In the emerging Ancient Sword Dynasty, its highest authority is still the sect leader and the Council of Elders, and the throne of the dynasty is just a symbol.

At the sect elder meeting, Gu Fei said frankly: "I know that some of you are not convinced that I let my woman ascend to the throne, but it is useless to disobey. With all due respect, I'm not targeting anyone, I'm saying that everyone here is rubbish, who among you elders has beaten my wife? Of course, don't worry, you elders will not give you less of what they should get, and what my sect master should face will not let you die. Our Ancient Sword Sect has been inherited for thousands of years, and this is the truth. If I hang up one day, whoever becomes the sect master of the Ancient Sword Sect must also have such courage, but only one point, you must all engrave it in your heart, our Ancient Sword Sect sword cultivation, sword only external enemies. ”

After the sect leader Gu Fei made a final decision, the prototype of the Ancient Sword Dynasty was also decided, and Nangong Xue, as the empress of the Ancient Sword Dynasty, would not directly interfere in the affairs of the sect. The sect's law is still maintained by the sect's elders' council, and the mortal world is handled by the sect's foreign affairs executive and the Confucian gentlemen sent by the Zhongzhou Alliance. In fact, the reason why Gu Fei is so active in cooperating with the Zhongzhou Alliance is that he needs to win living space for the sect, and more importantly, because his wife lost too much Shouyuan when she rescued him in her early years, and the erosion of this spiritual famine was particularly violent, and the danger of Shouyuan was imminent.

After Nangong Xue gave birth to Gu Tianxiao, her face aged rapidly, and she even turned white overnight, gradually changing from a beautiful fairy with a graceful body to a half-old with a graceful body. Nangong Xue had no intention of being the empress, just for the future of the child, and considering the current situation of herself and Gu Fei, she still resolutely accepted this position.

Although she does not participate in the decision-making of the sect's affairs, she focuses on the psionic industry of the Ancient Sword Dynasty, and she and her husband Gu Fei will not give up an inch of land in this regard. After the establishment of the imperial dynasty, with the help of Confucian gentlemen, Nangong Xue pushed the ancient sword sect's superb art of iron forging to the field of spiritual energy, and the flying swords and other immortal soldiers created by the ancient sword sect were already well-known in Middle-earth Shenzhou, and even many sword cultivators were proud to be able to hold the Gu clan's flying sword, which was also a craft passed down from generation to generation by the ancient family.

Before the Mo family announced the principle of spiritual energy transformation to the world, Nangong Xue purchased this technology from the Mo family with a huge amount of money and the favor of the previous hundred years, and took this opportunity to walk in the forefront of the development of spiritual energy. Although the newborn spirit sword was not as free as the previous flying sword, and it would also consume the spiritual power of the monk, it would have an extra killer weapon when fighting, especially for sword cultivation, it was definitely a rush to go.

Only the business of selling spirit swords has brought huge profits to Nangong Xue, but only Nangong Xue and the eldest girl Chunshui know how much wealth there is, for the Ancient Sword Dynasty and the Ancient Sword Sect, Nangong Xue thinks that as long as a small part of the financial resources can be maintained normally, most of the rest must be their own 'private money', of course, for those cronies who have cultivated to build the spirit sword, the empress still gave quite a generous reward.

It's a pity that the nascent spirit sword can't meet the needs of Gu Fei, the peak of the Mahayana realm, and he couldn't create a spirit sword suitable for Gu Fei before the decisive battle between Gu Fei and Huang Hong. Regarding the matter of the life and death ring proposed by the Zhongzhou Alliance, Gu Fei, as the sect master, actually had no way out. Although he knew that it was a dead end, firstly, as a sword cultivator, if he retreated, it was very likely that the Dao heart would be damaged and accelerated by the erosion of the spiritual famine, and secondly, as the sect master of the Ancient Sword Sect, if he retreated in this major matter related to the foundation of the sect, then he would definitely lose his prestige, and even if he saved his life, he would not have the shame to retain the position of the sect master, and even lose the position of empress. Moreover, with Gu Tianxiao's father's temperament, he will only face difficulties and move forward with his sword.

In the sixth year of Immortal Zero, Gu Fei, the sect leader of the Ancient Sword Sect, went to the sect master, and Gu Fei's junior brother Gu Feng succeeded to the position of sect master under the vote of the Council of Elders. In view of the huge benefits that Gu Fei brought to the Ancient Sword Sect, the Elders of the Ancient Sword Sect and the new sect master continued to recognize Nangong Xue's position as the empress, but the heir to the throne had more heirs of the new sect master Gu Feng.

Gu Feng is not as lonely as Gu Fei, and there are thirteen more princes, and most of them are children about six years old. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see the danger of Nangong Xue's longevity, and when the empress Shouyuan is exhausted in a few years, there will be a poor child without a father and mother, how can he compete with the new sect master of the ancient sword sect where the family is thriving. Empress Nangong Xue was noncommittal about this, as long as they didn't touch their own scales, she didn't bother to care, what Nangong Xue wanted to do now was to leave some money for Tianxiao while she was still alive.

The Imperial City of Jinling, the white jade palace, is even more crystal bright in the bright moonlight. Empress Nangong Xue stood quietly on the three-story white jade platform, looking into the distance, six-year-old Gu Tianxiao went to Donghai Academy as an "experimental student", and had been away for half a year.

"Summer flowers. Nangong Xue suddenly said aloud.

"The slave is here. In the corner of the gloomy building, a thin woman dressed in black and masked slowly walked out, and then the woman took off her scarf, revealing a cold and beautiful face, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, and her heroic spirit was compelling.

"Xia Hua, what's the situation?" Nangong Xue looked at Xia Hua and asked quietly.

"Back to the mistress, Gu Feng has not taken action against us at present, but his wife Wu Xiuping wants the position of empress, and secretly contacted many forces. Xia Hua said.

"Jumping beam clown, don't be afraid, send someone to keep an eye on the reaction of those forces," Nangong Xue then asked, "How is the master's 'soul devourer'?"

"Back to the master's mother, although the master's 'soul devouring' is broken and the sword spirit is dissipated, but the prototype of the sword base is still there, the slave has handed over the 'soul devouring' to the forging master Gu Tie, and the master said after reading it that the 'soul devouring' sword base is expected to be transformed into a spirit sword sword base with spiritual energy forging technology, and as long as there is a new cultivation method to re-cultivate, it can still become a new natal spirit sword. Xia Hua replied.

"Very good, as soon as the 'Soul Eater' is repaired, it will be sent to Childe immediately. Nangong Xue said, her eyes finally had a hint of brightness.

"Yes, Mistress. Xia Hua responded.

"What is the current situation of the master's descendant 'soul sting'?" Nangong Xue thought for a moment and then asked.

"Back to the main mother, all the 1,690 elites and thirteen captains of the 'Soul Whisper' are willing to continue to be loyal to the main mother and son. Xia Hua straightened her slightly slender fragrant body under the tights, and answered in a positive voice.

"Okay, pass on the emperor's edict, from now on, Xia Hua will be the commander of the 'Soul Eat', and you will be fully responsible for all matters of the 'Soul Eat'," Nangong Xue handed Xia Hua a jade wrench and continued, "This is your lord's command token, and you will be in charge of it in the future." ”

"Thank you, Master!" Xia Hua half-knelt and accepted the jade wrench and put it on, engraved with the word 'soul sting'. "Master, there is something that the slave and maid don't know whether to talk about or not. ”

"Say it. Nangong Xue slowly walked to the edge of the jade platform, and said softly with both hands.

"Slave... Seeing that Chunshui had contact with Gu Feng, they had met in the private room of Jinling Wangyue Restaurant, but there was a soundproof magic circle there, and the slaves and maids didn't know what they were doing. Xia Hua paused, but still said truthfully.

Nangong Xue looked at the brilliant lights in the distance, and after thinking silently for a while, she said softly, "You and Chunshui are my most trusted right-hand men, and Gu Feng is not a young man, stop at this time, I believe in you." ”

"Yes, the slave is too talkative," Xia Hua lowered her head lightly and seemed to struggle for a moment before saying, "Master, the slave and maid want to dare to ask something. ”

"Xia Hua, I know what you want to ask, since the master rescued you back then, you have followed us for more than a hundred years, your master doesn't tell you the truth of the matter, because he doesn't want you to do meaningless things," Nangong Xue paused, and said, "But since you took the initiative to ask, then I will tell you that the one who killed your whole family and destroyed your Fucheng Xia clan back then was the sect master Luo Yin Qianyu of Zhongzhou's 'Flower of Thanksgiving' Tianya Supreme Pavilion."

It's just that back then, your Xia clan was at fault first, and your Xia clan had a grandson who molested the Luoyin sect master first, and after being punished slightly, he didn't repent, and sprinkled his anger on a beautiful woman in the mortal world, and the woman's whole body was ravaged and unbearable, and finally the tendons and veins were broken and died. And in order to cover up the truth of the matter, your Xia family actually led the woman's family of three to destroy the corpse. But how could this escape the perception of the power of the upper three realms, and the Luoyin Sect Master, who was still staying in Fucheng at that time, bulldozed your Xia clan in a fit of anger.

At that time, your master and I happened to be in Fucheng, and there was no reason to stop it, let alone the strength to stop the power of the Dao Realm of one of the ten major sects. Fortunately, I also had a relationship with Sect Master Luoyin, and I came forward to protect you who were still in infancy at the time. ”

"Then my parents are ......," Xia Hua was a little excited.

"It was Xia Jie and Li Qiuyue, who were very famous in Fucheng at that time, and they were known as the golden boy and jade girl of Fucheng at that time, hey... It's a pity," Nangong Xue sighed, and then said, "It is a capital crime for a monk to kill a mortal in Zhongzhou, not to mention that it is still a beast behavior, after so many years of ups and downs, I believe that you have the ability to judge, and you can step down if there is nothing else." ”

"Yes, the slave will not let the master mother and the lord in the heavenly spirit down. Xia Hua gave a blessing and prepared to retreat.

"Wait a minute, go and call Chunshui up. Nangong Xue said again.

"Yes, slave and maid will go. Xia Hua walked down the white jade stairs lightly, and after a while, the spring water in a white palace dress went upstairs, compared to the beauty and straightness of the summer flower, the spring water should be more upright and generous, the head of the mantis moth eyebrows, the high hair and cloud temples have begun to show the posture of a nobleman.

"Slaves and maids see the master's mother. Chunshui knelt down to Nangong Xue to say goodbye, with a touch of charm on her beautiful face.

"Excuse me, get up and speak," Nangong Xue waved her hand and said, "Chunshui, how is the spirit sword's business going?"

"Back to the master, the spirit sword business situation is very good, and the number of orders has been increasing," a hint of smugness flashed on Chunshui's face, and then said, "Even if we raise the price later, the orders will still increase." ”

"How much does it cost now?" asked Nangong Xue.

"Now a spirit sword costs a thousand gold spirit crystals. Haruhei replied quietly, but still a little excited.

After the spiritual famine, due to the original spirit stone and the same abnormal situation as the aura of heaven and earth, there was a lot of "transaction crisis", and some merchants thought that the spirit stone no longer had exchange value and refused to accept the spirit stone transaction. During that time, most of the transactions between the monks reverted to bartering.

After that, the Zhongzhou Alliance launched a new trading model in the name of the immortals, and the Zhongzhou Alliance entrusted one of the ten major sects, the Qianhua Wanji Sect, to refine copper, silver and gold into miniature spirit stones in the style of miniature spirit stones with mysterious special methods, which are divided into brass, silver and gold, corresponding to the previous lower grade spirit stones, middle grade spirit stones and upper grade spirit stones. There is also an unknown special material made of multicolored stones, corresponding to the best spirit stones.

The spirit crystal is quite small and exquisite, like the hexagonal shape of the polar spirit stone, roughly only the size of a secular copper coin, very durable, ordinary swords can not be destroyed, the weight and thickness are roughly the same as the copper coin, but the inside is engraved with quite complex fine lines, it is said that this kind of pattern is designed by the immortals of the ten major sects, and cannot be imitated. Moreover, although these spirit crystals can be destroyed with a huge external force, once they are broken, the fine lines inside will dissipate and become the most ordinary material. A piece of low-grade spirit stone is equivalent to ten taels of gold used in the secular world, while a piece of golden spirit gold will only leave a value equivalent to one tael of gold after it is broken.

The exchange between the spirit crystals is still one to one, which is similar to the previous spirit stones. After the Zhongzhou Alliance launched the spirit crystal, it first forced the shops under the name of the larger sect to only accept the spirit crystal trade, and at the same time set up money banks in various places to open the exchange of spirit crystals and spirit stones. The exchange of spirit stones for spirit crystals is one-to-one, one-way exchange, and the Zhongzhou Alliance also promised with a heavenly oath that as long as the Zhongzhou Alliance exists, it will keep this exchange rate unchanged. When the Zhongzhou Alliance opened the new exchange, it played a promotion of exchanging one spirit stone for two spirit crystals, with a deadline of one year, and at the same time, the commodity prices of major shops remained at the original price.

One thousand gold spirit crystals, if they were one thousand high-grade spirit stones before the spirit famine, they could completely buy a flying sword magic weapon of the Jindan Realm. And if the spirit sword that Chunshui is selling now is only about grade, it is actually only equivalent to the flying sword magic weapon of the Qi Refining Realm, if this is put aside, it is the price of hundreds of spirit stones, this is the premium of strange goods. In fact, many sect monks bought spirit swords, not only for self-defense, but also for the idea of dismantling the sword and studying it in the hope that they could refine it. When Chunshui first priced a hundred gold spirit crystals, she already felt that she was opening her mouth at first, but she didn't expect that not only did it sell well, but orders also spread all over Zhongzhou through various channels, and then the price was raised to one thousand gold spirit crystals, if it wasn't for Master Gu Tie reminding herself that it was too late, this price would definitely be even higher.

"Back to the master mother, at present, Master Gu Tie and other craftsmen are making every effort to conquer the spirit sword equivalent to the magic weapon of the flying sword in the foundation realm, and strive to put a new type of spirit sword on the shelves before the heat of the first spirit sword cools down. Chunshui saw that Nangong Xue was swimming outside, and added.

"Well, very good, how did you go to Zhongzhou to buy residential buildings and shops before. Nangong Xue asked softly.

"Back to the master's mother, from the beginning of the spiritual famine to the present, we have acquired a total of 200 mansions, 400 shops, excluding the losses in the turmoil and the forced acquisition of large quantities, there are still 180 mansions left, 365 shops, the specific distribution of slaves and maids will be presented to the master's mother a distribution map," Chunshui continued, "The master's mother and the master are both geniuses, and now the price of the mansion shops has risen more than 10,000 times, especially the land deed acquired during the turmoil of the spiritual wilderness, it is not an exaggeration to say that a million profits are made." ”

"Very good, just keep this number, just as Master Gu Tie said. These things will be handled by you in the future, Chunshui, you are also brought up by me, I believe in you," Nangong Xue thought for a moment and said, "I just let Xia Hua take over the position of the leader of the 'Soul Eat', and I will rely on you and Xia Hua to support Childe in the future." ”

After that, Nangong Xue paused again and said, "Chunshui, do you have anything to say to me?"

"No, master, Chunshui must take care of the son. Chunshui thought for a moment and said firmly.

"Then I'll wronged you, Chunshui, Tianxiao is a good boy...... He is a good boy who is sensible. Nangong Xue waved her hand lightly, and the spring water moved silently away.

Under the platform, only a lonely woman remained, and at some point, a few wrinkles crept up on the woman's face.

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Ancient Sword Immortal Island, on the east coast, the turquoise sea water surging against the reef on the shore, constantly hitting the surging loud sound, wave after wave. On a huge scorched rock towering on the shore, stood a middle-aged man with a majestic weapon, a green shirt rattling, and a huge long sword behind him.

"Gu Feng, so you're here. A woman's voice came from behind her, it turned out to be Gu Feng's wife, Wu Xiuping, the current eldest daughter of the Wu clan in southern Fujian. It's just that Gu Feng still looked at the sea and didn't pay attention to the wife's shouts.

"Gu Feng, don't pretend to be deaf and dumb, we didn't agree before, the Wu clan of southern Fujian fully supports you as the sect master of the Ancient Sword Sect, and afterwards, you want to make me the empress of the Ancient Sword Dynasty. Why is it that the witch is still sitting in that position now?"

"Xiuping, don't worry, this seat has no intention of breaking the agreement, and when the current empress Nangong Xuexian goes, this seat will make you the empress, or let your son inherit the throne. Gu Feng still didn't look back, and replied calmly.

"Hehe, Gu Feng, others don't know, I know very well, your brother and the demon woman's bloody matter. Why, that demon woman chose your senior brother back then, and now that your senior brother is gone, you still can't forget your dream lover who has long been old? Or are you sure that you can find a cultivation method that can make that demon woman rejuvenate, and you two can become a pair of belovers again?"

"Shut up! Wu Xiuping, I think of you and my husband and wife, just now you didn't say these words, you can do it yourself. Gu Feng turned around and said angrily.

"Yo, our Gu Great Sect Master is still angry, wouldn't it be easier to just slash me with a sword, and even the last obstacle is gone," Wu Xiuping seemed to not care about Gu Feng's anger and continued to laugh, "Then you should tell me, why do you still let that demon woman sell the spirit sword to enrich her own pockets? You Gu Sword Sect are pretending to be deaf and dumb about this, don't you really know the huge benefits of the spirit sword business?"

"Women's opinion! My senior brother is a god-like existence to the Ancient Sword Sect, although he often calls us useless and scolds us for rubbish, but except for a few Supreme Elders, their husband and wife are the highest combat power of the sect, and they have turned the tide at the crisis of the sect several times, and the senior brother has saved me from the brink of life and death several times, not to mention a little money, for the two of them, who in the Ancient Sword Sect who has a little conscience will not defend it with their lives?" Gu Feng glared at Wu Xiuping angrily again.

"Gu Feng, you don't have to stare at me like that, no matter how good they are, they are from someone else's family, and you still let that go to the academy, aren't you afraid to be sorry for your own children?" Wu Xiuping said sharply again, the sea breeze blowing her unkempt hair, as if a madman was showing his teeth and claws.

"Wu Xiuping, don't be a cheap demon woman, you don't have to sprinkle the resentment of being swept out of the house when you recommended a pillow to my senior brother back then. Gu Tianxiao is a good child, he will die for a lifetime, but he still has no hesitation, he has the style of his father, if you also want your two children to participate in the experimental plan of the academy, this seat will send someone to send it. Gu Feng said disdainfully.

"You dare! Gu Feng, I am a woman's opinion, I only know that people are not destroyed for themselves, and after the demon woman dies, see how you will shirk it at that time. After speaking, Wu Xiuping snorted angrily and shook her hand away.

With a loud "boom", Gu Feng held the giant sword in his hand, pointed at the giant wave, and the huge wave opened up and slashed in two, gradually dispersing in all directions.

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After the spiritual famine of heaven and earth, the ten major sects of Zhongzhou united the Confucian sages and other representatives of the hundred schools of thought in the name of the immortals.

The alliance has done two major things to stabilize the situation in Zhongzhou, one is to formulate the rules and general sphere of influence for the Xianmen on the mountain to enter the secular dynasty, simply put, it is to sit on the ground and share the spoils. The other is to expand the original Confucian nine academies in Zhongzhou to 9981, each academy is distributed in the form of a nine-square grid in the form of a main and eight vices, and each academy has three power positions reserved for the most powerful local forces in the academy.

The three top positions of Donghai Academy are the Gu Sword Dynasty where Gu Tianxiao is located, the Great Wu Dynasty where Sun Meng is located, and the Lingnan Xu clan where Xu Xiangxi is located. In addition to these 'official' academies of the Zhongzhou Alliance, after most of the Zhongzhou has settled down, local dynasties and wealthy families can also apply to the Zhongzhou Alliance to open local schools or even private schools.

In the Ancient Sword Dynasty where Gu Tianxiao was located, for the sake of the chair of the East China Sea Academy, Gu Fei, the then sect master of the Ancient Sword Sect, that is, Tianxiao's father, and Gu Fei, the husband of the Empress of the Ancient Sword Dynasty, personally went out to fight against Huang Hong, the master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, who had been hostile for generations, and fought in the battle of life and death under the supervision of the Zhongzhou Alliance, and the winner sat on the chair of the East China Sea Academy.

This battle can be described as the first-class battle since the Spirit Famine, Gu Fei and Huang Hong are both the upper three mirror powers of the original Mahayana Mirror, if the two of them duel in front of the Spirit Famine, it must be a magnificent scene of landslides and broken mountains and rivers, and Gu Fei, as the top sword leader in the eastern part of Zhongzhou, has to stabilize Huang Hong. It's just that in the later stage of the spiritual famine, the sword cultivation was suppressed particularly badly, and the natal flying sword, which was the largest combat power of the sword cultivation, also broke off the mental connection with himself, and even more so, it was directly broken, causing the sword cultivation to whimper for a lifetime.

Gu Tianxiao's father's real name at the time, the flying sword 'Soul Eater', had long been shattered, and of course, Huang Hong had also lost many of the power of the spirit knife. It's just that in this battle, the two powerful people still showed everyone in Zhongzhou the fact that the tiger fell to Pingyang but may not be bullied. Huang Hong's treasure knife danced or the wind was everywhere, and all the surrounding people were touched by the wind, but Gu Fei was still able to use his body to be safe and sound in this indestructible wind, and finally fought to 'devouring the soul' to break a sword to kill Huang Hong, kill Yuan Ying, and split the mountain where the ring was located into two until the depths of the ground.

After this war, the secular dynasty that was originally ready to move completely extinguished the intention of provoking the Zhongzhou Alliance, and the Ancient Sword Dynasty also sat on the right chair of the Donghai Academy, but Gu Fei, who was holding a breath with his secret method, finally couldn't reach the arrival of the limit a year later.

Ancient Sword Immortal Island, Ancient Sword Pavilion, Moon Viewing Pavilion, the moonlight is hazy, and it is quiet all around. This is the place where Gu Tianxiao's father and mother first met. It's just that that day, a white-haired woman dressed in plain white knelt in front of the pavilion quietly with her man in her arms. The child beside him whimpered and choked, burst into tears, and looked helplessly at the majestic man who gradually dissipated into the world.

The man's face was still full of his familiar smile that was resolute and hearty.

"Tianxiao, for my father in this life, I am fortunate to have your mother's favor, double stay and fly, enjoy the world, love for a thousand years, although this time I have to fight with my life when I encounter the catastrophe of heaven and earth, but I can give birth to a smart child like you at the end of the day, it is worth it. It is worth it to lay this foundation for the Ancient Sword Sect. Our generation of husbands should have ambitions, our generation of sword cultivation should move forward bravely, and my generation of men should be loved by their relatives and support a piece of the world. ”

The dissipated figure seemed to finally raise his arm and gently caress the top of the child's head, and then looked at the woman he loved deeply, "Xue'er, I would like to be married to you again in the next life." ”

"Well, Lang Jun, let's go. As the woman wept, the man's figure completely dissipated between heaven and earth. At that moment, the death knell of the Ancient Sword Pavilion rang for a long time, and all the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect knelt down towards the pavilion, and they couldn't afford to kneel. On that day, Gu Tianxiao, who cried until he fell asleep, was only six years old.