(a)

In Longcheng Mansion, Zhuo Bufan was still lying on the bed groggily, Zhuo Qingqing sat on the edge of the bed with a sad face and teary eyes, choking and shouting: "Xiaofan, wake up quickly! It's all my sister's fault, it's all bad for you to be like this? Let's leave nothing and go back to the capital together, okay!"

As if hearing Zhuo Qingqing's call, Zhuo Bufan suddenly felt like he had a nightmare, his face suddenly showed a look of horror, and he shouted in a panic: "Don't come, don't come over, who are you, who are you?" Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Xiao Fan, what's wrong with you?" Zhuo Qingqing grabbed his hand in a panic.

Zhuo Bufan shook his head, opened his eyes in confusion, his face showed a panicked look, and his whole body was in a cold sweat, looking extremely frightened and frightened.

Zhuo Qingqing suddenly burst into a smile, his face turned cloudy, and he shouted happily: "Great, Xiao Fan is awake, Xiao Fan is awake!" Then he hugged him in distress and asked anxiously: "Xiao Fan, is it a nightmare, don't be afraid, there is a sister here to accompany you?"

Zhuo Bufan raised his head and looked at Zhuo Qingqing, his eyes were full of confusion, and he muttered: "Sister, am I dreaming? ”

Zhuo Qingqing's face burst into tears instantly: "Silly Xiaofan, isn't this a dream, sister is not dead, you are not dead, we have returned to Dragon City!"

Zhuo Bufan couldn't believe his eyes, he couldn't help twisting his arm vigorously, and suddenly there was a burst of pain, and he couldn't help but grin and jump up from her arms in surprise: "It's great that we really didn't die!" Zhuo Qingqing couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile, his eyes were full of pity. Looking at Zhuo Bufan's excited appearance, she smiled happily: "Xiaofan, lie down and rest more, and recuperate your body." ”

Zhuo Bufan jumped out of bed, stretched his waist, stretched his legs, and said happily: "Sister, I'm fine!" He suddenly remembered something? asked mysteriously: "Sister, have you seen my knife?"

"What knife?" Zhuo Qingqing asked puzzledly, and then suddenly said, "Oh, you said that traceless knife! I have already put it away for you! You don't have to worry?"

Zhuo Bufan shook his head: "Sister, it's not the Traceless Knife, it's the knife that I got from Master Ye's treasure house with a black scabbard." ”

Zhuo Qingqing's expression was silent for a while, then he took out the black knife from under the bed and handed it over: "Oh, is it it?"

Zhuo Bufan suddenly stepped back like a frightened rabbit, staring at it with frightened eyes, and said with trembling corners of his mouth: "Sister, leave it quickly!"

Zhuo Qingqing put the knife on the ground in confusion and asked, "Xiaofan, what's wrong with you?"

Zhuo Bufan's face was frightened, his expression was flustered, and his voice was already a little incoherent: "This knife is so evil, it can not only speak, but also control people's minds?"

"Did you get confused by someone in the head and start talking nonsense? How could a knife speak? How could it control people's minds?" Zhuo Qingqing was anxious, reached out and touched his forehead, thinking that he had been hit on the head and his head was not bright.

Zhuo Bufan shook his head vigorously and stomped his feet anxiously: "Sister, you have to believe me, what I said is true? At that time, I was besieged by the masters of the 'Nine Shadows Palace', and I originally thought that I would be dead, but I didn't expect it to suddenly come out of its sheath to block a move for me, and asked me to hold it, and then just make a move." But as soon as I held it, I felt my head buzz, and there was a surge of power in my body, and then I didn't know anything?"

Zhuo Qingqing looked at the black knife on the ground in disbelief: "Little knife, your words are too mysterious, it's just a fantasy, I still don't believe it?"

Zhuo Bufan circled around the knife and shouted at it, "Hey, you talk quickly!" Seeing that the knife did not move, he cleared his throat again and said respectfully: "Senior, can you please speak?" But the knife was still lying quietly on the ground, with a cold glow around him, showing an aura of slaughter.

"Xiao Fan, don't scream! You must have been frightened and confused at the time, and you had hallucinations? You said that it was this knife that saved you, it was unbelievable? Maybe there was a master in the secret who rescued you, and he played tricks and created a mysterious illusion, making you think that the knife was talking?" Zhuo Qingqing smiled and shook his head.

"Is that really the case?" Zhuo Bufan grabbed his hair vigorously, looking at the black knife on the ground in confusion, and he began to doubt his eyes and ears. There has never been a talking weapon in this world, an artifact that only exists in the imagination of people in legends, and it is just a myth to spread it. If there is really a master to help, who will it be? I haven't met any masters? It won't be Xie Daxia? Hey, is it ...... Could it be that he is a master of the 'Nine Shadows Palace'? After all, Li Tianming is Li Tianxiong's son, and his son is useless, and the father will not have any reason to dislike him? It must be that there are masters around Li Tianming who secretly protect him, but he doesn't want to show up, so he has to fool me with a false trick? This must be the case! Otherwise, how could he and Li Tianming survive unharmed?

"Xiaofan, think about it, there is such a mysterious thing in the world? You have been in a coma for several hours, your head must still be very confused, take a good rest, my sister will prepare some food for you." Zhuo Qingqing smiled and pushed the door out.

Zhuo Bufan scratched his head, smiled bitterly and said to himself at the black knife: "Knife, knife, if you are really an immortal knife with spiritual wisdom!"

As soon as the words fell, the black knife trembled slightly, and a cold light slowly diffused out of the sheath, and an old voice came from Zhuo Bufan's dumbfounded: "Baby, do you look down on me?"

Zhuo Bufan couldn't help but retreat in horror, he was so frightened that he almost screamed, and his fingers trembled and pointed at the knife: "You...... You can really talk, and you saved me at the time!"

The voice of the black knife sounded hoarsely in his mind: "Baby, I saved you! You are the heir chosen by my magic knife, how can I let you die lightly?"

"Magic Knife?" Zhuo Bufan was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and his face turned pale: "This name is too scary! You are an evil knife, you can speak, and you can control people's minds?"

The Demon Knife snorted coldly and said, "It doesn't matter if it's a magic knife or an evil knife, it's a unique artifact in the world." Baby, are you willing to be ordinary forever? Are you forever hiding behind others and stealing peace while you can't do anything about it? Are you helpless to watch your loved ones being killed? If you had great power and a unique artifact in the world, none of these things would have happened?"

Zhuo Bufan asked timidly: "Dare to ask...... Magic Knife senior, why did you choose me, I don't have anything outstanding!"

"Hehe, the devil is born from the heart, and the evil is in. In fact, everyone has two sides, one is good and the other is evil, but they are not usually exposed! The reason why I chose you is that you happen to use a knife and your qualifications are not bad; second, you have evil spirit in your heart, and you have a rare 'dual personality' in the world, and your demonic nature is very strong, and if you can get my help, you will definitely be famous all over the world. What a pity!"

"What is a pity?" Zhuo Bufan asked cautiously, with a worried expression.

"That friend of yours is also a 'dual personality', whose magic is more powerful than yours, and his qualifications can be said to be rare in a thousand years. It's a pity that he uses a sword?alas, if the 'Blood Sword' is here, it will definitely not let him go?" the magic knife sighed and sighed.

Zhuo Bufan was stunned, and his heart suddenly changed: Could it be that it is Ah Feng? Yes, he is the 'Sword God' among the 'Top Ten Masters'. I couldn't help but ask: "Who is the Demon Sword Senior, the Blood Sword Senior?"

"Blood Sword? I came from the same place as the Blood Sword, and I was forged at the same time, so I can say that I am a sibling. But since we were born, we have been the king of the spiritual weapon, there is a way that one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, each other does not obey each other, often fights, and has been a winner for thousands of years. Later, we each found our own master and left, never to meet again. Ever since the great war fifty years ago, my master also died, and I was sealed in this black box until you unsealed it. Since the lockdown was lifted, I vaguely felt that the Blood Sword had found its own inheritor, so I was worried that one day I would lose to him when I encountered the Blood Sword, but I didn't expect that the heavens would send you to me, which may be the greatest comfort to me. Have you thought about it, you can't miss the opportunity, you can't lose it again, you have great power, plus the magic knife artifact, there are not many opponents in this world?"

Zhuo Bufan couldn't help but ask, "How is it better than my friend?" He had always been afraid of Shen Yuan in his heart, and he always felt that he would be planted in his hands.

"That friend of yours is very mysterious, I can't see his details clearly? There seems to be a dragon aura surrounding his body, both good and evil, very mysterious. However, you won't be worse than him after you learn my powers?"

When Zhuo Bufan heard this, his face was suddenly filled with excitement, his fists were clenched tightly, and he said firmly: "Okay, I'll learn from you." ”

"You can teach!However, now is not a good time?There are still masters in Dragon City, and the inheritance will definitely alarm them, and it will bring you unexpected disasters, so you'd better choose a safe place?"

"Magic Knife Senior, is it troublesome to inherit it, how long does it take?" asked Zhuo Bufan with great interest.

"Three days for the shortest, one month for the slow. However, you have a foundation in martial arts, and it will take you three days!" the magic knife thought for a long time and replied.

Zhuo Bufan was about to speak, Zhuo Qingqing pushed the door in, holding a bamboo basket in his hand, and said with a smile: "Xiaofan, are you hungry! Sister has brought you a lot of delicious things, you can taste it!"

At this moment, the voice of the magic knife buzzed in his head again: "You must not tell anyone everything about me, including your relatives, otherwise spreading it will definitely bring you death?"

Zhuo Bufan was suddenly panicked, hurriedly picked up the black knife and put it on the edge of the bed, sat at the table, looked at the delicious food on the table, and said gratefully: "Thank you, sister." ”

Zhuo Qingqing poured him full of wine and looked at him with a smile: "As long as you can be safe, my sister will rest assured! Xiaofan, don't do stupid things in the future, okay?"

"Sister, since I was a child, only you loved Xiaofan the most, and protected me wholeheartedly. Now that Xiaofan has grown up, it is natural for Xiaofan to protect his sister. Sister, don't let Xiaofan worry in the future, okay!" Zhuo Bufan stood up, a little tear welled up in his eyes, and he said emotionally.

Zhuo Qingqing nodded, and involuntarily burst into tears: "Xiaofan...... Quick, eat more!" She turned her head and gently wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeve, and somehow she didn't know why, since she came to Dragon City, she always liked to shed tears, and she couldn't be happy at all! She looked at Zhuo Bufan with a happy smile: "Xiao Fan, Dragon City has now become a place of right and wrong, let's go back to the capital! Otherwise, if you have any mistakes, let my sister explain to my father!"

"Sister...... I'm fine!It's better to wait until I find Ah Feng's whereabouts!" Zhuo Bufan muttered as he ate the food in his mouth.

"But...... I don't know if he is alive or dead?" Thinking of Shen Yuan, whose life and death were uncertain, Zhuo Qingqing's eyes began to cry again!

(b)

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, and then a loud roar came in, "Zhuo Bufan......" Li Tianming rudely pushed open the door, hugged him, and said excitedly: "You finally woke up, it's really good!"

Zhuo Bufan's face turned sideways, and he impatiently shook off Li Tianming's hand: "The man doesn't kiss him!"

Li Tianming sat beside him with a hippie smile, reached out and grabbed the chicken leg and gnawed it, Zhuo Bufan raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Get out, Master Li, I don't welcome you!"

Zhuo Qingqing stood up, wiped away her tears and smiled: "Xiaofan, Li Gongzi, you talk, I'll go first!" She nodded at Li Tianming, stretched out her hand to cover the door, and slowly walked into the purple bamboo forest with purple leaves, her figure lonely.

Li Tianming leaned his face over, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhuo, don't laugh at me, I'm a phoenix in the soup now, I'm not as good as a chicken! Alas, in the past, it was a waste in everyone's eyes in the 'Nine Shadows Palace', but now, it has become the target of the 'Nine Shadows Palace'." I'm sorry, but I hurt you this time and almost lost your life. ”

Zhuo Bufan took a deep sip of wine and squinted his eyes: "What's the matter? You really want to regain the position of the young palace master, I think you are an old birthday star hanged - I think your life is long!"

"What do you say? I'm really worried, but how can I let go of my father? Now that the 'Nine Shadows Palace' is controlled by Ning Wanzhi's slut, I'm afraid that they will poison my father? And even if I don't go to them, they will come to me!" Li Tianming grabbed the wine jug and poured it into his mouth, lowering his head in frustration, his eyes full of pain.

"So, the 'Heavenly Shadow Order' is really in your hands, do you know what it is for?" Zhuo Bufan raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"Actually, I don't know what it's used for, and my father never told me? However, judging from Ning Wanzhi's anxious appearance, what must be the mystery in this 'Heavenly Shadow Order'? Maybe only with the 'Heavenly Shadow Order' can you truly control the 'Nine Shades Palace'. Li Tianming analyzed, and said excitedly: "If this is the case, it would be good if I recaptured the 'Nine Shadows Palace'." ”

Zhuo Bufan rolled his eyes and sneered: "You madman, can you win against those masters of the 'Nine Shadow Palace' with your and my skills? I'm afraid that Ning Wanzhi has already laid a net in the 'Nine Shadow Palace' and is waiting for you to throw yourself into the net!"

"It is in heaven to make things happen, and it is up to people to make things happen. We can't fight them now, but that doesn't mean we won't be able to fight them in the future. Hmph, as long as the time is ripe, I will definitely clean up Ning Wanzhi's slut. Li Tianming's eyes showed a fierce look. He believed that as long as he completely mastered the magic of the 'Soul Shifting Dafa' and then unlocked the secret of the 'Heavenly Shadow Order', he would be able to go to the 'Nine Shadows Palace' to take revenge? Thinking of the 'Heavenly Shadow Order', Li Tianming had never been able to figure out the mystery in it, since his mother died, his father had hung it around his neck, so many years had passed, if it wasn't for Luo Ning's reminder, he would have almost forgotten its existence.

Zhuo Bufan also remembered the words of the magic knife, if he could really become the inheritor of the magic knife, maybe he could really help Li Tianming fulfill his wish. However, inheriting the power of the magic sword needed a peaceful environment, and he quietly asked in a low voice, "Li Tianming, can you tell the Dragon City Lord about the underground crystal city?"

Li Tianming shook his head: "This is your secret to me, how can I tell others?" If you want to go in, you can only enter from the bottom of the 'Spirit Lake'. I'm still the same sentence, if you help me recapture the 'Nine Shadows Palace', I will give you all the crystals in the Crystal City, how about it?"

Zhuo Bufan smiled and said: "That's really good!Li Tianming, we can only think long-term if we want to recapture the 'Nine Secluded Palace', and with your current martial arts, it is really difficult to defeat the masters of the 'Nine Secluded Palace' and the Ghost Domain." However, I have newly learned a very powerful sword technique, and I want to find a peaceful place to practice, and when I am successful, I will definitely help you fulfill your wish?"

Li Tianming's eyes lit up, and Huo Ran stood up: "You want to enter the Crystal City to practice, this is a good idea, I'll accompany you!"

"What are you going to do?" Zhuo Bufan objected, he didn't want Li Tianming to see him accept the Demon Sword Inheritance.

"Of course, practice! If I don't practice again, when the real master of the 'Nine Shadows Palace' appears, I will only have to tie my hands and catch it!" Li Tianming said with great interest.

"Li Tianming, you better not go! when my sword technique is completed, I will definitely be able to protect you!" Zhuo Bufan still discouraged.

"No, I want to recapture the 'Nine Shadows Palace' by my own strength, you can only protect me for a while, but you can't protect me for a lifetime! I have been a fool for 20 years, and now the 'Nine Shadows Palace' is in trouble, and my father's life is in danger, how can I stand by and watch? Now it's time for me to fulfill my responsibilities!"

"But your martial arts are so shallow, no matter how much you practice, you can't win against your brother?" Zhuo Bufan said with disdain.

"That's because you are lonely and unheard, I can worship a famous teacher now, and I have already practiced a divine skill, otherwise I would have been killed by Luo Ning under the 'Tianxing Ridge'?" Li Tianming's face turned red, and he was so excited that he almost jumped.

"Ah, when did you worship the teacher, why don't I know?" asked Zhuo Bufan puzzled.

"Of course when you were besieged in Dragon City?" Li Tianming said triumphantly.

"Who is your master?" asked Zhuo Bufan curiously.

Li Tianming sold a pass, raised his head and smiled: "Well, I'll tell you when I get to the underground crystal city!"

Zhuo Bufan couldn't stop Li Tianming from following him to Crystal City, and said solemnly: "Li Tianming, you can go to Crystal City to practice, but you have to keep it a secret for me, otherwise, I won't help you take the 'Nine Shadows Palace'." ”

Li Tianming was stunned, and looked at him blankly: "Brother Zhuo, what you practice won't be a forbidden skill!"

"No matter what forbidden feats, you must swear!" Zhuo Bufan said sharply.

Seeing that his expression was extremely serious, Li Tianming nodded and said, "Brother Zhuo, don't worry, Li Tianming is not an ungrateful person! No matter what skill you practice, as long as you can help me recapture the 'Nine Shadows Palace', I will not betray you! If you violate this oath, I will not die a good death! I will never see my father for the rest of my life! This oath is poisonous enough!"

Zhuo Bufan's expression softened slightly, and he said with a smile: "Brother Li, I'm sorry? It's just that my practice is too special to let others know, okay, let's go to the underground crystal city in time!"

Li Tianming stopped and asked in a low voice, "Brother Zhuo, don't you tell your sister?"

"Speaking of which, I'd better write a message! Let's just say that I have internal injuries and need to find a quiet place to recuperate, and I'll see you in three days!"

Li Tianming hurriedly found pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Zhuo Bufan hurriedly left a message on the table, and the two left quietly.