Save the beautiful and tragic hero

However, within three years, Sword Draw Day has been comparable to other traditional festivals. There are even several representatives from each of the four major families to supervise the order and ensure the fairness of Sword Draw Day.

In the next four years, no matter how earth-shaking changes took place in the cultivation world, everyone finally ushered in the seventh sword-drawing day since its establishment.

Now that righteousness and demons are at war, many places are in dire straits, and the demon world is frequently harassed, making many decent sects miserable.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the sword-drawing day, representatives from the three major families except the Mi family arrived in the capital on the night before the sword-drawing day, and they tacitly gathered in the largest inn in the capital.

The four great aristocratic families are headed by Hulu family, Situ family, Wenren family, and Mi family.

The representative of the Hulu family is still Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan. The representative of the Situ family is Situ Gaoyang, the current head of the Situ family and Situ Wenwan's half brother. The representative of the Wen family is Wen Renzheng, the nephew of the current head of the Wenren family. people away.

Compared with Hulu and Situ's family, Wen Renyao was very low-key, bringing only four entourages with him, and locked himself in his room as soon as he arrived, until the servants of Hulu's family invited him to discuss matters, he was silent alone He followed the servant to the room that Hu Luxing specially asked the shop owner to vacate.

There were more than 20 people standing or sitting in the huge room, which were divided into three groups. There were people from Hulu's family, people from Situ's family, and the rest were from Mi's family.

The representative of the Mi family is the same as the representative of the Hulu family. The head of the family, Mi Hefeng, and his wife, Gu Qiu, came together. Even on their own territory, they were very cautious. Not only did they bring nearly ten followers, but those followers were cautious. Surround them closely and never let others get close to them.

Such a big event happened four years ago, and the inside of the Mi family was turned upside down.

Mi Hefeng and Gu Qiu were both busy looking for a son and dealing with other people's faults. After four years, the couple was extremely haggard.

Especially Gu Qiu, she leaned lightly on the back of the chair, with one hand on the handle of the chair, she seemed calm and steady, but the delicate makeup couldn't conceal the deep tiredness in her expression.

As a junior, Wen Renyao greeted all the elders from left to right after entering the door.

Afterwards, he randomly picked a seat near the door and sat down.

"Now that everyone is here, let's talk about the procedure for the day of drawing the sword tomorrow." After Hu Luxing finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved it into the air.

The entourage standing behind Hu Luxing heard the sound, took out a booklet from his sleeve, opened it, and began to read out the procedures that had been drawn up.

There are many processes.

It took less than half an hour for the entourage to read it word by word.

Hearing the back, Gu Qiu's face was sleepy, and he covered his mouth with his hands and yawned.

Seeing this, Mi Hefeng held Gu Qiu's hand on his knee calmly, met Gu Qiu's eyes, then turned to Hu Luxing and said, "It's rare for you guys to come here so far, we should try our best It is the responsibility of the Lord, but there have been a lot of things at home recently, we really can't get away, and I hope you will forgive me, as for the sword-drawing day, we will rely on you to decide."

Situ Gaoyang lazily sat across from Mi Hefeng, holding a teacup and skimming the tea foam in the teacup, while raising his eyelids foolishly: "The chairs of Patriarch Mi and Madam Mi are not warm yet, that's all. Are you in a hurry to leave?"

Mi Hefeng said: "We still have something to do..."

"What's in such a hurry at night?" Situ Gaoyang directly interrupted Mi Hefeng, with mockery in his eyes, "Or are you still looking for that young master who betrayed our decency at night?"

As soon as Mi Hefeng said this, before Mi Hefeng had time to react, the expression of Gu Qiu beside him changed suddenly, and he slapped the table next to him with a slap: "I originally thought that you, as the head of the Situ family, have some sense of discrimination." The ability of right and wrong, I never thought that your head is also an ornament, if someone with a heart throws you a thread, you will be led by them willingly, dare to say that our Mi family has looked up to you for so many years!"

As he spoke, Gu Qiu glanced at Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan who were holding teacups and watching the excitement with a smile on their face.

Don't look at Gu Qiu's reticence on weekdays, but once the topic involves her son, she's like eating explosives, crackling like a meal, one sentence after another, like pouring beans, stunned Situ Gaoyang for a while.

Situ Gaoyang's expression was dull.

Gu Qiu looked at Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan: "Patriarch Hu Lu and Mrs. Hu Lu, what do you think?"

Hu Luxing: "..."

Situ Wenwan: "..."

What does this have to do with them?They didn't say a word!

After a while, Situ Gaoyang finally regained his composure, and his face was immediately reddened by the anger that surged up after he realized it. He stood up awkwardly, and said angrily, "Madam Mi, what do you mean by that?"

"It means to make you talk less and think more." Gu Qiu frowned, stood up and continued to output, "Our Mi family has clarified countless times that my son was abducted by that child and did not leave voluntarily. For this reason, this In the past four years, how much manpower, financial and material resources my husband and I have spent, and how many times we have traveled back and forth!"

Gu Qiu stepped forward, staring at Situ Gaoyang who was stuttering and speechless with a cold face.

"But you turned a blind eye to it all. When you touched your mouth, a basin of black water was poured on my son. Such rash, so echoing, and so thoughtless words came from the mouth of the current Patriarch Situ?"

"..." How could Situ Gaoyang have such a sharp tongue, he just shut his mouth embarrassingly.

Who would have thought that Gu Qiu would not let him go, and with a twist of his palm, there was an extra sound transmission talisman in his hand.

Situ Gaoyang opened his eyes wide in surprise: "What are you going to do?!"

"Patriarch Situ is so outspoken, instead of standing idly by and watching Patriarch Situ utter misfortune one day, why not invite a few elders of the Situ family to see if there is any solution to this matter!"

Before he finished speaking, Gu Qiu retracted his five fingers suddenly, wanting to crush the sound transmission talisman in his hand.

But Situ Gaoyang, who was seriously frightened, reacted faster than Gu Qiu. Before Gu Qiu crushed the sound transmission talisman, he suddenly rushed to snatch the sound transmission talisman as fast as he could.

Gu Qiu's actions came to nothing.

She seemed to have expected it a long time ago, she put down her hands calmly, and looked at Situ Gaoyang coldly: "What is Patriarch Situ's intention?"

There was a little cold sweat on Situ Gaoyang's forehead. He quickly disposed of the sound transmission talisman, but he was still terrified, and even his voice was trembling: "Mrs. Mi has something to say, why bother others? Besides, our elders of the Situ family Already stopped."

Gu Qiu sneered, but did not answer.

Everyone knows that the Situ family is the family with the most dispersed power and the most frequent fights among the four great families. Situ Gaoyang is biased towards the Hulu family, so the elders of the Situ family will intentionally or unintentionally lean towards the Mi family and the Wenren family.

However, Situ Gaoyang and Hu Lu's family are not so good that there is no suspicion. Look at Situ Wenwan at this moment, isn't he just pretending to be deaf and dumb, and has no intention of speaking for Situ Gaoyang?

Apparently Situ Gaoyang was also aware of this, and when he looked back at Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan who were deliberately avoiding staring at him, he suddenly felt a bit of nameless anger in his heart.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you can explain a few words for me." Situ Gao said in a strange way, "Isn't what I just said came from you?"

When Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan heard the words, their expressions changed in unison.

"Patriarch Situ forgot, have we ever said those words?" Hu Luxing put a perfect smile on his face, put the teacup on the table beside him, and persuaded in a soft voice, "Nowadays, the devil world is committing crimes frequently. I heard that a few days ago, someone caught a few demon cultivators lurking in the capital. The situation is so tense. If we continue to fight among ourselves, wouldn't it be just in line with the other party's wishes?"

Gu Qiu snorted coldly, and after being comforted by Mi Hefeng patted on the shoulder behind her, her ugly face turned better.

Situ Gaoyang also held his breath.

"It's not an option to go on in a stalemate, so let me make the decision." Hu Luxing looked at Situ Gaoyang, "Patriarch Situ, this happened because of your indiscriminate words, so please apologize to Patriarch Mi and Mrs. Mi." , Patriarch Mi and Madam Mi have always been magnanimous, presumably they don't care about anything."

Situ Gaoyang showed an incredulous expression, pointing at himself: "You want me to apologize?"

"Otherwise, I have to trouble the elders of Situ's family to come and uphold justice." Hu Luxing smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes. He stared straight at Situ Gaoyang, but the words he uttered were as gentle as ever, " Patriarch Situ is a filial person, so he shouldn't have the heart for us to bother a few old people at such a late hour."

"..." Situ Gaoyang naturally heard the implication of Hu Luxing's words, his face turned pale and green, green and red, and the transformation was quite wonderful.

After struggling for a while, Situ Gaoyang compromised, and said dryly: "Patriarch Mi, Mrs. Mi, I was the one who spoke out just now, I'm sorry."

"Patriarch Hulu has already said that, what else can we say?" Gu Qiu said, "Let's continue chatting, let's leave first, so we will go to check the movements of the demon world overnight, and try to find Huluyan back sooner. , lest some people open their mouths and make irresponsible remarks and turn black and white."

"You—" Situ Gaoyang was so angry that he almost didn't mention it.

Gu Qiu didn't even bother to look at him again, and left together with Mi Hefeng surrounded by the followers of Mi's family.

After the Mi family and his wife left, Situ Gaoyang did not sit back. His eyes were gloomy, and he pointed sharply at Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan: "Sister and brother-in-law are so determined, I still want to give up." What are you messing with? I'll go back to wash and sleep."

After finishing speaking, he slammed the door angrily and left.

The entourage of Situ's family hurriedly followed.

The noisy room was suddenly swallowed by silence.

Hu Luxing rubbed his temples with a headache, and was about to talk to Situ Wenwan, when he caught a glimpse of a silent figure out of the corner of his eye.

Only then did he notice Wen Renyao who hadn't said a word from the beginning to the end.

Wen Renyao is only in his early twenties, but in the end he is the child Wen Renzheng taught himself. His gloomy and silent temperament is almost exactly the same as Wen Renzheng. When he sits silently at an angle, no one notices it at all. his presence.

Facing the people from Wenren's family, Hu Luxing's mood was very complicated. After hesitating for a while, he still asked out of politeness: "This year, you came here for the head of Wenren's family. The head of Wenren's family has not shown up for so many years, but still well?"

"Thank you Hulu Patriarch for your concern, uncle is fine." Wen Renyao replied with a nod.

Hu Luxing hummed, and then asked, "What do you think about tomorrow's Sword Draw Day?"

Wen Renyao cupped his hands: "The younger generation has little qualifications and little experience. I'm afraid it would be foolish to have an opinion. I have to trouble Patriarch Hulu and Mrs. Hulu to worry a lot."

Hu Luxing laughed and said, "It should."

Wen Renyao got up to leave after the two parties exchanged polite greetings.

As soon as he opened the door, he bumped into Hu Lulan who was standing outside and was about to knock on the door.

Hu Lulan's youthfulness has long since faded away, not only has his stature suddenly increased and his figure has become taller, but his handsome face is very similar to that of Hu Luxing when he was young.

However, Hu Lulan is far less good at disguising himself than his father.

Do not……

To be precise, it should be that Hu Lulan never pretended to be himself, his face was as cold as his mood.

After bumping into Wen Renyao face to face, Hu Lulan immediately frowned, exuding an extremely impatient breath, and there was a vicious energy in her eyes: "Get out."

Wen Renyao stepped aside without changing his expression.

Hu Lulan lifted her foot and walked inside.

Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan both saw this scene, Hu Luxing pretended not to hear it, only Situ Wenwan reprimanded: "You are too rude, hurry up and apologize to brother."

Hu Lulan was confident: "He blocked my way, why should I apologize?"

"You kid..."

"It's okay, Mrs. Hulu." Wen Renyao said flatly, "It's true that I unintentionally blocked Master Hulu's way."

He nodded to Situ Wenwan, then lifted his foot and left, closing the door as he left.

Before the door was closed, through the increasingly narrow gap, he saw Hu Lulan asking Situ Wenwan aggressively: "Mother, is Qiubei from Tianming Mountain coming?"

The voice fell, and the door was closed.

Wen Renyao stopped in front of the door for a moment, then turned and walked away in silence.

Back in the room, he whispered Qiubei's name, and then he seemed to hear some joke, and twitched his lips: "What is Qiubei, it's just a little bit of light from Hu Luwan."

Once Qiubei and Hu Luwan met each other through their experiences, lived and died together many times, and became righteous sisters and brothers.

The reason why Qiubei was able to pull out the Seven Star Kunlun Sword by an inch was because he was inspired by the Seven Star Kunlun Sword because of his friendship with Hu Luwan.

The sword spirit of the Seven Star Kunlun Sword has always existed.

But it is picking people.

Perhaps while waiting for Hu Luwan to pull it out again, it is also waiting for someone who has a relationship with Hu Luwan and is recognized by it to pull it out.

Wen Renyao squinted his eyes, turned around and asked the followers who stood like shadows in the corner: "Bring them here for me to see."

"Yes."

The entourage disappeared without a sound, and when the entourage reappeared, he led three teenagers who were dressed in the uniform of the entourage but could be seen at a glance as young.

The three teenagers looked ordinary, had dull eyes, and acted timidly. They seemed to be very afraid of Wen Renyao. When they heard Wen Renyao's footsteps getting up and approaching, they shrank into the corner like three timid quails. .

After feeling Wen Renyao's breath, their faces were as white as paper, and their bodies shook like chaff.

"Why are you so timid?" Wen Renyao frowned, stretched out his hand to touch the face of one of the teenagers, and quickly touched something, stabbed and tore off the magic weapon used to hide his appearance on the boy's face.

A somewhat familiar face came into view.

The young man was so frightened that he didn't even dare to move, his whole face was blue and purple, as if he could be overwhelmed by excessive fear at any time.

Wen Renyao patted the boy's face with a half-smile, half-jokingly and half-threateningly: "At least I have such a similar face, let's make good use of it tomorrow and show your strengths, you know?"

The young man was as angry as a silk: "Got it..."

Wen Renyao was silent for a while, and then said to himself: "The Seven Star Kunlun Sword belongs to our family. Our family's things have been left outside for too long, and too many people are staring at them. It's time to get them back."

Early the next morning, the sword-drawing team had already formed a long queue.

With the Seven Star Kunlun Sword as the dot, the vendors and passers-by within a radius of one mile were cleared out, and a temporary high platform was built next to it for representatives of the four great families and elders and disciples of other sects to watch the people below draw their swords.

There are also three circles of seats under the high platform, which is convenient for passers-by and contestants to watch.

The sky, which had been gloomy for a long time, finally cleared up. The bright yellow sunlight poured down through the layers of white clouds, and fell warmly on everyone.

With the unhappiness of last night, Gu Qiu simply stayed at home today on the grounds of poor health, only Mi Hefeng came with a few younger generations who wanted to watch the fun.

Situ Gaoyang glanced at Mi Hefeng and pretended nothing happened.

The people who drew their swords came one after another, vowed to come, and walked away dejectedly.

The Seven-Star Kunlun Sword passed through the hands of one person after another, but it did not move at all. It was like a hard rock, firmly attached to the land where it had been rooted for more than ten years.

Although someone wipes and maintains it from time to time, the exposed half of the seven-star Kunlun sword is still covered with rust. Under the sun, the rust is slightly reddish, and only the hilt is barely visible.

At first glance, how could this seven-star Kunlun sword look like it was said in the legend to go through thorns and thorns with its master, so sharp that it could almost split the world?

It looks like a handful of broken copper and rotten iron that has been discarded casually.

But even so, there are still countless people who are crazy about this scrap metal.

Mi Hefeng watched the people below enter and leave one after another with a calm demeanor. He asked Hu Luxing: "Did Qiu Bei from Tianming Mountain not come this year?"

Hu Luxing smiled: "Tianming Mountain has always been indifferent to fame and wealth, and their magic weapon is not the main sword. Maybe they are not interested in the Seven Star Kunlun Sword."

"In this way, we are really ordinary people." Mi Hefeng chuckled, and changed the subject quickly, "It's almost Master Hulu's turn again. This is the first time that Master Hulu has participated in the competition."

Situ Gaoyang next to him still remembered the vengeance of last night, and hurriedly took up the conversation: "Counting it carefully, it is already the seventh time. It seems that the most vulgar person among us is none other than Master Hulu."

Hu Luxing smiled on his face.

Situ Wenwan, who was sitting next to Hu Luxing, stared away.

Situ Gaoyang pursed his lips embarrassingly, and sat as quietly as a chicken.

While speaking, it was Hu Lulan's turn to play.

This time, not only the people below fell silent, but also the people above the high platform fell silent. Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan even stood up from their seats, staring down nervously.

Hu Lulan walked to the Seven Star Kunlun Sword familiarly, stepped forward with her right foot, arched her body slightly, and slowly grasped the hilt of the sword with the fingers of both hands one after the other.

He made a pose that is easy to exert force.

In this way, he brewed for a full half a stick of incense. When the onlookers gradually grew impatient, he suddenly opened his closed eyes and immediately exerted his strength.

The Seven Star Kunlun Sword remained silent.

Hu Lulan was not reconciled, and exerted strength again, so strong that his limbs were trembling, and his face flushed rapidly.

But the Seven Star Kunlun Sword did not move at all.

"Puchi—" A chuckle broke the silence on the high platform, and Situ Gaoyang gloated at the blue and white faces of Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan, "It seems that I have to pack up and prepare for the eighth time."

Situ Wenwan couldn't bear it and shouted: "Shut up."

As soon as Situ Gaoyang shut up, the crowd below shouted: "Get down if you can't pull it out, don't waste everyone's time!"

"That is, no matter how many times you pull it out, the result will be the same."

"Go down!"

Amidst the louder and louder shouts, Hu Lulan's entire face was so dark that ink dripped out. Waves of anger and humiliation hit his head, and he looked around the crowd with hatred. Throw away your sleeves.

There was an unceremonious laughing sound all around.

The person in charge of on-site discipline was a member of Hulu's family. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with trembling hands, looked at the booklet in his hand and said: "The following three, Wen Renxiao, Wen Renqing, and Wen Renqing from Wenren's family. households."

After he finished speaking, three seemingly ordinary teenagers walked into the arena in a row.

On the high platform, Hu Luxing and Situ Wenwan both sat back resentfully, but after hearing the names announced below, they raised their heads at the same time and looked at Wen Renyao with disbelief.

Wen Renyao looked down expressionlessly.

"Didn't you hear that people never participate in the sword-drawing day?" Hu Luxing obviously thought of something, his emotions were a little out of control, but he still pointed down patiently, "What's going on with the three of them?"

Facing Hu Luxing's questioning, Wen Renyao answered calmly, neither humble nor overbearing: "Wenren did say that he would not participate in the Sword Drawing Day, but he never said that he would never participate in the Sword Drawing Day. Now we have changed our minds, isn't it normal? Hulu Patriarch."

"Ridiculous!" Hu Luxing's gentle and elegant mask began to crack, and he stood up awkwardly, "It's ridiculous, you guys are cheating!"

Wen Renyao turned his head and asked calmly: "Everyone can participate in the day of drawing the sword, why is it cheating for us to participate in Wenren's participation? As the supervisor, Patriarch Hulu can't be selfish."

"Whether I'm selfish or not, you know for yourself!" Hu Luxing pointed at Wen Renyao, "You..."

Before the words came out, a hand pulled the hem of Hu Luxing's clothes forcefully.

Hu Luxing was like waking up from a dream, and in a blink of an eye, he looked at his boss Situ with gentle and complicated eyes.

Situ shook his head gently and silently at him.

Hu Luxing was taken aback for a moment, the shock and anger that had just filled his entire chest dissipated like a tide, and only then did he notice that Mi Hefeng, Situ Gaoyang and the rest were looking at him with different expressions.

I almost slipped my mouth just now!

Hu Luxing was annoyed for a while, hating himself for being so easily carried away by emotions, he took a deep breath, and put on his signature smile again, even though it was too forced to be forced anymore.

"Xiaoyao, come out for a while, I have some private matters to talk to you." After Hu Luxing finished speaking, he took out the magic weapon and flew down the high platform first.

Wen Renyao calmly greeted all the elders on the high platform, and then took out the magic weapon to chase Hu Luxing.

The rest of the people on the high platform look at me and I look at you, each with their own thoughts.

The three teenagers of the Wenren family also caused a lot of troubles below. On the one hand, it was because the Wenren family participated in the competition for the first time, and on the other hand, because after the three teenagers approached the Seven-Star Kunlun Sword, the Seven-Star Kunlun Sword, which was originally as stable as Mount Tai, unexpectedly started Trembling violently.

"Look, the sword has reacted!"

"It really is……"

"Who are they? Why would the Seven Star Kunlun Sword react to them?!"

The people on the high platform were all shocked, and they all got up and walked to the edge of the high platform.

"Who are those three teenagers? Are they participating for the first time?"

"People from Wenren's family actually pulled Hu Luwan's seven-star Kunlun sword!"

"The Seven Star Kunlun Sword has been silent for more than ten years, is it finally time to recognize the master?"

Beside the Seven-Star Kunlun Sword, the member of the Hulu family who was in charge of discipline turned pale, and he was so stuttering that he couldn't speak clearly. winding up.

"This, this, this is..." The member of Hulu's family staggered and fell to the ground, staring at the Seven Star Kunlun Sword dumbfounded, "Is this the sword spirit of the Seven Star Kunlun Sword?"

"It's the sword spirit of the Seven Star Kunlun Sword!"

"The sword spirit is about to recognize its master!"

The onlookers all exclaimed.

No one could have imagined that one day, three seemingly inconspicuous teenagers would pull out the Seven-Star Kunlun Sword, let alone that those three teenagers would draw out the sword spirit on the spot.

This is simply shocking!

Who are those three teenagers?What are they from?

The three teenagers who held the hilt at the same time watched helplessly as the black mist wrapped half of the sword, like a creeper, quickly crawling towards their hands along the hilt.

Excited and nervous, they stopped drawing their swords, and felt the black mist turn into a pair of invisible hands, searching for something on their hands and bodies.

They can feel the urgency and temptation of the black mist, as well as the impatience of not being able to find what they want.

The three teenagers remained motionless, and neither did the people on and off the high platform.

Everyone didn't even dare to take a breath, and stared at the three teenagers for a moment, for fear that they might miss the most exciting moment in the blink of an eye.

After a long time, the three teenagers looked at each other, gritted their teeth and pulled out the Seven Star Kunlun Sword together.

At this moment, the black mist dissipated from them, like a burst of firework, which suddenly expanded to dozens of times its original size.

In the next moment, the black mist twisted into a thick black thread, and rushed straight into the sky with lightning speed.

A black line blocked everyone's sight.

There are also countless black lines, and when they pierce the air, they seem to make a faint sound, sharp and sharp.

But at first glance, it seems that there is nothing.

Such a spectacular sight made everyone's scalp go numb.

At the same time, in the enchantment of the northwest forest thousands of miles away from the capital.

The white-skinned, black-haired young man on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.

Mi Lu, who was sitting by the bed and cleaning his palms for him, was taken aback and almost lost his handkerchief: "Hu, Hu Luyan?"

Hu Luyan's expression was numb, as if carved out by a carving knife. He turned his head to look at Mi Lu, and there was a dark tide slowly surging in his dark and dull eyes.

"I heard it." His voice was hoarse, and he said every word, "It's calling me."

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Hu Luyan: After sleeping, you can pick up equipment, Wuhu~