Yongzhou.
One after another, steep peaks reach straight into the sky, as if a shocking sword is about to escape into the sky.
Just between these mountains, the smoke is lingering and the sea of clouds is billowing.
This is the mountain gate of Yijian Sect.
According to Jianghu legends, the Yijian Sect did not exist in the past, but here was a large sect called the Sword Immortal Sect.
However, someone in the Sword Immortal Sect committed a huge crime, and it seemed that several people with very sensitive identities were involved, causing the entire Yuzhou to be shocked.
Military orders were issued directly from Chang'an City, and a hundred thousand soldiers who had just bathed in the blood of the demon clan on the battlefield surrounded the entire Sword Immortal Sect.
Flames soaring into the sky burned on every hilltop of the Sword Immortal Sect. Countless disciples and elders cried out for injustice and asked the court why they were targeting the Sword Immortal Sect.
Overnight, the disciples of the mountain sect surrendered or died. Nine of the ten peaks of the Sword Immortal Sect were covered in blood, and one was forcibly pushed down!
That night, someone saw a sword energy from the Sword Immortal Sect pointing straight into the sky, and a white mark was cut open in the dark night, which did not disappear all night long.
The next day, the imperial court announced that the entire Sword Immortal Sect would be incorporated and renamed Yijian Sect. The original head of the Sword Immortal Sect, Old Jianxian, died of illness.
Immediately afterwards, Prime Minister Wang Daofan began to lead troops to suppress the martial arts sects from Yongzhou. All forces that were not recognized by the government would be ruthlessly disbanded. Anyone who dared to disobey would be punished as rebels and killed without mercy.
There are nine mountains in the Yijian Sect. The first three are where the disciples practice and live, and the middle three are where the sect forges weapons for the court. It is said that the weapons shipped out from here every day are enough to support an army of hundreds of people. Armed.
As for the last three mountains, one is where the elders of the sect live, the other is where the sect handles important affairs and where the head of the sect lives, and the last one is where the Yijian Sect detains criminals and where the sect forges weapons. It is inevitable that there will be defective products, and the garbage will be thrown here. Outsiders call this place the Sword Tomb.
On Jianzhong Mountain.
All kinds of broken swords, tattered armor, spears and clubs were scattered randomly on the ground, or caught in the cracks of the rocks.
There is no vegetation on this mountain. It is so bare that you can’t even see a bird flying by when you look up. It is really a place where birds don’t poop.
To say that this mountain is not really useless, the criminals on the mountain are all locked up with shackles carved with special patterns, and they cannot use their skills. If you want to die, it is very simple, just find a sharp weapon. Just aim for the head and fall down.
There are large formations surrounding Jianzhong Mountain. I have never heard of anyone escaping from this mountain. However, I hear from the food delivery guy every day that another passerby died inside.
Today it was Yijian's turn to send his handyman disciple Wang Xiaoer to deliver food to Jianzhong Mountain.
Although meals only need to be delivered once a day, and the lunch boxes to be delivered to hundreds of people in Jianzhong Mountain only weigh 50 kilograms, Wang Xiaoer is still dissatisfied.
However, he only dared to hold it in, and he was all smiles when facing the elder who assigned the task, praising him for his sharp eyesight and unique vision.
This is all because the Jianzhong Mountain is very evil. According to the disciples who transport forging waste to the Jianzhong Mountain every night, the Jianzhong Mountain is haunted by a ghost, and it is also a fierce ghost that likes to find curious people.
To say that no one believed it at first, it was not until the person who brought the news died in Jianzhong Mountain that those who heard it were frightened.
It is said that this person wanted to use his position to scorn a certain female elder who had committed a crime and was imprisoned here. However, the elder pretended to compromise and attacked her while she relaxed her vigilance. In the end, both of them died.
Some people lamented that there are indeed ghosts in Jianzhong Mountain, but the ghosts in people's hearts are more terrifying than the ghosts on the mountain.
Since then, the sect has established rules that the team transporting forging waste must be accompanied by an elder, and communication with criminals in the mountains is prohibited during transportation.
Wang Xiaoer walked on the road to Jianzhong Mountain with a bitter look on his face. He saw the disciples around him flying with their swords arrogantly, or chatting and laughing with several female disciples because of their good looks. Zhang Pongpong's face was even more lackluster.
He was originally the son of a wealthy businessman in the county. He was not outstanding among his brothers and was not favored by his father.
Last year, an elder from the Yijian Sect came to the county to recruit disciples. He said that he would be able to complete his studies in three years, and by then he could decide whether to stay or leave.
So Wang Xiaoer volunteered to sign up. His father didn't care and only said that he would remember to go home in three years. His mother was reluctant to stay.
But at that time, Wang Xiaoer only thought that he could learn three-thirds of the elder's skills. Seeing him flying with a sword like an immortal, Wang Xiaoer was envious.
Unexpectedly, after arriving at this sword sect, the elder sent him and the hundreds of people who came with him to the handyman's office, where they spent every day chopping wood for fire, carrying water and sweeping the floor.
It is said that this is the case for the disciples who come here. Regardless of their qualifications, they can become a formal disciple after completing three years of miscellaneous work and acquire basic skills. As for the subsequent practice of skills, they need to rely on their contribution to the sect and their qualifications to reach a certain level. can be obtained.
Ordinary disciples have to forge weapons for the sect for at least twenty years before they can acquire enough skills to reach the sixth level.
As for the children of the seven aunts and eight aunts of the elders of the sect, naturally they don't have to do so much dirty work. They always have thousands of ways to gain advantage of the sect's resources.
As for the powerful disciples of the imperial court who often enter the sect, from the day they enter the sect, they can see the top skills of the Yijian Sect, and they are also taught patiently by the elders of the sect, and the elders do not dare to say anything to them. If they reprimanded him, the dignitaries would come to his door the next day. At that time, the elder would have to suffer a physical punishment and would have to bow his head and admit his mistake.
This is the Yijian Sect, the Yijian Sect of the imperial court.
Wang Xiaoer was thinking about life and had unknowingly reached the foot of Jianzhong Mountain.
The lonely mountain gate is engraved with the words "Jianzhong Mountain". There is a winding and rugged mountain road with no end in sight. As far as you can see, it is full of broken weapons, and from time to time, figures flash by.
A gust of cold wind blew, and Wang Xiaoer felt a chill on his neck.
At this time, Wang Xiaoer swallowed and walked towards a thin old man lying under the shade of a tree nearby.
The old man is the elder who guards Jianzhong Mountain.
He took out a token from his arms and handed it to the old man. The old man smiled slightly, showing his yellow teeth.
"You look like a stranger, you're new here!"
Wang Xiaoer smiled and said, "Yes, elder. I'm new here, so you can give me more guidance!"
The old man's expression remained unchanged, with a sly glint in his eyes.
He pointed at the mountain gate and said, "Don't look at how simple this mountain gate is. You must know that the original place of this sword sect was called the Sword Immortal Gate. There was a real Sword Immortal in that place.
The formation here was arranged by him himself, and it was said that it was to seal a shocking demon. Think about how powerful this formation must be for the Sword Immortal to arrange it himself, and how powerful this demon must be.
Seeing that you are so young, I will give you some advice. You must know that although this formation is powerful, it is mainly to prevent the devil from coming out, and there are also many extremely evil people imprisoned in it.
Your job requires you to go in and distribute the food to them in person. If this is not a good idea, it will offend them. I'm afraid it's easier to get in than to get out. "
When Wang Xiaoer heard this, he immediately felt a cold breath rushing from the soles of his feet to the back of his head. Is his few kilograms and taels of meat enough for the hundreds of devils in this mountain?
Seeing that the young man Wang Xiaoer was frightened, the old man said calmly, "I also see that you are still young, and I really don't want you to die here like this. There was someone about your age just two days ago. The young man went in to deliver the food and never came out again.
That's terrible. If you walk twenty steps to the left after entering the door, you might be able to see his intestines. If you walk five steps forward, you can still see his right leg bone.
If you haven't seen it, I guess all the guys inside have been eaten up. "
When Wang Xiaoer heard this, his hands shook, and the lunch box in his hand was about to fall to the ground. The old man caught it with quick eyes and hands, and immediately opened the lunch box.
By the time Wang Xiaoer on the side reacted, the old man had already grabbed the only roast chicken in the lunch box and started to feast on it.
"Elder, this is for the group of people in Jianzhong Mountain. You...you are like this..." Wang Xiaoer didn't know what to do for a moment. He could only feel aggrieved, took the lunch box and stood there with an embarrassed look on his face. Watching the old man eat, his mouth is full of oil.
"Relax, I am the only one who knows about this, you know. The food the kitchen ordered you to deliver is getting less and less every year, and he dare not check with you. As for the guys in Jianzhong Mountain, a little I will go in with you later, who among them will dare to touch you?" The old man wiped his mouth nonchalantly.
When Wang Xiaoer heard this, he immediately became happy and said, "It's great that the elder is willing to accompany us!"
The old man chuckled, and while eating the roast chicken, he stretched out his hand towards Wang Xiaoer, "Bring me another pot of wine!"
…
Not long after, under the shade of a tree, Wang Xiaoer and the old man were lying in the mess of cups and plates, stroking their round bellies.
"Elder, do you think we have eaten too much?"
"That's a lot, not much. Don't worry, these people locked up in the mountains will never have a chance to get out in this life."
"Then it's time for us to set out to deliver food to them."
"No rush, let me take a nap to regain my energy."
"Alright...ok, I just happen to be a little sleepy too."
Two even bursts of snoring sounded.
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Jianzhong Mountain.
Walk up the mountain road for about two hundred steps and you will come to a slightly flat ground where hundreds of stone tablets are densely erected.
Some of the stone monuments are dilapidated, and the writings engraved on them have long been blurred. In front of the stone monuments, there is a strange-looking mound, as if a person is kneeling in front of the stone monuments.
Regarding these stone tablets, some disciples who had been in and out of Jianzhong Mountain had inquired privately, but they had all been severely warned by the elders of the sect not to inquire about these matters.
However, there were rumors that these stone tablets existed before the establishment of the One Sword Sect.
At this time, next to the mound, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties was sitting cross-legged.
The man has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, fair skin, and piercing eyes. If he weren't dressed in plain white clothes and wearing heavy shackles on his feet, he would definitely be the best among men when he walks out, attracting the attention of countless women.
In fact, the man's name was Nangong Wenjian, and he was a disciple of the Yijian Sect.
His parents were hunters from a village near the mountain gate of Yijian Sect. Unfortunately, they died during a hunting trip, leaving him at only fifteen years old. Fortunately, the leader took pity on him and allowed him to join the sect and become a handyman disciple.
After working as a sidekick for three years, Nangong Wenjian finally became an official disciple and obtained low-level cultivation techniques. From then on, he began to explore the cultivation methods while continuing to work hard to forge weapons for the sect.
However, when almost all the disciples were working hard and practicing at the same time, resulting in slow progress in cultivation, Nangong Wenjian showed amazing talent.
Just one year after acquiring the technique, Nangong Wen's sword cultivation level reached the third level. He even defeated three fourth-level swordsmen in succession in the annual disciple competition organized by the sect by relying on the basic Huang-level swordsmanship taught to his disciples by the Yijian Sect. The senior who had been in the industry for nearly ten years was finally defeated by a fifth-grade senior.
After the game, some elders called him an unprecedented genius in the Yijian Sect!
The Yi Jian Sect is very strict about the management of disciples' acquisition of skills. If you work for the sect for three years, you can obtain first- to third-level skills. If you work for five years, you can obtain third- to fifth-level skills. After ten years of work, you can obtain fifth-level skills. The skills from Grade 1 to Grade 6.
As for the skills above level six, they can only be obtained after becoming an elder.
Therefore, even if there were elders who favored Nangong Wenjian for his outstanding talent, no one was willing to help such an orphan with no background.
The legend of Nangong Wenjian was just a flash in the pan. In the martial arts competitions held by his disciples in the following years, he performed mediocrely. He was still at the third level of strength and still had the same yellow-level swordsmanship.
However, just last month, the elders suddenly detained Nangong Wenjian. After some interrogation, they discovered that he had already entered the middle stage of the fifth grade and had even learned the superior swordsmanship of the Yijian Sect.
It is rumored that the reason why Nangong Wenjian was able to obtain such skills in advance was because when he was visiting a senior sister, he happened to bump into the senior sister doing something disgraceful with a certain powerful disciple.
When Nangong Wenjian pretended not to know and was about to leave, he accidentally discovered a volume of books brought by the powerful disciples, which contained a sword sect's superior skills and swordsmanship.
Nangong Wenjian took away these books and has been practicing secretly since then, never making it public.
After two years of this, the powerful disciple never discovered that the skill was missing.
It wasn't until one of his friends asked him to borrow an out-of-print erotic book from his private collection that he discovered that the book had already been stolen. After thinking about it, he concluded that the book was lost at the mountain gate of Yijian Sect.
So he ordered the elders of the Yijian Sect to help him find the book. A large sect mobilized just to trace the whereabouts of a book about erotica.
In the end, it was discovered that when Nangong Wenjian was stealing the skills, the erotic book happened to be among them.
It wasn't until Nangong Wenjian was caught and confessed to the theft that the powerful disciple discovered that the technique had been stolen.
