(Thanks to the generous tips of book friends "Ink Night" and "Tadpole"!)

After the rain, the rain lasted for a few days, making the entire Lingtai Mountain Range more ethereal, the mountains and trees became more and more lush, and all kinds of birds jumped on the branches and called happily.

Zuo Lingfeng, Xuejian Hall.

Zhao Lingtai was still sitting in the back row, sitting upright, listening to the lecture — perhaps it should be said, observing the class.

He didn't have any need to go to class, and he was here just to see how the course went.

Zhao Lingtai didn't teach his disciples to learn swords like this before.

Beside him, there was the bladeless heavy sword.

This sword is very eye-catching, but there is some "ridicule" and "incomprehension" in the eyes.

Everyone could see that it was a waste sword, and even that it was not a sword at all, but an ugly piece of iron.

Could it be that Zhao Lingtai took this piece of scrap iron and regarded himself as a swordsman?

It's really funny!

For Zhao Lingtai, in fact, the disciples had no malicious intent. The last time he ran away with Gou Xiuzheng, it also made many people feel happy in their hearts. However, instinctively, they always felt that Zhao Lingtai was just an apprentice.

Apprentices and disciples are fundamentally different, and there are gaps between them.

To put it bluntly, in their minds, they did not include Zhao Lingtai in the circle, but excluded him intentionally or unintentionally.

Because Zhao Lingtai is not an official disciple, he is not qualified to enter the circle.

This is true of an apprentice, and so is the owner of the blacksmith's shop, Uncle Anu.

Why is Anu everyone's uncle?

It's not by cultivation, it's not by swordsmanship, it's just because he followed his ancestor the earliest.

The qualifications can indeed convince the public, but Anu's wanton waste of the Sword Sect's resources has made many people secretly dissatisfied and unable to see it.

This kind of resentment has been accumulating, and it is necessary to find an outlet for it.

No one can blame Uncle Anu, but it's always okay to take their anger on his apprentices.

Anu relied on the name of the ancestor and had a transcendent status on Lingtai Mountain, but if an apprentice wanted to rely on the name of Anu to enjoy various benefits in the Sword Sect, everyone felt that it was unfair.

However, in the past few days in the Sword Learning Hall, Zhao Lingtai has behaved very calmly - of course, it may also be because there is no Gou Xiuzheng's class.

Moreover, Zhao Lingtai treats people and things very measuredly, and everyone can't handle it, so it's not good to provoke in person and make things difficult for an apprentice.

So after a few days, it was all right.

"Something's wrong!"

Today is Elder Tongye's teaching, her class, in simple terms, patiently explained, very popular with the disciples, in the sword hall, full of seats.

Suddenly, a man stumbled in and shouted, "Oh no, something is wrong!"

Elder Tongye frowned, recognized this disciple, and asked, "Huang Liang, what did you say?"

That Huang Liang was already panicked: "Elder Tongye, something happened......"

"What the hell is going on?"

Tong Ye snorted, and secretly mixed his true qi in the cheers, as if he was drinking as a stick.

Huang Liang's body trembled, his mood stabilized, and he said with a crying voice: "Lord Jiang Feng was seriously injured and was sent to the foot of the mountain by the people of the Qingcheng faction!"

"What?"

Tong Ye's face changed greatly, he couldn't care about anything, his body swept up, and he rushed out directly.

The hundreds of disciples in the hall were all shocked, and they all stood up, rushed out, and ran down the mountain. Due to the large number of people, crowded together, and in a hurry, some people were also squeezed to the ground, and they were trampled on a few times, screaming.

Peak Lord Jiang Shanghan, the undefeated swordsman in the minds of countless Lingtai disciples, was seriously injured, what is going on?

In the crowd, Zhao Lingtai dragged last, he didn't run, but walked step by step, his expression was extremely calm, but in his eyes, there was a light representing anger brewing, and it would burst out at any time.

When he came to the foot of the mountain, he saw a large area of black pressing, hundreds of Lingtai disciples surrounding below, and there was a steady stream of people coming behind him.

The news spread very quickly, Zuo Ling Peak, Right Tai Peak, and the Inner Gate all spread all over the place, as long as they were in the sect, almost all of them came to the outer gate of the mountain gate.

In stark contrast, there were more than a dozen Qingcheng disciples, as well as Xiao Jianfeng, who was dressed in white and standing at the front.

Next to Xiao Jianfeng, there was a board car parked, and there was some straw and the like on the car, and there was a person lying on it, covered in blood, unable to move, and his eyes were closed, as if he was fainting to death.

He is none other than Jiang Shanghan!

Seeing Jiang Shanghan's appearance, countless Lingtai disciples showed expressions of disbelief, and they were stunned on the spot, not knowing what to do.

Among those present, there were Tong Ye, He Buer, Gou Xiuzheng and other elders, but they all closed their lips tightly, staring at Xiao Jianfeng deadly, and did not act rashly.

It didn't take long for the crowd to stir, and the middle was separated, and the head of the sect Lin Zhongliu strode out - the deputy head Fang Xiafeng had other affairs, but he was not in the door today.

"Xiao Jianfeng, what's going on?"

Lin Zhongliu suppressed the anger in his heart, strode forward, and shouted in a deep voice.

Xiao Jianfeng held a white silk scarf in his hand, slowly wiped his hands, and said with a smile: "I have seen Master Lin in the next place, it is like this, Brother Jiang came to Yangzhou the day before yesterday and met Xiao by chance, we cherished each other, so we made an appointment to fight." Xiao is not talented, his skills are superior, and he won by luck. It's just that under the fight, he missed for a while, which seriously injured Brother Jiang. Xiao was very upset, so he personally sent Brother Jiang back to the spiritual platform. ”

Lin Zhongliu smiled angrily: "Do you think I will believe it?"

Xiao Jianfeng spread his hands: "Believe it or not, this is the case, in the battle of that day, it was not only me and Brother Jiang, but also Brother Ma Feitu of the Sword Alliance, and Brother Zhang Yuanshou of Laoshan who were there, and they could testify." ”

As he spoke, two more groups of people came behind, and the clothes on their bodies clearly showed their identities, respectively from the Qinling Sword Alliance and the Laoshan faction. Although they are all a few people, when they come together, the meaning of representation has long exceeded the meaning of numbers.

Lin Zhongliu's gaze swept over: "Okay, very good, you really joined forces." ”

After a pause, he said word for word: "In this way, Lin has to thank Venerable Xiao for his escort." ”

Xiao Jianfeng laughed: "Don't dare, Xiao and Brother Jiang have known each other for many years, and some small things should be done, not enough to worry about." ”

He came to Lingtai today not for a head-on conflict, and he also believed that Lingtai would not rush into war. In this way, it not only made Lin Zhongliu suffer a dumb loss, but also shook the confidence of many Lingtai disciples, and the feeling of being at ease was really refreshing.

Thinking about it, the smile on his face was even bigger: "The person has been sent back, if there is nothing else, I will leave and return to Qingcheng in the future." ”

Later, Ma Feitu and Zhang Yuanshou glanced at each other, and couldn't hide their pride: What if they came to the foot of Lingtai Mountain? What about the thousands of people on the other side?

At this moment, hundreds of Lingtai disciples did feel extremely resentful and aggrieved in their hearts, and many people didn't believe that Jiang Shanghan would be inferior to Xiao Jianfeng, there must be something strange in this.

But what can it be, Jiang Shanghan is already lying on the cart, life and death are uncertain.

And some people's beliefs are wavering: there are no absolutes in the world, maybe Xiao Jianfeng really defeated Jiang Shanghan? Jiang Shanghan is known as the first sword of Lingtai, even he was defeated, who else in the faction can stand up and resist the encroaching attacks of Qingcheng Laoshan and other sects?

Xiao Jianfeng was full of smiles, and was about to turn around to leave, when he heard a call:

"Wait!"

This cry came suddenly, and everyone present looked sideways, wondering in their hearts:

"Is that him? what is he going to do?"

"How did he get out, but, what's the use......"