Chapter 1 The Investigation Team Dies

The death of the investigation team in Qin Village shook the martial world.

Three days later, the army of Ao Xue Sect advanced upon the border.

The news that the three great protectors of the Ao Xue Sect, leading three hundred Plum Blossom Swordsmen, had encircled Qin Village spread throughout the martial world overnight.

While the eyes of the sects, the arts, and both the righteous and the heretical factions were all drawn to the small Qin Village, Old Liu was still leisurely waving a folding fan, as steady as Mount Tai, hiding on the mountaintop, looking down on the heroes.

At this time, looking from the top of the mountain, even the Connecting Heaven Bridge was already surging with people. The red plums embroidered on the white clothes of the Ao Xue Sect swordsmen carried a string of glaring crimson in the dragon-like flowing队伍, looking from afar like a flowing blood light, terrifying the soul.

Old Liu looked at the crowd below the mountain and said, "This is the elite of the Ao Xue Sect, the Plum Blossom Swordsmen, right? All three hundred of them are embroidered with three plum blossoms. The Ao Xue Sect is showing off its power to the martial world!"

Nie Xiaochun said, "Qin Village is completely sealed off by the Ao Xue Sect. Besides the three protectors on the surface, there are also seven masters in the dark."

"Not bad, not bad!" Old Liu nodded and said, "The Ao Xue Sect deserves to be a top sect in the Northeast. The manpower mobilized at one time is enough to rival a small sect."

"Send a message to Li Po, tell him not to worry, wait for me to mobilize the most elite Five Plum Swordsmen of the Ao Xue Sect before taking action."

Nie Xiaochun believed in Old Liu, but I was frightened by the old man: "Still mobilizing the Five Plum Swordsmen? Tell them to find a way to retreat quickly. No! Tell them to protect themselves, I'll go back to meet them immediately."

I was about to turn around when Ye Yang grabbed me back: "Believe in Old Liu!"

"I believe in his bullshit!" I almost cursed: "Who among them can fight? Only Black Night Owl is a master, but he's a Wuzhu (witchcraft) expert. Witchcraft is a slow art. Maybe before he can use his witchcraft, his head will be taken off. No, I have to go back."

Ye Yang spoke again: "You don't understand them. Or rather, have you ever understood them?"

I was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Ye Yang said expressionlessly, "You understand every one of your opponents, but you don't understand every one of your companions."

Ye Yang was right. When I was with Ye Yang and the others, I never asked them what special skills they had.

I didn't ask about these things, and there was no special reason, just that I hadn't thought about it.

Ye Yang said, "Give Old Liu a chance to prove himself, and give yourself a chance to understand your friends."

"But..." While I was still hesitating, Ye Yang said again, "The Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) is better than you think."

Only then did I nod in agreement. While I was waiting anxiously for Old Liu's news, the Ao Xue Sect had already mobilized its troops to occupy the Connecting Heaven Bridge.

Below the mountain, the Ao Xue flag fluttered.

On the mountain, the Liangjie flag fluttered violently.

Although the two sides had not met, the two opposing flags had already brought about the势 of thousands of troops arrayed against each other, ready for a life-and-death battle.

The Ao Xue Sect protector waved his hand: "A hundred swordsmen, charge up the mountain!"

A hundred Plum Blossom Swordsmen drew their longswords, leaped up, and, mingling among the mountains and forests, went up the mountain.

The Ao Xue Sect protector watched his disciples approaching the mountainside like a rainbow, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Before his smugness lasted long, a song, Ambush from Ten Sides, descended the mountain with the勢 of 金戈铁马(metal armor), and the green leaves carried away by the music were like a snowstorm in the wind, covering the sky and the earth.

The Ao Xue Sect protector sneered, "A petty trick, avoid the wind—"

Before he could finish speaking, countless fallen leaves stuck to the Plum Blossom Swordsmen one after another. White clothes, green leaves, red plums, sword light, at first glance, they complemented each other, but after a closer look, they made people feel strange and incomparable.

After a hundred swordsmen stopped at the same time, they suddenly turned around, their facial features becoming hideous and distorted, especially their blood-red eyes, which at first glance were filled with resentment and extreme viciousness.

The Ao Xue Sect protector exclaimed, "Those leaves... pass the order... kill the person playing the qin!"

Before the order could be transmitted to the distance, the Plum Blossom Swordsmen on the mountainside rushed back, and their speed was even faster than before, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed into the Ao Xue Sect formation ten meters away.

"Heavenly Thunder镇魔(suppresses demons), all evils retreat..." As the Ao Xue Sect Protector furiously spread his five fingers,雷光 (thunder light) appeared in his palm, and the rolling thunder roared into the空, and the Plum Blossom Swordsmen who rushed from afar stopped in an instant, and the long swords in their hands fell to the ground one after another.

As the protector roared again, the thunder light in his hand suddenly激闪(shot) into the crowd, and the green leaves sticking to the swordsmen instantly fell to the ground after being swept by the thunder light.

Before the Ao Xue Sect Protector could breathe a sigh of relief, a hundred Plum Blossom Swordsmen screamed angrily at the same time: "I am wronged—"

"镇魔(Suppress demons)!" The protector used up his 雷法(thunder technique), and in a panic, he retreated again and again. The other two protector elders shot at the same time, and thunder and fire震动(vibrated) in their palms, and everyone's ears exploded with a thunderous sound.

The Jianghu (martial world) people who came to watch the battle were震得(shocked) with buzzing ears, and the Plum Blossom Swordsmen fell to the ground one after another.

The protector elder, whose soul had not yet settled, said in a deep voice, "Take all these disciples down and check them carefully. Pay attention to safety."

To save a hundred people, two hundred people have to be used.

The Ao Xue Sect's rainbow-like Plum Blossom Swordsmen were suddenly emptied of manpower and could only stop their offensive.