Jiang Zhaoyu's initial worries were actually very reasonable.

After all, according to the character design of the plot, the vest that Ren Yi is wearing now is just a piano repairman, with insufficient frontal attack power, and his ability is more supportive.

During the task process, Ren Yi is of course conscientious in maintaining the character design, although he will also help with recruiting, but that is when Jiang Zhaoyu just started to practice, and after that, it is completely beyond the scope of his vest.It's not that he can't beat him, it's that there is no way to put him under the pressure of a life-and-death crisis without hurting him at all.Therefore, Jiang Zhaoyu's subsequent practice was instructed by his serious master.

It's just that the plot is over now, and it belongs to "off work time".

Just like the staff in the amusement parks that Ren Yi has been to in the world who handed out leaflets in doll costumes, most of them took off their hoods during the intermission.The decadent and irritable atmosphere of "Lao Tzu" is not naive at all.

Ren Yi's situation is not much different. Although he is still wearing a vest, he is not working, and his whole body is a bit free. For example, Yan Shuoyun knew at a glance that he was not a simple piano repairer.The pianos sent all have the mechanism of the sword in the piano.

It can only be said that every support has an adc heart, not to mention that he was originally an adc to support.

There is another reason why Ren Yi is so undisguised. He is facing Jiang Zhaoyu now.

This kid's character is actually very simple, just like now, he didn't have any doubts about Ren Yi's change of momentum, he made a gesture of asking for advice, and stabbed at him with his sword.

It's just because the person standing opposite is Ren Yi, Jiang Zhaoyu still hesitated for a moment when the sword pierced past, but before he could deflect the edge of the sword away from the vital point, he felt a numbness in his wrist, and the sword in his hand went numb.He was picked out alive.

Jiang Zhaoyu blinked a little bit unresponsively, and the branch that had just been broken off was pressed against his shoulder and rested on the side of his neck.He lowered his head slightly stiffly, glanced at his empty palm, turned his lower body sideways, and finally saw the long sword inserted into the ground a few steps behind him.

Jiang Zhaoyu opened his eyes slightly, but after that moment of shock, he quickly came back to his senses.

The young man looked straight at Ren Yi with bright eyes.

Ren Yi curled his lips and asked, "Again?"

Get a big nod.

Jiang Zhaoyu was calm and calm this time, and he didn't hesitate for a moment to make a move.

But this sword move, which was much sharper than before, had the same ending as the previous one. It was only thrown away the moment it passed by, and even the point where the sword landed was exactly the same as before.Insert it seamlessly into the imprint left just now.

"Come again."

The same two words, but this time it was Jiang Zhaoyu who spoke.

Ren Yi nodded in response.

The third time, the fourth time...

The same scene was repeated over and over again, until a circular pattern was drawn around Ren Yi with him as the center of the circle, and the marks of the fallen sword were drawn. Jiang Zhaoyu's voice of "come again" has also disappeared.Some hoarse.

Ren Yi raised his arm again, but Jiang Zhaoyu, who seemed to be going forward indomitably, changed his move midway. Ren Yi finally showed a little surprised expression, and was forced to take a step to the side, while picking up the branch in his hand.

Jiang Zhaoyu gritted his teeth and showed some unwillingness, but the long sword was still out of his hand, and the person holding the sword also changed his moves forcibly in the middle.Sweaty and covered with mud, the whole person was extremely embarrassed.

But the boy stood up and raised his head, his eyes were still as bright as before on his equally embarrassed face.

"Again...cough...come again."

He coughed, repeated it incoherently, staggered to his feet, and was about to draw his sword, but this time Ren Yi shook his head and refused.

Jiang Zhaoyu's originally excited expression froze, and he looked at Ren Yi in astonishment, as if he didn't understand why he refused.

There was a little smile in Ren Yi's eyes. Although Jiang Zhaoyu always looked expressionless, but with a little familiarity, you can find that the young man's micro-expressions are actually very rich.

Thinking of this, Ren Yi raised his hand and raised his sleeve, revealing the opening that was swept by the sword wind just now, and then gestured to the long sword that had finally deviated from the circle position, "That's it for today."

Jiang Zhaoyu was obviously a little unsatisfied. He felt that he still had the strength to continue, but since Ren Yi said so, he couldn't force it. He was about to get up and salute, "Thank you for the guidance", but saw Ren Yi holding the branchThere was a change in his movements, and he said softly, "Look at it."

Jiang Zhaoyu's heart skipped a beat, and a premonition suddenly rose in his heart.He didn't even have time to get up, and watched Ren Yi's movements without blinking, for fear that he might miss the details.

It was indeed an ordinary branch in the hands of the person in front of him. Jiang Zhaoyu even saw the other party break it off the tree just now, but when this nothing special branch fell into the other party's hands, it becameThe sword, this exact cognition even affected what Jiang Zhaoyu saw, in that trance vision, he seemed to see that Ren Yi was holding a sharp long sword.

Jiang Zhaoyu didn't know whether it was because he was too concentrated that the flow of time slowed down, or the other party slowed down the speed deliberately for him to demonstrate. He clearly saw the trajectory of the "sword" and looked at the vertical and horizontal swords.How the qi tamely converged in a line, and then suddenly became faster, like a streamer piercing the air, swiftly cutting forward.

In the dusty environment, Jiang Zhaoyu opened his eyes wide open regardless of the risk of squinting in the dust.

Although this place is considered an open space, it is covered with rubble and various undulating mounds. It is not flat, but at this moment the smoke and dust are slowly dissipating, and there is a side with a slight slope that is flat like a mirror.space.

And just now Jiang Zhaoyu saw clearly that this move was the same as the two's dismantling move just now, it didn't use a single bit of spiritual power, it was purely a sword slash.In other words, even if the person standing here is a mortal with no cultivation at all, he can still cause such power—if he can use this move.

There was a slight rustling sound in my ears. It turned out that the branch finally couldn't bear the sword energy, it was peeled off inch by inch, and finally turned into powder and scattered down.

While Jiang Zhaoyu was staring blankly at the scene in front of him, Ren Yi turned his head and looked in a certain direction with some doubts.

For a moment just now, he felt that there seemed to be someone there.

... Illusion?

Ren Yi frowned and looked twice more, but after all, he didn't see any clues, and finally looked back.

Not long after Ren and Jiang left, a person slowly walked out from the direction Ren Yi was looking at, and it was Xiao Hanzhou who was going to find someone.

Xiao Hanzhou stared blankly at the sword marks left in place, his expression a little dazed.

Has Ah Yi ever used a sword before?

Xiao Hanzhou didn't know, nor had he seen it.

But he clearly knows that this kind of swordsmanship attainment, no matter how talented he is, cannot be acquired in three years. Ah Yi knew how to use a sword before, and his swordsmanship attainment is extremely deep.

Xiao Hanzhou has always felt that Ah Yi seems to be a lot of strangers when we meet again in Xizhou this time, but now it seems that it may not be "strangeness", but that he has never really understood each other.

Just a few steps away, the open space slashed by the sword was filled with chills, and a layer of hoarfrost gradually condensed. Because there was no blessing of spiritual power, this thin layer of frost was exposed to the sun not long after it appeared.It turned into crystal dewdrops, half of which transpired into the air, and half soaked into the soil below, as if it had never appeared before.

Xiao Hanzhou knew this sword intent.

The inheritance that the ancestor of the Xiao family got back then - it was the root of the rise of the Xiao family, and the culprit that caused the entire family of the Xiao family to be wiped out - was a sword formula.

But only one sword formula can tie the rise and fall of the whole family, and it is naturally extraordinary. It is the inheritance left by Qingran Sword Master who slayed the dragon with his sword and suppressed it with his body.

The ancestors of the Xiao family knew the seriousness, and never told this to outsiders. Even within the Xiao family, it was a secret passed down by word of mouth from the direct branch.After all, if this matter is exposed, it is likely that not only the families in Tianhuan City, but the entire Dongzhou family will be spying on the Xiao family.It's just that greed is not enough to swallow elephants. Even though the Xiao family carefully guarded this secret and did not reveal it, this "unknown" inheritance still caused disaster.

...

But Xiao Hanzhou never thought that one day he would see this sword technique in the hands of others.

How did Ah Yi do it?

Is it because of him?Is it because have seen his sword skills?

Xiao Hanzhou quickly dismissed the idea.

The sword formulas obtained by the patriarch of the Xiao family back then were only fragments, but there were thousands of changes in the moves in them. After so many years of comprehension, what he had learned was only superficial.It comes from the same source, but it is not any of the styles he has learned.

If it was someone else, Xiao Hanzhou might wonder if the other party got the Xiao family's sword formula by some means, but when the same thing happened to Ren Yi, he didn't even think in that direction at all.This is not just about trusting the other party's character, but if Ah Yi really wants to pass it on, in the past ten years, he has had countless opportunities to do it.

At this moment, what Xiao Hanzhou thought of was the first words of the handsome young boy when the two first met——

"Your sword skills are good."

Xiao Hanzhou was suddenly lost in thought.

In fact, Xiao Hanzhou was puzzled by the preferential treatment of Ah Yi for a long time before he took Ah Yi's favoritism for granted.

That person treated him too well, so nice that it surpassed the boundaries of a stranger, so nice that he couldn't help but feel vigilant.

At that time, Xiao Hanzhou had undergone tremendous changes. He suddenly changed from the young master of the Xiao family who was surrounded by everyone to a sneaky rat crossing the street. The hatred of exterminating the family was so deep, but the reality of suffering in exile was also not too much. At that time, his primary goalNot even "revenge", but "survive".

For a child who was once pampered and had nothing, the latter goal was enough for him to do his best to give up his dignity, his upbringing, and everything he was once proud of, just to survive.

Xiao Hanzhou even doubted that if he continued like this, would he become exactly like any beggar on the street?But no, someone reached out to him and pulled him out of the mud.

It's just that at that time, Xiao Hanzhou was no longer the young master of the Xiao family who was used to all the goodwill around him.

After being in exile for so long, he clearly understands that in this world, there is never any gain in vain, and what you gain must be lost, and most of the pies that fall from the sky contain poison.

He was vigilant and resisting, like a wolf cub locked in a cage, dormant and ready to bite at any time.

It's just that he hasn't waited until the poison occurs.

The young Xiao Hanzhou is perplexed and puzzled, but he still stubbornly believes that all good intentions are conspiracy and waits for the imaginary "sinister truth" to be revealed.It's just that the young boy who has just experienced the coldest trough in his life can't help but immerse himself in the false warmth. Occasionally... very occasionally, he will give birth to "even if it's fake, it seems to die like this" in the middle of the sleepless night.It’s not bad”, the weak thought, but at the sunrise and dawn of the second day, he couldn’t help but ruthlessly cast aside the self of the previous night.

...

At this time, Xiao Hanzhou stood in front of the open space, and suddenly remembered those entanglements in his youth.

In fact, based on the friendship between him and A Yi several times in the future, he can ask about this unresolved confusion, and he believes that A Yi will definitely give him an answer.But the fear of "once the truth is exposed, you can never go back to the past" was engraved in his subconscious when he was a teenager. He was deliberately forgetting that memory and deliberately avoiding that question.

But now, Xiao Hanzhou has a trance-like guess that the sword formulas that the ancestor of the Xiao family got back then were only partial fragments, and it seems that they have been lost for a long time.Recognized that sword technique, and took him in out of the idea of ​​"taking care of the same sect"?

The long-standing doubts seemed to have finally been answered, but somehow, Xiao Hanzhou was not happy.

There was a faint voice in his heart asking, is that all?Just because of this?

Xiao Hanzhou rested his fingers weakly on his heart, looking confused.

——Then what is the answer he wants?