Jianzhou is named after swords.
In this state, 80% of the wealthy merchants and martial arts families use swords.
Among them, Jiange is the largest force in Jianzhou.
The mountain behind Jiange is a forbidden area.
Qiu Shaoqing, who was once third on the Fuyao list, had been honing his skills in the forbidden area of the back mountain since he failed in the Zhuque Academy examination.
Losing to Jing Yun was already difficult for him to accept.
Later, he witnessed Chu Xiu's peerless style, which shocked him even more, and he lost all confidence.
He has deeply realized the gap between him and the real genius.
Now, he has no intention of competing for the top spot on the Fuyao List.
The only thing he wants to do is to keep getting stronger, at least to defeat Jing Yun and avenge his previous humiliation.
There is a formation in the forbidden area, and thousands of swords gnaw at the heart.
Qiu Shaoqing raised his eyes and looked ahead. Under the heavy fog, the sword energy was raging like a biting wind.
This is a ten-thousand-sword heart-killing formation, divided into nine levels, and its power increases layer by layer.
At this moment, Qiu Shaoqing was on the fourth level. At this level, his patience had almost reached its limit.
"If I can't even pass the fourth realm, how can I be considered a genius?" Qiu Shaoqing's eyes flashed with determination as he strode forward.
As soon as his right foot landed, he knelt directly on the ground.
The powerful and boundless sword energy hit his whole body, leaving him unable to resist.
Qiu Shaoqing's eyes flashed with reluctance.
At this time, a wisp of breeze blew over Qiu Shaoqing's body, and his whole body floated up and hit the back.
An old man with a broken arm and a long sword on his back stood expressionlessly outside the forbidden area.
Qiu Shaoqing fell in front of the old man with a broken arm.
"Elder Guo, I can still persist." Qiu Shaoqing looked unwilling and her voice was full of stubbornness.
"Don't deceive yourself." The old man with a broken arm said expressionlessly.
Qiu Shaoqing said in a low voice: "I am confident that I can enter the fifth floor."
The old man with a broken arm shook his head, "I pulled you out, not to stop you."
"That's it?" Qiu Shaoqing was startled and couldn't help but raise his eyes.
Elder Guo, who had a broken arm in front of him, had always been guarding outside the forbidden area. Under normal circumstances, he would never interfere with the cultivation of the disciples of Jiange in the forbidden area.
Many Jiange disciples forced their way into the formation and ended up crippled, but no one cared about them.
"Someone is coming." Elder Broken Arm said.
"Who?" Qiu Shaoqing asked subconsciously, then frowned and said in a low voice, "No matter who it is, it has nothing to do with me."
Elder Broken Arm said calmly: "Originally, it really had nothing to do with you, but the recent situation is special. Since she wants to enter the forbidden area, you can no longer stay there."
Qiu Shaoqing's brows furrowed even more tightly, "As far as I know, true disciples of Jiange are not restricted from entering the forbidden area to sharpen themselves whenever they want."
"Not recently." Elder Broken Arm glanced at Qiu Shaoqing's handsome face, "I am doing this for your own good."
"For my own good?" Qiu Shaoqing became more and more puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "Who is coming?"
"The Jinghong Sword Immortal who walked out of the sword pavilion." Elder Broken Arm said directly.
"Jinghong Sword Immortal?" Qiu Shaoqing was startled. He had heard of the legend of this female senior.
"Even if she is Jinghong Sword Immortal, her entering the forbidden area does not conflict with my practice in the forbidden area, right?" Qiu Shaoqing looked puzzled, "With her strength, she can at least reach the seventh level. I am still on the fourth level. , no matter how big the noise is, it won't affect her."
Elder Broken Arm paused and said, "I forgot that you have been in the forbidden area recently and don't know what is happening outside."
"Is it related to the Jinghong Sword Immortal?" Qiu Shaoqing was a little curious. As far as he knew, the Jinghong Sword Immortal was not only a senior who came out of the sword pavilion, but also Queen Anlan of Beiliang.
Elder Broken Arm said: "You only need to know that in the recent period, if a man appears in the place where the Jinghong Sword Immortal appears, that man will be targeted by Beiliang."
"Ha~." Qiu Shaoqing smiled, with a flash of sharpness in his eyes, and said proudly, "Are we in Jiange still afraid of the Northern Liang Emperor?"
"It has nothing to do with whether you are afraid or not." Elder Broken Arm said, "This period is very special. No one wants to mess with the Northern Liang Emperor."
Qiu Shaoqing frowned and asked tentatively: "Has the Northern Liang Emperor achieved a breakthrough?"
"That's not true." Elder Broken Arm shook his head and said, "You can find out by asking outside. Return to the sword pavilion first. The Jinghong Sword Immortal will probably stay here for a few months."
Qiu Shaoqing was a little dissatisfied.
"Go and find out clearly. If you still dare to come to the forbidden area to practice, I won't stop you." Elder Broken Arm said with a faint smile. His usually expressionless face now had a slightly playful arc at the corner of his mouth.
"good."
Qiu Shaoqing left.
Before long, he became stunned.
Jinghong Sword Immortal is pregnant with the child of Chu Xiu, the thirteenth master of Zhuque Academy?
Want to come to the forbidden area of Jiange to raise a baby?
What is this all about?
"Senior Brother Qiu, I suggest you avoid going to forbidden areas in the recent period, otherwise people will misunderstand you." The Jiange disciple who told Qiu Shaoqing the gossip reminded him very kindly.
Qiu Shaoqing's eyelids twitched slightly. According to what this junior brother said, Jinghong Sword Immortal was practicing in Yanmo Cave before. Chu Xiu went in and walked out naked, and then Jinghong Sword Immortal became pregnant...
This is definitely a sensitive period.
If it were rumored that Qiu Shaoqing and the pregnant Jinghong Sword Immortal were practicing in the same place...
"I have been training in the forbidden area, and my body has probably reached its limit. It's time to change my method." Qiu Shaoqing said very sincerely.
"Hehe, that's how it should be." The sword pavilion disciple on the side chuckled.
Qiu Shaoqing glanced at this junior brother and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Are you sure Jinghong Sword Immortal is pregnant with Chu Xiu's child?"
"Um..." The Jiange disciple hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Maybe she is pregnant with Zhang Liang, the third gentleman of Zhuque Academy."
"Huh?" Qiu Shaoqing was stunned again.
"It is said that Zhang Liang also entered the Yanmo Cave at that time, and recently, Zhang Liang went to the Yanmo Cave again, you know..."
"..."
After eating the whole melon, Qiu Shaoqing was confused.
After a while, he shook his head and walked back to his residence in Jiange alone. He rinsed his body with cold water, changed into simple casual clothes, and then went to a tavern in a nearby town.
A plate of peanuts, a plate of soy sauce beef, and a bottle of sake...
This was his rare moment of relaxation.
It was afternoon and there were no customers in the tavern.
Qiu Shaoqing sat by the window, drinking quietly, recalling the cultivation experience of these days in his mind.
"My body is not strong enough, and my will is weaker than I thought."
Qiu Shaoqing drank wine and reflected.
In the past, he had always been arrogant, ranking third on the Fuyao list, but he was not convinced by Wang Quan Yixiao, who was first on the Fuyao list, and Bei Moting, who was second on the Fuyao list.
Now, he has seen the gap between himself and the truly peerless genius, and knows how to reflect.
"Jingyun, Chu Xiu..."
"At that time, what would have happened if I had not directly visited Fengming Pavilion?"
Qiu Shaoqing was in a trance, and the scene of Chu Xiu, Meng Xiaochuan, Gu Chensha, Jingyun, Huitong, and Wen Yi drinking together, walking through the corridor together, and climbing to Fengming Pavilion came to mind. A bit envious.
The setting sun gradually set, and a layer of golden slanting sunlight appeared on the dining table by the window.
Some guests gradually came to the tavern.
Qiu Shaoqing was very low-key and kept looking out the window.
There were more and more guests, and there was a lot of talk.
Originally, Qiu Shaoqing didn't care much, but gradually, his attention couldn't help but focus on what some guests were talking about.
"The pregnancy is definitely Mr. Three's. I guess Queen Anlan did not do it voluntarily. Otherwise, why would the Queen come to Jianzhou as soon as Mr. Three went to Yanmo Cave?"
"If you ask me, it must belong to Mr. Thirteen. Mr. Thirteen has recently set foot in the world, and may be in Jianzhou. The empress has traveled thousands of miles to find her husband."
"Hey, is it Qianli Xun's husband or Qian Lixun's adulterer?"
"..."
Qiu Shaoqing couldn't help but take a sip of sake, thinking that everyone in the Nineteen Prefectures should know what happened between Chu Xiu and Jinghong Sword Immortal.
"Ouch, my stomach is..."
"The wine is poisonous? Why do I feel like I'm dipping?"
"No, I can't bear it anymore..."
"..."
Most of the guests who were just talking about the love triangle scandal between Chu Xiu, Zhang Liang, and Queen An Lan screamed in pain and rushed out of the tavern.
The tavern owner sitting at the counter glanced at a young man in green shirt sitting at the dining table on the right side of the door, then lowered his head, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Qiu Shaoqing had already noticed something unusual, and his eyes fell on the young man in green shirt on the right side of the door.
