The twenty-two of the winter moon is the day after the winter solstice.

In the early morning, it was as dark as the bottom of the pot, and the cold wind was whizzing.

Even so, a large group of people had gathered in front of the gate of Wujian Villa at this time.

So how many of this "big group" are there?

Actually, it’s not bad... there are probably more than 300 swordsmen and less than 400. If you consider those who buy swords temporarily to make up the numbers, there are eight or nine hundred people who can be as good as the sky.

Someone may have to say that when I see this, there are not many people coming here? There are not many more people who have not yet been there.

Then you have to think this way: those who attend the Seven Heroes Association are basically "sects", and only a few of them participate in their personal capacity, so the people come "in bunches"; and this time when they go to Wujian Villa to discuss swordsmanship, most of them are scattered soldiers, at most they are in groups of three or five. Even if the entire sect comes together, they are all small sects like the Dragon Sword Sect... So this time, the guests are all "several" and it is quite good to have eight or nine hundred in the end.

Then maybe someone is going to ask again: Are there only a few hundred swordsmen in the entire martial arts world?

The answer is naturally no.

Although there are many swordsmen who came to discuss swordsmanship this time, there are obviously more people who did not come...

Mainly because Xiao Zhun opened a swordsmanship this time to fight against the guise of "selecting closed disciples", this blocked many people.

For example, most of the swordsmen who already have the ability to be first-class and above are quite famous in the world, and some are older than Xiao Zhun. If you ask them to put aside their faces and fight with a group of second- and third-rate juniors just to compete for an opportunity to "become a closed disciple of a swordsman". It will be ugly whether they fight in the end or not.

For example, those sects that are good at swordsmanship, such as Huashan, Taishan, Qingcheng, Hengshan, etc., cannot be like a third-rate sect, rushing over to join his disciples, rushing over to vote for his sect, right?

Not to mention, there are some swordsmen who are born arrogant, or whose master is still alive and do not want to join the master...

Let me put it this way, if Xiao Zhun did not use the guise of "accepting apprentices" today, but instead used the reason for "martial competition" and said, "I want to discuss with the swordsmen in the world who are the best swordsman", then there would not be eight or nine hundred people... Conservatively, it would have to start with three thousand.

Of course, Xiao Zhun also knew this.

Our owner Xiao is so good at settle accounts. How could he not think of this? It’s just that he doesn’t want to do this.

After all, he did not essentially want to "contest swords" but wanted to "refining swords". He really wanted to invite more than 3,000 swordsmen, and the proportion of masters increased greatly, so his plan would probably be severe.

Not to mention three thousand people, among the eight or nine hundred people in front of us, there are many people who are logically saying "should not come" like Wen Yuzhai and the other six, and Dugu Yong... they are all unexpected visitors.

But the plan has reached this point, and this degree of "accident" is naturally within an acceptable range.

So, as soon as the hour of the day arrived, the minions in Wujian Villa opened the mountain gate on time and began to welcome the swordsmen who had been waiting for a long time into the village.

"Cui Zhengqing, the Sword of Yan Shu, is down."

"please."

"He Kaize, the Soul-Retaining Sword."

"please."

"With the next sword chasing the wind, Hu Yanxiu."

"please."

As the swordsmen reported their names one by one, the crowds slowly rushed into the villa.

Among them, there are also many old acquaintances of ours...

"I'm ordering Hu Xiang."

"please."

Linghu Xiang is undoubtedly a participant in this "Sword and Demon Suppression" plan, but he and the others acted separately.

Because Linghu Xiang's natural temperament is not very eye-catching, and he is currently considered a face in the world, so this time, as a "research force", he arrived at the foot of Wujian Villa seven days in advance.

Although Linghu Xiang had already obtained a lot of information about Wujian Villa from Xiao Wuji, the "former young owner", after all, Xiao Wuji has left the villa for five years, and some information may be outdated and needs to be re-verified and updated... Also, the information of those who came to participate in the sword contest must be explored in advance.

Therefore, during these seven days, Linghu Xiang has always pretended to be an unknown swordsman who came to participate in the sword competition, hiding in various villages and towns near Wujian Villa, carefully inquiring about the news.

At present, he was also mixed in the crowd, only reporting a name, not mentioning the nickname or mentioning the sect, and just sneaking in.

"Sword Zhai Hao flew down. These are my brothers. We are called "Huizhou Wuyi", which is..."

"Okay, Mr. Zhai, please."

I think those readers who have good memory still remember that these "Five Eloquents of Huizhou" have also appeared in our previous documents: they were the five people who had a little friction with Lin Yuancheng and Sun Yixi in the inn in Dengzhou City.

These five guys are called "five meanings", but they are actually five small characters who love to say a lot. Except for Zhai Hao's swordsmanship, the other four people are just younger brothers who follow him.

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But no matter what, these five people use swords, so today they all came to Wujian Villa, and they also wanted to try their luck in the "Sword Controversy". What if Xiao Zhun was not open and chose one of them as the closed disciple?

Of course, for the guardians of Wujian Villa, you have five meanings or eight meanings... as long as you have swords in your hands, you can enter, it doesn't matter.

 …………

The conversation was divided into two parts. Just as the main entrance of this villa opened to welcome guests, there was a certain place in the village...

"The owner of the manor, the people who come to discuss swords have entered the manor one after another. Conservatively, there are more than 800." A man with two swords on his back was standing behind Xiao Zhun, holding his fists and saying.

"Well... I understand." At this moment, Xiao Zhun was looking at the clear spring in front of him with his hands on his back.

In the spring water, a red sword that looked like it had not yet opened.

"Have you found out what happened yesterday?" After pondering for a few seconds, Xiao Zhun asked again.

The swordsman almost thought about it and replied: "Yes, I found out that Wu Hongmao died under Dugu Yong's sword. It is said that... he took the action first."

When Xiao Zhun heard the name Dugu Yong, his expression changed a little, but it was not as surprised as he was. After a breath, he continued: "I understand, you go down."

The two swordsmen hesitated for a moment when they heard this, and then said, "Uh... Master of the Manor, don't you ask Wu Hongmao why he took action?"

"Xuanxiao..." Xiao Zhun slowly turned his head and looked at the other party, "...You have followed me for a long time, why do you still ask such questions? Do you think that is still important?"

After hearing this answer, the man called "Xuanxiao" thought about it and said in his heart: Yes, since he already knew that Wu Hongmao was killed by taking the initiative to fight Dugu Yong, then why did he do it? It is indeed no longer important. Who cares about what reason is a fool who overestimates himself seeking death?

"What the owner of the manor said is very true, I asked this more." After thinking it through, Xuan Xiao bowed and said, "I will leave."

And just as Xuan Xiao turned around and had not yet taken a step, a minion from the villa suddenly rushed to the distance. The minion ran to the front, knelt on one knee, and hurriedly replied: "Report to the owner of the manor! Something happened at the gate..."

"What's the matter? You need to be so panicked." Xiao Zhun asked calmly and calmly.

"Yes...yes..." When the words came to his mouth, the minion was confused about the words, but in the end he still said the sentence, "It's the young owner who is back..."

As soon as this said, Xuan Xiao, who was standing aside, immediately turned his gaze to Xiao Zhun's face.

Xiao Zhun, in those few seconds, his face was filled with surprise, joy, anger, sorrow, sorrow... all kinds of emotions passed, but he suppressed most of each emotion, only a little bit was revealed, and they were all mixed together.

"Did he come alone, or is he with others?" But Xiao Zhun was Xiao Zhun after all. After a few seconds, he returned to his calmness and asked in a deep voice.

"There are also traveling with the young owner of the house, Wen Yuzhai, the Canglong Cang Peak, the Cangfeng Peak, the Hunyuan Sword Lin Yuancheng, and two other identities that are unknown..." The minion replied truthfully.

"Wen Yupiao?" Xiao Zhun looked sideways and thought, as if this was the only one of these names that made him care more. After chanting this sentence, he thought for a while, and then said, "Where are they now? Have you put them in?"

"This..." The minion hesitated for a moment before replying, "According to the rules you set by the owner of the manor, we can only let the 'swordsmen' come in today, but only three of them were wearing swords, so..."

"So you came and asked me?" Xiao Zhun continued.

"Please decide the owner." The minion lowered his head and clasped his fists.

"Hmph..." Xiao Zhun sneered, "Okay, just go back and say it, let all six of them come in."

"Affect the order." After receiving the order, the minion got up and was about to leave.

At this moment, Xiao Zhun suddenly remembered something and called him again: "Wait."

"What else does the owner have to do?" The minion stopped and turned around and asked.

"Well... Is there any of those six people who use a fork as a weapon?" Xiao Zhun asked.

"Fork?" The minion was also stunned when asked, "What kind of fork is it?"

"It's the kind of long-handed weapon with three blades on the tip." Xiao Zhun said.

"That shouldn't be." The minion replied, "Since the six of them were either wearing swords or carrying swords, even if someone had other weapons hidden on them, they would never be able to hide the long-handled fork."

When Xiao Zhun heard this answer, he nodded: "Okay, you go."

"Yes." The minion said no, turned his head and left.

Xuan Xiao immediately bowed and left.

After they all walked away, another person came out of the shadow beside Xiao Zhun.

The man was dressed or looked nothing special. He looked just an ordinary servant. But at this moment, he came to Xiao Zhun, but he stood with his hands behind his back. His tone and expression were also proud: "Master Xiao, your heart is a little confused."

"Why did the immortal say this?" Xiao Zhun replied calmly.

"Ha... Master Xiao, you don't have to pretend... Old Master, I'm not deaf or blind. I just saw what you saw when your son came back." True Lord Huo Lian smiled and said, "If you mess up because of this, you will ruin a big deal."

Xiao Zhun paused when he heard this and replied, "Didn't the immortal leader say that based on the hexagram, the one who can ruin my major event this time... is he a person who uses a 'fork'?"

"Oh~" True Lord Huo Lian waved his hand, "The hexagram is an imaginary number. If you get one, you can't get the second... If you want to succeed, you will be consistent and have no other way. But if you want to lose, there will be countless reasons for failure. What can be calculated based on the hexagram is usually just the most dangerous one."

"Well..." Xiao Zhun pondered again, "Whether from the immortal's opinion, what should Xiao do?"

"Ha..." True Lord Huo Lian smiled, "If Master Xiao really doesn't care about Ling Gongzi's life or death, that would be easy... It would be fine to let him be present during the 'sword sacrifice'."

"What if I care?" Xiao Zhun said.

"It's easy to deal with..." said Huo Lian Zhenjun, "I can let Master Ling and his friends get lost during the "Sword Sacrifice" period and stay in a place that will not hinder the owner for a while."

"So that's it..." Xiao Zhun thought for a few seconds, then turned around and raised his hand, bowed to Master Huo Lian and said, "Then... I will be better than the immortal."
Chapter completed!