On the seventh day of February, in early spring, it is the time when new branches sprout, and it is warm and cold.

On the dragon goose Daze, the fairy sound is stacked, the smoke waves are steaming clouds, the spiritual light is gathered, floating in the air, there is a white-clothed female cultivator standing on the river bank holding the qin, and the soap-robed boy rings the bell and hits the chime, this is the disciple of the islands to send Huo, Zhong, and Luo to the sword fighting puja.

After the three of them burned incense and prayed in front of the mountain gate, they suddenly heard a wild goose cry in the sky, loud and pleasant, and they all looked up.

Huo Xuan looked at the sky for a while and said, "Jiang Bing has just solved the problem, and it is time for me to return to the south of the wild goose." ”

Zhong Muqing and Luo Qingyu both nodded yes.

The three of them said goodbye to their fellow disciples, each went on a chariot, took the disciples with them, and went out of the mountain gate.

In front of them are three white Jiao to open the way, behind them there are maids and maids palm fairy lanterns, holding treasure beads, waving fans, outlining treasure light runes, the rest of them take cloud rafts, hundreds of golis driving flying boats on both wings, dense with mist, golden rainbow spread out to more than ten miles away.

This trip does not go straight to the place where the sword fights, but also to go around Donghuazhou, stop for a while at many small sects, and only after building up enough momentum will he go there.

This group first arrived at the Blue Blood Pool, which is now entrenched by the family, and after a few polite words, they went on the road again.

After a cup of tea, I arrived in front of the deep stream of Delang Lake.

Miao Kun, the master of the mansion here, was waiting outside with a few Mingqi disciples, he raised his glass and saluted, and said, "I wish the three masters and nephews a smooth journey." ”

Huo, Zhong, and Luo each returned the salute on the flying car.

Although Miao Kun is not one of the top ten disciples, and his cultivation is not more than a turning pill, he is a registered disciple of the head of Qin, and they can't be rude.

The three of them did not stop here, and after passing, they walked for another moment. It's already before the Zhaoyun Heavenly Pool.

At this moment, there were clouds churning in this pillar-like mountain, and the wind was swirling, Huo Xuan stood up, took two steps, looked forward, and saw Zhang Yan leading a group of disciples on the clouds, waiting there. Then he pointed and said, "Senior Brother Zhang also came out to send me off." ”

Luo Qingyu looked at the group of disciples standing behind him and said, "Senior Brother Zhang, these disciples are outstanding. ”

Only Zhong Muqing did not speak.

When they got a little closer, the three of them all arched their hands from afar, and Zhang Yan also smiled and returned the salute.

Wei Zihong looked at the vast pomp and circumstance of the clouds rolling, couldn't help but feel agitated in his heart, and asked, "Master, a few real people are already on the road, can I not move yet?"

Zhang Yan smiled faintly. Said: "Don't worry, you have to wait a few more days." ”

His branch is a shadow, and if it goes too early, it will make people guarded. It lost its original meaning.

After sending the three away. Zhang Yan returned to Deshui Mansion with a group of disciples, still meditating behind closed doors and not asking about foreign affairs.

Five days later, two winds came from outside, it was Zhang Boyan and Xu Daoren. Fang arrived in front of the mountain gate, and he was already aware of the mirror spirit. Because Zhang Yan had already confessed, he let them come without asking.

The servant welcomed the two to the inner hall on the second floor, served tea, and waited for a while, Zhang Yan walked into the hall and swept his eyes away. Said: "The two Taoist friends worked hard. ”

Zhang Boyan and Xu Daoren hurriedly got up, and after a salute. The three of them sat down.

Zhang Boyan and Xu Daoren glanced at each other, Xu Daoren coughed, and then spoke first: "Poor Dao was ordered by the lord of the mansion to go all the way to Chengyuan Gorge, and if he found a lot of Demon Sect eyeliner, they were all cooked easily, although there was a leak, but it was not a climate, it was only three or four days away from the sword, and then I wanted to hear any news, but I couldn't." ”

Chengyuan Gorge is where the sword fight is, and Zhang Yan ordered Xu and Zhang to check to see if there is anything wrong, and then by the way, find out who the disciples of the Demon Sect who came to the sword fight this time are and what means they have.

Later, after experiencing Helian Wei's incident, Zhang Yan guessed that the disciples of the Demon Sect might have some arrangements on this journey to check their details, so he sent a flying book and ordered Xu Daoren to try to uproot it.

Xu Daoren has an invisible yin knife to help, he acts silently, and his Taoism is profound, and he is familiar with this matter, and he has searched out several hidden altars of all the Demon Sect one by one in less than a few months, but he is thoughtful and does not rush to do it.

If these people were eliminated early, it would be inevitable that the Demon Sect would send people again, or send Yuanying Zhenren to fight him, but he waited patiently until yesterday, when he suddenly attacked, and he had swept them all away in one night.

Xu Daoren said proudly: "The lord of the mansion is here, and no one can spy on it for half a minute." ”

Zhang Yan smiled and nodded, praised him a few words, then turned to look at Zhang Boyan, and said, "Zhang Daoyou can get something?"

Because Zhang Boyan was born in the Stygian Spring Sect, he did not force him to go with Xu Daoren, but only ordered him to continue to explore the land of the Demon Sect.

Zhang Boyan first bowed, then sighed, and said: "The old man returned to the mountain this time, among the younger disciples of my Demon Sect, there are really many more beautiful people. ”

There was both pride and embarrassment in his words, he had no news since he entered the small world, and he had not returned to the mountain gate for decades, and he had already lost his life in the door.

He secretly inquired and found that even the cave mansion where he had cultivated had been taken in by a senior brother.

Simply because he has been wandering outside for many years, all the furniture is carried with him, and there are no disciples under him, but he has not lost anything.

After Zhang Boyan sighed, he put away his thoughts and said in a deep voice: "The lord of the mansion needs to be extra careful when he goes to fight swords. ”

Zhang Yan cheered up and said, "Please say it to Daoyou." ”

Xu Daoren also listened attentively, and this time he also had to go with Zhang Yan, and these people might not be met by his own family.

Zhang Boyan said slowly: "The old man thinks that Yan Huixin, a disciple of the Nine Spirits Sect, the master of the mansion needs to be careful, this person has many doppelgangers and acts secretly, even if he is a fellow disciple, he doesn't know what the other real bodies are, although this person has a great reputation, but when he asks about the details, no one knows." ”

Zhang Yan nodded slowly, he had dealt with the disciples of the Nine Spirit Sect a few times.

On the same day, he entered Qingcun Mountain with him, and Zuihou took Zhizu's Dong Jinzi was one, and Cai Deyan, who later stole the wolf king spring and the body, was another, both of them were from this sect, and their cultivation was unfathomable and difficult to guess.

Zhang Boyan continued: "There is another person, that is the Blood Spirit Sect Gao Ruoforget, this is also a difficult character, the old man once fought with the Fa, because the Huangquan Escape Fa had not been practiced at that time, but it fell behind. However, a hundred years have passed, presumably he has improved his deeds, and if he meets him again, the old man will probably not be able to compare. ”

He didn't shy away from his defeat, and he said it bluntly, and he seemed very calm.

Zhang Yan saw Zhang Boyan and Taiheng Ancestor fighting each other back then, and knew that although his magic skills were not necessarily very powerful, his fighting experience was rare and few people could match, and this person could win against Zhang Boyan, so he should be very careful.

When Zhang Boyan said this, he stood up and arched his hand: "The disciple of the Hun Cheng Sect this time is named Lu Muqiu, I have never heard of this old man, presumably the newly married disciple, as for the remaining three disciples, because of the tight cover-up, the old man could not inquire about it. ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said: "It's okay, it is already the work of Taoist friends to know the affairs of these three people." ”

At this time, Xu Daoren interjected and asked a few words, and found that even if Zhang Boyan himself was a member of the Demon Sect, he knew very little about these people.

This is not that he deliberately concealed it, but that the disciples of the Demon Sect had already hidden their own strength very deeply, and no one knew what their true means were, and they could usually only be inferred from the magic powers in their sects.

However, along with the Demon Tribulation, the aura in the Demon Cave has increased greatly, and many powerful demonic skills that have been secretly passed down thousands of years ago can also be practiced, so this method is not very effective.

Xu Daoren turned a few more thoughts, and said with a smile to Zhang Boyan: "Why didn't Zhang Daoyou mention your Stygian Spring Sect?

Zhang Boyan sneered and said: "Old Dao Xu, you don't come to arrange me, there is nothing bad to say, although I haven't asked who my Stygian Spring Sect is going to the sword fighting festival, but most of them will be the wind and ocean, if you are in terms of generation, this person is my nephew, and his cultivation is far better than mine, and now I don't know where his cultivation has been." ”

Xu Daoren didn't believe it, pointed at him and said with a smile: "Zhang Daoyou's ability is poor, but you are suspected of boasting about it." ”

Zhang Boyan seemed to disdain to argue, and said lightly: "I'll only say one thing, do you know Shaoqing Sect Class Shaoming?"

Xu Daoren frowned, and then thought that he remembered something, and said solemnly: "This kind of person, how can Poor Dao not know? This person is the junior disciple of Qingchenzi, I heard that the sixteen factions fought swords last time, if it wasn't for this person who had no news for no reason, he should have gone to the sword fighting festival, and then Qi Yuntian and Qingchenzi had a good battle, which made the reputation of the two of them. ”

Zhang Boyan smiled and said: "What is the news, I will tell you now, it was him and my nephew Feng Haiyang Fighting Method, after fighting for a day and night, he was killed by my nephew under the Five Peerless Peaks, devouring flesh and blood, and even Yuan Ling never escaped, so he never went to the Sword Fighting Festival, but he was afraid that the Shaoqing faction would go crazy afterwards and find trouble with my Stygian Spring Sect, so he covered up this matter, even if it is a monk in my sect, few people know about it." ”

Xu Daoren gasped and said, "Really?"

That class of Shaoming was a famous figure back then, and he had reached the realm of Yuanying after more than 160 years of cultivation, and what he practiced was the sword in the three veins of Shaoqing, and when he fought fiercely with the enemy, he could show thousands of sword lights, overwhelming, unstoppable, arrogant and noble, and was the first person in the sixteen factions of that generation of disciples, but he didn't expect to die in the hands of the wind and the ocean.

Xu Daoren touched the cold sweat on his head, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Zhang Lao Mo, such a powerful character, why didn't he disappear from the previous sword fight?"

Although he is not a Donghuazhou monk, he also knows the sixteen factions of sword fighting, and always sends out the most powerful disciples in his own generation.

Zhang Boyan sneered and remained silent.

Zhang Yan smiled slightly, and said: "It must be that the six sects of the Demon Gate planned for the present dynasty hundreds of years ago, so Taoguang raised obscurity, and never took the heroes in the sect into battle." ”

The Demon Sect has been suppressed by the Xuanmen for thousands of years, and if the strength is exposed too early, those disciples may be eliminated by the Xuanmen first.

Zhang Yan's eyes flashed, and he knew very well in his heart that this sword fight was different from the past, it was the first head-to-head confrontation between the Xuanmen and the Demon Sect since the Demon Tribulation, and the people he wanted for a while were probably all characters who had been hidden by the Six Sects of the Demon Sect for hundreds of years.

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...... (To be continued.) )