There is a flat open space on the east side of Daming Mountain, and there are more than a dozen men with serious faces standing with swords, standing here as if waiting for someone. After a short time, I saw the same number of people from the bottom of the mountain rushing up from the foot of the mountain with light skills. The later men all seemed to have considerable strength, and their climbing steps were light, especially the first man wearing a cloak was the lightest. Wait until these people come to this clearing. The dozen or so sword-wielding men from earlier changed positions and formed a formation, blocking the way of these people who followed. Later, these people who climbed the mountain were the Thousand Crane Divine Sect, the Northern Protector Xuanwu Ming, and several thirteen sword people. And the one who stood in their way was the master of the Mingshan Sword Sect who got the news.

Xuanwu Ming pierced the big gun. Although it is summer now, this is Daming Mountain after all, with high altitude and low temperature, so everyone is dressed very thickly. However, the altitude of Yushu Peak is higher, and the air is thinner, and Xuanwu Ming and other Thousand Crane Sect members have long been accustomed to it.

One of the men with the sword stood up and said, "Who is the honorable driver, where does he come from, and what are you doing in Daming Mountain?"

Xuanwu Ming said loudly: "In the Lower Thousand Crane God Sect Xuanwu Ming, I was ordered by the master to come to visit the Mingshan Great Sword. ”

The man was stunned for a moment, obviously having heard of the name of Xuanwu Ming, and then said, "The head of the Great Sword is still in retreat, and he can't see outsiders. If you have any advice from the Northern Protector, please inform him here, and inform the old man when he decides to leave the customs with the big sword of the master. ”

Xuanwu said: "Recently, it has been rumored in the rivers and lakes that the great sword of Mingshan has achieved great achievements, and it will be out of the customs in a few days." The family teacher Qianhe Zhenren said to us, 'Mingshan Great Sword is a blessing for the entire rivers and lakes, and a foolish person will definitely be frightened, and we who are in the Tianshan Mountains should go to Daming Mountain to congratulate Mingshan Great Sword', therefore, a few Qianhe disciples will come together to congratulate Mingshan Great Sword and prepare some light gifts. ”

The man said in surprise: "The head of the big sword is still in retreat, and I don't know where this rumor came from. ”

Xuanwu Ming looked at him and said, "Is this true?" and said with a sad face, "I came to congratulate my teacher on my order, and it may be difficult to recover my life if I go back in such a hurry." So there is a reluctant request, begging Mingshan Jianmen to find a clean firewood room, let me wait for a few people to settle down, and wait for the great sword of Mingshan to be completed. ”

The man said: "It is still difficult to determine the day when the big sword of the head will come out, and the house of the sword gate in Mingshan is simple, so it may be difficult to receive a thousand crane masters." ”

Xuanwu Ming saw that he refused to let him enter the Mingshan Sword Gate, and he already had a plan in his heart, so he said: "It seems that I can't visit the Mingshan Sword this time, so I will leave here and return to the master to resume my life." ”

Seeing that Xuanwu was about to leave, the man hurriedly said: "After the master's big sword is out of the customs, the villain will definitely make this matter clear." The head of the great sword will definitely visit Chizuru Shinto on a certain day. ”

Xuanwu said in the heart, how can you be sure that the great sword of your family will return to us, but he doesn't care, and turns around and leaves with his entourage-

Seeing that Xuanwu Ming had left, the man hurriedly left the others to wait here, turned around and rushed back to the Sword Gate to report the situation.

Before the man had entered the sword gate, a number of people came out of the sword gate, the first of whom wore a strange triangular hat and a dark brown fur coat, with a slender and slender figure, little flesh on his face, skin tightly wrapped around his bones, and he was about fifty years old, with an eagle's nose and ringed eyes. The man hurriedly bowed to the ground and said, "Greetings to Commander Qin." The tone was very awe-inspiring.

This Qin commander looked at him and asked, "Who was the person who went up the mountain just now?"

The man hurriedly told Commander Qin what had just happened to him as it was, and sent Xuanwu Ming away with a few words. After hearing this, Commander Qin's face was grim, and he said: "You are so confused, that Xuanwu Ming suddenly came here from Yushu Peak, there must be something important, how can you send it away in two or three sentences." He can't see the master's sword now, and he will definitely come to look for it secretly one day. Then he called a few people behind him and said, "From now on, the entire Sword Gate will be on guard to strictly prevent outsiders from intruding. "Those men took the order and hurried to prepare-

Without further ado, it was night, and Xuanwu Ming really came to Mingshan Sword Gate alone. Xuanwu Ming was ordered to go down the mountain this time, mainly to negotiate the future trend of the rivers and lakes with Mingshan Dajian. Qianhe Zhenren means that it is best to pull the Mingshan Sword to his side, although he feels that the Mingshan Sword has always been chivalrous and righteous, and belongs to a decent person, but he has not seen it for more than ten years, and the Mingshan Sword Gate is low-key, and no one knows how the current Mingshan Sword is, especially if it is rumored that the Mingshan Sword has been out of the customs, if it is true, then such an important person quietly went out of the customs, it seems very suspicious. So he also gave Xuanwu Ming a task, which was to secretly visit the Mingshan Sword Gate.

Xuanwu Ming, as the senior brother of Qianhe Zhenren and the apprentice of Puzhu Zhenren, was taught by Puzhu Zhenren. At that time, when Liude introduced the four protectors of Qianhe to Qiao Yisheng, he ranked Xuanwu Ming first. And the master of Liude, Mr. You Jiang, also told Yu Yan that Xuanwu Ming has the ability to rank among the top ten masters, and his subsequent development can even reach the realm of Puzhu Zhenren. Therefore, Xuanwu Ming is a super-first-class master on the rivers and lakes. This time, he explored the Mingshan Sword Gate at night, and also made the assumption that the Mingshan Sword Gate was prepared, after all, he had only visited the Mingshan Sword Gate during the day. But he was still confident in himself and went to visit that night.

Before Xuanwu came, Xiao Heqing, who was in charge of intelligence work among the forty-eight disciples, had specially made a sketch of the Mingshan Sword Gate for him. The reason why it is a simple diagram is that the Mingshan Sword Gate has always been very strict about the things in the door, so it is difficult for outsiders to find out the details of the Qingming Mountain Sword Gate. The Mingshan Sword Gate covers an area of about forty hectares, including the place where the disciples in the sect practice. The swordsmanship of Mingshan Sword Gate is unique, with forty-nine sets of introductory swordsmanship and twenty-eight sets of advanced swordsmanship. Among them, forty-nine sets of introductory swordsmanship are to be learned by every disciple of the Mingshan Sword Sect. After the disciple has completed the study of all the forty-nine chapters of swordsmanship, the teacher who teaches the class will decide whether to continue learning the Mingshan swordsmanship according to the disciple's comprehension and talent.

Generally speaking, in order to continue to develop, many sects will recruit disciples, and if this disciple is not the material for martial arts training, then the sect administrator will arrange for this disciple to stay or go. If you stay, you can do some other work -- after all, not all people in a sect only practice martial arts, and only a few people can really succeed after all -- it's like finding a job. If you don't want to stay, you can send the disciple away. Staying or leaving is also free for the disciple to choose. This is not considered a betrayal of the master. Because these are only beginner disciples, and the path of cultivation is a long process of survival of the fittest, these disciples who have not yet been recognized by the sect can choose their own future development. But there is a problem with Mingshan Jianmen, if this person is not suitable for martial arts, then he has stayed in Mingshan Jianmen for a period of time, and he is already familiar with this place, if he leaves, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not spread the news in the Jianmen, so Mingshan Jianmen was extremely cautious when he first selected materials. Every year, there is an elder-level figure in the sect who is responsible for selecting the disciple who is getting started, and if the disciple is later proven to be not the material for martial arts training, then the person who admitted him in the first place will also be punished, and the disciple will be arranged by the sect to have other jobs and cannot go down the mountain. The cautiousness of material selection is also an important reason why the people of Mingshan Jianmen have not been prosperous.

Of course, the people who can be selected are extremely talented disciples, so it is not too difficult to learn forty-nine sets of introductory swordsmanship. When the introductory swordsmanship is completed, it will take three or five years to learn quickly, and seven or eight years if it is slow, and it can be regarded as a good hand in the rivers and lakes, and it is more powerful than the disciples of other sects who have practiced for the same number of years, mainly because the forty-nine sets of introductory swordsmanship in Mingshan are very powerful in itself, and the Mingshan Sword Sect is rigorous in selecting disciples and teaching well, and it is natural for disciples to produce results early. Disciples who have learned forty-nine sets of introductory swordsmanship can stay in the Sword Gate as official disciples and become a part of the Mingshan Sword Gate. Then, there will be higher-level teachers in the sect who will lead them to learn twenty-eight sets of advanced sword scores.

Not every disciple has to learn all of these twenty-eight sets of advanced sword scores. Mingshan Jianmen divides the twenty-eight sets of advanced sword scores into four types: seven sets of "fast sword spectrum", seven sets of "slow sword spectrum", seven sets of "heavy sword spectrum" and seven sets of "light sword spectrum". The teacher chooses the sword score for the disciple to learn according to the characteristics of each disciple, so the average disciple only needs to learn seven sets of sword score at this stage. After learning the seven sets of sword scores, the study in Mingshan Sword Gate is over. At this time, the disciple's minimum time for initiation was fifteen years.

Xuanwu Ming infiltrated from the west side of the Sword Gate, and performed light skills from west to north, stealing cautiously. According to Xiao Heqing's annotation, the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion where Mingshan Dajian lives is a little north in the center of the map. Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion is a three-story attic. The attic was brightly lit, and there was a large open space outside the attic, but there were no people patrolling, but there was also nothing to cover, Xuanwu Ming came to the open space and looked around, then slowed down and walked to the main entrance of the attic. He was silent for a moment, and although the lights were lit in the attic, there was no sound. Xuanwu Ming stretched out an index finger and pushed the door. The door was not locked, and it was naturally pushed open by Xuanwu Ming's fingers.

The interior of the attic is simply decorated, and the only display is a variety of swords. Xuanwu walked around, and from time to time he saw a strange sword and picked it up to play with it. After a while, I only heard the sound of the stairs, and a person came down from the second floor......