Sword comes

The sky and earth are covered with heavy snow, and I have a sword to leave my hometown.

Guarding this boundary monument is an easy job. In the current Five Colors World, who dares to take the initiative to provoke Feisheng City? There is no time to hide.

Among them there are several young men whose age and appearance match the requirements. They all came here to gain experience. To be more precise, each of them has a bottleneck to overcome.

If you can reach a higher level, you will be full of energy and enthusiasm.

There is a saying in Jianqi Great Wall, "He who has not even fully grown his hair is the most courageous." This is referring to these little bastards who were "born in Jianqi Great Wall and grew up in Feisheng City." More and more young sword cultivators came here to join in the fun. About ten people were squatting or standing on the edge of the high platform where the monument was erected, talking and whispering. They had already recognized the identities of Chen Pingan and Qi Tingji, and began to tease the hidden official who had many nicknames and sayings.

"Second Shopkeeper, when are you and Ning Yao's wedding going to start? I will definitely rush to the wine shop to show my support, but I have to pay the money for the wedding gift."

"Master Yinguan, have you gotten your revenge on Cao Ci? I have a great plan. If I can't win with a fistfight, I can secretly poke him with a flying sword. I'll talk about it after I win. What's the point of face? I heard that Haoran Tianxia has a no-lose game. Can I still place a bet now? I have some spare money. Master Yinguan, help me bet on Cao Ci not to lose."

"Second Shopkeeper, I want to complain to you in person. The dogs in Feisheng City are very wild now. We can't beat or scold them. The master and the elders have stopped us and told us to be careful and not to hurt Aliang or the second shopkeeper by mistake."

"My master said that he worked as a waiter for the wine shop for free and was also the banker with you many times. You still owe him several small summer coins in dividends. You have been refusing to pay him back for many years. Is this true or false?"

"Given the aptitude of the Hidden Official, he must have reached the Ascension Realm, right? When did he merge with the Dao? Could he be the owner of the sword light earlier? Is he or isn't he?"

"Master Yinguan, I heard from my uncle that you are extremely talented, handsome, and eloquent. It is because of these that you can eat the rice bran."

Chen Pingan smiled and extended his hand to invite them. If you have the guts, come closer to chat. Just by looking at the appearance of these kids, you can tell who they are from. Just by looking at the sword energy of the young sword cultivators, you can tell which bastard with a terrible drinking habit is their disciple or direct disciple.

There are still not many sword cultivators at the fifth level in Feisheng City now.

In addition to Chen Hui, whose nickname is Yanquan and who serves as Chen Ji's personal bodyguard, there is also the criminal officer Qi Shou, who is a busy man with a better and better reputation. Gaoye Hou of Quanfu lives in seclusion and counts accounts every day. It is said that his face is getting worse and worse. Deng Liang, the chief priest, often uses his power for personal gain and visits the summer palace. They are familiar with each other and can joke, but they are not as good as the second shopkeeper Mingshuying. If they don't make a few jokes when they stand there, others will think they have drunk fake wine and lost money.

There are five new Yuanying Realm cultivators, two local sword cultivators, and three guest officials who are stationed in Feisheng City, all of whom are former Haoran Jindan guests who broke through the realm in Wucai Tianxia.

Chen Ji and Qi Tingji were quite familiar with Chen Ping's wine shop and his management, but they didn't expect that after so many years, he was still so... popular, especially since they assumed that he was still a hidden official. In fact, half of the young sword cultivators had never been to the small wine shop back then. Maybe this is called the inheritance of the master? The family learning passed down orally?

Chen Ji and Qi Tingji have changed their identities now. It is a time of reunion and separation, so they talked about things that they would never talk about when they met in their hometown before. In the past, at the Jianqi Great Wall, the two of them, together with Dong Sangeng, the three living engraving sword cultivators, were in awe of the big sword immortal, but they also had their own grievances. Chen Xi is also a member of the Chen family, so isn't he a little dissatisfied with Chen Qingdu, their ancestor? Just to say one thing, if other sword cultivators go out of the city to kill enough monsters and accumulate enough military merits, they can go to the inverted mountain and leave the Jianqi Great Wall, just like being removed from the genealogy of the Haoran Sect, and being free from then on. Why is it absolutely impossible for anyone with the surname Chen and a member of the Chen family of Taixiang Street?

The affairs of the world come and go, and the dust on the road has been floating for a long time.

Chen Ji asked in his heart, "Have you told Chen Pingan about those mysterious sword veins that originated from the Great Wall of Sword Qi?"

Since there are sword cultivators quietly leaving the Upside-down Mountain to go to Haoran World, and this group of sword cultivators is bound to have high killing power, when they arrive at Haoran Continents, according to the agreement, they are not allowed to establish a sect in Haoran World, and are not allowed to reveal the identity of the sword cultivators of the Sword Qi Great Wall. Other than that, they are free to do whatever they want. After changing their names, they can establish a sect, become a founder, and then accept disciples, pass down a sword law, and then spread out.

In a sense, this small group of sword practitioners can also be considered another kind of "private swordsman".

However, the identities and backgrounds of these sword cultivators will not be recorded in the summer palace as usual. They will be deleted from the files without leaving any written record.

Only old sword immortals like Chen Xi and Qi Tingji who have been in the Dao for a long time can remember the inside story through memory, and then through some inconspicuous gossips and various reports. However, over the years, those Daoist traditions that can be traced back to the Great Wall of Sword Qi have changed their appearance after being passed down for several generations and are no longer pure sword sects. Or, with the reincarnation of the founder, the secret that even the Daoist companions and direct descendants have never told was taken away from the world. Before the death of the sword cultivator, whether he felt guilty or regretful, whether he would miss the battlefield with three round moons over there, the top of the city higher than the sea of ​​clouds... It is nothing more than a wine table, which has long been empty.

Under the condition of immortality, what grass is not yellow?

Qi Tingji smiled and said, "Not yet."

Chen Ji looked unhappy and asked, "Are you so selfish?"

Qi Tingji asked back: "You don't have selfish motives? Then why doesn't Chen Ji become the city lord?"

Chen Ji was speechless.

Chen Ping'an wanted to let the two of them chat for a while, so he went to the young swordsman to chat.

An older swordsman nudged the second shopkeeper with his elbow and asked in his mind, "Why is Qi Tingji here? What's the matter? Don't let the wolf in..."

Chen Pingan immediately interrupted the conversation and said with a smile in his heart: "Old Sword Immortal Qi will soon be the city lord of Feisheng City. Zhang Gong, please be more polite and watch your mouth."

The young sword cultivator is one of the leaders of the sword cultivators at this boundary marker in the north, and is considered the second in command. He has just entered the Golden Core Realm, and when he couldn't enter the summer palace that year, he switched to the lineage of criminal officials. He publicly declared that he would continue to be a stooge for the second shopkeeper, and he is a loyal and devoted warrior.

Zhang Gong asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to be the city lord?"

Chen Pingan cursed: "Get lost."

Zhang Gong felt very sorry. In fact, he didn't care who would be the city lord. It would be fine if it was Qi Tingji, after all, he was a well-known Ascension Realm master.

The sword cultivator rubbed his crotch out of habit and said, "Second shopkeeper, do you have a suitable pretty woman? Please introduce her to me, say a few nice words, and be the matchmaker. I will marry her the next time I open the door. Forget it, she doesn't have to be too pretty. I'm afraid of wearing a hat. Just a pretty face is enough. It doesn't matter if she is a sword cultivator or not. Her aptitude doesn't have to be too good, lest she enters the cave realm at a young age. If she keeps the appearance of a girl for decades, I will be regarded as an old cow eating young grass, which is not worth it. It's better if she is a little older, with the appearance and figure of the thirty-year-old woman. When I was in the wine shop, didn't you say..."

Chen Pingan glared and said, "This is clearly what Situ Jiyu said. What the hell does it have to do with me?!"

Zhang Gong said angrily: "Why are you in such a hurry? I am famous for keeping my mouth shut and I won't let anyone know."

Chen Ping'an said with a click of the tongue: "That's really strict. Once you enter the lineage of the criminal officer, you're only short of having the words "Hidden Officer Lineage Sword Cultivator" engraved on your forehead."

Zhang Gong said with a smile: "This is called the ever-changing situation of war, the real and the fake, the true and the false, nine out of ten people drinking are hired as agents, the second shopkeeper, these are what you taught me yourself, right?"

Chen Pingan put his hands up in his sleeves and said gloatingly, "You came here to sit on the bench. Is it because Qi Shou doesn't like you and wants to make things difficult for you?"

Zhang Gong shook his head. "Qi Shou is not so petty. I came here on my own request. I want to experience for myself what the 'high sky and vast earth' in the book really means."

Chen Pingan nodded, "Indeed, in the past, the Sword Qi Great Wall had too many sword cultivators, the top of the wall was too high, and the land was too small."

Zhang Gong was silent for a moment, and then said, "There is another reason. There are many rules in Feisheng City now, and there are many seats and titles. In the past, for example, when it comes to the summer palace, the hidden official is Chen Pingan, and the rest are sword cultivators of the hidden official lineage. There is no such thing as high or low status. Now it is different. There are realms, salaries, positions, territories, responsibilities, and all kinds of complicated details."

Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. We really can't blame the criminal officer Qi Shou."

Zhang Gong hummed and nodded, "Second Shopkeeper, since you said there is nothing we can do, then there really is nothing we can do."

Qi Tingji and Chen Ji had almost finished chatting, so Chen Pingan stood up and said goodbye to the wine-touts, saying that when he arrived in Feisheng City, he would definitely find your elders and masters to reminisce about the past. The young sword cultivators never expected that the second shopkeeper would turn against him as soon as he said so, faster than turning the pages of a book. A young man who was already able to talk dirty with the second shopkeeper was even more frozen on the spot.

They went down the mountain together. Before they parted, Chen Ji said with a smile, "After I finish my travels, Chen Hui wants to go to Haoran Tianxia to start a sect. I'll trouble the hidden official to help me choose a location then."

Chen Pingan nodded and agreed.

Chen Ji smiled and said, "Old Sword Immortal Qi is good at hiding his weaknesses and likes to keep secrets. Hidden officials should be careful not to be fooled by him."

Chen Pingan glanced at Qi Tingji, and the old swordsman Qi smiled and said, "It's about the three private swordsmen from Zhongtu Shenzhou and Liuxiazhou who passed down the law and established the sects. I didn't want to hide it. I planned to give you a surprise when I arrived at the Dragon Elephant Sword Sect's ancestral hall. Chen Jigou is not only meddling in other people's business, but also finding a lame excuse to stir up trouble. He can't stand our good relationship and just becoming allies. I guess he's not happy that he didn't become the city lord."

Chen Ji twitched the corner of his mouth.

Chen Pingan said: "For the time being, let's consider them all as upper sects. When there is a lower sect in the future, Luopu Mountain will be the ancestral mountain, ancestral temple, and ancestral sect, Qingping Sword Sect will be the upper sect, and Longxiang Sword Sect will be the orthodox sect."

Upon learning that the old deaf boy had been driven to Luopu Mountain by the Zhici to be a worshiper, Chen Ji said with a smile, "Gan Tang, who is not very good at mediating fights, is still worrying about his two natal flying swords?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "Bai Jing taught the sword skills to the old deaf boy, but it is only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure."

Chen Ji didn't say any more about this matter. He was free from official duties and felt relieved. He planned to travel to the north first, then to the east, and then to the south, all on foot, walking slowly.

The young man held a hiking stick, wore straw sandals, and carried a book box on his back, and began to travel around the world to study. Only his sword servant Chen Hui followed him.

Qi Tingji joked, "You are following the example of Master Chen Shan."

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "You are the real sand."

They then rode the wind together to the Ascension City in the center of heaven and earth. The previously snow-white mountains and rivers in the north gradually turned green and yellow.

Over in Haoran Tianxia, ​​after the Grain in Ear Festival, it was May 5th, and Liu Xianyang held his wedding banquet on this day.

Of course Chen Pingan and Gu Can would be best men, and Ning Yao and Xie Gou would also be bridesmaids for Yu Qianyue.

Last time at the private dojo in Fuyaolu, Liu Xianyang told Xiaomo that if he could make it, he should not sit idle and serve as the best man. He is at the Fourteenth Realm, isn't he more impressive than you and Gu Can, two little clan leaders together? Xie Gou of course applauded. Chen Pingan asked her when she would hold the wedding banquet with Xiaomo, why not this Mid-Autumn Festival? At that time, the girl in the mink hat pretended to be shy, lowered her head and murmured, saying that this was too fast. In fact, her eyes were shining, and she secretly wiped her mouth, Xiaomo, haha, where are you running to? !

However, maybe Master Chen felt guilty and let Xie Gou discuss with Xiao Mo to choose an auspicious day.

Near a vassal city in the north of Feisheng City, Xiao Mo and Xie Gou came to meet up. When Chen Pingan saw the two sword lights, he stopped at a secluded ridge.