Ever since Jiang Ran possessed the inner strength, he has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats with the Jingshen Jiu Dao.
Even when facing Zhuge Mingyu, the secret scholar who was well versed in the "Sanjiu Sutra", Jiang Ran never fell into the slightest disadvantage.
On the contrary, it was because the technique of the Jingshen Nine Swordsmanship was so complicated and profound that even the Sanjiu Sutra could not calculate all its changes, which led Zhuge Mingyu to kill him at the neck.
Over time, Jiang Ran even thought that these nine shocking swords were the undefeated martial arts in the world.
However, he didn't expect that today, due to an accidental move, the blade of the knife was broken open by this man, and his claws were already in front of his throat.
This flash of lightning is extremely thrilling.
Jiang Ran suddenly took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and kept himself calm. At the same time, he stretched out his body and shook his steps!
Suddenly, a soaring aura emanated from him.
It is like a saint coming to earth, making people subconsciously want to worship him!
This is [Haoran Xing], it is a wonderful footwork, the spirit and the will are in harmony, like a saint coming, shocking Xiao Xiaoxiao in all directions.
One step forward, but the moment the hand came close to Jiang Ran's throat, he subconsciously paused.
Just during this moment, Jiang Ran flashed the broken gold knife in his hand, and the blade arced, trying to take away one of the man's arms.
However, this man's method was extremely weird. He took advantage of the situation and softened his arms, rolled his body along with the blade, flew up with both feet and faced Jiang Ran at the same time.
Jiang Ran bent his arms and grabbed the person's ankle with his thirteen crazy claws.
But he took a step slower and heard a snap. Jiang Ran's hand touched the sole of the person's shoe, and with a tear, the person's boots immediately shattered, but the whole person flew away with this force, smiling softly.
One sound:
"The Nine Shocking Swordsmen are nothing more than that.
"Jiang Shaoxia, you and I just wait for the day to come!"
"Want to leave!?"
The golden knife in Jiang Ran's hand suddenly struck!
Silently, a flash of sword light flew away, disappearing from sight along with the figure.
Jiang Ran's face darkened. This man was very good at Qinggong. I'm afraid it would be hard to really hurt him with this move...
Moreover, listening to his voice, he was clearly the young owner of Zuodaozhuang.
He glanced around again, but there was no trace of the Four Evil Sects.
Presumably, they had already escaped while the two were fighting.
"...Jiang...ahem, Young Master Jiang..."
Jiang Ran originally wanted to chase him, but Cheng Tianyang's voice reached his ears.
Looking back at him, Jiang Ran's expression was a little strange:
"Mr. Cheng, the bodyguard?"
Cheng Tianyang smiled bitterly: "It will be replaced if it's fake."
Jiang Ran nodded slightly and came to Cheng Tianyang:
"Where did Mr. Cheng's escort go today?"
"I sent escorts to the Zhou family, but I didn't expect that this week the Zhou family would be captured by someone else.
"I didn't see through their trick, and I was attacked by the Snake Sect. After a chaotic fight, I managed to escape from the encirclement. After a little adjustment, I planned to continue tracking the traces of this gang.
"Even if it doesn't work, you still have to recover the things you escorted.
"I thought this matter was like finding a needle in a haystack, but I didn't expect...ahem...but I didn't expect that I would actually find traces of them.
"That's when I found this place... I was a little late, and when I arrived, the soul-destroying array had already started.
"When I heard Jiang Shaoxia's voice inside the formation, I started to think of ways to break the formation."
As he spoke, he put down the fireworks tube in his hand:
"The smoke of the Soul-Destroying Formation is specially made by them. Before starting the formation, they hide these fireworks tubes underground, and just pull off the threads, and the smoke will billow out.
"But if its source is removed, the smoke will dissipate completely.
"But, why is Young Master Jiang here? And how come he is fighting with the people in Zuodaozhuang?"
"...Mr. Cheng, the bodyguard doesn't know something."
Jiang Ran told Gu Xizhi what he told him after he woke up.
Cheng Tianyang was also present at the time of rescuing Gu Xizhi, so he knew about it.
But after Jiang Ran finished speaking, Cheng Tianyang stayed on the spot.
After a long time, he sighed:
"If I could have saved the great hero Gu at that time, my brothers who have followed me through life and death for so many years might not have died."
Jiang Ran was silent for a moment and sighed:
"Both you and I have no perspective. Five hundred years in the past, you and I both know, but we can't see what happens in the next moment.
"Things in this world are always so wrong, which makes people feel uncomfortable when they think about it afterwards.
"This is what is called, nine times out of ten life is not what you want, but how can you force it?"
Looking back on the past, when Jiang Ran first entered Cangzhou Mansion, he would not have gone to the old drunkard first, but would have found a place to collect the reward.
If we go to Tang Mansion again, the results will be different.
However, how many people in this life can stand from God’s perspective and see the overall pros and cons?
Jiang Ran didn't know about the affairs of the Tang Dynasty that day, and today he didn't know that Gu Xi had something important to tell him. This is the general truth.
Cheng Tianyang sighed:
"Young Master Jiang's words make sense...but Cheng's heart is... ugh.
"Actually, after so many years of licking blood with the tip of a knife, I have almost seen life and death.
"That's all, let's not talk about this... Jiang Shaoxia, you and I will say goodbye. I still have to follow their traces and find a way to recover those things."
"Boss Mr. Cheng, you are seriously injured now..."
"This injury is far less than the pain in my heart."
Cheng Tianyang bowed and said, "Farewell."
"please."
Jiang Ran stopped trying to persuade him after hearing this. It is impossible for people in this world to live according to one person's wishes.
They have their own goals and their own purposes.
There are always some things that no one else can control.
When Cheng Tianyang made his decision, Jiang Ran could only stand here and watch him drift away.
Then he saw Cheng Tianyang standing still, suddenly taking out something from his arms, throwing it towards Jiang Ran with a wave of his hand.
Jiang Ran took it casually, but it was a snuff bottle.
He was slightly startled: "What is Mr. Cheng's escort head?"
"This is the only thing I got back from this single escort.
"If Zuo Daozhuang has a plan, this thing can definitely help Jiang Shaoxia sort out his thoughts.
"This batch of items is quite large. If we leave it alone, I'm afraid there will be a big disaster!"
When Cheng Tianyang said this, he bowed and turned away.
Jiang Ran frowned slightly, looked at the snuff bottle in his hand, brought it to his nose and smelled it. He was stunned for a moment, then opened the lid and poured the contents into the palm of his hand. The black powder made Jiang Ran raise his eyebrows slightly:
"This is……"
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The cold wind was blowing, and a violent coughing sound came from an uninhabited mountain col.
"Young Master!"
The four evil sects were all behind that man, and upon hearing this voice, their expressions changed dramatically.
After looking at each other, they knelt on the ground with a plop:
"We... have made arbitrary decisions, please ask the Young Master to punish us."
The young village owner lowered his head and looked at the blood in his palms, and breathed out softly:
"Twenty years...Twenty years ago, that man broke into my Zuodaozhuang and killed countless people. No one could stop him. He just took away the most precious treasure of my Zuodaozhuang and walked away...
"His sword skills, my father has been studying hard all the time in the past twenty years, looking for a way to crack it.
"But even now, it still can't be broken...
"Nine Shocking Swords... What a Nine Frightening Swords!!
"Cough cough cough!!"
The young master's face turned pale, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth:
"But tonight, I finally managed to fool him."
Shenzong Boyan quickly took out the elixir from his arms: "Young Master, please take the medicine quickly."
"I was wounded by his sword energy, and the medicine cannot fully cure the wound, but if you want to kill me, these are not enough..."
"The matter of Jiaowei is of great importance and cannot be slacked off.
"With this thing in hand, Jinyang Mansion's major events will be a little more certain... After you have made your own decision today and wait for this matter, go back to Zuodaozhuang and collect the punishment from my father in person.
"I can't stay here long, lest... hum. You... act according to my plan!"
After saying this, he flew up and walked away in the blink of an eye.
The Four Evil Sects looked at each other, bowed, and then turned around and left.
After they had walked for about half an hour, a figure came slowly. Cheng Tianyang frowned and stared at the footprints on the ground. After finally identifying the direction, he chased after him.
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At this time, when time is said to be slow, it always makes people live like years.
But if you want to say it fast, it's as fast as blinking.
The remaining days of September seemed to fly by in a blink of an eye.
At this moment, the entire Changqing Mansion became lively.
The eighth day of October is just around the corner. There are many people from the world in the city, and the Changqing government office is getting nervous.
Dao Wuming went out early and came back late, wondering what he was busy with.
Ruan Yuqing occasionally went out and met many old acquaintances, and many people came to visit Qifeng Villa.
When he learned that Jiang Ran was here, his eyes flickered as if he had seen the future glory and wealth.
But when they found out that Jiang Ran had a disciple named Xuanyuan Yida, everyone felt as if they were mourning for their heirs. After being unbelievable, they became devastated.
At the same time, these days, people often visit Qifeng Villa at night, wanting to find out the details of Jiang Ran.
Unfortunately, these people were restrained by the people from Qifeng Villa before they could be dismissed by the disciples of Blood Knife Hall.
Since the last time Jiang Ran helped Feng Xianzhi ask about the famous doctor Yan Wushuang, Feng Xianzhi was grateful for Jiang Ran's kindness and treated Jiang Ran with great respect. Although his attitude was not comparable to that of Xuanyuan Yidao, his apprentice, it was still somewhat different.
Never fail to obey your destiny.
He was even more unwilling to let Jiang Ran be harassed by these Jianghu people when he was in his house.
Therefore, Jiang Ran lived a relatively clean life during this period of time.
Ordinary Jianghu people have Qifeng Villa to stop them, and more advanced ones have Blood Sword Hall waiting for them. No matter how skilled they are, they can still pass the level of Xuanyuan Yida.
It is worth mentioning that Jiang Ran personally improved the Indestructible Seven-Star Sword, which opened Xuanyuan Yida's eyes.
But when he saw the eighth knife, his expression was a little complicated.
It's both joy and loss.
Jiang Ran knew what he was thinking. Ever since the indestructible Seven-Star Sword was handed over to him, he knew what the old man had planned.
He doesn't care about his official status, but firstly he wants to entrust him with a mantle so as not to lose his inheritance of what he has learned. Secondly, he also wants to find a support for the Blood Knife Hall so that he will not lose the Blood Knife Hall a hundred years later.
With no one in charge, he eventually disappeared into the world.
Only then did he worship himself as his teacher in order to achieve these two goals.
However, the eighth sword of the indestructible Seven-Star Sword was created by Jiang Ran and taught to him, thus confirming the title of master and disciple.
Even if it had no impact on the little calculation in his mind, it was inevitable that he would feel a little disappointed.
After feeling disappointed, he began to seriously seek martial arts lessons from Jiang Ran.
Xuanyuan Yida's character was actually very pure. He had no partner and no heirs in his life. He dedicated his whole life to the Blood Sword Hall, and he had just achieved the position of one of the Thirteen Gangs.
All the remaining energy was put on martial arts and formations.
It's a pity that he has limited talent in formations and is always ridiculed by the Jingtan layman.
Now, under Jiang Ran's guidance, he has made further progress in sword skills, which is something Xuanyuan Yida himself never thought of.
Jiang Ran slowly spent a few days of real leisure time in this daily routine of playing chess with Ruan Yuqing, drinking tea, studying sword techniques with Xuanyuan Yida, and bickering with Tang Huayi.
But as the eighth day of October approaches, Jiang Ran gradually loses his leisure.
Although it is said that everything is left to Yan Wushuang.
But he also had to choose what should be selected, and he had to make two trips to Sunset Ping to figure out how to arrange the table, how to display the Jiaowei Qin, and where Jiang Ran should sit.
No one else can make the decision for him in these matters.
Amidst all these things, time quietly came to the seventh day of October.
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That night.
In Qifeng Villa, Jiang Ran was playing with the wine gourd in his hand, sitting on a stone bench in the yard, looking up at the crescent moon in the sky.
Shake the gourd gently, open it occasionally and take a sip.
"The autumn breeze is very cool this night. Why are you drinking here if you don't want to rest in your room and wait for tomorrow's meeting?"
Tang Huayi's voice came from one side.
Jiang Ran didn't look back, just pointed to the stool beside him:
"Have a drink with me?"
"Ordinary wine will not enter my mouth."
Tang Huayi casually placed the single sword on the table and sat down:
"What's wrong? I feel like you're worried about something? Are you nervous?
"You instigated this show yourself. Tomorrow, all the people from all walks of life will come to watch your performance. If you are too nervous to go on stage, the joke will be big."
Jiang Ran smiled when he heard this and poured her a glass of wine.
Tang Huayi took it over and smelled it, his eyes lit up:
"Sing high?"
"Sing as much as you want, it's really a good drink."
Jiang Ran sighed softly: "Nowadays, the place that interests me the most when looking at Jianghu is Qianyun Villa. But I don't know what kind of place it will be?"
"Qianyun Villa..."
Tang Huayi picked up the wine glass and took a sip, seemingly reluctant to drink.
There is no such thing as the cow drinking in the carriage that day,
After thinking for a while, she said: "I don't know what Qianyun Villa looks like. But I do know that the [Dionysian Art] passed down by their family is an extremely good internal skill. It is said that people who practice this martial art , you need to drink, the more you drink, the deeper your internal strength will be."
"oh?"
Jiang Ran's eyes lit up: "Is there such a kind of martial arts in this world? Why didn't I know about it..."
"Aren't you still ignorant and ignorant until now?"
Tang Huayi grinned.
Jiang Ran rolled his eyes at her and played with the jade pendant hanging around his waist.
This jade pendant was hanging here, and he played with it from time to time, making it more and more crystal clear. Even if he looked at it occasionally, he would also think about things and people, thinking of the miserable Ye Jingshuang when he first met her.
Tang Huayi glanced at the jade pendant in his hand, snorted and said:
"However, although the Dionysus Technique is powerful, it is not that easy to master.
"Because this internal strength is increased, it can only be achieved by drinking alcohol without getting drunk.
"Everyone's drinking capacity is different. The stronger the wine, the stronger the inner strength of the Dionysus Art will be. However, some people will fall asleep after just one sip of such a strong wine, so how can they practice it?
"So, in order to cultivate the drinking capacity of our disciples, the people of Qianyun Villa have to soak in wine vats since they were young.
“It’s quite difficult to drink alcohol all day long to stay healthy...
"I guess if I were born in this Qianyun Villa, I would be the least valued disciple in the family."
When she said this, her cheeks were slightly stained, and her eyes were blurred as she glanced at Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran almost vomited...
A pretty and cute girl looking at a man with blurred eyes will naturally make people's hearts flutter.
However, a man with a sallow complexion looked at a man like this...
Jiang Ran asked himself, really he was not blessed to enjoy it.
He turned his head away unceremoniously:
"You drank too much."
"Less than a glass."
Tang Huayi curled her lips: "What are you thinking about? Are you nervous or uneasy? What will happen tomorrow? You have been busy these past two days, and it seems that not all of it is about things on Sunset Ping... I always feel like
, are you hiding something from me?"
Jiang Ran was delighted when he heard this: "Guess what I'm hiding from you?"
"How would I know……"
Tang Huayi curled his lips: "Actually, I thought that your mind should be relatively simple. Although your master is full of five evils and is not a good person, cheating, cheating, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. But after all, you have been doing this since you were a child.
It is rare to come into contact with people who have truly evil thoughts.
"Even if I have some ill-intentioned thoughts, I won't be so deep.
"But I don't know what's going on with you. You are like an old monster who has been here for many years. You are intangible in mood and anger...it's hard to guess."
"Even people who live together all day long may not be able to understand everything.
"What's more, you know me from my master's mouth...
"How can you really know me as well as you think, despite being separated by several worlds?"
Jiang Ran shook his head gently:
“I actually don’t have anything on my mind, I’m just feeling a little emotional.
"All the ups and downs in the world come from profit, and the fighting between grudges and grudges is not as imagined. It's all for the sake of chivalry."
"These two words are destined to miss you."
When Tang Huayi said this, he came to Jiang Ran.
She was indeed not a big drinker, but she was also suspected of pretending to be crazy under the influence of alcohol. As soon as she leaned closer, she wanted to get into Jiang Ran's arms.
Jiang Ran's heart moved, and he immediately flicked his sleeves, swayed his body again, and was already in the room, closing the door.
When he lowered his head and took a look, he thought it would irritate his eyes, but he found that the appearance of the person in his arms had changed into Tang Huayi's delicate little face.
She had a peach-like face and said with a hazy look in her eyes:
"This singing seems to be more intense than Zongyi... Why am I feeling faintly drunk?"
"Why do you say that the word chivalry has nothing to do with me?"
Jiang Ran still remembered what Tang Huayi said outside the room.
Hearing this, Tang Huayi suddenly raised her head and looked at Jiang Ran. Her eyes were still not clear, and she tried hard to look into Jiang Ran's eyes, then stretched out her hand and dragged Jiang Ran's face.
Jiang Ran frowned slightly, and just as he was about to speak, he noticed that Tang Huayi was rubbing his hands vigorously.
"..."
Jiang Ran's face was rubbed into various shapes by her.
Tang Huayi laughed proudly, and his legs swayed involuntarily.
Jiang Ran's face was as dark as iron for a moment, and just when he was about to speak, Tang Huayi's fingers moved from his face to his heart bit by bit:
"Are you a good person or a bad person?"
"kindness?"
Jiang Ran was stunned. Although he thought he was not a good person, let alone a gentleman, it would be far-fetched to say he was a bad person.
Just when I was thinking about how to answer, I heard Tang Huayi say:
"You have to ask your heart...
"Who are you, you have to ask your own heart...
"But, it doesn't matter. If you want to be a knight, then be a knight. If you want to be a villain, then be a villain.
"As long as you are you, nothing else matters.
"If you want to be a hero who draws your sword to help when there is injustice on the road, I will... I will be your sword and kill all the evil in the world.
"If you...if you become a bad guy who commits murder, arson, and commits all kinds of evil...then...then I will work with you and kill all the heroes in the world!"
Jiang Ran raised his eyebrows:
"Why do you have to do this for me?"
Tang Huayi didn't know whether he heard it or not, so he rubbed Jiang Ran's chest and said in a vague voice:
"No matter what you want to do...it's fine...I will stay with you until I die..."
In view of the controversial content of this chapter, I considered adding a paragraph. In fact, it is just to write out the content to be written later in advance...