"I should have noticed something was wrong with them. They turned out to be monsters from the Demon Cult!"
"I just said that it is impossible for a woman to have such a level of cultivation!"
"Everyone in the demonic sect will kill them if they find them!"
"In this case, the competition just now will not count!"
"Yes, who knows what magic they used before!"
Many of those swordsmen who had quietly left before suddenly returned, and each one of them was even more excited than Tie Qingfeng.
"Interesting, really interesting."
Qiao Xiaoqiao couldn't help but stand up and said with a smile: "Master Tie really has a bright eye."
"Still pretending here!"
Tie Qingfeng stood up suddenly, stared at Qiao Xiaoqiao coldly, and said disdainfully: "I have received a secret report a long time ago that someone from the Demon Cult has sneaked into the Sword Club, so I came here to watch the battle, and now I have discovered you two spies.
!Come here, surround them for me!"
With a loud shout, dozens of palace guards rushed out from all corners, holding long spears and crossbows to surround Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang.
Qiao Xiaoqiao frowned, already extremely disappointed with this state shepherd. It was really daring to do such a thing for selfish reasons. He regarded Qingjian State as his own home, so he said with some warning.
: "Tie Qingfeng, are you sure you want to do this?
You, the state pastor, don't want to do this anymore by abusing your power and using public affairs for personal gain."
"You still dare to threaten, you are really stubborn!"
Tie Qingfeng shouted and raised his hand to order the guards to take action.
"Master Iron, wait!"
This battle made the owner of the village, Jian Jiu Ming, dissatisfied, and he couldn't help but stop Tie Qingfeng.
Tie Qingfeng was about to attack, but was stopped by Jian Jiu Ming, with a slightly unhappy expression on his face: "Master Jian Manor, why did you stop me from killing the demon sect demon?"
Jian Jiuming asked casually: "Do you have any evidence that they are members of the Demon Cult?"
"They have already done it so obviously, what more evidence do they need?"
Naturally, Tie Qingfeng didn't have any evidence, he just found an excuse to vent his anger on his son, "Master Jian Manor, you don't want to protect these two demon sect monsters, do you?
Look at all the swordsmen present at the meeting, they all think these two women are demon sect demons!"
Jian Jiuming understood what Tie Qingfeng and those clamoring swordsmen wanted to do. They just didn't want a woman to become the swordsman. He felt that this would lose the face of Qingjian State. It was just hard to offend with public anger. After all, the Sword Forging Villa was in Qingjian State.
Realm, I have to give face to Tie Qingfeng and those swordsmen.
"The two of them are not demon cult monsters."
At this time, Wu Jiu finally spoke and spoke slowly.
Tie Qingfeng and Jian Jiuming were both stunned. They did not expect that the imperial envoy would actually speak for the two women.
"Master Imperial Envoy, why did you say this?"
Tie Qingfeng couldn't figure out what Wu Jiu meant, so he had to ask.
Although Wu Jiu has not yet received Qiao Xiaoqiao's instruction to take action, he does not allow the old man to slander the two hostesses like this: "Because they set off from Lanjing with this imperial envoy and arrived in Qingjian Prefecture on the same day.
"
These words made Tie Qingfeng stunned. He had never expected that the imperial envoy would actually speak for the two women. However, he had already brought the situation to this point and had no reason to slap himself in the face, so he had to defend himself stronger.
: "This just shows how cunning they are. They actually used the imperial envoy as a cover. Their intentions are abominable and their actions are hateful!"
"Are you as stupid as this imperial envoy?"
Wu Jiu replied angrily, and then said: "It's a good thing to catch demons from the Demon Cult, but it's a big taboo to pretend to be public for personal gain. Master Tie, don't make this mistake!"
"Since the Imperial Envoy wants to protect them, I have nothing to say."
Tie Qingfeng's expression changed several times, but he finally endured it, waved his hand and removed the crossbowmen, and said with a smile: "But I still insist on my opinion.
If something goes wrong afterwards, I hope the imperial envoy will not blame the official for not warning me in advance."
Wu Jiu was too lazy to argue with him: "You don't need to worry about anything. When I come to Qingjian Prefecture this time, I will also investigate the rekindling of Yaofeng. Just don't cause trouble."
"In that case, I can just watch the show with peace of mind."
Tie Qingfeng sat down again, with a half-smiling expression on his face.
Wu Jiu turned to Jian Jiu and said, "Let the Jianhui continue."
"good."
Jian Jiuming guessed that these two women were probably the ones arranged by the imperial envoy, so he said: "Then let's continue. If no one dares to challenge Miss Gu, then she will be the sword leader of this sword meeting."
When he asked this question, there was a sudden silence in the audience.
"Since no one dares to fight again, the owner of this village will announce that the leader of this sword meeting will be this Miss Gu."
Jian Jiu Ming deliberately delayed for another two or three minutes, and then said slowly: "Go, invite all the participating swordsmen to the lobby to watch the ceremony, and open the sword immediately!"
Not long after, except for the dead swordsman, everyone else who was alive was invited back to the lobby.
The next step is to witness the miracle, oh no, witness the moment when the divine sword opens.
"Please give me a sacrifice!"
The tall butler took over the process, stood under the chief's chair, and shouted loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a graceful girl whose hands and feet were shackled slowly walked to the side of the ring with the support of two maids.
"Sword Burning Furnace."
The tall butler shouted again.
The arena was split into two ends, and the sword furnace underneath was exposed again, and the flames ignited, making everyone in the hall feel unbearably hot.
"Sword of Ascension!"
Flames flowed across the furnace, and the divine sword that could only see the hilt suddenly trembled, like a red fire dragon rising slowly from the furnace flow and hanging in the air.
"Throw a sacrifice!"
The two maids pushed the elegant girl slowly towards the sword furnace with blazing fireworks.
The Qingwan girl was a little scared, and she couldn't help but retreat a little. However, the two tall and sturdy maids blocked her body and pushed her towards the sword furnace.
"I don't want to die, Dad, I don't want to die yet."
The Qingwan girl looked up at Jian Jiu Ming and begged with tears in her mouth.
Jian Jiuming's face was expressionless and he waved his hand calmly: "Stop dawdling. If you delay the auspicious moment for the opening of the divine sword, it will cost the lives of you two cheap maids."
The two maids were frightened. They panicked and picked up the Qingwan girl and threw her directly into the sword furnace.
"Wait a minute, let go of that girl."
Qiao Xiaoqiao couldn't stand it anymore, so she stopped the two maids and said loudly: "Do you have to sacrifice a human life to open the sword?"
"Miss Qiao, please be patient."
Jian Jiuming opened his mouth to explain at this time: "The Divine Sword is a divine weapon in this world. If we don't sacrifice appropriate sacrifices, I'm afraid it won't be able to reach its peak edge.
This is the method of opening the sword that has been passed down for thousands of years in our Sword Making Villa. We won’t be surprised if you don’t know about it, but please don’t interrupt the process of sacrificing the sword, as this will damage the quality of the divine sword.”
Qiao Xiaoqiao asked coldly: "Don't you think it's cruel to sacrifice a human life for a mere weapon?"
"cruel?"
Jian Jiuming looked confused and asked in confusion: "Why did Miss Qiao say this?"
Qiao Xiaoqiao added: "Have you ever asked that little girl's opinion? Would she agree to sacrifice her life?"
"Being able to open the sword with the Divine Sword is a supreme honor for my little girl. It's too late for her to be grateful. How could she refuse?"
Jian Jiuming laughed and didn't think there was any problem at all: "Besides, devoting one's life to the Divine Sword is the natural mission of a woman from my Jian clan, and she cannot refuse."
Qingjian Prefecture is a place where swordsmen gather and sword-making is popular. In addition to the sword-making villa, there are more than tens of thousands of large and small sword-making furnaces.
It has been a basic operation that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years.
So most of the swordsmen just looked at it expressionlessly and didn't think there was anything wrong.
"For a mere woman to be able to dedicate herself to the Divine Sword is a blessing earned through eight lifetimes of training!"
A swordsman couldn't help but cursed.
Qiao Xiaoqiao glanced angrily at the sarcastic swordsman, and said coldly: "Since it is a blessing earned through eight lifetimes, why don't you accept this blessing and force a weak woman to die?"
"you!"
The swordsman was choked by Qiao Xiaoqiao and argued forcefully: "You are simply making excuses. Sacrifice of women is a rule set by the master swordsmith Jianzi Maya ten thousand years ago! He also sacrificed his own back then.
It is my little daughter who made the Haoqi Divine Sword famous in the Xianyun Continent."
"That's right, sacrificing girls has been a tradition of Qingjian State for tens of thousands of years. Do you still want to go against the tradition and Swordsman Maya?"
Another swordsman couldn't help but shouted back.
"That's not right."
When Qiao Xiaoqiao was on the Immortal Island, she looked through the historical records of Qingjian Prefecture that Queen Ji found from the dynasty's archives. At this time, she retorted: "According to the records in the "Qingjian Prefecture Chronicles", Maya, the swordsman of that year,
After forging the mighty divine sword, his youngest daughter lost her footing and fell into the sword furnace. He regretted it and threw himself into the sword furnace. Only then did the divine sword open up and its mighty energy shoot straight into the sky.
So it was because of him that the divine sword was sharpened. Even if it became a tradition, it should be sacrificed to a man, why did it become a sacrifice of a girl?
It’s nothing more than you men who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and bully the weak and fear the strong!”
These words made all the swordsmen blush. They wanted to refute but didn't know what to say, so they had to turn the debate into humiliation and muddy the water before talking.
"These two women are really short-sighted. They don't know anything about swordsmanship and how to open a front."
"Stop talking nonsense, it's delaying the opening of the Divine Sword!"
"Master of the Sword Manor, these two women really insult the way of swordsmanship, they should be kicked out!"
"Two bitches dare to insult the thousands-year-old tradition of Qingjian State. They deserve to be damned!"
"Kill them and restore the reputation of Qingjian Prefecture!"
"..." "Shut up, everyone!"
Gu Hanshuang's long sword vibrated, and the cold frost energy overflowed wildly, shocking the shouting swordsmen to the point where they were so cold that they almost froze into ice.
Those people were immediately silent. As expected, they were just like Qiao Xiaoqiao said, they were all bullies and afraid of the strong.
"Master Sword Manor, I have a question to ask you."
Gu Hanshuang raised his eyes and looked at Jian Jiuming.
Jian Jiuming was also shocked by the huge spiritual pressure emanating from Gu Hanshuang, and said slowly: "Miss Gu, if you have anything to say, just say it."
"Since I am the sword master, does this divine sword belong to me?"
Gu Hanshuang asked calmly.
"According to the rules of the Sword Association, this is indeed the case."
Jian Jiuming nodded, but hesitated again, "However, the Divine Sword has not yet been launched. If..." "It's fine if it's mine."
Gu Hanshuang was too lazy to listen to the nonsense behind him and said loudly: "Then I will declare now that my sword does not need to be sharpened and let this girl go immediately."
These words stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and the swordsmen who had been shocked became excited again. Gu Hanshuang was simply provoking the most sensitive and fragile nerves of all the swordsmen, challenging the ten thousand years of stubbornness of Qingjian State.
Tradition has not only attracted the anger of the swordsmen in front of them, but also the hatred of the entire Qingjian State and even all male swordsmen.
However, Gu Hanshuang was not afraid, she was going to implement the plan that Qiao Xiaoqiao had agreed on last night.