In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Long March has not been returned. But to make the dragon city fly will not teach Humadu Yin Mountain. After Liangzhou, through Guazhou, through the Shule River, through the Yumen Pass, you will enter the vast desert. The desert is very desolate, only three people and three horses Xiaosu traveled at night, and finally came out of the desert and came to Yiwu after walking for more than ten days.

This desperate valley is a great faction in the Western Regions, the power is intertwined, and all the evil demons and foreign ways on the rivers and lakes that have a little reputation have surrendered, and the masters under the sect are like clouds, far beyond the Central Plains factions can compare. There are a total of 13 branch halls in the Valley of Despair, called the Inner Third Hall and the Outer Ten Hall, and there is also a branch gang "Holy Water Palace" under its command. If you want to talk about this holy water palace, it can also have a great background, it is the leader of the Jianghu cult a hundred years ago, and it can be compared with the eight major factions of the Central Plains today. It's just that now it is gradually declining, and it does not show up in the rivers and lakes, and has become an attachment attached to the Valley of Despair.

At this time, I could only hear the sound of horses' hooves in front of me, and a team of people and horses came to the front of him, and Ouyang Batian said to Jinghong: "It is the master of the inner hall Shang Boss, nicknamed 'Night Fragrance', the master of the inner second hall is still the second, nicknamed 'Lone Ranger', and the master of the inner third hall is still the third, nicknamed 'Fat Fox'." Although the inner three halls are not much different from the outer ten halls, they have been used to it for several years, and the boss of the Shang family even considers himself the master of the first hall. His voice seemed careless, but he was as smart as a shock, but he could also hear the dissatisfaction with the Shang brothers in his words. The horse team came to the front while talking, and the three men led by the three men led the disciples to dismount and bow down collectively: "The subordinates welcome the second master back to the valley." ”

Ouyang Batian nodded and smiled: "Brothers have worked hard, please get up." When he looked around, he saw that the three of them were all dressed in the same attire, and the first one was polite and extraordinary. The second is not good-looking, and he is a cripple with a cane. The third one is surprisingly fat and looks like a blessed face. Taking advantage of their greetings, Jing Hong whispered to Yunqing: "Master doesn't seem to like them very much, right?"

Yun Qingqi said: "How do you know? Although the master is dissatisfied with the Shang brothers, he has never torn his face, and he is very polite before and after, you can guess that it is really amazing!" He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to the two of them, so he lowered his voice even more and said: "I heard my father say that the master was able to defeat all the uncles and uncles and succeed to the head of the sect smoothly, in addition to the support of the secret guards led by my father, the inner three halls controlled by the Shang brothers also made great efforts. They have their own merits, and they never take others in their eyes except for the master, and they are extremely arrogant. ”

"I've also heard of Shang's name at the rudder, and it's really like thunder." ”

The group of men and horses walked forward in a mighty way, spent the night in a nearby town, and walked for most of the day after going on the road at dawn the next day, and finally came to the Valley of Despair. There is a two-story sentry tower at the mouth of the valley, and more than a dozen sentry disciples guard here. Another boundary monument was erected, with three big characters of "Desperate Valley" written on it, and a line of small words next to it: "Trespassers die". To enter the valley, you must dismount and walk, and the secret sentry along the way is invincible, and if an outsider breaks in, it is really rare to survive.

Along the way, Yun Qing perfectly played the role of chatter, introducing the situation to Jinghong. The Valley of Despair is even larger than expected, and is divided into four areas: east, west, south, and north. The main buildings of the Valley of Despair are scattered in the east and west areas, and the disciples are also active in these two places. The southern area is a forbidden place, and no one is allowed to set foot except for the heads of the previous dynasties, and the northern area is the cemetery where the heads of the past dynasties are buried and the ancestral hall of the Valley of Despair.

After walking a long way up the mountain road, there was a sudden light in front of me, and several magnificent palaces came into view. Thirty or forty women in black had been waiting for a long time, and they were the disciples of the Holy Water Palace who were attached to the Valley of Despair. This holy water palace has a long history of creation, famous for poisons, and it also made the Central Plains decent people jealous, and the first palace master, the Holy Mother of Five Poisons, is the first person in martial arts. It's a pity that there is no disciple who can inherit her Taizhi after her, and the Central Plains decency took the opportunity to encircle and suppress, and was saved by the Valley of Despair when she survived, and the Holy Water Palace has since become a subsidiary of the Valley of Despair, and she will not set foot in the rivers and lakes again.

The leader of the crowd was a woman in her thirties, looking beautiful and beautiful, but her face was full of coldness, and when she saw Ouyang Batian, she only bowed down expressionlessly, and said: "The disciples of the Holy Water Palace welcome the second master back to the valley." ”

Yun Qing introduced to Jing Hong: "She is Mu Xiaohua, the sixth palace master of the Holy Water Palace, and we all call her Aunt Mu." ”

Jing Hong listened, and his heart flew like a wheel. Mu Xiaohua's name was mentioned by the master early on, she was once a ruthless valley maid, and she didn't know martial arts, but she later apprenticed in the Holy Water Palace. More than ten years ago, the ancestor Jiang Xunxian died, and his five disciples killed each other in order to compete for the position of the head of the family, and the second master Ouyang Batian won the final victory. And the strange thing is that the first thing he did after he succeeded to the head of the house was to set up Mu Xiaohua, who was not outstanding, as the palace master of the Holy Water Palace. The disciples speculated that she must be an accomplice of the second master, otherwise how could she jump into a high position?

Flowers are planted all around the Holy Water Palace, forming a circular sea of flowers, looking like a fairyland, but Jing Hong knows that this sea of flowers is planted with murderous poison. In the sea of flowers, a long-haired and barefoot girl is picking flowers, and the sun shines down, reflecting her like a fairy of the nine heavens. Jinghong was originally beautiful, but compared with her, it was suddenly a little overshadowed.

Seeing Ouyang Batian, the girl seemed to run over with a gust of wind, and said with a grin: "Master, are you back?" and looked at Yun Qingdao again: "Fifth brother, you are too unrighteous, you run out to play by yourself, and you don't take me." ”

Yun Qing smiled and introduced to Jing Hong: "This is your sixth sister Ling Qingnu. ”

Qingnu smiled: "Oh, you are the new little sister? I have heard of you, your name is Yao, Yao ......"

"Yao Jinghong, sixth sister. Jinghong smiled slightly, it wasn't until many years later that Ling Qingnu realized that it was the first time that Jinghong called her sister that day, and it was also the last time.

After bypassing the palace complex of the Holy Water Palace, I walked for nearly a cup of tea, and the front suddenly opened up, and the wide square could not be seen at a glance. There are quite a few disciples in the Valley of Despair, and it is divided into thirteen branches. Among them, there are three disciples who live in the valley and are called the inner three halls. The remaining ten halls are distributed outside the Valley of Despair in a surrounding state, and nothing comes in without incident, which is called the outer ten halls. At this time, it was the evening class time, and more than 100 people in the three classes except for the ones on duty gathered on the field to practice, shouting endlessly, and it was really a mighty army.

In front of me, I saw three magnificent halls, in the middle was the main hall "Wuji Hall", on the left side was the law enforcement hall, on the right side was the deacon hall, and there were rows of houses on both sides of the square, but it was the residence of the disciples.

Law enforcement elder Yuanbao had already waited after receiving the notice, and when he saw Ouyang Batian, he said with a smile: "Second master, you can be regarded as coming back, I have been going to the Central Plains for a year, but I am in a hurry." ”

Ouyang Batian laughed and said, "With you, the law enforcement elder, there will be any chaos, I am very relieved!"

Yuan Bao said helplessly: "You have gone out to hide and be idle, the deacon elder Yun Siye has been busy with mundane affairs and has not been in the valley for many years, and all the big and small things in the valley of desperation have fallen on me alone, and there is nowhere to reason." ”

Yuan Bao is different from the Shang brothers, it is Ouyang Batian's sword that he grew up with since he was a child, and his identity is extraordinary. Under the head of the Ruthless Valley, there are two elders, law enforcement and deacons, who have a high status. Yuan Bao is now in the position of the elder of law enforcement, responsible for the control of a cadre of disciples, and is even more under one person and above ten thousand.

Ouyang Batian didn't care about his complaints, and only laughed at him. He looked around and asked in a low voice, "I heard the fourth master say that those three have become less and less safe for more than a year?"

Yuanbao's face was extremely ugly: "The fourth master is right, you are not in this year, the Shang brothers have been proud for too long." If it weren't for the fact that I still had the title of acting leader, even I would have to overwhelm it. ”

Ouyang Batian sighed: "I'm old, and I have no intention of competing for power, so they will expand their power step by step, but they will never learn to be content!"

Yuan Bao said: "It's better for the second master to take precautions as soon as possible, I heard that they have begun to meddle in the affairs of the Outer Ten Halls, and they want to include the disciples of the Outer Ten Halls. ”

Ouyang Batian said: "I already know this, Yu Hang is not young, and he should have played enough outside in the past few years, I am ready to make him a director, and the outer ten halls will be subordinated to him." The Valley of Despair will always be handed over to him in the future, and it is time to learn from it. He must have returned, right?"

Yuan Bao nodded: "The eldest prince only came back a few days earlier than you, and he has indeed reached the age of the director." He seemed a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the eldest prince has been refusing to go back to the valley in the past few years, and his sudden return a few days ago really scared me." ”

Ouyang Batian sighed: "What if he comes back, this kid has grown up, and his mind has become heavier and heavier, he has avoided me in the past few years, and I can't control him anymore." ”

Yuan Bao was very aware of the contradiction between their master and apprentice, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only laugh and say: "Second master don't worry, I think the eldest prince has become much more sensible after he comes back this time!"

"This kid ...... Alas, it's me who is sorry for him......" Ouyang Batian felt a little sad, and as he was talking, he heard a coquettish laugh in his ear, and a lady dressed in costume stepped forward and said with a smile: "The second master is back?"

Yun Qing took a step back and saluted, "Mother." But it was his biological mother, Mrs. Yun, whose maiden name was Su and her maiden name was Xiaomei. She was in her forties, but she was well maintained, and she looked much younger than she really was. She staggered over, directly ignoring her son Yunqing's salute, and only hid her face and said to Ouyang Batian with a smile: "I've been looking forward to the days for so long, but I can be regarded as looking forward to the second master." ”

Ouyang Batian glanced at her and said, "Mrs. Yun, you came just in time, this is Jinghong, and it is my apprentice in Jiangnan." I see that she and Qing'er are very close along the way, and now there is no extra house in the valley, so let her live with you for the time being!"

"Second master, don't worry, Xiaomei knows, she must take care of Miss Jinghong. Su Xiaomei's voice was still coquettish, but her biological son Yunqing, who had returned from a long trip, was standing next to her, but she didn't care anymore, and she didn't ask a word, and the mother and son were strangers. Jing Hong glanced back at Yun Qing, who was hiding behind him, and looked at Su Xiaomei carefully, thoughtfully. Fourth Master Yun looks much older than her, and the relationship between this family is really delicate.

Qing Nu was already surprised by this, his eyes rolled, and Chong Yunqing said: "Fifth brother, the senior brothers and sisters should all practice in the back mountain, let's take the little junior sister in." ”

"Good. Jing Hong turned around and followed Yun Qingqing to the back mountain. After passing through the huge screens before and after the partition in the Wuji Palace, you came to the back mountain of Wuweidwelling. This is the residence of Master Ouyang Batian, and unlike the opulent style of the previous places, it is very simply decorated. The backyard of Wuwei is the mountain behind the Valley of Despair, several people are practicing swords, two young men are sitting at the stone table playing against each other, seeing Jinghong coming, the man on the left raised his eyes and smiled: "Come back very quickly." "It's to ask Yuhang.