The swordsman rode the bamboo raft until it drifted out of the boundary of Sishui Pass.
There was a person dressed in red with strange movements. Several of them jumped up and came to the bamboo raft, carrying a pot of wine. They looked elegant and unrestrained, and their eyes were as charming as silk.
"Chu, you owe me ten thousand taels of gold." The swordsman said to the man in red behind him without raising his head as he fished with a bamboo pole.
"Listen, is this what the disciples of the Yunhai Immortal Sect of the Northern Territory said?" Chu Yang smiled and wanted to refuse the bill. Dressed in red, he danced with the river wind. He held a wine flask, took a sip of wine, and smacked his lips, "Good wine. , good wine!”
"Why, you want to turn your back on me?" the swordsman said.
"Hey, I'm talking about Xin Zhao. After all, you are also the chief disciple of the Seven Peaks of the Immortal Sect, Zuowang Peak, and you can take a fancy to a mere ten thousand taels of gold?" Chu Yang squatted behind Xin Zhao, with one arm on the swordsman's back. On his back, there was still a mean smile on his face.
The swordsman glanced at the man in red and sarcastically said, "You can be regarded as the face of Jixia Academy. When Chen Shouren sees you, he has to call you third uncle. Why, you can't get rid of only ten thousand taels of gold." ?”
After that, the swordsman glanced at the sword on Chu Yang's waist and said, "If you have no money, mortgage your sword to me! This Longyuan Sword is barely worth ten thousand taels of gold."
"Why don't you go and grab it!" Chu Yang almost stared out of his eyes when he heard this, "My Long Yuan used to be the master's sword! Don't say ten thousand taels of gold, it's tens of millions of taels of gold. That's Can’t buy it!”
"I'm doing serious business, why should I rob?" the swordsman snorted.
"I owe you!" Chu Yang twitched the corner of his mouth, "I owe you a favor. If I had known that you were serious about making an offer to me, I might as well have killed that old witch myself."
"Just you?" The swordsman was very disdainful. "With your ability, can you be as cool and straightforward as me and kill the old woman with one sword?"
"Why, you want to fight?" Chu Yang was furious when he heard this.
"Haha." The swordsman smiled and stopped paying attention to the man in red.
"Speaking of which, it's hard for me to take action." Chu Yang said to himself, "This is ultimately a contest between Shouren and Rujian. If I help, I will inevitably be criticized."
"Do you think Chen Shouren can defeat Song Zhiwen?" the swordsman asked him.
"Whether he can win or not is none of my business?" Chu Yang snorted, "He is a little too young after all. The Song army is about to be in disaster, but he can't hold his breath. There is indeed a shortage of food and grass at Sishui Pass, and There are signs of a plague. But after all, this is the last threshold of Zhengdu. As long as Shouren asks for help from the prince, can he still refuse?"
"I think this sentence is barely reasonable." The swordsman said with a smile, "You are young after all. The routine seventy years ago has long passed, but these two people are so interesting that they dare to meet in front of the battle. Today's Among the seven major countries, how can there be any talk of righteous war?"
"Hehe, just reluctantly?" Chu Yang's eyebrows danced, "Old Zhao, which side do you prefer?"
The swordsman glanced at him and snorted: "What does it have to do with me?"
The fishing rod moved, and the swordsman flicked his wrist, and a Sishui carp was pulled directly out of the water and carried to the bamboo raft.
"Are you going to investigate the old woman's matter and the employer behind her?" The swordsman pressed the lively carp on the bamboo raft and glanced at Chu Yang.
"You think I'm very idle?" Chu Yang asked back.
"That's just right." The swordsman threw the carp to Chu Yang, put the fishing rod under his feet, grabbed the wine flask in his hand, took a sip of wine, and said, "Put away the fish, half of it will make soup, and half of it will make soup." Let’s braise it.”
Chu Yang hugged the carp and was stunned.
"Zhao, don't go too far!" Chu Yang said angrily, "After all, I am also a bachelor of Jixia Academy, how dare you instruct me to do such mundane things? The sage said, a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen! I... …”
"Do you want to do it or not?" The swordsman stood up and pretended to kick Chu Yang's butt. "If you don't do it, I'll kick you down!"
"...I'll do it!" Chu Yang gritted his teeth, "If I make this fish, we'll be even!"
"You have a beautiful idea." The swordsman hummed, "Can a fish be worth ten thousand taels of gold?"
The bamboo raft went away with the Si River, and the two of them were still chatting, and they almost rolled up their sleeves and had a fight.
But in the end, the two still couldn't fight.
…
It's night, in the north, at the Immortal Gate of the Sea of Clouds.
On the Duansu Peak, Zhuang Yan was dressed in a Taoist robe, with a graceful figure, and came to the Sword Hall alone.
The affairs of the Immortal Sect of the Master of Judgment Peak are divided into two dimensions: internal and external, corresponding to the Law Enforcement Hall and the Sword Holding Hall respectively.
The affairs of our disciples are fully handled by the Law Enforcement Hall.
As for the affairs outside the door, they are handled by the sword-wielding hall.
Xue Xing, the master of the sword-wielding hall, made a rare return to the mountain gate. At this time, Lu Chen, the master of the law-enforcement hall, left the fairy gate at the same time three days ago with Lin Xiao who was sitting on Wangfeng. He did not know where he was going.
"Uncle Zhuang." When the people in the Sword Hall saw Zhuang Yan, they all saluted.
"Well." Zhuang Yan asked, "Is Senior Brother Xue here?"
"The hall master is inside!" The person from the Sword Hall quickly replied.
Zhuang Yan nodded and walked into the main hall of the Sword Holding Hall.
The sword-wielding hall and the law-enforcement hall stand on different tops of Duansu Peak. The law-enforcement hall is clumsy and majestic, but the sword-wielding hall is iron-blooded and tough.
Zhuang Yan walked into the Sword Hall. In the main hall, Xue Xing, the master of the Sword Hall, was sitting on the Sword Throne. He was dressed in black and had a gloomy face. He supported his chin with one hand and looked at Zhuang Yan as if he had been waiting here for a long time. His voice He spoke in a low voice, "Junior sister Zhuang, are you here?"
"Senior brother." Zhuang Yan saluted, then stood up and said, "There is a letter. Lu Chen asked me to deliver it to you."
"Yeah." Xue Xing nodded.
Zhuang Yan took the letter out of her arms, stretched out her hand, and flicked it. The letter seemed to have wings and flew straight into Xue Xing's hand.
Xue Xing grabbed the letter with his hand, glanced at it, read the contents, closed the letter, looked at Zhuang Yan, and asked: "Does Senior Brother Zhao Xin know about the movements of the Blood Shadow Tower?"
"Eldest brother only said that the Blood Shadow House would take action against the four junior brothers. As for the specific situation, he did not explain it." Zhuang Yan said, paused, "Elder brother is now walking south, accompanying Chu Yang from Jixia Academy , saying that they are going to the South China Sea. If the Blood Shadow Tower takes action, it must be an assassination around the Immortal Sect. Since the senior brother has no intention of returning to the Immortal Sect now, I guess he does not intend to intervene in this matter. "
"I know." Xue Xing looked at Zhuang Yan with a dark expression, not knowing what he was thinking, "Humph, I will handle this matter carefully. Since the Blood Shadow Tower wants to attack the fourth master of the Immortal Sect, then there will be no hindrance. I will directly handle the Sword Hall Chop off their claws.”
"Then I'll help Senior Brother Xue." Zhuang Yan bowed and left.
Xue Xing looked at Zhuang Yan's back without saying a word, his features hidden in the shadows of the hall, making it difficult for anyone to discern.
Until Zhuang Yan was about to leave the hall, Xue Xing suddenly bent his fingers and lightly clasped the sword throne.
Zhuang Yan subconsciously turned around, the red lotus mark between her eyebrows looked so charming in the dim candlelight of the sword-wielding hall.
Zhuang Yan looked at the unclear-looking man on the Sword Throne, and her heart tightened slightly.
"Zhuang Yan." Xue Xing finally spoke, but it was Zhuang Yan's name that he called.
Zhuang Yan heard the sound and didn't express anything.
Xue Xing stood up from the Sword Throne and walked down the steps. His gloomy eyes stared motionlessly at the monster-like woman, and his tone was indifferent: "What Lu Chen can give you, I, Xue Xing, can also give you. Consider coming to me. Sword Hall?"
Zhuang Yan was stunned.
Xue Xing continued: "How about I give you the position of deputy master of the Sword Hall?"
"Senior Brother Xue is joking." Zhuang Yan was just stunned for a moment, and immediately returned to normal. She looked at Xue Xing and smiled, "How can Zhuang Yan be able to assume the position of deputy hall master of the Sword Hall?"
"I think you can." Xue Xing stopped and turned his back, "Remember what I said, whenever you are willing, the position of deputy master of the Sword Hall will still be yours."
Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, said nothing, and just nodded.
She was about to go out, and Xue Xing asked softly: "She's not awake yet?"
"Yes." Zhuang Yan knew from Xue Xing's tone that she was Dong Xiaowan.
Xue Xing said nothing again, Zhuang Yan stayed for a moment and finally went out.
She knew it.
Lin Xiao came out of the mountain three days ago, and Lu Chen, who left the Immortal Sect at the same time as his second senior brother. Perhaps only Zhuang Yan and the others know what these two people are going to do.
During the battle in Thousand Caves City, Dong Xiaowan's three corpses were hooked out by Shi Chaoyuan. Although Shi Chaoyuan later died in the Tiankeng, after the three corpse ghost array collapsed, Dong Xiaowan's three corpses still failed to return to her body. Chen Yang had no choice but to use the Bagua Cauldron to continue to suppress Dong Xiaowan's three corpses.
Lin Xiao and Lu Chen left the mountain three days ago to go to the Qingming Sword Sect.
Because according to the information from the Sword Holding Hall, Xiao Jing, the leader of the Qingming Sword Sect, returned to the Qingming Sword Sect at the time of the decisive battle between Yunhai Xianmen and Thousand Cave City.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Jing's three corpse ghosts broke away from the control of the three corpse ghost formation, chasing Xiao Jing's aura and followed him back to Qingming Sword Sect.
Now Lin Xiao and Lu Chen wanted to try it on Xiao Jing to see if they could use external force to kill the three corpse ghosts without harming their true bodies.
Dong Xiaowan has been in a coma for more than a month and shows no sign of waking up. Uncle Yu Diezi from Mengdie Peak said that if the main body is not awakened, the strength of the three corpse ghosts cannot be contained and will only get stronger and stronger.
According to the Taoist classic "Shu Yi Lu", the three corpse ghosts are the inner demons that parasitize in the upper, middle and lower Dantian of Taoists, corresponding to greed, anger and ignorance respectively. Only by cultivating the Tao and killing three corpses can one be pure and have no thoughts, and achieve the true fruition of cultivation.
In other words, according to the classics, the three corpses could only kill themselves.
But now that Dong Xiaowan hasn't woken up yet, he can only take a different approach to see if he can kill the three corpses with external force while preserving his body.
Zhuang Yan left the Sword Holding Hall, flew directly with Qi, and returned to Zuowang Peak.
The moon is sparse, and Zuowang Peak is shrouded in moonlight, as if covered with a layer of gauze.
Recently, Bai Ze has been practicing in seclusion in Zizhu Forest. Basically, when he goes out, he goes to Tao Hongjing to learn how to make swords.
Occasionally, Pei Guoguo couldn't hold it in any longer, so he pulled Bai Ze out of Zuowang Peak and went with her to Xianmenfang City to go shopping, buy beautiful little dresses, and eat, drink and have fun.
A month ago, Lin Xiao brought back the Transformation Grass from the underground sinkhole of Qianku City. Tao Hongjing has been busy collecting natural materials and earthly treasures as auxiliary medicine, planning to refine the Transformation Pill and give it to Rhubarb.
During this period, Chen Qing came here once, to see fourth senior brother Chen Ping.
The years in the mountains are always flooded.
