Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

There were a total of 32 participants in the sword-testing competition, all of whom were the top young people from various sects. In the competition, only martial arts from their own sect were allowed to be used. Jiang Xinxin was a little confused and couldn't help but turn to ask Yin Changge who was standing next to her: "Why are you only allowed to use martial arts from your own sect?"

Yin Changge replied, "The sword test of the Martial Alliance is a major event in the Central Plains martial arts world. In principle, those evil ways are not allowed to cause trouble, but blindly guarding against it is not a solution, so it is simply stipulated that only the martial arts of the sect are allowed to be used. In this way, many people with ulterior motives are naturally screened out."

Jiang Xinxin suddenly understood, but she didn't expect that the reason behind this rule was so simple.

Jiang Xinxin, Yin Changge and Zhu Yan were talking animatedly here. The leaders of the five major sects of the Martial Alliance who were sitting upstairs, especially the head of Zhengyang Palace, Zhenren Jinxu, had been looking at her for a while.

As the man of the world who has the most connections and the closest relationship with the imperial court, Jin Xu Zhenren can judge the material of Jiang Xinxin's clothes at a glance, and he is very impressive among the dignitaries in Zhongdu.

So when he saw a young girl like Jiang Xinxin getting close to Yin Changge, he had some thoughts in his mind, but the current situation was not suitable for saying more. He could only suppress all his questions temporarily and wait until the competition was over today before going to ask Shen Manqing and Yin Changge.

On the other side, Zuo Qingci was changing the appearance of the ghost boy who had returned to his original appearance. If the ghost boy wanted to participate in the competition, he was different from Zhu Yan, who had Yin Changge's care and had legitimately obtained the qualification to participate from a group of small sects. He was originally possessed by a demon, which caused his body and appearance to become like a child ghost. Now that he has returned to his original appearance, he must have used a method that consumed his vitality, so his life span is only a few days left.

At this time he could only choose to replace someone else to participate in the competition. The person chosen was a disciple named Huo Xi from the Yanhu Gang.

Just then, a disciple from Zhengyang Palace came to report to Shen Manqing that Huo Xi from Yanhu Gang had not arrived yet. Shen Manqing immediately knew that the disciple who wanted to capture Heweibai in the past few days must have disguised himself as Huo Xi and waited for an opportunity to act.

However, she believed in Yin Changge's skills, and the reason why Mu Ying appeared first was not because he was the most popular person among the younger generation in the eyes of the outside world, but because his martial arts were comparable to Yin Changge's.

Zhu Yan felt bad when he saw Mu Ying easily defeating Shanshuidu's disciple Liao Feiyan. He couldn't help but boast to Yin Changge, "You said Mu Ying's martial arts were among the best. My martial arts are not bad either. I can definitely beat him to a pulp."

Yin Changge didn't think Zhu Yan was bragging, but smiled and said to Zhu Yan: "If you can defeat him, so can I."

Seeing Jiang Xinxin's bored look, Zhu Yan felt unhappy and asked Jiang Xinxin, "Master, I think your martial arts skills are pretty good, right? Let's find some time to learn from each other."

Yin Changge didn't expect Zhu Yan to suddenly challenge Jiang Xinxin to a fight. Zhu Yan couldn't see it, but he could see that Jiang Xinxin was probably injured, otherwise she wouldn't have looked so pale all the time, so he immediately stopped Zhu Yan and said, "Master, you are injured, how can you easily fight?"

Zhu Yan panicked when he heard this. He looked at Jiang Xinxin's face carefully and found that Jiang Xinxin's pale face was pale, and even the color of her lips was much lighter than others. He quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Taoist priest, I didn't know you were injured."

Jiang Xinxin waved her hand indifferently, "It's okay, ignorance is not a crime."

To ease the embarrassment, Zhu Yan asked about the poem that a beggar-like man at the gate had been chanting: "What does this 'Thousands of miles of lonely sound, all thoughts are ashes, the light of the lamp and the fall of the solitary wild goose, the white machine mountains and waters, the ghosts outside the world, lightly leave the withered mountain, Tiandukui' mean?"

Yin Changge explained, "This is a poem written by the old man Baiji, the leader of Shanshui Ferry, commenting on the nine great masters of the time. The head of the Mu Mansion, Mu Xiu, and my master, Jinxu Zhenren, are among them. The old man Baiji of Baiji Shanshui has passed away many years ago, the ghost doctor of Fangwai Valley has been in seclusion for many years, and Xie Li, the master of Ran Deng, has retired to Wuerzhai, Yuchuan. Sun Siruo, the master of Qianli Guyin, has been missing for ten years, and Shangguan Ku of Guihongdao is no longer with us."

Jiang Xinxin became interested as she listened, and asked, "What about 'Qingli'? It sounds like this Qingli has some connection with your Zhengyang Palace."

Yin Changge looked unhappy, but he still explained to his friends: "Qingli is Qingli Jian Su Xuan. He... was once a disciple of Zhengyang Palace, but because he committed the great crime of betraying his master and destroying his ancestors, he was expelled from Zhengyang Palace."

Zhu Yan quickly looked at Jiang Xinxin. He had heard from Yin Changge that Su Xuan had made a big mistake, but he didn't expect it to be such a serious crime as betraying his teacher and destroying his ancestors. Su Yunluo still wanted to save Su Xuan. He was worried that Jiang Xinxin would change her mind and let Su Yunluo's plan fail.

Jiang Xinxin also understood Zhu Yan's concerns, so she gave him a look to reassure him, then turned to ask Yin Changge, "What about that 'Yundang Seven Bandits'?"

Before Yin Changge could answer, he found out that the next competition was between Zhu Yan of the Phoenix Sect and Yuan Yingying of the Chaomu Pavilion. Zhu Yan only had time to tell Yin Changge to wait for him to come back and listen to the story of the Seven Bandits of Yundang, and then he hurried onto the stage.

Yin Changge stood up and took a quick look. A pretty little girl came out from the opposite side. He couldn't help but said to Zhu Yan, "She is just a little girl. You should be more careful when you attack her."

Zhu Yan turned around and rolled his eyes, "In our Western Regions, girls are much more difficult to deal with than boys!"

This Yuan Yingying is beautiful, and her weapon is a sword in an umbrella. The umbrella is also very beautiful. Jiang Xinxin couldn't help but muttered: "This is the third person I have seen who uses an umbrella as a weapon."

Yin Changge was still paying close attention to the situation on the field, but now he couldn't help but turn around and ask, "The third one must be Yuan Yingying, so who are the first two?"

Jiang Xinxin answered casually, "The first one is a demon king named Sha Qianmo, known as the most beautiful woman in the six realms, and she is also a beauty who loves beauty very much. His weapon is called the Exiled Immortal Umbrella, which is decorated with many jewels and is very gorgeous."

"The second one is a priest named Shi Ying, who is naturally good-looking. His umbrella is a jade umbrella, which looks more noble than the Exiled Immortal Umbrella. It doesn't have so many fancy decorations, but the usage is similar."

Yin Changge racked his brains for a long time, but he really couldn't think of anyone in this world who was called a demon king or a priest. He could only ask indirectly: "Master, how old are you this year...?"

Jiang Xinxin waved her hand, "I think she's old enough to be your ancestor."

Yin Changge thought Jiang Xinxin was joking and had already prepared to go to his master, Jinxu Zhenren, to learn about the preparations of the martial arts predecessors after today's sword test. Then he saw Zhu Yan had already placed the knife two inches away from Yuan Yingying's neck and won.

Yin Changge quickly went up to him and patted Zhu Yan's shoulder, then put his arm around his shoulder and walked back, "Of course you can, he's the first disciple of Chaomu Pavilion!"