Digression:
I don’t know why, among the four major families, the three characters "Xiao × Yao × Ge" have been blocked on the Internet, affecting readers' reading. Here Qin Zhi says "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" to the readers. I also conducted a careful search on Baidu, and found that the words "Xiao × Yao × Ge" did not violate any rules. Moreover, this book was already published several years ago. It is neither long nor short, and there are some It’s over 1.5 million. If you want to overturn and correct it at this time, it will definitely break your muscles and bones, and it will most likely affect the development of the plot that has been set. Therefore, from now on, the three words "Xiao × Yao × Ge" will be It appears in the form of characters plus symbols, such as "Xiao × Yao × Ge". I hope readers will forgive me and understand the difficulties faced by Internet writers. Qin Zhi would like to express his thanks. Furthermore, this book has been open for five years. Because the results have been poor, I always wanted to give up halfway through. If readers hadn't used QQ to contact me many times to urge me to update, I'm afraid this book would really have been eunuchs.
Thanks to Lu Xu, who rekindled my passion for writing "Shadow in the Sword".
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In order to repay readers, I will try my best to update as much as possible after 2022, and I will ensure that I will never update again. I hope you will support me. Enough nonsense, let’s get down to business.
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Xingjian Villa is a sect second only to Xiaoxyaoxge in Jiangsu and Zhejiang martial arts circles, and its families are prosperous and have many masters. If the Xingjian Sect hadn't been as low-key as ever from the top up, it would actually have the strength to compete with the other four major families in the world. There is even a voice in the world that says that Xingjian Villa is the fifth largest family after the four major families.
In terms of its strength, it really has such capital.
Not to mention the elders in the villa, many of them are top martial arts masters. Even among the younger generations, there are many who are well-known in the world. They are Ou Zhen's eldest disciple Nangong Cheng, second disciple Qin Gang, third disciple Li Haiqing and the youngest disciple Ou Mu.
The rules of Xingjian Villa are very strict. If a disciple goes up the mountain, he is not allowed to go down without the consent of the gang leader or the elders of the gang. Therefore, although the four major disciples have a small reputation in the world, they rarely come down the mountain, and not many people have seen them. They stay in Xingjian Mountain all year round to practice swordsmanship and cultivate themselves. They are self-sufficient and live like immortals in a paradise. They have a different flavor of the world.
Among the four most outstanding young disciples, Qin Gang is undoubtedly the most famous, mainly because he is the only famous disciple who defected from the Star Sword Sect. Second, of course, is Ou Zhen's son, Meteor Sword Omu, who ranks tenth on the swordsman list.
Omu became famous at a young age. When the swordsman list was first published, he was only thirteen years old and already ranked tenth on the swordsman list with his superhuman swordsmanship. It has been five years since the Swordsman List was released, and Omu has just turned eighteen. No one knows what level of swordsmanship this young swordsman genius has reached at the age of eighteen. In fact, except for the disciples of the Star Sword Sect, almost no outsiders have seen the legendary tenth greatest swordsman - Meteor Sword Omu.
Like his father Ou Zhen, he is a fan of martial arts, and his behavior style is also very different.
In order to give Oumu, who had just grown up, more experience, the elders of the Star Sword Sect unanimously agreed to let Oumu go down the mountain alone to explore. However, this young man was also very strange. It had been half a year since he came down the mountain, but he had not made any movement. In the end, even the people of the Star Sword Sect did not know where he had gone.
Star Sword Mountain is composed of a group of steep and beautiful peaks, including the four highest peaks, which are the residences of the four gates of Star Sword Mountain. They are Nanxing Mountain, Zhongxing Mountain, Beimen Mountain and Xiling Mountain in order. The Nangong family occupies Nanxing Mountain, the Ou family lives in Zhongxing Mountain, the Li family lives in Beimen Mountain, and the most declining Li family lives in Xiling Mountain.
Surrounded by four mountains, there is a clear lake called Xingyue Lake. There is a small island on the lake. On the island, there is not only a large martial arts field, but also a magnificent palace. This is the most sacred place of Xingjian Sect. ——Dajian Pavilion. In addition to the martial arts arena, the Great Sword Pavilion also has two places that are strictly controlled, namely the Sword Testing Hall and the Sword Mountain. The Sword Testing Hall is the retreat place for the elders of the sect to practice, and it is also the place where all the martial arts sword manuals in Xingjian Mountain are collected. As the name suggests, Sword Mountain is naturally the place where Star Sword Sect stores its swords. In these two places, even if the sect masters and elders enter, they must obtain the consent of all other elders, then bathe and change clothes, worship the sky and the earth, and do so solemnly before entering.
The four sects of Xingjian Villa are all from wealthy families, and each family has a large number of clansmen. They are all trained and managed by the elders of each family. Every year, the Star Sword Sect will select a day to hold a sword trial meeting at the Great Sword Pavilion Competition Field, where young disciples compete in martial arts. The winner, who is either talented, intelligent or exceptionally outstanding, can bow to the sword. Men Ouzhen became a master and became a disciple of the Star Sword Sect. Only after becoming a disciple can he have the qualifications and opportunity to enter the Sword Trial Hall to practice the more advanced swordsmanship of the Star Sword Sect. In other words, all disciples from outside the clans are not even qualified to enter the Sword Testing Hall.
Once the sword test is passed, there will be another ceremony, which is the sword selection ceremony. The elders will lead the new disciples into the Jian Mountain to choose swords. Only when they find their own sword in the Jian Mountain can they be considered as true disciples. If you pass the sword test but cannot find your own sword on the Sword Mountain, you will not be able to become a disciple.
This can also explain why, although Nangong Cheng and Li Haiqing are young leaders of the Nangong family and Li family respectively, they are actually Ou Zhen's disciples and not from their own sect.
Of course, the Sword Trial Conference also allows disciples other than the four major sects to participate, but the number of people is very small, and they are all recommended by family friends to get such an opportunity.
However, since the disciples with other surnames than Qin Gang betrayed the master, the disciples with other surnames have become even more distrustful, and it has become more difficult for them to become disciples. Qin Gang's sponsor at that time was none other than the most outstanding figure in the Li family, now Li Tianhao, the elder of the Li family. For this reason, Li Tianhao couldn't raise his head in Xingjianmen for a long time.
Back then, Qin Gang was expelled from the Star Sword Sect. One of the important reasons was that he secretly entered the Sword Trial Hall, secretly learned the sword skills, and also stole the Soul Seizing Sword Book. Otherwise, Qin Gang would not have been ranked fourth on the swordsman list. . After the Star Sword Sect Elders learned about it, they originally planned to abolish his martial arts skills and then expel him from the school. Unexpectedly, Qin Gang received the news in advance, so he took the lead in attacking, breaking through the Star Sword Sect's many barriers, injuring many fellow sect members, and then escaped down the mountain to rebel against the sect.
On this day, it was the Star Sword Sect's annual sword trial meeting again. The Great Sword Pavilion was naturally overcrowded and extremely lively. If it weren't for today, there would usually be very few outside disciples.
There is no chance to enter the Great Sword Pavilion, but there is no chance to get close to the Sword Test Hall and Sword Mountain. Theoretically, this day is the day they are closest to the Sword Testing Hall, and they all have the opportunity to become disciples. Regardless of whether they have ability or self-confidence, the disciples of the Star Sword Sect will attend the sword trial meeting on this day. Those who are capable can compete in martial arts and pass the sword test to become disciples, and they will naturally be like a fish in water; those who are not capable can just watch the excitement and learn from experience.
It's just that this year's Sword Trial Conference is a little different, because two extremely important figures did not appear in this year's Sword Trial Conference, Star Sword Sect Master Ou Zhen and Li Clan Elder Li Tianhao. Li Tianhao is elusive and rarely interferes with the affairs of the Star Sword Sect, so it is understandable that he did not show up. However, on such an important day of the Sword Trial Conference, it was really surprising that the sect leader Ou Zhen did not show up. Because in previous years, the sect leader Ou Zhen would personally lead his disciples to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and then compete with each other to test swords, but today he did not show up at all, which was indeed a bit unexpected.
Although the disciples were more or less puzzled, no one dared to ask more questions. The rules of the Xingjian Sect are very strict. If you disobey the management on the mountain, if you are not careful, you may have your martial arts skills revoked and be expelled from the sect. The disciples all know how powerful it is, so generally no one talks too much.
