As one of the oldest castles in the world, Uehara Castle has a long history, and perhaps even the oldest records in the world are difficult to trace back to the source.

However, the longer and older the history of any city, the more dilapidated the ancient city is.

No matter how much it is repaired, the soil erosion terrain will change with each passing year. The leylines of a city of hundreds of miles will be gradually divided because they move under the influence of the natural forces of heaven and earth.

What's more, this city is built in the famous steep mountain range, which is the only passage that is used as a natural barrier, connecting the three major dynasties of Dafeng, Beizheng and Shu Han.

The city has long been devoid of intact walls due to the erosion of time, and most of the walls have collapsed along with the mountains, revealing cliffs that cannot even be repaired.

The entire castle was also divided into 17 districts under historical division, which were divided between the three dynasties that jointly managed Uehara Castle.

Of the city's seventeen districts, three districts are the most special.

These three districts are the Yulin Block, which is a street or a district, the Xiangfang District, which is the highest enough to overlook the whole city, and the Jiantai District, which naturally forms a giant square.

And this Jiantai District was also called Nanshan District, although it was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Dafeng Dynasty, but it was the place where the most Jianghu monks gathered.

There is even more of a mixture of three religions and nine streams here, although the imperial court has been trying to control it completely. But because of the fact that he is always unable to do so, he is only within a delicate balance, and he will not control some small fights as long as they do not harm the civilians.

One of the biggest factors is that there is a place where the monks can settle their personal grievances and make Jiantai District one of the three special urban districts. That is located in the center of Jiantai District, Bijiantai.

Decades ago, this huge square was used by Jiang Yue, the generalissimo of the Dafeng Dynasty, as a soldier.

Those battles in Uehara Castle were also one of the few defeats that he, a famous general who used his soldiers like a god, lost. It has been recorded in this natural danger pass and has been talked about by later generations.

When personal grievances between monks develop into a competition on the stage, most of them will have a process, and not all of them will draw their swords and fight if they disagree.

But when the two sides conflict, they will measure their cultivation to the superior, and once they feel that they are not far apart, they will reach some consensus very tacitly.

The next step is to first increase the momentum, attract enough onlookers, create an atmosphere of sword competition, and then develop a duel on stage.

And this process is indispensable for many people to coax and add fuel to the fire.

In the process of the sword competition, there is also a lot of attention, both sides are probably tacitly began to brew, the first to stand on the stage for a long time, in the eyes of the layman, it is called the competition "sword intent", attracting more people to coax.

Then when you are in the right move, you should try to shake out as many famous sword skills and sword moves as possible, while shouting out the names of the moves.

In order to prevent inarticulate speech after stage fright, these loud moves must be pondered in advance and recited one hundred and eighty times. Only when you come to power can you blurt out what the sword trick of the long river sunset, a sword flying in the snow, one of the seventy sword moves in Guanshan, and so on.

In the end, once the winner is decided, both sides will follow the rules of the rivers and lakes, and each will come up with a sentence "Brother Tai is good at swordsmanship, so-and-so moves make the furnace perfect, and so-and-so swordsmanship is even more admirable", "I am not unjustly defeated in the next" or "How dare I dare, and I only win a small victory in the next". They modestly touted each other, and stepped down with their fists clenched.

After going back and forth like this, these swordsmen who are mixed up with each other have become familiar with each other, and let others remember you, maybe you will be able to meet again in the future, and it will be another reunion of wine and talk.

It's not that these monks are so philistine that they like to learn the art of the merchant franchise, but it is really the only way to give them a chance to make a name for themselves in the corners of the rivers and lakes.

Otherwise, why do you have enough to eat and hold on to people everywhere to fight, life and death facing each other? Do you really think that there are so many 'hatreds for killing fathers back then' and 'hatred for taking wives back then'?

But it's just a few moves that can gain fame and get ahead, so that it is good to walk in the rivers and lakes in vain.

But in recent days, such fights have become more frequent than in the past, and this huge square, which can accommodate 100,000 soldiers and horses, has been divided into fighting areas. One after another, the wonderful battles were full of vigor without releasing water, and the shouts of the crowd were much more deafening than the shouting of the crowd that was called hard and increased countless times more than usual.

All this is because of the arrival of a character, the kendo master who has been rumored to have stepped into the holy realm and become famous for a long time, the third sword of Jianshan, the old man of Shi Baifeng. and his female great sword cultivator, one of the three heroes of Lonely Saizhou, and his personal disciple Zhu Hongyu.

These admirers of the two masters and apprentices came to pay their respects, and the rumor of accepting the apprentice was the most worthy of the madness of the monks in the rivers and lakes.

As a sacred place of kendo with a long heritage, Sword Mountain is by no means comparable to the boastful name of "Sword Qi Building", which has only emerged in recent decades and has spread great fame. It is a holy place that is recognized by everyone as a respected kendo senior, who walks the world to challenge all kinds of sword forests, and really gives a name, so as to be recognized by everyone.

To be able to become the personal disciple of the third person in Sword Mountain can be said to be equivalent to ascending to the sky in one step. Just ask how not to make people rush to it, sharpening his head in order to get into the eyes of that old-timer.

As for the fairy who was the test, it is rumored that even if you have never seen her, just the first time you see her, you will be hinted at in your heart and immediately recognized her. The peerless demeanor brought by her red clothes, the gushing 'True Rain Artistic Conception' will not be imitated by a second person.

It was when countless swordsmen from the rivers and lakes came to the Jiantai District and saw the long-rumored red dress in the center of the Bijiantai District, the rumor was completely confirmed.

However, seeing that it was about to come to the tenth day of the last day, no one could support the tea kung fu under the woman's sword intent, and no one passed the 'test'. Even several young toshihiko with great names who were rumored to be the most promising to pass the test were also defeated.

Bijiantai is very large, but it is still overcrowded, so in order to have a foothold, some monks often rent a place in some high-floor restaurants a few miles away near Bijiantai.

In this way, you can not only "appreciate the sword" leisurely, but also not be crowded by the crowd below, and it is also a symbol of status.

The restaurant owner also spent a lot of caution in this regard, relying on the good background behind him, and the lion opened his mouth to ask for the price. Among them, there are some conflicts and slaps in the face, each showing the background of cultivation or competing behind the relationship.

There will also be some individual stunned young people who draw their swords against each other without saying a word, but most of them are thrown out of the door with their legs broken, which is not uncommon. On the contrary, it fueled the momentum of the restaurant, making outsiders even more afraid of making trouble at will.

Among them, the most popular is a restaurant called "Spring Breeze Pavilion", which has only seven floors and is full of business, to the point that it is almost difficult to insert a needle in the seams. It can be seen that the owner of the restaurant is really like the name of the restaurant, and the "spring breeze" is proud.

This Spring Breeze Pavilion can be so popular, not because of the restaurant's fame. If nothing else, just because of the kendo master from Sword Mountain, he was dropped off on a certain floor of this building.

Inside the restaurant, most of them are mixed monks from the rivers and lakes, and they can occupy a place by sitting down according to their generations or according to their cultivation background. However, it will be a lot quieter on the fifth floor, and everyone here is a little famous, and they will not shout about their identities.

But the window table is an exception, each talking to the surging crowd of people on the sword platform, and frequently pointing out the window.

It turned out that someone boasted of having good eyesight and experience, and had some 'unique opinions' on the sword competition in various places below, and judged which pair of swordsmen had shortcomings in their moves, and which ones were the real materials. Finally, there is a conclusion on the coffin: "Speaking of a thousand words, these monks are all in order to be able to show their insignificant brilliance and talent on the stage." In this way, I hope to be able to get into the eyes of some experts, be recognized, and give some advice, and it is not all a subordinate method to gain fame. ”

Someone else asked, "Why don't you expect to be able to enter the eyes of that person?"

Although he didn't say it clearly, everyone could hear the meaning of the words, and it was naturally the kendo master on the seventh floor.

Someone sneered: "This is not an easy task, if they had that qualification, they would have already passed the test of that fairy's sword intent, even Chen Gongzi..."

Before he could finish speaking, he noticed that everyone was silent in unison, and then he also realized that his words were wrong, and involuntarily looked at a young man by the window.

They talked about the sword competition of the various swordsmen for a long time, but they didn't mention the test of the fairy in red, because the one by the window was also a young man with great fame but ultimately defeated.

They are qualified to step into this restaurant and sit here to "appreciate the sword", all thanks to this young man.

This young man's family is also well-known in the Lonely Sai Prefecture, and he is already a cultivator in the upper realm of the Three Realms at a young age. is also packaged by the family elders as a young generation of Junyan who is 'expected to catch up with Yanxin', and the rest of the dozen or so young Junyan who are slightly inferior to Sanjie are on a par with each other, and they are in the limelight for a while.

This Chen Gongzi, who had always thought that his excellent talent was in no way inferior to the one who was at the bottom of the three heroes and was rumored to be 'not worthy of being in the same column as Zhu Hongyu'.

But he never imagined that when he stood in front of the head of the three masters, he found that the gap was so huge, and he was defeated in embarrassment after holding on for a few breaths. To this day, I still remember the fierce sword intent that surged endlessly, and the sword intent has never been stable.

Looking back, the words and beliefs that have been able to stand in the position of one of the three heroes for nearly ten years, even if they are a few points behind Zhu Hongyu, are by no means comparable to themselves.

The young man surnamed Chen smiled bitterly and said, "The reason why I invited several friends who have a good relationship here to drink is not to relieve my boredom." So he said, "It's nothing, how can I be one of those people who are not easy." ”

Everyone smiled embarrassedly, and a woman with a good appearance and a gentle temperament hesitated for a moment, and comforted: "Chen Gongzi, it is common for the rivers and lakes to win or lose for a while, and the important thing is who can have the last laugh in the next few decades." Yue Shuai doesn't have a saying that often says: Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people to be poor. ”

Now everyone is completely happy, and the atmosphere has improved a lot.

The young man surnamed Chen had a somewhat complicated expression, and glanced at the gentle woman whose beautiful eyes had been circulating on him, and naturally knew the deep meaning of this. Although this woman is only a little inferior to him, she is also a good cultivation talent, and she is even more talented, and she is also a little famous in Gusaizhou.

It's just that he is so proud, his mind has never been on these private affairs, and even if he has, it will only be in the eyes of Zhu Hongyu and the like. He shook his head and said:

"You're wrong, I'm just thinking about the letter that is known as the one who can be tied with Zhu Hongyu for three masters, it is rumored that he has been in the Four Realms for several years, and his breaking speed is chasing Zhu Hongyu, but he will still be rated as 'unworthy of being tied with Zhu Hongyu'. I don't know if it's true, but if I can see the contest between them, it's probably worth the trip. ”

A young man who looked like a scholar was probably in a hurry to get ahead, and he hurriedly blurted out: "Most of these geniuses will not be willing to compete with their doomed opponents for the sake of their own solid reputation. It's good to win, but if you lose, it won't damage your reputation. ”

The young man surnamed Chen frowned, a little disgusted by the rhetoric of this kind of reader. In his opinion, this kind of never goes to the rivers and lakes, but always likes to point out the behavior of people in the rivers and lakes with a half-understanding, and after the fact, he is lucky to guess one or two things, and he puts on a pretend of 'knowing things like a god'.

Just talking about the sword fighting of the swordsmen in the sword competition, he is the most instructive.

"What if that eldest prince of Yan really comes to the stage to compete with that Zhu Hongyu?"

Everyone looked at each other, apparently recognizing that it was not one of them who had spoken. It's just that they are all cultivated, and they are not even weak, but they can't hear the words coming from everywhere, and they seem to be in their ears and more like the horizon.

It can be seen that this method has gone beyond them by much.

Just as they asked solemnly, a voice came from behind the surnamed Chen, "I heard that when your eldest son Chen broke through to the Three Realms at the age of fourteen, he claimed that if he was born three or five years early, one of the three heroes of Gusaizhou would not have the place of that Yanxin, but is there such a thing?"

Everyone looked over together and found that it was an extremely handsome boy, but he didn't know when he was standing behind Chen Gongzi. I saw that he was dressed in a delicate moon-white shirt, and there was only one scabbard on his waist, and there was no sword in the sheath.

Just look at his smiling face and look at everyone gently, looking like he was waiting for the word and Chen Gongzi's reply.

The gentle woman who had been circulating her beautiful eyes on Chen Gongzi before was even more stunned for a while, and she was stunned on the spot.

But seeing that Chen Dagongzi's face was red, he chose to keep silent, with anger in his eyes.

Only then did everyone remember that there was indeed such a rumor that spread around at that time. It's just that at that time, everyone knew that this was just a fallacy, and when Yanxin first stepped into the Three Realms, he was only eleven years old, and then when he was fourteen years old, he was already a cultivator in the Four Realms.

It is far from being comparable to the self-evaluation that Chen Gongzi said when he threatened to be "born three or five years early". The reason why it is so publicized is just a tacit "packaging" method, borrowing the name of words and beliefs to win fame.

It's just that the things that were gradually forgotten at the beginning were mentioned in person, and it was not just a matter of ordinary personal face, but a mortal enemy who never died according to the rules of the rivers and lakes.

When the young man saw Yanxin's handsome face, he was inexplicably disgusted in his heart, and sneered with a gloomy face: "Don't be ashamed, you are not the second son of Yan, how can you count what you say." Moreover, even if he really had the courage to come to the stage and give it a try, with his cultivation in the four realms, he would definitely lose in front of the Red Rain Fairy. ”

After a few words, the previous sentence was fulfilled before and after.

The extremely handsome boy sneered, and ignored the scholar who didn't look so ugly, but looked at the son surnamed Chen with a murderous face, and said with a smile: "Yo, it's so strong and murderous, but how can I see that there is still Zhu Hongyu's unique 'Red Rain Sword Intent' in it?"

The implication is that after he and Zhu Hongyu collided with the sword intent, the sword intent is still unstable, and there is still an indelible fear of Zhu Hongyu's 'Red Rain Sword Intent' in his heart.

When the son surnamed Chen heard this, how could he hold back any longer, and in anger, he was about to pull out the sword that was full of qi in his waist.

I saw that the handsome boy waved his hand, as if it was an impatient ordinary action.

But the body of the son surnamed Chen was suddenly shocked, and he only felt that the killing intent and sword intent that had finally condensed suddenly disappeared without a trace, and there was no longer any momentum. There were even more turbulent waves in his mind, as if he had returned to the scene of the 'Red Rain Sword Intent' against Zhu Hongyu.

The handsome boy waved his hand impatiently and said, "I'm too lazy not to bully a waste like you who was scared by Zhu Hongyu, and I can't win it." ”

Then, without the slightest concern for everyone's suspicious gaze, he stood by the window on the fifth floor, looked at the unknown distance, and seemed to whisper to the sky: "After you have been waiting for a long time, it can be regarded as about to start, but I have already made sufficient preparations according to your wishes." I hope your method will allow me to bring out the true demeanor of a Five Realms Great Sword Cultivator in the city. ”

At this time, there were already people in the restaurant who had already attracted attention because of the undisguised killing intent of the son surnamed Chen, probably seeing that the two of them were good at cultivation, and they shouted that they wanted to encourage the two to go to the sword platform, which was becoming more and more intense.

The handsome boy laughed, took off the empty scabbard around his waist, and sneered at the scholar: "If this son doesn't change his name, he won't change his surname, even the second son in your mouth is also." Remember, this son never remembers the overnight feud, if he wins Zhu Hongyu, he will take your life when he turns back. ”

Then, in the stunned gaze of everyone, he shouted "go", but it turned into a dazzling rainbow across the sky, and shot into the sword platform in the roaring and deafening sound.

According to later rumors, this second son of Yan not only achieved the first person in the city for thousands of years, but no one was able to turn the sword into a rainbow in the city. also competed with Zhu Hongyu, the head of the three heroes of Lonely Saizhou, for sword intent, stirring up the weather of the heavens and the earth.

In the end, it ended with a sword flying from the sky, and the sword light was all over the sky at that time, which was unprecedented.

It's just that neither of them announced to the public who won or who lost, and the countless monks present also had different opinions, and no one would let anyone.

But no one questioned the name of the word.