Taiping Inn

The palace official waved his hand and a black shadow shot out. It was Mrs. Leng's snake whip, which fell into the hands of the palace official at this time. However, as the leader of the sect, Mrs. Leng was not short of this weapon.

The failed scholar waved his folding fan in his hand and slapped the snake whip open and retreated outward.

The palace official refused to let go and chased him tightly.

The two left the restaurant, chased and fled for several miles, and the failed scholar stopped suddenly, swung the folding fan in his hand twice, turning the two breezes into two wind blades that looked like crescent moons, similar to swords. Qi, but it is different.

The palace official rolled a long whip in his hand, with heavy shadows, and it hit two wind blades, making a sound of metal and stone.

The failed scholar waved his folding fan again and shouted softly, "Get up!"

The wind was chaotic, mixed with countless wind blades, shooting around, piercing countless potholes. On the official road where the two were hundreds of steps apart, the wind blades flew wildly, and dozens of ravines staggered horizontally and vertically appeared.

The palace official was erratic. While avoiding the wind blade, the snake whip came out of his hand, just like a flying sword that was driven by a sword. The snake whip moved by itself, like a black snake winding, and the tip of the whip spitted out a letter like a python spitting out a letter. , pointing directly to the chest of the failed scholar.

The failed scholar no longer simply uses the wind blade to fight against the enemy. He blocks the long whip with one hand and goes forward with the momentum. The palace official also has an extra folding fan in his hand. When he sees a move, the two fight close together, and the two folding fans fly like butterflies. , dazzled, it was hard to tell the difference for a moment.

After the palace official took action, Li Xuan remained safe.

The world is so big. The number of disciples of the sect accounts for less than half of the entire world. The rest are more scattered people in the world. Apart from the top combat powers such as Lao Xuan List and Tai Xuan List, the overall strength of these scattered people in the world may not be It is much weaker than the twenty-two sects, but because of a loose pile of sand, it is impossible to compete with the sects that are united as one.

Just like someone once compared the Jianghu people with the army, when the cultivation level is not much different, a Jianghu people fight against the army, and the Jianghu people have more chances of winning. If ten Jianghu people compete with ten If a person in the army has a chance of winning, he or she will have a chance of winning. If it is 100 to 100, he or she will have a chance of winning. If we go further, thousands of people vs. thousands of people, then there is almost no chance of winning in the world.

This sentence also applies to people in the world. The major sects are strict army, and the scattered people in the world are a mob of scattered sand. But if it were a one-on-one fight, it would all depend on their own abilities.

The biggest question now is why these scattered people from the world come from? Thinking of the money that the martial arts warrior mentioned just now, Li Xuan suddenly remembered an existence that was not a sect that was better than a sect, that was the Wandu Sect, which was as famous as Bailianfang, Wenxiangtang, and Tingfeng Tower. These four families each have their own livelihoods and are powerful, but unlike the major sects who stand openly in the world, these four families act in secret, and do not have a specific mountain gate. They only have semicolons located in various places, and do not publicly recruit disciples.

Among them, Wandu Sect's business is to collect money and kill people, and it is also the most mysterious existence among the four families. It specializes in cultivating dead soldiers and assassins, and will also recruit some people from the world who want to make quick money, and use money to eliminate disasters for others. Is the person who kills a high-ranking official in the public temple or a disciple of the sect in the world? As long as the price is affordable, the Wandu Sect will take over the business. Even if the assassin sent out dies and suffers heavy losses, the Wandu Sect will continue to plan assassination. , it can be said that he will never give up until he achieves his goal.

This is the terrible thing about Wandu Sect. Through such a mechanism, many people in the world can be won over. Even if it is for money, if it is used in other places, it will inevitably be a huge force that cannot be ignored.

This is the secret alliance that Li Xuan wants to establish.

Over the past years, Wandu Sect has always had a good reputation. Some people have also issued some impossible tasks to Wandu Sect, such as assassinating the great master Zhang Jingxiu, or assassinating the earth master Xu Wugui, but Wandu Sect, There is also a way to deal with it, that is, to offer a sky-high price that is absolutely unbearable. Want to assassinate the great master Zhang Jingxiu? Yes, the price is 30 million taels of silver. As long as you can afford it, Wandu Sect will be assassinated even if it dies. The key is to afford it? The annual tax silver for the Great Wei Dynasty was only 50 million taels. Today, the annual tax silver for the Great Wei court is only about 35 million taels, and no one can afford so much money. The Qian family or the Qin family may also have to sell their property.

Of course, Wandumen will also allow guests to make the task public and then set the price by themselves, without following Wandumen's pricing. For example, if you publish a reward for assassinating the great master Zhang Jingxiu, then the reward is only 100 taels of silver. Wandumen keeps this hundred taels of silver on behalf of the guests. As long as someone can successfully assassinate the great master, you can get it from Wandumen. The reward of ninety taels of silver, and the remaining ten taels are considered a commission from Wandu Sect.

There are also many such rewards, but few people will receive them. When Li Xuandu went to Wandu Gate the only time he went to see many familiar names, including the second senior brother Zhang Haishi and the third senior brother Li Yuanying. Of course, he is also indispensable. Immortal.

Among them, the second senior brother Zhang Haishi has the most bounties, with a total of seven bounties and a total bounty of 120,000 taels. It can be seen how eccentric this Donghai weirdo is in the martial arts world, but Zhang Haishi also has the capital. No one dares to claim the seven bounties. Maybe someone claimed them, but they have died under Zhang Haishi's sword. The second is Li Xuandu himself, with a bounty of about 90,000 taels. Li Xuandu doesn't need to guess that 80% of them are enemies he made in Heshuo that year. Although Li Xuandu is indeed easy to assassinate after falling into the realm, Li Xuandu has been recuperating in Qingwei Sect at that time, and even fewer people know that Zifu Sword Immortal is Li Xuandu. It is impossible for someone to go to Qingwei Sect to assassinate him.

If Yinyang Sect publishes Song Fuchen's bounty at Wandu Sect, Wandu Sect should offer a very high price, but if Yinyang Sect can afford it, then Wandu Sect will have to make a move for its own reputation. It's just that I don't know how much the price is, one million taels? Or two million taels?

After Li Xuandu figured this out, he looked at the sorcerer, but the sorcerer didn't say anything.

Instead, the shopkeeper and his wife, who had been busy, came to a place not far from the few people and stood side by side. The shopkeeper's wife was a plump woman and smiled: "I heard that Master Yan and Fairy Su will get married in late June. My husband and I came here to give gifts. I hope you don't mind."

Yan Feiqing and Su Yun'an were well prepared. They stood up together. Su Yun'an asked: "I haven't asked you two names yet."

The shopkeeper's wife smiled and said: "Fairy Su, this question is unnecessary. We are doing a business that can get you killed. If the news leaks out, whether it is the Great Heavenly Master or the White Sect Master, we can't afford to offend."

Su Yun'an nodded, without saying much, and took out the "Lotus Sutra" directly, concentrating on waiting.

Although Yan Feiqing and Su Yunyan were both top masters on the Shaoxuan list, they were both injured in the battle at Xuannu Mountain. Yan Feiqing was injured by Wei Zhen, and Su Yunyan was injured by Jin Shiyan. They might not lose to these two, but they could not say they would win.

At this time, Li Xuandu had already seen some clues. These people were not the kind of killers, but they were all top-notch players in the martial arts world. Although they were idle and wild, their status in the martial arts world could not be compared with the famous masters of the sect, but they had been famous for many years and should not be underestimated.

The martial arts world is like this. Those who sell themselves to the court may not have a high level of cultivation, but they have a high status because they have a backer to rely on. The status of people in the sect is roughly what kind of realm they can have. Only these wanderers in the martial arts world, with the same realm of cultivation, have the lowest status in the martial arts world.

Yan Feiqing waved his sleeves, and a peach wood sword named "Wanxiang" appeared in his hand.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a dull look. He clasped his fists and said, "I have heard of the name of the little master for a long time. Please come in."

As soon as the voice fell, the sky outside the wine shop suddenly darkened, as if the sky was angry. First, there was a line of darkness in the distance, and then it quickly spread to the whole world. Then, like a torrent, the rolling wind and sand roared in. For a time, smoke and dust filled the sky, sand and stones flew, and it was difficult to distinguish between heaven and earth. Everything was confused. The small wine shop was like an inconspicuous reef in the river. As long as it rained and the tide rose, it would immediately be submerged in the big waves.

However, Yan Feiqing also sacrificed four talismans at the same time, turning into four invisible walls to block the surging wind and sand outside the wine shop, so that it could not enter at all. Only the gravel hit the talisman, making a series of rapid sounds, like rain hitting banana leaves.

This seemingly inconspicuous man turned out to be an extremely rare alchemist in the world, and he was also an alchemist in the realm of heaven and man.

Yan Feiqing said softly: "It turns out to be Mr. Wang Chen, who is ranked 23rd in the Black and White Chart."