Yu Hongchen

Shang Lixing held him tightly, came to the study room, took out a piece of thick yellow paper that was pressed under the letter, and raised it to his eyes: "Look!"

Xie Liuchen recognized the formation diagram of the Five Elements Sword Formation drawn by Shang Lixing before, but compared to the scribbled prototype of that day, the current version has hundreds of intricate lines and incomprehensible strange characters.

Xie Liuchen was surprised: "Ah! The sword formation is completed?"

Shang Lixing's eyes stayed on the formation diagram: "Well, how to use it to deal with Fu Changning, all I can think of is this sword formation. I've thought so hard about it. The sword formation is now completed here, and it's only the last step."

"What's wrong?"

Shang Lixing said: "To perform the Five Elements Sword Formation, five sword cultivators are required to help out in Wulu. Now I have two candidates in my mind, and the remaining three have not been found yet."

"Two? Who are they?" Xie Liuchen asked.

"One is you, and the other is He Suwu. Both of you are sword cultivators, and they are the two with the most pure sword intent in Qiushuimen, so the first thing I think of is you two. Although He Suwu is scattered Xiu, but his 'Li Xue Nineteen Swords' is a rare opponent, your sword heart is the most stable, and it is also very suitable for performing sword formations. As for the remaining three—" He said with some distress at this point, "It's easy to find a sword cultivator with pure sword intent, but it's hard to find if five of them have the same level of cultivation and have a good understanding with the other four—"

Xie Liuchen pushed him excitedly: "Brother Shang, you can go to Yunshan Sword Sect for help! There are tens of thousands of disciples under Yunshan Sword Sect, and you can just find a few!"

"That's the only way to go," Shang Lixing wasn't absolutely sure whether the Five Elements Sword Formation could deal with Fu Changning. He didn't want to mobilize his troops so much, but if the hidden dangers were not eliminated, Silu would have no peace. He thought Thinking, he said, "When I finish drawing the sword formation, I will go to the important person of Wan Ning, um, you will come with me when the time comes."

In the end, the two decided to borrow someone from Yunshan Jianzong.

When Xiang Wanning heard about their intentions, he immediately sent an order to carefully select a hundred disciples who had cultivated sword intent from tens of thousands of Yunshan disciples, and line them up in the main hall of Xuanhe Peak, waiting for Shang Lixing to select them.

The success or failure of the sword formation this time all depends on the five sword cultivators. Therefore, the selection conditions are very strict. They must go through the rigorous examination of Shang Lixing, and must be matched with Xie Liuchen and He Suowu. Jianyi, only He Qiyi was selected after three days.

The remaining more than 100 people were picked by Shanglihang, but they were not very satisfied.

Xiang Wanning suggested: "Brother Shang, why don't you let me go out?"

Shang Lixing shook his head: "With your cultivation base and sword intent, you can indeed be one of the leaders, but you are the leader of the majestic faction. If the demons lead the army to attack Nanling, the disciples of Yunshan will still need you to command .”

Xiang Wanning is still insisting: "The demons may not necessarily appear at this time."

"It's hard to say, although the head of the demon clan was captured by me, Beilu will attack again at any time," Shang Lixing said, "You have to guard the entire sect, and you have a heavy responsibility, so I didn't think about it from the beginning to the end." you."

Xiang Wanning felt ashamed for not being able to help Shang Lixing, but Shang Lixing said: "Junior Sister Sect Master, don't worry, the matter of the sword formation is not in a hurry, I can go to other sects to find suitable fighters."

At this time, a male disciple slowly walked up from the foot of the mountain, he passed through the group of disciples, walked out from the crowd, and said to several people on the stage: "Senior brother Shang, the master, let me try it."

Xiang Wanning raised her eyes and saw that it was Fang Jinglin. She said disapprovingly, "Junior Fang's heart is not stable. He has been in the bottleneck of breaking through for many years, so he is not suitable for battle."

Fang Jinglin has been unable to break through in these years, and his heart has changed a lot. All the disciples in the sect know about this, so Xiang Wanning didn't count him among the disciples who were qualified to be shortlisted. Who would have thought that this person turned his head and went to Zhengfeng by himself? , Take the initiative to ask to go out.

Fang Jinglin's face was a little pale, and a pair of bloodshot eyes met Xiang Wanning, and said slowly: "Senior Sister, I want to try it."

"It's been said that your sword heart is unstable and you shouldn't be in battle. You insist on joining, aren't you hindering others?" Xiang Wanning said, turning to the other two people on the stage, "Thank you, brother Shang, help me I advise him."

Xie Liuchen shook his head, but did not give an affirmative answer.

Shang Lixing is also in deep thought.

Unexpectedly, He Qi who was standing in the front row of disciples was the first to express his opinion. He cupped his hands towards Xiang Wanning, and said: "Master Fang, Senior Brother Fang has been regressing in recent years. He is far from my opponent, and my disciples also think that he is not suitable to join us."

Hearing that, Fang Jinglin's face turned even paler, he suddenly turned his head, and stared at He Qi fiercely: "Okay... good you He Qi...you—"

Seeing that the two disciples were about to draw their swords again, Xiang Wanning spoke out to stop the tension between the two, and asked Shang Lixing in a low voice, "Senior Brother Shang, what do you think?"

Shang Lixing was silent for a moment, and looked at Fang Jinglin in the audience: "Well, you can give it a try."

"Senior brother—" Xiang Wanning called out with some displeasure.

Shang Lixing said: "It's okay, the matter has not yet reached the most urgent time, and there is still time to change people when the time comes."

He walked down the high platform of the main hall of Xuanhe Peak, walked slowly in front of all the disciples, first cast a glance at He Qi, who was bowing his head and saying nothing, then walked up to Fang Jinglin in a few steps, and asked, "Do you know, I What is the purpose of setting up the Five Elements Sword Array?"

"I know, in order to kill a mysterious but extremely powerful figure."

"Are you confident?"

Fang Jinglin raised his head, his eyes dodged, and his chapped lips trembled slightly: "Senior Brother Shang, I will try my best."

"Okay." Shang Lixing said, "I'll give you a chance."

The candidates to participate in the battle were finally determined to be He Qi and Fang Jinglin, so there was only one last candidate left.Shang Lixing gave some instructions to the two of them, and said to Xie Liuchen who was standing aside: "Junior Brother Xie, you go to Qiushuimen with the two of them first."

Xie Liuchen didn't understand what he was going to do in Yunshan Sword Sect, but he didn't ask any further questions, and nodded: "Well, I'll wait for you."

After he left with He Qi and Fang Jinglin, Xiang Wanning knew that Shang Lihang had something to ask her, so he ordered all the disciples to retreat and followed him to the main hall.

Shang Lixing turned his back to her, and asked in puzzlement, "How did he become like this?" Fang Jinglin in the past was lively, active, and eloquent, and he was completely different from the emaciated sword cultivator now.

Xiang Wanning sighed: "Brother Shang, Wan Ning is not very clear, and I don't know when it started, Junior Brother Fang's temper has become more and more weird, and his cultivation has not improved. Just now Senior Brother asked him to help set up the sword array , I have 1 worries in my heart."

Shang Lixing said: "Don't worry, Junior Brother Fang may have xinxing fluctuations due to problems with his cultivation. I will guide him well during his stay at Qiushuimen."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly changed the subject: "I called you here because I wanted to tell you one thing. I have found the truth about the death of Sect Master Qingyang."

Xiang Wanning asked in surprise, "What?"

Shang Lixing said: "The person who manipulates behind the scenes is the target of this trip-Fu Changning." Then, he briefly explained his previous experience with Xie Liuchen in Zhoujia Village.

Xiang Wanning was silent for a long time after listening, and said angrily, "Who is this Fu Changning?"

Shang Lixing said: "This person's cultivation base is unfathomable. If he hadn't been hit by me in the sea of ​​knowledge and lived in seclusion for 50 years, I'm afraid it would be even more difficult to deal with now. I set up the sword array to punish him. Kill this person, but to be honest, I am not sure of victory."

"But we should try it," Xiang Wanning said in a deep voice, "Senior Brother Shang, for the sake of Master Qingyang, the Yunshan Sword Sect will do their best to help you with the sword formation!"

Shang Lixing nodded slowly, paused, and said: "The establishment of the sword array needs to be done in secret for the time being, and the Demon Race is also being held hostage, so I'm not worried about Fu Changning doing something suddenly," he frowned slightly He raised his eyebrows, "Now, apart from Fang Jinglin, I'm worried about Junior Brother Xie."

Xiang Wanning asked doubtfully, "Junior Brother Xie, what's wrong with him? I think he's fine."

Shang Lixing said in a sad voice: "This silly boy is afraid that I will find out something, and he has been avoiding me recently. I am very worried whether he has done something to apologize to me."

……

And the last candidate was confirmed after Qu Kongqing came to Qiushuimen.

Qu Kongqing came to Qiushuimen to look for Ji Qing. He heard that Shang Lixing was looking for him, so he stepped into the meeting room he had never been to in a daze. He patted his chest cheerfully and said, "I can join."

After he readily agreed, he put on a shy face and said embarrassedly: "Then the head of the business sect said something nice for me in front of Ji Qing, and let him meet me?"

Shang Lixing was dumbfounded when he heard the words, shook his head and smiled for a moment: "I don't care about the affairs between you, Ji Qing doesn't want to see you, and has no right to interfere too much."

Qu Kongqing said in his heart, that's all I said, I really didn't dare to intercede for me, but I thought that as long as I agreed to go out, I would have more time to stay in Qiushuimen, and then I didn't see Ji Qing anymore See you down?

He firmly agreed.

After that, the five sword cultivators of the Five Elements Sword Formation were determined to live in Qiushuimen, and they gathered together all day long to practice the sword formation under the guidance of Shang Lixing.

Because he was worried about Fu Changning's monitoring, he deployed the back move in advance, so the news of the sword array practice did not spread, and the casual cultivators in the door did not know much about it.

Several people specially went to the back mountain to open a secluded place with green water and green mountains to provide a place for sword practice. Shang Lixing, as the person who painted the formation, controlled the progress of sword practice in the audience. Yang Sheng assisted.

On the other hand, Danwu also often travels between Shushuimen and Hokuriku Arago.He was determined to defeat Zhong Lian from the Demon Race, and he also said that knowing oneself and knowing the enemy could win every battle, so most of the time when he came to Qiushuimen stayed in Zhong Lian's locked room.

The casual cultivator in the door is very puzzled, these two people are really strange, they are clearly enemies who hate each other, every time they meet, they will be beaten to death, but they always stay together.

The progress of sword practice has repeatedly stagnated.As usual, Xie Liuchen couldn't fully unleash his sword intent, which often slowed down everyone's progress.Holding the Xiuming sword, he bumped into bumps and bumps. He Suowu deliberately knocked down the Xiuming sword several times, and he was looked at strangely by the rest of the people.

He was full of melancholy thoughts, and the hand holding the sword became heavier and heavier. As the time of sword practice passed, he wanted to reveal the truth desperately.But every time he was swept by Shang Lixing's non-cold gaze, his words would always be swallowed back.

After finishing the sword practice that day, the progress was delayed again, Shang Lixing ordered everyone to rest for a while with a worried face, and swept towards Xie Liuchen's direction.

When Xie Liuchen touched his eyes, he knew that he saw his powerlessness in his eyes.He looked away a little guilty.

Unexpectedly, Shang Lixing put his scrutiny on Fang Jinglin: "Junior Brother Fang, what's the matter with you?"

Xie Liuchen also looked over.

Fang Jinglin's head was covered with sweat, and the hand holding the sword was shaking like it was about to be dislocated.He was shaken by Shang Lixing's call, and after a long time, he lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm fine."

Shang Lixing stared at Fang Jinglin for a while, Fang said: "Okay, let's practice here first. Tomorrow we will practice the five-element-unity sword move."

He Suowu and the others scattered and retreated. Fang Jinglin also took a peek around and left the back mountain with his head bowed.

After Shang Lixing waited for everyone to leave, he went straight to Xie Liuchen, who had erratic eyes, and said, "Come with me."

After finishing speaking, he paused for a while, then turned around and walked towards the back mountain and river with his hands behind his back.Xie Liuchen looked up at his straight back, and a feeling of fear suddenly spread in his heart.

He retracted the sword, and followed in surprise and fear.

Walking to the river, Shang Lixing turned around and fixedly looked at him who was following him: "Junior Brother Xie, who did you meet in Beilu?"