Five hundred years ago. Lingyun Mountain.

Lingyun Mountain is towering into the clouds, towering and thousands, so it is named Lingyun Mountain.

Under the clouds and mist on the mountain, there are also bursts of smoke floating from time to time. It's just that these are not ordinary mountain people, but martial arts people with magical spells, hundreds of various gangs, large and small, as well as the families and servants of the major gang leaders, so many people live on the majestic mountain, there is no harmonious neighbor who helps each other, and some are just wary of each other and fighting.

The mountains are rich in grains and water, and they are not fighting for food and clothing;

The mountains are vast, and each of them has a fairly rich and vast territory, and they are not competing for territory.

But in this way, the peaceful and prosperous era with no worries about food and clothing and a vast territory did not bring the same peaceful days to the major gangs here. The root of all conflicts, the end of all cannibalism, is because of the snow lotus on the top of the mountain.

The highest peak of Lingyun Mountain, there is a special snow lotus, this snow lotus is as white as snow, without the slightest impurity, crystal clear, it will only bloom once every 30 years, which is quite precious. What's more precious is the effect of this snow lotus, if ordinary people eat a leaf of snow lotus, they can cure all kinds of incurable diseases, and even bring the dead back to life, and like this group of spirits with some spells here, you can greatly increase your power and strengthen your spells.

No one can refuse such a temptation.

So, I don't know when Lingyun Mountain has gathered, more and more martial arts masters have gathered, and they have flocked here, bringing their wives and children, and their families to take root here, just to obtain the snow lotus that has been opened once in thirty years.

As a result, fighting, fighting, and mutilation continued to be staged. On the road to Lingyun Mountain, there is no quiet and peaceful in the past, there is only endless blood and death.

In the long run, I am afraid that this Lingyun Mountain will only be full of corpses and bones, and it will become the grave of countless people.

In order to change this unnecessary tragic situation, an old man who is considered to be highly respected in all tribes put forward a suggestion, that is, to hold a dance forest conference, all sects voluntarily participate, fair competition, whoever finally becomes the champion, who has the right to enjoy the lotus for generations, and the other tribes can no longer have any thoughts about this lotus, and will no longer compete for the lotus.

Although this is not a foolproof strategy, it has also curbed the tragic battle for the Lotus to a certain extent. The competition was scheduled for three days later, and all the clan leaders practiced behind closed doors and stepped up their practice, hoping to have a good performance in the competition.

Three days later, the match went ahead as scheduled, and the respected old man became the referee. There has always been no shortage of martial arts masters on Lingyun, and each family has used their housekeeping skills, and the competition is really fierce and exciting. But the strong have their own strong players, after three days and three nights of competition, finally produced the top three in the competition, only on the fourth day, these three are in the final competition.

On the fourth day, everyone came here to watch the battle, and people wanted to know which heroes could get the rights of this lotus flower for generations. The old man also came to the arena early, waiting for the final victory to be announced.

However, an unexpected scene appeared, only to see that the three people who won yesterday all came to the old man and asked to stop the game.

It turned out that these three people had long been sworn brothers, but they didn't expect the three of them to decide the winner in the end, and the three of them were already brothers, so there was no need to fight each other, so last night the three of them discussed together, they will no longer continue the game, but the three families enjoy the lotus together, that is, every year after the lotus blooms, each family gets one-third of the lotus.

Since the contestants made such a request, the old man had no other objections, but in the end the old man said a sentence:

"I only hope that the brotherhood of the three of you can be passed on forever, and there will be no disputes over this lotus flower in the future. ”

Since then, Lingyun Mountain is a peaceful scene, the three brothers unite as one, the Zhong family, the Jiang family and the Zhuang family live in harmony, continue to marry, every time the lotus blooms, always fair and reasonable to divide the lotus into three, the days are long, these three families have not only accumulated a deep friendship, but also become the three most powerful sects on Lingyun Mountain.

In this way, hundreds of years passed in a flash.

The three families of Zhongzhuang and Jiang have always lived in harmony, like brothers, enjoying the lotus together, and their martial arts and spells have also been greatly improved, guarding this Lingyun Peak together.

In fact, when the three of them decided to terminate the competition, although the old man agreed, he was still a little worried in his heart, he was worried about whether the descendants of the three families would be able to continue to live in harmony in the future, and whether the three families would have infighting in the future and start competing for Snow Lotus again.

The old man's worries really came true.

Jiang Rufeng, the head of the Jiang family, is a restless person who guards himself.

He is the only son of the Jiang family, both parents died of illness since childhood, probably did not enjoy the love of his parents, so that his personality became withdrawn and suspicious, although he was taken care of by the Zhong family and the Zhuang family since he was a child, but he still had a different heart for these two families. In addition, this Jiang Rufeng has been talented and intelligent since he was a child, and his martial arts and spells are even better, so he is unwilling to be left behind, and he has always wanted to dominate this snow lotus. If this snow lotus can be taken by herself, her skills will definitely increase, and dominating the martial arts will become a matter of imminence.

Such thoughts continued to take root in Jiang Rufeng's heart, making him finally make up his mind, and decided to completely break with the Zhuang family and the Zhong family, compete with each other, and then completely wipe out the two families, so that he would become the overlord of Lingyun Mountain and enjoy the precious lotus flower alone.

However, Jiang Rufeng knew that even though he was strong in force, he would definitely not be able to compete with the Zhuang family and the Zhong family by his own strength. So, he began to contact various small gangs, asking them to help him eliminate the two families, and then promised to give each family a petal of lotus flowers after the deed was completed.

The various small gangs on the mountain have long been dissatisfied with this situation where the Jiang family and the Zhong family share the world, and many people also want to get a piece of the pie. Jiang Rufeng's proposal just gave them hope, so many small gangs joined one after another, willing to follow Jiang Rufeng.

Jiang Rufeng found a secret cave in Shanyin, which became the place where they held secret meetings, and while uniting various gangs, he quietly expanded his manpower, training a large number of loyal dead soldiers, full of ambition to prepare for his rebellion.

On this day, the old lady of the Zhuang family held a banquet and invited the three families to eat at home. At the dinner table, Jiang Rufeng was still as humble and respectful as before, in fact, in his heart, he had long regarded everyone at this table as mortal enemies.

Back at home, Jiang Rufeng was ready to rest.

Jiang Rufeng has an extremely beautiful wife named Pei'er. This Pei'er not only has a good face, but also has an extremely delicate mind, kind and kind. Although Jiang Rufeng did not tell her about his plan to rebel, Jiang Rufeng's abnormal behavior over the past few days still made Peier guess a thing or two.

At night, Pei'er gently leaned on Jiang Rufeng's shoulder and said softly:

"Rufeng, you are my husband, if you have something, don't hide it in your heart, say it and let me help you share it. Although our Jiang family is not very prosperous, the Zhuang family and the Zhong family did not discriminate against us, but often helped us. Like the wind, I think the current days are very happy for me, we guard our little lotus together, and the family lives peacefully. ”

After speaking, he looked at his daughter Xiaolian lying beside him.

Xiaolian is Jiang Rufeng's only daughter and is three years old this year. Although Jiang Rufeng is a ruthless character, he is a qualified and competent husband and father. treats Pei'er with great pity, and treats Xiaolian even more deeply.

His wife's words made Jiang Rufeng seem to stop thinking about rebellion for a moment, he just wanted to live a good life with his wife and daughter. But this kind of thought only existed for a moment, and in the next second, Jiang Rufeng was ambitious again, he firmly believed that only by dominating Lingyun Mountain, only by becoming the overlord, could he enjoy this precious snow lotus alone and become a real powerhouse, so as to better protect his wife and daughter.

Thinking of this, Jiang Rufeng smiled weirdly.