Chapter Seventy-Five Special Guest
The legendary Huashan swordsmanship arrived as scheduled, and the big ones all had to take collective action with their gangs. Feng Xiao Xiao had no choice but to go up alone. Fortunately, she was also from Huashan, so she knew it like the back of her hand, and it was easy for her to find the venue.
It is said that the original location of this event was at the top of Mount Hua, but "since ancient times, there has been only one road to Mount Hua". This road suddenly broke into a cliff halfway, and there was no bridge on it. The area opposite the cliff is called an unopened area in the game. Unwillingly, the event was held at this large empty space on the middle of the mountain.
Feng Xiao Xiao, who could also be said to have originated from Mount Hua, naturally arrived at the designated location without any effort.
Many people have arrived on the empty ground, divided into piles by faction. The wind is rustling with excitement, and many factions are familiar faces. For example, take the Iron Flag Alliance, I can recognize five of them, not to mention the boss and Xiao Yao, there's also the leader Iron Flag, and one more who has a history with me, Xing Yun, another should be An Ying, after scanning around, I see him not far from the four people. The wind is walking towards the direction of the four people, Xing Yun sees the wind, his eyes seem to be spitting out fire.
Feng Xiao Xiao didn't care about that, and directly came over to greet Lao Da and Xiao Yao. Xing Yun was shocked and lost color, saying: "You know each other!" Lao Da of course knew about the past between him and Feng Xiao Xiao, and appeared especially enthusiastic as he put his arm around Feng Xiao Xiao's shoulder, saying: "Yes, old friends!" Xing Yun's expression immediately became somewhat gloomy. After greeting them, Feng Xiao Xiao didn't stay long, and went to another place to wander around.
As the host of Feilong Manor, there were more people coming, and Feng Xiao Xiao saw even more familiar faces, including Master Fei Yun, "Wind Flower Snow Moon", Long Yan, "NIKE" Knife, and also "He" who had invited him to join Fei Yun Manor back then.
The wind was blowing, and before he could leave the Flying Dragon Villa's sphere of influence, Liu Yue hastily came over to pull him along, saying: "What took you so long? The special guests were all waiting for you!"
"Special guest!?" Xiang Xiao Xiao exclaimed in surprise.
Liu Yue looked at him strangely and said, "Is it really so surprising?"
"How can we get a special guest out?" Feng Xiao Xiao muttered to herself.
Liu Yue's face broke into a sly smile as he said, "If you join our Fei Long Mountain Villa, you won't be just an honorary guest!"
The wind was blowing, and this side seemed to understand but not quite nodded. On the other side, the "Nike" knife from Feilong Mountain Villa had already come out and said: "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Each leader, please organize your own members to make way to the sides and leave the central area empty."
The crowd buzzed for a moment, and it was about to begin. With a "whoosh", they all dispersed around. From the familiar faces, one could recognize Iron Flag Alliance, One Sword East Coming, Golden Money Gang and several other gangs, while he himself didn't know which side to stand on, feeling quite embarrassed.
Fortunately, Liu Yue came over to explain it to herself, and Liu Yue pointed out: "You are in cahoots with them!"
The wind was blowing gently, and with a glance, one person had their arms crossed in front of their chest, with a long sword behind their back, standing with their legs apart; it was indeed One Sword to the Sky. Another person was fanning themselves with a paper fan, dressed as a scholar, but was actually Bai Xiaosheng. There was also another person, who wore clothes similar to those of an axe-wielding gang, looking rustic and unrefined, standing there without any elegance or demeanor; if it wasn't Wanshi Tong, then who was it?
The wind whistled as he turned his head to look at Liu Yue, his eyes inquiring. Liu Yue understood people's intentions well and replied: "Those are all special guests, you go with them!" After speaking, she ran back to her own Fei Long Manor formation.
The wind whistled as he walked by, first nodding to Bai Xiaosheng and then smiling at Yi Jian Chongtian: "This new look of yours isn't bad!"
"One sword rushed to the sky and rolled his eyes: 'Is it the clothes or the posture?'"
The wind whispered for a moment and said: "Posture!"
Finally, he turned to the handyman and said disdainfully, "What are you doing here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yijian Chongtian and Bai Xiaosheng both cast admiring glances at him, the implication being: "You know this guy too?"
It's been almost half a day since I arrived at the event, and I'm so excited to finally run into someone I know. Without noticing the disdain in his tone, he replied: "I was invited as a special guest! How about you?"
The wind blew gently as he reached out and pulled his hair back, smiling: "I am too, but I rely on real ability!"
Wan Shi Tong was taken aback and gave Feng Xiao Xiao a few punches: "It's been so long since we last met, and as soon as we meet again, you're mocking me!"
The wind was strong and he didn't dare fight back. He was afraid that if he hit the all-knowing one, he would kill him without knowing his own strength. He continued to ask: "How did you get invited?"
Wan Shi Tong proudly said: "With so many of my articles on the forum, I am a famous Wulin commentator!"
The wind whispered a long and mournful sigh. Bai Xiaosheng beside him revealed a truly disdainful expression.
At this time, only "NIKE" knife walked slowly into the center of the arena, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. The eyes of the whole audience focused on him, and Feng Xiao thought to himself that he must be the host.
"NIKE" walked a few steps into the arena and said loudly: "Hello everyone, I think it's not necessary for me to say much about the purpose of today's gathering. As for the friends from various factions on the scene, I will introduce them later. For now, I just want to say that our Huashan Jianjian (Swordsmanship Competition) today is only intended to bring together friends who are usually scattered in different places, exchange and learn from each other, and it's not necessary to determine a winner or loser. Please keep things friendly!"
The whole venue was silent, and everyone knew that these pleasantries were actually a reminder that this martial arts competition was meant to determine the superiority of each faction. Otherwise, there would be no need for a quota of five representatives per faction. However, people also thought it was good this way, as every faction had tens of thousands of members, and hosting such an event could avoid many large-scale conflicts. It also gave smaller factions a chance to participate. As for the competition, if Iron Flag Alliance and One Sword East were to meet, it would likely end in a draw. The two factions almost fought earlier when they came up on stage, but were separated by the crowd. Wind Xiao Xiao arrived late and missed the exciting scene.
Then "NIKE" knife began to introduce each gang, he just introduced the name of each gang, as for who came, each gang was a group, it was impossible to recognize everyone, even if they were all recognized, it was impossible to know which five people would be sent to fight.
The gangs that came, apart from Fei Long Shan Zhuang itself, included Tie Qi Meng, Yi Jian Dong Lai, Kuai Dao Zhe Li Lai, Jin Qian Bang, Twelve Flying Eagles Fortress, Hu Xia Shan Zhuang and Qing Long Hui. The rest of the crowd were people who had heard the news from who-knows-where and came to watch the excitement.
The first four are factions established by masters who gained recognition after the previous system martial arts conference, all of which rose rapidly due to the personal charm of their leaders. The latter four were formed a bit later or developed slowly, and the current scale of the Golden Money faction is catching up with several old-brand factions. As for the other three factions, Feng Xiao Xiao had heard of them for the first time.
At this point, Wan Shi Tong seems to be quite knowledgeable about the origins of each gang. He even explains the "Hengshan has treasure" trick set by the Golden Money Gang when they first recruited people. As for the last three gangs, according to Wan Shi Tong's introduction, their names are all borrowed from elsewhere. The Twelve Flying Eagles Fortress is said to have a few people who claim to be the Twelve Flying Eagles, but they haven't gathered twelve people yet. The Qinglong Association is similar to the ancient dragon, also divided into twelve months, meaning there are twelve masters, but even Wan Shi Tong doesn't know if they've all been assembled. As for the Huishan Manor, it's no different from ordinary gangs, with a group of people under the leader, without any fancy titles like the first two.
The wind is blowing against everything being good is a kind of praise.
Everything is accumulated in daily life, recently busy, can't come to play games, can only go online to see the forum.
The wind whispers: "How can you have time to come today."
"Such a big thing, even if you pretend to be dead, you have to take a leave of absence!"
The wind whispers doubtfully: "You're always offline, how did they notify you?"
Wan Shi Tong said: "Others have left a message for their own followers."
"The Wind Whispered: 'You still remember that family in Xitianlou!'"
"Of course, I'm also a person of status and position now!"
The wind is howling and making vomiting sounds.
"Unexpectedly, you were also invited!"
"This is what real power looks like, got it?!"
Everything goes smoothly with a bit of luck.
The two of them bickered back and forth, with "NIKE" Knife chattering away in the middle of the arena, repeating the already well-known rule that each side could only send out five people, and emphasizing the pointless phrase "until further notice". Later, seeing the surrounding players staring at him like they wanted to eat him alive, he couldn't help but shut his mouth, thinking to himself that these were all big shots around him, and he couldn't afford to offend them - after all, speaking too much would lead to losses. So he hastily announced the start of the sword fight and slunk away from the arena with his tail between his legs.
Everyone was stunned, has it started? A lot of nonsense was said, but the key point wasn't made clear! What is this "debate on swords" all about, are each sect's representatives going to explain their own martial arts' characteristics and weapon properties? Suddenly someone realized: "No wonder each sect needs five people, it's really a 'debate' on swords, they're going to hold a debate!"
Someone immediately retorted: "How can this be a debate?"
That man hastily said: "Why can't it be settled like this? Then there's no need for anyone to shed blood in debate!"
"The other party retorted: 'Have you seen a debate? There are four people, we have five now, what's the point of debating?! Besides, it's just a game, who cares about losing a little blood!'"
The two of them stopped arguing because everyone's attention was drawn to a figure on the stage, who had a sword on his back and walked slowly into the center of the stage. The wind whispered to him in a familiar tone, Liu Yue.