"What is this?" Guo Ying'er was curious and pulled the jade scroll up from under the Wind Spirit Crystal. When she opened it, she saw "Extreme Blade Wind Whisper Sword Technique" marked on it.
Zhao Ning glanced at it, but it was a swordsmanship book mainly based on wind spirit roots.
"Hey, isn't this one of the great methods of suppressing the sect of Wanjian Sect?"
Guo Ying'er was surprised and made a sound.
Zhao Ning paused, took the jade scroll, and read it briefly. The sword intention seemed to be quite strong, and it was a great method for cultivating to the realm of Yuanshen, but there was no mention of the Heavenly Tribulation of Yuanshen.
"I came to Bianzhou just to join the Sword Sect and learn swordsmanship. I have done a lot of homework and have memorized in my mind the famous sect-suppressing methods of several major sects in Bianzhou." Guo Ying'er approached Zhao Ning and said, "Zhao Ning, How can these people have the great method of suppressing the sect of Wanjian Sect?"
Zhenzong Dafa cannot be easily leaked.
The two of them looked at each other and realized something was wrong. Guo Ying'er flew to the pit and was about to question him, but suddenly she saw the man holding her neck and died like that.
"Zhao Ning!" Guo Yinger shouted in surprise.
Zhao Ning was already standing in front of the other pits. The two people were obviously in a state of unconsciousness before, but now, little bits of black blood were seeping out of the corners of their mouths.
Being able to do this quietly around Zhao Ning, Zhao Ning believed that no one except Yuanying could have this ability, but Master Yuanying would not just kill a few people for nothing.
Zhao Ning glanced at it and said, "It's a contract."
Guo Ying'er was startled, "Contract. The kind that as long as the other party dies, the contracting party will also die?"
"This is an equal contract, as well as a master-servant contract." Zhao Ning replied, "As long as you have a will, you will die."
Similar to the blood slave, as long as she crushes the blood slave's blood seal, the blood slave will die instantly without warning.
Guo Ying'er held the sword and felt deep malice, "How could this happen? Aren't they bandit cultivators? Why is it a contract and a Zongzong Dafa?"
"I'm afraid there is something wrong with this technique." Zhao Ning speculated that the name alone could not indicate whether it was the Extreme Blade Wind Whisper Sword Technique. After all, they had never seen the content of this technique.
"We have to find a way to inform Yu Wanjian Sect about this." Guo Ying'er said at the first reaction.
But Zhao Ning also reminded, "If you want to enter the sect, you can use this as a stepping stone."
After hearing this, Guo Ying'er hesitated slightly, then became calm, "No need. I want to rely on my own strength to enter. I want to become a swordsman. A swordsman never beats around the bush."
"good."
Zhao Ning took back the jade scroll.
The two left from here and headed all the way to Guanhai City.
Arriving at the gate of Guanhai City, Guo Ying'er sighed again, "Zhao Ning, do you think what I just said was exaggerated?"
Zhao Ning looked at her doubtfully.
Guo Ying'er drooped her eyebrows, "I'm over half of my lifespan and haven't reached the foundation yet, so it's impossible to enter the sect through the Immortal Recruitment Order. The only way is to rank in the top ten on the Qi Refining Sword Cultivation Ranking at the Sword Fighting Conference. It's so difficult. This is a competition with the Qi sword cultivators in the entire Kyushu."
It is indeed difficult. As the only authentic world of swordsmanship, Bianzhou is the place that all swordsmen yearn for.
The Sword Fighting Conference is held every hundred years. It was originally a competition among the disciples of the eighteen sects in Bianzhou. Later, many Sanren sword cultivators also gathered in Bianzhou for spontaneous sword fighting. Sometimes the disciples of the eighteen sects also participated. Among them, over time, the Bianzhou Eighteen Sects Sword Fighting Conference turned into the Bianzhou Sword Fighting Conference, or maybe even the Kyushu Sword Cultivator Conference.
At the sword fighting conference, there was a stone tablet erected by the eighteen sects, called the Sword Talent List.
There are three rankings in this list, divided into heaven and earth. The human ranking is the ranking of sword cultivators in the Qi refining stage, the earth ranking is the ranking of sword cultivators in the foundation building stage, and the heaven ranking is the ranking of sword cultivators in the golden elixir stage.
Anyone who reaches the top of the Three Rankings of Heaven, Earth and Humanity can be called the number one sword cultivator in Kyushu at that level. Since the strength of the sword cultivator is the strongest among the monks in the same realm, some people secretly call the number one sword cultivator the number one in Kyushu. Monk.
This title is very resounding, and the title of the first person under Jian Zhenren's Nascent Soul was largely derived from this.
Even a swordsman who is indifferent to fame and wealth will feel a little flutter in his heart when he hears such a name.
What Guo Ying'er wants to compete for is the top ten swordsmen list, which is the list with the largest number of swordsmen.
"The sword fighting tournament will start in a few years?"
"Yes, seven years later, in early winter." Guo Ying'er held the sword and hesitated even more for a moment. She didn't even dare to fight with the sword before.
"It's just in time." Zhao Ning said, "Suppress the demonic energy first, and then use the sword energy."
Guo Ying'er hesitated for a moment and responded heavily.
Zhao Ning followed Guo Yinger to her residence in Guanhai City, which was a remote courtyard in the city.
When Guo Ying'er came to Bianzhou, the spiritual stones she brought with her were not endless, so she often set up a stall in Guanhai City to sell some family relics.
But now she was focused on practicing her sword, so she was going to find a cave outside.
After staying there for a few days, she roughly told Zhao Ning her thoughts, "I plan to move to a cave near Sword Shadow City after the black market auction."
Sword Shadow City is the most prosperous city near Wanjian Sect, and it belongs to Dengxian City under Wanjian Sect.
Zhao Ning nodded, "I happen to have something to go to the Wanjian Sect, and I also have the Extreme Blade Wind Whisper Sword Technique, so I have to inform them early."
Guo Ying'er blinked, "Be careful, Zhao Ning. This is a great method to suppress the sect. If they are afraid of leaking it, they will directly plot against you."
This is indeed possible, but the possibility is extremely small. After all, it is the number one swordsmanship sect in Kyushu, and it may care more about reputation and prestige than the four major sects in Kunxu.
Besides, Shi Yueze, the real swordsman, is still inside.
Zhao Ning did not answer the question and asked Guo Ying'er, "I heard that the black market auction here will not disclose the items to the public. You can only know if you go there on the spot. How did you know that Shi Jianxin was at the auction."
This is what Guo Ying'er later told Zhao Ning. In order to repair the Heng Rui Sword, in addition to the Wind Spirit Crystal, there is also the Stone Sword Heart and Feng Sha Essence.
Zhao Ning was helpless with these things, but Guo Ying'er had spent the past few days repairing the spirit sword and snooping around the city, but she never expected to find out such news.
Guo Ying'er deliberately lowered her voice, "I saw with my own eyes someone entering Lingshang Pavilion with a stone sword. It can't be wrong."
Lingshang Pavilion is the organizer of the black market auction, and the cultivators in Guanhai City know it well.
Zhao Ning paused for a moment, "Maybe I haven't participated in an auction for a long time, so I'll go with you."
"Yeah."
Guanhai City is very lively. Because it is close to the Chengxuan Realm, the legal cultivators and sword cultivators here are distributed in half. Occasionally, you can see conflicts between the legal cultivators and the sword cultivators. They argue whether the legal cultivators are omnipotent or the sword cultivators are stronger. But most of them The time was very harmonious.
The black market auction is a black market, but most of the monks in Bianzhou are so straight-forward that the underground passage to the black market is so frequent that they only have to put up a sign at the door, "There is a black market here, come here."
And Lingshang Pavilion can probably only explain, "Although it is called a black market, it is a serious market. Things are rare, but they are a bit expensive."
When Zhao Ning and Guo Ying'er entered the black market, they were startled by the brightly lit scene for a moment. After that, they could only calmly follow the local customs.
The sword cultivator's voice was particularly loud. The only sound in the black market was bargaining. And at a glance, you could see best-selling products, including gaudy scabbards made of various materials.
The Dharma cultivators rolled their eyes, but their hands and feet were not slow at all in snatching the items from the Sword Cultivators' booth.
The sword cultivator is a warlike person. Except when he is with his precious sword Niwai, most of the time he is either looking for fights or wandering around in various secret realms and relics. Everywhere is a test of life and death, but the things he obtains are rich and precious. .
Until Zhao Ning was in front of a stall, she saw a bearded sword cultivator who looked sleepy playing with a broken scale in his hand. This sword cultivator was dressed in gorgeous robes and had a familiar spiritual sword tied around his waist. There were sword spikes, but Zhao Ning didn't pay close attention to them, and his eyes only fell on the scales.
The scales are as big as a palm and look very similar to the suspected dragon scales that Zhao Ning found on the sunken ship.
"Fellow Taoist, can you sell the scales on your hands?"
Zhao Ning's restrained aura seemed to be in the early stages of foundation building. The other party only raised his eyelids to take a look, then closed his eyes slightly and dozed off again, saying vaguely.
"Of course I'm selling it, but these are dragon scales, not ordinary scales. I want to buy them, at least for this amount."
He said holding up three fingers.
"Three thousand." Guo Ying'er stood aside and was very surprised, but she didn't expect the swordsman to shake her finger. Guo Ying'er almost screamed, "Thirty thousand?! Why don't you grab the spirit stone?!"
Her sharp voice attracted the attention of many people, but most of them were immediately uninterested when they saw her identity as a swordsman. Looking at the black market, there was not a single swordsman in the entire black market who did not scream.
If you are poor, you are still poor as a swordsman.
Zhao Ning glanced at it and said calmly, "Thirty thousand is fine, but you have to tell me where you got it."
The sword repair stall owner opened his eyes instantly, and the light in his eyes just didn't turn into a spiritual stone.
He smiled and said, "This fairy is easy to talk to. Not to mention where she got it, I can tell you how she got it."
Zhao Ning showed no emotion, the sword cultivator happily accepted the spirit stone and said, "There is an area eight thousand miles away from the sea. Every time the moon dims, a small island will appear, and there is a giant dragon corpse on the island. .”
Zhao Ning frowned slightly, and Guo Ying'er also noticed something was wrong, "Don't lie to others. If there was a giant dragon corpse, it would have been taken away long ago by the time the news spread in the city."
"Don't worry. Fairies, I haven't finished what I said. Although the giant dragon has turned into a corpse, the corpse has become a spirit. It is coiled in that area and has become the Dragon King." The sword cultivator's face was very strange. "Ten years ago, I went to investigate with my Taoist friends. The corpse was actually white bones with flesh and scales. It was extremely abnormal. These scales were accidentally obtained during the fight."
Zhao Ning pressed her fingertips on the surface of the scales and felt only a cold feeling, but no other abnormalities.
The sword cultivator glanced at Zhao Ning and said, "Fairy, if you want to go, you'd better wait until the golden elixir realm, otherwise I'm afraid you won't even be able to get to the island."
Guo Ying'er listened to him and felt very unhappy, "Only a broken dragon scale and a worthless clue from a small island, and you actually sold it for 30,000 spirit stones!"
Jian Xiu smiled and shrugged, "Whether it is valuable or not cannot be measured in a few words. It depends on who you say it to."
Zhao Ning stood up, glanced at the other party, and then cupped her hands, "What is your relationship with Zhenren Jian?"
Guo Ying'er was very surprised. She approached Zhao Ning and couldn't figure out why Zhao Ning asked this question.
But he didn't expect the other party to stand up and return the favor.
"Not talented. Jian Zhenren's eldest disciple, Ji Zong, has met Fairy Shen."
"Master said that if he meets Fairy Shen one day, he will definitely blackmail her to make up for the loss of his reputation in Blazing City."
Chapter 209
Back then, Zhao Ning infiltrated the Jindan team as Lin Ying. Although no one noticed it, later Chihuang City changed hands and a real person was looking for Lin Ying. The news and deeds of Lin Ying spread.
With the shadows of Xingyun Jianwan and Yunshen Sevenfold Sword, Shi Yueze, the sword master, immediately guessed that Zhao Ning was Lin Ying.
"Master said, please rest assured, Fairy Shen, he will never expose you, but this small amount of hush money is still required."
Ji Zong straightened up, his evil smile was quite like that of Master Jianzhen, and he was worthy of being Shi Yueze's eldest disciple.
Zhao Ning asked, "Is Master Shi also in Guanhai City?"
"Master is not in the city. The sect leader ordered Master to preside over this sword fighting conference and not allow us to assist. Master is probably very busy right now."
These words were quite gloating, but it was also clear that the sect was very dissatisfied with Master Jian as a handyman in Jihan Palace.
"It's a pity, but it's the same when meeting fellow Taoists. I have something here, please give it to Master Shi."
As he spoke, he turned over his hands and took out a jade box. This jade box contained the Zhenzong Dafa before, and the wind spirit crystal inside had been handed over to Guo Ying'er.
When Ji Zong saw such a jade box, he thought it was Zhao Ning giving him the spirit stone. He took the jade box with a smile, opened it with great anticipation, then his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly closed it with a bang. The jade box, however, lost all strength in his hand due to shock. With such a sound, the jade box instantly shattered.
Instead, he exposed the skill inside, and the eyes of the people around him glanced here. At the last moment when others noticed, he put the skill back into the storage bag. He grinned a very honest smile, covering up his previous actions.
