At this time, the elite soldiers brought by the prince of Ban formed a battle formation, and the heroes of the rivers and lakes who remained in the furnace fortress fought separately and gradually became no opponents.

The rushing front were captured or killed by the Jinyi Guard and the Ming officers and soldiers, and when a fire team under the Ban Wangye joined the battle group, the thunder burst and those remnants of the martial arts heroes finally began to escape.

Seeing that the matter of washing the sword pool had been decided, Jian Lingxiao confessed to Ban Wang Ye and Nan Tianba, and prepared to lead a group of Zhuang Ding guards from the Crucible Castle to the Sword House.

When Jian Lingxiao was worried about the damage to the dependents in the fort, he comforted a few words, and proposed to let Jian Lingxiao bring a biao officer and soldier and Jinyiwei over, Jian Lingxiao has been hiding the matter of the Jianlu from Nan Tianba and Ban Wangye, at this time, it is naturally inconvenient to take the Jinyiwei and the officers and soldiers to go together, leaving a wooden box containing the black unicorn, and rushing to the direction of the Jianlu with people's hearts.

However, it was said that on this day, in the Fort of the Crucible, Jian Lingxiao was washing the sword pool to hide the eyes and ears of the 'black unicorn' that imitated the 'fire unicorn'.

In the Sword Mansion, the core craftsmen of the Furnace Castle led by Lu Xiu were in full swing to do the final forging for the 'Fire Qilin'.

When all the processes were completed, there was no omen like when the male and female divine sword was born, and Lu Xiu couldn't help but be slightly disappointed.

Because according to the records in the mysterious weapon-casting technique left by Sword Punishment Heaven back then, there is no natural omen, and this 'Fire Qilin' can only be regarded as a sharp murder weapon at most, and it is difficult to step into the ranks of divine soldiers after all.

The strong fighting spirit took the fire unicorn in his hand.

To say that this fire unicorn does not look the slightest difference in appearance from the black unicorn in the hand of Jian Lingxiao at the sword washing pool, but only Lu Xiu, who personally participated in the creation, knows how far the power of the 'fire unicorn' and the 'black unicorn' is.

Lu Xiu took the specially made medicinal stone from a craftsman and stuffed it into the 'Fire Qilin'.

Hit it towards a stake fifty paces away.

I only heard a loud 'bang', and the wooden stake was blown into pieces by the projectiles spewed out by the fire unicorn.

Lu Xiu aimed at a wooden stake a hundred paces further.

It's just that Lu Xiu was not proficient in this 'Fire Qilin' when he first tried it, and this shot didn't hit, blasting out a fist-sized pit on the bluestone ground dozens of steps behind the wooden stake.

Lu Xiu took a deep breath and fired another shot, which smashed the wooden stake at a hundred paces.

Satisfied, he stroked the body of the 'Fire Qilin', and when Lu Xian wanted to try the one hundred and fifty wooden stakes again.

Suddenly, a dark shadow swooped down from above the sword house with lightning speed.

Lu Xiu was taken aback, and before he could react in a hurry, the 'Fire Qilin' in his hand had already reached the other party's hands.

The other sword-forging masters in the Sword House are also waking up from a dream at this time, although the Crucible Fort does not dominate the rivers and lakes with martial arts, but it is not weak when it comes to martial arts.

What's more, although Jian Lingxiao transferred most of the guards in the Sword Cellar to the Sword Washing Pool to protect in order to hide people's eyes, the guards left behind were the real masters in the Crucible.

Several guards drew their blades and rushed up, and the other swordsmiths also took out their own weapons, these people have been with weapons for many years, but many of them made the sledgehammer for casting, and the momentum was very terrifying.

The black shadow didn't stop at all after snatching the 'Fire Qilin' from Lu Xiu's hands, and with a flick of his hand, he shot a thin rope upward, wrapping around a large beam on the top of the sword house, and his body rose into the air and escaped from the encirclement from the top of the Furnace Fortress guards and several swordsmiths.

Lu Xiu also took an iron sword and held it in his hand at this time, and saw that the person who came was wrapped in a night robe, not to mention the appearance, it was difficult to confirm whether it was a man or a woman.

Suddenly, his eyes saw a package on the back of the man in black.

The black cloth was bulging and obviously contained something, and a small golden horn appeared in the corner of the baggage.

Lu Xiu's pair of evil eyes were born with a very different eyesight, and when he only saw the exposed corner, he recognized that the package behind the man in black was the golden silk brocade box where the Furnace Fort stored the casting secrets.

This brocade box is hidden in a very secret place in the sword house, I don't know what method someone used to find it, the golden silk brocade box is forged by the craftsman of the furnace castle with a secret method, if there is no key, it is extremely difficult to open.

It is for this reason that the people who came to the house stole the brocade box together.

The record of the casting secret method comprehended by the sword punishment of the lord of the furnace fort on the furnace castle is placed in this golden silk brocade box, which is more important to the furnace castle than the 'fire unicorn' to the brocade box, if the black-clothed man in front of him escapes, and the casting secret method of the furnace castle flows into the rivers and lakes, then the foundation of the furnace castle is broken.

Fortunately, although I don't know how the man in black got into the sword house, but at this time, the sword house has been sealed by the broken dragon stone, and if the mechanism is not opened, the entire sword house will be a dead place, Lu Xiu is not worried that the man in black can escape.

Just in case, Lu Xiu still commanded a few guards to stop in front of the Broken Dragon Stone, while he and several other guards first guarded the mechanism opened by the Broken Dragon Stone, preparing to catch turtles in an urn.

The remaining guards and swordsmiths surrounded the place where the man in black had landed.

Who knew that the mysterious man in black didn't seem to be flustered, and a few ups and downs came to the other side of the sword house.

Before a few swordsmiths and the guards of the Forgeon could surround him, he suddenly took out a fist-sized red pill from his bosom and threw it on the ground.

I saw that when this red pill hit the bluestone ground, it suddenly exploded into a red mist in the sky with a sound of 'Peng'.

The man in black in the red mist muttered a few words (Iga Ninjutsu - Stealth Technique)

Lu Xiu saw that the red mist was raised in the sword house, and hurriedly commanded the craftsmen to blow the red mist away.

From the man in black taking out the red pill and throwing it to the ground, to the red mist rising, to the craftsmen of the Crucible Castle blowing the red mist away, it was only a matter of moments.

But when the red mist blew away, the mysterious man in black disappeared.

Lu Xiu was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered people to look around to find the whereabouts of the man in black, but he almost turned the huge sword house upside down, but he still didn't find the whereabouts of the man in black.

The mysterious man in black seemed to have evaporated in this sword house.

Lu Xiu, who had always been indifferent, was also slightly panicked at this time, you must know that whether it is the brocade box or the 'Fire Qilin', it is related to the rise and fall of the Crucible Castle, and it was lost for a while, how should he explain to Jian Lingxiao.

At this moment, Jian Lingxiao's anxious shout suddenly came from behind the broken dragon stone outside the sword house.

Lu Xiu's spirits perked up, and he ordered people to first firmly guard the surroundings of the Broken Dragon Stone, and then opened the Broken Dragon Stone, and after the Sword Ling Xiao and a group of Furnace Fort guards came in, he hurriedly put the Broken Dragon Stone back down, for fear that a fly would go out of the Sword Mansion.

As soon as Jian Lingxiao entered the Sword Mansion, he felt that the atmosphere was not right, and when he saw the guards guarding by the Broken Dragon Stone, as well as Lu Xiu's face, he secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "Old Lu, what's going on here?"

Lu Xiu sighed, only then did he and several craftsmen cast the 'Fire Qilin', and when he was exerting the power of the 'Fire Qilin', a mysterious man in black suddenly burst out, how did the man in black take advantage of his unpreparedness and snatch the 'Fire Qilin' from his hands, and how did he suddenly disappear from everyone's sight.

Finally, he said: "Ling Xiao, in my opinion, the man in black is only afraid that he is still hiding in this sword house, we are looking for him, and we will definitely be able to arrest him." ”

Jian Lingxiao also hoped that the thief was still in the sword house, but deep down he had a thought: I was afraid that the other party would escape from the sword house long ago without knowing what method he used.

While directing a group of Zhuang guests to scatter and search, he asked Lu Xiu: "Old Lu, have you ever found any new faces during the days when the Sword House was closed. ”

However, it was Jian Lingxiao who suspected that the other party had mixed in by pretending to be a Zhuang Ke from the Crucible Castle.

Lu Xiu shook his head and said, "Ling Xiao, that day you took most of the guards to wash the sword pool, and there are only seven or eight guards in our castle left in this sword house, except for a few of our old things." ”

"These individuals have lived in the castle for more than ten years, and I know all of them, and I haven't seen any new faces in these days. ”

Seeing that Jian Lingxiao still didn't seem to be at ease, Lu Xiu called several swordsmiths and several guards who were in the sword house before.

Jian Lingxiao carefully interrogated and checked, and there was indeed no suspicious person among them.

But the Sword Broken Dragon Stone has been put down, how the mysterious person entered this closed Sword Mansion, and how he escaped, or where he hid, Jian Lingxiao never guessed.

At this moment, one of the guards happened to search for the location where the mysterious man in black had disappeared last.

This place is the place where the craftsmen rest, and in the middle of it is a fine Persian carpet, but it has lost its former beauty under the smoke and fire of the years.

The guard was walking somewhere on the Persian carpet when suddenly there was a 'Peng' sound from under his feet, and the guard couldn't help but snort.

Jian Lingxiao's attention was all here, and when he saw the guard's actions, he hurriedly walked over and asked, "Jia Yong, what's wrong with you?"

The guard, Jia Yong, scratched his head and said, "Castle Master, there seems to be an unusual ground under this carpet. ”

Jian Lingxiao was taken aback when he heard Jia Yong's words, and then he had an idea, and then looked at the edge of the Persian carpet, and immediately saw the difference from before.

At this time, Lu Xiu also rushed over, saw the edge of the carpet that Jian Lingxiao was staring at, and said strangely: "This carpet seems to have been moved." ”

Jian Lingxiao asked, "Old Lu, was that mysterious person standing in this area before he disappeared?" ”

Lu Xiu thought for a while and nodded: "That's right, the smoke that the man in black put here, Ling Xiao, look there." ”

Jian Lingxiao looked in the direction of Lu Xiu's finger, and sure enough, he saw a strange trace on the bluestone ground at the edge of the carpet.

At this time, there was no doubt anymore, and he hurriedly lifted the Persian carpet in its entirety.

As soon as the Persian carpet was lifted, the hidden mechanism underneath was exposed......