sword has become a treasure that he can't put down.

The maid quickly took the iron sword, presented it to him with both hands, and then retreated, Xu Feng stroked the scabbard, and his eyes showed an extremely resolute gaze.

This sword has been with him for more than twenty years, looking at the broken sword in his hand, it is like looking at a brother who shares his suffering, his eyes flash, in addition to confidence, there is also pity and respect.

Na Du Ding and Zhao Guang couldn't help frowning when they saw this ugly iron sword with an ordinary shape and a little clumsy, and both of them were very surprised: this famous generation of heroes used such an inconspicuous iron sword, which not only looked plain, but also ugly and clumsy in appearance. Strictly speaking, this can't be considered a sword at all, just an ordinary piece of dark iron.

Du Ding still looked at Xu Feng expressionlessly, and the look in his eyes was even colder, as cold as snowflakes falling on a winter night, which made people shudder.

He slowly took off the long sword from his back, and slowly untied the green cloth wrapped in the sword, layer by layer, and actually wrapped as many as five layers.

When the last layer was unlocked, the long sword suddenly raised, and a compelling cold light pierced people's eyes, with a gloomy murderous aura, the sword light flashed, like a lightning bolt lit up in the dark night, and it instantly stabbed into Xu Feng's chest.

He made a sudden move, and the change was so fast that it was impossible to see how he made the move.

At this moment, the iron sword in Xu Feng's hand was raised, and he had already rushed forward.

His body shape changed, and he quickly turned sideways and raised his head to avoid the lightning-fast sword, in the blink of an eye, he had changed his body shape six times, Du Ding's long sword was like a flying poisonous snake, launching a fierce attack, one sword was faster than a sword, and it chased Xu Feng's chest and waist and abdomen several key points.

Xu Feng's iron sword flew in his hand, the sword moves changed, and he pulled out a beautiful sword flower, only to see the two swords struck in a row, making a sharp and piercing sound, the double swords flew like dragons and snakes, jumping in the air, the two kept leaping and moving, and the two of them were covered in a dense sword shadow like a spider web.

Du Ding took a fierce and domineering offensive, and his moves changed like a storm, and he had made ten moves in a moment, and his moves were vicious, all of which were killers. As if he would never give the other party the slightest respite, his figure quickly changed into various strange postures, so fast that it was dazzling, and he couldn't tell where the figure was or where the sword shadow was.

I only heard the sound of the blade cutting through the air, and the sharp sound of weapons clashing, which shook the hearts of everyone in the field and their ears buzzed.

In the face of Du Ding's fierce attack, Xu Feng responded flexibly, only to see him keep dodging and dodging, but his tall and mighty figure seemed light and elegant, and when Du Ding's sword was about to stab his body, he was able to skillfully avoid it, and defuse his fierce attack like a bamboo.

However, what Xu Feng adopted was to defend as an offense and a real way of playing, which made everyone present pinch a cold sweat for him.

Shangguan Hongqin and Xu Lengyue's hearts had already risen to their throats, and they were stunned.

The figures of the two of them were flying in the air, and the blades kept changing their moves, and before they knew it, the two had fought for a hundred rounds, but they still couldn't tell the winner, and they didn't even hurt the other party in the slightest.

Zhao Guang on the side stared straight at the two of them, and wanted to pounce on them several times, but the two were fighting fiercely, and he couldn't intervene at all.

Liu Ruyan clenched the hilt of the sword again and again, paid close attention to the situation on the field, and was ready to reinforce at any time, he thought to himself: Although Uncle Xu is mostly defending, he has not shown a weak trend, if he rushes in at this time, maybe not only will it not help, but it will distract Uncle Xu, which will undoubtedly put him in danger.

Seeing the fierce situation in the field, I could only wait and see what happened, waiting for the opportunity to move.

That Luoxia Niangniang looked at the field steadily, but she looked calm, she knew that Xu Feng had become famous for his swordsmanship in the rivers and lakes for many years, experienced dozens of vicious battles, and rarely failed, although now he has no advantage in age and physical strength, but his exquisite swordsmanship and pure internal strength are incomparable to the young posterior in front of him. She believed that with Xu Feng's martial arts, it was more than enough to deal with these two people, so she was not worried.

Seeing that the two of them had almost reached two hundred rounds, both of them were hot-headed, red-faced, except for the plackets of the two of them were torn apart, but they didn't really hurt the other party.

Suddenly, I only heard Du Ding's loud shout, and the volley swept straight up more than three zhang high, his body turned over and lifted upside down, spinning rapidly like a spinning top, and the long sword went vertically downward, stabbing Xu Feng's head.

Xu Feng's heart froze, and when he saw the momentum, he flew out upside down for more than a foot, and rolled on the spot, embarrassingly avoiding the sword that stabbed straight down, Du Ding's long sword grazed Xu Feng's chest, cutting through the placket of his chest, but it still failed to hurt his body.

Suddenly, the long sword swooped into the air, the tip of the sword plunged into the dirt, and the fierce force bent the blade of the sword, rebounded, and rolled up a pile of dirt and splashed it around.

Seeing that a killing move failed, Du Ding became angry, turned around and flew out upside down, bent his feet in the air, and the long sword reversed. A frog hangs upside down, his body shape changes several times in the air, his hands are flipped, and he dances with a cold light, and the long sword conjures into sword flowers, directly taking Xu Feng's back.

Xu Feng saw that the situation was not good, the iron sword in his hand was horizontal in front of his chest, and his body twisted suddenly, the iron sword shook, and he met it obliquely, but the move looked stiff and difficult, and there was no flexible change posture, but he lightly sent it away, and between one horizontal and one oblique, the iron sword was like a fast-moving snake, winding and sliding from Du Ding's long blade.

Seeing that the tip of Du Ding's sword was only an inch away from Xu Feng's vest, the iron sword suddenly slashed at Du Ding's sword-holding wrist.

He never dreamed that the seemingly clumsy and rough remnant sword could be used by Xu Feng with ease, he was frightened in his heart, and he hurriedly withdrew his sword to dodge, but it was too late, the iron sword had already wrapped around his wrist, if he didn't throw his sword at this moment, his wrist would definitely be lost.

When Qianjun was firing, out of instinctive self-preservation reaction, he had no choice but to dodge. But in the end, it was still a step too slow, and in the blink of an eye, the iron sword had already cut through his wrist, and he felt a piercing pain, and a long cut had been made in his wrist, and blood was dripping immediately.

With a muffled grunt, he fell from the air, took a few steps back, grabbed the injured wrist with his other hand, and quickly tapped the acupuncture points on his arm to stop the blood from flowing to the injured wrist.

There was a look of pain on his face, but more of a look of horror and amazement.

It was clear that his long sword could pierce his back, but the strange thing was that in the blink of an eye, the remnant sword somehow wrapped around his blade, the hard and clumsy remnant sword, but like a spirit snake, trapped his fierce sword momentum, and bit his wrist as sensitively as a snake devouring.

This peculiar move is really unparalleled in ancient and modern times, and it is simply appalling. He began to learn swords at the age of five, and he was already a treasure of the styles of the major sword schools on the rivers and lakes, but he had never encountered Xu Feng's strange and strange moves just now.

That elusive sword, skillfully creating heaven and earth, is simply not from the hands of mortals, but with divine help.

He shuddered slightly, a deep look of fear on his cold face.

He didn't believe that what was happening in front of him was real, preferring that it was just an illusion. The fear and shock in his heart seemed to have made him forget the pain, and he just stared blankly at Xu Feng and the remnant sword in his hand.

Zhao Guang was also shocked by this sudden situation, his eyes widened, he looked at Xu Feng, and then at the injured Du Ding.

After a long pause, he suddenly came back to his senses, jumped to Duding with an arrow, held him up, and said in a panic: "Ah, your wrist is cut, hurry, hurry up and stop the bleeding!"

He hurriedly took out a small white medicine bottle from his underwear pocket and sprinkled the white powder inside on the wound. He tore off a strip of cloth from the placket to bandage his wound, and said to Dudin with concern: "Are you okay? How do you feel? This is the best golden medicine, it has a miraculous effect on stopping bleeding." As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Feng who was standing at the edge of the courtyard.

"It's really evil, what kind of weird move did that old guy use, I didn't see any changes in his hands, why did he suddenly get entangled in your sword?"

Zhao Guang frowned, his expression was surprised, he couldn't have imagined that there was such a strange sword move in the world, he saw Xu Feng's unpredictable sword today, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised and admired, which was an eye-opener.

Dudin's face turned pale, he let out a long breath, and said bitterly: "I can obviously stab him, only an inch, just a little bit, I can kill him." ”

The horror in his eyes was even stronger, "But his sword was wrapped around my sword like a poisonous snake, and I didn't even see how he did it." It's so weird, it's so weird!"

At this time, Xu Feng spoke: "Two, but you still have to teach? I have no grudge against you, I advise you two to go back! Go back and tell the master of Tangjiabao, just say that everyone knows what happened in Tangjiabao back then, who is who is not his own justice and justice, if he repeatedly reverses black and white, obsessed, I am afraid that it will be him Tangjiabao who suffers in the end." ”

He looked at the two of them, his eyes were blurred and distant, "Go back and tell him that if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself! My Xu Feng's head is here, if you have the ability, come and get it!"

He stood in front of everyone, and Shangguan Hongqin wanted to step forward to help, but he waved his hand to stop him. The mountain wind swayed the hem of his robe, and the remnant sword glowed black in his hand. He stared at the remnant sword, his eyes flashing with a strange brilliance.

Looking at this sword, it is as if you are looking at your brothers and friends who follow you from birth to death!

A true swordsman must know his sword very well, love the sword but not the sword, the person who is obsessed with the sword regards the sword as a tool, and the person who loves the sword regards the sword as a friend! Tools can be discarded, but friends cannot!

Xu Feng said to the people around him: "This is an old grudge ten years ago, when I was invited by the Emei faction Hongyun Shitai to participate in the annual Emei Sword Meeting, Dai Yushan, the lord of Tangjia Fort, slandered me in front of many martial arts colleagues to bully a batch of silver goods in Meihua Villa, saying that I used the next means to kill Xie Laosan, the head of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau, this is groundless nonsense. In the early years, we did work with Shunfeng Dart Bureau a few times, but we didn't have any problems with each other, and I didn't have any reason to hurt Mr. Xie. ”

His eyes were surprisingly calm, staring at Na Duding and Zhao Guang, and recounting this old story faintly, as if he was not talking about his own grievances with Tang Jiabao, but the story of someone else's family.

He took a few steps forward, looked around at the crowd, and then said: "Later, I sent someone to secretly investigate this matter, that dart was transported from Qindi Hanzhong to Shudi Fengzhou, a one-way journey of hundreds of miles, and Jianmen Pass is a must-pass place. And Tangjiabao is located in the hinterland of Jianmen. Back then, Mr. Xie and the five dart masters disappeared along with the five truckloads of goods on the way.

I heard that there was a middle-aged man who collected medicine and witnessed this dart in the dangerous road of Jianmen Pass, encountered a group of masked people robbed, the two sides immediately started a fierce battle, the group of masked people martial arts are extremely high, the robbery dart is happening in the dense forest, it was dusk, the sky was dark, and the robbers were all masked, so the person who collected the medicine did not know the true identity of the robbers, and could only hide in the dark and peep.

After that battle, Mr. Xie and the five dart masters were all planted in the hands of those people, and they took the people and the dart goods away in one fell swoop......"

He recalled what the herb picker had seen. Naturally, this was also learned through later investigations. The person who collected the medicine was the only one who witnessed the whole incident, and Xu Feng sent people to find out the whereabouts of that person after several twists and turns.

It was from that person's mouth that I really learned about the mysterious disappearance of the dart.

Everyone listened quietly, and when Na Duding and Zhao Guang heard this, their faces couldn't help but change. With a puzzled and surprised expression, when they took over the transaction, they had asked about the reason for this operation, but what they had heard from Dai Yushankou, the lord of Tang Family Fort, was a completely different statement.

It's really hard to distinguish between the true and the false. And they are just killers in the rivers and lakes who make a living by doing things for others, taking people's money to do things for others, and they don't know more inside information and details.

Now, when I heard Xu Feng's words, I was completely confused. They couldn't help but wonder in their hearts: This transaction seems to be a hot potato, why did they take it in a daze? Other people's idle affairs can't be taken care of so much, as long as the lord of Daibao can pay us according to the prior agreement.

But right now, this Xu Feng's martial arts are unpredictable, and we haven't been able to succeed in one fell swoop, so if we go back like this, will Lord Dai Bao fulfill his promise?

Thinking of this, they secretly regretted taking on this deal of unknown origin.

Obviously, even if they join forces, they may not be Xu Feng's opponents, and with the wonderful sword move that Xu Feng just displayed, it is enough to conclude that he is by no means an idle person! With their martial arts, they may not only not be able to kill him, but will be taken down by others.

If such an incident spreads to the rivers and lakes, won't it make people laugh off their big teeth? How will we gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future?

They are now going away in front of everyone! Wouldn't they be ashamed to make them laugh at them, and what was their face? And they were not good at martial arts, but they could not help him, and it was really fortunate that they would not be countered by others!

They stood on the spot, their faces blue and white, and they were ashamed in their hearts, and they didn't dare to face everyone squarely.

Xu Feng said calmly: "I have no grudge against the two, I also know that the two are completely entrusted by others, and I don't know the truth of the matter, today, I won't embarrass the two, I just want the two to go back and call a word for me, to the surname Dai, just say that if he wants to catch the thief again, I Xu will be taught at any time!"

Du Ding and Zhao Guang looked at each other, and Zhao Guang suddenly hugged his fist towards Xu Feng: "I have heard for a long time that Xu Daxia is righteous and Bo Yuntian, we are just doing things for others and taking people's money, so we have offended a lot, Xu Daxia is benevolent and righteous, and his martial arts are superb, I have finally seen it, and I will bring Xu Daxia's words, and I will be ugly, so I will leave!"

With that, he stepped forward to pick up Dudin's long sword, and helped Duding to turn around and leave.

"Slow down!" Xu Feng's voice suddenly came from behind him.

The two of them turned around in a daze, but saw Xu Feng walking towards them quickly, and when they came to them, Xu Feng took out a pill the size of a thumb from his arms, and said with a smile: "This friend Du is extraordinary, I almost died under your sword, this is the old man's unique gold pill, it has a miraculous effect on restoring muscles and bones, you take it quickly, after three days, the injury will be fine." He handed it to Dudin.

A smile finally appeared on Du Ding's cold face, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Thank you Xu Daxia for your kindness, just go to offend, and please Xu Daxia Haihan! If it weren't for Xu Daxia's mercy, I'm afraid that my hand will no longer be able to preserve, Xu Daxia's benevolence and righteousness should be remembered in my heart!"

Xu Feng waved his hand and said with a smile: "That's it, don't talk about this, although you are new to the rivers and lakes, you can see that your martial arts foundation is good, I think that in time, you will be able to make a name for yourself in the rivers and lakes." Old man Rong asks more, dare to ask who you are learning from?"

He bowed his head slightly and said, "Under the Thirteen Young Sects of the Thirteen Young Men of the Mangshan Luo. Can Xu Daxia be a master?"

Xu Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed, "But that Luo Qianxue, the thirteenth young man of the Luo family, who is known as the Soul Chasing Sword?" His expression was a little excited, as if he remembered something!

Du Ding nodded, and replied, "Exactly, can Xu Daxia recognize the family teacher?" The golden medicine is really wonderful, and the wound on the wrist is no longer bleeding, and it is not as painful as Fang Cai.

Xu Feng looked into the distance, sighed lightly, and said slowly: "Yes, it turned out to be the thirteen young disciples of the Luo family, no wonder the sword moves are so peculiar and extraordinary." He smiled again and said, "Back then, in Phoenix Mountain, Langshui County, Xiangxi, I had a relationship with Lingshi, at first we had a misunderstanding because of the matter of the sword, at that time we were all young and vigorous, because of differences of opinion almost met each other, and then slowly said it, we really tried it, but I didn't expect to compare thirty moves, and we couldn't tell the winner!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly showed a long-lost heroic passion!