Volume 1 Caged Bird Chapter 001
A long, long time ago, there was such a legend in the rivers and lakes.
Fifteen cold months, wind and snow a sword.
Tonight, there is wind, snow, and more importantly, the full moon, lonely cold.
Of course, the sun can occasionally be seen when it rains, and the moon can occasionally be seen when it snows. But tonight, it snowed heavily. The clouds on the edge of the distant mountains are dark and thick, only in the center of the sky, the clouds are fragmented, and the bright moon shines through, like thousands of sword qi cutting and roaring.
What a beautiful view, people often think in their hearts. But the only thing that can really appreciate it is lying under the window timidly exposing his head, and his immature, clear, and cute little eyes.
The wind flickered, and the ignorant children's eyes suddenly widened, they had never seen such a beautiful scene, and they would never forget for the rest of their lives, that in the middle of the night, they actually saw the legendary fairy.
On the connected buildings, the shadow walked with light steps all the way north, and the snowflakes danced with her, like fairies or elves in the snow.
Her shadow was cast from the moon, and she flew past the window, and she suddenly turned her face as if she noticed, and smiled at the child.
The children froze, unaware of their own flying ha, even at such an age there was no shame, and when they came to their senses, they were busy wiping their mouths and floors with their clothes, and they were laughing at their ugly appearance.
The moon is so bright, and the shadows are so deep, there can be no mistake, no mistake...
There is a wine inn tonight.
An inn deep in the mountains and forests, there is no smooth road leading to this place, and there is no definite address to be found, but anyone who can come here is not an ordinary person.
Qingge Mu Qingge Valley Shaogu Lord, under the tutelage of human ghosts and ghosts double-faced poison doctors, good at poisoning, proficient in refining puppets and other side ways, the people in the territory of the rivers and lakes often heard of the color change character, this person is also the owner of the wine inn tonight.
Today's inn ushered in two friends, Zuo Yuanxiong Zuo Yuanhu, known as the Xiong Hu brothers, who can become friends of Qing Gemu, most of them are blue-faced and fanged in people's hearts, but these two are not only handsome, but also only about twenty years old, dressed in white, and young people.
"The two little brothers Xiong Hu are here, why are they here?"
Qing Gemu carried a wine jar and ordered his men to prepare dishes. Deep in the mountains and forests, there are friends from afar, even if the relationship is very good, you must be careful. If you come to the door for nothing, you will come to borrow money... In short, good wine and good food come first, and if the hospitality is good, the guests will be embarrassed to speak.
"Brother Qingge, where are these words, the prey we brought last time, brother, don't forget our reward. Zuo Yuanxiong said half-jokingly.
Zuo Yuanxiong, the eldest brother of the Xiong Hu brothers, was not afraid at all in the face of the poison master's personal disciple, slapped off the cork on the seal of the wine jar, and drank it himself.
"The prey you are talking about..."
Qing Gemu beckoned to his subordinates, and a person came out of the kitchen, wearing an apron, from the kitchen, a cook, and brought a plate of roast meat, and respectfully retreated. Qing Gemu smiled: "It's all here." ”
Zuo Yuanxiong and Zuo Yuanhu looked at the red-hot meat on the plate, their expressions were condensed, and when they looked at Qing Gemu, their eyes also became weird.
Zuo Yuanxiong smiled stiffly: "No, no, no, our brothers have all eaten... We're here because of another thing. ”
"What makes Brother Zuo restless?" Qing Gemu smiled evilly.
Zuo Yuanxiong took out a token from his clothes, dark gold material, sickle-shaped, and a skull carved with a bobcat, which was a hunting medal that all major forces had received recently.
"Hunt for the Bronze Medal. He placed the bronze medallion on the table and let out a low bumping sound, "Brother Aoki, as the head of the younger generation of Qingge Valley, should have seen it too. ”
Qing Gemu took a sip of wine and said, "I have seen the bronze medal issued by the royal palace, and the invitees can follow the army of knights and hunters to the outside of the Northern Circle after the end of this winter. ”
"No, it's not.." Zuo Yuanxiong hurriedly waved his hand, "How can we be like the people of the rivers and lakes, how can we receive an invitation from the palace." This bronze medal, actually..."
He said in a bit of a panic: "Actually, I found it at the prey's house last time." Then, he looked at the piece of red-hot meat on Qing Gemu's chopsticks.
Qing Gemu put down his chopsticks and poured wine for the two brothers, and he said slowly: "I don't think the real reason why the two of you are here is not because of this." ”
Xiong and Hu were speechless.
"Fifteen cold months, wind and snow with a sword... The two of you are here because of this. ”
The two brothers looked at each other and lowered their heads slightly.
Qing Gemu suddenly laughed loudly, Xiong Hu and Hu were both stunned, Qing Gemu smiled: "What should I say about the two of you... You actually believe this kind of rumor, but the older you get, the less courageous you become, I remember that you slept in the pile of dead people when you were a child. ”
Qing Gemu's expression eased slightly, and said, "Since we all know that it is a pile of dead people, what is there to be afraid of, but... I'm afraid we're going to be dead too. ”
He took a sip of the spirits, and his face turned a little red, "It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the fifteenth cold moon is a sword in the wind and snow." The Wind and Snow Swordsman, who came and went without a trace, was a chivalrous warrior who specialized in killing people like us who had lost their conscience. ”
"Do you know... How long has this rumor been circulating in this world?"
"I don't know below, but I want to hear about it. ”
Zuo Yuanxiong raised his glass, and the three of them drank a bowl of wine.
Qing Ge Mu said: "Regarding the legend of this swordsman, we have ancient books in Qingge Valley, eight hundred years ago, at the beginning of the creation of the world, order chaos, before the unification of the territory of the royal family of Atolis, there was a person, white clothes and long swords, which became a nightmare that many people in the rivers and lakes could not erase. ”
Zuo Yuanxiong whispered: "At the beginning of the creation, the order was chaotic, was the transition to the unified territory of the Atollis royal family a bit fast?"
"That's not the point. Qing Gemu slammed on the table, "The point is that this guy has been dead for eight hundred years, are you still worried that he will crawl out of the coffin and do chivalrous deeds?"
"Uhhhh Zuo Yuanxiong coughed a few times, "Isn't there a successor left by such a powerful person?" ”
Qing Gemu said with a smile: "Even if a sect is established, after a hundred years, do you think such a sect can still exist? Whether it is the so-called righteous sect or the evil sect, it is impossible for it to survive for a long time. People will deviate from their hearts, not to mention a sect of thousands of people, let alone a righteous sect that specializes in chivalry and righteousness.
In the eyes of that snow swordsman, it is estimated that everyone in the world is a villain."
Brother Qingge's words are reasonable. Zuo Yuanxiong said, "But in the past hundred years, Brother Qingge hasn't heard some rumors about him?"
In the year 803 of the territorial calendar, three thousand flying sand and flying sand died on the fifteenth cold night;
In the year 805 of the territorial calendar, the Red Blood Count of the Bloody Hand Ghost Gang died on the fifteenth cold night;
In the year 812 of the territorial calendar, Liuyanjun, the lord of the Liuyue Palace, died on the fifteenth cold night;
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"What kind of Shabi are these, haven't you heard of them?" Qing Gemu listened to Zuo Yuanxiong's list of changing heavens, and he didn't recognize even one person.
"They are the ones who have done evil all these years. Zuo Yuanxiong shuddered and said, "And the way of death is the same, our brother inquired about the news, there is only one wound, a sword wound, a sword to seal the throat, this is likely to be the rumored Fengxue sword." ”
"Is there such a thing?" said Qing Gemu, "Although the legend of the Wind and Snow Swordsman was born at the beginning of everything, if there is a successor in the world, it must not be as powerful as the Wind and Snow Swordsman of the year." Moreover, what kind of sand and what kind of palace master you are talking about, such a simple name is a passer-by character as soon as it sounds, which can compare to the reputation of my Qingge Valley. ”
"That's that, that's. Zuo Yuanxiong echoed, "Brother Qingge is the leader of the younger generation." ”
Qingge Valley has a hundred medicines and poisons, medicine can be poison, poison can be medicine, killing people and saving people are equally amazing, this is the poison doctor with two faces, but this is only the reputation of the poison doctor, if it were not for the high-profile life of the young valley master of Qingge Valley in the rivers and lakes in recent years, I am afraid no one knows what Qingge Valley is.
Qing Gemu heard Zuo Yuanxiong's praise, smiled up, grabbed the wine jar, filled it with the two, and said with a smile: "Come on, Brother Xiong Hu, but you still remember the name of the inn of the little brother, do it!"
After drinking, Qing Gemu said: "Isn't it just a wind and snow swordsman, if there is really any heir alive, his skills will not be as good as the wind and snow swordsman back then."
What you are afraid of is not the Wind and Snow Swordsman who has killed a few passers-by, you see when he dares to go to our Qingge Valley to spread wild, except for the master and the old man who have saved people with poison, we will only use poison to kill people.
Tonight the three of us, plus my twelve ghosts, if any ignorant boy dares to come, let him serve us a snack. ”
Zuo Yuan Xiong was shocked, and hurriedly smiled: "Yes, yes, there are more bad people in the world, so you must come to us today." ”
The fifteenth cold night is not a specific day, he can appear at any time, in the cold winter, that day will be very cold, and the moonlight will be cold.
As for why it had to wait until winter- [file sealed]
There is still heavy snow outside, illuminating the earth, snow and moon coexisting, and tonight can be regarded as a natural vision.
The wooden door creaked and the wind blew, and Zuo Yuanhu, who had been bowing his head, suddenly raised his eyes, "Big brother, there is a fragrance." ”
Zuo Yuanhu's eyes immediately looked at Qing Gemu, and Qing Gemu said: "My poison is colorless and tasteless, besides, I don't need to use poison at all to kill you." ”
Laugh at~
As if lightning flashed, a sword qi slashed horizontally, and a slight cut appeared in the wine jar, the wooden table, and even the entire inn.
The wine bowl in Qing Gemu's hand snapped and broke into two neatly, and he muttered in horror: "This sword qi... It's so strong... But how can it be so strong..."
The jar cracked, the wine poured out, and the table cracked neatly, and the whole building shook slightly, staggered neatly from its central position.
Zuo Yuanxiong Zuo Yuanhu trembled, this is sword qi Yes, but how can someone's sword qi leave their own sword in this world?
"It's so powerful... Breaking through the two-dimensional... But this is impossible, unless it is a god or a demon. ”
Qing Gemu threw away the other half of the bowl and stood up, and the inn rumbled and collapsed.
After the smoke and dust cleared, Qing Gemu's pupils shrank, and he looked at a person standing under the moon.
White dresses, long hair, women...
No!
It's white clothes and long swords!
Wind and Snow Swordsman.
"You're... You..."
The woman raised her hand and threw a scroll over.
"Qingge Valley Qinggemu, there is a restaurant owner tonight, abducting children, trafficking in human beings, abducting young girls, heaven does not tolerate it, today, I, the swordsman of the wind and snow, will do the right thing for heaven, your sins, on the last full moon night of this year, will end here. ”
Qing Gemu opened the scroll and saw that it was indeed his crime of refining a living puppet and a list of several of them, but when did he abduct and sell children?
He broke the shaft of the wooden scroll and said with a grim smile: "What happened to me abducting children?"
With a wave of Qing Ge's wooden robe, ten silver needles strung with red threads shot backwards, "You have this thing, and I have it too, but your sword has already been used, and you still want to do the way for the heavens as an unpopular swordsman?"
The silver needles carved out snake-like tracks in the air, automatically avoiding obstacles, and submerging into ten locations in the ruins. "Come out, apostle!"
With a bang, ten monsters roared out of the ruins.
"I said, kill, draw the sword, that's all. ”
A fluttering voice sighed in the darkness, and the woman just snorted.
Qing Gemu was like a great enemy, and although this person's voice was as clear as a whisper in his ear, he couldn't even tell where that person was. "Where is the master here, why don't you show up?"
No one answered, only the sound of snowflakes falling on their shoulders.
"In that case, then don't blame my men for being ruthless. Qing Gemu's ten fingers hooked the red line, and with a wave of his palms, the ten monsters behind him waved their claws like crazy.
"Beware, this kid's puppet doesn't need to be controlled with a poison needle. The voice reappeared.
"It was discovered. Qing Gemu said, "So what...", he opened his arms, and the silver needle was pulled out of the back of the puppet's neck, and the sleeve robe was raised, and suddenly the wind blew.
At night, ten silver needles are connected to the red thread, like barefoot horses swimming in the water.
"Dragon Snake Dance..."
Suddenly, the scattered silver needles turned around, like a venomous snake raising its head.
"Do you still need to say it?"
The woman dusted her thumb, the sword was unsheathed, and she took the sword with her side hand, and stabbed straight out, and the sword tore through the barrier of the poisonous snake with sword energy, so fast that it seemed like an instant, and it seemed like an eternity.
Blood poured out of Qing Gemu's neck, and he covered his throat and said unwillingly, "Why... I'm not the only wicked man in the world...", he slowly fell into the snow, still with his unwilling eyes open.
The qi does not leave the sword, the sword does not leave the hand, this is the real sword of wind and snow, a sword that does not violate the laws of the world, and the earliest and strongest sword in the world. However, I don't know when people began to pursue something called "source power", where all things are powerful and gather into shadows. Gravitational force, magnetic force, strong force, weak force, telekinesis, the so-called "shadow", is a field that gathers with a certain force, an invisible but substantial transparent substance. Although it is as transparent as water, it is as hard as a stone, and even if it is light, it has to deviate from the direction (refraction of light).
However, the source force is an external force after all, a non-human force, and countless people who pursue power have gradually deviated from their original direction with the passage of time.
"This guy actually knows the 'second dimension'... That's the word from the last era... By the way, he was right, why did you come to him?"
The woman pressed the scabbard to the ground, and the cold pupils lowered and collapsed in the ruins of the two people pretending to be dead, "Unlucky, who made him the first villain to appear in this book..."
"Those two people already know about your existence, and they were also the ones who crossed the line, aren't you going to kill people?"
When Zuo Yuanxiong Zuo Yuanhu heard this, he hurriedly jumped out of the rubble and knelt on the ground, "Grandma spares my life, we didn't abduct children, we didn't sell people, we knew we were wrong..."
"What aunt?" the woman frowned, "call me... Uncle !!"
"Yes..."The two of them were even more frightened and didn't dare to move, slamming their heads on the ground, "Uncle... Spare your life..."
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"With your ability, you can easily take the lives of the opponent even if you don't split their array, have you forgotten that if you lose your source power, your sword is just an ordinary piece of iron, no matter if the blade collides or you seal your throat with a sword, even if it is just in contact with the air, it will cause damage to it. ”
The woman pursed her lips and said, "I have a mine at home. She slung her sword over her shoulder and strode down the mountain.