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Chapter 259 The Sword and the Hero

After Meng Xiuyuan left Li Clan's boat, he didn't stay in Pengcheng any longer, and headed southwest all the way, with the goal of going straight to Wudang Mountain.

Just because at this moment, it is indeed time to go back.

Not only is the one-year appointment with Shi Long approaching, but he himself also feels that he needs to find a clean place to meditate for a while.

When Li Shimin and Li Xiuning talked about persuading Li Yuan to rebel on the boat, Meng Xiuyuan understood that the most chaotic time of this era was about to begin.

The collapse of the Sui Dynasty, the chaos of warlords, and the chaos of the people are just around the corner.

To set foot in such a chaotic world, Meng Xiuyuan felt that with his current martial arts cultivation, it still seemed a bit insecure.

It's not that he was too cautious, but after the battle with the other side last night, Meng Xiuyuan finally got a glimpse of the leopard and understood the magic of martial arts in this world.

Martial artists who seem to live up to this level, although they can be regarded as long-established masters, are far from the great masters of martial arts such as "Sanren" Ning Daoqi, "Master Yijian" Fu Cailin, and "Wu Zun" Bi Xuan. , there is still a long way to go.

And even such a person who is not considered the top can suppress Meng Xiuyuan to a large extent in terms of reaction, prediction, insight, etc., so that when the "basic attributes" such as physical body and skill are completely crushed, Support fled for a long time.

Obviously, this is the advantage brought by the so-called "spiritual realm".

At this moment, Meng Xiuyuan has already provoked such giants of the Yin Gui Sect, so if he wants to act according to his heart and without scruples in this arena, he naturally shouldn't have such a shortcoming.

Otherwise, when facing the truly top-notch masters, it may be difficult to be sure, one against many.

He wants to do his part in this troubled world, so it is safe to have the martial arts that can preserve himself under any circumstances.

……

From Pengcheng to Wudang Mountain, it takes about one or two thousand miles.

Originally, according to common sense, it should be the most convenient route to take the Grand Canal-Yangtze River-Han River by water.But for safety's sake, Meng Xiuyuan finally chose to walk by land.

After all, the Yingui faction is in the dark, and Meng Xiuyuan is in the light. If he doesn't want to hurt the villagers and Shilong on Wudang Mountain, he must get rid of the prying and tracking of the demon sect on the road.

And the method is also very simple, that is, use your true energy, let go of your pace, and run wildly along the wilderness, mountains and cliffs.

Meng Xiuyuan is confident, with his true qi and physical strength at this moment, and when he performs lightness kung fu, even the demon from the Yin Gui sect will never catch up to him even if he switches to Baoju one after another.

In this way, in just a short time, Meng Xiuyuan returned to Wudang Mountain with a journey of dust.

In the early morning mist, Meng Xiuyuan floated up the mountain road, thinking about what the situation on the mountain would be like in a year.

Unexpectedly, before he reached the top of the mountain, he saw three familiar figures in the distance.

Looking intently, he saw that it was Shi Long who was leading Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to practice martial arts in an open field.Seeing that the two young men moved neatly and calmly, it was obvious that they already had quite a solid foundation.

"Brother Shi, congratulations, you have accepted two good apprentices..."

Meng Xiuyuan immediately smiled and said softly, flying and floating in front of the three of them.

Seeing a figure falling from the sky, the three of them subconsciously placed themselves in a defensive posture for the first time, and then realized that they looked at Meng Xiuyuan and exclaimed:

"Young Master Meng..." "Hero Meng!"

Seeing the surprise in the three people's eyes, Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel warm. He smiled and was about to answer, but he heard a sudden noise in the forest not far away.

"What's the matter, but the enemy has attacked the mountain?!"

"I said, this peaceful day won't last forever..."

"Shut up and line up neatly!"

Immediately, dozens of strong and strong men came out of the forest, all wearing wooden armor and holding long spears, their movements were very agile.

After careful identification, it turned out that they were all villagers who had been taken in by Meng Xiuyuan on the mountain before.

"Brother Shi, is this also your handwriting?"

Meng Xiuyuan looked at these strong men who obviously had traces of training, and subconsciously asked Shi Long.

Shi Long turned his head and glanced at those Xiangyong who came rushing over, first he sneered, and then he replied to Meng Xiuyuan:
"Young Master Meng misunderstood, I dare not take credit for this...

If you have to say it, it should be your own handwriting. "

Hearing this, Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help being taken aback.

……

Those Xiangyong saw Meng Xiuyuan's face clearly, and the misunderstanding was naturally resolved.

Dozens of people came here full of murderous spirits, and returned happily. They ran to the top of the mountain with their feet wide open, and told the villagers to prepare well, and held a banquet to welcome the return of Meng Xiuyuan, the "big benefactor".

Meng Xiuyuan and Shi Longzui walked and chatted at the back, gradually clarifying the matter.

It turned out that when Shilong, Kou, and Xu arrived at Wudang Mountain a year ago, the "civilian protection group" on this mountain had already begun to take shape. If the two sides had not communicated in time and both mentioned Meng Xiuyuan's name, they almost started fighting.

"No, I remember that I just taught a few young people casually.

How could there be such a large scale and so many people in such a short period of time? "

Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help feeling a little puzzled when he heard Shi Long say this.

Seeing that Meng Xiuyuan was really concerned about this matter, Shi Long explained in detail after recalling it carefully for a moment:

"I don't have much contact with these villagers on weekdays, and I haven't asked them personally. It's just that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are relatively familiar with these people and vaguely mentioned them to me.

It is said that before we came, two or three waves of bandits came to the mountain to harass.

Relying on the martial arts you taught and the true energy you left behind, these villagers killed all those bandits and seized some silver and property.

The villagers both tasted the sweetness and felt the threat, so they spontaneously organized and practiced hard under the hands of those young people who knew martial arts.

Over time, as long as there are men in decent health on this mountain, most of them have joined this 'civilian group'.

They farm in the morning and practice kung fu in the afternoon, relying on farming and luring and killing bandits for two incomes, their life is much more nourishing than before..."

Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, he just felt that this matter far exceeded his expectations.After a while, he suddenly sighed in a low voice:
"In troubled times, people really change their minds.

Even these honest villagers don't want to live a normal life after gaining some strength.

No wonder there are warlords and thieves everywhere in this world..."

Speaking of this, Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help but think of how he taught these villagers martial arts at that time, and he was not sure if he was careless at that time.

Fortunately, these villagers were pure in nature and did not go down the mountain to take the initiative to loot and do evil, which made Meng Xiuyuan feel more at ease.

Shi Long didn't care too much about this topic, he nodded in agreement, and after a while, he took the initiative to chat with Meng Xiuyuan about his relationship with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling in the past year.

Judging from what Shi Long said, it is obvious that he likes these two clever and loyal young people very much, so he still keeps them by his side, and often teaches martial arts in person.

However, he did not formally accept them as apprentices, not for any other reason, but because Meng Xiuyuan also taught them martial arts, Shi Long did not want to take advantage of Meng Xiuyuan, and took these two talented youngsters under his sect." Monopoly".

Meng Xiuyuan smiled when he heard the words, but he didn't persuade him much, he only said that Shi Long's upright temper remained the same as before.

……

In the following days, Meng Xiuyuan lived back in his "Zixiao Pavilion" on Wudang Mountain with peace of mind, and devoted himself to studying the last two images of "The Secret of Longevity".

With Shilong, Kou Zhong, and Xu Ziling as companions, life on the mountain is never lonely.

In this troubled world, the slightly remote Wudang Mountain has become a pure land.Except for the occasional small group of thieves and bandits who wandered up the mountain, nothing major happened.

In this way, the days passed quickly, and it was more than a year in a blink of an eye.

Until today, when an old familiar friend came to the mountain, Meng Xiuyuan's peaceful life was broken.

"Mr. Lu, why are you here...

And what are you doing carrying such a big guy on your back? "

When Meng Xiuyuan was practicing, he heard a message from Kou Zhong that an old man came to visit, so he thought it must be the old man.

But seeing him walk in with a big wooden box on his back, Meng Xiuyuan was still a little puzzled, wondering what the old man was up to.

I haven't seen him for a few years, but Lu Miaozi's temperament has changed a lot. He lost a bit of the aloofness and eccentricity of a genius, and instead had a bit of the kindness of an ordinary old man.

As soon as he saw Meng Xiuyuan's face, he smiled and said:
"The old man came to visit Brother Meng this time to ask for something, so naturally he should prepare a small gift..."

Meng Xiuyuan was taken aback when he heard the words, and just about to ask him what was the matter, but saw that he had already untied the wooden box from his back and slowly put it on the table.

The wooden table made of solid material and also made by Lu Miaozi himself made a faint "squeak" sound when the wooden box fell.

"Brother Meng, come quickly, I spent a lot of effort preparing this thing for you."

While speaking, Lu Miaozi opened the wooden box directly, and a faint white light shone on his face.

Meng Xiuyuan was amazed when he saw this, he hurried around to Lu Miaozi's side, looked into the wooden box, and saw lying in it was a shiny white long sword more than five feet long and as smooth as mutton fat jade.

"This……"

Meng Xiuyuan was taken aback when he saw this, he didn't expect Lu Miaozi to give him a sword that looked quite impressive.

"Brother Meng, don't you remember, back then I asked you what kind of weapon you used.

You said you used a sword, so I asked someone to search for suitable materials, and finally found such a strange stone on the coast of the East China Sea, and I will give you a divine sword..."

Meng Xiuyuan was taken aback when he heard the sound, remembering that Lu Miaozi had indeed said something similar back then, but he didn't expect that after so many years, the old man still didn't forget about it.

"Mr. Lu, there is no need for this between us.

What you want to ask me to do is to deal with Zhu Yuyan from the Yingui sect, right?
In fact, to be honest, I myself have formed a lot of hatred with the Yingui sect.

There is no need for you to spend so much trouble, I was planning to go down the mountain in the next few days and attack the Yingui faction..."

Meng Xiuyuan heard Lu Miaozi speak so powerfully about the sword, and saw that the sword that was shining faintly all over his body was really not a mortal thing, so he immediately refused.

Lu Miaozi seemed to have expected that Meng Xiuyuan would say that, immediately smiled slightly, and said to Meng Xiuyuan:
"Brother Meng doesn't need to shirk, a sword deserves a hero, and the sword I made, no one else can exert its power except you.

If you don’t want it, it’s really reckless, making this treasure dusty…”

While speaking, Lu Miaozi turned the wooden box slightly towards Meng Xiuyuan, and then said softly:
"Brother Meng, if you don't believe me, just pick up this sword and try it out."

Hearing what Lu Miaozi said, Meng Xiuyuan couldn't refuse.Stretching out his hand and making a move, he wanted to use his energy to capture the jade-like sword into his hand.

Unexpectedly, under his vigor, the sword only shook slightly, without any intention of leaving the wooden box.

"Um?!"

Meng Xiuyuan let out a slight gasp, feeling something was wrong in his heart, and immediately stretched out his hand to capture it with enough strength, and the jade sword slowly floated out of the wooden box.

Sure enough, the sword was unbelievably heavy as soon as it was held.

"This strange stone from beyond the sky is extremely dense, even if I mixed some metal into it with a secret method and made it into a sword, it would still weigh two hundred catties.

In the world, apart from Brother Meng, who has tempered his body to the extreme, there is absolutely no other person available...

But brother Meng, this sword is not just a solid and heavy piece of dead matter.

Specific magic, you try to understand. "

Lu Miaozi smiled slightly and explained softly to Meng Xiuyuan.

When Meng Xiuyuan heard the words, he couldn't help being aroused by Lu Miaozi's curiosity, and immediately got lucky and used the most common Wudang sword technique.

And at the moment when he danced the sword with luck, a sudden beam of sword light naturally rose from the jade sword, illuminating the entire Zixiao Pavilion in white.

At the same time, a strange and inexplicable feeling rose in Meng Xiuyuan's heart. He only felt that at this moment, he seemed to be faintly integrated with the long sword in his hand.

After Meng Xiuyuan stopped his moves, he couldn't help but stare at the jade sword in front of him in amazement, feeling quite puzzled.

In his previous life, he even used the Yitian Sword and the Dragon Slaying Saber, but he has never had a weapon that gave him such a feeling of flesh and blood, and the unity of human and sword.

Lu Miaozi looked at the astonished expression on Meng Xiuyuan's face from afar, and couldn't help being very satisfied. With a smile on his face, he immediately said:

"It seems that Brother Meng is satisfied with my gift, so I am ashamed to say my request..."

Between the words, Lu Miaozi's smile faded away, and then she said to Meng Xiuyuan in a slightly serious voice:

"Brother Meng, the Pegasus Ranch is currently under siege by the four bandits and is in crisis.

I, Lu Miaozi, are incompetent, and I am still afraid that the temptress Zhu Yuyan will find my whereabouts and come to take revenge on me, so I dare not do it myself, so I can only ask Brother Meng to help me.

I have betrayed Qingya and Xiuxun's mother and daughter for many years, and today, they are in crisis, I can't ignore it..."

"The Four Bandits?" Meng Xiuyuan felt as if he had heard about it before.

Lu Miaozi nodded solemnly, and then explained to Meng Xiuyuan in detail:
"The so-called four bandits are the four gangs of powerful villains who have run amok in the north and south of the country in recent years. Wherever they go, they don't leave any dogs and dogs behind. They are notorious and can make children stop crying.

Among them, "no blade of grass grows" Xiang Batian is cruel and bloodthirsty. It is rumored that he likes to skin and cramps people the most, torture them to death with various tortures, and then disembowel and dig out their hearts to make hangover soup. He is the cruelest among the four bandits , the most terrifying thing, there is no grass growing where it passes, so it has a nickname.

"Does not stay behind" Fang Jianding, he is not only cruel and easy to kill, but also lustful, he will not let go of any woman who is a little bit attractive, and he is cruel by nature, he likes to torture and kill women, the women who fall into her hands are not One can live beyond three days.

"Scorched Earth and Thousand Miles" is hairy, vicious, scheming, and is the think tank of the four bandits. The four bandits were able to escape the siege of the major forces many times. It likes to destroy, and it will set fire wherever it passes, so it is called scorched earth and thousands of miles.

As for Cao Yinglong, he has the highest martial arts skills among the four bandits and is the most difficult to deal with. He comes and goes like the wind, and he must retaliate. He once wiped out people all over his family just because of a single sentence, so he is called the ghost crying god..."

Speaking of this, Lu Miaozi paused for a moment, looked at Meng Xiuyuan and continued sincerely:
"These four bandits are all powerful, among them Cao Yinglong has the most, with [-] people under his command.

Although the Pegasus Ranch can barely resist relying on natural dangers, it has been infiltrated and harassed several times by the opponent's martial arts masters. It is really in a dangerous situation.

I hope Brother Meng can extend a helping hand to help Pegasus Ranch through this crisis..."

Meng Xiuyuan shook his head with a smile when he heard the words, and jokingly said to Lu Miaozi:
"Mr. Lu, you have lost your business this time.

If you had told me that there was such a villain, I would have meddled in my own business without you giving me a sword. "

Hearing Meng Xiuyuan's promise, Lu Miaozi couldn't help feeling a big stone in his heart, and also smiled and said to Meng Xiuyuan:
"Old man, I do business, but I have never lost money.

Those four bandits are quite powerful, Brother Meng took my sword and killed them better, in the end it was my Pegasus Ranch that benefited..."

Hearing the sound, Meng Xiuyuan subconsciously touched the gentle and jade-like long sword, and then said with a smile:

"To deal with a few thieves, there is no need for such a magic weapon.

This sword will at least be useful in the future against the Shang Yingui faction, beheading that enchantress Zhu Yuyan. "

Lu Miaozi was taken aback when he heard the words. He knew that Meng Xiuyuan was not a big talker, so he immediately asked:

"According to brother Meng, you have recently made great achievements?"

Meng Xiuyuan was not too modest, and nodded with a smile:
"There is indeed something to gain, and I am trying to find a few heads that should be dropped."

(End of this chapter)