The Nanping Kingdom is also known as Jingnan, Kuojing, Gui and Xia. There is Shu Kingdom in the west, Chu Kingdom in the south, the Later Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains in the north, and the Southern Tang Dynasty in the east. It is located in the cracks between the countries and can be settled in a corner, and it is entirely dependent on the Nanping King Gao Jixing's technique of fighting or harmony.

From the initial distant and nearby attacks to bowing to the countries, it was because of its small territory and weak strength. In order to get money and rewards, it had to pay tribute to the emperor's dynasties everywhere.

However, the national treasury was empty. With the location of the key conflict between the north and the south, they often invited the missions passing by the Southern Han, Fujian, Chu, Shu and other countries to stay in the palace and rob the property of the Central Plains dynasty in their own treasury. When the countries were asking for it, they would rely on it if they had been refuted, and they would fight if they could not defeat it. They would return the property if they could apologize. Even all the countries called Gao Jixing and his son Gao Conghui "Gao Wushao".

When Gao Baorong inherited the throne, he still adhered to the policy of serving his ancestors everywhere. At this time, the Later Zhou Dynasty rose, and the Southern Tang took advantage of the civil strife in Chu to destroy the State of Chu. Gao Baorong took advantage of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty controlled each other and suffocated the two countries, and they had to breathe.

As the saying goes upward and downward, Jingnan is weak and poor, and is located in a water fortress. The thieves on the water came to the fortress, and merchants from the north and the south suffered a lot. On this day, a passenger ship from Shu docked at a ferry called Zhouzhuang in Xiazhou.

A man in a light blue cloth shirt came down from the boat. He was nearly forty years old, with a thin figure and a very delicate expression. As soon as the man came down from the ferry, a man in a dress came forward and bowed and smiled flatteringly: "See Master Mo."

Master Mo said "hmm" and his face looked a little unhappy. Seeing this, the man in a pretentious manner guessed that Master Mo must be in a bad way, so he didn't dare to say more and followed Master Mo carefully.

The Lord Mo walked for a while and stopped and said to the man who was pretending to behave, "This time I went to Shuzhong and wanted to get the "Lady of Guo's Spring Tour", but unexpectedly, there were many guards in the Shudu palace and failed to succeed... The gift to the leader of the congratulations this time was not found. It seems that the position of worship can only be used for the next year."

"But you can't use vulgar things like gold, silver and jewelry to congratulate them, and let the leader look down on them... A few days will be a good day, but you are not ready to make a comeback. Go back to the hall and tell your brothers, if you have any calligraphy, painting or elegant treasures at hand..."

At this time, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old came not far away, wearing a blue shirt, with a shoulder-bound bag and holding a long sword. Master Mo's eyes lit up, and he paused, and then whispered to the man in a strong costume beside him: "You go back to the branch first, and the master of the hall will talk later." Before the man could answer, he followed the boy.

This Zhouzhuang Ferry is quite large, and there are many boats to get around, so the inns beside the ferry is doing well. At this time, the sky is getting darker, and the boy thought he wanted to stay at this ferry. After inquiring about two inns, he finally found a room in the inn with the sign "Ping An Inn". After asking for a room, he came to the front hall to sit down at a table and ordered some wine and food.

Lord Mo waited for the young man to sit down, then walked up to the table and bowed, "You guy, can you borrow a seat?"

The young man looked around. The inn was not very big. There were six tables in the front hall, all of which were people. He nodded, picked up the long sword placed horizontally on the table, and placed it on the long ceremony beside him.

The Lord of the Mo family bowed: "Thank you little brother."

After sitting down opposite the boy, he also called the waiter to order food and drinks. Looking at the boy's slightly melancholy face, the owner of the Mo frowned and said, "My surname is Mo, and he is the second in the family. He is called Mo Er. I don't know if the little brother's surname is honored?"

The young man glanced at Mo Er, hesitated for a moment, and bowed back to his greeting: "Xiao Ke Luo Xiaoyao, I have seen Mr. Mo."

It turned out that this young man was Luo Xiaoyao. That day, he and Wu Wangbo learned that Mingwu came from Liuling Mountain. They returned to Fangzhou General Pavilion to discuss with everyone and decided to go to Jingnan to visit Mingwu first.

He was guarding Luo Hanshui who was unconscious every day, but he was very sad. Even if he decided to go to Jingnan to visit Mingwu, Weng Mu and others did not deliberately stop him. He thought that Luo Xiaoyao's cultivation had reached the greatest success, and it was feasible to go and practice.

He had no enemies in the world, and was respectful and would not cause trouble. Moreover, as Luo Hanshui's son, it was still natural to seek medical treatment for his father. Weng and Fang would not ruin his mood. In agreement, he wanted to let the Arrow Guard follow him, but was rejected by Luo Xiaoyao. Weng and Fang had no choice but to follow his thoughts.

It was too late to arrive at the Zhouzhuang Ferry in Xiazhou, so I found a place in the inn and wanted to visit the nearby temple tomorrow to find out whereabouts of no monks. I came to the front hall of the inn for dinner, but I didn't expect that the man who claimed to be Mo Er came to cook the table.

Although Luo Xiaoyao's lower skills are in the realm, he has actually achieved a small achievement of spiritual consciousness. He can see that Mo Er is not weak in his skills, and seems to be in a great achievement of spiritual consciousness. Seeing that he is good-looking, he thought that he is not familiar with the place and makes friends to inquire about the situation of the surrounding temples, and he also tells his name according to the truth.

"So it's Brother Luo, Mo Erxing knows it." Mo Er smiled, glanced at the sword on Changchun, and said, "Looking at Brother Luo's clothes, I think it's the child of a famous gang... Can you tell me?"

Although Luo Xiaoyao was not experienced enough, all the elders of the master sect were old. However, they also heard that the martial arts world was dangerous. When they met for the first time, Mo Er asked about his origin and was also wary. However, he thought that Mo Er was in the realm of divine thoughts and could not hide his cultivation. After a moment of hesitation, he responded: "Xiao Ke has learned a little bit of self-defense, and Mr. Mo laughed."

When Mo Er heard him telling him, he knew that Luo Xiaoyao was cautious, so he smiled and said to the shopkeeper who had just delivered the two of them, "Waiter, take the jar of good wine and boil it."

The waiter in the shop responded with a "Okay", so he went to the counter to get a jar of wine, took it to warm it up, and then took it to put it on the table of the two.

"My meal is not happy without wine. Brother Luo, don't make a joke. Come on, I'm destined to have a table. Mo asked Brother Luo to have a sip, haha..." His expression was very heroic.

Luo Xiaoyao has been used to Wu Wangbo and Hua Qianxing and others drinking since childhood. When he saw Mo Er invite him, his tone was very straightforward and he relaxed. He was worried about Luo Hanshui's injuries, and he also felt like drinking. He thought that if he was not greedy for the drink, there would be nothing wrong, so he nodded. Mo Er chuckled when he saw this, and poured the wine bowl, and the two started chatting while drinking.

After a while, a jar of five kilograms of fine wine was finished. Mo Er was about to have another jar, but refused for Luo Xiaoyao. This wine was naturally not as good as the return drunk in Tongbao Pavilion. Even if you drink another one or two jars, it would be fine. However, Luo Xiaoyao is not a greedy person, let alone to visit Mingwu tomorrow, so he refused.

Seeing this, Mo Er stood up and took out the money and called the waiter to settle the bill. Naturally, Luo Xiaoyao would not be favored easily. When the two of them gave in, Mo Er accidentally kicked the bench on the right, and the sword fell to the ground and slid more than one meter away from the table. Mo Er quickly leaned over and picked it up, but took advantage of the opportunity to bring the sword into the yard of the store.

Luo Xiaoyao was stunned, then came back to his senses, pushed away the waiter standing in front of him, and rushed in quickly. But Mo Er had already jumped onto the roof, and he jumped up without thinking and caught up with the roof. But he saw that Mo Er's body was like lightning, and he had already flew towards the ferry.

How could Luo Xiaoyao allow him to escape? He shouted and jumped to chase him. At the same time, the "Star Horse Walking Cloud" hit out, and the two of them were nearly five meters apart in the air. Mo Er felt a qi behind him attacking, and he fell to the ground to avoid him. His feet slit up, like a flying eagle soaring into the sky, rising into the air, and the void stepped on the ship six or seven meters in a row.

Luo Xiaoyao saw him falling to the ground, and then he stopped. However, he did not expect that Mo Er would be able to make great efforts and even stepped on the air again. He had arrived on the boat next to the ferry. When Luo Xiaoyao chased him to the shore, Mo Er stood in the cabin more than twenty feet away and laughed, "Brother Luo, I'm sorry."

After saying that, he stepped on the mast and kicked the mast with his feet, and plunged into the river one by one. But he saw the water splashing on the river, and a ripples returned to calm, and there was no trace of it. Even though Luo Xiaoyao was not weak, he was not well versed in water. He looked at the river for a moment and was stunned.

Thinking of Weng Mu and Fang Yuan's instructions to be careful of the dangers of the world before leaving, but after leaving home, they lost the "Shuilong Yin" one day. They were so amused and annoyed that they were careless.

In desperation, the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper saw him flying over the eaves and walls. He knew he was a figure in the martial arts world. When he saw him walking in front of him, his feet were trembling. Before Luo Xiaoyao could ask questions, the shopkeeper swallowed and stammered, "That thief... we are not familiar with him, so please don't... "

Luo Xiaoyao was naturally not angry with others because of his carelessness. After the shop owner finished speaking, he waved his hand: "It was Xiaoke who was neglected and had nothing to do with his father-in-law, but this thief seemed to be familiar with the terrain and the water quality was very good... but he knew the origin?"

Seeing that he was calm, the shopkeeper calmed down: "The guest officer thought he knew, this world... Alas, these thieves often harmed past merchants, robbed or stole them. Once they succeeded, they would sneak into the water and didn't know where to go. The guest house had no choice but to do anything to them."

When Luo Xiaoyao heard his answer to the question, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "From the tone of my father-in-law, there seems to be more than one thief?"

"These pirates either intercepted ships in the river and robbed openly, or followed them to the land to steal secretly, and appeared at various ferries, which made people unable to defend themselves..."

"Has my father-in-law ever heard about the place where these thieves stay?"

"How can I know? But... but I heard the talk of people living in hotels and travelers, these thieves are like... what is the name of them..."

The waiter next to him continued, "Last time, a customer was stolen property, such as asking someone to go to the "Shendao Alliance" for requests. Perhaps this thief is the "Shendao Alliance"..."

"The Taoist Alliance? The Taoist Alliance for Heaven? This name is interesting..." Luo Xiaoyao smiled bitterly, thinking that the sinister human hearts that Elder Weng and others said should refer to these words that they act on Heaven, but secretly they are stealing, kidnapping and cheating.

However, my mind calmed down, and guessed that the "Sports Alliance" mentioned by the waiter in the shop should be where Mo Er came from. Now that I know the gang he is in, I have the opportunity to find the "Shuilongyin", so I bowed to the shopkeeper: "Thank you, my father-in-law."

After saying that, he went back to the room in the yard. The shopkeeper was very grateful and turned to the waiter and said, "Super the little guest official well, and you will refund the accommodation fee tomorrow." I believe that he had been implicated by the water thief before and paid a lot of silver.

Back in the second floor, my mind was unable to calm down for a moment, so I meditated and regurgitated my breath and calmed my mind. After a while, I heard someone walking in the corridor. With a "creak", someone entered the room on the right, and then a slightly hoarse voice sounded: "Brother Shang, if I can get a position of worship this time, I will definitely recommend Brother Shang to the leader of the branch hall."

Then another person replied: "Thank you for your support from Master Lin. Shang You is very grateful, but..."

"Brother Shang, don't be polite. You and I are fellow villagers. Besides, if it weren't for Brother Shang's help, this time, this precious sword would definitely not be successful. Don't be polite between you and me." The person called Lord Lin said in a silence.

"Treasure sword? Can't you succeed?" Luo Xiaoyao was shocked when he heard this and thought to himself, could these two people beside the thief Mo Er? He couldn't help but listen carefully.

"This treasure sword is still the Peiwei of the Great General of Qianniu Guard of the Tang Dynasty more than a hundred years ago. I heard that it was the Persians who came to pay tribute..." Lord Lin chuckled, and then heard a "canglang". I thought it was Lord Lin who pulled out the treasure sword to appreciate it.

"It's indeed a good knife. The blade is full of cold light, like a crescent moon, not as wide as the Central Plains big sword, but as light as a sword. Good, good. If it weren't for the party leader's birthday party, I would have reluctantly offered it. Hehe, even if I can't get the position of worship, I think I can use this knife to ask the leader for Brother Shang to have a position as the leader of the hall."

"I will never be able to do so. Shangyou is not greedy for the position of the master of the branch hall. He just hopes to repay his kindness by the master of the branch hall."

"Why did you feel so good about this? Brother Shang went to the academy to study, and it was thousands of miles away. It was naturally unaware that Zun was sick. As a villager, I am another martial artist in the martial arts world. Helping to collect medicine is just a small matter. Why should Xiang brother take it to heart? He has helped me a lot over the past year. Don't mention such small matters again in the future. Haha..." Lord Lin smiled very lightly, thinking that he was afraid of affecting others.

"Oh, by the way, if I hadn't brought Brother Shang with me this time, I wouldn't have seen Brother Shang's skills. I didn't expect that Brother Shang had left home for five or six years and had learned such cultivation... Brother Shang only said that the academy was in Shaanxi, but he didn't tell me the name of the academy. Why is this?"

The person who called Shangyou seemed to have hesitated. After three breaths, he heard him respond: "There are rules in the master's sect, and Shangyou is not convenient to inform him. I hope Master Lin will forgive me."

"Is this strange? Since the hospital opened and accepted disciples, the disciples were not allowed to report to go out of the school. Where can there be such a regular academy?"

Luo Xiaoyao's heart skipped a beat. When he heard Shang You's name, he felt familiar. Because there was a disciple named Shang You from Taibai Academy six years ago, and he didn't care about it just now. When he mentioned the rules of the master, he vaguely guessed that Shang You was a disciple of Master Min Zhenghua's uncle. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He never expected to meet him here. When he thought of Mo Er's sword grabbing, he became calculating.

The head of the Lin Hall, perhaps Shang You, hadn't answered, and felt it was difficult to force it, so he chuckled and said, "Haha, everyone has their own rules in the world. This...is normal. It's not too early, Brother Shang is going to rest early, and it's better to take a boat back to Jiangling Mansion tomorrow morning." Shang You replied, and then a sound of opening the door came, thinking that he had gone to his room.

Shangyou entered the room and just closed the door, he heard a soft knock on the door. He thought to himself that Master Lin had forgotten something to explain, so he quickly turned around and opened the door, but saw a young man standing outside the door, smiling at him, looking at him with a familiar face.

While I was wondering, I saw the young man's right index finger zipping in the air, and his hand shape was like a flower blooming in an instant. It was a "flowers blooming" in the sword technique of Luoying in Taibai Academy.

Shangyou immediately recognized who the person was and said in surprise, "Little Brother..."

He entered the academy half a year later than Luo Xiaoyao. Although he was five years older than Luo Xiaoyao, he wanted to call Senior Brother Luo Xiaoyao according to the rules of the academy.

Luo Xiaoyao chuckled and said, "I haven't seen you for six years, but I think my junior brother has forgotten me."

Shangyou quickly turned sideways and said, "How can I forget junior brother? Senior brother laughed, please come in quickly."

Luo Xiaoyao entered the room. Shang You hurriedly looked out. Seeing that there was no one in the corridor, he closed the door, called Luo Xiaoyao to sit down, and whispered: "How come Senior Brother is here? Is Mr. Chu also here?"

When Shang You left the academy, Chu Nanfeng had not yet taken over the position of Shanzhu from Jiang Wuya, but Shang You was called his uncle.

"My master did not walk with me, but I left the mountain and went out for a tour. I happened to check in the inn. I accidentally heard the voice of my senior brother and came over."

Shang You said "Oh", suddenly noticed something, and said with a slightly red face: "I think my younger brother is already in the realm of divine thoughts, otherwise how could he hear me..."

It was not the hour of Hai, and it was June day. Most of the people staying in the inn had not fallen asleep, so there were naturally some noisy sounds. In addition, the walls were very thick, and ordinary people could not hear Shang You and Lord Lin’s words in the room. They thought to themselves that Luo Xiaoyao must have guessed that he had joined the gang, but when he thought about the incident of snatching someone else’s sword with Lord Lin this time, he naturally blushed.

Luo Xiaoyao seemed to have some senses and smiled and said, "This is not a place to talk. The night is good tonight. Why don't we go outside by the river?"

Shang You also felt it was reasonable and said, "Then according to what my junior brother said, I will go to the next door to say hello."

Luo Xiaoyao thought that the Lord Lin would definitely know him tomorrow, and it would be a good thing for Xianyou to go and say hello to avoid the Lord Lin from being suspicious, so he nodded.

The Lord Lin had not yet rested, and he heard that someone had entered the next room of Shangyou. He was still surprised and heard Shangyou's voice coming from outside the door: "Mr. Lin, I met a classmate in the academy and wanted to go to the riverside... I've disturbed Mr. to rest."

I thought it was because he was talking in the corridor, so Shang You was not willing to call the master of the hall. Seeing that he had not knocked on the door, the master Lin probably didn't want to go out for politeness, so he replied: "Brother Shang, let's talk about the friendship between classmates and come back early."

Shang You responded and left the shop with Luo Xiaoyao. At this time, the night was bright, and the breeze blew across the river. The moon reflected in the river rippled with the waves and shining brightly.

Luo Xiaoyao faced the cool breeze on the river and said to Shang Youyan: "I accidentally heard my junior brother's words, as if he had joined the alliance. Is it convenient to inform me?"

Shang You's face turned red. Although the moonlight was bright, he couldn't see it. "A few years ago, my father fell off the horse and was dragged dozens of feet by the frightened horse. Fortunately, I met the master of Lin Yilin and returned home. Seeing this, I surrendered the frightened horse, saved my father, collected medicine and found medicine to help my father heal his wounds..."

"After I returned to my hometown, Lord Lin went to another place. Two years ago, Lord Lin returned to his hometown and said it was a pity that I would not need to study, so he invited me to Jingnan to help him. He said that the alliance of Taoism needed manpower, and his father's life was saved by him, so..."

Luo Xiaoyao sighed in his heart. His father Luo Hanshui was seriously injured. If he found Ming Wuwei Luo Hanshui to cure the "lost soul disaster", he would agree even if he asked him to follow Ming Wu to become a monk. He nodded and said, "The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid with a spring, let alone the kindness of saving his father. As a son, it should be like this."

Now that I learned that Shangyou’s gang was the “Shengdao Alliance”, I paused and then got to the point, “Have you ever recognized a man named Mo Er? His light skills and water nature are both great…”

"Mo Er?" Shang You was stunned for a moment: "But someone who is 40 years old and has short beards, looks like a thin person?"

Seeing Luo Xiaoyao nodding, Shang You said in surprise: "Is it because my junior brother was attacked by this man?" He thought he knew the character of the person Luo Xiaoyao was inquiring about, but he was right away.

Luo Xiaoyao looked embarrassed and said that the "Shuilongling" was taken away. Shang You smiled bitterly for a moment: "This person's real name is Mo Bushan. He is the master of Xingyutang Xiazhou Hall in the Alliance. He is good at light skills, especially the art of escaping. He is known as flying to the sky and escape."

"Are you not good? Don't be evil... Haha, that's true." Luo Xiaoyao smiled bitterly.

"This Xingdao Alliance has only been established for three years. There are three halls in the league, Xingyu Hall, which is responsible for water and road matters, and... it is Xiaofeng Hall, the master of Lin Yilin, who is responsible for land matters, and there is also a Fengming Hall. I have never seen the master of the hall. I heard that they are all females, who are dedicated to guarding the leader..."

"Oh? How old is this leader? What is his surname?"

"I have never met the leader of the alliance. I heard from the lecturer of Hall Lin. My surname is Yu. Even the leader of Hall Lin doesn't know what his handsome appearance is. His age is... a few days will be his 20th birthday."

"I'm only twenty years old?" Luo Xiaoyao was shocked. He thought that the leader could control these magical realms of water thieves, and at least he should have entered the realm of Baodan, otherwise how could he convince the public? With his master Chu Nanfeng's genius, he entered the realm of Baodan in his forties. The leader was so young, and thought that his cultivation should be low, so he doubted: "How is the martial arts of the leader of the Yu family?"

"I heard from the Lord Lin that from the perspective of Qi Ji, it is only a realm of return to the truth, but I have never seen him take action. The two worshipers of the Divine Thought Realm around him fought with the guards of Fengming Hall. Three years ago, they subdued the thiefs in Jingnan and established a Taoist alliance, which specialized in stealing and robbing and defrauding past merchants' property."

"Then the Jingnan government doesn't care?" Luo Xiaoyao said strangely.

"The victims are all business travelers in other places, and the governments do not work hard. Even if the past money from various imperial courts is taken, the Xingdao Alliance will still be snatched."
Chapter completed!