Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 234 Xiahou Swordsman
The next morning.

Li Xiuyuan got up early.

"Master, why did you get up so early today?"

Lying on the couch, the sweet Du Chunhua curled up in her young master's arms, felt the emptiness around her, and woke up in a daze. Seeing that Li Xiuyuan had already got up at this time, she immediately asked curiously.

"I'm going out for a while, maybe I'll come back later, if my father asks, please tell me a lie." Li Xiuyuan said.

Du Chunhua hurriedly said: "Do you want your slaves to follow?"

"No, I'm going to do something, it's inconvenient for you to follow." Li Xiuyuan strode out after finishing speaking.

He was ready, went to the yard and took out the dragon horse picture from the ghost king's bag.

"Hey~!"

A white light flew out from the picture of the dragon and horse, and landed on the ground, turning into a pure white and handsome thousand-mile horse. This kind of thousand-mile horse can only be compared with the extraordinary horse, and it can only appear in myths and legends.

"Go, take me out for a while." Li Xiuyuan got on his horse and gave orders.

The dragon horse raised its head and neighed, stepped on its four hooves, jumped up, and flew directly to the roof, and then stepped on the roof, as if flying, over the courtyard wall, and headed out of the county.

Fortunately, it was still early, and there were not many active people in the city, and the dragon horse galloping and flying was rarely seen.

Occasionally, some people see it, maybe they just feel dazzled.

The purpose of Li Xiuyuan's trip is very simple to go to Lanruo Temple to eliminate demons.

And in order not to worry his parents, he had to go alone without even a guard.

To deal with the thousand-year-old monster, the guards have become a burden instead, and there are no ferocious beasts and bandits near Lanruo Temple, they are just haunted by monsters, there is no danger that needs guards.

Ryoma's speed is very fast, almost galloping.

Not long after, a quaint temple in the distance has appeared in front of us.

It was the end of autumn, and the steps leading to the mountain gate of the temple were covered with withered grass and leaves, showing a somewhat deserted look, obviously no one had cleaned it for a long time.

After the monks in this temple fled to death, this place has been completely deserted as Master Kong said, and even the vermilion lacquer gate in front of the temple is slightly half open at the moment, swinging with the wind from time to time, sending out Crunching sound.

"Lanruo Temple"

Three brass plaques with large characters hang on the mountain gate, as new as ever.

"It's really abnormal. There's not even insects screaming." Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he walked up the steps towards Lanruo Temple.

Entered Lanruo Temple.

The withering and desolate air in the temple is even heavier. The Zen room and the aisle are covered with dead leaves and weeds have grown. What's more, many of the floor tiles on the ground have been destroyed, revealing a pothole, some The roots of the trees did not know where they came from, and they covered the walls and the roof densely.

The roots of the trees are everywhere, as if covering the entire temple.

"It's really unbelievable that a temple full of incense has become like this in less than half a year." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.

Fortunately, Lanruo Temple had a good foundation before. Although it looks like a defeat, most of the temple buildings are still intact. With a little care, it is indeed a good place for travelers to stay. In addition, it is next to the road. , it's no wonder that pedestrians are constantly attracted.

People in Guobei County know that there are monsters here, but how do people from other places know?

The ignorant traveler entered here, and if he met the tree demon at night, he must be dead or alive.

Although he knew that there were ghosts entrenched here, Li Xiuyuan had no fear. He had been here before and was familiar with the road, so he quickly headed towards the temple's treasure hall.

"I remember that Lanruo Temple enshrines a Buddha. If the god and Buddha have spirits, why would the tree demon do evil here?" Li Xiuyuan was a little puzzled.

The incense of Lanruo Temple can attract gods and Buddhas to settle in.

But when he entered the treasure hall of Lanruo Temple, his face froze slightly, and he immediately understood what was going on.

The golden body of the Lord Buddha, which was originally enshrined on the throne, has collapsed, leaving only half of the lotus platform, and many broken copper pieces, and there are many traces of people cutting with knives and axes.

"It turned out that this place was ransacked, and some thieves destroyed the golden body of the Lord Buddha. No wonder the gods of Lanruo Temple did not show up to protect the temple. Without the golden body, it is the place where the gods wanted to come but did not come. And the traces should be thieves." In order to get the copper from Buddha Lord Jin's body." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.

Copper in ancient times was very expensive, because copper coins were made of copper, so copper can be directly exchanged for copper coins.

Many banks can exchange copper for copper coins.

So once the world is in chaos, the thief's favorite thing is to loot temples, even better than rich people.

Because temples are usually built outside the city without the protection of the city, if the monks in the temple can't protect them when encountering thieves, the temple will be ransacked.

This is also the reason why many famous temples will wither and become dilapidated, and only Shaolin Temple can continue to pass on forever, because there are many monks in Shaolin Temple, and Monk Han comes from Shaolin Temple.

There are several martial arts masters sheltering in this temple, which thief dares to mess around?

"The murals are gone, too."

After Li Xiuyuan turned around, he thought of the relief mural from before.

But now there are no murals, only a bare wall covered with tree roots.

"From this point of view, the mural escaped by itself, and there is no trace of being smashed on the wall. The mural is really not a mortal thing, but Lanruo Temple has fallen into ruins, and with the addition of demons, any spiritual things must be destroyed. Leaving, this is the so-called exhaustion of energy, and the energy of Lanruo Temple has been exhausted, so there is such a catastrophe."

"Go to Qingmei's cemetery." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.

But just as he walked out of the treasure hall, a powerful and resonant voice suddenly sounded in the originally silent temple.

"Xia Houwu, you have been fighting swords with me for seven years, and you have lost for seven years. You know that you can't be my opponent, so why do you keep chasing after me?"

The man named Xia Houwu immediately replied; "Yan Chixia, you are the world-renowned six-door arrester, and all the wanted criminals you have targeted will die under your sword, the green forest hero in the world It is said that your sword is the fastest and sharpest, and it can be called the number one sword in the world, but I, Xia Houwu, refuse to accept it, why should you be the number one sword in the world, and I should be inferior to you?"

"Brother Xiahou, what is the number one sword in the world? It's all a false name. Since ancient times, there is no one in literature and no second in martial arts. People in the green forest praise me because they are afraid that I will catch them, so they blow me up as the number one in the world. The purpose of the sword is to attract martial arts masters from all over the world to come and compete with me, and to kill me with the sword in your hands, don't you understand this point?"

Yan Chixia's loud voice made her eardrums ache.

This is a method of luck, and martial arts masters will use it.

"Stop talking too much, I'm just a swordsman who doesn't understand these twists and turns, look at the sword." Xia Houwu's voice sounded.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of clashing swords and swords coming from the direction of the meditation room. The sound was as rapid as a violent wind and rain, and it was extremely urgent. One can imagine how fierce the two men were fighting.

"Yan Chixia, Xiahou Wu?"

Li Xiuyuan's expression changed when he heard the conversation between the two, and he strode towards the direction of the fighting sound without hesitation.

When he felt it, he saw that in the courtyard in front of the meditation room, a burly man with a swallow jaw and a tiger beard, a leopard head and ring eyes, was fighting with an ordinary-looking man with slender arms, about thirty or so. , although the swordsman looks ordinary, but his eyes are extraordinarily sharp, showing his sharpness.

Holding swords in their hands, the two fought close to each other.

The sword was fast and sharp, full of strength, the sound of fine iron clashing echoed between the collisions, and sparks flickered.

"It's him."

Li Xiuyuan was stunned when he saw the burly man.

This big man was none other than the swordsman who spat out the sword pills in Guo Beicheng that day, and he also gave him a few jars of wine, which made a good relationship.

Unexpectedly, this burly man turned out to be Yan Chixia.

Last time he accidentally injured Heihu and left Guo Beicheng. He didn't know where he went, but he didn't expect to appear here today.

Could it be that there is a divine will in the dark that Yan Chixia came to Lanruo Temple?

"That's right, Yan Chixia was originally a fast catcher, and she got the sword pill. She has the demeanor of a sword fairy. If she practices some Taoism, wouldn't she be an expert in subjugating demons and demons? I have long known that." You should have thought about it." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.

However, Yan Chixia's sword ball was stained by the blood of the black tiger, and it could not be changed back to the sword ball without the washing of heaven, thunder and earth fire. Very strong, already a master of martial arts, the sword in his hand was danced impenetrably, fierce and fierce.

However, Xia Houwu, who was competing with him, showed a bit of urgency. Although the sword in his hand was fast, it could always be suppressed by Yan Chixia.

It seems that they are evenly matched, but in fact, once Xia Houwu shows his flaws, it is the time when Yan Chixia wins.

"This Xia Houwu is also a master-level master, but his confidence is not enough, and the sword in his hand lacks some certainty." Li Xiuyuan looked at it and came to a conclusion in his heart.

He is also a master-level master, so he naturally has this vision.

And such a master fight is no longer a simple comparison of strength and moves, but a comparison of belief, artistic conception, temperament, momentum and other things.

If according to what was said before, Xia Houwu lost to Yan Chixia for seven years, then his momentum has already been weakened by three points, and his temperament has also been messed up. How could he win.

"You two, there are evil spirits in this Lanruo Temple, and demons haunt it. It's not a place for sword competitions. Can you give me some face and stop here?" Li Xiuyuan said with luck in his heart.

"There are still masters?"

Xia Houwu and Yan Chixia were all engrossed in the sword fight at the moment, they didn't know that Li Xiuyuan was coming, and they were startled by the voice full of inner strength at this moment, they both immediately chose to retreat, backed up together, and then looked at Li Xiuyuan vigilantly , They are competing to score the outcome, not fighting desperately.

"Huh, it's you, a scholar?" Yan Chixia opened her eyes, a little surprised.

"Who are you? How dare you interrupt my sword competition, leave quickly, otherwise don't blame the sword in my hand for being ruthless."

Xia Houwu didn't know Li Xiuyuan. Seeing that Li Xiuyuan was a fine-skinned and tender scholar, he immediately underestimated Li Xiuyuan and shouted angrily.

As a swordsman, it is naturally very bad to be disturbed during the competition.

"You can't beat Yan Chixia, why bother to stalk you, Yan Chixia wants to kill you, it only takes one round, he spares the strength to compete with you because he doesn't want to kill a human life, if you understand this, you will know how to find you It is a very stupid thing to compete with Yan Chixia, you think that you are equal to Yan Chixia, only one line behind, but in fact it is a world of difference." Li Xiuyuan said.

Xia Houwu said angrily: "Are you looking down on me? Believe it or not, I will kill you."

After speaking, he drew his sword and pointed at Li Xiuyuan.

"Draw your swords and face each other. From the perspective of warriors, this is a provocation. Very good. I will continue with your provocation. Since you don't believe what I said, how dare you take a shot from me?"

After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he took out the golden spear from the ghost king's bag, and then greeted him.

The dragon horse wandering around in the temple came neighing, he got on the horse, and went straight to Xia Houwu with a spear in his hand.

"Brother Xiahou, don't underestimate this scholar, he is also a master of martial arts now, his martial arts are not inferior to you and me, you have to be careful." Yan Chixia reminded out of kindness.

This reminder clearly shows that Xia Houwu is not Li Xiuyuan's opponent.

"What, a master of martial arts? And he is also a master of horse fighting." Xia Houwu was shocked immediately.

　This is yesterday's chapter. .It's a supplement.

　　
　
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