Under the scorching summer sun, there is no cloud, there is not a trace of cool breeze in the air, and the heat is full.

A large boat sails in a huge lake, this large lake is called Mirror Lake, which is one of the four major lakes in the land of China and the largest lake in the south of the Yangtze River. The size of Mirror Lake is far more than 10 million acres. For many local fishermen, Mirror Lake is a piece of sea.

The big boat in Jinghu is not a flower boat or a fishing boat, but a "white boat". The "white boat" is not a white ship, it is called a white ship because it has a huge "white" character written on its big sail, like a flag. Passing by the white boats, all the fishing boats in Mirror Lake avoided one after another. The fishermen's gaze on the white boat was filled with awe and curiosity, for they saw the big ship every few years, and they vaguely knew that it came from the mysterious mist-shrouded archipelago in the Mirror Lake, and belonged to some unknown great person. In private, they all call the "big guys" on the ship "Bai family", but they don't know whether they are surnamed Bai or whether they are a family, and some are only vague legends that have been passed down from generation to generation.

In those stories, some of the "Bai family" are descendants of the immortals, some are ancient heirlooms, and some are secretly super-rich, and the white boat will appear on the mirror lake every once in a while, maybe it is performing some special ceremony, right?

At this time, there were no mysterious scenes on the white boat that the fishermen imagined. In the empty cabin hall, a group of young people were chatting happily, and even the hot weather did not suppress the excitement of the teenagers.

As far as the eye could see, the boys and girls did not seem to come from the same place, some of them were richly dressed and talked extraordinarily, some were clearly from the city, and some were full of curiosity on their faces, and some of them were full of vigilance, clutching their knives or swords in their hands, as if someone was going to turn against them at any moment.

But no matter where these teenagers came from, they obviously couldn't suppress their excitement, and obviously had a great yearning for what was coming, and discussed it enthusiastically.

In the crowd, a young man was obviously from a noble family, his eyes flashed brightly, he looked particularly dazzling in the crowd, and his age was a few years older than most of the twelve or thirteen-year-old boys and girls, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a tall figure, and a slender iron sword on his back, confident and full of everyone's demeanor in his gestures. He hugged his fists at the young people and said: "In Xia Han Luoxing, from the Han family of the Longzhong martial arts family, I am fortunate to participate in the selection of the disciples of the five hidden sects with you, this is a kind of fate, no matter which master you worship in the future, everyone is a senior brother, and you can take care of it when you walk the rivers and lakes in the future!"

A little boy who was squatting on the ground looked to be only eight or nine years old, with greasy hair and tattered clothes, and he couldn't wait to ask, "Big brother, what are you talking about? What are the Five Great Hidden Sects? I was picked up by an uncle from the street, saying that he was taking me to find a cult practice, and I thought he was going to send me to someone's house to be a scholar's follower." ”

Before Han Luoxing could speak, a girl next to him who looked like a lady said coldly: "No one can say what the Five Great Hidden Sects are, since they were brought, someone will naturally answer for us." ”

"Will anyone really come?" sneered a young man with a long row of throwing knives pinned to his waist, "I passed out from being hit in the acupoint by someone in my sleep, and woke up on this inexplicable ship. If it weren't for the fact that this scene was not the work of a thief, I would have been ready to use my throwing knife to find out. It would be nice if someone could tell me what the hell is going on. ”

Han Luoxing looked at the young man for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he clasped his fists at him and said, "What is this little brother's name? I know a little bit about the Five Great Hidden Sects, and I can answer a question or two for you." ”

The young man with the flying knife glanced at him, frowned, and said, "I don't have a name, and everyone who has dealt with me calls me a knife." ”

Han Luoxing nodded and said, "Brother Xiaodao is named after the knife, presumably the flying knife has already achieved a little, I don't know who he learned from?"

The knife's eyes narrowed slightly, his thin lips touched up and down, and said: "I don't have a master, the flying knife has been on me since I can remember, whoever wants my life, I will kill whoever I want, whether it has achieved or not, I don't know." ”

These words came out of the mouth of a teenager, but they did not show anything wrong at all, but revealed a cold murderous aura. And some of the teenagers around also raised their heads and glanced at them, with the same light in their eyes, it seems that a teenager like Xiaodao is not a special case.

Han Luoxing didn't show a surprised look, and said with a smile: "That's it." Those of us who come from all over the world, and we all have different learnings and skills, and we were all brought to this ship because of some accident. As I expected, we are all martial arts geniuses who were discovered by the 'walking in the world' of the five hidden sects, just like this little knife brother, it is the genius buried in the world who was gathered together by the five hidden sects and was going to be sent somewhere to participate in their disciple selection. ”

"Legend has it that the Five Great Hidden Sects have been passed down for thousands of years, and they were originally the oldest sects in the martial arts, but in recent hundreds of years, the world has been full of fires and changed dynasties, so it has disappeared since this dynasty, and only occasionally walks in the world. But no matter what, the inheritance cannot be broken, so every few years, there will be five hidden sects walking in the world to discover young martial arts geniuses, and then bring them to a place for disciple selection. ”

"My Han family is a martial arts family in Longzhong, and it has been inherited for hundreds of years, and my ancestors have also produced disciples of the five hidden sects, which have been passed down in the family tree. It is said that the five hidden sects ignore the disputes in the rivers and lakes, and only ask about the martial arts avenue, even if there are disciples walking in the world, unless they are looking for disciples for the sect, they must not reveal any sect information, otherwise they will be regarded as betraying the sect. Of course, I don't know if it's true or not, it's just hearsay. ”

Han Luoxing talked eloquently, as a descendant of a martial arts family, there are naturally a lot of anecdotes in the martial arts to say, and the legends about the five hidden sects can also be told intermittently, in addition to him, there are also a few young men and girls with extraordinary backgrounds, and they can often interject a few sentences and talk about their thoughts, and those teenagers who were born in the market or the mountains widened their eyes, never thought that these stories that had appeared in legends, one day they could have such an opportunity to meet, it was a great thing.

And in what everyone didn't notice, there was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl who kept her head down, her long, curly eyelashes trembling slightly, casting a fine shadow on her face.

The girl looked extraordinarily thin, somewhat malnourished, with tiny and sparse hair and even some yellowishness, her small body wrapped in a slightly wide garment, a somewhat exaggerated burden in her arms, and her two large eyes were lowered at the moment, as if she had no interest in what was being hotly discussed in the crowd.

The young girl sat alone in the shadows of the corner, as if completely cut off from the whole world. Finally, she slowly opened the burden and reached out to take out an object, which turned out to be a spirit card, which was written in small block letters, "Xian Yan Ning Mu Lin Ruren's maiden name Mo Baisheng Xilian Position", which turned out to be the spirit card of the girl's mother.

The girl gently stroked the tablet, there were no tears in her eyes, only a gray dead air, as if she had lost all her aura. She pursed her lips tightly and said softly in a voice that only she could hear: "Mother, you are gone, Ning Liang doesn't want to be my father, he has several sons and doesn't need me, so he gave me to a person I don't know, that person said he wanted to take me to learn martial arts and asked, but Wushu didn't want to learn martial arts and asked, there is no place for no book in this world, and soon, Wushu will go to find his mother." ”

The girl named Ning Wushu muttered to herself, there was no sadness or grievance in her tone, it was very plain, light, but extremely cold.

Suddenly, there was a rhythmic sound of footsteps outside the cabin, each step was very light, but it made everyone's hearts beat with the sound of that step. As the footsteps got closer and closer, everyone felt their hearts beat more and more violently, and even a few of the younger children were surging with blood and covering their chests uncomfortably.

Ning Wushu also obviously felt something wrong, she quickly put the spirit card back into the baggage, and looked in the direction where the footsteps came from with some confusion.

Walking into the cabin was a middle-aged man with a bland appearance to the extreme, it may be difficult for anyone to remember his appearance even if they chatted with him for half an hour, but this person's temperament is very outstanding, just casually going to that station, just like a tall green pine, not angry and arrogant, as if he is a general in a thousand armies. Everyone knows that this must not be an ordinary person.

Seeing the middle-aged man coming, all the teenagers stopped discussing and looked at him in unison, after listening to Fang Cai Han Luoxing's description of the five hidden sects, these teenagers all knew that this person might be the legendary hidden sect "walking in the world". Many of the teenagers recognized this person as the one who had brought them to the ship in the first place. Of course, there are also some such as knives, which I don't know how they got to the ship, but it is very likely that they were brought by this person.

Looking at this middle-aged man, there was a strange light in the eyes of the teenagers, there was a blazing curiosity, admiration and vigilance, but the middle-aged man did not pay attention to the gaze of these teenagers, he scanned the entire cabin, and finally set his eyes on that inconspicuous corner, and said lightly: "Ning Wushu, come with me." ”