Chapter 365: Burning the Taiji Palace
"Since five years ago, after you knew that there was still the tenth layer of Xiaguang Wandao, you secretly sent people to my house many times to steal, so I made a favor and gave you a fake sword technique. There was a time two years ago when you couldn't go into retreat, and I guessed that something was wrong with your practice, so I started planning all this. ”
Li Xiaohua looked at the third brother, "You went to my house three days ago......"
Li Xiaoshu said in a low voice, "Naturally, it's for you, you are like a mad dog, killing so many people of me, how can I not cooperate with you in acting? Of course, it is to make you relax your vigilance." The so-called procedures of the head of the family are based on the sword in the hand, which you know better than anyone else. ”
Li Xiaohua miscalculated, he thought that he knew this third brother very well, but when it came to the calculations, he was still inferior in skills, since he had the courage to plan these, he naturally practiced the tenth level of Xiaguang Wandao, so Li Tingcheng was afraid that he would lose.
He was thinking about countermeasures, but Li Xiaoshu said: "I know what you want to do, but the ancestral rules are the rules, and the swordsmen in the family are not allowed to interfere in the sword fighting conference." He patted Li Xiaohua on the shoulder, and to outsiders, it seemed that the two brothers were chatting, "Don't worry, I won't let Allure lose ugly." ”
After that, he said loudly again, "Big brother, in the future, Allure will take over the head of the family, and we, as elders, will also have to test his quality to see if he has the ability to protect our family with his sword!"
Li Xiaohua endured her anger and glanced at Li Qingcheng, only to see that he was alone in the field, and just saw him, Li Xiaohua signaled to him to be careful.
Li Xiaoshu came to the martial arts field.
As an elder of the other rooms, Li Chengcheng didn't pay much attention to it, but Li Xiaoshu was his third uncle and an important figure in the clan, so he respectfully made a sword salute.
"Please teach the third uncle. ”
Li Xiaoshu laughed, "Don't dare to give teaching, our Li family is a martial arts family, so there is a sword fighting conference in the succession, but the third uncle has old arms and legs, you can do it later, but you have to be merciful!"
Li Chengcheng's face became surprisingly calm, his right hand clasped on the sword spring, and his eyes tightly locked every slight change in Li Xiaoshu's body. Among the family, Li Xiaoshu is the most scheming, and his martial arts are said to be the first to enter the Tongxiang, but no one has ever seen him make a move.
Li Chengcheng never despised his opponent, not to mention that this battle also involved the ownership of the patriarch's position, he constantly urged the internal force, and the sword in the scabbard was shocked, and under the urging of the internal force, he couldn't help but let out a low moan.
"Sword Groan!"
Someone exclaimed, "At such a young age, you have already entered the realm of general images!"
Anyone who practices swords knows that when the cultivation reaches a certain level, the sword in his hand can resonate with the owner of the sword, which is the sword chant. Only when you can cultivate the sword chant can you truly be regarded as the unity of man and sword.
Boom!
The sword sheathed out, and the long sword in Li Chengcheng's hand rolled up with extremely fierce killing intent and attacked Li Xiaoshu, his whole body was covered in clothes, and it was still the same sword that was repeated before.
But unlike before, the sword did not work.
Li Chengcheng's long sword pierced into the air.
When the long sword arrived, Li Xiaoshu instantly moved three feet to the right, and the dragon sword in his hand turned into more than a dozen sword shadows, and all the changes after Li Chengcheng's sword moves were blocked. Li Chengcheng was not afraid, his sword moves were exhausted, and his body thrust forward again, narrowing the distance between him and Li Xiaoshu, ready to fight with him in close combat.
Dangdang!
A dozen swords intersected in a row, making a piercing sound. Li Chengcheng is young and vigorous, and his sword is fast, but in terms of internal force cultivation, he can't compare with Li Xiaoshu, who has been immersed for many years, so he is ready to fight quickly.
But Li Xiaoshu didn't give him this opportunity, retreated while fighting, kept a distance from Li Qingcheng, and slashed the dragon sword, which was the impermanence sword of the Li family, this sword name is impermanent, and the sword moves are not based on common sense, a sword in the east and a sword in the west, it seems to be chaotic, but as soon as the other party has a flaw, it is immediately a set of combos, forcing the other party into a desperate situation.
Li Chengcheng has also practiced the Impermanence Sword, knowing the power of this sword move, his spirit is highly concentrated, and each sword is very cautious, so that it is smooth and error-free.
The scene seems to have the upper hand of Li Tingcheng, but those who know the industry know that Li Tingcheng is completely restrained, and from beginning to end, Li Xiaoshu is holding Li Tingcheng moving.
Li Xiaohua was anxious in her heart, if she broke the impermanence sword, she needed to use impermanence, Li Chengcheng was so cautious in making the sword, she had already fallen into Li Xiaoshu's calculations, as long as there was a mistake, it would immediately be a stormy counterattack.
At this moment, he also ignored his identity and shouted, "The sword is impermanent, and people have a normal way." ”
In a word, it woke up Li Tingcheng, if it goes on like this, he will suffer a big loss, so in a change of move, the sword wind suddenly changed, and the Xuanyang Sword was used, which was a great opening and closing trend of consuming internal force, using the sword as a knife, and slashing at Li Xiaoshu.
Li Xiaoshu shouted, "Wonderful!" After calculating Li Chengcheng's back move, the sword move was crooked, and he stabbed at a figure on Li Chengcheng's right.
Before the Xuanyang sword was exhausted, Li Chengcheng's sword style suddenly changed, and it was replaced by trickery and swordsmanship, piercing into Li Xiaoshu's sword shadow that did not distinguish between reality and fiction.
Rumble!
The long swords intersected, and the two finally fought with internal strength.
A wave of wind spread to the surroundings, and those who were slightly inferior in martial arts sensed this sword wave and retreated one after another, and those who could not dodge were actually injured internally.
More than a dozen zhang away, there are such sword waves, it can be seen that the internal strength of the two is unfathomable, worthy of the Li family in Jinling, this trip to watch the ceremony is considered to be the right one.
The previous four fights were too boring and made some people yawn, but since Li Tingcheng and Li Xiaoshu fought, everyone cheered up and stared at the arena tightly, for fear of missing a wonderful showdown.
The two of them fought faster and faster, and they had unconsciously fought seventy or eighty moves, and the swordsmanship used by the two of them had also changed three or four sets, and they had never repeated a single move.
Li Xiaohua said secretly, Li Xiaoshu relied on his strong internal strength, deliberately delayed time, and consumed Li Chengcheng's internal strength, this was to wait for his internal strength to be exhausted, and kill with a sword of Xiaguang Wandao. But at this time, the scene is already white-hot, even if he knows Li Xiaoshu's calculations, it will be useless, this is a conspiracy, Li Chengcheng and Li Xiaoshu both know it.
Competition, fight to the end, after all, it depends on the strength.
Before I knew it, a stick of incense had passed.
Although the scene was intense, everyone could see that Li Chengcheng's internal strength had been unstoppable, and he had taken out his sword several times, and it was not as clean and neat as before.
Li Xiaoshu saw it in his eyes and said: "Allure, the Li family's swordsmanship, you have to practice more in the future, and after ten years, you still have a chance." He said as he fought, using this to distract Li Tingcheng.
In the past two years, Li Chengcheng has fought against countless masters, several times and even on the line of life and death, where can he be interfered with by such low-level means, and he fought back while taking out his sword, "Then I have to wish the third uncle can live to that day." ”
As soon as he opened his mouth, Li Xiaoshu sensed that there was a loophole in Li Chengcheng's next sword move, and suddenly changed his move, changed his retreat to advance, and used ten of the same moves one after another: Sword Splitting Huashan!
This move is the ancestor of the Li family evolved from the axe move, strong and powerful, belongs to the method of one force to reduce ten meetings, whether it is the person who uses the sword or the person who welcomes the sword, it is extremely exhausting internal force.
The change of moves was too fast, Li Chengcheng had no time to change his moves, so he had to raise his sword to make a hard connection, once he was entangled, he would not die.
The internal force is constantly being consumed, Li Qingcheng's hands are numb, and his sword moves are getting slower and slower. Li Xiaoshu sensed the change in his opponent, chased after him, and did not change his moves.
Thirty-one swords were slashed out in one breath.
Li Chengcheng's long sword slanted, using his strength to escape the predicament, his body jumped backwards, and in mid-air, the long sword waved, illusioning a sword shadow in the sky, and in an instant, the light was shining, like countless glows, illuminating everyone's eyes so that they could not look directly.
"Xiaguang Wandao!"
"This is the Li family's glow!"
The sword of the world is out of the Li family, and the Xiaguang Wandao is the sword move of the Li family, known as the first sword move in the world, but it is all rumored, and not many people have really seen this move.
Unexpectedly, at today's sword fighting conference, Li Chengcheng actually used the glow of ten thousand ways.
I thought to myself, this trip is worthwhile!
Li Chengcheng seemed to be frozen in mid-air, and the sword light around him shrouded it, as if it was like a thousand bows leading together, attacking Li Xiaoshu at any time.
Li Xiaoshu jumped up more than a foot and made the same sword style, but the red mangs on the sword body turned into white mangs, and the sword intent seemed to be superior.
Xiaguang Wandao, to Xiaguang Wandao!
Around the martial arts field, everyone retreated one after another, knowing that the power of this move was huge, even if they were lucky enough to see it, they had to keep a safe distance, if they were affected by the sword qi and lost their lives, it would not be worth it.
It's just that since then, the people who have been watching the sword behind have scolded, "You fucking go back, where are we going?"
Bang!
A wall was torn down, and the crowd came to the top of the long street.
Li Chengcheng and Li Xiaoshu were empty within thirty zhang.
Li Xiaoshu saw Li Tingcheng's sword intent, and felt more and more in his heart that he had endured for twenty years, and this moment was still worth it, among the younger generation, Li Tingcheng's martial arts were the highest, but this move was only practiced to the ninth level after all.
Li Xiaohua's heart was half cold, he still underestimated Sanfang after all, he originally thought that Li Xiaoshu's qualifications were mediocre, even if he had a formula, he might not be able to practice the tenth level, but he also knew at this moment that Li Chengcheng's defeat was decided.
Li Xiaoshu felt that the victory was in his hands, and after this sword, he became the head of the Li family in Jinling.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but remind, "Allure my nephew, the second generation of disciples, led by your martial arts, but you are still young and still need to be experienced, wait for another twenty years, the position of the head of the family is still yours!"
Li Chengcheng said, "There's a lot of nonsense!"
"I love and cherish talents, I don't know if your father told you that in addition to the ninth layer, there is also a tenth layer. Once this sword is activated, it cannot be contained, and if you withdraw the sword in time, you may be able to preserve your cultivation. ”
Li Tingcheng smiled faintly, "Who said that this move is called Xiaguang Wandao?"
After that, the sword shadows around Li Chengcheng gradually dispersed, becoming seventy-two, and then gathered into thirty-six, and the sword shadows kept merging, and finally turned into six sword rays of different colors.
Li Xiaoshu was shocked.
Li Xiaohua, Li Xiaocao, and the rest of the Li family's elders couldn't help but exclaim.
......
The alarm bell in the palace was loud, and countless Praetorian Guards surrounded the Taiji Palace.
Xiao Jinyan stood in the Taiji Hall, and couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being stupid, too easy to trust others, but in the end he was cocooned and bound to himself. The plan now is to break out of the encirclement before everyone closes.
The blade of the nameless spear was too conspicuous to be easily recognized, and he saw a sword in front of the dragon book case, and took it in his hand, pressed the sword spring, and the long sword made a crisp groan, exuding a cold light.
Good sword!
It's a royal thing.
Xiao Jinyan didn't have time to appreciate it, looked around the situation in the hall, and saw that on the six pillars, there were huge oil lamps hung.
Zhou Baoliang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, had already heard the news, and after listening to the report of the little eunuch, he ordered the palace gate to be closed, and surrounded the main hall.
"The thief must be caught today, regardless of life or death. Otherwise, it will be a serious dereliction of duty on the part of our Praetorian Guards, and this is a crime of losing your head, do you know?"
Everyone should be.
Zhou Baoliang said again, "There are many valuable objects in the Taiji Palace, when you shoot, you must be careful, don't break the royal things!"
"Obey!"
"Listen, the people of the temple, if you abandon your weapons and surrender now, I will ensure that you will not be tortured before you die!"
There was no answer in the temple.
"I'm giving you a chance, I'll count to three, and the two hundred forbidden troops outside will rush in. ”
"One!"
"Two!"
Before the word "three" could be spoken, I suddenly saw smoke coming out of the Taiji Palace, and someone shouted, "The Taiji Hall has gone to water!"
Zhou Baoliang's face was like ashes.
The palace thief is his dereliction of duty, if there is a fire, it will be the crime of destroying the door!
"Kill it, kill it!"
Everyone broke into the door, the smoke billowed in the hall, six barrels of tung oil were splashed in the Taiji hall, the fire was huge, and there was smoke everywhere, and it was impossible to see where the thieves were hiding.
Whoosh!
The figure suddenly appeared, and two screams were heard.
Two forbidden soldiers were killed, Zhou Baoliang shouted, "Form a formation to meet the enemy!" All the forbidden soldiers listened to the order and approached one after another, in groups of six, to deal with Xiao Jinyan's sneak attack.
Xiao Jinyan hid in the shadows, and when he saw the forbidden army in the hall in chaos, he immediately shouted, "Grandpa is here!"
Everyone was attracted by the sound, Xiao Jinyan had already changed positions, slashed the back of a forbidden soldier's neck with one palm, stunned him, jumped over, and led people to jump behind the plaque.
At this moment, if you want to go out, you can only fish in troubled waters.
He took off the armor of the forbidden army, put it on himself, and returned to the temple, where the visibility was extremely low, and he casually wiped some soot on his face and blended in with the forbidden army.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the Forbidden Army coughed incessantly.
Seeing this, Zhou Baoliang said, "Put out the fire first!"
Xiao Jinyan followed everyone out of the Taiji Palace, at this time the eunuch Gong'e also came out to put out the fire, there are a number of water tanks in front of the Taiji Palace, full of water, and everyone is extinguishing the fire with wooden barrels and bamboo water guns.
The smoke of gunpowder in the Taiji Hall is billowing and the flames are soaring to the sky.
Zhou Baoliang said, "Seal the palace, no one is allowed to go out until the thieves are caught!"
The scene was chaotic.
He looked around and saw the little eunuch who was informing not far away standing in the corner, looking flustered, and immediately went over and patted him, "Remember me?"
The little eunuch recognized him, and before he could speak, Xiao Jinyan sent an internal strength that shattered his heart, and he turned around and left the Taiji Palace.
When he came to the head of the inner city wall, Zhihai had sensed that there were forbidden troops all around, surrounding the inner city of the palace, and if he wanted to break through, he was afraid that he would alarm everyone.
So he ran all the way to Donghua Gate, and was stopped by a guard, "Who is it?"
"Tang Dachun, the Tiger Guard of the Forbidden Army, was ordered to inform the lords of the Six Divisions. ”
"Is there a warrant?"
Xiao Jinyan pointed to the Taiji Hall and said, "The Lord Commander is directing the firefighting over there, where can I issue a warrant? If you don't believe it, you can ask him!"
"No one is allowed to enter or leave without a warrant!"
Xiao Jinyan said, "The warrant is here. ”
The man was about to come over, Xiao Jinyan suddenly punched, knocked the man unconscious, and fled out, and the rest of the people reacted and shouted, "The thief is here!"
Where did Xiao Jinyan pay attention, exerted light skills, and came all the way to the Chengtianmen in the outer city, jumped up, grabbed a raised wall tile with both hands, and rose two more feet with the help of his strength, jumped out of the imperial city, and fled.
The rest of the forbidden army was about to pursue, but Zhou Baoliang, who rushed to hear the news, shouted, "Come back!"
A forbidden army said, "The thieves fled to the south." ”
Zhou Baoliang stepped forward and slapped him, "Where are the thieves? Even if there were, they would be burned to death in the Taiji Palace!"
The forbidden army said, "But ......"
"But what?" Zhou Baoliang lowered his voice and shouted, "The Taiji Hall was burned and the palace was stolen, don't you want your head?"
He looked at the direction in which Xiao Jinyan had fled and asked, "Can you remember this person's appearance?"
"The man's face was so gray that he couldn't see clearly. ”
"Where's Junko?"
Soon, someone returned that Xiao Shunzi was dead.
Zhou Baoliang weighed it again and again, decided not to mention it, and instructed, "You go and tell the brothers who are surrounding the palace, just say that the sky is dry and there is a fire, if the slightest rumor is leaked, we will be accompanied by the grave of the mass grave in the future." ”
The general knew that the situation was serious, and even retired from the office.
Xiao Jinyan left the palace, found a secluded and uninhabited place, threw away the armor, and went to the river to wash up, secretly crying out in his heart that it was dangerous.
He glanced at the sun, it was already the beginning of the hour, and he did not stop, but returned to the Drum Tower to find the Master of Mercy.
The Master of Compassion scolded on the top of the Drum Tower for a long time, and when he saw Xiao Jinyan coming, he asked, "Have you gone to break into the palace?"
Xiao Jinyan pretended to be stunned, "What broke into the palace?"
"Don't lie to me, you see the palace is on fire. It can't be what you did, right?"
Xiao Jinyan smiled, "If I had this ability, I would have already soared, you are too worried, I went to the Qinhuai River and drank a meal of flower wine." ”
The Master of Compassion said, "I don't have any merit as a person, but I like to lie and become a good person, so I can tell at a glance whether you are lying or not. ”
Xiao Jinyan asked, "What do you see?"
The Master of Compassion said, "You don't have the money to visit the Qinhuai River at all. ”
Xiao Jinyan smiled and asked, "Then where did I go?"
"I smell a smell of barbecue, you must have gone behind my back to eat it. Xiao Jinyan stretched out his thumb and said, "Master Haoling's nose." ”
"Why don't you bring me two, I'm dying of hunger, you send me down. ”
Xiao Jinyan put the Master of Compassion down, and said, "I still have something to do, even if there was a joke between us before." ”
The Master of Compassion said, "This joke is a bit big. ”
Xiao Jinyan clenched his fists, "Don't leave it at that." "Let's go, walk in the direction of Shanhefang.
When the Master of Mercy saw Xiao Jinyan leaving, he thought to himself that his body was full of the smell of smoke, and the fire in the palace must have something to do with him. Fortunately, he kept a hand, otherwise this surnamed Xiao would definitely not have spared his life. He refused to stay for a single step, returned to the killer's house, packed up the gold and silver, and left Jinling City in the afternoon of the same day.