On the Xiangjiang River, there is a long island, if you look at it, stretch endlessly, the original orange island, weaving island, oath island, spring island four islands, after many years of torrent whirlwind, sand and stone accumulation, but now has formed a long island, because of the abundance of oranges, the common people all call it orange island. This continent is connected with the Xiangjiang River, and it is one of the eight views of Xiaoxiang that is famous all over the world. The well-known Sword Refining Mountain Villa was built on Orange Island.

At that time, the morning light was about to pass, the fog on the river gradually dissipated, seeing the boat getting closer and closer, Shen Yong looked up, only to see a mountain villa built on the island in front of him, there are not many houses in the Zhuangzi, only three are pavilions, and the rest are bungalows, limited by the area of the island, although the Zhuangzi is not big, but it is also extremely majestic.

When the boat was still a little away from the villa, Ma Xicao said to Shen Yong: "Second brother, the family teacher is also a well-written person, and you will be amazed by the amount of ink treasures he collects. ”

As soon as the boat docked, Ma Xixu hurriedly pulled Shen Yong to the village. This Sword Refining Villa was originally where Master Ma Xicao was located, and he was familiar with it, so he immediately went to visit his mentor Xue Daofeng.

Sword Refining Villa has been established for a hundred years, and it is rumored that Xue Daofeng is already the fourth generation owner, but the two have not yet seen their teacher, but they first met Xue Yu.

Xue Yu is the eldest son of Xue Daofeng, and he is also the senior brother of Ma Xicao, the two dwarfed each other, Xue Yu was shocked when he saw Ma Xicao, and asked: "Senior brother is not in the palace to prepare for marriage, how can he have time to come to the villa?" Ma Xixu told him about Shen Yong's love for Mobao one by one. After Xue Yu listened, he said: "It's okay if it's in the past, it's just ...... today" Xue Yu pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "Okay, you two come with me." ”

Xue Yu led the way, turned an arch, passed through a long corridor, and came to the door of a house. Shen Yong saw that this room was elegant and simple, quite different from other rooms.

Xue Yu stood in front of the door, gently tapped the door three times, and said, "Father, Senior Brother Xicao is here." The man in the room said, "Come in." ”

Xue Yu slowly pushed open the door and led Ma Xicao and Shen Yong into the house. Shen Yong heard the old man talking in the room before, and when he entered the door to look, he saw a withered person sitting cross-legged on the bed in the room, with his back to the three people, as if he was facing the wall, motionless.

Shen Yongxin said: "This thin old man should be my brother-in-law's master Xue Daofeng." ”

The old man didn't look back, as if he was in a state of mind.

Ma Xicao knelt down and bowed, "The disciple knocks to see the master." ”

The old man remained silent.

Ma Xicao stood up on his own, looked at Xue Yu on the side, and asked suspiciously: "Master, this is?"

Xue Yu sighed and said, "Father is angry with me." ”

Ma Xixu asked again, "Why are you angry?"

Xue Yu said helplessly: "I have no choice, father, you are old, although the fourth brother is obsessed with martial arts, but the fire is not home, the second brother and the third brother are scholars, just a few of us, how can you cope with today's appointment, you were worried about the stability of your junior brother, and you were afraid that your junior brother would be in danger and would not be able to explain to the king of Chu, but today the junior brother himself came, which shows that it is the will of heaven, why should you be so." ”

Ma Xicao's heart sank.

Xue Daofeng said slowly: "It's okay, since Xi Cao is here, let's take a closer look." ”

Ma Xicao said in his heart: "It seems that the villa is in trouble, but what kind of difficulty can make the master so distressed?"

Xue Yu said: "Senior brother, do you know that the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow cast by my Sword Refining Villa?"

Ma Xicao heard the three words "Great Xia Dragon Sparrow", nodded and said: "The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow was cast by the master who has exhausted his mind for more than 20 years, how could I not know, but this knife is calculated according to the day, shouldn't it be born next year, right?"

Xue Yu said: "Yes, the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow has been born in advance, and it is today. ”

Ma Xixu's heart shook suddenly: "What...... What?

A helpless smile appeared on the corner of Xue Yu's mouth, and he said: "Look, even the news that you don't know, junior brother, I really don't understand how the news of the birth of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow spread to the Northwest Desert." With that, Xue Yu took a letter from the bedside where Xue Daofeng was sitting and handed it to Ma Xixu.

Shen Yong stood beside Ma Xicao, and saw the content of the letter clearly, and the letter said: "Cheng Bobai, I heard in the northwest that the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow cast by Guizhuang came out recently, Mr. Xue cast it with a wonderful hand, the majesty of the divine soldiers, and the yearning for it, specific to the sixteenth day of the winter month, when you visit Guizhuang to get it." At the end of the letter, it was signed "Doumu Zheng Cheng Bo worships".

Shen Yong didn't know who this Cheng Bo was, he just looked at Ma Xicao who was stunned, and listened to him: "This Cheng Bo is the head of the 'Xuanwu Seven Residences' in the desert, I heard that he has lived in the desert for a long time, and he has not been to the Central Plains for many years, but why do you want to get a book and a knife now, what is the reason?"

Shen Yong heard the name of "Xuanwu Seven Nights", and suddenly remembered Wei Yueyan and the room fire pig, as well as the virtual sun rat that appeared at home, these people all came to snatch the "Mountain Residence Map", and heard that these people were villains full of evil, and said in his heart: "If their boss is going to grab the knife again, these seven people really don't have a good person." ”

I only heard Xue Yu say angrily: "This Uncle Cheng can be regarded as a famous figure, how can he snatch a knife so blatantly? I don't understand, why is my father so afraid of him?"

Xue Daofeng said: "Cheng Bo is a master who suddenly appeared on the rivers and lakes twenty years ago, no one knows his origin, but it is rumored that his Nine Heavens Dragon Palm is so powerful that there are few opponents, and now he has come to grab the sword, and he knows that this knife is extraordinary, but he thinks very highly of himself, and calculates that my Sword Refining Villa can only cast swords and forge swords, and there is no martial arts master, so he dares to come." ”

Xue Yu snorted: "If he really likes the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, he would just ask for a reading at the annual sword tasting conference of my Sword Refining Villa, but now he is fighting the sword book, which is too much to look down on our Sword Refining Villa." ”

Xue Daofeng slowly turned around and said: "You don't have to be so depressed, that Cheng Bo has been famous for many years, and he has regarded himself as a wicked person, and it is also his style of acting to snatch the knife in vain, but I am not practicing against the wall, and I am not yet successful, and I am not Cheng Bo's opponent, not to mention that he also has six brothers who advance and retreat together, but Xi Cao, you return to the village today, you and I are the boss and the four of us join forces, and it is not impossible to retreat from this strong enemy." After speaking, Xue Daofeng pointed to the long wooden box on the table and said: "Xicao, that is the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, you put it away, in case you miss today, our father and son will try their best to ensure that you retreat, you don't hesitate at that time, leave quickly with a knife." ”

Ma Xicao was just about to excuse himself, but at this moment, there was a shout outside the house, and someone shouted: "Coming, the wicked are coming." ”

Shen Yong wanted to see the painstaking work of this sword-casting master, but at this moment, Cheng Bo suddenly came, Ma Xicao tied the wooden box to his back, and under the guidance of Xue Daofeng, several people went out of the house.

Ma Xicao said in a low voice: "Second brother, you don't know martial arts, you will fight fiercely together, you have to follow me closely, don't leave half a step." ”

Shen Yong said: "Yes, brother-in-law." ”

As soon as the four of them arrived outside the house, Shen Yong saw a black sedan chair parked in the courtyard, and four shirtless stout sedan chairmen stood around the sedan chair. This voice stood up and was humble and polite, not as arrogant as the Wei Yueyan and the Void Sun Mouse he had seen.

As soon as the words fell, the two sedan chair drivers in front of the sedan chair, one lifted the curtain and the other pressed the sedan chair, and slowly walked out of the sedan chair, but this person wore a mask on his head that could not be said to be anything, leaving only a pair of eyes leaking outside, and the people present were surprised to see him dressed up like this.

Cheng Bodao: "An uninvited person is offended and offended." Stepping out of the sedan chair, at this time, the people of the villa seemed to hear the sound, rushed from all sides, occupied the courtyard around, and surrounded Cheng Bo and the five people in the middle.

Xue Daofeng has heard that Cheng Bo's identity is mysterious, he has always been dressed in black, and his mask covers his face, making it difficult to distinguish his face, so far no one knows his origin, but he can listen to it, and he is still shocked when he sees it today.

Cheng Bodao: "The prestige of Sword Refining Villa, I have always admired it, but I didn't have the opportunity to pay respects, and I am really pleased to be here today." ”

Xue Daofeng said: "Mr. Cheng praised it falsely, my Sword Refining Villa is just a place for striking iron. ”

Cheng Bo said with a smile: "Presumably, this is the heir of Candle Yongzi, the owner of the current Sword Refining Villa, Master Xue Zhuang." ”

Xue Daofeng said: "It's old decay. ”

Cheng Bo bowed and said: "Master Xue, I have never liked to go around in circles, the purpose of my trip was explained in that letter earlier, I don't know what the owner of the village has been thinking about these days?"

A person in the northeast corner of the courtyard suddenly said: "The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow is my father's hard work for decades, and you want to take a knife with red mouth and white teeth, and you also deceive me that there is no one in the Sword Refining Villa." Shen Yong looked sideways at the person who spoke, and saw a man standing under a big tree in the northeast, wearing a red robe, who was the red-clothed young man he saw today.

Xue Daofeng shouted: "Tong'er, don't be rude!" What else did the man say, Xue Daofeng drank it, and he was silent, but the expression on his face was still not angry, and Shen Yong said in his heart: "It turns out that this young man is actually the young master of Sword Refining Villa, he is in the rivers and lakes, and he thinks about the common people, it is really not easy, if you have a fate, you can make a friend with him." ”

Cheng Bodao: "It's okay, it doesn't matter, presumably this is the fourth son, I heard that the fourth prince is obsessed with martial arts, and he has practiced the cloud turning palm technique to ten percent of the fire at a young age, and if he has the opportunity when he is young, he will definitely ask for advice." With a wave of his hand, the two sedan chair drivers took out another box from the sedan chair and put it on the ground. As soon as Cheng Bo raised his hand, the box opened by itself, only to see that it was shining with gold, a whole box of gold bricks.

Xue Tong couldn't help but say: "Your box of treasures was not robbed by robbing the house, we don't dare to accept such stolen goods." ”

Cheng Bo raised his head and said: "What about the robbery of the house, now in this world, etiquette is broken, and the gang is often lost, what kind of stolen goods, then Shi Jingjiao, Meng Zhixiang, Li Yu and others, which is not a thief who steals the country, and the Jiangshan Sheji in their mouths is not stolen?"

When everyone heard this, they were all silent, Cheng Bo said: "Today, the ten countries are competing for hegemony, the common people are not living, Xue Zhuang occupies the Xiangjiang River, casting for pleasure makes me not envious, but the Great Xia Dragon Bird came out, there are many people coveted in the rivers and lakes, and when the news spreads in the coming day, Hezhuang will not be at peace, although this box of gold can not withstand the owner's decades of hard work, but it can provide decades of casting foundation for Guizhuang, and the Sword Refining Villa will be able to forge peerless magic soldiers after that, so blessed, why not do it." ”

Xue Daofeng laughed dryly and said, "Thanks to Mr. Cheng's kindness, the future of my Sword Refining Villa is not worried about Mr. Lao." Cheng Bo snorted: "It's hard to say that the master's craftsmanship is just an empty name, and the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow is no different from the ordinary sword?" Xue Daofeng smiled and said: "My carving insect skill is not worth mentioning, what is the difference between the false and the famous, since Mr. Cheng insists on taking this knife, then we will only have the Nine Heavens Shocking Dragon Palm that worships the leading life." Cheng Bo was stunned, but he didn't expect Xue Daofeng to speak so directly, and said: "Then the owner of the village means that I Cheng Mou is ugly?" Xue Daofeng said: "Although my Sword Refining Villa is not a martial arts faction, I am also willing to use a slight trick to learn from Mr. Gao, Tong'er, you come first." ”

Cheng Bo saw that Xue Daofeng sent Xue Tong, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, he had already sent someone to investigate everyone in the Sword Refining Villa, knowing that Xue Tong was obsessed with practicing martial arts and had a deep attainment, so he didn't dare to underestimate him when he mentioned his spirit. Xue Tong was young and vigorous, and he had long wanted to make a big fight with Cheng Bo, but now that he had received his father's order, he was overjoyed that he could finally make a move. Xue Tong's right hand was the first to strike, and the palm wind was mixed with a whistling sound, which was the cloud-turning palm of the Sword Refining Villa. This set of palm techniques was created by the ancestors of the Xue family, and it is exquisite, emercrising, and elusive.

Cheng Bo saw Xue Tong's palm, sideways to avoid it, and then pushed it out with both hands, and the "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls" made a move to make the internal force extremely strong. Xue Tong's figure flowed, and he flashed a blow, but his right hand was slapped out with a palm. Cheng Bo had expected that his right hand would have this blow, if he competed with Xue Tong in moves, the Cloud Turning Palm was flexible and changeable, he might not have a chance of winning, if he was competing for internal strength, this kid would definitely not be an opponent, he calculated the position of Xue Tong's right hand, and the Nine Heavens Dragon Palm waved out early, and with a bang, Xue Tong's arm was forced, and he retreated violently. Cheng Bo laughed and said, "Fourth son, are you still fine?" He thought to himself that this palm could split mountains and stones, but he knew that Xue Tong's internal strength was successful, but he just rubbed his sore arm, and then went up, his hands kept swinging, this move "surging in the wind", his hands fiddling around, it was really like the wind and clouds were changing, making people unpredictable.

Cheng Bo saw that he was slapped by himself, but he didn't suffer pain, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, for a while, what he thought in his heart, when he wanted to seize the opportunity, Cheng Bo came out with both palms between the electric light and flint, the left palm and the right hand struck again, the palm rose and fell, and the chain was endless, and there were eight palms waved out for a while, it was the "dragon and tiger fight" of the nine heavens dragon palm, the left hand was like a dragon and the right hand was like a tiger, one palm was both out of the two palms and to, and the dragon and tiger fought endlessly. Xue Tong lost the opportunity and had no time to dodge, so he stubbornly followed six of them before being pulled away by Xue Daofeng. Xue Tong's internal strength cultivation is not as good as Cheng Bo after all, and he feels that he has no stamina after receiving six palms one after another, if it weren't for Xue Daofeng's timely rescue, he was afraid that he would die on the spot. Seeing that Xue Tong was rescued by Xue Daofeng, Cheng Bo immediately turned around and hit Xue Daofeng directly, without giving him a moment of respite, he pushed out with both palms and slapped Xue Daofeng's heart.

Xue Daofeng was anxious to save people, and he never guarded against Cheng Bo's sneak attack, and when he saw that his heart was about to slap him, everyone in the courtyard was shocked and scolded Cheng Bo for taking advantage of people's danger. Shen Yong was on the side, he had long felt that this Cheng Bo was aggressive, a bit excessive, not to mention that Xue Daofeng was his brother-in-law's mentor, seeing that Xue Daofeng's life was on the verge of death, he didn't have time to think about it at the moment, so he grabbed Xue Daofeng's side in an instant and took the palm for Xue Daofeng.

Cheng Bo suddenly felt a cold air attacking his arm, and his heart tightened, so he quickly recovered the internal force of his palms and quickly protected his heart to avoid being injured by the cold. Shen Yong retreated from the strong enemy with one palm, and hurriedly looked sideways at Xue Daofeng and said, "Master Xue, are you okay?" Xue Daofeng smiled bitterly: "Thank you little brother for coming to the rescue, I'm really ashamed." ”

Ma Xicao saw Shen Yong waving his palm to retreat from the enemy on the side, and he was secretly surprised in his heart: "He... How can he know martial arts?" Since he came into contact with Shen Yong in Chengdu, it has been some time now, no matter who said Shen Yong, he is a person who loves literature and hates martial arts, so he took him to the Sword Refining Villa to ask for some literary and ink treasures, and at this time, he suddenly saw that he could face a character like Cheng Bo, how could he not be surprised!

Cheng Bo waited for the cold to dissipate before he shouted, "Boy, who are you from the old ghost?"

Shen Yong said: "I don't know what kind of old ghost." ”

Cheng Bo said solemnly: "You just used the internal force that is clearly Xuan Bing's heart method, do you dare to say that you don't know Hua Lao Ghost?"

Shen Yong hurriedly said: "What kind of flowers, trees, I really don't know." ”

Cheng Bo saw that his face was confused, and he thought to himself that he might really not know Hua Lao Ghost, so how did he learn this Xuanbing Mental Method? Just as he was about to ask, he heard someone behind him shouting: "Fourth brother, fourth brother, are you okay?"

As soon as Cheng Bo turned around, he saw a young girl looking for Xue Tong, and said in his heart: "Presumably she is Xue Tong's twin sister Xue Qi, I originally wanted to refine the sword and there was no genius in the villa, but I met the heir of Xuan Bing's mental method, so it is very disadvantageous for me to compete again, it is better to take this Xue Qi, force Xue Daofeng to comply, and let him take the knife and come to the desert to replace with me." As soon as his mind moved, he immediately rushed to grab it, and Xue Daofeng couldn't help but be shocked when he saw him heading towards Xue Qi, and shouted: "Thief, don't hurt my daughter." "Jump in and stop it.

Xue Qi and Xue Tong were originally twin brothers and sisters, people said that there was telepathy between the twins, Xue Tong was injured, perhaps by Xue Qi's perception, so he hurriedly came to find, she was a beautiful girl, although she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she didn't know anything about martial arts, she saw Cheng Bo attacking her, and subconsciously raised her arm to block, Cheng Bo grabbed Xue Qi's right arm and immediately sealed the three major acupoints on her body. Xue Qideng's whole body was sore, weak and unable to move.

Xue Tong, whose internal strength was damaged, saw that his twin sister was arrested, and he didn't care about breathing, so he immediately got up and grabbed it. Xue Daofeng arrived first, Xue Tong arrived later, and the two of them grabbed people back and forth, but they were both blocked by Cheng Bo.

Cheng Bo took Xue Qi in his arms, struggled to repel the comers, then threw it to the sedan chair, and shouted: "Go!" The four sedan chair men took Xue Qi, placed her in the sedan chair, carried the sedan chair and flew up, in an instant, it was several feet high from the ground, everyone in the yard saw this, and hurriedly came to grab it, but they were all blocked by Cheng Bo's palm wind one after another, but they couldn't break through the gas network formed by his palm wind for a while. Only Shen Yong had the Xuanbing Heart Law to protect his body, and he rushed out of the invisible qi network, but it was too late for him to rush out, the four sedan chair men had already gone away, Shen Yong couldn't chase people, so he had to turn around and want to keep Cheng Bo, who knew that Cheng Bo's body was weird, and he dodged Shen Yong's blow, and floated out of the hospital like an illusion. Xue Daofeng, Xue Tong, and Shen Yong jumped out together, and Cheng Bo had already walked away.

Everyone only heard: "If you want to save people, come to the desert with the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow to find me." ”

Xue Daofeng said: "It's so weird. Xue Yu and Ma Xicao followed one after another, they were already half a beat late, so they didn't see Cheng Bo's way clearly. Xue Tong wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Xue Daofeng: "Stop chasing!"

Xue Tong was unwilling, and said angrily: "Just let him go, what should my sister do?"

Xue Daofeng said: "Then if you can't grab the knife this time, you will rob Qi'er, just to hold our lives and let us exchange knives for people, so Qi'er's life will not be in danger." As he spoke, he turned to look at Shen Yong and said, "Today's matter, thanks to the help of the young man, I still don't know the name of the young man, so I ask for advice." ”

Shen Yong hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Don't dare, junior Shen Yong." ”

Ma Xixu continued: "This is my fiancée's brother. ”

Xue Daofeng nodded: "He has such skills at such a young age, if he gets the guidance of a famous teacher in the future, his martial arts attainments will inevitably be limitless." ”

Xue Tong was anxious and stopped: "Dad, you are here to be courteous and polite, what should my sister do, even if she is safe for a while, but in the hands of that group of thieves, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be three longs and two shorts if it goes on like this." ”

Xue Daofeng exhaled a rough breath, and said calmly: "Fourth, you are always so anxious, how can I not know what you said, but I observed before, that Cheng Bo seems to be very jealous of Shen Shaoxia's true qi, so I think if Shen Shaoxia is willing to help, the two of you join forces to save Qi'er, it will greatly increase the chances of winning." ”

Ma Xicao said: "Master, but my wedding with Min'er will be held soon, so I am afraid that it will be inappropriate to let the second brother leave." He was speechless, sounding reluctant.

Shen Yong said: "Yesterday, thanks to my brother-in-law's treasure, I was worried and couldn't repay it, and it happened that today's teacher was in trouble, and I was able to use my meager strength, and I also counted a matter on my mind." ”

Before he left Chu and entered Sichuan that day, Ma Xifan specially told him to inquire about the location of the "Mountain Residence Map" no matter what, but he spent a lot of effort in Chengdu, and he didn't find any clues, but he only heard that Zhao Kuangji, who returned with the map, was rescued by Shen Yong, so he spent his thoughts on Shen Yong, and he was about to have some eyebrows, Shen Yong left suddenly, wouldn't it be a waste of his previous efforts! Second brother, you came secretly with us, if you go to save people, how can I explain to my father-in-law?"

Shen Yong didn't know Ma Xixu's thoughts, but he was really afraid that he would not be able to explain to his father and sister, and said: "I have nothing to explain to my father, he left me on the mountain, and I am very boring alone, sister, then I will personally go and talk to her, I will not embarrass my brother-in-law, not to mention that this saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, since I have responded to the master of Xue Zhuang, I will definitely not regret it." ”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Ma Xixuan didn't want to say anything more, so he immediately left Sword Refining Villa with him and went back to Wanxi Garden to say goodbye to Shen Min. Shen Min didn't want her younger brother to be in danger, not to mention that she didn't know when Shen Yong had practiced martial arts, but when she saw Shen Yong's expression was firm, she knew that he was determined to go, so she had no choice but to agree.

Saving people is like fighting a fire, there can be no delay for a moment, Shen Min is still packing his brother's luggage, Shen Yong left quietly, he is always worried that his sister will be soft-hearted, afraid that he will change his mind temporarily.

Out of the north gate of Tanzhou, Xue Tong was already waiting there, this trip to the desert, the road was long, he specially chose a good horse for Shen Yong, the two of them fought side by side, and went to the northwest.