For so many years, Zhu Yang almost walked the rivers and lakes alone, and only then did he break out of his current prestige, as for the sects he once stayed in, he didn't embarrass them too much, but later went back and killed a few elders who wanted to kill him, and then broke off with that sect.

Therefore, Zhu Yang can have his current achievements, he has come step by step by himself, and like Cheng Duanjin, he has practiced swordsmanship by himself, without any guidance from his master.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yang has no background and backer, which is also the reason why Lin Jiaojiao wants him to follow Huang Xiao, so that he can use Huang Xiao's status and identity to have a good backer.

"Huh?" Cheng Duanjin also looked at Zhu Yang with some surprise, he didn't expect to meet someone similar to his own practice experience, and he could feel that the strength of this kid in front of him was definitely not below him, and it might even be higher.

"Don't be surprised, 'Left Hand Knife' Zhu Yang really relied on himself to have such an achievement today. Liu Zhi said.

"You are the 'Left Hand Knife' Zhu Yang, the Zhu Yang who was originally the thirtieth of the 'Tiger List', and later killed the twenty-fifth 'Tiger List' master 'Black Heart Palm Shaving'?" Cheng Duanjin's eyes widened and he exclaimed.

"That's right, that's me. Zhu Yang nodded.

"Okay, just right, let's make a move, I don't believe that my strength is not as good as yours, and my sword skills are not as good as yours. Cheng Duanjin stared at Zhu Yang and said, "It's really unreasonable, I think that my skills are not weaker than those on the 'Tiger List', and I didn't make the list, which is too unfair." ”

Liu Zhi couldn't help but laugh dumbly and said, "You shouldn't have participated in the competition, right?"

"I've heard about the competition you said after I came out, but I've just come out for the first time, where have I participated in the competition? How can I have time to go? I also heard that this time it will be held in half a year, even if you want to go, the time has not yet come. It's good, I just met the master on the list today, come on, come on. I'm going to beat you today and take your place. Cheng Duanjin said excitedly.

Zhu Yang's slightly excited mood just now quickly calmed down, and when he heard that Cheng Duanjin wanted to challenge himself, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "I'm not interested." ”

Cheng Duanjin still wants to roar, is this looking down on himself?

However, he remembered that now was indeed not the time, that kid named Huang Xiao was still in the hands of the 'Sword Pavilion', they were all worried, how could they compete with themselves?

Thinking of that kid, the passion for the competition that Cheng Duanjin had just raised was instantly extinguished.

The boy was about the same age as himself. But everyone is a master of the 'half-step martial arts realm', and they still want to compete for a 'tiger list', what's the point?

"Let's take a rest first, right?" Liu Zhi couldn't help but say when he saw a simple tea shop in front of him.

This tea shop is made of ordinary wooden planks, covered with thatch, and occupies a large and small area, with dozens of tables large and small.

This is the intersection of two roads, and there are many people passing by, and such a tea shop has opened here. It's okay to do that.

When Liu Zhi and the others approached, there were already a lot of people in the rivers and lakes here, and they were almost full.

"A few guest officers, is this for tea? or for dinner? The small shop also provides meals. An old man who looked like a shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Let's eat, but there is a table?" Liu Zhi said.

The shopkeeper glanced at the person behind Liu Zhi. counted the number of people, except for Liu Zhi, Zhu Yang, and Liu Yu. In addition to the five people of Jin Gonggong and Cheng Duanjin, there are seven guards.

"Guest, there aren't many empty tables. Can two tables be squeezed?" said the shopkeeper with some hesitation.

He was able to open a store here, naturally he had a vision, and when Liu Zhi and his party came over, he felt that these people in front of him had a somewhat different momentum, and they should not be ordinary people in the rivers and lakes.

So he, the shopkeeper, came up to greet him in person, as for the two tables, there was no way, there were too many people in the rivers and lakes during this time, and he had to keep some tables to avoid these people in the rivers and lakes making trouble.

Liu Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, then two tables." ”

"Thank you, guest, please. The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face.

He didn't expect this group of people to be so easy to talk, in fact, a table he has here can seat eight people, of course, many people are more particular, if they don't want to squeeze, it is a table of four people.

"Let's have this table!" Liu Zhi greeted Zhu Yang and Liu Yu.

Liu Yu hesitated slightly, after all, the other party was the prince, but Zhu Yang didn't care too much about the identity of Liu Zhi's prince, so he sat down unceremoniously, so Liu Yu finally sat next to Zhu Yang.

Gonggong Jin also sat down at this table, and Cheng Duanjin originally wanted to go to another table to squeeze with those guards, but Liu Zhi beckoned to him: "Cheng Shaoxia, sit here, you haven't talked about your knife just now!"

Cheng Duanjin touched his hair, smiled, and sat down politely.

At a table, Liu Zhi sat in the first place, on the left was Jin Gonggong, on the right were Zhu Yang and Liu Yu, opposite was Cheng Duanjin, and the other seven guards sat at the adjacent table.

"This knife is actually nothing special, it seems that when it was built, the material was a little hard, I heard Uncle Wang say that in order to build this knife, it took him half a year to complete the casting, and most of the time was spent on melting ore, which was too hard. Cheng Duanjin said.

"Can you lend me a look?" asked Liu Zhi.

"What's there, just take it and see it. Cheng Duanjin handed over the broken knife.

Liu Zhi held the broken knife in his hand, and he could clearly feel that the weight of this broken knife was indeed very large, if other knives of the same size were definitely not as heavy as this.

Liu Zhi flicked his fingers on the body of the knife, and the blade made a dull sound, which showed that the knife was unusually hard.

"Old Jin, do you know what kind of ore this is made of?" Liu Zhi couldn't see anything, so he asked the Jin Gong beside him to be fair.

Jin Gonggong shook his head and did not make a sound.

Then he looked at Zhu Yang and Liu Yu again.

"The seniors can't see it, and we can't see it. Zhu Yang said.

At this time, he didn't call Gonggong Jin, if he called Gonggong, it would expose Liu Zhi's identity, which is a taboo for walking the rivers and lakes.

Before, it was only them, and it didn't matter if they called their father-in-law, and there were too many people in the rivers and lakes here, which was obviously inappropriate.

"It's a little harder, it's really useless in addition, such a bulky knife is what Uncle Wang can build, the hoe, kitchen knife, and woodcutter he made are not satisfactory, if it weren't for the blacksmith in our few villages, he would have starved to death. Cheng Duanjin said.

"Do you have the audacity to say it again?" Suddenly, a crisp voice sounded in the ears of several people. (To be continued.) )