At the entrance of Yangfeng Valley, the fire had begun to devour the corpses on the ground. Qiao Ruichen struck the ground with his sword and staggered towards Lin Manliu.
At this time, the young man's mind was still recalling the last sword that Xu Chong handed out to Uncle Qiao in front of him. When the two of them said the name of the sword at the same time, Qiao Ruichen's whole body seemed to be integrated with the sword in his hand. One, like the bright light that spans the entire night, cutting off the bright moon hanging high in the sky.
"But I can still see it clearly...cough cough..." Qiao Ruichen looked at the boy in a short shirt, covered his mouth and nose with one hand and coughed. He kept coughing while speaking. He must have inhaled too much in his body. Heavy smoke can cause internal breathing disorders.
"I understand, kid. Thank you Uncle Qiao." Lin Manliu rushed forward to help Qiao Xichen.
Just when the young man was supporting Qiao Xiuchen, another roar suddenly came from around the entrance of Yangfeng Valley.
boom! ! ! The raging fire accompanied by the roar spurted out and rushed straight towards the two of them. The young man in short shirt immediately held Qiao Xiuchen's arm, first pushing the Qiao worshiper behind him to prevent him from being damaged by the flames. Let yourself block it by force alone.
"Idiot! Leave quickly!" Just as Lin Manliu pushed Qiao Xiuchen out, someone shouted from behind, followed closely by a corpse flying out from the side of the boy in a short shirt to block him. In front of you.
The fire that spewed out from the valley instantly engulfed the corpse, and the young man who was able to resist for a moment immediately retreated.
...is it Ning Ke’s voice? After Lin Manliu supported Qiao Ruichen, whose breathing was somewhat disordered, he saw Ning Ke, who looked like a poor scholar. She covered her mouth and nose and glared at Lin Manliu fiercely.
"Look what I do! I can't leave!" After Ning Ke finished speaking, he turned around and waved his sleeves in the direction he came from. Unexpectedly, a bandit robe was held up on the sleeves of the coarse linen clothes. The robes swayed, splitting a hole in the fire curtain.
Ning Ke took the lead and rushed into the gap in the fire curtain. Lin Manliu supported Qiao Ruichen and followed him away from the place together.
Not long after the three boys in short shirts left, several more explosions were heard from the entrance of the valley. If the three of them had left later, they might have stayed here.
Lin Manliu and Ning Ke were galloping all the way. For the convenience of walking, the boy in a short shirt carried Qiao Ruochen on his back. They fled to a safe area in a short time. Lin Manliu, who had escaped triumphantly, helped Qiao Xichen behind him and put him on the ground. After resting next to a tree stump, he fell limply to the ground and began to gasp for breath.
Ning Ke seemed to have used no strength at all along the way. When she saw Lin Manliu lying on the ground, she stopped not far from the boy and looked into the distance, carefully paying attention to the surrounding movements.
"Brother Ning...thank you earlier..." Lin Manliu gasped and said.
"Why are you thanking me? I'm just passing by." Ning Ke first glanced sideways at Lin Manliu, then turned to look in the direction of Yangfeng Valley. At this time, Yangfeng Valley was already surrounded by the raging fire.
"Before...it wasn't Brother Ning who took action, he was already hit...others were caught off guard...and then it was Brother Ning as well." The young man in a short shirt stood up with difficulty and looked in the direction of Ning Ke and Yangfeng Gu.
"Why do you act like a girl and talk so much?" Ning Ke didn't look at Lin Manliu at all, turning his back to the boy in a short shirt and mockingly said.
"Can I thank you once and hold it like this?" Lin Manliu took a deep breath and quickly finished his words, his tone also changed drastically from before.
"Uh..." Ning Ke's figure instantly tilted and he made an awkward sound. Ning Ke was originally going to retort verbally, but he acted like this unconsciously. He couldn't help but start asking himself doubts in his heart, Ning Ke, Ning Ke, what's wrong with you... You should give this guy a kick now. He kicked him half to death.
"Thank you, Ning Ke" Lin Manliu said again.
"Oh" Ning Ke responded casually, but still didn't look back.
"It's the cherry tree here, Brother Ning can't see it."
"If you can't see it, you can't see it." The two of them looked at the tragic situation in Yangfeng Valley without saying anything. Just as the tranquility between the two of them lasted for a while, Qiao Ruochen behind them began to cough: "You two little friends, I'm really in a good mood...Ahem, I can still think about the scene of flowers blooming at this time."
Lin Manliu immediately propped himself up and walked towards Qiao Ruchen. Hearing the smile in Qiao's voice, he must have escaped danger.
"Uncle Qiao, luckily he survived," the boy in a short shirt also said with a smile. Ning Ke just turned around and looked at the two people talking without saying a word.
"I don't know how the others are doing. I can still walk, little friend. If there is no serious problem, we need to meet up with others earlier. There is no one in Yangfeng Valley. The Evil Slaughter Sect must have other plans." Qiao Ruichen He said aloud, with a hint of worry in his words.
"Well, you can do it, kid!" Lin Manliu stamped his feet, indicating that he was no longer in trouble, and reached out to help Qiao Xichen.
"It's not that embarrassing. We just want to walk together!" Qiao Ruichen also propped himself up and walked forward without taking the young man's hand.
"Brother Ning, let's go!" Seeing that Uncle Qiao in front of him didn't need his help, he shouted to Ning Ke behind him, and the young man followed Qiao Ruichen.
Ning Ke responded and followed suit. The three of them flew quickly through the mountains and forests. They did not see the corpses of the disciples of the Heaven and Earth Alliance along the way. Presumably they did not encounter any obstacles in their evacuation from Yangfeng Valley. Not long after, they saw the temporary station of the Heaven and Earth Alliance where the wounded were being accommodated. Place.
During the journey, Qiao Ruochen mentioned that the person who unexpectedly attacked Lin Manliu must be someone in the Sword-making Peak. He would definitely find out the whole story for Lin Manliu later and would not let this matter go to Lin Manliu. bring trouble later.
The young man in a short shirt just responded without mentioning it too much, because he already had several people's guesses in his mind, and he had already guessed most of the purpose and the person behind the scenes.
Outside the temporary station of the Tiandi Alliance, someone spotted the three people walking quickly and recognized Qiao Xiuchen.
"It's Qiao Zongfeng from Zhujian Peak. He came out alive!" The man shouted in surprise to everyone around him. After hearing the news, half of the people in the Heaven and Earth Alliance shouted out. Some lamented that Qiao worshiped the auspicious person and heavenly minister, some marveled that Qiao worshiped the auspicious person and could defeat the enemy in such a dangerous situation, and some cheered for the Yangfeng Valley. The Zhan Tian Di Alliance won a great victory, and then the entire temporary station was filled with laughter and laughter.
"My little friend, please return to your sect's headquarters first. I will test out the disciples later," Qiao Ruichen said to Lin Manliu in a low voice amidst the cheers.
"Boy, I understand." After the young man in short shirt finished speaking, he saluted Qiao Xiuchen, winked at Ning Ke behind him, and the two of them disappeared into the crowd.
The relevant leaders who came to encircle and suppress Yangfenggu and Tueximen soon heard the news and rushed to Qiao Ruichen's location.
Li Junce walked out first among the crowd, saluted Qiao Ruchen, and said slowly: "Second brother...".
"Ahem... There's no need to worry about Jun Ce, he's fine," Qiao Ruichen coughed and said. Zhan Keng, the elder of Xunhan Mountain, looked at this scene and said from the side whether he was sighing or saying something strangely: "The two brothers of Zhujianfeng have such a deep friendship. They are truly a model for our generation in the martial arts world."
Because in the early years, the entire Jianghu martial arts world knew that the Zhujianfeng double jade was only mentioned by the Qiao Ruchen and the Zhujianfeng mountain master who had died of illness, and the other Li family worshiper in front of him was said to be the same as the one in front of him. The Qiao family's ministers are quite difficult to deal with. In recent years, they have always had conflicting opinions whether it is about making a living at Zhujian Peak or regarding the development within the sect.
Li Junce naturally heard the meaning of Zhan Keng's words, and said with a smile: "My brother and I are just ordinary brothers, but we can't afford such boasting."
The atmosphere instantly became awkward. Mingxi, who had been silent all this time, had no choice but to come out to smooth things over. He waved his hands and said with a smile: "Now that you are all in this heaven and earth alliance, we are all one family."
The leaders of other surrounding sects also echoed, which made the atmosphere less tense. Ming Xi walked down the steps, and the two sides naturally no longer had a stalemate, so they chatted casually and walked into the temporary residence together.
After everyone took their seats, Mingxi spoke directly: "Although there were not many casualties during this trip to Yangfeng Valley, there are many suspicious points. According to the disciples who entered the valley and escaped, there must be some thieves from the Evil Slaughter Sect among them. ", deliberately ignited the saltpeter and sulfur in the hoarding valley and then disappeared."
"Except for Ling Xun at the entrance, the others should be the bandit leaders here. It's just that the Tue Evil Sect is hiding there intentionally, and there is not a single disciple of Yangfeng Valley..." Taoist Shuangzhi, who has never had much say, in front of everyone He finally spoke while deep in thought.
"Will they secretly take people away from here? They must have other plans. Do they need to return to the defense station?" Lan Wuqiu said after Taoist Shuangzhi's words.
"It is indeed necessary. We will return to the station later," Mingxi nodded and said. At this time, someone suddenly broke into the place where everyone was talking. It was a temporary tent and they were not going to talk about anything important. Naturally, there were no disciples to guard it.
"Li Gongfeng!...Li...Seniors, juniors are rude." The visitor looked a bit anxious in his clothes and was a disciple of Sword Forging Peak. After entering the place, he found that everyone was discussing something and immediately apologized.
"You didn't see me waiting to talk about important things, you don't know the importance of it!" Li Junce said sternly when he saw this. He had to get ahead of the leaders of other sects and teach his confidant a lesson so that he wouldn't be offended.
"Disciple realizes his mistake. Now he will go to the elders in the sect to receive the punishment..." The disciple immediately responded.
"It doesn't matter. In times of crisis, there must be something important to report. Please don't be anxious," Ming Xi, who was sitting in the main seat, said aloud.
This sound of Jun Ce was like a soothing fragrance in the eyes of others, but in Li Junce's ears, it was like the ringing bell of a fierce ghost threatening his life.
"...Speak!" Li Junce had no choice but to say to the disciple.
"My fellow disciples and I entered Yangfeng Valley earlier and found some letters that seemed to be between people from the Slaughter Evil Sect and Ling Xun..." The disciple swallowed and said to everyone.
"What did you say in the letter!" Mingxi didn't know why, but she acted very strongly and directly knocked on the desk in front of her with both hands and said.
"Master Ming, please read..." The disciple took out a letter that was mostly burned by the flames from his arms and handed it to Ming Xi who was in charge.
Lan Wuqiu immediately stood up, picked up the burned letter and handed it to Ming Xi. Most of the contents of the letter are not clear enough, and I can only vaguely see a few sentences: I hope that the Valley Master and you will think carefully about this action. If you are successful, you can live, if you fail... the chaos in the world will definitely be cut off by our generation. , did a good deed today... now the three swords will be revealed... After Mingxi read it, he spoke to everyone, and even handed the letter to the people present to pass it on for viewing. In just a few words, everyone from all sects present was instantly moved. The leader got some information.
The way Yangfeng Valley behaved this time was due to the arrangement of the Evil Slaughter Sect. This explained why the Yangfeng Valley group, who were at a numerical disadvantage, still chose to fight to the death outside the valley.
Furthermore, he said that Yangfenggu's trip was a good deed in the same tone as the Tue Evil Sect's appearance to this day, which once again proved that the owner of the letter was a member of the Tue Evil Sect.
The last three swords were about to be revealed. Everyone's eyes were extremely strange and they were speechless, because everyone knew that the three swords pointed to the third of the four swords forged by Si Xuan, the old master of Sword Forging Peak in the past.
The first two swords were obtained by Fengxue Grand View Tower and Wenjian Lake respectively. Now the third sword is about to be revealed. It must be in the hands of someone and has been known by the Tue Evil Sect. From this sentence, we can determine the true purpose of the Tue Evil Sect. Since they had been fighting with Fengxue Grand View Tower before, and now they were exchanging letters with Yangfeng Valley, they must also be competing for the Four Swords in the World.
Ming Xi secretly stared at Li Junce and thought to himself that if this boy hadn't rushed into the camp rashly, the Zhujianfeng family would have known about it... The elder Zhankeng from Xunhan Mountain was the first to speak: " Since the Evil Slaughter Sect already knows the whereabouts of the third sword forged by the old mountain master, it will definitely go directly to fight for it. The next sect invaded by the Evil Slaughter Sect is also where the third sword is..." .
Ming Xi was waiting for someone to speak, when Zhan Keng brought a pillow, and he immediately answered: "This thing is the sword peak after all, whether it is to destroy the evil-slaughter sect, or to get it by force before the evil-slaughter sect." Returning the third sword to Sword Making Peak is an important matter, and you all need to work together in the future."
When Li Junce heard this, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, if he really thought it was from my sword-making peak, why did he still keep Gaojun in his own hands and refused to return it to my sword-making peak.
But on the bright side, Li Gongfeng could only look at Ming Xi with tears in his eyes, and said aloud: "Zong Ming is righteous! Zhujianfeng remembers this!".
Qiao Ruichen, who had been silent for a long time, looked at these overt and covert verbal battles, sighed lightly and looked outside the tent.
Since they set out in the early morning, the sky had been a little dark. When they entered the camp, there were dark clouds hovering in the sky. Qiao Ruichen watched quietly.
The dark clouds gradually began to increase, and it... was about to rain... Not long after, rain began to fall from the sky. The rain fell very fast, and it poured on the flames of Yangfeng Valley in an instant. The Heaven and Earth Alliance and others were unable to stop the fire that originally stretched for several miles. At this time, under the heavy rain, the fire was gradually suppressed, and the entire Yangfeng Valley began to become charred and black from the previous red fire.
I don’t know if it’s the rain coming from the sky, which will benefit the people of the Heaven and Earth Alliance who are slaying the rebellious people in the world...or it’s the rain that’s coming from the sky because of the misfortune, and I want to use the rain to wash away the dirt and mud in this world...
