Chapter 9: The Wind Will Rise

In Zhongxi Hou's City Lord's Mansion, Yan Xiao had just had lunch, and he was sitting alone in the pavilion in the courtyard in his single clothes. The wind suddenly became loud, and the figure flashed. The leaves fell, and the man came to him.

Yan Xiao made a gesture of please, but the person who came did not move, and still stood there upright.

"You, you, you're still so rigid. โ€

"I thought Master had retired and stopped asking about the world. "The voice of the man was so terrible that it was as piercing as nails rubbing back and forth against an iron pot.

"Why don't you think about it, if the teacher retires, what should you do?"

The people laughed, and the laughter made the ears hurt even more, and the headache was splitting. I heard him say again: "I brought something, do you really want to give it to that yellow-haired child?"

Yan Xiao turned his head, looked at the face of the unknown number one he had known for many years, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter?"

The man also giggled and replied, "If you are willing, how can you not be reluctant." If it weren't for the Immortal Realm, the apprentice would no longer need to wear a sword. It's just that this sword has rusted, and keeping it is also an ornament. โ€

"I understand your worries, but if this little thing has to be tossed for a long time and can't be solved, then this kid is also useless. โ€

"Is it Zhongxihou?"

"Definitely. โ€

"That's the little junior brother. โ€

Yan Xiao also shook his head and sighed: "Thinking about it, Bai Yun is also a generation of swordsmen, a chivalrous among women, although Ruge said that he attacked the mantle, but the swordsman has nothing to do with him. โ€

The person who came frowned and wondered, if Yan Xiao refused to go into hiding and was so sneaky and unwilling to make another storm, apart from his apprentices, what else would make him worry? Looking back, it was right, Zhongxi Hou had a famous sword and a dancing sword, and the child was even more amazing, hiding a room of famous swords.

I had a headache after thinking about it too much, so I had to take off the sword box I was carrying, put it on the stone table, and said softly: "I brought the sword, and I will go back, Master, listen to the disciple's words, let's disperse." If the master is in trouble, the three of us brothers will not frown if they break their bones and raise ashes. โ€

Yan Xiao laughed, laughed until he suddenly choked, his face was red, he stopped for a long time, took a sip of tea slowly, and then said: "He didn't want to, brothers, if there was no help from that person, they would have died on the battlefield in the past." Second, you understand, right?"

The visitor sighed, his words filled with regret, and said, "Master, the disciple respects your promise to the deceased. In recent years, that junior General Han has also been like the man in the past, sparing his reputation and fighting for his life. If not, I am afraid that in this world, there will be no more justifiable day. Well, I'll send this sword to his descendants for you. โ€

"No, you can send the sword to Ruge first. By the way, Ruge is a little injured, you might as well try his current skills first, if you feel that there is no difference, let him go, if you think you have generalized, be sure to capture him. โ€

The visitor nodded, put on the sword box again, and only walked a few steps before stopping.

"Second child, do you have doubts?"

The visitor still nodded, hesitated, and asked, "Master, in this life, can it be related to Master's Dao?"

Yan Xiao nodded, and the visitor didn't look back, but as if he got an answer, he strode away.

The wind whistled, coming and going. The people who came were a little depressed in their hearts, how should they judge the generality of the little junior brother? Even if he gave one-tenth of his strength, the little junior brother of Quansheng was not his opponent, and I really didn't know what the meaning of the master's words was.

A sentence in the wind said, "And tell the little junior brother that I am waiting for him in the Nanhai Guanyin Sect." โ€

The talent left, but Bai Lu walked out quietly out of nowhere, still red scarves and silver armor, like returning to the battlefield. It's just that her knife is no longer the tiger-headed silver knife without a scabbard, but a narrow knife at the waist, which is styled like a Tang knife.

"I said, why do you always feel weird, this Xiaoxi's city lord's mansion is on guard, it seems to be very ordinary. Yan Xiaoyan said with a smile.

Bai Lu walked to his side, expressionless, and said softly, "I'm here to say goodbye." โ€

Yan Xiao looked at her with interest and asked, "Then where are you going this time?" Are you going back to Peach Blossom Nunnery?"

"Peach Blossom Temple?"

"The fairy only has a few of you, you really want to go back, she just scolds a few words, and scolds her face for a few days. โ€

Bai Lu shook her head, knelt down in front of Yan Xiao, bowed a few times, got up, and said softly: "If you can have time, I hope to go to the Peach Blossom Nunnery again, fairy her, I miss you very much." โ€

Bai Lu turned around and left, Yan Xiao was a little surprised, and soon calmed down, his expression was calm, and he said behind her: "There are too many grievances in the rivers and lakes, if you can give it up, give it up as soon as possible, don't go far away, turn back to the fog, that is really not going back." โ€

Bai Lu was about to reach the wall, suddenly felt a gust of wind, instinctively leaned back, turned his head to look, but a few palms away, there was a feather arrow. Following the direction from which the arrow came, a burly brute with a red beard stood in the distance with a bow in black trousers and shirtless. His body, with muscles like rocks, was covered with stab wounds, and the marks of the past were clearly visible. Behind this barbarian, there stood a row of black-armored soldiers holding half-moon halberds and wearing scimitars at their waists.

I heard the barbarian shout: "Who is sneaking, is it possible that you don't know that this is the City Lord's Mansion!"

Bai Lu frowned and snorted coldly: "The dark arrow hurts people, shameless." โ€

As soon as the barbarian stretched out his hand, the black-armored soldier on the side handed over a scimitar, and he heard the barbarian laugh and said: "Since I saw that you are a practitioner, I will shoot that arrow, even if it is shot, the force is not enough to penetrate the breastplate." He just held the knife and slowly approached Bai Lu, waving the scimitar in his hand to throw out a beautiful knife flower, and the row of black-armored soldiers behind him also lost their original majestic and silent appearance, and they all began to make noise like ruffians watching the play.

Yan Xiao frowned, he frowned not because Bai Lu was going to fight with Qu Tianao, the general of Zhongxi Hou, he was strange, he obviously heard that this team of armor soldiers was still a hundred steps away from his side, how could he be in front of him in the blink of an eye. With such heavy black armor, it is impossible to hide the voice, and they don't need a reason to lurk.

"Commander Qu, what does this mean?"

Qu Tianao smiled at Yan Xiao, continued to dance the knife in his hand, stopped, pointed at the long knife on Bai Lu's waist with the knife, and said: "I know that this little girl is a guest of Mr., but when I see this knife, I can't help it all of a sudden, Mr. don't panic, I won't hurt this little girl." โ€

Yan Xiao frowned and sighed, his hand pressed his head, Bai Lu snorted coldly, and was about to leave, when he was stopped by the shouting of the Black Armor Army. Yan Xiao couldn't help it, grabbed the teacup and threw it at Qu Tianao and the others. Qu Tianao didn't expect that with the knife in the way, his vision returned to normal, and he saw a human-long flaming phoenix flying over with a wing.

"What is this for, sir?"

"You rough men, if you really want to do it, if you are injured, although your city lord will not blame, I will not be able to explain. โ€

When the black-armored soldiers heard this, they all laughed, and some even squatted on the ground, almost cramping.

Qu Tianao stood up straight, picked up the scimitar, pressed his left hand on his waist, and said, "That's it, I'm afraid that people will say that I am bullying you girl, one hand, one hand is enough." โ€

In a burst of shouting, these armor soldiers still look like soldiers, they are completely a bunch of ruffians and ronins.

The corners of Bai Lu's mouth were slightly, Yan Xiao also understood the meaning, with a wave of his hand, the burning phoenix turned into a red feather and withdrew into his sleeve, he sat back on the stone chair and stopped talking.

Bai Lu looked at Yan Xiao, as if asking him, Yan Xiao hesitated for a while, nodded, and seemed to let Bai Lu's subordinates show mercy in his eyes. Bai Lu understood, took a step, and a posture of drawing a knife was ready to face the battle at any time.

Qu Tianao saw that Bai Lu didn't move for a long time, he couldn't hold it, he dragged the knife and rushed over, and when he met it, he cut it down with a knife. Bai Lu's eyes shone brightly, and the speed of drawing the knife was like lightning, and he saw sparks splashing everywhere, and the two knives collided several times. In terms of strength, Bai Lu obviously suffered a loss, stalemate, and turned sideways, and the blade of the knife slid past. Qu Tianao's center of gravity was unstable and almost reversed, worthy of the veteran of the battlefield, he turned over with one hand, and there was no gap in his movements, and he turned around and slashed over.

The two of them keep you advancing and I retreating, you attack and I defend, and they seem to be comparable.

Bai Lu put the knife back into the sheath at this time, not only the armor soldiers were a little embarrassed, but even Qu Tianao thought that Bai Lu was ready to admit defeat and stop fighting. How could this crowd expect that this seemingly thin girl rushed over with an expressionless lower body, holding the scabbard with her left hand and pressing firmly on the handle of the knife with her right hand.

When he got closer, Qu Tianao shouted loudly, and with a swing of a knife, he saw that the air seemed to have been cut by his knife, and the things in front of him had a visual error like the refraction of the water surface at that moment.

Bai Lu still didn't think so, jumped slightly, pulled out the horizontal knife style, the blade of the long knife with a slight arc in mid-air, and swung several knives in a row. When he was done, he landed steadily, and slowly put the knife back into its sheath.

Turning around, he asked coldly, "Have you taken it?"

All the black armor soldiers were stupid, and they just stopped for a while, and one of the black armor soldiers began to applaud, and this group of people began to applaud. Whether it's Bai Lu or Yan Xiao, it's their turn to be dumbfounded, and the second monk is average. Qu Tianao scolded a few words and shouted: "Why are you stupid, your arm was just injured, and you can't move at this time, so don't you come to help." โ€

While teasing their general, the two armor soldiers came up to take the knife, and the other slowly put Qu Tianao's outstretched arm back, and heard a roar of pain, followed by a few scoldings.

After the matter was settled, Qu Tianao's arm also eased up, and he couldn't help clapping his hands, and clapped his hands vigorously, and said in that rough voice: "Little girl, the knife is good, I, Qu Tianao, am convinced, and I ยทยทยทยทยทยท obey."

The other soldier smiled and echoed, "It seems that the seventh wife of our Grand Commander has been found." โ€

"Believe it or not, you kid, I'll go back and tie you to the horns. โ€

Everyone saw that Bai Lu and Yan Xiao were stunned, Qu Tianao walked over, stretched out his hand to pat Bai Lu on the shoulder, Bai Lu was quite alert and dodged sideways, Qu Tianao laughed, and he didn't feel embarrassed. Just watch him twist his shoulders while moving his arms, and soon all kinds of fine lines appeared on his arms, and blood flowed out. Bai Lu was even more puzzled, frowning, although she said that she was merciful according to Yan Xiao's intentions, but she also used five, five, six or six strengths, so that this brute could not use his arm for a month or two It should not be a problem, but this brute actually moved a few times, and the blood was released as if he was fine.

Yan Xiao suddenly laughed, he understood, it was not that he overestimated Bai Lu, but that he underestimated Zhong Xihou.

Although Qu Tianao is a native of Sleepless City, this rough man can be regarded as a number one person in Sleepless City, and he is a general who helps Zhongxi Hou lead ten thousand armies, and he really has no ability to shock the three armies.

"That's because Commander Qu showed mercy. โ€

Qu Tianao smirked and said, "Thank you, I said that I had one hand, but I turned it upside down just now, and I didn't use the other hand." โ€

It was still the hippie smiling armor sergeant, and he added: "If the white girl lost just now, she should marry him like the six wives in front of the Great Commander." โ€

"You skin, why do you talk so much. โ€

Bai Lu couldn't help but laugh when he saw that this team of armor soldiers was giggling, and he didn't have the appearance of a soldier at all, and his voice was crisp and sweet.

Whether it's Qu Tianao or the frolicking armorer, he didn't realize that this girl in silver armor with a red scarf is just like the rumored Jiangnan woman in March when she laughs, beautiful.

Yan Xiao looked at Bai Lu smiling, slightly surprised, and then the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a smile. I heard him say in a low voice: "Good luck today, Bai Lu is used to using that silver knife on weekdays, and today this long knife is a little unaccustomed to it, and you two will learn from each other in the future." โ€

When Qu Tianao heard this, this little girl not only collected her strength, but also had something else hidden, and she was more interested, and said again and again, "It must be." A soldier gently patted Qu Tianao on the back, Qu Tianao ignored it, the man patted it again, still ignored it, the man continued, Qu Tianao was annoyed, turned around and prepared to scold a few words.

This time, he was stunned, Zhong Xihou stood a few feet behind him at some point, looking at this place expressionlessly. Qu Tianao coughed a few times, drank a few times, and then led the team with a serious expression and left in unison.

Zhong Xihou walked away slowly, glanced at Bai Lu, and guessed that this girl was probably the girl who Yan Xiao occasionally mentioned, the girl who cried at night with a famous knife on her back.

Zhong Xihou said softly: "Tianao is a rough person, and he is offended, so don't take it to heart girl." โ€

Bai Lu didn't speak, walked to the wall after saluting, jumped lightly, stepped on the wall a few times, and easily climbed over the wall and left.

Zhong Xihou asked, "Can the master recognize that knife?"

Yan Xiao pretended not to understand and asked, "What knife?"

"The knife on the little girl's waist. โ€

Yan Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, this style of knife really shouldn't be too public." โ€

Zhongxihou shook his head and said, "So what, a knife is a knife, whether it is a knife made in Middle-earth or a knife made in Penglai, the purpose is not the same." โ€

Yan Xiao was about to leave, but Zhong Xihou called out to him and asked: "On the day when Shizun accepted his disciple as an apprentice, if the disciple is not mistaken, the silver knife behind Shizun is afraid that it is a tiger head." โ€

Yan Xiao didn't deny it, just waited for Zhong Xihou's next words, and listened to Zhong Xihou continue: "There are too many famous swords in the world, and there are too many famous swords, although there are not as many swords, there are also a lot. It is rumored that the Peach Blossom Fairy has three famous knives, and the gods cry, the ghosts cry, and the night crys. If the tiger-headed silver knife is called night crying, then this little girl is afraid that it is not as simple as a ranger or a mercenary. โ€

"Yes, how could she be a mercenary, she's just a hard-working child whose parents are still there, and her parents refuse to admit it. โ€

Zhong Xihou frowned and asked, "Then, is Shizun her father?"

When Yan Xiao heard this, he was stunned for a long time, continued to laugh, and said, "Interesting, interesting, if I can have such a daughter, how fortunate I am, how fortunate I am." โ€

After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Zhong Xihou and left by himself.

On Zhong Xihou's expressionless face, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. Yes, although he didn't know Yan Xiao's age, his father-in-law also joked that Yan Xiao was his grandfather's grandfather enough, so when it came to his side, wasn't he his wife's grandfather?