I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

In order to celebrate Mrs. Lei's birthday, the Lei family invited many guests and friends, and held a grand banquet.

They invited the best chefs in Jiangnan area, the most famous theater troupe and the most enchanting dancers and singers.

A martial arts competition arena was also set up in the open space of the back mountain, which is convenient for martial arts people to compete and compare rankings.

In the early morning of the second day of September, Pei Xiang went out with his sword in hand, met Sima Ziyi and his party, and followed them to the arena in the back mountain to watch the half-day competition.

During the period, Lei Rou, who came later, lost her temper and sneered at Pei Xiang and the other young chivalrous women.Pei Xiang didn't make a sound, and directly drew his sword and cut Lei Rou's bun, successfully making her shut her mouth tightly.

Some people accused Pei Xiang of making a fuss out of a molehill and being narrow-minded.

This time, Pei Xiang didn't need to deal with it personally, the few chivalrous women who had just been run over by Lei Rou took the initiative to stand up to defend her.

Everyone is an elite disciple with a master and a sect, and if there is a real quarrel, no one will give way.

In the afternoon, Pei Xiang didn't go to the ring again, she felt it was a waste of time.

After leaving Lushui Villa, she explored the depths of Chiyun Mountain. After encountering a gloomy and silent bamboo forest, Pei Xiang began to practice swords.

It was not until night fell that Pei Xiang put away his sword and returned to the villa.

Not long after she left, someone also appeared in the bamboo forest.

This person's internal energy was profound and powerful, and he could see things in the dark as if they were in the daytime. He immediately noticed the strangeness in this bamboo forest.

Raising his hand slightly, a few bamboo leaves on the ground flew to his palm.

"Master, the subordinates are late."

Yu Luocha hummed lightly, observing the sword marks on the bamboo leaves with great interest.

After a while, he asked, "Has everything been arranged?"

"Reporting to the leader, the imperial envoy and the Ouchi guards have already boarded the ship and left the shore. They have arranged for the seven brothers of the Yu family from the 100th village of Shuiwu to ambush, and there are [-] people pretending to be Anhe water bandits. It is estimated that the imperial court and his party will be delayed for half a day. .”

"After they abandon the ship and go ashore, you arrange a few more assassinations and force them to the small road. Remember, you must use the martial arts methods of the Orientals."

"Yes."

"You do it yourself, and the Lushui Villa will hand it over to An Wu."

"Subordinates take orders."

After the man in black left, Yu Luocha walked around the bamboo forest and carefully looked at the subtle sword marks on a few green bamboos before leaving in a hurry.

On the third day of September, the morning mist filled the air, and Pei Xiang still went to the bamboo forest in the mountains to practice swords.

Not long after she left, Lei Rou came to her with a group of people. They planned to force her to compete in the ring, and then teach her a lesson openly, but they were in vain.

A group of people were noisy, until a person walked out from the guest courtyard not far away, they were quiet for a while.

"Mr. Mei, did you disturb your rest?" A handkerchief of Miss Lei took a step forward and asked softly.

In the morning mist, the young and beautiful girl's eyes were full of affection and her attitude was earnest, which already explained many things.

She likes this Mr. Mei who is facing the wind in a jade tree.

Others showed joking smiles that something good was coming.

Mei Xue frowned secretly: "You guys really bothered me."

The young girl's face turned pale.

Lei Rou drank softly: "What are you talking about? Apologize!"

"It's so boring." Mei Xue sighed secretly, turned around and was about to leave.

A Huashan disciple clangs and draws his sword, intending to stop Mei Xuean.

"It's your honor that Miss Chu cares about you. Are you so rude?"

However, his obstruction is like a paper tiger, vulnerable to a single blow.

Mr. Mei, who was still sick and good-tempered yesterday, threw the Huashan disciple with his sword with a flick of his sleeves.

"you……"

A group of famous disciples showed shock on their faces, as if they had never thought that the sick Mei Xue would have such skill.

However, no matter how many complicated and embarrassing emotions they have, no one cares about them except themselves.

Because, Yu Luocha, who really thinks that she is trying her best to maintain a good-tempered character, has gone far.

Compared to a group of ignorant flamboyants, he wants to know who was the one who practiced sword in the bamboo forest yesterday...

On the fourth day of September, the weather was fine.

Pei Xiang returned to the villa after practicing the sword, and met a beautiful girl with red eyes at the moon arch in the atrium.

The girl was taken aback for a moment, probably because she didn't expect to be caught crying in embarrassment, she glared at Pei Xiang angrily, and then ran away in a hurry.

Pei Xiang continued to walk forward, turned a corner, and saw Mei Xue secretly sitting in the octagonal pavilion wiping her sword.

With a focused expression and a peaceful gaze, he could be seen as someone who loves swords.

Pei Xiang's impression of Mei Xue'an is still "good-looking", "good-natured" and "a bit like the Huamanlou in the future", but seeing his sword-holding posture and serious demeanor, he suddenly realized in his heart that this Mei The young master is also a master of rivers and lakes who is decisive in killing and cutting.

It is said that he once beheaded all his enemies with one sword, and his sword edge drank the enemy's blood.

"Miss Gu," Mei Xue secretly put her sword back into its sheath, and called out Pei Xiang, "I saw the sword marks left by the girl in the bamboo forest in the back mountain, and I wanted to learn from each other. Do you want to have a contest, girl?"

Pei Xiang glanced across Mei Xue'an's quaint saber, and his heart moved:

"I also found a new sword mark in the bamboo forest, but it was left by Mr. Mei?"

"Exactly."

"Since that's the case, is there any reason why I shouldn't invite Mr. Mei to fight?"

Mei Xue secretly looked at the surrounding environment, and suggested:

"The arena is too noisy, most of them are boring people, let's go to the mountains. I know there is a valley with a hidden entrance, and the valley is flat and open enough for you and me to learn swordsmanship."

Pei Xiang cupped his fists together: "Master Mei please lead the way."

Mei Xue secretly smiled, stepped in the air, turned away from the previous position after a few turns.

Seeing this, Pei Xiang'e raised her eyebrows lightly, tapped her toes, and immediately followed.

Before they competed with swords, the two began to compete in lightness kung fu.

Yu Luocha's skill at this time is naturally much higher than that of Pei Xiang, but he has no intention of looking down on others.

Because he has already discovered that this Miss Gu's martial arts qualifications are extremely high, and she should have been delayed because she didn't meet good exercises and mentors before.

With only a few basic things, she can reach the current level, which shows her savvy and hard work.

Yu Luocha is used to being arrogant, he looks down on people who are not as good as him, and he doesn't like idiots either.At this time, Pei Xiang was like a piece of rough jade to him, as long as he pondered a little, it would appear clear and crystal clear.

He looks forward to the day when the beautiful jade will reveal its radiance, and he will cherish it and preserve it carefully.Then, at a certain moment of fatigue and boredom, I personally crushed the polished jade.

At that moment, it should be full of thrilling beauty.

The two arrived at the valley one after the other, without talking nonsense, they both drew their swords and attacked.

Pei Xiang doesn't have many fancy moves. In the past six months, she has been focusing on practicing basic sword moves, coupled with the guidance of the unknown and mysterious sword manual, the speed and strength of the sword have been significantly improved.

But the strength of the opponent is obviously higher. Pei Xiang was suppressed by the opponent's sword light, but the more he fought, the more courageous he became.

After a few times of danger, her eyes became brighter and more excited. After more than a hundred moves, she no longer had any extra thoughts, only thinking about attacking, attacking, and attacking...

When Pei Xiang used Yu Luocha's familiar moves, he was stunned for a rare moment.

Immediately, he immediately changed the rhythm of the attack, and began to deliberately guide Pei to use the sword moves in the sword manual...

After the two had a hearty fight, the vegetation in the valley was messy and ravines criss-crossed.

Pei Xiang panted slightly, looking at the person opposite with some surprise.

"Are you deliberately guiding me to use certain moves?"

Yu Luocha was equally astonished. He nodded, walked up to Pei Xiang, and stretched out his hand to caress her cheek without hesitation.

Pei Xiang held his breath, and also seriously looked at the male face close at hand.

--it is true!

——No disguise!

"who are you?"

Pei Xiang was the first to question, and she was not worried about exposing her disguise.

When her disguise method works on herself, she relies on illusion, and the effect shown can be achieved by the world's top methods.Therefore, as long as she doesn't take the initiative to admit it, no one will be able to discover her false face.

After slowly stroking Pei Xiang's facial features, Yu Luocha confirmed that it was a real face.

The man's eyes flickered slightly: "I am Mei Xuean."

Pei Xiang smiled noncommittally, and didn't say whether he believed it or not, but continued to ask:

"What are you suspecting?

"I'm doubting your identity, Miss Gu."

Pei Xiang's eyes were slightly cold: "I also doubt your identity."

Mei Xue shook her head secretly, grabbed Pei Xiang's hand and stroked her cheek:

"Look, there is no disguise. I am the eldest son of the Gusu Mei family. Many martial arts comrades can prove it."

Pei Xiang was not polite either, and pressed his fingers on the man's temples and ears, and found that there was indeed no trace of disguise.She even tiptoed close to the corner of Yu Luocha's lips and sniffed to make sure that the man did not smell of some special potion.

——This face is real, he is indeed Mei Xuean.

——However, I have never seen the real face behind the mask of Jade Raksha.

——Is there any connection between Mei Xuean and Yu Luocha?What a coincidence, that sword manual is not a sale on a street stall, how could it be practiced by just random people?

Yu Luocha's Adam's apple slipped.

Pei Xiang took half a step back: "Since you are the real Mei Xuean, why did you test me?"

"The reason why I tested your sword moves is because I know the nameless sword manual. Back then, after I avenged the Mei clan, I found a strange and profound sword manual from the enemy's secret room. Miss Gu is sure You can understand me, anyone who practices swords can't refuse the above content, so I tried to practice."

Pei Xiang frowned: "You suspect... I have something to do with your enemy?"

Yu Luocha nodded and said half-truthfully:

"This is one. The second is that I am not in good health so far. Part of it is due to my old illness, and the other part is because of that sword manual. Miss Gu, I see that your complexion is calm and your inner breath is calm and powerful. It's strange that there is no sign of internal injury. After all... I have been tortured by that sword manual for several years."

Pei Xiang pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Can I check your pulse?"

Yu Luocha did not immediately agree: "Miss Gu, can you tell Mei first, how did you get this sword manual?"

Pei Xiang's mind was racing, and he quickly compiled the ins and outs:

"I got it from a woman. Half a year ago, I met a woman who was obsessed with practicing martial arts. She was unconscious and wanted to kill me, but I killed her back. Later, when I collected her body, I got it from her body. I found a sword manual on my body, and the ink on it looked very new, as if it was newly copied. After I read a few pages, I felt that it was better than the exercises I had come into contact with before, so I practiced it."

"What does that woman look like?"

Pei Xiang frowned pretending to be impatient, and said quickly:

"It looks very beautiful, and the clothes on her body look expensive, and the style...it doesn't look like those in Jiangnan."

At this time, Yu Luocha has basically determined that the beautiful woman Pei Xiang mentioned is the head of the North Sixth Hall under his command, who was ordered to come to the Central Plains to steal the blueprint of Thunderbolt Hall Lei Zhenzi.

——No wonder you want to get rid of Anbu's stalking.

——Sure enough, that woman still lied to me, she finally couldn't resist the temptation of the advanced martial arts cheats.

"Where did Miss Gu meet her?"

"It's by Jinghu Lake. I just moved to live in a town near Jinghu Lake. I got up early to practice swords by the water, and I met her."

"Where is her body buried?"

"In order to avoid getting into a lawsuit, I threw it into the water."

Yu Luocha wanted to ask again, but Pei Xiang was unwilling to answer, and she stretched out her hand towards Yu Luocha:

"Mr. Mei, I have already answered several questions for you. Can you let me check the pulse and see if you are really injured?"

Looking at the white palm in front of him, Yu Luosha paused, and slowly stretched out his arm.

Pei Xiang put on Yu Luocha's jade-colored wrist, and checked his physical condition with the superficial healing experience of a martial arts practitioner.

The pulse condition is very obvious, the other party is indeed seriously injured, and her inner breath is chaotic, the situation is similar to when she just woke up from the original owner.

——Although there are a few differences, it is not surprising that people's comprehension aptitudes are inherently different.

After confirming that Mei Xuean was really injured, and that it was caused by Wuming swordsmanship, Pei Xiang's doubts about his identity faded a lot.

——The most important thing is that with Yu Luocha's status and behavior style, there is really no need to lie to a small person like me.

——The one with the most extreme strength and the most ruthless temper, has always been domineering and self-willed, and is the only one who respects me.If he finds out that someone has practiced the secret book of swordsmanship that he valued, he will definitely not let him go. Why bother with me like this?

——Even asked me to check his physical condition and disguise. This is definitely not the style of a person like Master Yu.

Pei Xiang suppressed the doubts in his heart for the time being, looked up at Mei Xue'an, feeling certain in his heart.

——No matter who he is, it is Mei Xuean from Gusu, Yu Luocha himself, or someone related to the Western Rakshasa, since he has no intention of tearing his face at this time, then I will pretend to completely believe his words .

——When the Thunderbolt incident happens this time, I will leave immediately.I met him by chance, why bother to find out all the truth.

While Pei Xiang was thinking about it, Yu Luocha was pondering over it.

His former friend, the Regent of Hanhai Kingdom, is a master of disguise. The body of "Li Sankai" he personally disguised, even the doctor couldn't check whether it was real or not, which shows the level of the regent.

Yu Luocha and the Prince Regent have known each other for many years, and she thinks that she has seen many wonderful and profound disguise methods, and learned a lot.Even though he was a little inferior in performing the disguise technique, he was still somewhat confident in distinguishing between true and false disguises.

Since Miss Gu was not pretended by someone else, and she revealed the source of the sword manual, which happened to coincide with some secret circumstances, Yu Luocha didn't doubt it any more.

"Miss Gu, when you were practicing this sword manual, weren't you troubled by various past memories?"

Of course Pei Xiang was troubled.

To a certain extent, she and Yu Luocha are the same kind of people, they are both full of twists and turns, with complex and changeable minds, how could they meet the selection criteria of the sword manual author?

However, she has a memory attic support, which can be regarded as a relatively powerful cheating technique.

In the separate room in the memory attic, she was able to achieve a temporary pure mind, focused will, and ruthless determination.

Of course, Pei Xiang would definitely not tell the truth to this suspicious Mr. Mei, she looked confused and said in a puzzled tone:

"As long as you focus, be sincere, stay true to your heart, try your best to feel the sharpness and killing spirit of the sword, and treat yourself as a part of the sword. Although it is difficult, I can feel the progress every day."

Yu Luocha's eyes were dark and unpredictable for a moment, he nodded slowly, and said nothing more.

After he turned around, Pei Xiang relaxed his shoulders unobtrusively, and let out a breath in his heart.

At the moment just now, the man walking in front was definitely envious of her.

——Although there is no evidence, I just feel it.