This year is the ninth year of the two brothers in Shoushan Chaoyang Temple, Shangguan Ding is thirteen years old at this time, and Qianye is already a twenty-three-year-old young man.

In the past nine years, Shangguan Ding also learned from Qianye and his senior brother what happened to his family back then, and the happy child at the beginning gradually became a boy who was not willing to talk and was preoccupied.

In the ninth year of the brothers' stay in the temple, the Tieshan monks began to teach them some auxiliary exercises such as the light body technique, and the progress of the two of them was very fast, and Wan Weiwang was also revisiting the techniques over and over again in the past few years, and he had grown a lot.

On this day, Tieshan Jushi chatted with Wan Weiwang, and slowly talked about the two Shangguan brothers, and also talked about this year's newcomers. Tieshan Jushi said: "Wang'er, in your opinion, how is the progress of your two junior disciples?"

Wan Weiwang said: "Qianye's kung fu has grown rapidly, and in less than three years, I will no longer be sure of defeating him." And Ding'er, although his technique is not complicated enough, his attack speed is definitely not something that my generation can prevent. ”

Tieshan Jushi said: "Yes." I also wanted to let their brothers participate in the rookie competition this year, but I am relieved that I will definitely come out on top. And although Ding'er can win, he is only afraid that he will complain about others when he first comes out of the rivers and lakes. ”

Wan Weiwang said: "Exactly, his body is too fast, killing people invisibly, don't say it's a newcomer, even if you go to Taidou Cliff, you won't be defeated." The Tieshan monk said: "Let him live in the temple for a few more years, and when he grows up, it will not be too late to let him go down the mountain." Wan Weiwang said: "It's okay." ”

Tieshan Jushi continued: "This time I went to the newcomer for a thousand nights, you can accompany him secretly, he has no experience in the rivers and lakes, and he must not let him miss anything." Wan Weiwang asked the old monk of Tieshan again: "Master, what if Ding'er saw a thousand nights leaving and went down the mountain privately?" ”

On the second day, the old monk came to the open space outside the temple and saw the two Shangguan brothers practicing martial arts there. After looking at it for a while, the Tieshan monk said, "Qianye, you come in with me." Then he turned around and entered the temple, followed by Shangguan Qianye.

Entering the room, the Tieshan monk spoke: "Qianye, how many years have you been in the temple?" Shangguan Qianye said: "Back to Master, my two brothers are now in the ninth year in the temple. ”

Tieshan Monk said: "Over the years, how do you think you have learned martial arts?" Qianye said: "Thanks to the great grace of the master, but the apprentice is dull, and he has not yet learned the skills taught by the master. ”

Tieshan Jushi smiled and said, "What a humble child. Yesterday, I discussed with your senior brother, and we think that you already have the ability to go to the rivers and lakes alone, and I want you to go down the mountain and try it yourself. First, to verify your martial arts cultivation, and second, you are also in your early twenties, so you should also lay a world of your own. But before you go, I have a few words to tell you, don't take hatred too seriously, because that will lead you to disorientation. The Tieshan monk said a few more words, and then ordered Shangguan Qianye to go back to pack his clothes and prepare to go down the mountain the next day.

Shangguan Qianye returned to the room, saw Shangguan Ding sitting on the bed and looking at him, and hurriedly asked, "Why don't you practice?" Shangguan Ding said: "Brother, why did Master only allow you to go down the mountain alone?"

Shangguan Qianye said: "We have been with Master for many years, and you also know that he is an old man who is cautious, he must have his reasons for doing this, and we are obedient." Shangguan Ding said again: "If you go down the mountain this time and see our enemy, can you only kill one and leave the other to me." ”

Shangguan Qianye said: "Don't always think about these things at a young age, Master just told me, don't take hatred too much to heart, it will make us lose our way." ”

Shangguan Ding said: "Brother, I remember that when I was a child, you often told me that there are three things in your life that you must do. The first thing is to avenge our parents, the second is to find Sister Mei Feiyan, and the third is to take care of me. So today I want to tell my brother that I also have three things that I must do in this life. The first is to avenge our parents, the second is to help you find Sister Mei Feiyan, and the third is to be by your side forever. ”

Shangguan Qianye was speechless for a while after hearing this, and Shangguan Ding asked: "Doesn't my brother take me down the mountain?" Shangguan Qianye said: "Ding'er, Master, his old man passed on our martial arts and taught us to be adults, how can we not listen to his old man's words? How dare I disobey my master's order and take you down the mountain without going down the mountain? Don't worry, I will come back to pick you up in a few days." Shangguan Ding didn't speak anymore, just sat there quietly.

The next day, Shangguan Qianye said goodbye to his master and brother, and after everyone said a simple goodbye, Shangguan Qianye went down the mountain alone. He had never descended the first mountain in all these years, the outside world was isolated to him, and everything seemed so fresh this time when he went down the mountain.

When he came to Ningyuan City again, the sadness of the year came to his heart again. Shangguan Qianye looked all the way, and rubbed his two eyes again. All the way forward, according to the direction pointed out by the master, smoothly passed through Shanhaiguan and walked towards the Central Plains. Master told him that the grand events of martial arts, except for the sect meeting of Taidouya and the supreme selection meeting of the Supreme Peak, were all held at the foot of Song Mountain.

Shangguan Qianye traveled to a town called Xiulin Town on this day. This town is very large, with all kinds of shops on the street, and it is very lively with selling and buying.

Shangguan Qianqing traveled for a long time and was a little thirsty, so he casually found a small hotel, ordered some rice and a snack, untied the package containing the seven eyes on his body and put it on the table, and looked at the street scene outside the window while eating.

There was also a young man in his early twenties, with a somewhat unsightly face, four dishes on the table, and a pot of hot wine, which he just watched, and did not eat.

Shangguan Qianye didn't care about it for a while, and continued to eat his own food. After a while, a group of young people came up, led by a handsome young man, who was very particular about dressing. As soon as they entered the door, a few people behind them began to shout: "Where is Zhao Liu?

Hearing them shout, the young man on the other side quickly stood up and said with a smile on his face: "Master Zhang, you are here." The person who was called Zhang Ye glanced at him, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the person's head and shook it: "You are Zhao Liu?" The man said: "Back to Zhang Ye, I am, I am." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man behind Zhang Ye came up and slapped Zhao Liu in the mouth, because there were not many people in the house, this slap sounded very crisp, Shangguan Qianye looked up, and then thought: "I'm passing by, walk my way after eating, and see what they do." Then he continued to eat with his head down.

The man who beat people said: "Zhao Liu, you've lived enough, right? Who doesn't know the prestige of my family's Zhang Gongzi and Zhang Gongzi, and you dare to fight Zhang Ye's dog?"

Zhao Liu covered his face with his hands and said: "Master Zhang, that day the little one passed by at the door of your house, and your dog came out to chase and bite me, I really didn't know that it was your dog, I kicked it in a panic, I really deserve to die." The small family is not rich, so today I can only invite Zhang Ye to eat some wine in this small shop and accompany Zhang Ye for a crime. ”

A few people behind Zhang Gongchang said again: "The crime is over, if you don't break your dog's leg today, you really don't know who our Zhang Ye is." "After that, I have to do it again. Zhao Liu was so frightened that he stepped back.

Zhang Gongchang stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Forget it, just spare him this time for the sake of this glass of wine, next time you will have more eyes." Zhao Liu hurriedly said: "Certainly, definitely, Master Zhang, please sit down." ”

Saying that, these people sat down, and Zhao Liu was busy pouring wine for these people. After drinking for a while, one of them said: "In the past few days, our Zhang Ye is preparing to participate in the newcomer competition, and Flawless cares about your, and today is really cheap for you." ”

Shangguan Qianye heard the newcomer's three words, so he raised his head and looked at it again, Yihao Zhang Gongchang also raised his head to look at Shangguan Qianye, looked at each other, and Shangguan Qianye hurriedly lowered his head again. Zhang Gongchang looked at it for a while, then stared at the burden on Shangguan Qianye's table, looked at it for a while, and then said, "The friend opposite, you must also be going to participate in the newcomer competition, right?"

Shangguan Qianye saw that others were talking to him, so he hurriedly got up and replied, "Exactly." Zhang Gong said, "Oh, I can see that you have a guy in your bag." What the hell is it, take it out and let our brothers open their eyes. ”

Shangguan Qianye said: "If you say anything, it's not a particularly good thing in the bag, it's just an ordinary knife." When Zhang Gongchang heard this, he stood up and said, "Oh, the sword, then you must know the double swordsman Zhang Mo Nian and Zhang Daxia." After speaking, he showed a very proud look.

Shangguan Qianye replied: "Back to your words, the villain has just come out of the rivers and lakes, I really don't know which one is the double swordsman Zhang Daxia." When Zhang Gongchang heard this, his face sank. Several young people next to him stood up, and one of them said: "Zhang Daxia, the double knife master, is our father Zhang Ye, and also the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty's sword, thirty years ago, Zhang Daxia became famous in one fell swoop, and all sects were recommended as double knife masters, since you are a sword, you actually said that you don't know?"

Hearing this, Shangguan Qianye hurriedly said: "I seem to have heard it, I seem to have heard it." "In fact, the double swordsman was also a chivalrous man at that time, but Shangguan Qianye himself has not been down the first mountain for ten years, and the old monk of Tieshan has also told him about some faction supreme figures, so this double swordsman, Shangguan Qianye has really never heard of it.

And he just said this to make himself less troublesome. Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, Zhang Gongchang actually stood up and walked over, and asked him in a low and gloomy voice: "What do you mean that you seem to have heard?" Several people behind Zhang Gongchang surrounded him, shouting and screaming, but when he saw that Shangguan Qianye was a person with a raw face, he didn't dare to make a move first.

Before Shangguan Qianye could reply, Zhang Gongchang said again: "It seems that you are not here to eat, but to find fault and fight, right?" Shangguan Qianye didn't want to fight, but several people on the other side came up to push and pull, and it was difficult for him to stand still, so he had to grab the burden and leave the store with him.