Yanagi Xiongba sighed softly: "I won't tell you, I learned those military books back then, and I really learned the art of war after I saved it, and the heart of a famous person, but the more I read the history books of war, the more I knew that after being in a high position, it was easy to bring death to myself, I have been fighting in the East for a hundred years, and it is far from being solved by fighting, my Yanagi family has been a famous swordsman for generations, if you really choose to be a master, regardless of success or failure, it is possible to bring death to your family, so the more you look at these, The more ambitions are returned to the dust, cangxing, haven't you noticed, and then I rarely read these military books, but I have more martial arts with you. ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "I thought you had finished reading these military books, but at that time I also talked to you about the art of war, your understanding and knowledge of the military books are above me, and now that we have decided to raise troops to eliminate violence, then we naturally have to use these military books and tactics, the Ming Dynasty's armed forces are weak, and Liu Yu relies on half of the Southern Dynasty to almost dominate the world God of War, with his art of war, he will definitely be able to break through in the future." ”

Liu Sheng Xiongba smiled slightly: "Cangxing, have you thought about what will happen after you conquer the world in the future, if you destroy the Demon Sect, kill Yan Shifan, and overthrow the faint monarch, are you willing to give up in the face of the throne that is within reach?" ”

Li Cangxing's eyes became dim: "Brother Liu Sheng, I didn't raise troops to seize the throne, only for revenge, but also for the sake of the common people in the world. It is still the Demon Sect that is my mortal enemy, and it is impossible to completely eliminate it, so it is in the country. I have to take this road, as for what will happen after the success of the army, I haven't thought much about it now, but I don't want to sit in that position myself, maybe I can let the honest and honest ministers discuss it when the time comes, and find another virtuous lord from the Zhu clan to take the throne. ”

Yanagi Xiongba laughed: "Cangxing, are you really sure you want this?" I've heard that. The current faint monarch was also elected by the important ministers in this way. ”

Li Cangxing's eyes flashed with coldness: "So even if I retire, I must keep something like Taizu's tips." In order to restrain the imperial power, if the emperor is like Jiajing and acts recklessly, for the sake of disaster, there will naturally be righteous people to gather volunteers. overturning it. ”

Yanagi Xiongba sighed: "Cangxing." Do you know that if you, as the leader of the volunteers, really conquer the world, how can you retreat when you want to? Even if you have the heart to go, how will your brothers, the important ministers and generals who follow you to settle down, how can they be willing to obey the orders of a new emperor? ”

Li Cangxing shook his head. Zhengse said: "It's too early to say this, let's take a step at a time." My heart didn't think of that position, and my only wish in this life was to avenge my master and destroy the Demon Sect, as well as the faint monarch and traitors behind the Demon Sect. ”

Yanagi Xiongba nodded, stood up, and said with a smile: "Okay, since I came from the East this time, I will definitely help you to the end, while Pei Wenyuan and they haven't come yet, let's learn martial arts first." ”

Li Cangxing smiled and got up and said, "I can't ask for it." ”

The vast desert, the yellow sand of Haohan, the two figures of one black and one blue are as fast as lightning, and the two true qi of red and white wrap the two figures, suddenly separated and combined, the blades in the hands of the two people are with the sound of wind and thunder, the dragon roars and the tiger roars, between the intersecting blades, the internal force is agitated, and even the air is distorted and deformed, on the sand dunes where they pass, the internal force of the two people blows up small pits one by one, and from a distance, it seems that two tornadoes are raging in this boundless yellow sand desert.

The two figures intersected, and with a burst of drinking, the Muramasa Demon Knife and the Dragon Slaying Knife struck each other twenty-three times in a row, bursting out with pieces of electric sparks in the air, and the sand around the two of them was a square square of sand, like a thousand catties of gunpowder exploding, and the sand and dust that rushed to the sky were raised to cover the clouds and the sun, and in the huge sandstorm, not a single qiē could no longer be seen.

With two long whistles, two figures, one black and one blue, came out of the dust, each falling more than ten zhang away, but it was Li Cangxing and Liu Sheng Xiongba, the battle spirit around the two gradually dissipated, and the light on the blade in their hands gradually dissipated, the four eyes were facing each other, the cold lightning flashed, and suddenly the two of them laughed out loud: "Hahahahaha, happy, happy!" ”

Liu Sheng Xiongba slowly put the shining Muramasa Demon Knife into the sheath in a dashing manner, and said in a deep voice: "Cangxing, your martial arts have improved a lot, it seems that you who put down women and specialize in martial arts have really made rapid progress, and I am addicted to my family, and I am lagging behind you!" ”

Li Cangxing shook his head with a smile, while also shrinking the dragon slaying knife to about three feet, putting it into the sharkskin scabbard, and replied: "Liu Sheng, the Demon Sword Village is indeed a human divine soldier, and only a master like you can control it, your martial arts are much higher than back then, if it weren't for the fact that I haven't put down my efforts all these years, I'm afraid that I would have been injured under your Heavenly Wind God Blade Moon Slash just now." ”

Yanagi Xiongba looked at the openings in his clothes that had been cut, and frowned: "Cangxing, how can your hard skills in protecting your body be so powerful, and my sword qi can't hurt you even half a point?" ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly: "This is called the Thirteen Taibao Henglian, it is the guardian of Jinyiwei's housekeeping and body protection skills, Lu Bing taught me this skill in order to show me grace, and I have been protected by this magic skill, and I have escaped death many times over the years." ”

Liu Sheng Xiongba sighed: "I Oriental knife technique, too rigid and easy to break, although pay attention to the invincible domineering attack power, but ignore the protection of themselves, once you meet you is a master of attack and defense, in the end it will not hurt you, now with you, within three hundred moves, I will have the upper hand, when a thousand moves, it is a tie, when I hit three thousand moves, I will be defeated, is the difference of this staying power." ”

Li Cangxing said with a straight face: "Liu Sheng, your sword technique consumes too much internal force, and I can also faintly feel that your demon knife is too evil, when I first fought against you, that yin and evil qi made me very uncomfortable, it seems that the wolf battle qi of my body protection cannot resist the erosion of this evil qi, if I don't practice the thirteen Taibao horizontal exercises, the muscles around my body are as hard as iron." I'm afraid that the evil wind has entered the body, and I will lose my strength and defeat if I fight. ”

Yanagi nodded: "That's why I said before I competed with you, once I feel unwell." I immediately stopped my hand, this village is a demon knife is extremely evil, I can barely control it when I first take it, the resentful spirit in the knife is very terrible, and I have to drink human blood every once in a while, so even when I am cultivating in the mountains, I have to go out of the mountain every month to kill some thieves and evil parties. On the one hand, it is necessary to eliminate harm for the people, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to raise the resentful spirits in the knife, otherwise the knife will eat itself. ”

Li Cangxing thought of the evil sword spirit in his Mo Evil Sword. sighed: "There are some ancient evil spirits and the like in the blades of the divine soldiers, but fortunately, my dragon slaying knife only likes dragon blood, I only need to drain some blood to stabilize this knife." But Yagyu. If you can't kill anyone. What will happen to you with this knife? Is it really like the legendary control of your mind, which makes you a murderer? ”

Liu Sheng Xiongba's sword eyebrows raised: "I won't let this happen, if there is no wicked person to kill, I will also drip blood to feed the resentful spirits in the knife, and I will never let him control my mind and come out to harm people." And you also know our Oriental knife technique, in addition to learning from you, it is the knife that comes out of the sheath directly. In addition to hitting thousands of moves, the knife is usually in the sheath. From the knife to the sheath, it is a murder, as long as it is exposed to the outside for a day, the knife will be much safer. ”

Li Cangxing suddenly thought of something, and frowned: "Liu Sheng, have you ever heard of any ultimate magic skills?" ”

Liu Sheng Xiongba's mouth repeated these four words twice, and his eyes lit up: "But that evil magic skill that has been lost for a long time in your Central Plains martial arts?" ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "Yes, that mysterious black robe, as well as Yan Shifan's master and apprentice, can use this evil art, and it will be like your demon knife Muramasa, which will make you feel the evil qi entering your body, and it will be difficult for the internal force to operate while fighting, and even the blood seems to be coagulated." ”

Liu Sheng Xiongba said with a smile: "This demon sword Muramasa is because of the resentful spirits in the knife and the ghost qi absorbed after killing countless people, and this cold and piercing chill is not the same as the ultimate magic skill, but if someone practices martial arts to the point where they can achieve the effect of this demon sword Muramasa with their own skills, or even stronger, then they are really masters among masters, and I am curious about how such evil skills can be practiced." ”

The corners of Li Cangxing's mouth hooked: "I heard that the method of practicing this evil skill is extremely inhumane, and you need to use the technique of collecting and replenishing to obtain the blood of the girl Tianhua, as well as all kinds of evil arts." Thinking of this, he thought of Feng Wu, as Yan Shifan's wife, the reason why he hated and feared Yan Shifan like that, but he was afraid that he had also been destroyed by Yan Shifan in this regard, and he couldn't help but feel a little more sympathy for this woman in his heart.

A look of disgust flashed on Yanagi Xiongba's face, and his scar raised: "It's really a living devil, and he deserves to be killed." ”

When the two were talking, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and it seemed that hundreds of horsemen were coming, Li Cangxing looked at it from a distance and said with a smile: "Don't worry about coming back, I didn't expect him to bring so many people." ”

Yanagi Xiongba looked at the hundreds of tents that had been temporarily erected around the Ping'an Inn, as well as dozens of horses and camels outside this temporary camp, and smiled slightly: "So you can set off tomorrow." ”

Li Cangxing let out a sigh of relief and looked up at the sun in the sky: "Yes, it's time to hit the road." ”

The desert under the moonlight, the night is as cold as water, Tie Zhentian is sitting on a sand dune in a black suit, the sand that is hot during the day, but it is as cold as ice at this time, but Tie Zhentian, who is nearly seventy years old, is not careful, sitting alone on the barren hill, smoking a big cigarette pouch, with the smoke rings in his mouth one by one, the obvious eagle hook nose and the two nasolabial folds on the side of the nose tell the sorrow in the heart of the old hero.

I don't know when, Li Cangxing sat next to Tie Zhentian, holding a sheepskin jacket in his hand: "Old Tie, it's cold in the desert, you better put it on." ”

Tie Zhentian put down the cigarette gun in his mouth, and his face showed a trace of displeasure: "Cangxing, do you think that I am old and useless, and I have to wear a coat when I come out at night?" ”

Li Cangxing smiled and shook his head: "No, it's just that there is no need to deliberately risk getting cold by proving yourself, you see me, I am in the prime of life, don't I also wear a sheepskin jacket." He said, gesturing to the leather jacket on his body.

Tie Zhentian laughed, took the sheepskin jacket, put it on his body, the moonlight was bright, he sighed: "Cangxing, you and that Feng Wu saved our Tiejiazhuang together, I thought you were a couple, but I couldn't think of ......"

Li Cangxing shook his head: "Old Tie." Don't mention the past, I mistakenly entered the Jinyi Guard and was deceived by Lu Bing. And Feng Wu is just a tool he uses to trap me, and he is just a hypocrisy to me. ”

Tie Zhentian shook his head: "No, Cangxing, you listen to me, Tie has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and he also had a lot of good looks when he was a teenager, whether a woman loves a man." I'm not blind in my eyes, and the Feng Wu eyes are clearly true to you. How did it get to this point? ”

A trace of loneliness flashed in Li Cangxing's eyes: "Lao Tie, maybe this Feng Wu is sincere to me, but she still has to obey her father in the end, and Lu Bing." It is an unscrupulous cold-blooded animal. Don't talk about her anymore. You said that Qu Caifeng joined the Demon Sect. But the facts? ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Tie Zhentian's eyes: "Can this still be fake?" Back then, the White Lotus Sect, the Hero Gate, the Wushan Sect and the Demon Sect joined forces to attack my Tiejiazhuang and kill hundreds of my Zhuang guests, if it wasn't for your all-out rescue back then, my Tiejiazhuang would have been finished long ago, and among several enemy leaders, Zhao Quan was dead. The accounts of the Heroes Gate Tartars will be calculated slowly in the future, as for Qu Caifeng of the Wushan faction. There were also her people who attacked my Tiejiazhuang back then, although she didn't show up directly, but I wouldn't end up with her so lightly. ”

"A few years ago, I heard that her Wushan faction was destroyed, I thought I had no chance to take revenge, hum, God lived up to me, let me know that she was in the Tianshan Mountains, I wanted to go to her for revenge, but I didn't expect that after the civil strife of the Demon Sect, Leng Tianxiong personally crossed the Tianshan Mountains and invited Qu Caifeng to join the Demon Sect, and the thief woman also joined, but she was disguised and disguised, and outsiders didn't know about it, but I heard it outside the cave of the thief mother-in-law, it was true."

Li Cangxing's heart sank, he knew best that Qu Caifeng would never really reconcile with Yan Shifan, and there was probably only one possibility to join the Demon Sect, that is, he wanted to hide his name and get close to Yan Shifan in order to take revenge. And Leng Tianxiong knew that Qu Caifeng and Yan Shifan had a deep blood feud, but he agreed to let her change her identity and join the Demon Sect, I don't know what her intentions were.

Li Cangxing shook his head: "Lao Tie, in fact, Miss Qu was also used by others back then, and she was deceived by others, so she went to attack Tiejiazhuang together, and when she learned the truth of the matter, she resolutely withdrew and turned against Yan Shifan, the traitor, and it was precisely because of this that the Wushan faction was eliminated." ”

Tie Zhentian's eyes widened in surprise: "How can this be? Isn't the Demon Demon Alliance sent by the Wushan Sect? And if Qu Caifeng had a feud with the Demon Sect and Yan Shifan, how could he agree to join the Demon Sect? ”

Li Cangxing's eyes were blazing: "Lao Tie, about Miss Qu joining the Demon Sect, don't mention it to others, this matter is related to her life, I have dealt with Qu Caifeng in Jinyiwei for many years, and I can't be clearer about her affairs, the behavior of the Wushan Sect back then was planned by Yan Shifan, and it was not only the Demon League that participated in it, but also the Dongting Gang, the Demon Sect and Yan Shifan's personal guards were also hidden in the shadows." Therefore, Qu Caifeng's real enemy is Yan Shifan, she must have her own purpose in joining the Demon Sect, and I have to find a way to connect with her and ask for clarification on this point. ”

Tie Zhentian pondered for a moment and nodded: "Cangxing, I can trust you, you said that Qu Caifeng is a good person, then I will not seek revenge against her again, anyway, the Wushan faction is also finished, and the people who participated in the destruction of my village back then are afraid that they are long gone." If it weren't for you, my Tiejiazhuang would have been finished long ago, so what do you do, I, Tie Zhentian, will definitely swear to help. Say, what do you want us to do next? ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly: "Lao Tie, are you interested in going to the southeast with us to fight the Japanese invaders?" ”

In a temporary camp outside the Ping'an Inn, Bu Xi was in a separate tent with his eyes slightly closed, constantly knocking on the wooden fish in front of him, the night wind howled, blowing the curtain of his tent door kept shaking, and the light on the small table in front of him was also shaking with a hint of cold wind.

Bu Wu slowly opened his eyes, did not look back, and said lightly: "Cangxing, since you are here, why don't you come in and sit?" ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Li Cangxing walked in with two jars of wine, sat down cross-legged beside him, opened the sealing mud of a wine jar, and the aroma of July fire filled the entire tent.

Bu Wei smiled slightly: "Cangxing, do you want the poor monk to break the drinking ring?" ”

Li Cangxing shook his head with a smile, looked at the layer of fine fluff that had grown lightly on his head, sighed, and said: "The difficulty of Baoxiang Temple is not your responsibility, you have done your best, you don't need to be so guilty." ”

There was a sad look in his eyes, which was fleeting: "Cangxing, you don't know, watching my senior brothers, uncles, and masters for many years die in front of them one by one, but they are powerless to save them, what a lot of pain it is!" And now, I can only endure humiliation and steal my life, if it weren't for your help, I'm afraid that I won't even have a chance to take revenge on the Demon Sect in this life. ”

Li Cangxing patted the shoulder that was not worried: "In fact, the difficulty of Baoxiang Temple is still to blame the commander, if it weren't for his ghost and confusion, he didn't enter the right path, but he tried to befriend the Demon Sect Leng Tianxiong, help him take the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, and lure the wolf into the room, how could there be such a catastrophe, Leng Tianxiong has always had the intention of annexing the martial arts, how could he help others become the leader of the martial arts alliance?" ”

Don't worry gritted his teeth and said: "The enmity of the master, you must not revenge, back then, my uncle also tried to persuade him, but the first master insisted on going his own way, Cangxing, this time you said that you can take revenge on the Demon Sect, I will come immediately, this time I also found more than 300 senior brothers scattered everywhere, everyone will listen to you, you say, how to do it with the Demon Sect?" ”

Li Cangxing smiled and opened the sealing mud of another jar of wine: "Chat while drinking." (To be continued......)