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Few people in the small town can explain clearly how the name "Unnamed Alley" came from.

Some people say it's because the ancestors couldn't think of a good name when they were naming it, so they just named it "Wu Ming"; others say it's because the gate of Beiling Temple, which belongs to the Taoist Sect, is opened in this alley. That’s why I was called such a name.

Anyway, people who have never studied will not think about this. People who have studied have been wondering for a long time and don’t know who to ask for the answer.

Every time there is a different teacher in the rural school, someone will ask this question for advice. Each has his own intention, but the result is always the same. Those teachers often study for a long time, and finally give different answers. Talking about different reasons, there is no consensus.

The most different statement was given by Mr. Cui, who is now recognized as the most knowledgeable person in the town. When he was asked about this, he just thought about it briefly, and then said with a smile, "They are all right, and they are all right." No, whether it’s right or wrong depends on who is asking.”

Then... there was no more, just a word that looked a little careless was enough to dismiss the person.

Some people say that Mr. Cui is cheating, while others say that Mr. Cui has learned Buddhist techniques to show off his skills. However, regardless of whether others are satisfied or dissatisfied, the scholar just laughs and never makes any excuses when he hears someone talking about it. .

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At this moment, in the nameless alley of this small town with different opinions on its origin, in front of the gate of Beiling Temple, which happened to be opposite to the rural school located in the northeast of the town, a bright girl in a red cloak instantly appeared with a long sword in her hand. Sheath, holding the sword in one hand, the sword pointed directly at the richly dressed young master opposite, the sword was sharp and cold!

The girl seemed to have heard someone from the Li family in the small town briefly say before that the wealthy young man in front of her, with dishonest eyes and dirty words, was the only son of the sect leader of Shuixiu Lake. His surname was Ke, and his name was Ke Yuzhi.

As a disciple of the Immortal family, the girl had heard of the reputation of Shuixiu Lake. It was an Immortal sect that opened its gates on Jinchai Continent in the southwest of the nine continents in the world.

Shuixiu Lake has always been surnamed Ke, and no one with a foreign surname has ever been the head of a clan. The position of the clan leader, like most orthodox royal thrones in most dynasties in the world, has always been inherited by the children of the Ke family. From father to son, son to grandson. , for generations to come, descendants.

The current sect leader of Shuixiu Lake is named Ke Wanting. He is not very famous among the nine continents in the world, but he can be regarded as the overlord of Jinchai Continent in the southwest corner.

Another reason why Sect Leader Ke is relatively famous is that it is widely rumored that he has been famous for half his life, and has been the head of the clan for a long time. But to this day, he still only has one wife, and he does not take concubines or have extramarital affairs. , the couple is very loving.

Therefore, there is a popular limerick in Jinchaizhou that goes like this: In Jinchaizhou in the southwest of the world, there are hundreds of rivers and lakes in chaos, people who practice cultivation have no idea, and Shuixiu is deep in love.

And because the favored wife of the sect leader of Shuixiu Lake has only given birth to one son in the many years since she joined the Ke family, it is natural to imagine that this young sect leader of Shuixiu Lake is destined to be the next Shuixiu Lake. What kind of status will the wealthy young man in charge of Xiuhu have in Shuixiuhu, where the inheritance of one surname is important?
But even so, the girl drew her sword out of its sheath without any hesitation. She squinted at the playful and smiling dude opposite her as if she were looking at a dead man. "You said that if I hack you to death here, would it be considered a violation of the saint's rules?"

On the opposite side, the young man turned around with the old woman following him. The young man was naturally protected by the old woman.

Ke Yuzhi was not timid about the girl's murderous threat, and smiled and said: "Why should the girl be like this? I just admire the girl's beauty and have a lot of love for her. Isn't it illegal?"

The girl frowned slightly, and the eight-sided long sword in her hand flashed with cold light. She didn't seem to want to speak, but she still said patiently: "So you can just say something to tease others based on your so-called love? I do. A person with good cultivation can still draw a sword if his heart and ears are not in tune, but what if he has nothing? Are you planning to rob someone?"

Ke Yuzhi, the young master in brocade clothes, tilted his head and thought about it, and then said seriously: "If you can be as stunning and beautiful as a girl, it is not impossible. Besides, what's wrong with following me? Although I, Shuixiu Lake, am not the top The Immortal family is not too bad. A girl with nothing can follow me. Although I cannot give such a woman the status of a principal wife, but even if she is a concubine or a common roommate, shouldn't it be her blessing? ?"

It was the first time that the girl heard someone talk about bullying men and women in such a refreshing and refined way in front of her. She couldn't help but feel even colder in her eyes, and said in a cold tone: "So if I can hack you to death now, then It’s just that you are incompetent and don’t care who is right.”

The young man opposite laughed directly after hearing this, "Of course."

The girl holding the long sword did not directly take action at this point. She glanced at the master and servant opposite. The young man just poked his head out from behind the old woman who was already ready to take action. Then he looked at the master and servant. The person's forward and backward movements and posture are more like... well prepared!
She thought about it carefully with her eyebrows raised, and then she retracted the ancient long sword that was pointing directly at the opposite side and held the sword in her hand. Then she asked again: "Speak directly about your true purpose, although I don't like you." , but I don’t want to get into some fight that is calculated out of nowhere!”

Ke Yuzhi, who was hiding behind the old woman, first brightened up when he heard this, and then had a headache. He smiled at the girl opposite and asked, "Can't you really think of me as a slut?"

The girl was a little irritated, "It's not that I can't, it's that I can't."

"Okay." Ke Yuzhi twitched the corner of his mouth, thought for a while and then said: "Girl, you should know where the knife is, right? If my guess is correct, does the girl still want to get that knife?"

"Is it because of this?" The girl seemed suddenly enlightened, and a flash of understanding flashed in her beautiful eyes.

There are indeed very few people who live in the world because of the so-called simple low-level greed. Some things require a reason, and some things only rely on a guess.

"Not enough?" Ke Yuzhi asked with a smile.

"That's enough." The girl nodded.

This time she didn't hesitate anymore. The cold long sword with eight sides in her hand was raised up against the wind. A seemingly invisible sword energy drew a long arc in the air, slashing the two people on the opposite side against the rising storm. people!
The girl's attack was crisp and sharp, without any sloppiness. The moment the sword energy came out of the sword, a loud dragon roar resounded throughout the nameless alley!

At the same time, the calm and silent old woman opposite stretched out one hand to push the boy she was protecting out of the battlefield between the two of them, and pinched her fingers with the other hand. With the pinch, a protective aura formed instantly, like a wall blocking the incoming sword energy!
The moment when two energies want to meet, there is the sound of gold and iron!

Before the old woman could completely deal with the sword energy, the girl holding the sword raised her long sword and flew straight towards it. The sharp tip of the sword stabbed directly into the side of the gang at the moment when the sword energy was almost exhausted. On top of the air wall.

The old woman's eyes that were slightly drooped at this time were slightly raised, and she looked at the beautiful flower-like face opposite her. A gloomy look mixed with disgust and insidiousness flashed in her eyes, and she opened her mouth to speak, which was harsh and unpleasant.

"Little girl, today's scene has broken the rules set by the saints here. If we really want to be reasonable, it is my young master who provoked me first, and you did it first. No one takes advantage! I would like to advise you, If you can give up that knife and that boy, then we can give up, otherwise, don’t blame me for being unkind!"

It sounds like good words, but there is a hidden meaning behind them!
The girl who was stabbing forward with the sword and forming a stalemate with the old woman heard this and glanced at the old woman with a gloomy and strange face opposite her. Without any fear, she said with an expressionless tone: "I have a good life. I have been here since I was a child." I have never been threatened by anyone in my life!"

The implication is self-evident.

The old woman's face was gloomy, and she muttered "I don't know how to lift". At the same time, her free hand made another seal behind her back. A qi machine filled with a sinister atmosphere was instantly formed in her hand. She took a step forward, and the qi machine in her hand was directed towards Hit the little girl across the way in the face!
Such a method can be described as insidious!

Seeing the situation, the girl didn't panic. She leaned back down the bridge and drew the long sword in her hand, leaving a bright white sword mark on the protective aura in front of the old woman. She supported the ground with one hand with her free left hand and used it to As he lowered his waist, his feet lifted off the ground, and his left foot kicked the old woman's extended elbow!

This kick was powerful and heavy. If the kick was real, the old woman would definitely have to break one of her arms!
When the old woman saw this, she made a fist with the arm that supported the Gang Qi to protect her body, and then punched the sole of the girl's foot that she had kicked up.

The girl took advantage of this and retreated. After a few somersaults, she put some distance between herself and the old woman.

At this point, the close combat between the two of them, which went back and forth for three or four rounds, was almost completed in just a few moments, but it was obvious that neither side was trying their best.

As for the result, the old woman had a slight advantage.

The wealthy young master Ke Yuzhi was standing outside the battlefield where the two were fighting. He found a poplar tree planted under the wall of Wuming Lane, then leaned on the trunk with one foot on the ground and the other His feet were casually placed on the foot that was supporting the ground, and an unfolded folding fan was gently swaying in his hand.

Seeing that the fight between the two had come to an end, he smiled and looked at the beautiful girl who was slightly twirling her toes on the ground to relieve her strength, and said with a smile: "Girl, you have to be sincere when talking about business, so I might as well tell you clearly, because this Because of the Zhu family in Yanguan Town, I, Shuixiu Lake, have already offended a group of sword cultivators, so I actually don’t want to offend another wave of sword cultivators because of what happened today.”

As he spoke, Ke Yuzhi closed the unfolded folding fan in his hand with a click. Then he raised his hand and gently knocked his temples with the fan, and continued: "I can probably guess that you are from the Xihe Sword Sect, but it's not very clear. Can you confirm which sword immortal in the Sword Sect you are studying under? But just looking at the simple exchange of moves between you and Aunt Xin, I have to say that the girl is extremely accomplished and unique. You must be studying under a famous senior in your sect. His seniority is not low, otherwise he would not be able to fight with opponents who are much higher than him at such a young age."

"So from these points of view, I am actually not very willing to be an enemy of the girl."

Ke Yuzhi held the folding fan in his hands and cupped his fists. He arched his hands towards the girl seriously and said with a smile: "So you and I might as well discuss it. As long as the girl gives up her thoughts about the knife and promises not to interfere in what is going on in Yanguan Town, Then I am willing to make peace with the girl, and I can also apologize for my rude words just now, and promise to give the girl a generous gift as an apology. The conditions are whatever the girl wants, how about it?"

The elderly woman was standing not far away. When she heard this, she turned her head and glanced at her young master. She frowned and thought about it carefully. There was some disapproval in her eyes, but she did not say it out loud.

The girl's eyes had been fixed on the old woman opposite her from the moment she started. After listening to Ke Yuzhi's words quietly, she turned her eyes away to look at the rich young man for the first time, then turned her eyes back again, and then spoke When he spoke, his tone had some inexplicable meaning.

"So, is what you really want to do if I don't interfere in the things discussed later? I don't care if you really don't know something or if you actually have a plan. Since you said you want to make peace, I can put forward whatever conditions you want. , I ask you to leave Yanguan Town immediately, and you are not allowed to take away anyone or anything here, do you accept it?" Ke Yuzhi, who had been smiling from the beginning, finally flashed a shadow on his face at this moment, he He sneered, looked at the girl and said, "Does the girl have to be so hard on others?"

"Come but never go." The girl's face was expressionless.

Ke Yuzhi shook his head and said no more.

When the old woman saw that the deal had not been completed, she naturally raised her hands, folded her hands in front of her, and made a hand with her fingers. She looked at the little girl opposite and said, "Since you are so unreasonable, don't blame me for being unkind!"

In an instant, a dark wind swept through the nameless alley, and the temperature around the three people began to slowly drop.

The girl narrowed her eyes and sneered, "It's a crooked way and you're very brave. You can try it!"

As she finished speaking, she raised the long sword in her hand, with the blade at the top and the hilt at the bottom. The moment she spread her hands, the vertical sword began to spin in the air.

The girl's lips moved slightly and she softly read the three words "Sword Art"!
At this moment, the color of the sky and the earth within a radius changed, and the temperature that had dropped slightly due to the old woman suddenly increased. Being in it, it was like encountering the warm sun!

The long sword hanging in front of the girl also rotated rapidly at this moment and turned into three, as if she had met a clone!
At this moment, the old woman's face, which had always looked a bit gloomy, finally showed a shocked expression, as if the originally wrinkled and mottled wrinkles had been smoothed out a lot. She suddenly turned her head towards the young man who also looked shocked. He shouted loudly: "Young Master, back off!"

At the same time, the old woman no longer dared to have any confidence, and her withered hands quickly crossed each other to make seals. In order to quickly defend, the speed of her hands was so fast that afterimages appeared!

At the moment when the two sides were tense, a slightly older figure in Taoist robes suddenly appeared in front of the girl. He was holding a long bamboo pole. It was the man who had been practicing in seclusion at Beiling Temple all year round and almost never showed up. The old Taoist priest closed his eyes.

As soon as the old Taoist Fu appeared, he stretched out his old and withered palm, intertwined his fingers with the one on the left of the three long swords spinning rapidly in the air, and flicked it lightly.

The movement of the girl's hands stagnated slightly, and then the three long swords merged into one again. She had no choice but to catch the sword hilt. After a moment of hesitation, she held the sword in her hand without making any further movements.

The old Taoist closed his eyes and "looked" at the girl, and said with a smile: "My little friend's extraordinary talent is really not ordinary, but from the old Taoist's point of view, today's situation has not reached the point of resorting to a killer move, why should the little girl do this?"

The girl glanced coldly at the wealthy young man standing in the distance, whose expression became a little embarrassed, and said in a calm tone: "The sword master uses the sword to distinguish between life and death."

The old Taoist priest smiled and didn't say much. He slowly turned around and looked at the two people opposite him: "Before coming here, no one told you about the rules here?"

The old woman stood quietly on the spot, her eyebrows lowered and her eyes lowered again. However, Ke Yuzhi, after hearing the old Taoist chief's question, hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying: "Junior Shuixiuhu Ke Yuzhi has seen Taoist priests before. Chief, I really don’t dare to hide it, I knew the rules before I came here.”

The old Taoist was silent, but his face was no longer as friendly as when he looked at the girl before, and looked a little serious.

Ke Yuzhi was under great pressure for a moment, and there was a hint of sweat on his forehead. He twitched his lips and said, "This junior is impulsive, please forgive me, senior."

This was the first time that the young sect leader of Shuixiu Lake, who had had a noble status since childhood and had never bowed his head since coming to the town, had surrendered to others.

The old Taoist sighed slightly and said calmly: "I think you are young, and both sides of today's conflict have their own faults. Today's matter will be put aside for the time being, but... it will not be the same next time!"

The old Taoist paused when he said this. He raised his head and looked around, and then said, "Including everyone!"

The voice is brilliant!

All people with cultivation abilities within the town, whether locals or outsiders, feel like there is thunder in their ears!

Ke Yuzhi saluted respectfully, not daring to say another word. He turned around and led the old woman out of Wuming Alley quickly.

The old Taoist didn't care about him, turned around and looked at the little girl with a calm face, and said with a smile: "The old Taoist has not been out for a long time, but he didn't know that Mr. Gongsun had another good seedling under him."

The girl turned her wrist and the long sword in her hand naturally returned to its sheath. She took a step back and cupped her hands into her fists: "Junior Xihe Sword Sect Li Yuyao, ranked thirteenth, has met Master Lu Tianshi."

The old Taoist priest nodded with a smile and said: "Thirteenth in the ranking, so he should still be the little boss?"

The girl just smiled and said nothing.

The old Taoist turned his head and "looked" at the girl again, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you really look like your master, you are not bad at being a little boss!"

Knowing that the old man was joking, the girl's usually cold face was still a little shy, and her pretty face was slightly red.

The old Taoist smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad. Mr. Gongsun once said when he accepted Twelve Niangs that any more disciples should be accepted as daughters, and only one should be accepted to close the door for her."

Speaking of this, the old Taoist from Gujing Bubo had a joking tone. He said with a smile: "After so many years, it seems to me now that Mr. Gongsun has accepted me again. Why is he such a disgruntled person?" Desperate woman? You know they did it on purpose, not just for you but also for the old ways, so why should you do this? "

The words of the old Taoist sounded like criticism, but his tone was full of appreciation, "With your cultivation level, it is very difficult for you to use your master's unique skills. Why do you have to force it even if you destroy your foundation? What if? There was an accident. First of all, your master regretted that she gave you the bottom of the box in advance because she cared about your talent, and secondly, she had to come to the house with her sword and tear down the roof of the old Taoist's house?"

The girl was not a stupid person, so she could naturally hear the seriousness of the old Taoist priest's words, so she respectfully bowed to the old man with her hands and fists, and then said: "This junior just feels that you can't walk in the world all the time. You cannot rely on the shadow of your master, nor can you rely on your elders to take care of you everywhere. There are always areas that cannot be reached by manpower, and then it may be too late to rely on yourself."

The old Taoist priest nodded slightly when he heard this, "She is also an understanding girl."

At this point, the Taoist sage sitting in the small town did not say any more and changed the topic. He turned his head and "looked" at the street corner where the master and servant had disappeared, and said slowly: "This Some of these people who came here have complicated thoughts, and their specific purposes may not be simple. There is no need for you to directly conflict with them for the time being, just wait and see what happens."

The girl nodded thoughtfully.

Knowing that the girl had listened, the old Taoist smiled and waved his hand, "Then I won't keep you, go and do your work."

The girl looked hesitant.

The old Taoist understood the fire clearly and asked with a smile: "Is there anything else?"

"Senior, that young man at the east entrance of the town..."

"You see?" The old Taoist priest was not surprised. "He has some stories that are unique to him and need to be experienced. Some outsiders think that he is also a outsider himself, so they are not very interested. Some people..."

The old Taoist priest hesitated for a moment and did not finish his words. He just said to the girl: "You can make friends with him, but don't have any thoughts of bringing him back to the sect. There are some other causes and effects on him. , the final destination cannot be decided until the matter here is over.”

The girl nodded, bowed and left slowly.

The old Taoist closed his eyes and slowly walked up the stone steps in front of the Beiling Temple while leaning on a bamboo pole. He turned his head and "looked" in the direction the girl was leaving, and murmured to himself: "God will bear it, and karma will repay it. Today, my disciples intervened in secular affairs." , I have failed to teach the truth to my ancestors, and I hope there will be no bad consequences in the future. If there is any punishment from heaven, I am willing to bear it with all my strength."

On the long street, the wind whistled, as if there was an echo in the dark.

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