Decades ago, a family of sects moved into Wuyong City, and the number of people was small, less than fifty.

The sect is called the Heart Sword Gate, and the sect leader Yuan Yuelan's cultivation has reached the late Yuan infant stage and has not reached the peak.

At that time, the city lord of Wuyong City was not Sun Ligang, and the old city lord did not pay much attention to this Heart Sword Gate, so he let it take root in the city.

After Yuan Yuelan learned that there was another place in the city that was also named after the sword, she became curious, so she came to Yang Ziyi's Hidden Sword Pavilion alone.

At that time, Yang Ziyi had not yet used his real name, and was in charge of the Hidden Sword Pavilion under the pseudonym of Yang Qianji.

Yuan Yuelan met Yang Ziyi, one person practiced swords without refining swords, and one person practiced swords without practicing swords, this exchange can be described as a bull's head and not a horse's mouth, but somehow, Yuan Yuelan actually had a very strong interest in sword casting, and after concealing his identity as the sect master of the Heart Sword Sect, he entered the Tibetan Sword Pavilion to study.

Yuan Yuelan was worried that her behavior would be discovered by her disciples, and her face would be disgraced, so she also learned from Yang Ziyi, so she made a mask and put it on.

The swordsmiths in the pavilion all laughed at Yang Ziyi, who picked up a follower and came back from nowhere, not only to learn the means of sword casting, but also to learn how to dress up.

Yuan Yuelan has a lot of energy, and she is not angry when she is ridiculed, and she said with a smile that when he learns the skill, he will definitely make a peerless sword, and cut the other people's swords to the sword handle.

"You old boy, you dare to say anything. A swordsmith who knew Yang Ziyi's temper advised Yuan Yuelan to keep a low profile, "If your words are heard by the Yang Pavilion Master, I am afraid that I will scold you for being so ambitious and impure in seeking truth, and kick you out of the door." ”

Since then, Yuan Yuelan has stopped saying similar things, but the idea of "making a peerless sword" has always been hidden in her heart and has not dissipated.

The Heart Sword Gate is in a safe corner of Wuyong City, trying to avoid conflicts with other forces, and after five years like this, it is safe.

In the past five years, Yuan Yuelan seemed to have put the matter of cultivation on the back burner, and he put all his energy into studying the art of sword forging.

In just five years, Yuan Yuelan had surpassed most of the sword forgers in the Hidden Sword Pavilion, and refining a ground-level sword weapon was no longer a difficult task for him.

The progress is so fast, and he is the only one in the Hidden Sword Pavilion.

One day, Yang Ziyi called Yuan Yuelan into the cabinet alone, and then asked Fu Bo to guard the door and not allow others to approach.

"It's been five years, old Yuan. ”

Yang Ziyi turned his back to Yuan Yuelan, and the figure reflected by the spirit stone stretched from the house to the door.

"What have you learned in the Hidden Sword Pavilion in the past five years?"

Although Yuan Yuelan didn't know Yang Ziyi's intention to talk to him, he already had an answer to Yang Ziyi's question.

"Qiang—"

The long sword on Yuan Yuelan's waist suddenly came out of the sheath, and he held a three-foot sharp blade: "Everything I have learned in five years is on this sword." ”

Yang Ziyi didn't look back at the sword in Yuan Yuelan's hand, but as if he had eyes on his back, he opened his mouth to break through the grade of the sword.

"The second grade of the ground level is worth two middle-grade spirit beads. ”

Yuan Yuelan said proudly: "This sword is far superior to the ordinary second-grade long sword, it has reached the level of pseudo-first-grade, I think it is worth at least three middle-grade spirit beads." ”

Yang Ziyi sneered: "There is nothing fake or false, if it is not enough, one product is two products." Isn't the peak cultivator of the Yuan Infant Stage whose strength far exceeds that of the cultivators of the same realm also the Yuan Infant Stage, and it can still be called a pseudo-out-of-body failure?"

Yuan Yuelan was silent.

Yang Ziyi continued to ask: "A long sword is worth so much. How much is a human life worth?"

Yuan Yuelan thought for a while and replied, "Ordinary mortals are not as good as ants. Practice qi to build a foundation, and livestock at the same level. Yudan and above, depending on ability and background. As far as I know, in those assassination bounty lists, the highest reward price for the disciples of the small sect is only five middle-level spirit beads, which is still taking into account the Yuan Infant stage masters in the sect. ”

Yang Ziyi shook his head: "These are all outsiders, and the one I asked you about is my own person." For example, what price do you offer for your disciple in the Heart Sword Sect?"

Yang Ziyi said that to this point, he had already completely clarified the identity of Yuan Yuelan's Heart Sword Sect Master.

Although Yuan Yuelan had an accident, it was far from shock.

Of course, the Hidden Sword Pavilion also has a special intelligence agency, and in the past five years, he has just covered his face with a mask, and when he returned to the sect, he just made a few detours, if such a simple disguise can fool the past, then the intelligence agency of the Hidden Sword Pavilion is too mediocre.

Yuan Yuelan said: "The head is valuable, the friendship is priceless, and I can't answer the question of the pavilion master." ”

"Friendship is priceless?" Yang Ziyi suddenly laughed as if he had heard something extremely ridiculous, "You still have the face to say such things, how the sword in your hand is forged, do you really have no number in your heart?"

Yuan Yuelan's face changed, and she raised her hand and stabbed forward with a sword, but stopped halfway through the stab.

"I thought you understood me. ”

"Yes, I understand. Yang Ziyi couldn't stop smiling, "I understand that the Sword Sect aims to use people as swords, and disdain to use the sword to ascend to the sword." I understand that you Yuan Yuelan learned to forge a sword because she wanted to break the current situation of the declining Heart Sword Gate, and planned to find a perfect combination of people and weapons. ”

"But you're on the wrong track. ”

"Taking people to forge swords is not a great way, not to mention that the people used to forge swords are disciples of your own sect!"

"When you tried the sword, didn't you hear the mournful sound coming from the sword?"

Facing Yang Ziyi's gradually stern tone, Yuan Yuelan sighed.

"I hear you, but so what?"

"There are flaws in the Heart Sword Sect exercises, and if you are not careful, you will go mad, and I, as the sect master, have no power to repair it, so I can only watch my disciples die in front of me one by one. ”

"If they are going to die, why can't I forge this broken false sword into an immortal real sword before they die?"

"The living disciple is the sword of the Heart Sword Gate. The disciple who is about to die, after being processed by my hand, is also the sword of the Heart Sword Sect. Isn't it good to live and die as one?"

For a while, Yang Ziyi didn't know how to refute.

The information he got was only that Yuan Yuelan used his disciples to forge swords, but he didn't know that those disciples were dying people who showed signs of going mad.

"Did you do that, did you ask them for their advice, did you get their consent?"

Yang Ziyi was helpless, so he had to reprimand Yuan Yuelan's madness from the "humanitarian" aspect.

Yuan Yuelan said lightly: "Enter my Heart Sword Gate, no matter life or death, let the sect master send you, this is the oath they made when they knelt in front of the statue of the patriarch." Mo said that if he used them to forge swords, even if he threw them into the stove as firewood for burning the boiler, they would have no grievances to sue. ”