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The Xu family's front yard, the Martial Arts Hall.

As the blue light flashed, a long sword swung forward and slashed straight at a young man with a resolute face.

If Zhang was here, he would be able to recognize at a glance that this young man was Xu Zhenyuan, one of the young heroes of the Xu family who traveled with Xu Rouhui that day.

Xu Zhenyuan's complexion changed slightly when he saw the middle-aged man with a beard on the opposite side attack fiercely, and he held a sword in both hands to block the move.

I saw a trace of contempt in the eyes of the middle-aged man, before the move was used up, he flicked his wrist lightly, and the sword's posture suddenly changed. The long sword that was originally swung at Xu Zhenyuan's right arm was slanted towards his neck!
Xu Zhenyuan was taken aback, and hurriedly dodged backwards, and at the same time tried his best to change his moves to block.

There was a crisp sound of "ping", and the two swords intersected. Xu Zhenyuan barely blocked the move, but a hole was cut in the skirt of his left arm.

The middle-aged man laughed and raised his sword.

"Ping Ping Ping" sounded three times, and the two fought three more moves.

Xu Zhenyuan gritted his teeth fiercely, and slashed down with the long sword in his hand, directly slashing at the middle-aged man's face.

The middle-aged man seemed to have expected that Xu Zhenyuan would use this move. With a light flick of his right wrist, the long sword stabbed obliquely towards Xu Zhenyuan's side!
Xu Zhenyuan couldn't help being startled, if he struck down with this sword, the middle-aged man would definitely die, but he would also be pierced through the heart and die!The opponent clearly adopted the style of burning jade and stone together!
Xu Zhenyuan gritted his teeth fiercely, turned around quickly, and avoided the middle-aged man's stabbing sword at him, and at the same time, his attack was considered to be in vain.

Sitting upright on the head seat of the Martial Arts Hall was the head of the Xu family, Xu Qingqiu. At this moment, her face was ashen, and her lips were tightly pressed together.

Sitting next to Xu Qingqiu was a coquettish young woman who looked about 30 years old. At this moment, she was gently brushing her long hair by the sideburns, with a very smug look on her face.

There are more than ten tables and chairs on the east and west sides of the martial arts arena. Not only are the chairs full of people, but there are thirty or forty men and women behind the chairs. Among them, the oldest one has gray hair, and the youngest is only twelve three years old.

Seeing that Xu Zhenyuan and the middle-aged man had already fought for more than thirty moves, the two sword moves became more and more urgent and faster, but they still hadn't decided the winner.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man stabbed out with a sword. The sword was so fast and ruthless that Xu Zhenyuan didn't expect it at all!By the time he reacted, the opponent's long sword had stopped an inch in front of his throat!

"Gollum—"

Xu Zhenyuan swallowed sharply, his expression was ashamed.

"Brother Xu, I accept it."

The middle-aged man slowly withdrew his long sword and cupped his hands at Xu Zhenyuan.

Xu Zhenyuan gritted his teeth and sighed helplessly: "Thank you, Brother Qi, for your mercy."

The coquettish woman sitting in the second place smiled triumphantly, looked at Xu Qingqiu beside her, and said, "Sister Xu, our Qi family has won again in this round. It seems that the qualification for the famous sword of 'Sword Casting Valley' this year It's going to belong to our Qi family again. Sister Xu, how about we compare?"

Xu Qingqiu suppressed his anger, and said in a cold voice: "Sister Qi is really good at tricks! Qi Wude's 'Spring Breeze Sword' must have been taught by his sister Qi! I don't know what name the last time 'Sword Casting Valley' got" Sword? Is sister Qi able to use it smoothly?"

The coquettish woman's face turned cold, and she said coldly: "Sister Xu, don't forget the rules! The income of 'Zhujian Valley' is the secret of each family, and outsiders are not allowed to pry into it!"

Xu Qingqiu snorted coldly, and said: "What sister Qi said is true. It's just that this is just a comparison, so it's too early to say the result now!"

The coquettish woman smiled coquettishly, and said: "Sister Xu, Xu Rouhui and Xu Zhenyuan are the ones that the younger generation of the Xu family can fight for. Now Xu Zhenyuan has lost. Even if that girl Xu Rouhui wins the second round, how about the third round? Does the family still have a chance of winning? Or... Sister Xu, you want to end in person?"

"Qi Xuemei! Don't talk too much." Xu Qingqiu snorted coldly.

The coquettish woman Qi Xuemei is the head of the Qi family.

Originally, when the ancestor of the Qi family was alive, the Qi family was the largest family in South County.Later, with the inexplicable disappearance of the ancestor of the Qi family, the Xu family went to the family.Seeing the situation, the Qi family ran away, and the Xu family soon grew stronger, gradually replacing the Qi family as the number one family of cultivators in Nanjun.

However, the rich are no more than three generations, and no more than five ranks.When the Xu family arrived in Xu Qingqiu, the talents of this generation were somewhat withered, and the Xu family soon became embarrassingly weak. Xu Rouhui was the only one among the younger generation who entered the rank, and Xu Zhenyuan was only at the peak of the first rank, and he was still far away from entering the rank. heat

On the other hand, the Qi family has cultivated a lot of masters who have entered the ranks in the past few decades, and there are as many as five of the younger generation who have entered the ranks!

At some point, a sect that specializes in making swords suddenly appeared in Nanjun——Sword Forging Valley.The swords they forge are much better than ordinary iron swords, and even many high-level masters come here to seek the sword.

The Xu family and the Qi family, as two powerful forces in Nanjun, naturally coveted the sword produced by Zhujian Valley.Forging Sword Valley knows that these two families are not easy to mess with, and no matter which one they attach to, they will offend the other, so they simply chose to be neutral.And promised to cast a high-quality sword every three years to honor the two families.

But there is only one sword, but there are two people who want it, how to divide it?

simple!
People in the rivers and lakes, there is no problem that cannot be solved by fighting.If there is, then fight again until you are defeated.

Therefore, the Xu family and the Qi family established the rules decades ago, and they will fight every three years, and the winner will get the sword made by Zhujian Valley.

But only one fight, no one will be convinced, so the two families agreed that each fight will be divided into three rounds, and two out of three rounds will win.The first two games were competitions between the juniors of the family, and the third game was played by the masters of each family.

In this way, no one suffers from coming and going, and no one can take advantage of it.

It's just that at the beginning of the establishment of the rules, the Xu and Qi families did come and go, winning and losing each other.But as the Xu family's younger generation gradually became no better than the Qi family, in the past ten years, the Xu family has only won twice.

The fight between Xu Zhenyuan and Qi Wude just now was only the first match of today, and there are two more matches left.

The Patriarch of the Qi Family, Qi Xuemei, swept down the stage and said softly, "Who will our Qi Family send for the second round?"

There was a commotion among the disciples on the west side, and then a girl in a light yellow dress came out, bowed respectfully to Qi Xuemei and said: "Patriarch, Qingqing is willing to compete."

Qi Xuemei smiled slightly, then nodded and said: "Alright, then you should learn from the talents of the Xu family."

When Xu Qingqiu heard this, he snorted softly, and turned his gaze to Xu Rouhui who was standing at the head of the east side.

"Hui'er, then you can help Miss Qi."

Xu Rouhui looked straight, and replied: "Yes."

Qi Qingqing looked at Xu Rouhui curiously, and there was a strong fighting intent in her wonderful eyes.

"The Xu family, Xu Rouhui, please enlighten me!"

"Qi Qingqing, sister don't have to hold back."

Xu Rouhui slightly raised her eyebrows, then nodded solemnly, "Okay!"

At the same time, Zhang had already quietly touched the door of the martial arts hall, but he didn't expect to see Xu Rouhui beating Qi Qingqing right away.

How should I put it, although Qi Qingqing is one of the masters of the younger generation of the Qi family who has reached the rank, but she is only the first rank of the ninth rank, and her realm has not yet been stabilized.And Xu Rouhui entered the ninth rank as early as a month ago, and later followed Zhang Ye to deal with the eighth rank monsters. Not to mention that the strength has long been the peak of the ninth rank, and the actual combat experience alone is not comparable to Qi Qingqing.

Therefore, Zhang also saw the scene where Xu Rouhui beat Qi Qingqing violently.

Of course, with Zhang Ye's current cultivation at the peak of the fifth rank, it is natural to see at a glance that Xu Rouhui is actually kind.Qi Qingqing has just entered the ninth rank, her realm is not stable, and she needs a hearty battle to stabilize her cultivation.

But... you know, you know, seeing Xu Rouhui, who had always shown herself as weak, beat Qi Qingqing so violently, Zhang Ye still felt his eyelids twitch wildly.

After watching for about half a minute, Zhang Ye turned his gaze to Xu Zhenyuan, who was standing at the end of the east side with a gloomy expression.

Zhang also looked at the window next to Xu Zhenyuan, silently circulated the internal energy of the cold jade kung fu, and then jumped behind Xu Zhenyuan in a dodge.

With Zhang Ye's current strength at the peak of the fifth rank, no one present found Zhang Ye's trace!

"Xu Zhenyuan, what's going on?" Zhang Ye lowered his voice and asked.

And Xu Zhenyuan, who was silently depressed, suddenly heard a female voice coming from his ear, and instinctively wanted to turn his head to look, but Zhang Ye pressed his shoulders all of a sudden.

Immediately, an indescribable force fixed his body there, and the cold sweat on Xu Zhenyuan's forehead suddenly fell.

"it's me."

"Zhang, sister Zhang?" Xu Zhenyuan was startled suddenly, and then burst into ecstasy.

"Don't get excited, I'm right behind you, and now others don't know I'm coming, so please tell me what happened softly." Zhang Ye said in a low voice.

Xu Zhenyuan exhaled lightly, organized his words, and then explained the ins and outs of the matter to Zhang Ye.

After listening, Zhang Ye frowned slightly, and keenly caught a word that made him extremely concerned——

Forging Sword Valley.

According to the piece of paper Xu Qingqiu handed to him that records the information of the Yin Spirit, there are traces of the Yin Spirit in the Sword Forging Valley!
But the problem is...

The information about Yin Ling was given to me by Xu Qingqiu, so she must know that I will definitely go to Sword Forging Valley!Then why didn't she let me participate in this competition?Is it just because I am not from the Xu family?
Stop it!
When the time comes, just give me a name enshrined by the Xu family, won't you be able to watch me hang and beat all disobedient people with peace of mind?

Could it be... is she worried that I won't be in good health and that I won't be able to do well with the Qi family? !
Hehe, don't be ridiculous!

But the ancestors of our Qi family were all smashed into scum by my sister's hammer, so are you still afraid of you juniors?
It seems that this competition is arranged by the system for me, the protagonist, to pretend to be aggressive...