The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 305: Do you want to provoke the Southern Song Dynasty court?
There are not many people or things in this world that can surprise Xu Xingchen.

The information revealed by several people is an exception!
".I was originally thinking about how to get the Nine Yin Manual from the old naughty boy when I get to Peach Blossom Island in the future."

". Or wait until Jing'er learns the martial arts from the Nine Yin Manual and then tell me about it."

".I didn't expect that there is a place in this world where the martial arts secret book is hidden."

".It seems that I have to take a look around the palace of the Southern Song Dynasty."

This competition ended in vain!

Everyone came with great excitement but left in disappointment.

After returning to Jiaxing City, Qiu Chuji, Ma Yu and Wang Chuyi quickly said goodbye and left.

Xu Xingchen also disbanded his own team.
He gave money to all the servants, maids, prostitutes, and guards he had forcibly conscripted to serve him and sent them away.

After all, he was not a person who enjoyed pleasure. After only experiencing this kind of life of being surrounded by people for more than half a month, he got tired of it.

After the bet between the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and Qiu Chuji ended, they returned to their hometowns and resumed their old jobs.

They live their own lives on weekdays, but get together every now and then to eat and drink to deepen their friendship.

Han Xiaoying and Zhang Asheng lived together, and they led a happy married life day and night, making others envious.

With the help of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, Yang Tiexin's family of four, including their leader Li Ping, all settled down in Jiaxing City.

Regarding the household registration issue
There were many refugees fleeing from the north, and with money and a little bit of martial arts skills, it was easy to get everything done.

As for the original Niujiao Village, it’s better not to go back!

Yang Tiexin and his wife, Li Ping and others, and the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan lived not far from each other, so they could take care of each other.

During this period, Xu Xingchen checked Guo Jing's martial arts.

Ever since Guo Jing sucked the blood of the precious snake of the immortal old monster, his martial arts skills have increased by more than ten years in a short period of time!

While traveling with Huang Rong, he had completed his second transformation and became a master who had broken through the realm twice.

Xu Xingchen asked about the strange phenomenon that occurred during the second transformation.

Guo Jing grabbed the back of his head and said in a silly voice, "I heard from Rong'er that I seemed to be on fire at the time. Well, my whole body was covered with white flames. It burned very badly. She couldn't get close to me. But I didn't feel anything."

Xu Xingchen listened to it and thought about it. Then he asked about all the changes that happened in his body during the second transformation and the period after it ended.
Xu Xingchen asked in detail and Guo Jing answered specifically.

After the questioning was over, Xu Xingchen stayed in seclusion in the house for three days.

After coming out of seclusion, he taught Guo Jing the revised third chapter of the Nine Yang Internal Power.

During Guo Jing's training, Xu Xingchen always paid attention to the subtle changes in his body and made appropriate corrections and adjustments at any time.
When Guo Jing had completely learned the new internal skills and his Nine Yang Internal Force was on the right track, Xu Xingchen sent him and Huang Rong away again. He said that he wanted them to continue traveling and gaining experience, but in fact he wanted him to find his own opportunity and experience what he should experience.

Not long after the two left, Xu Xingchen also bid farewell to the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, Yang Tiexin and others, and traveled around the world alone.

His first stop was Hangzhou, not far from Jiaxing.
That year, the Southern Song Emperor Zhao Gou fled south from Bianliang to Hangzhou and settled down temporarily.

At that time, the two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were in the hands of the Jin people, and the capital of the Song Dynasty, Bianliang, was also occupied by the Jin Dynasty.

In order to remind himself not to forget the old grudge, he changed the name of Hangzhou to Lin'an, which means temporary stability.

Unfortunately, the small Southern Song Dynasty court never succeeded in its northern expedition.

Lin'an! Lin'an!
It became the true capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Xu Xingchen, wearing a green shirt and holding the Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand, came all the way to Lin'an.

The closer you get to Lin'an, the more you can feel the atmosphere of prosperity.

There are busy cars and people everywhere, and scholars everywhere.
Some people recite poems and write couplets, some people watch the wind and admire the moon, some people spend a lot of money in brothels, and some people get drunk in restaurants.
As we walked into Lin'an City, this abnormal prosperity became increasingly obvious.

This era of flourishing literature even made Xu Xingchen marvel!

Xu Xingchen wandered around restaurants, brothels, inns, teahouses and other places full of people and gossip, and all he heard were some romantic anecdotes, or someone wrote a good lyric, someone wrote a good poem.
Few people mentioned going north to recover their homeland.

Only when mentioning the Great Jin Dynasty would they curse and complain like "They are not worthy of being human beings" and "We will definitely march north to take back our homeland in the future."

These people have been in Lin'an for hundreds of years and have long regarded it as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. They have also become accustomed to life here.

The warm wind intoxicated the tourists, who mistook Hangzhou for Bianzhou.
This poem has become the most true portrayal!

Xu Xingchen wandered around Lin'an City for several days. Even with his extraordinary and otherworldly character, he felt a little sad for their misfortune and angry at their lack of fighting spirit!

He thought about it in his mind.
His disciple Guo Jing would fight against the Mongolian army in Xiangyang in the future, and then he would have children and spend his whole life there.
Until the fall of Xiangyang City, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed!
All in all, it took almost forty years.

"That is to say, the Southern Song Dynasty only has about 40 years of national prosperity left."

"If history continues to develop, the Southern Song Dynasty will eventually be doomed to fall."

"Then, there was a hundred years of humiliation under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty." Xu Xingchen sighed. The bustling scenes of traffic on the streets outside the window seemed to have turned into a tragic purgatory with corpses everywhere in his eyes.

The walls of the imperial palace are very high, and with the patrolling guards on top of the walls, they are enough to prevent most martial arts masters from climbing over them.

Obviously, Xu Xingchen was one of the few people who could easily climb in.

Enter the palace compound, sneak along, and look around as you go.

The area of the imperial palace is far smaller than that of the Forbidden City in Beijing built during the Ming Dynasty, but it also has a gentleness and refinement unique to the Jiangnan region.

The teams of guards patrolling the palace were all strong and sturdy, and it was obvious that they all had strong martial arts skills.

But Xu Xingchen saw from them that they were just superficial, strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and that they were all show and no substance.

These people have lived in peace for too long, and their real fighting power is far inferior to those who have been fighting for years in the arena.
"I don't know who in this palace can practice the Nine Yin Manual?"

Xu Xingchen muttered to himself as he continued to maneuver and move quietly in the place where the lights were bright and dark.

Before I knew it, I had arrived at the imperial kitchen. Although it was late at night and everyone was asleep, there were still eunuchs busy preparing desserts and snacks.

There was also a young eunuch standing by the stove, stuffing wood into the stove while checking how the food in the iron pot was cooking? !

The fragrant aroma filled the air, making Xu Xingchen couldn't help but sniff it.

However, he was not the greedy old man like Hong Qigong, and was not moved at all.

After careful observation, he found that all the eunuchs, big and small, had some martial arts skills, but none of them caught his eye.

He left the imperial kitchen and continued to wander around. After a while, he approached the courtyard where the emperor worked and rested.

"Huh? There are some experts here."

Xu Xingchen stopped outside the courtyard wall. His keen mind detected several obscure auras hidden deep inside, as heavy as a mountain. He knew that they must be the royal masters who were secretly protecting the emperor.

After thinking it over for a while, he finally decided not to go in and alert the enemy.

Go around the courtyard where the emperor lived, and then walk around
In the following time, I never met a decent master again!
Even if some people's aura is deep and powerful, at most they have broken through three times, which is no different from the five great masters under Wanyan Honglie.

By daybreak, he had already climbed over the wall of the palace, changed out of his black nightgown, and came to an early snack stall to eat wontons.

After eating a bowl of steaming wontons, he said, "It tastes good."

He threw down a few coins and turned away.

In the following days, he sneaked into the palace quietly several times in a row, but still did not encounter any martial arts masters who could threaten him.

This day.
He sat by the window on the third floor of a restaurant, waiting for the waiter to serve the food. He turned his head and looked at the pedestrians passing by on the street outside the window, muttering in his heart, "Is there any master who practices the Nine Yin Manual in the palace?"

"If so, why are the martial arts of those guards so unsatisfactory?"

"I don't believe that everyone in the palace has such poor martial arts talent."

"Jing'er's martial arts talent is not high, but he has a pure heart and an indomitable will."

"With these two things, some opportunities, and a copy of the Nine Yin Manual, he gradually became a top master like the Four Great Masters of the Wulin."

"If there really is someone in that imperial palace who has practiced the Nine Yin Manual, no matter how poor their martial arts skills are, how bad can they be?"

".Unless, the Nine Yin Manual has been lost."

Xu Xingchen thought about it over and over again, but couldn't find a solution!
These days, he has visited 99% of the palace, leaving only the emperor's living room and office.

". Could it be that all the real masters are around the emperor? This is possible."

"After all, the Nine Yin Manual is the most amazing skill in the world. If everyone can practice it, I won't feel at ease."

"Even if it is taught, it must be carefully selected and only those who grew up in the palace and are loyal can learn it."

After thinking for a while, he finally gave up the idea of breaking into the emperor's bedroom.

As the waiter called out, plates of delicious dishes with good looks, aroma and taste were served on the table.

Xu Xingchen regained his composure and began to savor the food.

When he finished eating and stood up to leave, he couldn't help but look back at the busy traffic outside the window again, muttering to himself: "It's a pity to let me watch this dynasty fall like this."

"otherwise"

"I'm here to provoke the Southern Song Dynasty court, which has been peaceful for a long time."

(End of this chapter)