The ancient sword in Xu Xian's hand is three feet six inches and five minutes long, the sword body is as black as ink, dull, the most outrageous thing is that there is no blade on both sides, the top is round and blunt without a point, if the size is a little smaller, it is simply a toy wooden sword for children to play with.

"Gentleman?" When Xu Xian raised his sword to take a closer look, he found that the sword body was engraved with two seal characters close to the sword, so he read it out in a low voice.

Huangfu Song rarely showed a little high-spirited look, and said proudly: "Yes, this sword is called 'Junzi', and it is a Confucian and Taoist holy sword created by my father with all his life's energy. ”

Li Gongfu asked, "Dare to ask the old man, what is the Confucian and Taoist holy sword?"

Huangfu Song said: "Needless to say, how my father selects the treasures of heaven and earth, and how to refine the sword with the secret method of my ghost fox clan, one of the most wonderful links is the technique of 'raising swords with people' pioneered by my father." At the beginning, it was still in the Western Han Dynasty, after my father refined this sword in the underworld, he secretly sent it to the world and used some means to make it fall into the hands of a young scholar.

Since then, this sword has grown up with the scholar day and night, with the scholar's increasingly profound knowledge until it became a generation of Confucianism, this sword was also impregnated by the scholar in the chest of Confucianism and gradually opened the spirituality. Later, the scholar grew old and died, and this sword was passed down from generation to generation, because of the relationship between its first owner, and most of the masters who went through it later were outstanding Confucianists.

"After the cultivation of successive masters, this sword has finally faded to become a holy weapon. In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, my father was coerced to the world by the second generation of golden centipede immortals, although he could not return home, but he asked the only surviving clansmen to bring back the holy sword found in the world, and left a will saying that if the clan encounters a great disaster, it can be used to eliminate calamity. ”

When Xu Xian heard this, he hurriedly put the "gentleman's sword" back into the sheath, held it back in both hands and sent it back to Huangfu Song, and said solemnly: "Since this sword is so important to the old man's family, how dare Xu Xian take it for himself?"

Huangfu Song didn't borrow the sword, shook his head and smiled: "Xu Xianggong don't be in a hurry to return the sword first, and listen to the little old man's words." This sword is wonderful, but it is just a useless thing in the hands of my ghost fox clan, but it can shine in the hands of Xu Xianggong. ”

Everyone showed a look of doubt, even if they were cultivators like Li Gongfu and Bai Suzhen, they had only instinctively felt that this sword contained extremely powerful power, but they had not been able to perceive the mystery of this sword.

Huangfu Song said: "The power of this sword comes from the influence and cultivation of many Confucian sages, and if you want to exert its power, you must be a Confucian and Taoist person. To tell the truth, the original little old man has been deliberately accepting Confucian students in the world, so that once there is a problem in the clan, he can ask for this sword to invite people to help. But now that our clan is protected by Mr. Li, this sword is probably no longer useful. On the contrary, Xu Xianggong went to Zhenjiangkong with some twists and turns, and he could take this sword to defend himself. With Xu Xianggong's academic cultivation, he should be able to release most of the power of this sword. ”

Xu Xian heard these words, and after pondering for a while, he suddenly held his sword and bowed deeply to Huangfu Song: "This time I went to Zhenjiang, Xu Xian really needed to enhance his strength to prepare for unexpected changes, so he was no longer hypocritical, and he could only accept the generous gift of his father-in-law." ”

Seeing Xu Xian make such a choice, Li Gongfu couldn't help but feel bright, thinking that after his words and deeds, and after a few years of training in officialdom, this kid's temperament is still mellow, but he is no longer the pedantic nerd in the original trajectory.

Xiaoqing said with a look of curiosity on the side: "Xu Xianggong, my uncle said that this sword is so magical, why don't you experiment it on the spot and let us open our eyes." ”

Shi Tian, Xiao Qian and Jiao Na are also good things like her, and their eyes lit up when they heard the words.

Huangfu Song also smiled and said: "It's okay for Xu Xianggong to give it a try, just remember one thing, the more righteous you are in your chest and the more sincere your thoughts, the more powerful this sword can be." If you can reach the realm of sincerity that is endless, unreasonable, and true in Confucian legends, then there is nothing that cannot be cut off under the edge of this sword. ”

"Here?" Xu Xian hesitated as he looked around, "What do you want to use to test the sword?"

"It's easy. Li Gongfu raised his hand casually, and a wooden stake with a thickness of seven feet at the mouth of the bowl flew out from the "Taixu Two-Phase Ring" on his wrist, and stood upright on the ground, "This is an iron wood that I harvested in the deep mountains when I traveled the world, and I am going to use it as a material for refining." This wood is stronger than Vajra, and it has been blessed by me with a charm, and it will be difficult to damage it without the late cultivation of qi. You can use it to try your hand at swords. ”

Xu Xian took a deep breath, slowly drew his sword out of the sheath again, stared at the wooden stake in front of him, and suddenly swung his sword and slashed down, the sword momentum was as fast as lightning.

The "gentleman's sword" that turned into a black phantom and fell could touch the top of the stake. A faint halo suddenly burst out from the wooden stake, turning into a layer of light curtain to protect the wooden stake below, and on the light curtain, you can vaguely see many tiny talismans connected end to end into locks and intertwined into a net.

"Break!" Feeling the extremely tough resistance coming from under the sword, Xu Xian suddenly let out a soft shout, and suddenly there was a magnificent and mighty force in the "gentleman's sword" with no sharp and no edge, like a mountain torrent, which shook the light curtain to pieces and scattered into a sky full of fireflies.

The sword continued to fall almost without pause, silently dividing the entire wooden stake into two pieces evenly from top to bottom, and falling to the ground separately.

"Good sword!" This time, Shi Tian, Xiao Qian, Xiao Qing, and Jiao Na, who had watched the whole process closely, cheered together.

Xu Xian put away the sword and returned it to the sheath, and bowed down to the emperor again to thank him, and he was also very happy in his heart. With this sword to protect himself, coupled with the swordsmanship he learned from Lu Dongbin, even if something happens to Zhenjiang, he will not become a drag on his mother.

At that time, Li Gongfu and Xu Jiaorong also came forward to thank Huangfu Song, everyone re-entered the table, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

After the banquet, Xu Jiaorong said that she would take care of her nephew Shilin, and Li Gongfu felt that he was sleeping alone in the study.

Li Gongfu came to the study alone with some helplessness, and after sitting for a while, he casually pinched a trick and popped a streamer out of the window with a flick of his fingers.

A moment later, there were a few knocks on the door suddenly, and then a clear voice sounded: "Brother, junior brother Shifang is called." ”

Li Gongfu smiled: "Second brother, please come in and speak." ”

Wearing a white monk's robe without dust, Shifang, who was still as rich as jade, pushed open the door and walked into the study, and first saluted Li Gongfu with his palms together: "The younger brother has seen my brother." ”

Li Gongfu waved his hand and said, "Second brother doesn't have to be polite, sit down and talk." ”

After Shi Fang sat down, he asked, "The eldest brother summoned the younger brother with a flying talisman to come, but it was for the matter of Xu Xianggong's transfer to Zhenjiang?"

A meaningful smile appeared on Li Gongfu's face: "Someone is behind this matter, and I have guessed that person is an old friend of ours. The best thing is that the man does not know the details of me, nor does he know that I have found out his heels. This time, I invited my second brother to come to make some arrangements for this person. Otherwise, wouldn't you have failed the man who had worked so hard to do all these things?"

Shifang smiled: "What arrangements does the elder brother have, but please give me instructions, the younger brother should serve himself." ”