Volume One: The Young Man Who Entered the Jianghu for the First Time (Old Almanac 01)

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Ten years ago, there was a very famous hero in the world. His surname was Hu and his name was Zhuxing. He often wore white clothes and punished evil and promoted good. He had a sword named Xingxiu at home. It was passed down from his ancestors and cut iron like clay. One of the four great swords in the world, there are countless people competing for these four swords in the world. If you get one, you will be powerful in the world, but no one knows that he holds the Star Sword. His wife is Song Qianqian, the heroine of the Kunlun sect. The couple is known as the "Chenxing Double Sword" in the world. They fight together and are invincible. He gave birth to a daughter named Mengqiu, and Hu Zhuxing created his own "Moon-Chasing Sword Technique". He was actually able to fight Li Weile, a young ranger with powerful swordsmanship at that time, for several rounds without losing. They fought several rounds on Furong Street, and the surrounding warriors and ordinary people cheered and watched the battle. It was also famous for a while. When it comes to Li Weile, he is really a heroic boy. He was only 18 years old when he became famous in the world. No one knows where Li Weile learned from him. Li Weile is good at poetry, bold and unrestrained, and he also attaches great importance to his friends. He is known as Li Weile's "Qinglian Ranger" .

Three years later, Hu Zhuxing rescued an emaciated young man during a long trip.

The young man’s surname was Zhang, and his first name was Zunzhang. He had a sick old mother at home, and his father was an honest man. He earned food and drinks for the family by herding cattle for the landlord. However, the landlord deliberately defaulted on grain arrears, resulting in no food to eat. The landlord was in trouble all day long. He ate and drank so much that his father had his legs broken by the landlord just for stealing his food, and then he committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. Next, the elder moved his sick mother on his back and moved alone to a remote mountainous area. They were the only family in the mountains. He and his sick mother lived in seclusion. There were many berry rivers in the mountains. When you were hungry, you could fish and pick fruits. . Occasionally, he cuts firewood and sells it in nearby towns. In this way, he lived the life of Xianyun Yehe. The boy was only sixteen years old at the time.

However, one day, the young man was cutting firewood alone in the mountain forest and was almost eaten by wild wolves. Fortunately, Hu Zhuxing found him and saved the young man. Hu Zhuxing learned about the young man's situation and was moved by the young man. He accepted him as his apprentice and helped the young man save his mother. The young man was grateful. From then on, Hu Zhuxing became the candle of hope for the young man and he always followed Hu Zhuxing.

Not long after, the young boy's mother passed away. Hu Zhuxing personally paid filial piety and helped his elders handle his mother's funeral arrangements. I remember that night, the elder knelt in front of his mother’s shrine and cried all night, and Zhuxing also knelt all night. The master-disciple relationship was deep.

In this way, Zhang Zunchang became Hu Zhuxing's close disciple. Zhang Zunzhang regarded Hu Zhuxing as his godfather. They were as close as father and son.

Another three years passed, and Zhang Zunzhang also lived up to his expectations. At the age of nineteen, he soon became one of the top ten young knights in the world. He often wore a red robe, was not good at speaking, and wore a sword named Hongyu. There was a sword hanging on his waist. A red sachet with a flaming phoenix engraved on it and the word 'benevolence' engraved in front of the phoenix's wings. This was his mother's relic, and he always wore it.

There was a saying in the world at that time: 'On the way to chasing stars, I picked up a treasure for nothing! Since then, Hu Zhuxing has a personal disciple. When Hu Zhuxing goes out, he will definitely take Zhang Zunzhang on a long trip.

Later, Hu Zhuxing accepted another disciple, named Zhang and Shu. He practiced here for two years at the age of sixteen. He was short, dark-skinned, and often wore black clothes. From a distance, he looked like coal. He always wanted to learn advanced martial arts and was obsessed with Hu Zhuxing's "Chasing the Moon Sword Technique". He refused to obey the rules and always complained about his master's favoritism. He only taught the sword technique to his senior brothers, but he didn't know that his thoughts were known to a mysterious person. .

One day, Hu Zhuxing was going to travel far away for a while, so he asked Brother Zhang Zunchang to protect the star. Once, the two senior brothers went to the mountains to fetch water. They walked in silence, and as they walked in a daze, the rain and fog soaked in the mountains followed behind them, chasing the cage all the way up. Unconsciously, the pines became solemn, the stones became dim, and the shadows were whirling.

Zhang Zunchang said:

"Junior brother, I will go to the east to see if there is a small river. You can also look for it. After fetching water, gather here." Then he turned and walked towards the east.

Zhang Shu replied:

"I understand, senior brother, please go slower on the road." Zhang Zunchang's figure slowly disappeared into the rain and fog, and Zhang Shu also started to look for him.

After Zhang Shu walked for a while, he saw the stream. The stream was very quiet, as quiet as a mirror. The stream was green, as green as a piece of jasper. Willow trees swayed by the stream. Zhang Shu squatted by the stream, held the water in his hands, took a sip, and said with a smile:

"It's very sweet."

Then he washed his face and started filling the bucket with water.

A hoarse voice came from behind vaguely:

"Zhang Shu, your master is biased and does not teach you advanced martial arts. He has taught you advanced martial arts to your senior brother. You become my disciple and I will teach you martial arts."

Hearing this sound, Zhang Shu's hair stood on end, thinking:

"I won't encounter a ghost. This is a deserted mountain. There was no one behind me on the way here. If someone had footsteps at that time, he would know my name. After walking for so long, I still didn't notice that he was following me. Definitely not human."

Then Zhang Shu didn't look back, dropped the bucket and ran away. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to run, he was tripped by a piece of silk flying towards him from nowhere. Zhang Shu lay on the ground shivering, thinking:

"Uncle Zhang was wise and never expected to fall into the hands of a lonely ghost. I want to see what a lonely ghost looks like."

Zhang Shu turned his head and saw a man in black wearing a black fox mask and a man in black squatting in front of Zhang Shu with a sword box on his back. The man in black said hoarsely:

"Zhang Shu, I know you want to learn powerful martial arts, but after studying with him for so long, have you learned anything?"

I saw the man in black casually grabbing a willow tree nearby. I saw that the willow tree left dark scratch marks and slowly dried up. Just like this, a willow tree fell withered. I saw that the willow leaves were black and corroded. , the whole tree was corroded.

Zhang Shu was shocked and moved towards the man in black on his knees. His eyes widened with bloodshot eyes clearly visible and he said:

"I want to learn, I want to learn, this is what I long for, teach me quickly, teach me quickly."

The man in black smiled and said:

"Hahaha, I can teach you, but there is a condition."

Zhang Shu replied with wide eyes:

"I will satisfy any conditions, as long as I can satisfy them."

The man in black turned around and faced Zhang Shu with his hands behind his back and said:

"I want your master's ancestral sword. I want you to steal it for me. Then I can teach you more powerful martial arts. How about that?"

Zhang Shu replied:

"Yes, I will definitely steal it, as long as you are willing to teach me powerful martial arts."

The man in black turned his head to look at Zhang Shu and said:

"Are you really going to help me steal it? He is your master."

Zhang Shu replied:

"Master is biased. Why do you only teach brother swordsmanship and not me? Why? Why? I will listen to whoever teaches me powerful martial arts!!!"

The man in black looked up to the sky and laughed:

"Hahaha~~~, you are such a fool, I like it. Zhang Shu, listen, this martial arts is called "Crane Claw" and I will teach you this martial arts. If you steal it, I can teach you More powerful martial arts."

Then, the man in black threw the secret book to Zhang Shu, walked slowly to Zhang Shu, and gave him a dark pill. The man in black said:

"Eating it can enhance your internal strength. I'll wait for your news and come here if you find it."

Then the man in black disappeared without a trace.

After Zhang Shu took the pill, he felt like his whole body was on fire and his eyes were bleeding. He was not used to it at first. After a while, he laughed:

"There is a very powerful force pouring into my body, hahaha!! This is what I need!!!"

Zhang Shu started practicing and danced according to the secret book. At this time, he saw dark afterimages around Zhang Shu, as if there were several Zhang Shu dancing. After a long time, a familiar voice came from the distance, it was Senior Zhang’s voice:

"Junior brother~Junior brother~, where are you?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shu stopped dancing, looked at his hands, which were filled with dark mist, and picked up a branch, which was corroded on the spot. Zhang Shu proudly said:

"Hahaha~~~, it's done, it's done"

He quickly hid the secret book and replied loudly:

"Brother, I'm here, I'll come right away."

Zhang Shuxian filled a new bucket of water and ran towards Zhang Zunzhang with the bucket in hand.

Elder Zhang saw Zhang Shu and said, "Where have you gone? I thought you were lost." Zhang Shu replied, "I saw a hare on the way to fetch water. I wanted to catch it to honor the master. But the hare ran too fast and was not caught." Senior Zhang patted Zhang Shu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You are determined, junior brother, let's go back." Zhang Shu and Senior Zhang then went down the mountain together.

On a dark and windy night, in the yard, under the elm tree, a short man, wearing a black night jacket and covering his face, was looking at a house and sneaking towards that room, where the room was. Where the sword is, there are two men guarding it outside the door, one fat and one thin. The thin man leaned next to the fat man and fell asleep. The man in black was given a chance, when the man in the night opened the door and went in immediately. Seen by Elder Zhang who had just gotten up to urinate at night, Elder Zhang quickly lifted up his pants. Elder Zhang shouted loudly: "There is a thief, get up quickly!" Then he ran towards the man in black like an arrow. The man in black saw the opportunity. Something bad happened, so he quickly picked up the sword placed in the room and carried it behind his back. Then he just happened to wake up the skinny doorman. The skinny doorman clenched his fist, hit the fat man on the head and said angrily:

"Damn pig, get up quickly, there's a thief!!!"

The fat man was suddenly woken up from his deep sleep. He was stunned for a long time before he recovered. The fat one is called Er Gui, and the thin one is called Da Gui. They are bandits in the early years. Then Hu Zhuxing took over the bandits' den. The head of the house and some other brothers heard that Hu Zhuxing was coming to take them away, and they all ran away. Then the two of them did not run away and were caught by Hu Zhuxing, but Hu Zhuxing did not kill them. They had no place at this time, so they followed Hu Zhuxing, and Hu Zhuxing also took them in, believing that they He will definitely change his ways. They have helped Hu Zhuxing take care of everything at home these years, and they have been doing their best and are very loyal to Hu Zhuxing. The fat man and the thin man stood up quickly, holding a spear and trying to stop the man in black from advancing, but the man in black jumped over with a somersault. The man in black then climbed over the wall and escaped, with Hu Zhuxing chasing after him.

The earth has fallen asleep, except for the gentle blowing of the wind, there is silence.

On a dark and windy night, on the gloomy path, the surroundings were quiet except for silence. The night was dark and windy, the moon was high, the wind was murderous, the sky was bright, and the ground was dark, as if the air-conditioning had blocked the light.

The man in black stopped and Elder Zhang also stopped, pointed his sword at the man in black and said:

"Who are you and why did you steal the sword?"

The man in black replied:

"Brother, it's me, Zhang Shu!" Then the man in the night took off the black cloth covering his face. At this time, he saw Zhang Shu's eyes were bloodshot and he was staring at Elder Zhang, which made people's hair stand on end. Zhang Shu said angrily :

"Master is partial, why don't you teach me the "Chasing Moon Sword Technique"! Teach it to you, I have been practicing here for two years, why don't you teach me one and a half moves of the "Chasing Moon Sword Technique"!!!"

Then, with his right paw lagging behind his left paw, he jumped towards Elder Zhang. Elder Zhang blocked the way with his sword:

"You are too impatient, junior brother." Senior Zhang took a few steps back and used the first technique of the 'Chasing the Moon Sword Technique', 'Chasing the Stars', and stabbed Zhang Shu like a shooting star. Zhang Shu turned around, successfully dodged, and then turned around. The residual claws danced towards Zhang Shu. Dozens of afterimages appeared around Zhang Shu. Every move was unexpected. Zhang Shu did a somersault and avoided Zhang Shu's attack. Zhang Shu waved the sword in his hand to fight. Count again and again. Zhang Shu was completely unable to resist. Zhang Shu kept dodging, but his body was still covered with scars. In the end, Zhang Zunzhang slashed Zhang Shu's right leg with his shuriken. Zhang Shu fell to the ground on the spot and touched his scarred right leg, which was bleeding.

Zhang Shu collapsed on the ground, gritted his teeth and said:

"Senior brother, why is there such a big gap between you and me? Why can't I beat you?"

Zhang Zunchang patted the red robe on his body, sheathed his sword and said with tears in his eyes:

"Come back with me. I won't tell Master that you stole the sword. Master will be very disappointed if he knows."

Then Zhang Zunzhang squatted down, carried Zhang Shu on his back, and walked slowly towards the mountain. Zhang Shu said with tears:

"I'm sorry, senior brother!" At this time, it started to rain in the sky, and the drizzle fell silently, like thousands of silver threads.

Arriving at a mountain path, Zhang Shu saw a familiar man in black running towards here quickly. Zhang Shu struggled and said hoarsely:

"Brother, put me down quickly!"

Zhang Zunzhang was shocked and replied;

"What's wrong? Junior brother."

Then Zhang Shu struggled to break away from Elder Zhang, tied the sword on his back to Elder Zhang, and used his remaining strength to push Elder Zhang. In an instant, Zhang Shu was punched through the chest. At this time, a man in the dark night mask with a black fox mask said with a smile:

"You really helped me a lot. Your use value is gone."

Then he kicked Zhang Shu into the cliff.

Zhang Zunzhang climbed up and looked at the cliff with wide eyes, heartbroken. road:

"Junior brother!"

Then the man in black slowly walked up to Zhang Zunzhang and wanted to kill Zhang Zunzhang with one punch. Then Zhang Zunzhang was just about to unsheath the 'Red Jade' when he was bounced away by the man in black. Then Zhang Zunzhang knew the difference in strength. There was a big difference. He was just about to escape when the man in black suddenly jumped in front of him and turned his back to Zhang Zunzhang with a silly smile:

"Hmph, you think you can escape, just hand over the stars and you can still keep your own life!".

Zhang Zunchang said loudly:

"I will never give this sword to you! At worst, I will die and let this sword disappear from the world!!!"

When the man in black wasn't paying attention, he quickly unsheathed his sword 'Xingxu' and slashed at the man in black, actually cutting off his right hand. The man in black said angrily:

"court death!"

The man in black jumped towards Elder Zhang and instantly scratched his right cheek! At this time, Elder Zhang's right cheek seemed to be corroded, and his whole face looked extremely visceral. Elder Zhang knelt down in unbearable pain, and the man in black was about to punch through Elder Zhang's chest.

At the critical moment, a man and a woman jumped towards the man in black to protect Mr. Zhang. The man is dressed in white, has eyebrows like shooting stars, and is eight feet tall. This man is Hu Zhuxing. He holds a sword in his left hand and points it at the man in black. The woman is Song Qianqian, the heroine of the Kunlun School. She has an oval face and is wearing a green shirt. Her eyes are as sharp as arrows. She hangs a sword at her waist and unsheathes it, staring at the man in black with angry eyes.

Song Qianqian looked at Zhang Zunchang and said:

"I've made you suffer, sir."

Hu Zhuxing turned his head and looked at Mr. Zhang kindly, with a smile on his face:

"Master is blessed to have a disciple like you in his previous life. You go back with the sword on your back first, and we will arrive later."

The man in black laughed wildly:

"Don't even think about running away! Hahaha!!! I never thought that one day I would have to fight against the 'Chenxing Dual Swords'. I want to see if you can defeat me!!!"

Song Qianqian scolded:

"Shameless guy, you're too self-righteous. You're about to fight and you're wearing a fox mask. Are you so shameless in front of others?"

The man in black was not annoyed at all, and casually threw down his mask. What appeared in front of his eyes was a one-eyed old man in black. The old man had a goatee, a deep claw mark on his right eye, and a deep claw mark on his left eye. As sharp as an eagle. The old man opened the sword box. There were nine swords in the sword box, and he took out a sword with "Mandarin Duck" engraved on it. Hu Zhuxing was surprised:

"'One-eyed Black Fox' Hu Ji, I didn't expect that the rumored black fox Hu Ji would actually make a comeback!"

Hu Ji, a martial artist of the older generation, was obsessed with collecting swords and built a sword-hoarding tower called the 'Legacy Sword Pavilion'. It is unknown where it was built. Thirty years ago, Jianghu warriors were frightened by the news. Jianghu had a saying:

"Don't be too fancy with your sword, or you'll be spotted by the one-eyed old fox."

Rumor has it that Hu Ji was blinded in his right eye by a fox while he was traveling in search of immortals. He killed hundreds of warriors and kept their swords in his sword-hiding tower as trophies. The old man said:

"I want to see how much you weigh!"

Then he stabbed Hu Zhuxing with his sword. Hu Zhuxing blocked with his sword, but the opponent's internal force was too strong, so he pushed Hu Zhuxing several feet, and Hu Zhuxing hit a willow tree. Song Qianqian widened her eyes and said angrily:

"You immortal thing, don't hurt my husband." Then Song Qianqian stabbed directly at Hu Ji. Hu Ji stretched out his hand and lifted the sword box tied with silk satin, blocked the sword, then opened the sword box and quickly 'Yuanyang' put the sword box back into the sword box, then covered the sword box with silk and swung it to repel Song Qianqian and Hu Zhuxing. Then he jumped up, opened the sword case in mid-air, and pulled out a sword with "Honghu" engraved on it and threw it at Song Qianqian. Song Qianqian dodged and stabbed "Honghu" directly on a tree stump next to her. Then she pulled out another sword with "Honghu" engraved on it. : The sword of the 'Turtle' was projected towards Hu Zhuxing. Hu Zhuxing blocked it with his sword, and then struck at Hu Ji with a Full Moon Slash. Hu Ji took back the sword case and quickly attacked Song Qianqian. Song Qianqian waved the sword in her hand, but before she could react, she was hit in the chest by Hu Ji. At this time, black blood flowed from Song Qianqian's chest. Hu Ji quickly picked up the 'Honghu' with his left hand. Just as he was about to strike at Song Qianqian, Hu Zhuxing knocked him away. Hu Zhuxing said:

"It's okay, Qianqian."

Song Qianqian exhaled a breath, wiped her mouth and said with a smile:

"It's okay, just a minor injury."

Hu Zhuxing said:

"let us start!"

Song Qianqian replied:

"Okay! 'Chenxing Dual Swords'!"

Afterwards, Hu Zhuxing and Song Qianqian Chenxing fought together with their swords. After several rounds of fighting, Hu Ji was unable to parry. Hu Ji was seriously injured at this time. After using up his last bit of strength, Hu Ji waved his left hand, causing sand and rocks to fly. In an instant, Song Qianqian and Hu Zhuxing were hit with one palm each. Song Qianqian and Hu Zhuxing were knocked to the ground. Hu Zhuxing struggled to get up, and Song Qianqian fainted on the spot. Hu Zhuxing looked at Zhang Zunzhang and shouted:

"Sir, hurry up, carry Xingxu on your back, and go to Taishan County to find Yang Yunfeng!!!! I'll buy you time, and you won't die in vain!"

Elder Zhang cried heartbreakingly:

"Master!"

Then he had a lucky escape. Just as Hu Ji was about to chase, Hu Zhuxing grabbed his feet. Then Hu Zhuxing used his last bit of strength and fell into the cliff with Hu Ji.

Zhang Zunzhang returned to the familiar courtyard. This place was his home, Hu Zhuxing's home, and the home of the big ghost and the two ghosts. He had lived here for several years and was about to leave this place. The big ghost and the two ghosts felt heavy when they knew this, so they left.

A few days later, a man wearing a red robe, a mask and a sword came to Taishan County, leading a girl of about five years old. He was Zhang Zunzhang, and the girl was Hu Zhuxing's only daughter Mengqiu. When he came to Taishan County, he asked Hu Zhuxing to sworn brother Yang Yunfeng and asked Yang Yunfeng to take care of the last roots of the Hu family. Elder Zhang took off his mask, with tears in his eyes, and told all those things to a bearded man named Yang Yunfeng. In order not to make the little girl sad, they told her that her father and mother had gone to a far away place, promised that they would come to see the little girl when she grew up, and asked the little girl to follow Uncle Yang. The girl's eyes were full of light and expectation, and she left after speaking. Yang Yunfeng was Hu Zhuxing's sworn brother, a life-and-death friend. He met Hu Zhuxing on the road when he was traveling, and the two of them fought swords for decades.

In the dusk, there was a bearded man drinking wine alone in the courtyard. The little girl was already asleep. The bearded man sat on the steps outside the house, looking at the bright white moon in the sky, with tears in his eyes. Two bowls of wine were placed on the steps, and he drank them down. The man murmured:

"Old friends are dying one after another, like leaves falling in the wind."

After this day, there will be no more Zhang Zunzhang, one of the top ten young knights, in the world. There is only one Hongyu wearing a red robe, walking in the streets and alleys of the capital, and wearing a mask. Wherever he passed, there was a faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus. He helped the government and the people solve many difficult cases. He was highly skilled in martial arts and upheld justice for heaven, and his reputation spread throughout the capital.

One day, Zhang Zunzhang, who changed his name to Hongyu, will meet a ranger.