There are bandits in Zhongshan

In the darkness covering the sky and the earth, suddenly there was a flash of sword light, and the tip of the sword sank into the flesh and blood with a puff.

In the next moment, the light tore through the darkness, leaving the killer hidden in it nowhere to hide. The gray-clothed woman with a pale face was pierced through the lower abdomen by a dark blue long sword. In the middle, split her body diagonally.

The one holding the sword was a young man. Half of his body was stained red with blood. He seemed to have fallen into the net woven by the blade. The bloodstains were criss-crossed. It seemed that he was about to be cut into pieces. He was panting heavily. , was already exhausted, almost unable to hold the sword, but when the gray-clothed woman struck out with a palm, she jumped forward and handed out another sword, splitting the opponent's spirit into two before the Tianling Gai was shattered.

The gray-clothed woman's cultivation was far superior to his. This was a desperate fight, and he couldn't spare any strength. When he fell behind with a sword, he couldn't hold back the momentum of the sword, and fell heavily to the ground.

The boy's name is Jing Yue. He was born in Izumo, a country in the far east. His family made a living by making swords. He would have inherited his ancestral business, but by chance, he befriended a monk Yunyou passed by, and the monk took a fancy to his talent. , So he was accepted as a disciple.He is talented and intelligent, and he only practiced swordsmanship for more than 500 years, and his cultivation has reached the end of the Yuanying stage. His master said: "Yu Jian, I have nothing to teach you." He ordered him to come to land to practice.His master also said that there is a secret realm on Jiuyi Mountain that opens every [-] years, and it will be opened soon, so he suggested that he can go there at that time, maybe he will meet a chance.

When he arrived on the land, he counted the time and found that there were more than ten years before the opening of the Sea of ​​Sumeru, so he was not in a hurry to go to Jiuyi Mountain, but to Yanfu, which his master said was the largest city in the cultivation world One, the Treasure Pavilion holds an auction there every ten years. Even if you can't enter the venue, you can still see a lot of rare things in the city.

But on the way, he met a Taoist and asked him about the auction, only to realize that there is no auction now, only the once-in-a-hundred-year treasure appraising conference, and the conference is not a fluke, but Nanming Villa in Shuoyuan. It is learned that Zhenbao Pavilion has long been merged into Yunzhong City, and that Nanming Villa was built under the auspices of the current Yunzhong City Lord.

It turned out that during the thousands of years his master lived in seclusion, the world of cultivation had undergone earth-shaking changes several times.

However, he was lucky. The next treasure appraising conference was just a few months away. He wanted to see what the once-in-a-century event would look like, so he headed north. Unexpectedly, when he passed Tianyu Canyon, he was inexplicably involved. In this indiscriminate disaster.He didn't recognize the woman in gray at all, he just glanced at her, and the other party rushed to kill her.

At first, he thought it was some kind of misunderstanding: "Senior, you and I have never met before, did you recognize the wrong person?"

The woman sneered and said, "If you wear a sword, you deserve to die."

As soon as the words fell, he was engulfed by the sudden darkness, followed by subtle pain, he was firmly bound by an invisible net, and would be torn apart if he moved a little.

Fortunately, his sword was made of ten thousand-year-old coral wood under the sea. It is said that it contains the power inherited from ancient times, and it is naturally able to restrain illusions. He found the woman's breath at a critical moment, and escaped from the darkness.

Those two swords were able to succeed, all because of surprise, he didn't know whether that sword could kill the woman, but he was powerless to do anything else, his spiritual power was exhausted, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.Just when he was praying to God to help him escape, he heard a woman's sinister voice: "You want to kill me too?"

His heart suddenly became cold, and he said: My life is over!But the next moment, the woman suddenly screamed, her voice full of panic.

This is how the same thing?He tried his best to stand up, turned his head and glanced, and found that there was an extra person at some point.

It was a woman in an apricot-yellow skirt. She clasped the shoulder of the woman in gray with one hand and strangled her throat with the other, smiling happily.

"Junior Sister, it's really a fate to meet you from thousands of miles away." Her voice was gentle, as if reminiscing about the old days, "I traveled thousands of miles from Nanming to find this place, and my painstaking efforts were not in vain."

Hearing the word "Junior Sister", Jing Yue felt terrified again, but before he could sigh, he saw the woman in yellow wipe lightly with her palm.

"No!" The woman in gray uttered a final scream, and her head rolled off her neck. She survived for a while, but she couldn't make a sound, her face turned black, her mouth opened and closed, like a fish out of water for a long time.

Jing Yue's eyes widened, and he subconsciously screamed "Ah".

The woman in yellow was smiling all the time, but the attack was so fierce that he was almost frightened stupid. Seeing the woman's eyes turned to him, he grabbed the sword without thinking, and pointed the tip of the sword at the woman.

"Oh, don't think of me as a bad person." The woman said with a smile, and at the same time stepped on her junior sister's extinguished spirit, completely cutting off her life, "Didn't I save you, little brother? "

Seeing that Jing Yue was still wary, she sighed heavily, looked down, and found that the woman in gray had turned into dust and disappeared, leaving only a storage ring and a jade talisman on the ground, so she hooked it lightly. Hooking his hands, he sent the storage ring and jade talisman to Jing Yue.

"Your sword is not bad. It can break through my junior sister's net. Although it is daytime, it is still fearsome for future generations. These things should be regarded as a gift, and my junior sister won't need them anyway."

The last few suffixes are still there, but her person has disappeared.

What a strange person, Jing Yue thought to himself, then stood up slowly leaning on his sword, he flipped through the storage ring, there were a lot of spirit stones in it, and a few bottles of good elixir, he took the medicine After that, he looked at the jade talisman curiously, but couldn't see what it was after turning it over and over again. He tried to inject spiritual power into it, and saw the pattern of mountains and rivers slowly spread out in front of his eyes.

It turned out to be a map, with a red line extending from the center, twisting and winding and finally leading to the northernmost point. It seemed to be used to guide the direction. He looked at it for a long time but didn't recognize where it was. After a little recovery, we continued to rush to Nanming Villa.

Jing Yue heard from his master that cultivators are pure-hearted and ascetic, and are often accompanied by deserted people, so before arriving, he had always thought that Nanming Villa would be an empty and peaceful palace, but when he arrived, he found that there were all kinds of restaurants and shops inside, and it was very lively Soon, he couldn't help but think of the market in Izumo, and he felt a little kindness in his heart for no reason.

Most of the people who came for the Appraisal Conference were young disciples, they were not so reserved, most of them came from aristocratic families, and they often came in groups. Few of them were alone like Jing Yue. Some people saw that he was still young and cultivated well. , the sword on his waist is also a rare treasure, so he is happy to make friends with him.

Jing Yue was thinking about the incident on the way, and wanted to know who the yellow-clothed woman and the gray-clothed woman were, but he asked many people, but no one knew their origins, only one mentioned that Tian Luo Di Wang might be the secret technique of Sen Luo Temple, but More, that person can't say.

"I just heard about it." The man said, "It's a pity that Tianyi Sect didn't send anyone this time, otherwise you can ask them."

"Why?" Jing Yue asked suspiciously, "I only know that Tianyi Sect is the number one immortal sect of the righteous way. Could it be that they have something to do with Senluo Palace?"

"That's not true, it's just that the Tianyi School has a lot of connections with several big figures in Kunwu City, so they might know something about it."

"How can the orthodox sect have a relationship with Kunwu City?" Jing Yue was puzzled.

"You don't know?" The man was a little unbelievable, but he quickly realized, "That's right, you came from overseas, no wonder you don't know the reason." He paused, and then continued: "That's because of Fairy Changli .”

Jing Yue had heard the name Changli Fairy before. On the way to Nanming Villa, he walked with a wandering monk for a while. After the other party realized that he was practicing the way of swordsman, he mentioned Fairy Changli from Tianyi Sect. He said that if he was lucky enough to meet Fairy Changli and get her advice, he would surely become a master in the future.

The sword of the heavenly way is born, the Taoist is less than [-] years old, and the Nascent Soul is refined, and the soul is transformed into a god at the age of [-] years. Later, he smashed the monks who attacked the Tianyi sect with his seriously injured body.

Every time the monk said a word, the admiration in his tone became more and more, and Jing Yue was startled when he heard it. He was more than seven hundred years old and had cultivated to the end of the Yuanying stage. There is still a natural barrier between the end of the baby and the transformation of the gods, but Changli cultivated the divine essence when he was younger than him. This was beyond his imagination. He could only say: "It is indeed the sword of heaven, it is amazing."

Probably because the word "Heavenly Way" hides righteousness, so Jing Yue naturally felt that Changli is an upright and awe-inspiring person. Now that she heard that she had a relationship with Kunwu City, he couldn't help being surprised, and said: "Fairy Changli and Kunwu City What is the origin?"

This seems to be a well-known fact in the cultivation world. The man didn't know how to explain it to him for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Fairy Changli has a very good relationship with Zhong Mingzhu of Kunwu City, and Zhong Mingzhu is The brothers of Lu Lin, the lord of Kunwu City." He said with a mysterious smile, "I heard that they have already become Taoist couples, and this is the origin of Tianyi Sect and Kunwu City."

Jing Yue's doubts did not diminish: "My master said that the Tianyi sect has a clean and upright style and never associates with evil cultivators. Why did Fairy Changli form a Taoist companion with the brothers and feet of the city lord of Kunwu instead?"

"I'm not too sure about this. It is said that the relationship between the two of them dates back to thousands of years ago, that is, when the second Sea of ​​Sumeru was opened, but my master said that in the Sea of ​​Sumeru, Fairy Changli suffered Seriously injured, Zhong Mingzhu went on a killing spree in a fit of rage, slaughtering half of the monks, and many elders of sects fell there." The man told the rumors he heard from the door one by one, and Jing Yue couldn't listen Tut tut was amazed, he originally thought that the fight with the woman in black in Taoism was very thrilling, but compared with what he heard about this matter, it was so ordinary that it was not worth mentioning.

Fairy Yuyuan cast Feixiantai, Tianyi School was nearly destroyed several times, and Changli prevented the dome from collapsing with his own power-no matter which one can become a legend among the later generations.

After hearing it, he couldn't help but regret why he didn't come to land earlier, so that he might be able to experience the dynamism of it himself.

That is a sword technique capable of dividing the world, which sword cultivator would not have longing for it?

But he thought about it, at that time his cultivation base was still low, maybe he didn't even have the qualifications to witness it with his own eyes, and if he just got closer, he would end up in ashes.

Seeing that he was fascinated by what he was listening to, the man said a little embarrassedly: "I'm just hearsay, and I don't know if it's true or not. If I have a chance to meet a disciple of Tianyi Sect in the future, I can ask if it's true."

"But why didn't the Tianyi Sect send anyone this time?" Jing Yue thought of what he said earlier, "It's a pity this time", implying that the Tianyi Sect would send people here in the past.

"It's because the Sea of ​​Sumeru is about to open." The man's face suddenly appeared worried, "500 years ago when the Sea of ​​Sumeru opened, none of the monks who went there survived, and some were even killed before they could enter. , Tianyi Sect, Yunzhong City, and Kunwu City successively intervened in the investigation, but found nothing, I only know that at that time, Jiuyi Mountain was covered with miasma, and the sky was full of blood, and even the mortal towns below the mountain were affected."

There have always been many crises in the Sea of ​​Sumeru, and the monks who entered often suffered heavy casualties, but it was the first time that they were completely wiped out like they were 500 years ago.Seeing that another 500 years is approaching, Tianyizong first sent disciples to guard Jiuyi Mountain in case of emergencies, so they had no time to take care of this treasure appraisal conference.

That's a pity, Jing Yue thought regretfully, and then he thought that he would also go to Jiuyi Mountain, and at that time, he might be able to meet the disciples of Tianyi Sect.

In the next few days, he walked around in Nanming Villa and saw many treasures that he had never heard of on the island. During the period, he asked other people about Changli and Zhong Mingzhu, but he didn't gain much. Like the disciples of the Sect, these young disciples only heard about these events many years ago, and no one had really experienced them.

Moreover, Changli and Zhong Mingzhu have not shown up for hundreds of years.Some people say that they still live in Tiantai Peak of Yunfu Mountain; some say that they are traveling in all directions;

In addition to these, he also asked many people about the map. He was worried that there would be troubles for other Sen Luotang clues left on the jade talisman, so he expanded the map. He thought it was because he was born in a different place. He was familiar with the map, so he didn't know where the map was, but after asking around, he found nothing, which made him wonder: Could it be that there is still some kind of blessed land?

After a while, after he visited every place in Nanming Villa, he went out to wander on the ice field from time to time.

One day, he walked to the bank of Fantianzhishui, and when he looked up, he suddenly felt that the shadow of the mountains on the other side under the wind and snow seemed familiar. Suddenly realized.

It turned out that what was drawn on the map was the terrain to the north of Fantianzhishui.The mountains facing the water on the other side have exactly the same shape as the southernmost mountain on the map.

After discovering the mystery, he couldn't restrain his curiosity even more.

The gray-clothed woman didn't put the jade talisman in the storage ring, but carried it close to her body, which seemed to be an extremely important thing.

Not knowing where the red line pointed to, he couldn't help guessing over and over again.

In the end, even though he knew it was dangerous there, his youthful spirit still prevailed. As soon as the appraising conference was over, he replaced all the spirit stones in his luggage with talismans and medicines, and then headed north.

The wind and snow in Shuoyuan lingers all year round, and he cannot fly with his sword. He can only shuttle between the mountains on foot. The road is rugged and steep, and if he is not careful, he will fall into the bottomless ice valley. There is no danger at any critical moment, and he encountered monsters a few times, but they were not too powerful. He was easily beheaded by him, and he even got a demon pill.

After walking for more than a month, after passing through a long ice cave, his eyes were suddenly filled with crimson red, and there was a sea of ​​fire in front of him.

Fire snakes gushed out from the ground continuously, heat waves came one after another, and the falling snowflakes instantly turned into water vapor, but the edge of the sea of ​​fire was still hard ice, and the ice and snow were closely adjacent to the red flame, revealing an indescribable A sense of strangeness.

He approached cautiously, and found that the sea of ​​flames was actually a bottomless chasm. Although flames shot out from time to time, dyeing the surrounding area red, the surface was not invaded by the flowing fire, and most of the places were burned. Looking inside the red hot rock, he could only see that the extreme depths were occupied by flowing flames, like a lake made of flames. There was a hint of bright yellow in the depths of the lake. He dared to find out, but He was forced to retreat only a few tens of feet down—he had burned his arm after staying for only a short while, and if he hadn't retreated quickly, he would have been engulfed by the suddenly rising fire snake.

"This is too powerful." He said in surprise, after trying for a long time, he couldn't find a way to continue, so he had to give up.

The fire was so intense, not to mention him, even the supernatural power, couldn't resist it.

When he went back, he suddenly found a huge blue-black iron block, which was completely different from the nearby stones. Looking around carefully, he found many traces of man-made excavation, and some gravel on the ground could even be seen. Outline.

Could it be that there were people living here?

He walked towards the iron block out of curiosity, and after moving away the scattered broken stones behind him, he exclaimed suddenly.

It turned out that there was a square room hidden behind the iron block, and the blue-gray iron block was undoubtedly the door of the stone room. After removing the broken stone, he felt that there seemed to be a faint spiritual power coming from the stone room, and thought: Could it be that some treasure trove was accidentally discovered?So without thinking about it, he raised his sword and broke in, but saw that the stone room was empty, only a jade statue fell on the ground, and the spiritual power came from the jade statue.

It was a jade statue of a woman. He lifted the jade statue up and found that it was a beautiful young woman with her hands raised flat, her palms up, her eyes slightly downcast, and she was staring at the direction of her hands with a smile.

Sure enough, there were people living here before, he thought to himself, looking at the desolation around him, he suddenly felt a sense of bleakness in his heart.

Everything was destroyed, leaving only this ancient stone chamber.He noticed the spiritual power in the jade statue, and guessed that the jade must be spiritual material, so he resisted the force that destroyed this area.Although there is not much spiritual power in it at this time, it should not be underestimated. This jade is originally a good carrier.

He was able to forge several magic treasures, he was moved, but quickly lost his mind, thinking: Jade statues are mostly used for sacrifices, to pray to the ancestors, although no one lives here, it is hard to guarantee that there will be descendants alive here If I destroy it elsewhere, wouldn't it completely cut off the blessings of this place.

"Nearly committed a crime." He said to himself.

Then, as if to make up for the sin of that thought, he took out the veil, and carefully wiped off the dust like the elders of the clan did when they were children, and finally, his eyes fell on the pair of Pinto's hands.

What should have been put there, he looked around again, and finally found a jade sword under a shattered wall.

He put the sword into the hand of the jade statue, only to hear a light ding, and the sword stopped firmly in the palm of the jade statue, exactly.

Looking at those eyes staring at the sword in his palm, he suddenly felt that everything was predestined.

I am a sword cultivator, and I happen to be holding a jade statue of a sword, what a wonderful word——

So he took a few steps back, bowed respectfully to the jade statue, and carefully covered the stone chamber so as not to be corroded by the flowing fire, and then left.

He didn't notice that a ray of spiritual power floated out of the stone room and attached to his sword.