"What...... What?"

As if a thunder sounded in their ears, Xiao and Hu Ji were stunned, and watched Ke Yanyun lightly peel off and fold the clothes on Qianmian Langjun's body, and then slowly put them in their bags.

"Isn't that weird?"

Ke Yan raised his head and glanced at the two of them, then raised his eyebrows as if he was asking himself, and said, "It seems to be a little strange......"

"Isn't it strange...... It's simply sensational!" Hu Ji frowned and said in a deep voice:

"The weight of the first and the second...... You don't need me much, as an insider, Ke Daxia, you should know better than us outsiders......"

"That's right," Ke Yan tightened his backpack and stood up, "That's why." ”

"Why?" Xiao scratched the back of his head blankly.

"Son," Ke Yan suddenly looked at him and asked, "If there are suddenly two high-level masters playing bench boxing on this Jianghu, one is the first in the lower ranks, and the other is in the second place, which one would you want to surpass the most?"

"Uh-uh...... Xiao was stunned, and then immediately affirmed: "Since you want to surpass, of course you are working hard to be the first!"

"That's right, that's exactly ......" Ke Yan hooked the corners of his mouth and chuckled: "Since ancient times, people here have a common problem: there is always only the first in their eyes, there is no second, you are so, he is so, and I am ...... too"

"This ......" Xiao and Hu Ji glanced at each other, then shook their heads and said:

"I ...... Still don't understand...... Why create a person who doesn't exist at all?"

Because in Xiao's mind, it is an extremely glorious and brilliant thing to be able to ascend to the first throne.

Ke Yan shook his head with a smile, and suddenly asked Hu Jidao: "His Royal Highness King Zhang, you have rich qualifications, and you must have heard of it, how did you get the title of 'Yama Sword'?"

"Of course," Hu Ji nodded, then raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and pondered:

"On August 12, autumn has just arrived, Liu Xuanyuan, the former first swordsman 'Guichen Sword', took the initiative to hold a martial arts competition on Taihang Mountain, and accepted the competition of the lower swordsman under the witness of the eight major sects......

"On that day, the masters of Taihang Mountain gathered, and the swordsmen from the south and north of the sea gathered together, but no one could survive ten moves under the sword blade of 'returning to the dust', and they were injured and defeated......"

Suddenly, a swordsman in Tsing Yi came out with a sword, trembling with Liu's seniors, and the two fought from noon to dusk, and from dusk to sunset, and the fight was inseparable. In the end, Liu Xuanyuan, who was finally in the year of the sixtieth year, was not strong, and the most proud 'Thirteen Swords of Returning to the Dust' failed to use it with all his might, and was caught by the Tsing Yi swordsman, stabbed in the arm with a sword, and fell off the ring, in an uproar, the Tsing Yi swordsman was still standing with a sword, his expression was cold, he did not smile, and the killing intent was awe-inspiring and was named 'Yama' by the world......

"Mr. Liu admitted defeat on the spot, collected his sword and went into hiding, from then on, there was no 'Thirteen Swords of Returning to the Dust' on the rivers and lakes, and the name of the first place also fell on the hands of 'Yama'... is so cloudy, all recorded in the "Jianghu Chronicles" of Vientiane Pavilion, Ke Daxia should naturally have read it. ”

Hearing Hu Jiwan, Xiao's eyes lit up and couldn't help but exclaim, but Ke Yan let out a long sigh, shook his head and said:

"Everyone in the world knows that Liu Xuanyuan is old and invincible to me, but I don't know that in that game, I haven't won at all......"

"What?" Hu Ji's eyes widened in surprise, "What do you mean by that......?" I would like to hear about it......"

"Don't look at the old man Liu, who is already an old man, but his internal strength is far beyond the reach of my generation...... Ke Yan slowly raised his head and said: "In that battle, people who are not strong ......

Actually, it's just me......

"On the surface, I fought with Liu's predecessors, but in fact, I was defeated at the fifty-third move...... 'Gui Chen' should have pierced me in the abdomen at that time...... But Senior Liu withdrew his sword at a critical moment," Ke Yan smiled and sighed, "The two fine steel swords were separated at the touch of a button, and the two of us retreated, I put down the sword in shame, I wanted to admit defeat, but who knew that Senior Liu shouted, turned around and attacked again, I was young and vigorous at that time, so I naturally met it again, just like that, I tried my best to attack, but Senior Liu always left room for it, just like that, I fought until dusk...... Every time I used the tip of my sword to gently touch when I showed my flaws, like a guide, I secretly wrote down the teachings of that battle, and I still feel that I have benefited a lot when I think about it now......"

"So, you are ......" Hu Ji frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "Liu Xuanyuan is old-timer...... Did you lose on purpose?"

"Yes, that's true...... Ke Yan nodded and replied.

"This is too sloppy, isn't it?" Xiao smashed his mouth, thinking happily in his heart, if he could sit on the throne of the first place all the time, he would definitely even smile crookedly!

"When I found out that I was not strong, and Senior Liu deliberately hit me with a sword, I was also stunned, and I was stunned with the honorary title that suddenly came on my head, and I was stunned in place, looking at Senior Liu smiling at me, at that time, I couldn't figure out the reason......" Ke Yan paused, then sighed lightly, and said softly:

"But then I understood. ”

"Understand?" asked Xiao.

"You only see the glory and glory in front of the throne, but you never think that the reason why the throne is so high is because it is piled up with countless corpses and bones!" Ke Yan's gaze slowly became sharp, "From the moment I took over the title of number one, it was the beginning of my nightmare!"

"No matter where you flee to, even if it is the end of the earth, someone will come to the door, fight in the open, fight in the dark, and want your life at all costs! I want to carry your head in exchange for that ridiculous honor! Even your former friends will turn into jackals, tigers and leopards one by one, looking into your eyes, there is only desire and murder!"

"This title is but a trap for mercy, as long as you are entangled in it, you will never, never, never live in peace! Those who are like wolves and tigers will chase you tirelessly, they will never drive you away, they will never finish killing, unless they see you die, see you fall, they will never give up!"

Ke Yan lowered his head and looked at his hands, although the surface was white and clean, but how much blood was stained on them, even he couldn't count it!

Xiao and Hu Ji were silent, indeed, no one cares what they will carry after the choice, they will only be hot-headed and blindly pursue the so-called success. As for whether the life of success and fame is what they want, few people will think about it.

Everyone wants to climb up the mountain, to be the most dazzling person standing on the top of the mountain, and think that after going up, you can always be comfortable, but when you push the person at the top down, standing in the most dazzling position, you will find that you can't rest at all, lower your head, and there are countless people with hideous faces under your feet, approaching you step by step! Step by step I want to push you down! If you don't want to die, you don't want your head to bleed, and your skin is open, you can only never stop stepping on them and kicking them!

Never rest!

"On that day in Baihezhuang, the owner invited me over under the pretense of going to the banquet, but in fact he wanted to kill me on his own territory......"

"When I stood on the top of the stone hill in the garden with my sword in my hand, and saw even two seven or eight-year-old boys rushing towards me with weapons on their faces full of murderous intent, I finally understood! What a wise person Senior Liu was, and I also understood what his smile on me meant to the end!"

"Later, I figured out that if I still want to live well, I must throw this name of 'next first' to others, and I must throw it out openly!"

Ke Yan raised his head, and said slowly with the clouds between the shadows of the trees.

"So, eighteen years ago, you invited the elders of the Eight Great Sects on Dongting Lake to hold that martial arts competition that was almost exactly the same as Liu Xuanyuan's predecessors?"

"Not bad. Ke Yan nodded.

"And what about the result?" Xiao asked eagerly.

"Heh, son, you're asking nonsense! If there is a result, you won't win the ghost sword!" Ke Yan snorted coldly and scolded angrily: "It's really sad! This year's Jianghu swordsman is really the worst one I've ever seen! The conference was held for seven seven nights, and no one could beat me in swordsmanship! Those people, even if I lost to them by releasing water, they would soon be aware that something was wrong......

"Therefore, after this competition, Ke Daxia's name not only did not transfer out, but made his prestige even greater, and even the Western Regions, Saibei, and Dongying outside the Central Plains knew that there was such a 'Yama Swordsman'......"

Hu Ji raised his eyebrows, turned his head to Xiao and said with some jokingness.

"Haha!" Xiao couldn't help it, and immediately laughed out loud - this is too miserable!

Ke Yan glared at him angrily, then sighed helplessly, and said:

"There's no way around it, so at that time, I had the idea of whether to fake my death once and find a place to hide for a few years before coming out......"

"What happened then?" Xiao forced a smile and continued to ask curiously.

Ke Yan's gaze gradually became deeper, he pondered for a moment, and said: "It's a coincidence, in the third year after the martial arts tournament, I drank alcohol in a tavern I frequented because of the death of a friend......

"This kind of trick is not an interesting thing in the first place, although the head is a little dizzy, but as long as you use the internal strength, it will not take a few moments to completely force the poison out. But when I watched the guy rush out with a knife, I suddenly had a plan!"

"I used to have a friend who worked as a busker before, and he once taught me how to 'pull the strings' in puppetry. So, as soon as I had dealt with all the people in the place, I set up a fire and struck a gong, so that all those who were following in the shadows and in the light would all look at me!"

Then, I picked up the corpse of a female killer in red, using a rope as a guide, doors and windows as a scene, while fiddling with the corpse like a puppet, and at the same time using the firelight, I directed and acted out a scene of two people fighting. Then, I covered the wound that had been pierced a long time ago, smashed through the window lattice, and jumped downstairs!"

"And as soon as I let go, the rope slipped off, and the corpse naturally fell into the sea of fire, and there was no reflection again, but in the eyes of others, it was like a peerless master carrying light skills, and quickly disappeared!"

Ke Yan took a long breath, and his gaze gradually became relaxed:

"After that, naturally there won't be much to do, acting, then acting, and then finding an opportunity to change clothes, put on a mask and come out to kill one or two night gangsters, and it's done-in this Jianghu, it's easy to spread the news, as long as you fool the people of Vientiane Pavilion, you will naturally deceive Xia Rao's eyes...... Soon, everyone knew about the existence of such a 'ghost sword' Ah San......"

"I really didn't expect that a puppet show with laughter on the street helped a master get out of trouble and create a non-existent person ......to come out," Hu Ji nodded solemnly, "What a wonderful idea...... But how did you get a duel on the gatehouse of the capital ten years ago? With so many people present, you can't use puppet shows to 'pull the strings', right?"

"At this time, the usefulness of friends is reflected again-" Ke Yan smiled and said jokingly: "I asked a friend who would never talk too much to pretend to be 'Ghost Sword' Ah San, and make a few random fancy gestures on the city gate. The fog was very thick that night, and those people under the city gate could only vaguely see two figures, one green and one red, jumping and churning, and I only had to act well, and finally the sword fell—as for whether the swordsmanship was used exquisitely or not, and even whether the posture of holding the sword was right, it was just the conjecture of later people. ”

"I'm curious, what kind of people would be willing to help you do this!" Hu Ji said.

"Can't Your Highness guess?" said Ke Yan with a smile.

"Presumably he must be a person who doesn't care about the world, and will not betray his friends because of worldly interests!"

"Not bad!"

"And this person must be extremely high in martial arts, and he can't be seen as flawed when he fights!"

"Not bad!"

Hu Ji and Xiao glanced at each other, and then said in unison:

"'Strange Doctor' Evil Qianchen!"

"Hahaha, how is it, can you figure it out now?" Ke Yan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "But with this second identity, and the second sword 'Wunian'——"

He suddenly pulled out the black-handled white-edged sword, and the feeling of slaughter brought by the cold and heavy sword body was completely different from the agility and elegance of the "Nianjun Sword"-

The snow-white blade reflected his eyes, as if a second "Yama" in the shadow world was staring at him, as if it were a second personality.

"It's also a lot easier to do some things...... Ke Yan retracted 'Wu Nian' and said slowly: "After all, there are some extremely filthy people with extremely foul blood flowing on their bodies, and I can't bear to let them pollute 'Nian Jun'." ”

Pick up "Nian Jun", he is a cold and arrogant gentleman with superb swordsmanship and chivalrous righteousness - "Yama Sword" Ke Dizzy

Put on a blood-red short robe and pick up the cold "Wu Nian", he is the cold-blooded devil who blocks and kills God, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha - "Ghost Sword" Ah San!

Hu Ji and Xiao agree with the general nod, after all, for such a man who pins all his emotions on a long sword engraved with the name of his deceased wife, it is normal to have such thoughts.

"Then such an important matter is now known to us...... Hu Ji suddenly changed his words and asked coldly:

"Ke Daxia, what will you do?"