"Could it be that the 20th Dragon Subduing Palm came in person?"
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Everyone inside and outside the Mingjian Villa was shocked, and they were so frightened by the terrifying pressure that they could not breathe.
"It turns out that Master Xu Zhu is here in person, and the Famous Sword Villa will be waiting for you."
A huge voice sounded, and a terrifying pressure spread out, vast and majestic.
The two pressures were pressing in front of the gate of Mingjian Villa, like two wild bulls butting against each other, as if a terrifying explosion shock wave was about to hit, shocking the soul, and everyone was so frightened that they froze and could not move.
Good thing!
In the next second, the two pressures disappeared in vain.
In front of the gate, Wei An raised his head and saw a middle-aged man about forty years old coming out. This man was graceful and luxurious, with a tall and straight figure, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and a spirit as rich as jade, which made him stand out.
Wei An raised one palm and said with a smile: "Young monk Xu Zhu has seen Master Xia, I'm rude."
Xia Jifeng showed a warm and shrewd smile like a businessman, and said with a laugh: "Master Xu Zhu has come from afar, his noble feet are on humble soil, and he makes the humble house shine."
He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Master, please come inside."
"Sorry to bother you." Wei An said politely, walked calmly into the Mingjian Villa, and looked around the scenery inside the villa.
This was incredible, and Wei An was greatly shocked.
Mingjian Villa is truly a wealthy manor that has lasted for more than a thousand years. It has been expanded, repaired, and improved from generation to generation. The scale, beauty, and wonder of the manor are beyond imagination.
"The young monk has been to the imperial palace of Tiantang Kingdom, but it was not one-tenth as prosperous as Mingjian Villa."
Wei An sighed sincerely.
"Hahaha, the master is so complimentary." Xia Jifeng stroked his beard and smiled, the pride between his brows unable to be concealed.
The two of them entered a loft facing the lake and sat by the window, drinking tea and enjoying the scenery leisurely, which was very interesting.
After a moment, Xia Jifeng said calmly: "I heard that the Sword King is looking for the master, but I don't know about the relationship between the master and the sword king?"
Wei An continued: "The young monk has never met the Sword King, and there is no relationship between us."
Xia Jifeng snorted, his tone changed to testing and curiosity, and he said with a smile: "The sword king is looking for the master in such a big way, does he really want to challenge the 20th Palm of the Falling Dragon?"
"It's possible."
Wei An smiled slightly, "However, there is another possibility, that is, he wants to ask for the Yue King's Sword in the hands of the young monk."
Xia Jifeng's expression changed, he looked deeply at Wei An, and asked: "Master, is there really the Yue King's Sword in his hand?"
Wei An nodded.
Xia Jifeng's expression suddenly moved, he couldn't help but lean forward, and asked: "How many handles?"
Wei An raised his hand and made a gesture.
"Six handles!!!"
"real or fake?"
Xia Jifeng's breath was stagnant, with a look of disbelief on his face. With his strength, financial resources, and pervasive information channels, he could only obtain one of the Yue Wang Swords.
You actually have six handles?!
Where is the law of heaven!
"Well, Master, can you..." Xia Jifeng rubbed his hands, his excitement palpable.
Wei An was silent for a moment and patted his chest gently.
Whoosh!
Six identical swords flashed out of thin air and hovered above Wei An's head.
"Old and unpretentious, without any momentum."
Xia Jifeng stood up and stared at the six Yue Wang Swords, his eyes were shining and he was shouting. Without even looking at Wei An, he blurted out: "Sell it to me and give me a price!"
Wei An raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "Do you really want to buy it?"
"certainly!"
Xia Jifeng was so excited that he reluctantly looked away, looked at Wei And and said, "This Yue King Sword is a royal treasure and has great collection value. I have been looking for it for many years."
Wei An took a sip of tea and said calmly: "If you get my six Yue King Swords, then you will have seven Yue King Swords in your hand. You have to think clearly about the consequences."
As soon as these words came out!
The expression on Xia Jifeng's face receded like a tide, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said: "It turns out that the master came prepared and knew that I have a Yue King Sword in my hand."
To be honest, he always thought that he was doing things in secret, and no one knew that he had a Yue Wang Sword in his hand.
Alas, there really is no airtight wall in the world.
Wei An asked: "If you have seven Yue Wang swords in your hand, how do you think the Sword King will react? With the strength of your famous sword villa, can you withstand the Sword King's coercion and inducement? Can you keep these seven Yue Wang swords?"
Where is the sword?"
Under a series of questions, Xia Jifeng's expression changed.
The last sword of the Yue King was in the hands of the Sword King Shangguan Jinlin.
Xia Jifeng naturally found this out, and he also found out that the Huashan Sword Sect seemed to have found two Yue Wang Swords.
In other words, two of Master Xu Zhu's six Yue Wang Swords actually came from the Huashan Sword Sect.
After a long silence, Xia Jifeng sighed and said with a wry smile: "Master is right, the Mingjian Mountain Villa has a great business and is prospering. It would be unwise to have a conflict with the Sword King just for these seven swords of the Yue King."
At this point, he regained his sly businessman's charisma and said with a smile: "I can buy six swords from you, and then resell the seven swords of the King of Yue to the Sword King, and make a huge profit from it."
Wei An smiled and said: "This is a good idea."
Xia Jifeng clapped his hands and said with a smile: "How about if we have a good relationship and make money together, you and I will work together to sell swords, and the proceeds will be divided into 40 and 60 cents, and you and I will be divided into 4 and 4, how about that?"
Wei An said speechlessly: "If we really want to make a lot of money, why not sell it to the Sword King separately? Can't we blackmail him twice?"
"good idea!"
Xia Jifeng was overjoyed, "It's just that Xia is short-sighted. He didn't expect that the master is a real business wizard."
Wei An added: "I can also separate these six swords, give them to different people, sell them to the sword king one by one, blackmail him again and again, and make him bankrupt."
"..."
Xia Jifeng's mouth twitched and he smiled awkwardly: "It's not good to be too greedy. The Sword King is not an easy person."
Wei An waved his hands and said sternly: "Let's stop joking and talk about business. The young monk is here to make a deal with me. Please sell me your Yue Wang Sword."
Xia Jifeng blinked, breathing heavily and said: "What do you want to do, provoke the Sword King? None of the eight kings in the world is good. The master came into contact with Wu Yutian in Chanzhou, but I can tell you that Wu Yutian is the weakest among the eight kings.
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Wei An said calmly: "The young monk has no interest in the Sword King."
Xia Jifeng pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, then let's just talk about business."
He began to tidy up his clothes and said calmly: "The Yue King Sword in my hand can be sold to you or to the Sword King. Do you think your bid may be higher than that of the Sword King?"
Wei An smiled and said: "Of course you can't."
Xia Jifeng's lips curled up and he said excitedly: "It seems that the master has treasures that money cannot buy."
"As expected of Master Xia, you'll hit the right guess."
Wei An was calm and calm, "The treasure that the monk wants to give you is definitely something you can't refuse."
Xia Jifeng didn't believe it and laughed and said: "Who knows that Xia is as rich as anyone in the country? There are not many treasures in this world that can make Xia's heart beat."
Wei An chuckled, and flipping his hands, a thick secret book fell on the table in front of Xia Jifeng.
Xia Jifeng looked down calmly. At this glance, his eyes instantly straightened and his body seemed to be frozen.
"The Sword Demon's inherited swordsmanship?!"
Even though Xia Jifeng had seen countless great things in the world, he was still shocked this time. His mouth became dry and his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.
Wei An said calmly: "You can inspect the goods first."
Whoosh!
Xia Jifeng was so impatient that he picked up the secret book regardless of the image, opened the pages, and read greedily.
After a while, Xia Jifeng read more than twenty pages in a row before gradually calming down and raising his head and saying, "Master, where did you get the legacy of the Sword Demon?"
Wei An curled his lips, as if he didn't hear the question, and said to himself: "You can get this "Dugu Divine Sword". Also, the young monk majors in Buddhism and does not know how to dabble in swordsmanship, but the young monk agreed to a noble man
, we are looking for a successor for the Sword Demon. You have a lot of outstanding people in Wanjian Villa, and the young monk plans to choose one from them."
"really?"
Xia Jifeng took a deep breath. There was no need to settle this account. He must have made a lot of money and lost money.
"As expected of a generation of eminent monks, so heroic!"
Xia Jifeng was sincerely convinced. He really couldn't refuse this deal. Even the Sword King couldn't give him such generous terms.
He immediately stood up and left, and soon came back with a Yue King Sword in his hand, which he solemnly handed over to Wei An.
"make a deal."
Wei An smiled slightly, accepted the Yue Wang Sword, and put the seven Yue Wang Swords together in one place.
Xia Jifeng then picked up "Dugu Shenjian" and said excitedly: "I will arrange it right now and have everyone in the village line up for you to choose."
Wei An is incompetent.
Xia Jifeng turned around and left. Unknown to him, lines of luminous handwriting quickly passed through Wei An's eyes.
[After Xia Jifeng obtained the Dugu Divine Sword, he went into seclusion to comprehend and practice. With the wisdom of the sword master, his lifelong experience, and huge resources, he finally mastered the Dugu Sword Intent after spending three years, but he did not dare to take the final step.
Transform into a demon in one step, and finally end up in the realm of sword master.】
"Don't you dare to turn into a demon?"
Wei An sighed softly. Xia Jifeng's businessman smell was too strong. After all, he was not a pure swordsman.
He did not claim the reward immediately and waited patiently.
After a while, Xia Jifeng turned back and led Wei An to an open square.
Looking around, hundreds of people have gathered in the square, and more people are gathering from all directions.
Mingjian Villa is a wealthy and aristocratic family with a large population. There are forty to fifty thousand people living in the village alone.
Wei An grinned, sat down in front of the table, and said with a smile: "Everyone, please come forward with your identity token and accept the inspection of the young monk one by one."
"yes!"
Everyone already knew that Master Xu Zhu was selecting the successor of Sword Demon, so everyone was extremely nervous, excited and looking forward to it. After all, who doesn't want to become the successor of Sword Demon?
The first one to step forward was a young man with a fair face, whose eyebrows were somewhat similar to Xia Jifeng's.
"Junior Xia Wuji, I have met Master Xu Zhu." The young man was polite and smiled cutely.
Wei An understood, took his identity token, counted it with his fingers, and returned it.
Xia Wuji: The next successor of the Sword Master of Wanjian Villa, in less than a hundred years, he integrated the inner strength, spirit, and sword to perfection and became a generation of Sword Master. He then lived a luxurious life until he was four hundred and fifty years old.
, after he trained the next generation of Sword Master successors, he tried to transform into a demon. Unfortunately, the attack failed, and he eventually became possessed and died.
"Master, can I do this junior?" The young man Xia Wuji pursed his lips and asked expectantly.
Wei An smiled and said, "You will become a great person in the future."
After saying this, he made no other comments, leaving people unable to guess his true thoughts.
"Next person."
Soon, another tough-looking young man came forward and handed over his identity token nervously.
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…
Three days passed in a flash.
Wei An screened Wanjian Villa from the inside out and found that six of them could cultivate to the peak level of the first level. Unfortunately, none of them were promoted to sword masters, let alone transformed into sword demons.
"Well, it's already extremely difficult to become a sword master, but it's even harder to become a sword demon."
Wei An sighed softly, but he was not very disappointed. This result was basically expected.
"Master, is there any result?"
Xia Jifeng had been paying attention to this matter and came over to ask with great expectation.
Wei An said calmly: "With my eyesight, I can probably tell that the seven people have hope of cultivating to the first level, but it is a pity that none of them can become a sword demon."
"Seven products!!"
Xia Jifeng seemed not to have heard the second half of the sentence, his expression was already ecstatic, and he hurriedly asked who the seven people were.
Seeing this, Wei An was a little dumbfounded. It seemed that Xia Jifeng didn't believe that anyone could become a sword demon.
After all, looking at the entire history, only one person has done this!
"All right."
Wei An wrote down a list of seven people, and then said: "There is a sword washing pool in Wanjian Villa. Can you lend it to me?"
Xia Jifeng continued: "Yes, there is, but the Sword Washing Pool is in the Cave Heaven Paradise. The Cave Heaven Paradise in my Wanjian Villa will not be opened until eight years later."
Wei An was speechless for a moment.
"Are you in a hurry?"
Seeing this, Xia Jifeng quickly gave a suggestion, "There are two sword-washing pools in Jianzhou that can be opened all year round. One is dedicated to the Sword King, and the other is at Zhujia in Lingnan."
The Sword King can be ruled out directly. As for the Lingnan Zhu family...
Wei An thoughtfully asked, "The Zhu family is also a blood family, right?"
Xia Jifeng nodded and said cautiously: "The ancestors of the Zhu family in Lingnan were once the founding heroes of the country. They married the princess and gave birth to children with royal blood, which can be regarded as half-royal."
Wei An understood, and quickly excluded the Lingnan Zhu family, and asked: "Where are the Huashan Sword Sect and Taiyi Sect?"
Xia Jifeng waved his hands and said proudly: "Don't count on those two families. Their sword washing pool is not as good as mine at Wanjian Villa. They won't be able to open it in ten or twenty years."
While speaking, he suddenly thought of something and shouted: "Wait for me, I'll go check the information."
He quickly entered the study, turned back after a while, and said with a smile: "I found out that there is a sword washing pool in the Qin family in Afang County, which happened to be opened this year."
He introduced: "The Qin family in Afang County is also a wealthy family, with a long history and many talented people. The family's strength ranks among the top ten in Jianzhou."
He handed over a letter and said, "I have an old friendship with the head of the Qin family. Take my letter of introduction and the old Qin family will certainly warmly entertain you."
Wei An thanked him and quickly left Wanjian Villa and flew into the distance.
As soon as he left, someone came to Wanjian Villa.
Two people wearing identical Taoist robes descended from the sky to pay homage to the owner of the village, Xia Jifeng.
"People from Taiyi Sect?"
Xia Jifeng curled up the corner of his mouth and said to himself: "Taiyi Sect is a dignified sect after all, but it has become the Sword King's lackey, being manipulated by him at will. Alas, it's shameless."
Contempt turned to contempt, when Xia Jifeng showed up, his face was filled with a bright smile, and he laughed and said: "Welcome, welcome, Pengpi will shine."
The elder of Taiyi Sect got straight to the point and asked: "Master Xia, if you don't tell secrets, has Master Xu Zhu been here before?"
Xia Jifeng nodded and said, "Yes, we are here."
"Where are the people?"
"gone."
"Where are you going?"
"I didn't ask, I won't make it!"
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…
When it gets dark.
Wei An landed lightly. At this time, he had arrived at Afang County and was walking on the Happy Horse Street in the county town.
Not long after, he entered a restaurant, ordered a few side dishes, and ate with gusto.
Not far away, a storyteller was talking hard:
"Legend has it that a huge empire once appeared in ancient times. Its territory was so large that it encompassed the Western Regions, the Central Plains, and the sea. The emperor at that time was a man of great talent and a wise vision. He made thousands of choices among his empires, and finally chose our Afang County.
A magnificent palace was built.
It's a pity that before the palace was built, the emperor suddenly died, and his dynasty soon fell with it.
In this way, the unfinished palace was also destroyed in the war.
Our story begins in ruins..."
Wei An listened indifferently, then suddenly tilted his head and looked through the window into the distance.
Bang!
Someone is fighting. Judging from the impact fluctuations, it should be two fourth-level warriors fighting.
Wei An quickly looked away and ate his food and wine.
Unexpectedly, one of them suddenly broke out, and the pressure increased to level three, so the battle ended in the blink of an eye.
"Someone died."
Wei An curled his lips, he didn't expect that the public security in Afang County was so bad, warriors were actually fighting on the street, and he didn't know how many innocent people were involved.
"Killing people!"
"Run quickly!"
Not long after, many people were running away on the street outside the window. Some people fell to the ground and were trampled by the chaotic crowd, causing screams.
People in the restaurant craned their necks to watch, and the waiter quickly closed the door.
"Alas, it's time to teach from the heart again..."
Wei An heard someone sigh, turned to look at the white-haired old man, and asked: "Old man, are there any people from the Congxin Sect active in Afang County?"
The white-haired old man replied: "You must be from out of town. To be honest, our Afang County has been in bad luck for eight lifetimes and has become the hardest hit area for Congxin Sect activities."
After listening to his ramble, Wei An learned that Afang County seemed to be possessed by a demon these past few days. Rare disasters had occurred one after another. Floods, droughts, and locust plagues had all appeared.
When people's lives were difficult, the Congxin Cult took advantage of the situation and grew rapidly.
At present, the Congxin Sect has become a climate in Afang County, doing whatever they want and even angering the Qin family, the most powerful martial arts family. The two sides are incompatible and fighting constantly.