Heading north along the sea, you will soon arrive at Kyushu Island in the eastern province of Toei.

Kyushu Island is the third largest island in the East Ying Province, located in the southwest of the East Ying Province, opposite to Honshu Island in the northeast across the Kanmon Strait, east across the Bunyo Strait and Bungo Waterway and Shikoku Island, southeast of the Pacific Ocean, northwest of the Korean Strait and South Korea, west of the Yellow Sea, East China Sea.

A few years ago, the island of Kyushu was divided into Chikuzen, Chikugo, Bunzen, Bungo, Hizen, Higo, Hinata, Satsuma, and Osumi nine provinces, and Kyushu Island got its name.

The development of Kyushu Island in Toei can be regarded as okay, and Yezi, Xiong Yu and others drove the passenger ship carefully built by Itoga, and the journey was also calm, and it took a month to land on Kyushu Island.

Why come to Kyushu?

Because there is a major sect of the Dongying Daoliu here-Yin Stream.

The Yin Liu Sword School was founded by the famous swordsman Ai Zhou Xiang Zhai in Dongying, and it is said that he participated in the cage for twenty-one days, witnessed the changes of the spider and realized the extreme meaning of the sword. The Yagyu Shin Yin Stream Sword Technique that Yagyu Saburo learned was also derived from the Yin Stream Sword School of Ai Chau Shifting Xiang Zhai.

On the night of the full moon on August 15, it is the biennial "Kyoto Rondo" conference of the major schools, and as the successor of Yagyu's new Yin Ryu, Yagyu Saburo wants to visit the head of the Yin Ryu Sword School, Ishishu Saihiko.

In terms of seniority, Yagyu Saburo should be the younger brother of Shizhou Saihiko. Saburo Yagyu prepared a gift with the etiquette of meeting his senior brother, and this time he only went with Kumayo and Yezi. The Qinglong envoy and others stayed in the post house to rest.

After all, the matter of finding the meteor cone was originally a matter for the three of them, and the Qinglong Envoy was only a supervisory role, and Yanagi Saburo, like Ye Zi and Xiong Yu, didn't want to always have a strange person watching by his side.

Ishishu Saihiko's residence is in Oita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.

Oita Prefecture was once known as the Bunzen Province and is located in the northeastern part of Kyushu Island, facing the Seto Inland Sea, bordered by the Shubo Beach to the north, Iyo Nada, the Bungo Suido and the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Kirishima volcanic belt to the north and south, and the Hakusan volcanic belt to the northwest.

Therefore, the three of them traveled all the way, although they hired a vehicle, but because it had just rained, the road was full of potholes, and the journey was much slower. But looking out the window at the scenery is unique. The cosy countryside and beautiful countryside are comparable to only a few places in China.

After walking for about half an hour, I finally arrived at the mansion of Saihiko in Shizhou.

Although the decoration of Shizhou Saihiko's mansion is not luxurious, it is not shabby, and when you look up, you can see a small plaque hanging above the main entrance in front of the mansion, and the plaque has two words written on it that have weathered - Yin Liu.

Since the birth of the new Yin school, fewer and fewer people have learned the kung fu of the Yin school, and the development of the Yin school has also deteriorated. Over the decades, it has gradually given up the throne of the first school and has become an outdated small school in Dongying martial arts.

And the Yanagi Xinyin School, although it developed well enough in the early days, because there were too many talents, many capable people set up their own sects. Later, there was a shortage of talents, and only a few slightly top-notch characters occasionally appeared, so they slowly gave up the throne of the first school of Dongying. But because of the fact that the new Yin Stream of Yanagi has the seat of the current Dongying Sword God - Saburo Yagyu Saburo, the new Yin Stream of Yanagi and the Ono faction are on an equal footing in the Martial Arts of the Eastern Ying Clan.

However, just ten years ago, after Yagyu Saburo traveled with a sword, the Ono faction Yidaoliu ascended to the throne of the first school of Dongying martial arts with the peerless martial arts of the stream master Ono Saburo. And Ono Saburo has also become the recognized martial arts supreme of Dongying martial arts.

Ishishu Saihiko slowly came out of the inner courtyard of the mansion to greet Saburo Yanagi.

When Shizhou Saiyan saw Yanagi Saburo, he was very happy and said, "Yanagi Jun is here, and the cold house is shining!"

Yanagi Saburo also saluted: "Senior Brother Shizhou, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

The two reminisced about the past, Yagyu Saburo introduced Ye Zi and Xiong Yu to Shizhou Saihiko one by one, and the four of them entered Shizhou Saihiko's mansion with laughter and went to Shizhou Saihiko's study.

Yagyu Saburo and Ishishu Saihiko chatted for a while, then went straight to the point and said, "Senior Brother Ishishu, what do you mean by this Kyoto Dao Conference on August 15?"

Shizhou Saiyan said: "What can I mean? The Yin Stream Sword Sect has developed so far, and it is not as good as day by day, I think what it means, it is not worth mentioning." ”

Yanagi Saburo said: "Senior Brother Shizhou is serious, Ono Saburo, the leader of the Ono faction, has always had the idea of merging the major schools and unifying the Dongying martial arts. I don't know if Senior Brother Shizhou agrees with Saburo Ono's merger?"

Shizhou Saiyan's face suddenly changed greatly, and he said with a calm face: "The Yin Flow Sword Sect has developed so far, although it has deteriorated, it has always been a school with a name and a surname. Naturally, I will not agree to it. ”

"But what if Saburo Ono wants to use force?"

"Fight, fight, I'm still afraid that he won't succeed?"

"Senior brother, Ono's one-knife school is powerful, and blindly fighting with Ono's one-knife school, I'm afraid"

Shizhou Saiyan listened and was silent.

After a long time, Shizhou Saiyan asked, "What does Yanagi-kun mean?"

Saburo Yagyu said, "Of course, I won't agree to the absurd practice of Saburo Ono's major schools merging. The new Yin Stream and the Yin Stream have been one family since ancient times. I also came here this time to hear what my brother meant. When the time comes to the Kyoto Seminar, I will have a good foundation. ”

Shizhou Saiyan was overjoyed when he saw Yanagi Saburo say this, and said, "As long as Yanagi Jun says no, my Yin Stream Sword Sect will naturally respond." Liu Shengjun, you are the sword god of Dongying, you have a lot of prestige in martial arts, you can go out of the mountain to uphold justice, no matter how bold Ono Saburo is, he will not dare to act recklessly. ”

Saburo Yanagi nodded.

In Shizhou Saihiko's mansion, Ye Zi and Xiong Yu have been silent, not because they are reluctant to speak, but because they don't understand the Dongying dialect between Yagyu Saburo and Shizhou Saihiko at all. After finishing the Chinese food at Shizhou Saiyan's house, the three of them said goodbye to Shizhou Saiyan and walked to the post house.

On the way, Xiong Yucai asked curiously, "Brother Yanagi, what did you mean by the Kyoto Dao Conference you said at Saihiko's house in Shizhou before?"

Yagyu Saburo said: "Kyoto is the day when the major schools of martial arts in Kyoto are discussing the Tao. For thousands of years, once every five years. This is not only the exchange of swordsmanship experiences of the major schools, but also the day of electing the supreme of the Martial Arts League at this time. Ten years ago, after I hung up my sword and traveled, the martial arts supreme has been vacant. Five years ago, Saburo Ono, who was a sword streamer, ascended to the throne of the supreme martial arts with his martial arts. ”

"Then, you said that Ono Saburo wants to merge the major schools of Dongying martial arts, what is he trying to do?"

"He wants to permanently grasp the throne of the Dongying Martial Arts Supreme. Saburo Yanagi sighed, "Although Saburo Ono's martial arts are high, he has always been too arrogant. In the past five years, there have been a lot of unjust cases because of his Ono. Many masters of the knife genre who disobeyed him were killed, and even wiped out. Alas!"

"Then why don't you kill him? Xiong said.

Saburo Yanagi sighed and said, "If only things were so simple. ”

Xiong was dazed, and Ye Zi smiled: "If you kill Ono Saburo, another Ono Saburo will definitely appear." This murder will not solve the problem. ”

"So how can we solve the problem?" Xiong asked.

"Stop Ono Saburo, we can't let him ascend to the throne of the supreme martial arts, and at the same time, we can't let the merger of the major sword sects happen. Ye Zi said quietly.

Saburo Yanagi agreed.

Ye Zi suddenly asked, "Ono Saburo, where do I seem to have heard of it, do you have any impression?"

Xiong thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the clue provided by the owner of the green dragon that day is that the meteor cone fell into his hands. ”

Ye Zi said: "That's it! It seems that Xiong Yu and I still have to take care of your Dongying martial arts affairs." ”

Yanagi Saburo said: "It's best for the two of you to only meddle in the matter of the meteor cone, and don't meddle in any matter of Dongying Martial Arts, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"What are the consequences?" Xiong asked.

Yanagi Saburo said softly: "The Ming Dynasty is not peaceful!"

Ye Zi said: "Could it be that it will affect the peace of my southeast coastal area of China?"

Saburo Yanagi said, "Naturally. At present, many prodigal warriors in Dongying are eyeing Fujian and Zhejiang on the southeast coast of your country. Legend has it that the leader of these samurai groups was Saburo Ono. If you interfere in the affairs of Dongying Wulin, it may give them an excuse and affect the southeast coast of your country. ”

"So he's the leader of the Wokos! Xiong cursed wistfully, he had seen the unscrupulous crimes of the Japanese Invaders! Naturally, he gritted his teeth at the Wolves.

Yanagi Saburo said: "Actually, many of these people who are called by you are also unspeakable. ”

"Hmph, should we slaughter and make life miserable?" Xiong was dissatisfied.

Yanagi Saburo said: "In short, you don't interfere, I am free to measure everything." ”

Ye Zi and Kuma nodded and agreed to Yagyu Saburo's request.

The sun is setting, and the afterglow is still there.

Yezi, Xiong Yu, and Yagyu Saburo slowly returned to the post station on Kyushu Island in an ox cart, and the road was originally very peaceful, but when they were about to arrive at the post station, they suddenly killed eighteen black-clothed masked people.

And they cut down the ox carts indiscriminately.

Fortunately, Ye Zi, Xiong Yu, and Yagyu Saburo are all masters, so it is naturally easy to deal with these black-clothed masked assassins.

It took a quarter of an hour to knock the eighteen black-clad masked men to the ground, sixteen of whom died and two who survived. And these two living mouths were intentionally left by Ye Zi and Yagyu Saburo.

Yanagi Saburo immediately asked about the identities of these two people and the mastermind behind the scenes, but the two people didn't say anything, and they vomited black blood and died.

It turned out that these men in black came with the mentality of death, and if they were not killed, they would commit suicide by taking poison. And the poison is what they hold in their mouths beforehand, and if they fail, they swallow the poison.

Ye Zi and Yanagi Saburo sighed as they looked at the dead corpse.

Ye Zi said: "Why did they come to kill us?"

Yagyu Saburo said, "These people may have been sent by Saburo Ono. He undressed the four men and found that they all had a crow on their wrists.

Yanagi Saburo said: "The crow is the sacred bird of Dongying, and Ono Ichito-ryu has always used the crow as his totem. These people may have been sent by Saburo Ono. ”

"But how did he know we were coming?" Xiong asked.

"Have you forgotten Itoga?" Ye Zi asked rhetorically, "When you fought with Itoga, Itoga once used the 'Ono counterattack' move of the Ono faction. Most of them were notified in advance by Itoga. ”

"It seems that our trip was much more difficult than I thought. Saburo Yanagi sighed.