The sword qi has become a cage, and it is constantly shrinking inward.

The "shopkeeper" of the secret guard had to show his figure, and his sleeves suddenly shook violently, forcing the sword qi that was pressing step by step to stop abruptly.

Xu Beiyou raised his sword and pointed at this master of the Dark Guard Mansion, his face was indifferent.

The secret guard "shopkeeper" did not retreat, but advanced, and a short sword appeared in his hand again, and went straight to this Xu Gongzi.

The distance is only a few zhang, almost instantaneous, the dark guard "shopkeeper" is close to Xu Beiyou within three feet in front of him, as the so-called one inch long and one inch strong, one inch short and one inch dangerous, Xu Beiyou uses a long sword, and the dark guard "shopkeeper" uses a short sword, in the case of close melee, it is not good for Xu Beiyou.

This is already the last desperate fight of the "shopkeeper" of the dark guard.

Unexpectedly, the short sword easily bounced off the blocking long sword, and then easily stabbed Xu Beiyou's heart.

When the blade really touched Xu Beiyou's skin, the "shopkeeper" of the secret guard was relieved.

But in the next moment, his face suddenly changed drastically, and without the slightest hesitation, he was about to draw his sword and retreat.

But Xu Beiyou didn't give him this opportunity, but actually used his middle dantian to firmly lock the qi machine, so that he couldn't withdraw at all.

Xu Beiyou approached, crashed into his arms, and then smashed his backhand on his chest with the hilt of his sword.

The whole person of the secret guard's "shopkeeper" suddenly seemed to be struck by lightning, his face turned white in an instant, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

The blood sprayed directly on Xu Beiyou's placket.

Xu Beiyou didn't care, and then there was another thunder shock, which directly smashed the chest of the secret guard's "shopkeeper" into a depression, which was extremely terrifying.

The "shopkeeper" of the dark guard was really desperate this time, he couldn't have imagined that a young man who was expected to inherit the throne of the Sword Sect Sect and even ascend to the world would let him stab him in the chest with a sword, and then dare to put himself to death and come back to life, but let him have no escape, no escape.

The old secret guard who was hanging by a thread hoarsely said: "I heard about Xu Gongzi's booby trapping Zhang Zhaonu before, and at that time you were just entering the realm of earth immortals, so I have always wondered how you dragged Murong Xuanyin into Zhang Zhaonu's hands until Murong Xuanyin personally took action, and today I finally understand." ”

Xu Beiyou is now in control, and he doesn't mind talking nonsense with this opponent who still doesn't know his real name and surname, "If Zhang Zhaonu makes a full move, I will naturally not be able to hold up one and a half moves, but unfortunately this Zhang Sect Master is too conceited, thinking that one hand can capture me alive, and in the end, the boat capsized in the gutter, but it was a mistake for his own life." ”

The "shopkeeper" of the secret guard smiled with difficulty: "Xu Gongzi has not made a move for a long time, but he said these words to me, isn't he afraid that he will capsize in the gutter? Yesterday it was Kunshan Zhang Zhao's slave horse who lost his footsteps, and it is difficult to guarantee that today he will not be the young master of the Sword Sect with a bright future." ”

Xu Beiyou said indifferently: "This is not your Excellency's concern, Xu has his own plans, but Xu still has a question I want to ask Your Excellency, what is Duanmu Ruisheng's plan? ”

The "shopkeeper" of the secret guard shook his head and said: "If you really wait until the day when Xu Gongzi ascends to the world, what is the point of going to see the poor dagger?"

Xu Beiyou let out a sigh, easily blocked the last fire thunderbolt hidden by the secret guard's "shopkeeper", and then stabbed him through the heart with a sword.

The old dark guard, who was already at the end of the crossbow, died immediately.

Xu Beiyou took Tianlan back to the sword box, and then put his body flat on the ground, after some exploration, he found two pairs of sleeve arrows, two pairs of small heavenly machine crossbows, a short sword, a fireworks canister that should be used to communicate and contact, and the god-destroying arrow and fire thunder were all used up, and there was also a token representing the identity, with the words "Secret Guard Mansion Shen" written on it, I don't know what it means.

Xu Beiyou wrapped these things briefly and put them in the sword box. I have to say that the sword box he is carrying now, Sumeru mustard seeds, is extremely mysterious, although it is not as good as the exquisite pagoda that claims to have 33 heavens inside, but the inside is also very large, according to the records of the classics in the sect, the ancestor Shangqing Daojun used this sword box to collect 300,000 swords from the Daomen, and then carried 300,000 swords alone, and traveled tens of thousands of miles to the 36 islands of the East China Sea, which led to the island of the sword mound later.

After Xu Beiyou's previous pursuit and fighting, the black robe on his body was already bloodstained, and there were even many tear marks, so he could only take a plain white robe from the village, and replaced the black robe, and the whole person suddenly looked a little less gloomy and cold, and a little more elegant.

Xu Beiyou slowly descended the mountain with the sword box on his back, but he had no intention of going to Ruyang Mansion, but planned to go directly to Shendu. There, he wanted to see a person, Wang Xiao of Liangwu County.

Xiao Quji, this person, has no merits in his own right, and he has nothing to excel in, and he can only have the status of today's county king by relying on the grace of his family, and naturally he has become the bottom of the county king.

His biggest hobby is sword practice, his long-cherished wish in his life is to become a sword immortal figure, the most admired sword immortal Shangguan Xianchen, and even made a ridiculous thing about wanting Gongsun Zhongmou to accept him as an apprentice on behalf of the teacher, but he has no qualifications in himself, and he still doesn't enter the stream after practicing for so many years, not to mention that the threshold of the sword immortal has not been touched, even if he is called a swordsman, it is very reluctant.

However, this King of Liangwu County is somehow very liked by His Majesty today, and he is among the best every New Year's reward, and even once second only to Xiao Bai, the king of Qi, and his fief is in the Taiping Central Plains near the Shendu, and he does not need to screen the edge of the town, and he is really at ease over the years.

However, what is not known to outsiders is that His Royal Highness the county king is actually quite ambitious, although His Majesty likes him very much now, but his status in the emperor's mind is not very high, just a lot of gold and silver rewards, but he is still wearing a blue satin python robe, not to mention that compared with Xiao Bai's black python robe, it is much worse than the other four positive colors, so many years, His Majesty has never changed his color of clothing, which has almost become his heart disease.

Therefore, Xiao Quji's ambition is also very simple, that is, he hopes to one day be able to wear a black prince python robe in a dignified manner.

When Xu Beiyou passed by Shendu last time, he was not qualified to talk to Xiao Qujian at all, but now Xu Beiyou is different, he is already qualified to sit on an equal footing with a Xiao county king like Gongsun Zhongmou back then.

The reason why Xu Beiyou wanted to see Xiao Qujian this time was that in addition to inheriting his master's connections, he also had his own thoughts.

According to the laws of Daqi, at the end of each year, the emperor will call some of the princes of the clan to return to the imperial capital from the fiefdom to spend the New Year together, among the many Xiao princes, Xiao Jin, the king of Wei, has not been recalled to Beijing for 50 years, even the death of Emperor Xiao, the queen mother has refuted the request of the king of Wei to enter Beijing to guard the spirit, and Xiao Bai, the king of Qi, is on the list every year after sealing the feudal state of Qizhou, in addition to Xiao Bai, Xiao Quji and Xiao Maha have become the vassal kings who have entered Beijing and faced the saints the most, and the rewards are quite rich.

Xu Beiyou walked all the way and hurriedly, and it took about three days to get out of the range of Funiu Mountain, and it took a little half a day's work, and the Shendu City was already visible.

The last time he came, the peony in the city of Shendu was in full bloom, which can be called the peony in the city, but this time he came again, but the weather was withering, and the peony in the city was no longer full of peonies.