Ten Thousand Sword Masters

Zhong Yang joined the Nanjiang Sect because only by joining could Wuwei have a reason to release him from prison.

Wuwei's health deteriorated to the point that he became bedridden.

Zhong Yang stayed by Wu Wei's side. Although they had only spent a few months together, Zhong Yang could feel that Wu Wei was sincere towards him. The last person to give him this feeling was Li Qing from Peixian Academy.

Through Wuwei's account, Zhongyang also learned about the great loss suffered by the Nanjiang Sect this time.

The Nanjiang Sect originated from the Xingjiang Sect, which was originally located in Canaan Mountain in the north and was a secluded sect. When the northern sects were attacked by a large-scale demonic attack, the Xingjiang Sect's high-ranking members were almost all killed or wounded, leaving only a few underlings who fled to various places.

These scattered underlings spontaneously gathered together, which led to the current Beijiang Sect, Dongjiang Sect, Nanjiang Sect, and Xijiang Sect. However, they were all Jianghu sects, not respectable in the mainstream.

This time, Huang Zheng, the leader of the Xijiang Sect, invited Wuwei to come and join forces.

Xijiang is located in Xichuan City. There are two sects in Xichuan City, neither too big nor too small, but they hate each other. One of the sects found Huang Zheng and asked him to help them destroy the other sect.

Huang Zheng immediately realized that this was an opportunity to trick both sects.

The sect that sought out Huang Zheng was called the Snake Fragrance Sect. Huang Zheng told the sect's leader that he, Huang Zheng, was also from the Western Sichuan faction and could not directly intervene, but he could help Huang Zheng invite forces from other places.

The Snake Fragrance Sect was naturally delighted to agree, so Huang Zheng came to Blackwater City, invited Wu Wei, and told Wu Wei that he could trick another sect, the Eight Gods Sect.

Wuwei led his men to Xichuan, found the Yagami Sect, and told them that the Snake Fragrance Sect had joined forces with him. However, Wuwei pretended that the Snake Fragrance Sect would only pay him afterward, so he was dissatisfied and came to tell the Yagami Sect.

The leader of the Eight Gods Sect immediately gave Wuwei a thousand gold coins and agreed on a time to jointly attack the Snake Fragrance Sect. Meanwhile, Huang Zheng also received money from the Snake Fragrance Sect.

After dividing the money, the two men separately withdrew from Xichuan. However, the news leaked out, and Wuwei's group was ambushed by the Snake Fragrance Sect and the Eight Gods Sect, suffering heavy losses.

"The men I brought are all extremely reliable brothers, there's absolutely no possibility of any leaks. The problem must lie with Huang Zheng," Wu Wei said.

Wu Wei later investigated and learned that the Xijiang Sect under Huang Zheng's control had not suffered significant losses, so he deduced that Huang Zheng had betrayed him.

"Huang Zheng is very talented, and his ambitions extend beyond the martial world. You must be careful of him."

Three months later, Wuwei died.

Zhong Yang became the leader, and the process was extremely peaceful.

The reason for the calm was Lei Zhending.

When Wu Wei died, Lei Zhending naturally came to pay his respects. Zhong Yang gave him Wu Wei's last letter, and he stayed in Blackwater City for more than ten days to oversee things for Zhong Yang.

Zhong Yang became the top leader, and Guan He naturally became the second-in-command. Zhong Yang then promoted two more people.

One of them was named Zhang Sheng. He was originally in charge of guarding the prison. During Zhong Yang's imprisonment, he was in charge of Zhong Yang's food and drink. The two naturally became acquainted, and Zhong Yang promoted him to be the third-in-command.

The other person was named Peng Dong. He was clever and had excellent light-body skills. During Wuwei's serious illness, he was the one who listened to Zhongyang the most, so he was promoted to the fourth leader.

That year, Zhong Yang turned sixteen.

During Lei Zhending's stay in the capital, Zhong Yang chatted with him and learned that Wu Tian's death had been discovered by Jingyuan Palace.

"Does Jingyuan Palace not have any means to immediately identify the murderer?" Zhong Yang asked indirectly.

Lei Zhending laughed heartily upon hearing this, "Of course there is."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yang's heart skipped a beat.

"Yes, there are, but Wu Tian is only a disciple at the twelfth level of Body Refinement. Which elder would be willing to activate the Heaven-Mirror for him? This would greatly damage his cultivation, and he might even drop his realm."

I learned from Lei Zhending that Jingyuan Palace has a very powerful magic weapon that, when activated with blood essence, can reveal a piece of the past of the place it is in.

"The most crucial thing is that something strange happened to the Heaven-Mirror, so that no one can activate it now," Lei Zhending said with a smile. He had a conflict with Wu Tian, ​​so he was naturally happy that Wu Tian died a violent death and that the murderer could not be caught.

Hearing this, Zhong Yang's expression unconsciously relaxed. "Oh, what strange thing happened to the Heavenly Mirror?"

"The Heavenly Mirror is pregnant."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yang was shocked. "Pregnant? After all this talk, I thought the Mirror of Heaven was a mirror, but it turns out it's a person."

Upon seeing Zhong Yang's appearance, Lei Zhending laughed heartily, "It is indeed a mirror, cast in bronze. Otherwise, how could it be called a magic weapon?"

"The mirror is pregnant?" Zhong Yang looked incredulous.

"Yes, the mirror is pregnant. This is a once-in-a-millennium event. I have a senior disciple who has personally witnessed the Heaven-Mirror. It is said that the mirror surface is expanding, just like a pregnant woman. Moreover, an elder examined it and found that there is a life force flowing from the mirror surface. What else could it be but pregnancy? I really don't know what this mirror pregnancy will eventually give birth to."

Zhong Yang sighed deeply, saying that the world is full of wonders.

Lei Zhending left, but before he left, he taught Zhong Yang a sword technique: the Twelve Swords of Chaos.

The change of leadership in the Nanjiang Sect was naturally a major event for its members. With Lei Zhending in charge, they dared not act recklessly. Although the overall situation stabilized after Lei Zhending's departure, many still secretly fled.

Guan He went to capture the escapees, and killed them all.

With the Nanjiang faction completely stabilized, Zhongyang had to consider relocation.

He ultimately killed Zhao Yuan's father. When Zhao Yuan returned from the Blood Spirit Divine Teachings, he would naturally not let Zhong Yang go. He could not sit idly by and wait for his death.

But migration is never a simple matter, let alone for a sect.

At that very moment, a group of demonic cultivators attacked Blackwater City.

This was Zhong Yang's first time seeing demonic cultivators, and also his first time seeing experts at the Blood Exchange level fighting.

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Cao Tianxing, dressed in white, stood atop the city wall, brandishing his long sword, and no demonic cultivator could break into the city.

boom!

A demonic cultivator blasted through the city wall, and Cao Tianxing descended from the sky; the two engaged in a fierce battle.

"What exactly is a demonic cultivator?" Zhong Yang asked Guan He.

Guan He shook his head. "I don't know how to define demonic cultivators either. It seems that anyone who joins a sect that is considered a demonic sect by the righteous sects is a demonic cultivator, or even the most wicked are called demonic cultivators. It seems there is another type of person called a demonic cultivator."

"What kind of person?" Zhong Yang asked.

"Alchemist".

Cao Tianxing ultimately defended the city, which made him famous, and no one in the city dared to openly oppose him anymore. Before, although they knew he was a master of blood transfusion, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, and some people still dared to oppose him. But after this battle, Cao Tianxing became a hero of Blackwater City.

Countless young men idolize him, and countless young women dream of him. Wherever you go, you can hear people talking about Cao Tianxing in a tone of worship.

"This is what a man should do!"

Upon hearing people discussing Cao Tianxing with such reverence, Zhong Yang uttered this sentiment.

Guan He found Zhong Yang and introduced him to someone.

"May the chief be well."

The visitor was named Zhou Quan, a private salt merchant who didn't have much connection with the Nanjiang faction.

After several exchanges, Zhong Yang understood Zhou Quan's purpose.

The demonic cultivators attacked Blackwater City, causing countless deaths and injuries, many of whom were not natives of Blackwater City. Zhou Quan saw an opportunity and wanted to take advantage of this chance to smuggle out a large amount of smuggled salt.

Salt from Khara-Khoto is popular elsewhere.

"I wonder how Brother Zhou intends to manipulate this?"

For Zhong Yang, who was about to relocate his temple, transferring money before leaving could alleviate the turmoil brought about by the relocation.

"I would like your faction to step in and, under the guise of corpse transport, send those who died in Blackwater City back to their original places. We have already contacted a group of relatives of such people, and they are willing to pay to hire people to transport the corpses. At that time, we will hollow out the bodies, leaving only the skin, and fill the corpses with salt," Zhou Quan said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yang fell silent; this was a matter that offended the natural order.

However, people are selfish, and they are also often powerless to control their own destiny.

The Nanjiang Sect is leaving Blackwater City for a new place with an uncertain future. Earning a considerable sum of money before the migration will be of great help to the Nanjiang Sect in establishing itself after the migration.

When Wuwei handed over the Nanjiang Sect to Zhongyang, Zhongyang was in charge of the more than one hundred people in the sect.

In the end, Zhong Yang agreed and put Guan He in charge personally to ensure there were no mistakes.

Zhongyang convened a meeting and decided to relocate the Nanjiang faction to Dazu City.

Dazu City is located in the southwest. It is said to be under the influence of the Xijiang faction, but it is very weak because there are many barbarians in Dazu City, and the Five Grains God Cult is more popular there.

Zhong Yang moved the Nanjiang faction to Dazu City with the ultimate goal of advancing into Xichuan City.

The battle between the West River Faction and the South River Faction has begun.

Guan He led dozens of his henchmen to carry out the corpse-driving ritual, while the remaining personnel prepared for the relocation.

At this moment, Zhong Yang returned to Pei County. Before leaving, he wanted to see his former mentor Li Qing and Li Muxin, with whom he had a verbal marriage agreement.

Of course, Zhong Yang also needs to go to Weixia Village to check on the peach blossoms for Ma Gaitian.

"Zhong Yang, I'm sorry." Li Qing lay on the hospital bed, holding Zhong Yang's hand tightly, and said breathlessly.

Zhong Yang smiled gently, "Everyone has the right to choose, especially since my marriage agreement with her is only verbal."

Li Qing coughed a few times, "You wretched child~ You wretched child."

It turned out that because Zhong Yang had been out of contact for nearly a year, Li Muxin, while hiding from Zhao Yuan's marriage proposal at her aunt's house, happened to meet Wan Guochao, a wandering disciple of the Blood Spirit Sect.

Upon seeing Li Muxin, Wan Guochao was instantly smitten and launched a relentless pursuit. Initially, Li Muxin refused, but humans are emotional beings, and even a woman's ice will melt over time. Furthermore, given that Zhong Yang had been out of contact for nearly a year, Li Muxin fell in love with Wan Guochao.

Li Qing vehemently opposed it, even though Wan Guochao was a disciple of the Blood Spirit Cult and had a bright future. However, Li Qing was just an ordinary person and did not have a strong desire for wealth and status. Moreover, he admired Zhong Yang, and even though Zhong Yang had been out of contact for nearly a year, he still would not allow Li Muxin to be with anyone else.

However, the power of love is immense, especially for women, who can abandon everything for love.

Li Muxin and Wan Guochao eloped, and Li Qing was so angry that he fell ill.

"No one in Pei County knows about this yet. I'll tell everyone that Mu Xin has been staying at her aunt's house, cough cough." Li Qing was very considerate of Zhong Yang, worried that Zhong Yang's reputation would be damaged.

"Teacher, as long as Muxin is happy, that's all that matters. You need to take care of yourself; you have a long life ahead of you."

Despite saying this, Zhong Yang still felt a pang of disappointment. Although his feelings for Li Muxin were more like those of a brother and sister, she was still the woman he had promised to marry. Now, however, she had flown away with someone else.

If Ma Gaitian were here and knew about this, he would definitely clamor to attack the Blood Spirit Cult and humiliate those two scoundrels, Li Muxin and Wan Guochao.

To repay Li Qing's deep kindness, Zhong Yang secretly left a hundred taels of gold in the backyard of Li Qing's house and then came to Weixia Village.

At this moment, dark clouds covered the sky, and the rain began to fall heavily.

Zhong Yang stopped a child wearing a straw hat who was running in the rain.

"Peach blossoms? We don't have any peach trees here," the child answered truthfully.

This surprised Zhong Yang. He had heard Ma Gaitian say more than once that he wanted to come back to see the peach blossoms, so why were there no peach trees?

Snap snap snap~

The rain intensified, and the raindrops pattered against Zhong Yang's body.

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"Sir, please come in and take shelter from the rain."

Zhong Yang arrived at a thatched-roof hotel and ordered two dishes.

The rain was heavy when suddenly, a melody of a piano rang out.

The music was gentle and moving.

"Shopkeeper, who is playing this instrument?"

"Oh, that's Peach Blossom, the daughter of the wealthy Wang family."

"Peach Blossom? How many people here are named Peach Blossom?"

"Only the daughter of the wealthy Wang family is named Peach Blossom. His family moved from a big city. We villagers have never seen a peach blossom, let alone been given that name."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yang laughed heartily.

Back in Blackwater City, Zhong Yang was about to send someone to summon his henchmen.

"Boss, something terrible has happened!"

Just then, the second-in-command, Guan He, rushed in.

Guan He is usually very composed, but now he looks so anxious; something terrible must have happened.

"Boss, disaster has struck. Among the corpses we were transporting were several soldiers from Blackwater City. When we arrived at the destination, the families of the deceased were so grief-stricken that they touched the bodies. We couldn't stop them in time, and the bodies broke apart, spilling the contraband salt."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yang immediately stood up. "Zhou Quan has ruined me!"

If it were an ordinary family, it wouldn't be a big deal; losing some money would solve the problem. But these were soldiers from Blackwater City.

This time, Cao Tianxing defeated the invading demonic cultivators and treated the fallen warriors with great respect and lavish funerals. Local officials were present at the burial of each soldier. Without a doubt, the officials must have reported this incident immediately.

"Boss, let's get out of here right now."

"Pass down the order: everyone scatter and do not gather without permission," Zhong Yang immediately commanded.

Bang! The door was pushed open.

"It's terrible! Boss, the city guards have surrounded us!" A henchman rushed in in a panic.

The Nanjiang faction is on the verge of destruction!

"Let's form groups of four or five, launch an attack from all sides, and leave the rest to fate."

At this point, it's a matter of who can escape first.

Zhong Yang led five men, chose a direction, and immediately charged out.

After the five men who were with him had charged out, he turned around and rushed towards Guan He.

"Boss, let's go together." Guan He grabbed Zhong Yang, who was about to rush off in another direction. "Boss, the Third and Fourth Bosses have gone to Blackwater City to purchase supplies. They should be able to escape this calamity. With the few of us here, we can rebuild the Nanjiang Sect anytime, anywhere!"

Before Zhong Yang could answer, a man in flowing white robes rode up on a tortoise-shell horse.

The newcomer was none other than City Lord Cao Tianxing!

"Run!" Zhong Yang shouted, then threw the longsword in his hand at Cao Tianxing.

He wanted to attract Cao Tianxing's attention, otherwise none of his brothers would be able to leave.

Cao Tianxing deflected the sword thrown by Zhong Yang and locked his gaze on Zhong Yang.

Zhong Yang immediately summoned the Wind Eagle, which soared into the sky.

Cao Tianxing was very surprised, he did not expect that someone would tame the wind eagle on the suspended mountain.

With a whistle, a large white-crowned bird flew in from afar. Cao Tianxing leaped onto the bird's back and chased after Zhong Yang.

Zhong Yang was somewhat flustered, as the one chasing him was a master of blood exchange, who had just defeated Cao Tianxing, who had launched a massive attack by demonic cultivators!

Zhong Yang panicked and didn't dare to change direction, so he just flew straight ahead.

Cao Tianxing stood atop the giant bird with its hundred crests, his hair fluttering in the wind, a truly striking sight. He remained calm and composed; he was determined to capture Zhong Yang alive and to learn how Zhong Yang had tamed the wind eagle.

Charge! Charge! Charge! Zhong Yang urged the Wind Eagle forward with all its might, but he began to feel a bit hot.

Cao Tianxing sensed something was wrong. "This... isn't this the direction of the Eternal Fire Hell?" He became anxious. "Stop right now, the Eternal Fire Hell is right ahead!"

Zhong Yang knew about the Eternal Fire Hell, but he had only heard of it and did not know how terrifying it was.

Seeing that Zhong Yang showed no sign of slowing down, Cao Tianxing cursed inwardly. He dared not rush into the Eternal Fire Hell as recklessly as Zhong Yang.

The Eternal Hellfire is said to be able to burn everything.

It was getting hotter and hotter, and the Eternal Fire Hell appeared before Zhong Yang's eyes, an endless expanse of towering flames!

"Stop right now if you don't want to die!" Cao Tianxing roared. He really wanted to know how Zhong Yang tamed the wind eagle, but he no longer had the courage to go any further.

The large white-crowned bird was already screeching incessantly, clearly unable to withstand the heat.

However, Zhong Yang had already flown almost to the skies above the Eternal Fire Hell.

Cao Tianxing couldn't understand how Zhong Yang could get close to the Eternal Fire Hell without daring to touch the torment.

A flash of light appeared on his right hand, and a long spear appeared in his hand.

With a flick of his wrist, the spear swept through the air and pierced towards Zhong Yang.

Meanwhile, Zhong Yang had already flown to the skies above the Eternal Fire Hell.

puff!

The spear pierced Zhong Yang's abdomen. Zhong Yang turned around, looked at Cao Tianxing behind him, swayed, and then fell into the Eternal Fire Hell.

With a cry, the wind eagle circled above the Eternal Fire Hell, refusing to leave.

Watching Zhong Yang fall into the Eternal Fire Hell, Cao Tianxing sighed inwardly, lamenting that he had lost the opportunity to learn how to tame the Wind Eagle. He then rode away on the white-crowned bird.

Zhong Yang fell into the Eternal Fire Hell and immediately lost consciousness.

At this moment, specks of green light flew out from the Cosmic Seal and entered Zhong Yang's body. Some green light also flew towards the spear. Before long, the spear was eroded by the green light and disappeared. The wound also slowly healed.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhong Yang suddenly opened his eyes.

He was dumbfounded as he looked at the raging flames all around him.

"These flames look fake, like something is actually burning," Zhong Yang muttered to himself.

"snort."

Suddenly, a cold snort rang out.

Zhong Yang turned around and saw a character; judging from the font, it should be the character for "sun".

"Then what treasure do you possess that prevents my flames from burning you?"

Zhong Yang was dumbfounded. He uttered a single word: Was this still the world he knew?

"What are you looking at? Quickly hand over the treasure to me." Ri Zi looked arrogant.

Zhong Yang vaguely guessed that it might be the magic of the Cosmic Seal, but he would not hand it over, since the flames couldn't harm him anyway.

Having chosen a direction, Zhong Yang strode away.

Seeing Zhong Yang leave, Ri Zi jumped up. Since his flames couldn't burn Zhong Yang, he had no way to deal with him.

But he sensed something on Zhong Yang that made him feel cool; he had had enough of the heat.

"Hey, let's talk this out," Ri shouted loudly at Zhong Yang.

I like the Ten Thousand Swords Master.