As soon as July entered, an autumn rain began to fall east of Cangshan Mountain.

The bleak autumn wind was blowing the wine flags in the small town. People from all walks of life were taking shelter under the eaves. However, the atmosphere was no longer as lively as the previous few days. Instead, it was a bit tense and depressed. Everyone's mood was tense. They all looked at the Yangchen Inn in the center of the town.

Outside the old inn, several groups of warriors were standing in front of the door. Judging from their appearance, they belonged to multiple gangs. Their eyes met each other, but no one spoke to them.

swish swish...

The quietness of the inn lobby could be heard. There were seven warriors in different costumes sitting in various places in the lobby, with two or three disciples standing behind them.

Among the seven people are Boyi, the new head of Canglongdong, Guo Shubao, the head of Bai Gang in Beifu Prefecture, Xi Tianlu, the new head of Longhe Villa in Langzhou Prefecture, Lu Wuniang, the owner of Black Eagle Tower in Ya'an Prefecture, and Cao Beibu, the new head of Longhe Villa in Langzhou Prefecture. Help, help Zhang Ke.

Sitting on the two tables in the middle are Yao Shangqing, the leader of the Chongadao Hai Gang, and Tian Wuliang, the leader of the Leigong Island in Tianmu Dao.

This number seven figure, in last year's Beiliang Jianghu, can only be regarded as the middle and upper reaches. After all, there are still ten grandmasters on top.

But now Xi Tianshang, King Gouchen, Hua Ling, Shi Daoyu, and King Zuo Xian are all dead. According to the rules of progression, these people have actually already half-stepped into the top ranks.

If they were outside, it would have been impossible for these seven people who were entangled with each other to meet at the same time, and they would have started fighting halfway.

But Cangdong Town is the boundary of Xueyuan, and the overlord here is called Beiyunbian.

Beiyunbian invited them to the Heroes' Banquet. Even if they have huge grudges, they have to put them aside and finish the meal honestly. Otherwise, someone will teach them what the "rules of the rivers and lakes" are to those who have already dominated one party. .

For this reason, although the atmosphere in the inn was tense, no one touched weapons at all, they were just looking at each other and being wary.

Tian Wuliang was originally the island owner of Leigong Island, with more than 2,000 disciples under his command, and his size was almost the same as that of Juntian Mansion. Unfortunately, he was killed by Yin Shicheng as a 'pirate' and disappeared for several years, only to reappear recently.

Yao Shangqing, who was sitting across from him, was the overlord of the northern sea area, and he was an old acquaintance with Tian Wuliang.

In the northern seas, Yao Shangqing could not reap the dividends of smuggling. His main business was to hijack ships for extortion. He was a serious pirate and often clashed with Tian Wuliang, a smuggler.

After Tian Wuliang was wiped out, Yao Shangqing took advantage of the situation and ate up all the industries on Leigong Island, becoming the largest sea gang leader in Beiliang today.

Now that Tian Wuliang is back, he definitely wants to get back what he lost, but Yao Shangqing naturally won't let him.

When there is an obvious conflict of interest, when two people are in the same room, the atmosphere will naturally not get better, and their eyes have never separated from each other from beginning to end.

The leader of the White Gang, Guo Shubao, was a sociable man who was over sixty years old and had some friendship with all the leaders present. At this time, he naturally became the peacemaker. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, he was the first to speak:

"Now there is a hero's banquet in Shuofeng City, and I have been invited to be guests. It is really against the rules for us to start a fight in front of the host's door. It's not a big deal to just sit and stare at each other after we finally get together. Why don't we take this opportunity to reminisce about the past? , we can wait until we leave to discuss the grudges?"

Tian Wuliang had just entered the unity of heaven and man. Before the fight, he was not sure whether he could beat Yao Shangqing. When he saw someone making peace, he turned away:

"I have been anonymous for more than ten years. There are no old stories to talk about. Let's talk about it."

Yao Shangqing also didn't know how deep Tian Wuliang's background was when he made a comeback. Seeing that Tian Wuliang had restrained his momentum, he naturally stopped looking at him and turned to look at the only woman in the lobby:

"Yao remembered that the head of Black Eagle Tower was Chen Dingkang. Why did he come here this time and become Lady Lu?"

Lu Wuniang was in her forties, and her speech and behavior revealed a certain air of romance. There was a black hawk squatting on the table. At this time, she was feeding the black hawk meat sticks and said casually:

"It's not a good idea to meet people. That old guy Chen Dingkang took advantage of the funeral in Canglong Cave to find out about the widow of the great hero Heshi. He broke the rules of the world and I cleaned up the family..."

Snapped--

Master Boyi, the master of Canglong Cave, slapped the table when he heard this:

"Lu Wuniang, don't involve me in Canglongdong for your own scandal. Who in Beiliang Jianghu doesn't know your virtues? You are just a scum who killed his husband to seize power, and you still make up such nonsense to excuse yourself..."

Lu Wuniang replied:

"What I said is true or false, everyone here knows it. According to the rules, the position of head of Canglong Cave should be given to your eldest nephew, but in the end, you, your younger brother, was inexplicably chosen to succeed you.

"Tell me yourself, what is the reason for this? Is it because you deceived your master and destroyed your ancestors and took away the eldest family's property, or is it because your eldest nephew's bloodline is hard to figure out, and I don't know if it is your brother's seed..."

"Fuck your motherfucker!"

Master Boyi was furious and wanted to get up immediately.

Guo Shubao and Xi Tianlu realized something was wrong and quickly raised their hands to start a fight. Tian Wuliang and Yao Shangqing, who were originally at odds with each other, picked up their wine bowls and laughed.

However, the farce in the restaurant did not last long. Everyone present heard the sound of horse hooves in the dense autumn rain outside:

Hoof-tapping hoof-tapping...

The sound moves from far to near.

The seven heads present here took their disciples to Cangdong Town to rest for a while because it suddenly started raining and the road was difficult to walk. When they discovered that there was a sworn enemy in the town, it was already too late to turn around and they left in despair.

If you think you are inferior to the opponent, you can only bite the bullet and come in to show off.

Because the Heroes' Banquet in Shuofeng City had only been a few days away, there were a lot of heroes passing by the town. However, after seeing the battle in Yangchen Inn, no one with the skills of a mid-level master would dare to come in.

The sound of horse hooves approaching from far away stopped outside the Yangchen Inn and attracted the attention of everyone in the lobby.

Shi Boyi stopped talking and turned to look outside the door. He saw the disciples from various families gathered outside the door separated from each other to make way for the road, and the horses parked at the door were also visible.

There is only one horse. Judging from the coat color, it is an ordinary horse commonly seen in the world, but the person on it is unusual.

The person driving the horse was a man wearing a blue cloak, and his face under the hood was also covered with a blue scarf. It was difficult to see clearly. The only accessory on his body was a sword hanging on his waist.

The sword is two feet nine long, and the guard is unusually shaped into a wheel, with a dragon's head pointing to the twelve o'clock position.

In front of the man in the cloak, there is a thin woman sitting sideways, dressed similarly, her face is covered, and only a pair of extremely smart eyes can be seen, looking around, holding a long robe wrapped in black cloth in her arms.

Weapons.

After the two arrived outside the inn, the man held the woman and got off the horse, then walked into the inn with his hands on her. It seemed that the woman's legs and feet were not convenient.

"..."

Many people in the world inside and outside the inn naturally became wary when they saw that the two men were so mysterious and could not figure out the details. The disciples moved further to the left and right so as not to block the way.

Guo Shubao, the most knowledgeable person, first looked at the man's appearance, then looked at the familiar sword on his waist. After a long silence, he asked:

"May I ask who you are?"

The man in the cloak turned a blind eye to the seven masters in the inn, but walked slowly to Yao Shangqing's table and helped the woman to sit down opposite.

Yao Shangqing frowned when he saw this and thought something was wrong.

The disciple behind him asked directly:

"Didn't you see that there was an owner here? Which road are you on?"

The man in a green cloak didn't react much to this. After sitting down next to the woman, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it, and compared it with Yao Shangqing's face.

Because of the generous movements, Tian Wuliang, Guo Shubao and others around him could actually see the content clearly:

In the center of the paper is a portrait, with tiger eyes and eagle eyebrows that are calm and intimidating. There is a black mole on the left cheek, which is very similar to Yao Shangqing sitting opposite.

The content next to it is also quite concise - Yao Shangqing, leader of the Chongadaohai Gang, fifty-six years old, unknown skill, unknown address, good at using the Heaven-turning Sword and the Golden Winged Sword, and the reward for killing him is thirty thousand taels.

??

The atmosphere in the inn suddenly became strange.

Everyone present was the leader of Beiliang Jianghu, and they were quite familiar with this format. This was obviously the assassination message sent by Qinglong to the killer!

Everyone here knows that Yao Shangqing is the assassination target of the Qinglong Society, but how can any assassin come so openly and openly?

He also took the information and compared it with the face of the target customer. This really shows that he does not regard Yao Shangqing as a human being!

Yao Shangqing sat across from him, and at first he couldn't figure out where the other party was coming from, but after seeing through the reflection on the back of the paper that it was a reward order, his face turned cold:

"Are you from the Blue Dragon Society?"

After the man in the cloak confirmed that he was the target customer, he folded the paper and put away his sleeves:

"Yes. Someone is spending money to buy your life. What else do you have to say?"

"..."

Everyone inside and outside the Yangchen Inn saw that the killer seemed not to be joking, so they all fell silent, leaving only the sound of rustling rain.

Yao Shangqing lightly touched the table with his fingers, looking into the calm eyes under the cloak without saying anything.

Guo Shubao noticed that Qinglonghui seemed to really want to assassinate him, so he stood up and said:

"Brother, this place is the territory of Shuofeng City. If you want to do something, it's best to wait until the hero's banquet is over..."

Pa~

The cloaked man threw an invitation on the table and turned his head to look at the many heads:

"This Heroes' Banquet is because Shuofeng City is preparing to recruit troops. I think the heroes of Beiyun and Bianbei don't need trash or dead people to come and waste food. If you want to interfere with our Qinglong Club's affairs, you can come and talk."

"..."

The invitation was thrown on the table and spread out, with a few lines of calligraphy painted on iron and silver hooks appearing in front of everyone's eyes.

The other contents are similar to those received by the heads, but the contents of the guests are - Your Excellency the Dragon King of your sect is sincerely invited to attend the meeting...

"Dragon King..."

The seven heads present, including Yao Shangqing, were secretly shocked when they saw the word "Dragon King".

The Qinglong Society are all killers. They don't show their faces at all on weekdays. Their names are also pseudonyms throughout the Beiliang Jianghu. There are not even many people who have seen the true face of the 'Twelfth Floor', let alone the strongest assassin ranked first.

After the Qinglong Society became successful, the Dragon King rarely took action in person. Because he didn't know the depth, he was not included in the list of great masters. However, the title of 'Qingfeng pointed out the clouds and destroyed the golden dragon with a thousand poisonous techniques' has spread throughout the Beiliang world.

But no one dares to underestimate it.

It was discovered that the strongest assassin from the north and south had appeared. How could the masters in the inn dare to be careless? Almost everyone got up at the same time and retreated to the area around the lobby to show that they were not meddling in other people's business.
To be continued...