In a hurry, Huang Xiao and Chen Xiangrong stayed overnight in a small town in front of them, and then hurried to the direction of Jicheng the next day.

Four days later, the two finally arrived in Jicheng, which could have arrived faster at Huang Xiao's speed, but in order to take care of Chen Xiangrong, it was a little slower, and it took four days, but this time is still abundant, and five days later is a good day for the Ou family's divine sword to start.

In the past four days, Huang Xiao has chatted with Chen Xiangrong a lot, for this Chen Xiangrong, Huang Xiao is a little curious, his bearing is extraordinary, even if he has now lost the 'Quartet Firm', he is still very calm when threatened by Lin Jian at all times.

In this regard, Huang Xiao admired Chen Xiangrong a little, in addition, Chen Xiangrong gave Huang Xiao a vague feeling that he couldn't see through, he couldn't see through this fat man, this was just a feeling, but unfortunately Huang Xiao didn't have any evidence.

After staying in an inn in Jicheng, Chen Xiangrong came to Huang Xiao's room.

"Huang Daxia, I'll go out first to inform the people of the Ou family, if nothing happens, we should be able to go to the Ou family tomorrow. Chen Xiangrong said to Huang Xiao.

Along the way, Huang Xiao also learned some about the Ou family from Chen Xiangrong.

The Ou family is not in Jicheng, but is located in a mountain called Yanshan fifty miles north of Jicheng.

Generally, the people of the Ou family will not allow people in the rivers and lakes to get close to the ten miles of Yanshan, even if it is a big customer of the Ou family like Chen Xiangrong, there is no way to enter directly.

First of all, he also had to contact the Ou family personnel stationed in Jicheng, and through their arrangements, he would be escorted to Yanshan by the Ou family.

Under normal circumstances, with Chen Xiangrong's identity, he will be arranged the next day. If some people with lower status, then they don't know how many days they will have to wait to be received by the Ou family.

Huang Xiao also learned from Chen Xiangrong that this Ou family was really a branch of the Ou family as he heard at the time.

However, there is some interesting in this, it is said that the descendants of the Ou family have withered, and there is no one left, and it is already declining in Huangzhou, on the contrary, this branch in Yanshan is thriving, and now there is a faint momentum of the main family, and some branches in other places are completely inferior to this one.

Over the years, the Yanshan Ou family has created swords and swords from time to time, and then invited people in the rivers and lakes to watch, which is a means for him to improve his influence, even if he is now prosperous, but in order to replace the Ou family's position as the main family, it is still necessary to build momentum.

Every time a sword is born, it is a hot topic in the rivers and lakes, in the past hundred years, Yanshan Oujia's actions are becoming more and more frequent, once decades before a sword or sword is baked, and now maybe ten years is enough, or even less than ten years, this influence is naturally getting bigger and bigger.

The people in the rivers and lakes now gradually only know the Ou family in Yanshan, but they don't know the Ou family in Huangzhou.

"Be careful yourself, I don't want you to die before you enter the Ou family, then I will be busy in vain. Huang Xiao said.

Chen Xiangrong went out, Huang Xiao didn't bother to care, he just needed Chen Xiangrong to take him into the Ou family at that time.

"Don't worry, this Jicheng is also a sphere of influence of the Ou family, Lin Jian doesn't dare to make a move in the city, even if it is the 'Heavenly Sword Sect', he has to restrain it. Chen Xiangrong said.

Huang Xiao nodded and said, "Okay, I'm also going to walk around the city." ”

After seeing Chen Xiangrong leave, Huang Xiao sighed and said, "As a martial arts supreme sect, the 'Heavenly Sword Sect' doesn't seem to be so powerful now. ”

Huang Xiao also understands this, after all, the 'Heavenly Sword Sect' is almost subordinate to the 'Sword Pavilion', even if it is the Supreme of the Martial Arts, it is also allowed by the 'Sword Pavilion', otherwise how can he sit firmly.

There are many powerful forces in the rivers and lakes that the 'Heavenly Sword Sect' can't provoke, and some are the local head snakes, such as the Ou family, who have great influence in Jicheng, and the 'Heavenly Sword Sect' is the nominal martial arts supreme, and they have to give the Ou family a face in Jicheng.

In particular, the Ou family is still a casting family, proficient in the art of casting, and there are countless sects in the rivers and lakes that ask for him, which makes the Ou family's status in the rivers and lakes somewhat special.

After Chen Xiangrong left the inn, Huang Xiao also went out not long after.

Huang Xiao found that this Ji City was much more prosperous than Misty City, and the pedestrians on the street were several times that of Misty City.

Chaotic states are still relatively chaotic anyway, other states can't be compared, it's normal to be sparsely populated, and Huang Xiao doesn't care about it in his heart.

Remembering that he hadn't eaten yet, he couldn't help but find a restaurant to sit down.

This restaurant is not only for eating, but also to hear a lot of news, even if most of these news are irrelevant, but for Huang Xiao, it is still enough.

He is here now, and he doesn't know much about Jicheng, even if it is the Ou family, he only knows some from Chen Xiangrong, and can't know more.

Now in Jicheng, there are a lot of people in the rivers and lakes, presumably these are all for the Ou family's divine sword to open this time.

In this restaurant alone, more than eighty percent of the people are from the rivers and lakes.

The rest are bold people, after all, it still takes a lot of courage to sit with so many people in the rivers and lakes.

Huang Xiao occupied a table alone, ordered some good dishes and a pot of wine in the restaurant, and listened to the conversation of the people in the rivers and lakes around him.

"Do you know what the name of the Ou family's divine sword this time is?"

"How? you know?"

"Of course, one of my uncles works in the Ou family, I can tell you that this divine sword is called 'True Dragon', it is said that it took the Ou family ten years to create this sword, and it also added a piece of the scales of the divine beast Jiaolong. ”

"This~~ This is incredible, there are even dragon scales, this 'real dragon sword' was born, I'm afraid it is enough to be on the list of famous swords in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Sure, it can definitely become a world-famous divine sword. The Ou family has built too many divine sword swords, and they all say that this 'true dragon' is almost their pinnacle. Yanshan Ou family, that is the real family of craftsmen. ”

Hearing this person's somewhat excited look, the person on the side couldn't help but whisper: "The 'Craftsman God Family' should be the Ou family in Huangzhou, right?"

"Hmph, the Ou family in Huangzhou is a fart, they are withering, for so many years, they have never cast any decent divine weapons, only the Yanshan Ou family can carry forward the casting technique, this is the real 'craftsman family'. ”

"But I heard that the Ou family in Huangzhou wants to build a god-defying weapon, and the 'craftsman god' Ou Jin is in charge. The man on the side said that he obviously knew something about the Ou family.

When Huang Xiao heard this, his heart moved, and he heard about the 'craftsman god' Ou Jin again, at that time, Dao Xuanzi had said that the 'Sword King' Wang Jiu had also asked Ou Jin for the art of casting, but was this Ou Jin the old man he met in the 'Misty Mountain' at that time?

"That's all nonsense, obviously the Ou family in Huangzhou is unwilling to say this, of course, that Ou Jin is indeed a little powerful, and the casting technique is very strong, but it's a pity that he has been missing for a long time, who knows whether he is alive or dead. Without Ou Jin, the Ou family in Huangzhou would be nothing, and how could the remaining people be the opponents of those masters of the Ou family in Yanshan. ”

"Fart~~ Yanshan Ou's family is a fart!" Suddenly, a young man in the restaurant slammed the table and shouted.

Huang Xiao was a little surprised, turned his head to look, and saw a young man about twenty or thirty years old walking in front of the person who spoke out with an angry face.

The man glanced at the young man and said in a somewhat unkind tone, "I wonder what you have to say?"

He obviously supports the Yanshan Ou family, because his uncle is in the Ou family, and with the Ou family as a backer, he has gained a lot of benefits outside, so he naturally hopes that the Yanshan Ou family is as strong as possible, and it is best to take the name of the 'craftsman family'.

After so many years, the strength of the Yanshan Ou family has risen sharply, and countless divine weapons have been cast, but the Huangzhou Ou family still maintains the identity of the head of the Ou family, and naturally inherits the name of the 'craftsman family'.

And all this is what the Yanshan Ou family wants, everything they are doing now is to get the title of this 'craftsman family', and get this title, that is, when the Yanshan Ou family becomes the main family and is recognized by the world.

"It's just some ordinary swords, and it's not worth mentioning at all. The young man snorted coldly.

"Oh, boy, it seems that you are here to find fault? Let me ask you, in the past 100 years, the Yanshan Ou family has not counted this 'True Dragon Sword', but has cast 3 divine swords and 2 divine swords, and what has the Huangzhou Ou family been able to do in the past 100 years? It is said that the 'craftsman god' Ou Jin is a character who can turn the tide of the Huangzhou Ou family, but it is also to create a very powerful 'Supreme Magic Knife' imitation knife, right? And this imitation knife is said to be dissatisfied, and it melted back to the furnace. I see, what makes him dissatisfied, that is, he has failed, and looking for such an excuse is just fooling ordinary people, what kind of 'craftsman god', that is just a vain name. ”

"Jokes, magic weapons, how can you judge victory and defeat by quantity?" said the young man with a disdainful sneer.

"Yo he, what kind of powerful magic weapon does the Ou family in Huangzhou have, won't you say that you have created a treasure knife, and then say that you can't be satisfied, and then return to the furnace, right?" haha~~"

The young man wanted to refute, but an old man hurriedly walked up to the young man and whispered, "Young master, why do you want to be angry with these people? ”

"Wait, in five days, I'll let you know what a frog at the bottom of the well is!" said the young man, taking a deep breath and calming down his anger just now.

After saying that, he walked out of the restaurant.

"What kind of people are these, self-righteous, hey, five days later, that will be the time when the Yanshan Ou family is justified and achieves the prestige of the 'craftsman family'. ”

After Huang Xiao drank all the wine in the cup, after watching the young man leave, his face showed a thoughtful expression.

After thinking for a while, Huang Xiao couldn't help but smile, and secretly said in his heart: "It seems that something interesting will happen this time." ”

When Huang Xiao was in the restaurant, Chen Xiangrong went to the back door of an ordinary house.

He paused here for a moment, then leaped over the wall and into the house.

When he entered, a middle-aged man greeted him, bowed and said, "I've seen my lord." ”

Chen Xiangrong waved his hand and walked straight forward.

The middle-aged man hurriedly followed him.

Chen Xiangrong walked to the door of the study with a familiar car, stood still here, and asked without looking back: "Are you done with everything?"

"Yes, my lord, my subordinate is trying to report to you. The middle-aged man replied respectfully.

"Very good!" Chen Xiangrong walked towards the study, and the door of the study opened automatically.

Chen Xiangrong walked behind the desk in the study, and when he sat down, he leaned back slightly, leaned back on the chair, and closed his eyes slightly, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate.

When the two entered the study, the door closed automatically.

After the middle-aged man saw Chen Xiangrong's appearance, he knew that he should report, he didn't dare to sit down, although there was a chair next to him, but he didn't let himself sit down, he never dared.

"My lord, in the past few days, Lin Jian and the people of the 'Heavenly Sword Sect' have quickly cleaned up the eighteen businesses, and they are starting to take over the business of the eighteen businesses, and the 'Quartet Firms' are the first to bear the brunt, however, the subordinates have already prepared, and those who have been cleaned up are not important personnel. The middle-aged man reported.

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man carefully glanced at Chen Xiangrong, only to see Chen Xiangrong, with his right hand on the table, his fingers tapping lightly on the table, without making a sound.

So he continued: "According to the plan, the subordinates have already prepared the manpower, as long as the lord gives an order, they can quickly take over the eighteen merchants, and remove all the men and horses of the 'Heavenly Sword Sect', so that they can make the bamboo basket empty, and the notoriety of slaughtering the merchants is borne by the 'Heavenly Sword Sect'." ”

"Those people from the eighteen families have been cleaned up by the 'Heavenly Sword Sect'?" At this time, Chen Xiangrong opened his eyes and asked.

"Yes, the subordinates have been staring, those people were almost slaughtered by the 'Heavenly Sword Sect', after all, they don't want to leave those stubborn people, only by cleaning up all these people, they can fully control these businesses, of course, there are some fish that have slipped through the net, but the subordinates have already ordered people to secretly take action, and these will also be counted on the 'Heavenly Sword Sect'. The middle-aged man said.

"This 'business' originally belonged to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the various sects in the rivers and lakes also had agreements with the imperial court, and the people in the rivers and lakes did not interfere in these 'merchants', but this 'business' traveled to various places, not only to be rich and rival the country, but also to collect all kinds of news. If we can control the 'firm', we can be more informed. It's just that all of this is not easy to do openly, it can only be done secretly, this time the 'Heavenly Sword Sect' is a little impatient, it seems that they are all in our plan, you have done a good job. Chen Xiangrong said with a smile.

"It's all the adults who plan well, and the subordinates are just acting on orders. The middle-aged man didn't dare to be greedy, and hurriedly said. (To be continued.) )