Cangzhou, the hinterland of Wanjian Mountain surrounded by clouds and smoke. In the three courtyards with countless red walls and white tiles, there are no longer any vigorous and hard-working sword-wielding disciples in green shirts. There are no more subordinates who are busy with the two young masters. There is one less upright and righteous hero in the world. The symbol of Wanjian Villa, the Tibetan Sword Tower, was reduced to ruins.

Instead, on the courtyard wall, the dragon and tiger totems of the Dragon and Tiger Gang, as well as the uniform clothing from the inside out: red turbans, black plain clothes, and fanged tigers tattooed on their necks - a group of disciples of the Dragon and Tiger Gang. In a study room in the depths of the courtyard, one person was constantly reviewing all kinds of affairs of the rudder, and two disciples waited quietly beside him, waiting for his instructions at any time, and every time he picked up a case file, he had to carefully ponder it for a while before pressing the big seal of the helmsman on the paper. The big seal was removed, and there were four more big characters on the rolling paper, "into a square seal". After all the processes are completed, I raise my head to relieve the fatigue.

From time to time, the disciples beside him came to dissuade him with kindness: "Helmsman, why don't you take a rest first, anyway, there is nothing big in the rudder division recently." ”

Cheng Sifang just rubbed his eyes, closed his eyes for a while, and then picked up the next case file............

Looking at it, he suddenly woke up, looked away from his hand, and looked for a long time from the pile of case files he had read, before he took out a case file that had been approved, handed it to a disciple, and ordered: "Now, you just hand this over to the Cangzhou prefect, don't delay." ”

The disciple took the case file, and without the slightest hesitation, went out, turned through several long corridor courtyard gates, and went out immediately after walking to the front yard. Today's Wanjian Mountain Villa is full of people, and even found a route to avoid the poisonous beasts and opened up a Yangyang avenue around the entire mountain. And the communication with the outside world is very close, and there is no mystery at all that "everyone shook their heads when talking about Wanjian Mountain" before. The disciple with the case file turned over and got on the horse, and he could also pass through this avenue and quickly descend the mountain......

On the other side, the team of the Wild Dart Game has been marching for two days and two nights. It was another dry and sunny day in autumn, Pang Erlong was already tired and collapsed on the goods of the carriage, Xiang Kong was still as rational as ever, checking the changes in the surrounding environment while walking, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "It is estimated that I will be able to arrive in Cangzhou tomorrow." ”

Zhou Ying'er, who had completely lost interest in horseback riding, always drooped her head, silently thinking in her heart all day long, hoping to arrive the next moment. Hearing Xiang Kong's words undoubtedly added a dashing speed to her hopes. However, the main reason for this consequence is that after Bai Yilan learned about the Ten Thousand Swords Villa, he didn't say a word until now. There was no expression on her face, although Zhou Ying'er was no longer sensible, she would not provoke Bai Yilan in this situation.

After two days, there was no incident. This is undoubtedly good news for everyone who is darts, but it really suffocates Zhou Ying'er, who is lively and active by nature. And Xiang Kong's "truth" always broke her last hope.

In the past two days, Bai Yilan has been struggling with reason, he can't forgive the people who have deprived him of his homeland and kept it for himself, but he has understood from the time he fought with Wu Tong that his current strength is simply not able to stand in front of a first-class master. But he always had a trace of fantasy, that is, to become an apprentice of Wu Tong in the Quartet, even if he was not good, he would not be crippled by another move.

Bai Yilan kept walking forward with empty eyes, and walked for about two more hours, and when he was about to pass through the last dense forest on the way, seven or eight mountain bandits were neatly blocking the middle of the road. It was the horse's hooves that stopped in time to break Bai Yilan out of the empty state, and the eight people behind him had cautiously pulled out their steel knives and made all preparations, but when the group slowly approached, they found that everyone on the other side was facing away from them. Bai Yilan took a closer look, and the other party's target was not himself at all, but the mountain bandit facing an old man dressed in white. It was observed from a distance that the old man was very old, and because of his white hair and white eyebrows and beard, it could be said that his whole body was white.

The old man was carrying a burden, thinking that he was rushing in the opposite direction from Bai Yilan, but unfortunately he was bumped into by the mountain bandits. The two sides were negotiating, but it could be seen from the old man's calm attitude that he had no intention of paying the money. Seeing that the mood of the mountain bandits became more and more impatient, Bai Yilan was worried that the old man would be hurt, so he didn't think about it, held the iron sword, and flew behind the mountain bandits, and the two closest to Bai Yilan immediately discovered him, but before they could make the next move, he was blocked by a sword. With the two companions in the end, everyone also woke up. When they saw Bai Yilan again, an iron sword with edges and corners was already on the neck of the person who gave the order.

"What do you want to do?" shouted the commander, hiding his fear. But no matter how much he covered it up, his body couldn't help but tremble.

Bai Yilan didn't have the heart to entangle with them, and after feeling that they were afraid, he put down his sword, and all the killing intent condensed into one word, "Get out!"

As soon as the sword was released, the man regained his confidence, and wanted to say that it was just a sneak attack by the other party, so he put back his ugly face before, and then what he didn't expect was that he just took out the dagger, and when he was still thinking about a lot of coercion and temptation, he saw a cold light flash in front of his eyes, and then he saw his blood gushing out of his neck, and there was no after.

"Get out!"

The second sound, the remaining five people rolled around as if they had seen death, and fled in terror. By the time the convoy arrived at Bai Yilan, the mountain bandits had disappeared.

"It's okay, Big Brother Bai. Zhou Ying'er was on the horse and was very worried.

Bai Yilan's face was much calmer, and she said with a smile: "It's just a few little thieves, can you let me have something." ”

After that, Bai Yilan suddenly remembered the old man before, so he turned around and went to look for him, but it turned out that there was no one left, and Bai Yilan didn't even notice it, as if no old man had ever come. But he was sure that he was not mistaken, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Ying'er, "Did you just see an old man in white?"

Zhou Ying'er looked around, tilted her head and thought for a while, confirming that she had never seen the person Bai Yilan was talking about, and then shook her head. Bai Yilan didn't give up, and asked the others in the dart bureau to answer, and they all replied, "I haven't seen it." ”

But this made Bai Yilan even more convinced, this person must have appeared, and he can come and go freely without anyone noticing, this person must be a martial arts master, if the other party is a member of the Dragon and Tiger Gang, he is definitely the biggest enemy of this trip to Cangzhou.

But in order to ensure that the goods arrived on time, Bai Yilan didn't drag too much, just simply looked around, confirmed that he didn't find such an old man, and set off.

In this dense forest, most of them are some towering trees that are tens or hundreds of years old, and after Bai Yilan and his party left the dense forest, from a towering tree next to the corpses of the three mountain bandits, the white clothes slowly descended like falling snow, and when the toes touched the ground, they did not raise a single speck of dust. The old man, who was white from head to toe, stroked the white beard on his chin, his half-squinted eyes kept staring at the direction where Bai Yilan went, looked at it for a while, and said to himself in a low voice: "The swordsmanship is decisive, the footwork is steady, and he is really a genius who practices swords." What's more, I have been looking for people with pure internal strength for ten years, and I finally found ............"

Then the old man turned around and headed towards Cangzhou again......

Bai Yilan rode on the horse, and changed from not saying a word to saying a word: "Impossible, I definitely saw an old man, so I came to help, but how could it be that he disappeared in a blink of an eye, if he is a martial arts master, even my father can't reach such a realm............"

"Maybe the old man didn't want to see us and hid?" Zhou Ying'er couldn't wait to express her opinion after holding it back for so long.

Pang Erlong also joined the conversation later, "Maybe it was too far away at the time, you read it wrong." ”

Xiang Kong: "If you want to say that the coming and going that can be made unnoticed by everyone, it must be a person who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts." There are five people in the world today who can do it. ”

Bai Yilan suddenly became energetic, "Which five are there?"

"In addition to the deceased Sword God in the Four Saints of Tianfeng, there are also the 'Sword Saint' Feng Wanli, the 'Demon Ancestor' Hua Wanli, the 'Lei Jun' Zhang Wanqian, and the 'New Sword God' Fang Nianbai and the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Gang are coming to Longcheng. ”

"Dragon and Tiger Gang Leader?" Bai Yilan thought, now that he was in the territory of the Dragon and Tiger Gang, the most likely of the above five people was only Xiang Longcheng. If that's the case, then he might not even be able to see the last glance of Ten Thousand Swords Villa. I have long heard my grandfather say that among the masters of the rivers and lakes who were defeated in his hands, Xiang Longcheng was the most potential one. It is said that he is also one of the very few people in the world who has seen the "Qiankun One Sword", and Xiang Longcheng actually comprehended part of the sword intent of the sword god in that failure, and finally adapted it from the creation of the "Dragon City Sword Technique". The strength is comparable to the "Four Saints of Tianfeng", and since then it has established the status of the Dragon and Tiger Gang as the "No. 1 gang in the world".

The so-called "Four Saints of Tianfeng", Bai Yilan heard his grandfather say: At that time, his grandfather was a fledgling and made three partners with good strength, and it was very good for the four of them to go through the rivers and lakes together. During a trip to the west, I heard that in the southwest borderland, among the vast snow-capped mountains, there is the highest * in the world, and according to legend, it is also the closest place between heaven and man. The four of them set out overnight to find this peak*, and finally reached the top of this peak after all the hardships, and all four of them also saw the immortals who guided them. Everyone has also received the guidance of the immortals, and since then they have become dragons in the rivers and lakes, and no one can match them. I heard my grandfather say that he met the ancient sword immortal, taught him the sword intent of Qiankun, and achieved the "sword god". And all four of them have reached the apex of their respective martial paths. Later, some people wanted to find out how these four people had the strength to sweep the world overnight, and finally found out that they had been on Tianfeng, so they called them "Tianfeng Four Saints." ”