Hong Chen followed the crowd to the Hero Pond where the night banquet was held, and found that this Hero Pond really had a big pool, twenty or thirty zhang square, and there were many lamps tied up with paper and candles floating on the water, and many lanterns hanging around, which illuminated the surroundings very brightly, standing here, you could also hear the uproar of the waterfall falling in the distance.

There were hundreds of tables and thousands of chairs set up by the pool, and the disciples of the Immortal Villa led everyone to sit down. Hong Chen originally followed Yan Yu and the others, but Jiang Xihe came to the side again: "King Xiaoyan, the senior of the gods, our owner invites the two of you to sit down at the top three tables." ”

Yan Yu was pleased: "That's great." Then he hugged his fist at Qian Xuesong, who had been following him, and said, "Senior Qian, I wanted to communicate with you for a while during the night banquet, but it seems that we can only talk later." Qian Xuesong smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, young people should get to know more powerful people, those who can be invited to the top three tables are not ordinary people." ”

Hong Chen wanted to refuse, but he felt very embarrassed to sit with Ji Cha again, so he had to follow Jiang Xihe to the top three tables next to the pool. They were the first to arrive, but after a few moments of sitting, more people arrived.

Among the newcomers, many of them Hong Chen had already known each other in the past, or listened to Liu Yizhi's introduction in the afternoon: in addition to the two owners of Ning Cai Rongrong and a few disciples, there were also Qi Ying, the master of Tianya Pavilion, his disciple Fang Shen, the palace master of Zhenhai Palace, Binghai Meixian Wu Yisi, the head of the Yunmo faction, Liu Shiliang, the head of the Yunmo faction, the elder Yi Po Yunxiao Song Xiao, Yunzhou Yunhai Jiaolong Yun Moxuan and several Jianghe Gang elders and many other masters. Liu Quan, who has been in contact with Xingyun Academy several times, and the ruthless Ying Hailan of the Imperial Sword Hall is also there.

In addition, Hong Chen saw that the two gray-robed people who had fought with him that night were in the same column, and asked Yan Ji, only to know that one of the two was Zhou Jili without a quick sword, and the other was Sun Lanxi, who was a sword without a trace.

Yan Yu said: "Few people know the name of the former three guards, and I don't know either. The remaining six guards are 'Golden Gun No Life' Zhao Liaoyuan, 'Jade Xiao Wuxin' Lin Tianhan, 'Silver Hook Unreasonable' Lu Suyi, and the known Ying Hailan, Zhou Jili, and Sun Lanxi. The six of them are all first-class masters in the rivers and lakes, and they are good at different martial arts. ”

Hong Chen said: "I used to hear the name of the Nine Swords Heavenly Guard, thinking that it was nine people who used swords to protect the Son of Heaven, and I wondered why Ying Hailan used iron claws, it turned out that there was only one one who used a sword. ”

Yan Jian said with a smile: "The 'sword' in the Imperial Sword Hall and the Nine Swords Heavenly Guard are all symbolic. Named after 'sword', it really takes the meaning of the sword leaning on the sky. The Imperial Sword Hall is an organization dedicated to the Son of Heaven. The Nine Swords Heavenly Guard is not a person who uses a sword, but nine people who are actually the sword of the Son of Heaven. "But I thought in my heart: Does this Sect Master Hong really don't know, or is he deliberately pretending not to know and playing with me?

At this time, the guests had arrived at a certain time, Ning Cai Rongrong got up to give an opening speech, many of which Hongchen couldn't understand very well, but what "righteous man", "hero" and "hero" were still quite clear and understood, and couldn't help but fly happily: I have been out of the rivers and lakes for so long, and finally saw the true faces of all kinds of chivalrous warriors, although they are ruthless to the people of the Demon Sect, they are tolerant and generous to their own people, and they are generous and generous, if they can go all the way with them, it will be much better than living the days of stealing and escaping all day long, and there is no need to be afraid all day long.

Then he felt a little remorseful and guilty: "Thinking about the blades I stole and looted with Ji Cha in the past, the original owners were all heroes, and I really didn't distinguish between right and wrong, it shouldn't have been." He began to think about how to clear his identity, tell others that he was not the leader of the Demon Sect, but was led down the wrong path, and what could he do to compensate those heroes who had lost their magic weapons and get their forgiveness.

But then he thought about it: "Ji Cha is hateful, but it has also helped me a lot, if I betray Ji Cha, it is also not a heroic act." For a while, he fell into inner struggle and hesitation, and even after Ning Cai Rongrong finished speaking, everyone began to eat and raise a glass of wine with chopsticks, but they didn't realize it.

"God Palm Senior, God Palm Senior?"

A series of calls woke Hong Chen up from his trance.

Hong Chen looked up and saw Jiang Xihe holding a wine glass, standing in front of him, bowing his head shyly, smiling like a flower: "God palm senior, Xihe has come to pay you an apology for wine." ”

Hong Chen hurriedly got up from his seat, and Yan Ji on the side had already poured him a glass of wine, so he picked it up and said, "Miss Jiang, those who don't know are not guilty, and it is better not to investigate the past." These words are talking about Jiang Xihe on the surface, but they are secretly hoping for their future situation, hoping that one day after revealing their identities, the heroes of the rivers and lakes will not be too responsible for their past mistakes.

"Thank you for your forgiveness. ”

Jiang Xihe smiled sweetly, put the white porcelain wine glass next to her rosy lips, then hid her sleeves and raised her head, and then showed the empty wine glass to Hong Chenyi.

Seeing that she drank all the glass of wine, Hong Chen was embarrassed not to drink it, and after raising his glass, he poured all the glass of wine into his stomach, and immediately felt that his throat was hot, and there was an indescribable bitterness on the tip of his tongue, and his stomach was also very uncomfortable.

After Jiang Xihe, several more people came to toast, one by one, with lotus flowers, almost saying that their worship of the invincible predecessors of the Divine Palm would not disappear. Hong Chen couldn't say anything pretty, and he didn't want to refuse to show favor, so he had to take a sip of a glass and kill a jar of spirits in a little effort.

The wine entered the stomach, but the drunkenness inside was eliminated by the strong internal force, Hong Chen was only uncomfortable and wanted to pee, but he did not faint. Other people nearby also came over to raise their glasses one by one, from Ning Cai Rongrong, to Song Xiao Fang Shen, to Yun Moxuan, Wu Yisi and others, the entire top three tables, except for top masters like Qi Ying and Liu Shiliang, were about to take turns drinking with Hong Chen.

Hong Chen secretly admired these heroes and heroes, and felt guilty and apologetic, so he had to fight hard and keep drinking the wine. However, he relied on his internal strength to support, and he didn't know the means of other people to take the initiative to dissipate the strength of alcohol, and under the suffocation in turns, he finally got drunk, and his brain became more and more dizzy, only knowing that someone was coming, he raised his glass and drank, and he didn't realize anything else.

Seeing that the Divine Palm was invincible and drank very quickly, his face was not red, and he didn't talk much, they just thought that his conceited hangover was clever, and they couldn't help but have some sense of challenge. Hong Chen gets more and more drunk, even if his internal strength is high enough to counteract the sweat medicine by himself, but the wine he drinks in his stomach does not need hangover methods, let alone one person, even ten bulls can get drunk, let alone a teenager who never drinks?

The others were staggered with each other, talking and laughing, Hong Chen couldn't hear anything, he only knew that once the cup was filled with hot wine, he had to drink it. I don't know how long it took, it was estimated that there were seven or eight times when Yan Ji helped him to pee, and suddenly a crisp sound suddenly entered his ears, and the cool breeze from the sky above the waterhole blew across his forehead, Hong Chen felt a little sober, and looked at the place where the sound came from, but saw two figures, standing in the middle of the water, both wearing robes and hats, one of them holding a long sword that reflected the light in his hand, and the sound just now was made by him with his finger flicking the sword.

Not only did Hong Chen see it, but the heroes of the rivers and lakes also saw it, and at first they thought it was a performance arranged by Ning Cai and Rong Rong, but even these two owners were confused. The person who played the sword stretched out his finger and knocked on the sword body several times, and the pleasant sound of the sword spread throughout the mountaintop, Qi Ying and Liu Shiliang were the first to react, and said in unison: "'Sword Maniac' Luo Qinghan!"

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