different paths

? "Jia Wujue said in surprise.

After everyone came out of the Jiange yesterday, the disciples headed by Shaolin and Wudang expressed their willingness to patrol the gate and hold the Jiange for Lu Changqi.In addition, Jianghu sects such as Jianwumen and Bahuai gang also expressed their willingness to contribute.Because the King Yue's Excalibur was just released, there was no room for any mistakes, so Lu Changqi accepted the kindness of his fellow martial artists and asked them to take turns patrolling outside the gate of Jiange.However, in just one night, there were quite a few people on patrol. If they were to take turns, all sects and sects would only need to stand guard in front of the Jiange for an hour. How could today's sword appreciation meeting be delayed.

Qiu Wanzhan laughed again when he saw Jia Wujue's expression, whether he was provoked by his ignorance of the world or his innocence: "Shaolin and Wudang boast that the martial arts are the best, so how can they let such important tasks fall to others. Fortunately, they take turns guarding, but there is no rule that the rest of the people cannot assist, so," Qiu Wanzhan said in a drawn-out tone, "the two factions have been 'assisting' until this hour." After he finished speaking, he seemed to realize that It was inappropriate to say that in front of Yue Chentan, a Shaolin disciple, so he said to Yue Chentan: "Brother Yue, please don't take what Qiu said just now."

He has a lazy attitude, with a smile on his mouth, and his whole body is full of presumptuousness, so any words of apology that come out of his mouth seem a little careless.

"Elder Qiu, don't worry about it." Yue Chentan said calmly.

"Brother Yue is open-minded, Qiu admires, admires!" He wanted to say something more, but saw a group of beggar gang disciples running towards him in a panic.

The leader shouted: "Elder Qiu, it's not good—"

Qiu Wanzhan's eyes flashed, his smile faded, and he said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" He was originally handsome, but the scar on his face added a bit of roughness and vigor to him.He always has a smiling face on weekdays, and people often overlook this person whose smile has faded a little. His posture describes him like a giant tiger cutting the wind between the mountains and forests.

"It's Jiange!" The beggar gang student gasped, but before he could say anything, he heard the sound of his sleeves flapping, and a group of people descended from the sky—the leader was Lu Changqi, and behind him was Jiu Wei. The Shaolin and Wudang people who showed up are waiting.

The faces of all the people who landed were dark and unclear, and Lu Changqi frowned even more, and the gully between his eyebrows was clearly visible.

"Lord Lu, what happened?" Su Zhejian stepped forward and asked.

Lu Changqi glanced at him, and then heaved a long sigh: "The original turning soul can be cast at this time today, who would have thought..."

"Could it be that the star picker really came and stole Zhuanpo?" someone asked.

"No." Lu Changqi shook his head heavily, "Someone tried to enter the Jiange in vain, but fortunately, there were disciples from the Sword Dance Sect guarding him, and beheaded the thief under the sword."

"Since the sword is safe, Master Lu doesn't have to be so worried." Someone comforted.

Lu Changqi sighed again and said, "At the beginning of the Sword Appreciation Conference, Mr. Lu had planned the date when Zhuanpo would be released, and promised to share the reward with all heroes. Now the day has come, because the process of the thief's invasion of Zhuanpo has not yet been completed. Lu’s foothold in the Jianghu is based on a word of faith, but now he can only break his promise and renege on his promise, and he really has no face to face you.”

"Lord Lu doesn't need to blame himself. What happened today is all thanks to the notorious Star Picker. If you really want to blame him, he should be blamed for the delay." Yang Wusi, the leader of the Bahuai Gang, said harshly Rough way.

Jia Wujue snorted coldly when he heard the words, with a disapproving expression on his face.

Lu Changqi's expression eased when he heard this, and he said slowly, "Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Lu is very grateful. Mrs. Lu has another unfeeling request..." After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, as if it was difficult to speak.

"Since Master Lu has spoken, there is no reason for us not to help." Everyone said one after another.

Lu Changqi sighed and said: "To tell you the truth, although everyone from the Sword Dance Sect has defended the Jiange this time, due to the lack of martial arts skills of the guards on the village, they can't protect the master of the Li Sect completely, so they fell into the trick of the thief. ..." He looked at the crowd and said earnestly, "Now Master Li's body is poisonous, and his life is at stake. Lu knows that there are many Xinglin masters among the heroes present. If he is willing, Lu is willing to pay a lot of money to hire him. Please replace Li Sect master detoxification."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one made a sound.If there is no cure for the poison of the Sword Dance Sect Master, even Longyuan Villa has no cure, then there are probably very few people from other sects in the Jianghu who can cure this poison.

"May I ask Master Lu, when Master Li was poisoned, who was there?"

Lu Changqi followed the voice, only to see that the speaker was the waiter brought by Yue Chentan.Originally, he didn't take this person seriously, but at the sword appreciation meeting, this person's stature was paradoxical, and he didn't seem to come from an ordinary sect. In the sword pavilion, he saw the mystery in the blood pool again, and now he saw him with a smile on his face His face felt a little unfathomable.

"In addition to the disciples of Sword Dance Sect, there are also Master Fayan and Taoist Master Hanling and his party." Lu Changqi suppressed the doubts in his heart and said cautiously.

"This is really strange!" Jia Wujue exaggeratedly widened his eyes, "The star picker is mere person, but he has to deal with the three disciples of Jianwumen, Shaolin, and Wudang, why is it the master of Limen who was poisoned in the end? ?” Although he didn’t say it clearly, he was obviously full of irony for the result of besieging one person by one of the three major sects but being turned back in the end.Those present who had long been annoyed by these so-called famous families couldn't help laughing when they heard what he said.

When Qiu Wanzhan heard this, he took a surprised look at Jia Wuchai.He thought he was innocent at first, but he turned out to be very presumptuous and perverse inside. He touched his nose with satisfaction, this brother, he really did not admit his mistake.

A young disciple in Wuzhong was stung by his words, and he replied angrily: "You are so unreasonable, you were not there at the time, how do you know the critical situation?" The situation is described again.

It turned out that after the "star picker" was found trying to enter the Jiange, the disciples of the three factions gathered together to attack him.Just when the man was about to be taken down, the man raised his hand, and a puff of black smoke, accompanied by an overwhelming stench, hit everyone.Fearing that the smoke would be poisonous, everyone hurriedly stepped aside, held their breath and adjusted their breath. At that time, Li Yan had already trapped the "Star Picker" under the sword, so naturally she couldn't let go.When the smoke dissipated, everyone saw Li Yan lying on the ground with a bluish complexion, while the "Star Picker" had already lost her breath.The black smoke was indeed poisonous, and it must have been the "Star Picker"'s last attempt at the end of his life, with the thought of exchanging his life for his life.

After listening to this disciple's words, many people praised Li Yan for his righteousness, but no one had a clue about the poison Li Yan suffered from.Amidst the buzzing voices, a clear but ironic voice sounded: "The so-called famous families in the world are nothing more than that, no one responds when it is time to make a move, but the skill of the mouth is better than the other."

"Monster of Tiancan Valley, you don't have a place to speak here!" the disciple of the Bahuai Gang roared angrily.

Lin Luanpo was wearing a jade flute around his waist, and walked out slowly, as if he didn't understand: "Which dog is barking? Could it be that you didn't train the dog thoroughly yesterday?"

The disciples of Naba Huai Gang wanted to say something more, but Yang Wusi gave him a hard look.Thinking of how vulnerable his clan leader was under the hands of these monsters in Tiancan Valley yesterday, the disciple had no choice but to shut his mouth in embarrassment.

"I don't know if Lin Shaoxia has a way to detoxify?" The attitude of the Bahuai Gang was completely different, but Lu Changqi was polite at the moment, as if he didn't take Lin Luanpo's disrespect yesterday at all.

"Heh." Lin Luanpo sneered, put the jade flute in his palm and tapped it lightly, "There are some upright people from famous families, but I have no shortage of heavenly remnant valleys, and those who are not upright from famous families, I also have a lot of heavenly remnant valleys. But it is An ordinary little poison, but I didn't expect it to make all the heroes helpless, it's ridiculous, ridiculous!"

"You!" The Shaolin disciple shouted angrily, but was stopped by the monk Fa Yan who stretched out his hand.

"Since this is the case, Lu begged Lin Shaoxia to detoxify Sect Master Li. In terms of remuneration, Lu will definitely do his best to satisfy." Lu Changqi cupped his hands.

"Lord Lu is rich and powerful." Lin Luanpo gave a "tsk" and said in an indifferent way, "Since that's the case, I'll make it clear. Detoxification can be done, but well, you need ten thousand taels of gold, and," he said She hooked her lips, "One night in Jiange."

"You're a lion with a big mouth—" someone said angrily.

Lin Luanpo shrugged his shoulders: "This is what you want and what I want. If the owner of Lu Zhuang can't accept it, then that's all." After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave.

"Lin Shaoxia stay behind."

Hearing Lu Changqi's words, Lin Luanpo raised his eyebrows, then turned around and said, "Master Lu, has he thought about it?"

"Naturally." Lu Changqi nodded, "Lu is willing to make this deal with Tiancangu. But," he paused, "the amount of gold ten thousand taels is too huge, and the village can't get it together for a while. Based on this, Longyuan Villa will pay you regularly in the future."

Lin Luanpo nodded helplessly.

"One more thing, what does Lin Shaoxia mean by Jiange overnight?" Lu Changqi asked.

"Of course, I would like to ask Master Lu to delegate power and allow me to stay overnight in the Jiange."

"Your surname Lin, don't go too far!" The disciple of Longyuan Villa finally couldn't hold back, and shouted angrily, "Jiange is the core of our village, ordinary disciples are not allowed to enter, let alone you and other villains!"

Lin Luanpo didn't change his face when he heard the words, but looked at the other party with a slight smile, full of ridicule and provocation.

Sure enough, before he could open his mouth, Lu Changqi said in a deep voice: "Shut up, don't be rude to Lin Shaoxia." He apologized to Lin Luanpo: "Zhuangzhong's child has no words, please forgive Lin Shaoxia."

Lin Luanpo chuckled lightly and did not speak.

Lu Changqi continued: "If Lin Shaoxia insists on staying overnight in the Jiange, it's not impossible. However, for the things in the Jiange, I would like to ask all the heroes of Tiancan Valley to show their respect."

"What do you think of us, old man!" Xu Wujiao said roughly, "We are not ignorant thieves, and we are not attracted to your little thing."

What he said made Lu Changqi's face turn blue and white, but he had something to ask for, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said, "That's good, it's Lu who is worrying too much."

Lin Luanpo didn't seem to see his embarrassment, and said leisurely: "In that case, Master Lu, please." He raised his jaw, as if he regarded Lu Changqi as a boy leading the way, which was simply unreasonable in the eyes of Qunhao to.

"Wait a minute." A powerful voice came from the side of the dojo, it was Monk Fa Yan: "Since benefactor Lin has confidence in detoxification, but he has already seen what poison Master Li has been poisoned by?"

"The poisonous mist has both a stench and a strong toxicity. Nine out of ten it contains the poison of corpse flowers." It was not Lin Luanpo who Wen Sheng answered him, but the inconspicuous Tsing Yi scholar standing at the end of the line—— Yan Rong from Zhaixing Valley, and "Gu Yan" from Tiancan Valley.

Hearing the word "corpse flower", Jia Wukai seemed to have thought of something, and his face froze.When everyone heard it, they started whispering, this corpse flower was produced in Mengle country, it is rarely seen in the Central Plains, could it be that this star picker has something to do with other races?

"It turns out that it is a corpse flower, and Lu has heard about it." Lu Changqi thought for a while, "I heard that this corpse flower is poisonous, but there is a plant called 'Grass on the Tomb' that prefers to grow with it. This' Grass on the tomb' is not only non-toxic and harmless, but it can also guide the poison of corpse flowers to be used by humans, is that so?"

"That's right." Yan Ku nodded and said, "We are going to use the grass from the tomb to detoxify Sect Master Li."

Lu Changqi was well versed in the principle of point and stop, so he didn't ask where the grass on Tiancangu's tomb came from, but directly sent two guards to lead Tiancangu and his party down the mountain.

After the figures of Tiancangu's people disappeared completely, there was a burst of shouting and cursing from the crowd: "Damn Xipi, let a few monsters steal the limelight."

"What is a demon, in my opinion, it should be called an eunuch!" Someone said maliciously.

"That's right, look at that sissy playing the flute, it's not good for a big man to learn something, tsk tsk..."

"What do you know, playing the flute and playing the flute is not very interesting." Several people laughed viciously.

"Don't even mention it, look at that scholar playing with hooks, although he doesn't look very good, what about his figure..."

Before the words were finished, the speaker screamed "Ouch", and saw a ball of decayed grass wrapped in stones just stuck in his mouth. I don't know if his lips were worn out or his teeth were knocked out, and the blood flowed along. With her chin running down, she was really embarrassed.

Jia Wujue looked at the person not far away who was screaming angrily, clapped his hands calmly, and shook off the ears of grass.

Looking at the farce, Lu Changqi couldn't help frowning, walked to the middle of the field and said, "The Sword Appreciation Conference has been delayed due to Lu's personal affairs, why not from now on, all the winners in the challenge will be included in the list of artifacts." , Lu Mou is willing to present the weapons of the village as a gift."

As soon as he said this, the originally chaotic dojo finally regained some order. People from all schools and factions gathered together and began to discuss their challenge targets.

"This guy surnamed Lu has some skills." Jia Wujue felt a little admirable when he saw that the order of the dojo was restored in an instant.

Just as the group of heroes were discussing, a blue-robed man took a step forward and said in a loud voice: "Su Zhejian of Lifeng Mountain Villa, ask the head of Mei for advice."

As soon as the voice fell, the audience was shocked.

Everyone's eyes turned to the leader of the Taichong Sword Sect - this person's body was like a sword, his face was like frost, standing tall and proud, it was Mei Dulin.

Hearing Su Zhejian's words, he just glanced at him coldly, without saying a word.

Su Zhejian didn't back down even if he didn't get a reply, he took another step forward and said, "I've heard about the name of Sect Master Mei's Anxiang Shuying Sword for a long time, but I haven't had the chance to see it. Today is a rare opportunity, and I would like to ask Sect Master Mei to give me some advice."

Shuying horizontally and shallow water, subtle fragrance floating moon dusk.

The name of Anxiang Shuying Sword is beautiful, but unfortunately, no one can taste and miss it.Just because everyone who has seen this sword has become a dead soul.

Mei Dulin didn't speak, but she looked at Su Zhejian as if she was looking at a dead person.

Su Zhejian didn't say anything more, but drew out his saber, and the blade of the sword shone fiercely in the sunlight.He seems to have made up his mind to fight Mei Dulin.

"You also use a sword." Although Mei Dulin is cold and arrogant, she respects everyone who is serious.Su Zhejian's precious sword, although the blade is sharp, but the belt on the hilt has been worn out, the frequent use of the sword and the hard work of practice can be seen.

Su Zhejian was a little surprised when he heard that Mei Dulin actually spoke to him, but he quickly recovered his calm expression.He nodded: "What Su is using is the sword forged by my Lifeng Villa, the ashes of heaven and earth."

As soon as these words came out, the group of heroes present immediately stared at the sword in his hand with scorching eyes.

Tiandi Jiehui was created by Zhu Jiehui, the former owner of Lifeng Villa. It has the same name as Zhu Jiehui's original sword technique, and it was later regarded as the treasure of Lifeng Villa.According to legend, during the period of Emperor Wudi, he sent people to dig Kunming Pond, and when he dug deep, all he dug was black ash without any soil.Later, a Taoist from the Western Regions came to Luoyang. Hearing about this, he said, "When the catastrophe of heaven and earth is about to end, the catastrophe will be burned, and the remainder of this catastrophe will be burned."Zhu Jiehui named this sword this way, which means that this sword is like gray ink at the bottom of a pool, it is not very eye-catching at first glance, but in fact it has the power to destroy heaven and earth.The so-called catastrophe, the destruction of the world is a catastrophe, and the ashes of the catastrophe are formed when the world is destroyed, and the power contained in it cannot be underestimated.

Naturally, Mei Dulin had heard the rumors about Heaven and Earth Tribulation Ash, and her eyes fell on the sword, with a bit of admiration: "Good sword."

"Sect Master Mei praises it." Su Zhejian answered calmly, as if he hadn't realized that his life was at stake.

"It's a pity." Mei Dulin looked from the blade of the sword back to his face, "In another ten years, you and I may have a fight."

What he said was extremely arrogant, but it made people feel that it was so natural.

Su Zhejian froze, cupped his hands and said, "Master Mei, please." After saying this, he flew out and rushed towards Mei Dulin.

The gray and black ash of heaven and earth danced in his hands, the shadow of the sword was like ink, and the sword's momentum was like a mountain, like an impenetrable black net, which was already covering Mei Dulin with the momentum of thunder.

The sky is cloudy and the ground is dark, the grass withers and the trees decay.

However, Mei Dulin's unsheathed sword was still on his back, and there was only a ray of light among the shadows covering the sky and the earth.And Mei Dulin stood in the center of the light with his hands behind his back.Tiandi Jiehui's heavy sword momentum and sharp sword intent, when it encountered the light, it slid away automatically, as if it had hit a smooth and transparent barrier.In sharp contrast to Su Zhejian's storm-like attack, Mei Dulin stood tall. He seemed to have done nothing, but also seemed to have done a lot.

"Brother Mei has a good heart." Qiu Wanzhan said with a playful smile.

"What did Brother Qiu see?" Jia Wujue asked.

"Although this kid surnamed Su is looking for his own death, Brother Mei intends to let him live a little longer." Qiu Wanzhan stroked his chin, "It seems that he wants to let him finish using that set of robbery swordsmanship before killing him. "

"..." Jia Wujue was silent for a moment, "Why do I feel like I'm fattening up before killing me?"

Qiu Wanzhan nodded unexpectedly, with a look of deep approval.

"However, I feel that Su Zhejian may not necessarily die." Jia Wujue said thoughtfully.

"Why do you see that?" Qiu Wanzhan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

"Hey, Brother Qiu, guess what?" Jia Wu smiled.

Qiu Wanzhan searched the dojo with his eyes, and then said clearly: "So he is here."

"Not only did he come, but today he went up the mountain with Su Zhejian." Jia Wuchai knew that he had guessed the answer, so he added.

Qiu Wanzhan didn't notice this detail, and scolded with a smile: "You brat, your eyes are much better than mine."

"I'm ashamed." Jia Wujue said with a grin, "It's just that you came a step late, brother Qiu, so you didn't see him. Besides, although he went up the mountain with Lifeng Mountain Villa, he separated soon. It's hard for someone who doesn't pay attention arrive."

Qiu Wanzhan glanced at him sideways and sighed, "It's learned to be careful everywhere."

"Exactly." Jia Wujue nodded seriously, and said again, "Besides, even if that 'he' is not here, how could he allow someone to be killed in front of him with Shaolin and his party present today?"

"Although you don't want to, you may not be able to stop it."

Jia Wukai said with an expression of "you don't understand now", "I'm afraid a monk Fa Yan can't stop him, what if there is another person?" On a person——Yue Chentan.

"Oh—" Qiu Wanzhan pretended to be stunned, "How could I forget your brother-in-law!"

"What's yours and mine?" Jia Wu deceived his ears, and muttered, "Anyway, in the end, it's not considered to be on the side of those monks." After Shaolin and his party came to the dojo, Yue Chentan was invited by Monk Fa Yan After going, Jia Wujue naturally couldn't follow, so he could only wait in the same place boredly.It's just that Monk Fayan didn't know what he had to say, and he hasn't finished explaining it until now.After a while, Jia Wukai involuntarily looked at Shaolin and his party, although he didn't show it on the face, but there was some unreasonable indignation in his heart.

Qiu Wanzhan naturally noticed his unnaturalness, but he just pretended not to see it: "I heard that Shaolin and 'him' have a good friendship, if Shaolin intends to stop him, 'he' will probably help him."

"Exactly." Jia Wuchai nodded, and said with some regret, "Actually, what I want to see most is the battle between 'him' and the head of Mei. Unfortunately, after this battle, one person will die. It hurts to think about it." .”

"There must be a battle between these two people." Qiu Wanzhan said leisurely, "It's just that it will never be at this sword appreciation meeting."

"Why is Brother Qiu so sure?" Jia Wujue asked.

Qiu Wanzhan pretended to be deep and said: "Stinky boy, don't underestimate my Jianghu experience."

The "he" mentioned by Jia Wujue and Qiu Wanzhan, who can be compared with Mei Dulin, is the lone swordsman who has been hidden for a long time and recently reappeared, Luo Ten Commandments.At this moment, Luo Shijie stood far away from the crowd, but his eyes were fixed on the two people in the dojo.His hands were naturally hanging by his sides, but at this moment, he suddenly moved.

Because in the center of the dojo, Mei Dulin also moved!

A bone-deep chill spread from the center of the dojo, and some people with weak internal energy trembled and their teeth chattered.