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There are a lot of delicacies on the table, Zheng Dongting stretched out his hand, tore off half of the pancake, dipped it in the fragrant beef brisket stew, opened his mouth, and made the half of the noodles in a blink of an eye. The pie was swallowed.Although the best red roasted lamb was sandwiched in the mustache, he still felt that it was tasteless, so he couldn't help standing up and looking towards the stewed purple venison in the middle of the table.The ten catties of purple venison was stewed from sunrise to sunset. At this moment, the aroma was overflowing, and Zheng Dongting was not polite, and he ate it up in an instant.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" A sudden exclamation sounded at the door, as if Zheng Dongting ate a piece of meat from someone's body.

Zheng Dongting knew who it was without looking up.He casually grabbed the jug beside him, took three gulps with his head on his back, stretched out his sleeve and wiped his mouth, and said, "Hmph, don't act like your own mother died, as long as your family's silver taels, these don't matter how much you want. .”

The person who came was Zheng Dongting's younger brother Zu Beiqiu.He looked at the messy wine table with pity on his face, subconsciously put his hands into his sleeves, and shook his head slightly.

"Are you here for something? You don't come to drink with me, right?" Zheng Dongting leaned crookedly on the back of the grand master's chair, with one hand propped on the table.

"Senior brother, I... I've thought about it carefully. Last time when Taihang besieged the Guanzhong torture hall, Qiutong clearly promised me... If she survived, she would reconcile with me. But she went back on her word after the incident. I think, I should go to Qiu Tong to ask for clarification. I... I decided to go to Tianshan Mountain." Zu Beiqiu said this, a resolute look appeared on Yuanyuan's face.

Zheng Dongting trembled slightly, and involuntarily straightened his body. He held the table with both hands, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Brother..." Zu Beiqiu felt that Zheng Dongting's expression was extremely unusual at the moment, and he shrank involuntarily, hesitantly said, "What do you think?"

Zheng Dongting glanced at Zu Beiqiu, then lay back on the grand teacher's chair, returning to his original lazy look. "Junior Brother, the speed with which you made a decision this time... Guh" Zheng Dongting raised the jug and took another sip of wine to his mouth, "...quite fast. It only took a year..."

"Oh?" Zu Beiqiu's round face showed a hint of excitement.

"I really don't understand you. If you want to find her, you should tell her earlier! It's been a year, and I thought you had forgotten her, and now you're bringing up the old things again. Are you out of your mind?" Zheng Dongting He tightened his eyebrows and asked sharply.

"I...I don't understand why Qiutong left. I thought she would come back to me. I wanted to wait for her, and Tianshan Mountain...is so far away..." Zu Beiqiu faltered.

Zheng Dongting looked at him fiercely, shook his head vigorously and said, "Go by yourself, I wish you good luck."

"Ah? Senior brother... You, you won't go with me? No, no, I can't do it alone!" Zu Beiqiu exclaimed quickly, "Don't you want to go to Gu Daxia, I mean..."

"Don't go!" Zheng Dongting grabbed the mutton biscuit on the table, tore off a huge piece vigorously, put it in his mouth and chewed it hard.

"Brother...you, don't be offended, but I have to say something if you beat me to death." Zu Beiqiu said cautiously, "At the beginning, Gu Daxia had always been very kind to you, but if he left suddenly, there was something wrong with him. Even Tianshan Pai's friends don't know what's going on. Don't you want to find out what's keeping him from contacting you?"

"It's been a year since I left. Do you think I haven't been to the Tianshan Mountains? I asked Lian Daxia, and he evaded and said he didn't know. Heh heh, others say that there is no trace of one night's spring dream, I think He's just..." Zheng Dongting was so angry that he couldn't speak.You can't tell your junior brother: He just ran away after sleeping and eating! "Brother, let me tell you something, don't be angry..." Zu Beiqiu said cautiously, "Are you afraid of finding Daxia Gu, only to find that he has changed his mind because of something happened and deliberately avoided you? I can't bear it." ?”

Hearing Zu Beiqiu's words, Zheng Dongting shivered involuntarily, and shivered all over his body, as if being stabbed by thousands of steel needles.

It's not the first time to say goodbye to Gu Nianfeng, but it's never been more difficult than this time.Because Gu Nianfeng gave him a sweet dream this time, Zheng Dongting had to hold it carefully, for fear of accidentally breaking Gu Nianfeng's wordless promise.Over the past year, whenever Zheng Dongting woke up suddenly when he dreamed back at midnight, he would always think with horror that what happened between him and Gu Nianfeng in Chang'an was a dream of his own, rather than something that actually happened.

Now Zu Beiqiu broke Zheng Dongting's deep-seated fear, as if a steel knife had been inserted into the softest part of his heart, causing him to convulse in pain.

Without Gu Nianfeng, it's not that his life is difficult...it's just painful, very painful...

"Senior Brother...Senior Brother, don't get excited, I'm just expressing my feelings. In fact, I'm the same as you... Don't get excited!" Zu Beiqiu stammered, shaking his hands in fright.

Gu Nianfeng discovered that Zheng Dongting had some low self-esteem in his bones back then. If he hadn't been stimulated, Zheng Dongting probably wouldn't have given up on himself and revealed his thoughts.At this time, when Gu Nianfeng left, the sequelae of being too hasty came out...

A year ago, Zheng Dongting and Gu Nianfeng made great achievements in breaking through the siege. It was originally said that they could withstand the punishment of Zheng Dongting's reckless use of martial arts, and he should be allowed to use martial arts freely.But the diehards still insist on the oath of Baimabao 11 years ago, and they cannot tolerate the disciple of Mu Tianhou being able to perform the stolen kung fu at will.So although Zheng Dongting escaped the punishment of abolishing martial arts, he still couldn't continue to perform martial arts.

"Zheng Dongting... so what if you defeated Gong Tianying? So what if you killed Ke Yanyue? You are still a worthless trash in the end..." Zheng Dongting said to himself.

"Senior brother, I was wrong just now. I shouldn't bring up your sad things, senior brother, don't take offense." Zu Beiqiu said with a smile.

"Who's there?" Zheng Dongting ignored him, suddenly raised his eyes, and threw a wine glass with one hand.

"Excuse me, are these the personal disciples of the sage Mu Tianhou, Mr. Zheng Dongting and Mr. Zu Bei Qiuzu?" The figure suddenly appeared was a masked man in black, his voice was hoarse and deep, very mysterious.

It is not a good thing to have anything to do with Master Mu Tianhou...

"Who are you?..." Zheng Dongting asked without answering.

The masked man took out two invitation cards from his pocket, and said respectfully, "This is an invitation letter from the head of my family to you two."

He accurately threw the invitation in front of Zheng Dongting, this skill is a testament to his skill.

"Tianshu Expo?" Zheng Dongting didn't answer and glanced at it.

The masked man nodded: "The things have been delivered. I will take my leave."

Coming and going are extremely crisp and neat.

Zheng Dongting slowly opened the invitation card, and his face changed at a glance. There were not many things written on it, but he sincerely invited Master disciple Zheng Dongting to go to the outside of the Great Wall to participate in the Book of Heaven Expo.

The problem is, this handwriting... At least I have known it for so many years... How could he misunderstand this handwriting... It is Gu Nianfeng's handwriting.

At this moment, Zheng Dongting didn't think about what the "Tianshu Expo" was, but heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out that the guy hadn't forgotten himself.

"Brother... Are you going to Tianshan with me?" Zu Beiqiu asked boldly when he saw him calm down.

"Go to Tianshan Mountain...to Beyond the Great Wall!" Zheng Dongting said decisively with a glare at him.

The people who came to participate in the Tianshu Expo organized by Mu Tianhou's personal successor almost included more than half of the Wulin.

Although Mu Tianhou's life was full of reputations, but he acted smoothly and freely, did what he wanted, was not restrained by sects, did not abide by the rules of the martial arts, lived freely, and was unscrupulous. .Some people came here to take back the secret books of their sect that had been handed down to the outside world, and some people came here for the name of Mu Tianhou.

The Heavenly Book Expo is scheduled to be held at the Ascension Demon Terrace.It was the first time Gu Nianfeng saw the place where the Demon Cult had been preparing for 20 years in this vast fortress, and he couldn't help but marvel.This is a Fengzhuo Mountain, the hills are as high as hundreds of feet, and the surroundings are endless. None of them have been eroded by the wind and sand, but they are stubbornly connected together. The shape is like a curly red dragon.Surrounded by this endless ring-shaped mountain range is an abyss that is half the size of Chang'an City.Oddly enough, in the middle of the deep valley, there is a purple-red highland in the valley.This highland is dozens of sticks lower than the surrounding terrain, and is immersed in the blue-white clouds.From a distance, it looks like a red dragon ball floating in the sea, full of mysterious and graceful colors, this is Shengmotai.

Gu Nianfeng stood on the Ascension Demon Stage, looking at the Jianghu people who had already come here, far apart, and couldn’t tell who they were. Mu Wangchuan had already gone to entertain those people, and was about to take them to the Ascension Demon Stage , at this moment, Gu Nianfeng didn't want to reveal his identity, so he just glanced at it and turned back to his room.

"What?" Ye Haoran's room was next to Gu Nianfeng's, and he hardly ever left his room.Seeing Gu Nianfeng entering the room without even saying hello, he showed no expression.He has not seen any expression changes on his face for many years, and it can be said that he has facial paralysis.

Gu Nianfeng unceremoniously found a seat and sat down, and said with a smile, "The Alluring Swordsmanship that Big Brother asked for has been delivered."

Ye Haoran didn't ask Gu Nianfeng how to do it, nor did he ask if he was sure.They have a tacit understanding for many years and know each other's abilities well.

So Ye Haoran just nodded lightly, as if he didn't care about this thing.

"That guy...should be here too." Gu Nianfeng suddenly whispered.I don't know whether to talk to Ye Haoran or just talking to myself.

Ye Haoran glanced at Gu Nianfeng, and suddenly said, "Will you introduce me later?" His eyes were full of teasing smiles, but the expression on his face was calm.

I don't know how the boss's facial paralysis came about. Although he always looks cold, everyone who knows him knows that Ye Haoran's temperament is not cold.

Gu Nianfeng was not surprised that Ye Haoran could guess the relationship between himself and the person he was talking about, and smiled casually: "Of course I will let the elder brother know."

Ye Haoran responded with an "en" and said: "I still remember how you were when you were young. In the blink of an eye, you all had your own partners and separated."

Gu Nianfeng was silent for a moment. His parents in his previous life were busy with research, and he grew up under Ye Haoran's guidance in his youth. Being like a brother like a father is not a joke, so he is willing to help Ye Haoran get the Allure Sword without much benefit. Law.

"There is always a banquet in the world, big brother, I wish you can return to the hometown you are after." Gu Nianfeng said lightly, and got up and left directly after speaking.

When the last ray of twilight fell on the Ascension Demon Stage, the entire Ascension Demon Stage changed from the original purplish red to a bright orange red, like a torch that is about to be extinguished, making people ecstatic.

When the dark tide brought by the twilight completely submerged the Ascension Stage, twelve rockets dragged long rays of sunlight and landed on the twelve piles of bonfires poured with butter in the square of Ascension Stage. A radiant light source illuminates the Demon Ascension Platform as bright as day.

With the igniting of the bonfire, the stone palace carved out of red rock in the center of Shengmotai was also lit with bright oil lamps.Heroes from all walks of life who participated in the Tianshu Expo were led by beautifully dressed ladies into the main hall of the Stone Palace in an endless stream, and sat down around the sumptuous banquet in the hall.

All of a sudden, the hall was filled with joy and laughter, the guests and hosts had a great time, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.After drinking for three rounds, Mu Wangchuan held a cup of golden dew wine, strode up to the stone table in the middle of the stone palace hall, raised his head and drank the fine wine in the glass, then knocked on the table three times with the wine glass, making a pleasant thud Three beeps.

The knocking sound was clearly heard by everyone's ears through the noisy chatter and laughter in the hall, and it immediately made them quiet.

"Everyone, listen to me." Mu Wangchuan raised his hands high, and said in a high-spirited voice, "Life is a lifetime, grass and trees are spring, life is like morning dew, let's get famous as soon as possible!"

"Okay!" There was a thunderous applause from the whole hall.

"You dare to risk your disobedience and overcome all difficulties to come here today, which proves that you have great ambitions and want to break through the rules and regulations of the world, and come here to achieve extraordinary careers. I, Mu Wangchuan, give you a toast and wish you all dreams come true Really!" Mu Wangchuan Hong said.

"Do it!" Hearing his words, everyone felt a confidant, and all raised their necks and drank the fine wine in their glasses.

"Some people are born fools, no matter how much they practice, they are still fools; some people are born geniuses, and the more they practice, they will become stronger. But fools keep a pile of secrets and frown, but geniuses can only look at the secrets and sigh. What in the world There is such a reason?" Mu Wangchuan spread his hands and said sharply.

"It doesn't make sense!" someone shouted from below.His words made everyone laugh.

"Some people are mediocre and mediocre, muddling along, and being a monk for a day beats the clock; Forcing them to live a mediocre life like myself, how can there be such a reason in the world?" Mu Wangchuan said loudly again.

"It doesn't make sense!" This time everyone was told what was on their minds, and they shouted loudly.

When everyone was excited, Gu Nianfeng walked into the hall silently through the side door.He simply put on a silver mask, matching his temperament, elegant and luxurious.

"The sea is wide enough for fishes to leap, and the sky is high for birds to fly. How can there be so many stereotypes and bad habits in the world? A man is born in this world. He should be able to act freely and do whatever he wants, regardless of sects or rules of the world It's floating clouds..." Mu Wangchuan's generous words continued crazily, but his words were interrupted by bursts of thunderous applause from the people in the hall.

When Gu Nianfeng walked in, he didn't disturb the others. They were all bewitched by Mu Wangchuan's words, and they didn't notice that a person came in from the corner.

As soon as Gu Nianfeng came in, he saw Zheng Dongting and Zu Beiqiu.Stepping slowly towards them.

But at this moment, seeing that the entire hall fell into the frenzy of overthrowing the laws of the world, Zheng Dongting couldn't help being touched by Mu Wangchuan's words.All his life, he struggled to survive in the cracks between the rules of the world and what he learned from his master.Although he has shocking martial arts, he can only live with his hands bound and his feet bound, not daring to go one step further.If one day, the rules of the world are really broken amidst the sound of carnival, then can Zheng Dongting finally break free from the shackles and enjoy the life he has always dreamed of?

"Brother..." When Zheng Dongting was in a trance, Zu Beiqiu's thin voice suddenly entered his ears, "If these people can really break all the rules of the world, then you can live freely in the world ?”

Gu Nianfeng's footsteps stopped, he was not far away from Zheng Dongting, although there was a lot of noise below, it was enough for him to hear Zu Beiqiu's words.

"Hush!" Zheng Dongting pressed Zu Beiqiu's hand, and said in a low voice, "The rules of the rivers and lakes are not established for the strong, but to protect the weak. Even if it is unreasonable and over-the-top in many cases, there must be The reason for existence. Those who come here today are all strong men in the rivers and lakes. There are only two kinds of strong men. One kind wants to eliminate evil and restore the righteousness, eliminate violence and make good, and the other kind wants to shock the world and run rampant in the world. The latter kind of people just want to change Even though there is nothing wrong with thinking like this, such people will definitely stir up wind and rain in the rivers and lakes, and it will be ordinary people who will suffer in the end."

"Oh, I understand a little bit." Zu Beiqiu nodded again and again, "Brother, I didn't expect you to see the key points so clearly. Brother has learned a lot from you these days. It's just why we are both from the rivers and lakes. Others People don't understand the purpose of these rivers and lakes rules?"

"Oh, because those people are doomed to be the second type of person, while your senior brother is stupid and dreams of being the first type of person." Gu Nianfeng smiled lightly, walked behind Zheng Dongting and said slowly.

Then he saw Zheng Dongting froze, but didn't look back.

Gu Nianfeng stretched out his hand and put it on Zheng Dongting's shoulder, feeling Zheng Dongting's slight tremor, and didn't mind that this guy didn't dare to look back.

Zu Beiqiu looked back at Gu Nianfeng without any scruples, and looked at the mask on Gu Nianfeng's face in surprise: "Hero Gu? How did you become like this?"

Gu Nianfeng didn't take off the mask, but just nodded without explaining, and said, "Why don't you turn around?"

Hearing the long-lost voice before, Zheng Dongting's mind was in a mess, with thousands of thoughts rushing into his heart, and there was a terrible blankness in his mind for a while.

Only at this time can he turn his head stiffly under Gu Nianfeng's question.

Seeing the mask on Gu Nianfeng's face, he stretched out his hand in a daze, trying to take off the mask to make sure that the face under the mask was the one he had been thinking about day and night.Standing in front of him, he didn't want to look at Gu Nianfeng through a mask, which would still make him feel unreal.

Gu Nianfeng grabbed Zheng Dongting's wrist and stopped him from moving.

Zheng Dongting stubbornly didn't intend to withdraw his hand, but he stopped and let Gu Nianfeng grab his wrist.

Gu Nianfeng shook his head, he understood what Zheng Dongting meant, but he couldn't.

"If Wang Qiong hadn't returned to the Yue Nu Palace, would there be a Tianshan sect in the world?" Mu Wangchuan's passionate voice echoed sharply in the sky above the hall.

Gu Nianfeng turned his head to look at Mu Wangchuan, put down Zheng Dongting's hand, and said, "We'll talk later."

"No!" the crowd yelled.

"Without the Tianshan School, would there be Gu Tianya in the world?" Mu Wangchuan continued to roar.

"No!" Although Gu Tianya had blood feuds with many senior masters present here, he was upright, generous, and sincere throughout his life, and was deeply worshiped by the righteous and evil people in the world.Even the Taihang masters present here don't think there is anything wrong with worshiping Gu Tianya.

At this moment, Mu Wangchuan's handsome face was flushed, even the roots of his ears and neck were red, as if he was also infected by the heat he aroused and his chest was surging.He simply jumped onto the round table in the center of the hall, raised his hands like a roc spreading its wings, opened his eyes wide, and said loudly: "What do we want?"

"Running alone in the rivers and lakes!" "Running in the world alone!"

The people in the hall violently knocked on the dry wine cups in their hands, the copper plate containing the fruit, the trembling stone table and everything that could make a sound, repeating these eight words frantically.It seems that the eight characters themselves are full of irresistible magic power, which can make people crazy, intoxicated and fascinating.

Gu Nianfeng glanced around, and stood beside Zheng Dongting, his expression was covered by a silver mask, mysterious and graceful.

Zheng Dongting no longer had the energy to pay attention to the noisy halls around him, he just looked at Gu Nianfeng, wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, hesitated and tangled.

After the people in the hall shouted hoarsely and their throats ached, they finally gradually calmed down. Mu Wangchuan raised his hands again, his eyes showing a hint of satisfaction: "Then...welcome to the Tianshu Expo."

These words made everyone in the hall smile knowingly, and they all nodded.

Mu Wangchuan showed a confident look, and said loudly: "Everyone, this Tianshu Expo will be held for three days. The first day is the opening day. Before tomorrow, my subordinates will display There are [-] shops, each of you can choose a shop according to your ability. The quality of the shop directly affects the success or failure of the transaction, please don't underestimate its importance. The next day is the exhibition day. It will be displayed on the shop that day, and my Tianshu organization will also set up a booth to let everyone come to the stage to demonstrate the essence of the secrets they bring, in order to get better deals. The third day is the trading day, and the secrets are exchanged for secrets. It doesn't matter if you sit on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit, or you want to take the initiative to trade in the other party's shop, there is no restriction at all, as long as you gain something, the purpose of our Tianshu Club will be achieved."

Having said that, he looked around at the people who were listening to him attentively, and asked politely: "Do you have any questions?" At this time, a Uighur master suddenly raised his hand and said in blunt Chinese: "I has a problem!"

"Please speak!" Mu Wangchuan waved his sleeves and said respectfully.

"I... If it is inconvenient for us to hand over the secrets directly... is there a way to help me transcribe the secrets on paper..." the Uighur master faltered.

Mu Wangchuan quickly slapped his head, smiled and said, "I'm to blame for this. I was negligent and forgot to explain this matter. Many friends' secrets are memorized or engraved on their bodies, and they are not carried with them, so it is inconvenient to trade. We have ten specially provided pen rooms for these friends to transcribe the secrets, don’t worry.” As soon as these words came out, many people in the hall showed expressions of relief, it seems that many people memorized the secrets come.

"The last point, I want to remind you all." Mu Wangchuan's expression became solemn, with a hint of chill on his face, "There is only one rule in this Tianshu Expo: there can only be one copy of the same secret book at the fair. If anyone dares to use the same The secret books have been traded many times, and the fish are exhausted, and all the secret books in the world are captured, don't blame me, Mu Wangchuan, for being ruthless." At this point, he stretched out his figure, flew to the couple's side like lightning, and fixed his eyes on it. A box of secret books on the back of the old servant behind the couple.

Gu Nianfeng raised his eyebrows slightly and laughed, he finally saw Lian Qingyan.That husband is Lian Qingyan in disguise, that wife is Luo Qiutong, and as for that old servant...it should be Lian Zijie.Qingcheng swordsmanship needs to be handed over by this person.

"The pastor, what advice do you have?" The husband asked.

"At this Tianshu conference, there are all kinds of secrets in Tianshan Mountain. Your secrets are as important as ours, so they should not be traded." Speaking of this, Mu Wangchuan stretched out his long sleeves without waiting for the other party to open his mouth, and slapped the person who was holding the secrets hard. On the wooden box, he threw the whole box of secret books into the sky, then raised his hand, and hit the wooden box squarely, those incomparably precious Tianshan sword formulas were immediately plunged into raging flames and burned to ashes in an instant.

Tianshan Cheats?

Zheng Dongting froze for a moment, looked at Mu Wangchuan, then at Gu Nianfeng.

With Mu Tianhou's descendants, mysterious guides, twelve goalkeepers, thousands of ghost slaves, and a unique venue, no one can imagine how huge this organization that holds the Tianshu Expo is.

"I'll look for you later, don't wander around." Gu Nianfeng explained in a low voice, turned around and left.

Zheng Dongting couldn't help but grabbed Gu Nianfeng's hand, and said in a low voice, "Let me go first?" He had had enough of seeing Gu Nianfeng's back leaving without nostalgia.

"..." Gu Nianfeng smiled lowly, but really stopped, and said casually, "Then you go first, I will watch."

Zheng Dongting took a deep look at Gu Nianfeng, wanted to take a step, but couldn't, so he could only withdraw his hand in frustration, and said sullenly: "Forget it, you'd better go." He couldn't bear to leave at all, he couldn't leave .

Gu Nianfeng did not express his impatience with Zheng Dongting's tossing, and nodded slightly before walking away.