Tales of Jianghu

Nangong He walked as if he was flying. Just as he arrived at the back door of the Tong Palace, the sounds of fighting could be heard from afar in the backyard.

Nan Gong He's heart was anxious, he immediately jumped over the wall and rushed into the backyard, he saw the cold and blade-like lights in the courtyard, the four long blades had retreated, encircling a person in the middle of the battle.

Fan Zhangkong, Chou Haitian, and Tong Buba stood in a triangular formation, clearly forming a circle around them.

There were twelve to thirteen disciples scattered all around the courtyard. All of them were wielding weapons, and their gazes were fixated on the few people fighting within the courtyard. When the crowd saw Nangong He approaching, they could not help but be excited.

Nangong He waved his hand to stop everyone from coming over to greet him, and focused his attention on the crowd.

The person in the middle also had his eyes fixed on the road ahead and noticed the strange expressions on everyone's faces. Turning his head to look at Nangong He, he coldly said, "Nangong He from the Nangong family?"

Nangong He just happened to see the curved blade in his hand and blurted out, "Li Longzi?"

As the two were talking, two "ding ding" sounds rang out. The person's curved blade flashed, blocking the attack of the two people on his left and right.

He wore a white robe and black boots, and on his face was an ugly bronze mask. He sneered, "That's right, it's me!"

As he spoke, he pointed the curved blade in his hand at the four people standing in front of him. This movement was extremely fast. The four surrounding him did not dare to face it head on, so they all took a step back.

On the left side, a man with a green scarf wrapped around his head shouted, "Good kung fu!" A long blade came slashing towards him.

Li Longzi sneered and dodged to the right. Suddenly, a sound of wind could be heard behind him. A man rushed forward and took advantage of the opportunity to slice his shoulders.

Li Longzi let out a loud shout and dodged the two blades as fast as flying. He then swung his curved blade to cut towards the door. This move was quick and fierce.

Nangong He cried out in alarm, "Be careful, Junior Brother Huyan!"

The person behind him had a round face and a long blade dancing behind him. He was indeed the same person who had earned the title of 'Small Divine Saber' in Jiangnan Martial Arts School. He was Huyan Yun from the Seventh Family.

Just as Nangong He's voice fell, the other two people who were in front and the one on the right crossed blades again and again. Li Longzi had no choice but to return the blade and fly, the few people fought to the point where the wind was blowing, a few figures were rolling up and down.

Li Longzi's curved blade was extremely strange and profound. His movement was like a ghost, and his body was unpredictable, making it hard for people to guard against him.

A few years ago, Nangong He gathered a group of his junior brothers and spent two years of time. On the basis of the sect's "Cloud Dragon Saber Technique", he created a "Yuan Yang Saber Technique" that could be used by many people.

The four of them helped each other. One of them used the move "Crossing Mountains and Slashing Thorns" while the other used the move "Crossing Seas Across the Sky". Their cooperation was unparalleled as they attacked the enemy without any preparation.

Although Li Longzi's martial arts was extremely high, he could do nothing to the four of them in an instant.

The more Nangong He looked, the more shocked he was. Of the other three people present, the one with a green cloth wrapped around his head on the left side was called Bai Yanlei. He was the third disciple of the Nangong family.

The remaining two were the fifth disciple, Duan Xiaohe, and the fourth senior brother, Yan Ming. After years of hard work and training, they had long since become one of the top experts in the martial arts world, especially after they had immersed themselves in the "Mandarin Duck Knife Technique".

Li Longzi was astonished. He initially did not put the poor gang in his eyes. However, after hearing the names of the 'Western and Beijing Twin Warriors' and Nangong He, he began to pry and find the Tong Residence according to the address Zhuge Ying provided.

Wu Yu started to fight with Fan Xian and Wu Qi, and started to tangle with the four leaders of the Qiong Clan. If it was a one on one fight, he would have long since killed his enemy. However, with the four of them using their saber techniques to assist each other, it was not easy for them to win in a short period of time.

After fighting for three hundred moves, Li Longzi suddenly let out a long whistle, and his figure suddenly turned around. The curved blade in his hand also danced like a wheel, and when it turned around, he only saw a ball of blue light disappearing.

The four people who were besieging Ye Xiwen were stunned and scattered in a defensive posture. They were afraid that he would suddenly attack.

Li Longzi continued to move higher and higher. Suddenly, he turned his body downwards like a swallow and the curved blade returned to his waist. He then turned his body to Nangong He's head and smacked down with his palm.

Nangong He shouted, "Good one!" He punched out.

Everyone saw him raise his fist and saw it clearly. He moved slowly without any strength, but in the blink of an eye, he had already met Li Longzi's palm. With a muffled "pu" sound, Nangong He took two steps back.

Li Longzi exclaimed in shock and jumped up to the roof, shouting, "The Nangong family is indeed famous. Sect Leader Nangong is good with his fists."

Nangong He was very confident in using the fist technique taught to him by the Free and Unrestrained Child. When he saw that he was about to leave, he shouted, "There is still another move to 'Mountain Shattering Tiger'. Young Noble Li, please hold back. Please come down and learn it together!"

Li Longzi proudly said, "If I want to come, I'll come. If I want to leave, I'll leave. Who can stop me!?" Hehe … This shall be a dragon, not a tiger. I'm afraid that Sect Leader Nangong will not be able to withstand the shock. " His figure suddenly flashed a few times on the roof and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Huyan Yun and the other three kept their weapons, and slowly let out a long breath. After the fierce battle just now, the four knew that although they were on par with each other, the truth was that they had reached the point where they could only defend themselves and had no strength to attack. Now that the strong enemy had left, the four of them felt relieved and came over to greet Nangong He.

Nangong He looked at his four junior brothers, these few years the Qiong Clan had been developing rapidly, all of them held important positions, if there were no major events, they would not have left the ship, and suddenly came to Luoyang.

Although he felt it was strange, he saw that all four of them were sweating on their foreheads and knew that they had put a lot of effort into investigating. He instructed Tong Buba to bring the four of them to change and eat.

Just as they sat down in the main hall, two men walked in quickly. One of them bowed and reported, "Sect Master, two of the disciples guarding the Kou Mansion have met with misfortune!"

Nangong He and Elder Fan were both shocked. Nangong He maintained his composure and asked, "Vice-head Ma, who has done it?"

This man was Vice Division Chief Ma of Luoyang Branch, and said respectfully: "It's the 'Prince's Mansion's' blade faction's Guest Warrior, Zhuge Ying, and the Daoist Qing Mu. Before dawn this morning, a disciple found out that someone was suspicious and entered the Kou Residence. At this point, he turned to a man beside him and said, "Please report the details to the Sect Leader in detail."

When they were about to leave, they suddenly saw two people walking out from the side hall. They are Zhuge Ying and the Daoist Master Qing Mu from the 'Prince's Mansion's Saber Sect'. Because the two elders had instructed us to protect the Kou Residence in secret, I'm afraid that the people from the Kou Residence will be alerted, so the three of us did not stop the two immediately.

"That Zhuge Ying duo seemed to be unwilling to alarm the people of the Kou Clan. When they saw the three of them, they did not make a sound either and just silently fled out of the manor. When we were chasing them to the backyard of the Kou Mansion, the two of them suddenly turned around. Firstly, there were three people who were in hot pursuit, but unexpectedly, two people suddenly stopped and were caught off guard.

"Zhuge Ying smashed his palm onto the chest of the disciple in front, and the Green Wood Daoist's sword also pierced towards his subordinate. Since there was no way to dodge this attack, Zhuge Ying rolled three times on the ground until he reached a corner of the room. Only after he dodged it did he hear a groan from behind him, and another disciple's throat was pierced by that evil sword.

"When your subordinate saw this situation, I knew that I was not a match for the two of you. He was just about to shout out a signal when the evil sword pointed at my chest and said, 'Dodge my sword and I'll spare your life!" Zhuge Ying continued, "Since no one wants to alarm the Kou Mansion, then clean up your comrade's corpse and scram. "Return and send a message to your leader, tell him not to attempt to take over the treasure of the Kou Residence. We are determined to get it, the two of us will come back tomorrow to look for it. At that time, we will meet you all again, hmph hmph …" The evil spirit said coldly, "Kill him without mercy!"

With a bang, Fan Zhangkong slammed the table and rose to his feet, furiously speaking, "You talk too much. This old man wants to see if this fellow will be quick with his sword or with this old man's axe."

Pavilion Master Zhao looked ashamed as he said fearfully, "This subordinate's conduct is not good, and I am also tired of the lives of the two brothers in the gang. Sect Master and the two elders, please punish me!"

Nangong He stood up and said, "Elder Fan, please calm your anger, Pavilion Master Zhao does not need to blame yourself. That Greenwood Daoist once fought alone against the Northwest Great Thief Hao family with three blades, for two days and one night, and he became famous in the Northwest. The Jiang Hu is known as the 'Meteor Lightning Sword', and the three of you were originally no match for him." After a moment of silence, he instructed Vice Division Chief Ma and Pavilion Master Zhao to take care of the affairs of the two Sect Leaders first.

After the two of them left, Nangong He remained silent for a long while. He walked to the long window and stood with his hands behind his back. He looked at the colorful flowers and plants in the garden and fell into deep thought.

He had originally thought that defending the Kou Residence was an extremely ordinary small matter, and it seemed that it was not as simple as he had imagined. Free and Unrestrained Senior only entrusted him to take care of the Kou family members, if there was any rare treasures, he would explain them clearly, it seems like he also did not know about this matter.

Besides, Kou was a clean and honest man, and the whole world knew it. Could it be that the Kou family really had some precious heirloom that could move the King's Manor's blade sect, the martial arts family, into coveting it?

Could it be that the sudden appearance of Li Longzi in Luoyang was related to this? This person's martial arts was strong, and from the sound of his voice, he was indeed young. However, his face was covered by a bronze mask. It was obvious that he was trying to conceal his true face.

However, this person intended to rebel and rebuild the country. He was bold, but he was so secretive. What was he afraid of?

Just as he was thinking, footsteps were heard from outside the hall, and he quickly walked into the division. He was Luo Yang's branch disciple who was in charge of gathering information, and the leader of the division was a short and thin disciple named Hu Sheng, nicknamed "Crudding Mouse". When he saw Nangong He, he bowed and reported, "Reporting to Sect Leader, there's a situation!"

Nangong He retracted his gaze and returned to his seat.

Fan Zhangkong couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

Originally, Chu Feng had a lot of things that he was holding back. However, Nangong He did not ask and instead began to ponder. Thus, he decided not to disturb them. When they finally saw the conscripting disciple enter, how could they still hold back their impatience?

Hu Sheng replied respectfully, "Reporting to Clan Elder, according to the explanations provided by the spies in the city and outside the city, this subordinate will lead a few disciples to investigate this matter thoroughly. In these two days that we have been at the division, a large number of martial arts experts have come to Luoyang. The strange thing was that there seemed to be a group of people blocking outside the city last night, two men and a woman fighting off some of the Jianghu experts. However, for some unknown reason, the few people blocking the way outside the city had mysteriously left. At present, many martial artists had already poured into the city as well. As for the specific reason why it happened, this subordinate shall send men to investigate it. Because of the sudden incident, this subordinate will first return to report it to the Sect Master.

"Could it be that the Prince's Mansion's Saber Sect and Li Longzi knew that the Sect Master was secretly probing them and invited helpers in order to deal with us?" Fan Zhangkong glared at him and said loudly, "Sect Master, we've been hiding our true feelings for the past few years. We might as well go all out. Regardless of victory or defeat, we'll still outdo this Lloyds!" The old man had a fiery personality and was eager to give it a try.

He Hai Tian was a strong and smart person, unlike Fan Zhangkong who had a fearless personality, he shook his head and said, "I don't think so, Li Long Zi must have secretly sent people to follow the Sect Leader's disciples to find a division, and coincidentally met the four Helmsmen, Huyan, who just entered the sect. Both sides' words were sharp and arrogant. They fought without exchanging pleasantries. It was obvious that he did not know that the Sect Master was secretly investigating the matter. Besides, this person had always been proud and aloof. Even if he knew the background of the sect beforehand, he still wouldn't have asked others to help him out. "According to what I've seen, these people of the martial arts world are probably here for the 'Kou Clan treasures' that Zhuge Ying spoke of."

Nangong He stroked his beard, his eyes flashing, he said, "Old Fan, please calm down, I think what you said is true." After a moment of silence, he continued, "Kou Gong is honest and loves his people. Everyone knows about him. What kind of treasures could make all the heroes in the world flock to him?"

"There is no need for this Sect Master to suspect anything. The four of us have come precisely for this matter." Huyan Yun said as he walked into the hall.