The big ship drifted at sea for a month, and this time it did not rest along the way, at most it stopped for a day by some islands, replenished some fresh water and the like, and then continued its voyage westward.

The people on the ship were not as painful as when they came back, and the people who had adapted to life at sea could walk back and forth on the rocking ship freely without the slightest discomfort, and even a little stronger wind and waves could not affect everyone.

"Senior brother!"

Ye Wen came out of Dongfang Kui's room, the condition of this Dongfang girl is getting better and better, although her breathing is difficult to detect, it has become more and more stable, and the scars on her body have all recovered, as long as there are a few major injuries and a little red mark, it will disappear in a short time.

As soon as he came out, he looked at Ning Ruxue, who was waiting for him, and Ye Wen nodded: "Go to the bow of the boat!"

"Hmm!"

The two of them didn't say anything along the way, they just walked quietly, and it wasn't until they came to the bow of the boat that Ning Ruxue said in a low voice: "Our Shushan faction is lucky this time, there is not much loss, but only two of the twenty-one disciples are alive right now!" These two people are still two of the seven people who stayed on the big ship, and the seven people who were left to protect Xu Xian died in repeated conflicts, and they couldn't even find their bodies.

Ye Wen was silent, he had been prepared for the casualties of his disciples, and it was already quite fortunate that no one of his own disciples died.

In this way, thanks to Ye Wen protecting all the disciples at the beginning, he killed the strong enemy with his own strength, and did not let the disciples become the straw that the opponent's master cut down in large pieces.

At the same time, the direction of Ye Wen's attack was Xiang Yutian and others, who were accustomed to solving problems in the way of rivers and lakes, and also called the Shushan faction to avoid casualties - the people who died in the Shushan faction all died in the melee, and they faced many more Demon Sect soldiers than themselves.

All kinds of reasons will make the Shushan faction retreat and retain the most elite backbone of the sect, and this is also the foundation of the Shushan faction's dominance in the martial arts in the next period of time.

"After returning to the Central Plains, I am afraid that the only one who can compete with this faction is the Tianshan faction......"

Ning Ruxue is not a stupid person, and when she sees the current appearance of the righteous path heroes, she also realizes that something is wrong. As the saying goes, if the gun shoots the first bird, Mu Xiu will destroy it in the forest wind, and the other sects have suffered heavy losses this time, even the Tianshan faction has also lost two masters, and now only Li Xuan is left alone to support the scene.

After returning to the Central Plains, if the Shushan faction can't handle it well, I'm afraid it will be boycotted by various sects, and it will be a huge disaster for the Shushan faction that has finally risen.

After tidying up his junior sister's somewhat messy hair that was blown by the sea breeze, Ye Wen smiled: "Don't worry! ”

Recalling what Zen Master Huixin had said to himself, Ye Wenming confessed that this was the last time that the Zen presiding officer helped himself and his Shushan sect.

The old monk said at the time: "The righteous path martial arts need someone to preside, otherwise the righteous path martial arts will be the next demon sect ......" asked Ye Wenming to come over, and the next enemies that the sect will face are no longer the various sects that are seriously injured and in urgent need of recovery, but the imperial court, which is already quite afraid of the forces of the rivers and lakes.

At present, the strength of the Heavenly Dao Sect has been greatly damaged, and the Zen Sect is about to close the temple, if the imperial court does not have a suitable spokesperson to guide the actions of the righteous martial arts, then it will inevitably provoke the conquest of the imperial army. Zen Master Huixin hopes that Ye Wen's Shushan faction can shoulder this responsibility and act as a communicator and mediator between the imperial court and the Zhengdao sect.

"It's because I fell in love with Liu Muyan and Xu Xian......"

If you talk about the prestige of the rivers and lakes, although the Shushan faction can rise in prestige after returning this time, it will not be able to make all sects and factions recognize the Shushan faction as the leader of the righteous path, and the only explanation is that the Shushan faction has Liu Muyan, a disciple who is an official in the court, and Xu Xian, the champion appointed by the emperor back then.

This connection between the Shushan faction and the imperial court and Ye Wen is the reason why Huixin Zen Master chose the Shushan faction.

"As for asking me to take care of the Heavenly Dao Sect many times, it can be regarded as a change of direction to accept this sect into the circle controlled by the two major sects of Zen Buddhism and the Heavenly Dao Sect for a long time......

However, these things cannot be done overnight, you just need to go back and act slowly, and you don't need to do anything deliberately, the big deal is to have some contact with the emperor - I'm afraid no one would have thought that the current emperor is also a disciple of the Shushan faction.

Back at the harbor where he departed, as soon as the big ship showed a little figure on the sea level, the disciples of the Blue Dragon Society, who had been on watch for a long time on the harbor, made a noise, and then ran back to shout and shout.

By the time Ye Wen and the others landed on the shore and set foot on the land that had been lost for a long time, a group of people had already gathered around them.

Looking left and right, among these people, there are Taoist priests of the Heavenly Dao Sect, monks of Zen Buddhism, and people from other sects, and the clothes are also varied, and you can see all kinds of sects, and there are many people in the rivers and lakes in the distance, thinking that they have been staying here and waiting for information.

At this time, when they saw Ye Wen coming down, everyone immediately started talking.

"Who is this man?"

"Don't you know? This is the head of the Shushan faction who is known as the Gentleman's Sword on the rivers and lakes!"

"Oh, he's the Gentleman's Sword!"

Then after Ye Wen walked down, the others also walked off the boat one after another, and no one walked down, and some people kept talking.

"Alas, it's Zen Master Huixin and Zen Master Huineng!" At the same time, the disciples of Zen Buddhism immediately greeted him, and greeted the presiding abbot with a happy face.

Then Tianshan sent Li Xuan to lead the people down.

"It's from the Tianshan faction!"

"Oh, why don't you see Zheng Ting, Zheng Daxia and Li Zhen, Li Daxia?"

"Did they both die overseas?"

"Isn't it? The martial arts of the two of them are also top-notch!"

Li Xuan could only laugh bitterly when he heard these discussions, the two junior disciples died in his own hands, and it was really difficult for outsiders to know, so he could only lead his disciples to the Tianshan disciples who came to answer.

"Master!" Then he looked at the people in the rivers and lakes who were talking left and right, and couldn't help but ask again: "...... Uncle Zheng and Uncle Li?"

"It's dead!" Li Xuan replied casually and stopped talking, just turned around and waited for the others to get off the boat.

Then Beicheng Yan also walked down, and the disciples of the Northern Sword Sect were naturally overjoyed when they saw the sect master, and when they heard Li Xuan's words, they understood that this battle was not as easy as they imagined, and they were naturally very worried about their own sect master and a group of fellow sects.

At this time, when I saw Beicheng Yan, I was naturally overjoyed, but I didn't expect to see Beicheng Yan come down alone, and there was no one else?

"Master of the Gate...... This ......"

When Beicheng Yan saw this disciple, he could only sigh gloomily, then shook his head and did not speak again. As soon as everyone saw Beicheng Yan like this, they immediately gasped!

"Could it be that only the Lord of the North City Gate survives in the North Sword Gate?"

At this moment, everyone finally realized the cruelty of this expedition against the Demon Sect, especially when they set off, there were four ships, and now only one big ship has returned-the fact that they had subconsciously ignored before, and now they are nakedly telling everyone about the danger of this battle.

Afterwards, two boatmen carefully carried a plank, while the person lying on it was entangled in a soft rope to prevent it from falling. This simple stretcher was naturally prepared for Dongfang Aoi, and at this time she was still in suspended animation and needed someone else to carry her.

Ye Wen was the first to get off the boat in order to find someone to call a carriage, and the people of the Blue Dragon Society naturally did not dare to slack off when they saw that it was the head of Shushan, and at this time the carriage was already waiting aside, Ye Wen called the two sailors and asked them to carry Dongfang Kui up.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a woman suddenly rushed out and pounced directly on Dongfang Kui: "Ah Sheng!" shouted while checking up and down Dongfang Kui, and kept looking up and asking the two sailors: "What's wrong with him? What's wrong with him? What injuries did he suffer?"

Ye Wen saw that this woman stopped Dongfang Kui, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she shouted 'Ah Sheng' and knew that this was Dongfang Kui's acquaintance, and walked over and said, "She's fine, she's just stuck in suspended animation, and she will wake up after a while!"

Suddenly hearing this, the woman cried with joy and turned around and grabbed Ye Wen and kept shaking around: "Is what you said true? Is he really okay? You didn't lie to me!"

Ye Wen was shaken and dizzy, so he had to reply: "Really...... Target...... Not...... ...... thing"

At this time, many people were still looking at the big ship, but after looking at it for a long time, except for some people from the Nangong family, no one came down, and even the sailors began to get off the ship, and there were still no people from other factions.

Many people had already gathered around and asked Zen Master Huixin, "Is there still a big boat?"

Zen Master Huixin looked at these expectant eyes and whispered a Buddha name: "No, this is all the living people!"

Wow!

Although the old monk did not deliberately use internal strength in this sentence, everyone held their breath and waited for the old monk's answer, so everyone present heard it clearly, who expected it to be such an answer.

"No one? How could it be? Are they all dead?"

Zen Master Huixin closed his eyes, and although he did not speak, this expression made everyone understand what the answer was.

"Did you go out to sea and encounter a storm?"

People who understood some of the dangers of going out to sea immediately asked, they really didn't understand how this had gathered the elites of the Righteous Path today to encircle and suppress the Demon Sect, how could they suffer such heavy losses?

The Ximen Family, the Heavenly Dao Sect, and the Blue Dragon Society were all gone? Looking up at the Nangong Family again, Nangong Wentian also disappeared, and Nangong Tinghai was covered with bandages, and even his eyes were blind. There is only one person left in the North Sword Gate, and all the rest are gone, and they don't even see the new generation of Junjie Beichengxuan in the North Sword Gate.

"Is the Demon Cult so powerful?"

The old monk sighed: "It's amazing...... If it weren't for Master Ye and this Oriental girl who killed the Demon Sect Leader regardless of their own safety, I'm afraid all of us wouldn't be able to come back......"

Hiss~ Everyone gasped, especially many people were questioning why everyone didn't come back, but the Jianghu high-rollers who sent so many people back from Shushan didn't say much after hearing this, but just looked at Ye Wen in disbelief.

At this time, Ye Wen was still being shaken violently by the woman who didn't know what to call it: "The monk said that he sacrificed his life to kill the Demon Sect Master, and you still said that he was fine, you are lying to me!"

Ye Wen was shaken dizzy again, and hurriedly said, "No...... Yes...... Lie to you...... Ah, the internal strength he had practiced was seriously injured in him...... When the time comes to protect the owner, the injury has been ...... Okay, almost......"

"Then why haven't you woken up yet?"

At this time, the woman had already stopped her hand and looked at Ye Wen with tears in her eyes.

"That's because his skills have reached the realm of being on the verge of breaking through, and because of this serious injury, her internal strength has begun to undergo the next change......"

"Change?" The woman obviously didn't know what was going on with Dongfang Kui's martial arts, and in the end, Ye Wen had to briefly introduce the situation, so that he could get rid of the woman's hands that were about to shake him apart.

"You mean...... Will he become a woman?" the woman pointed at Dongfang Aoi with trembling fingers: "How is that possible?"

Ye Wen rubbed his arms, and said in his heart: "This woman has such a big hand!" At the same time, he replied: "There are all kinds of wonders in this world, what is so rare about this? I also know that there is a divine function that makes a woman become a man!"

The woman's face turned pale and took two steps back, and then she looked at Dongfang Aoi, who had been carried into the carriage, and didn't know what to do.

Ye Wen looked at her, saw her devastated appearance, and didn't know what the relationship between her and Dongfang Kui was, so he couldn't help but be curious: "What do you call the girl?"

"Me?" The woman looked at Ye Wen in a daze, obviously she hadn't come back to her senses, and when she saw her like this, Ye Wen didn't ask, just left a sentence: "Let's talk about it when you wake up......" turned around and continued to discuss with the people of the Shushan faction whether to go back to Shushan directly.

And at this time, a female voice suddenly sounded from the crowd, one after another: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way......" and the scolding of the mother one after another came from far and near, and after a while, Nangong Zixin squeezed in from the crowd, and as soon as she came in, she saw the extremely miserable Nangong Tinghai.

"Uncle!"

Nangong Zixin saw Nangong Tinghai like this, and immediately pounced, fortunately, although Nangong Tinghai looked miserable, she has also recovered a lot of vitality this month, otherwise she will pounce, and the rest of her life will be gone.

Then Nangong listened to Hai and Nangong Zixin talk about Nangong Wentian, and Nangong Zixin, who suddenly heard the bad news, fainted directly, and the noisy Nangong family and the Shushan faction not far away jumped for a while. At this time, Zhou Dingcai squeezed in with a few Shushan disciples.

"Master!"

"You're here!"

Seeing Zhou Ding, Ye Wen suddenly felt relieved in his heart, the experience of the past few months was really not wonderful, and seeing familiar people at this time finally made him feel a little happy and had the feeling of going home.

"Yes, boss, there are some things to talk to the boss about!"

Seeing Zhou Ding's serious expression, Ye Wen knew that the matter was not small, and the two of them turned to the back of the carriage and whispered.

At this time, Ye Wen knew that when they went out to encircle and suppress the Demon Sect, the Demon Sect was not idle, and many rebels suddenly appeared in various states and places, and several rebels went straight to the mountain gates of each faction, and at first glance, the posture was to uproot these sects in the shortest possible time.

Ye Wen's face became extremely ugly when he heard this, especially when he heard that the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Zen Sect were also attacked, but these two factions had deep roots and many disciples, so they resisted the attack stubbornly, and then the soldiers and horses of the state capitals rushed to defeat these rebels and relieve the danger of these two factions.

"And then?"

Zhou Ding continued: "Except for the Tianshan Sect that was too far away and was not attacked, the Jade Cave Sect was almost completely wiped out, and the Northern Sword Sect suffered heavy losses!

In the end, when it came to the Shushan faction, in fact, Ye Wen was not in a hurry, Zhou Ding could get here, which proved that the loss of this faction was not big.

Sure enough, Zhou Ding's face suddenly became strange: "The strangest thing is our Shushan faction, the rebels were stopped by the border army in Pingzhou before they reached our mountain, so our Shushan faction has not been attacked from beginning to end!"

"What did the county magistrate say?"

"The county magistrate said that it was because of the rebellions in various places, so the imperial court mobilized the border troops to quell the rebellion, and it happened to bump into the rebels along the way......"

Ye Wen sneered: "What is just right, there is news for a long time, but considering that the head of this sect is also his master, this disciple asked Bian Jun to take care of his own sect!"

Of course, these words are not easy to say to others, Ye Wen just said: "Then count it as the Tianxiang of our Shushan Paiji people!" After that, the two of them turned out from behind, and saw that the people in each faction were whispering something to the division commanders who came back, Beichengyan and Nangong Tinghai's faces were not very good, and at the same time, Li Xuan's face also became very strange, and he glanced at himself from time to time.

"This guy may have realized something!"

But as long as this kind of thing is not said, who can find out clearly? The Shushan faction is lucky, and no one can say anything, as for the old monk Huixin, he seems to have guessed this situation a long time ago, so he is still indifferent, and he asked about the situation in the temple and did not speak.

In the end, the old monk walked in front of the Tiandao Sect and his party, this group of Taoist priests looked pale at this time, and several people had tears in their eyes, and at the same time looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest in the lead, it is estimated that this middle-aged Taoist priest is a person who can call the shots.

Hui Xin walked up to him and looked him up and down, looked at his outfit and said, "Your master has passed on the position of sect master to you?"

"Before the master left, he passed on the position of the sect master to the disciple!" Although the middle-aged Taoist priest was a little sad at this time, he still did not show any abnormality when he spoke, which showed that he was indeed a character.

Hui Xin nodded: "The Heavenly Dao Sect will rely on you to support it in the future, if there is any difficulty, you can go to Pingzhou to find the head of the Shu Mountain Sect!"

The Taoist priest knew that this was the senior who was pointing him out, so he nodded in thanks. Ye Wen listened to it on the side, and then he realized that Tianyi Zhenren had long expected that he would be more and more auspicious, and he even passed on the position of sect master before leaving. It is estimated that even if they come back safely, this martial arts will no longer be their old man's world, so the successor can be determined as early as possible so that the sect can continue.

At this time, the sadness on the dock gradually dissipated, and most of the people in the martial arts who looked at the excitement dispersed, and the people who came back safely were all in the same place with each other, and they were ready to return to their own divisions at the moment, and Ye Wen also packed everything and prepared to leave, at this time Li Xuan came over and said to Ye Wen: "I hope that Master Ye will not forget the appointment between you and me!"

Ye Wen nodded: "Naturally remember!" and then watched Li Xuan lead a kind of Tianshan disciple to gradually walk away.

(To be continued)