Chapter 10 The tenth round of fighting against the traitors on the ice platform was shocked by the rebellion and rushed to the desert
Yu Wenhao and Gai Hutian exchanged glances, and Gai Hutian nodded immediately.This means "heroes see the same thing".With his encouragement, Yu Wenhao became more courageous and walked over boldly.
"Old man Qi, how will the enmity between our two families be resolved?" Yu Wenhao shouted.
Qi Yanran didn't seem to have him in his eyes at all, so he completely ignored him.
Yu Wenhao sneered and said: "At this time, you still dare to rely on the old to sell the old? Huh, do you think that relying on the protection of your disciples and grandchildren can make you shrink your head? Let me tell you, I was ordered by my father to deal with you, you If you want to hide, you can't hide!"
Qi Yanran's eyes were wide open, and the pupils shone brightly.Yu Wenhao was taken aback, and unknowingly took two steps back.Then he thought to himself: "If he recovers a little bit of skill, he won't let me insult him like this. It seems that his injury may be more serious than I estimated."
"I think it's up to us to finish it quickly, so as not to hinder other people's major affairs. I don't want to say that I am bullying the old man. Stand up, and I will let you do three tricks!"
Qi Yanran still sat cross-legged on the ground, and simply closed her eyes.
Yu Wenhao sneered and said: "Don't you dare to fight me? Well, since you are old, I can draw another way for you. As the saying goes, you can't kill without nodding your head. Kowtow three times to me, I can accept your gift for my father. In this way, I can make decisions for my father and let you go!"
Qi Yanran seemed to see but not to hear, and to hear but not to hear.But Wei Tianyuan, who was still fighting with Wu Yingyang, couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted angrily: "Fart, fart, stinky fart! Fart over there, it stinks up here!"
How can one be distracted when a master fights, Wu Yingyang took the opportunity to attack quickly and immediately took the lead.Wei Tianyuan retreated again and again, and he was only able to parry him.Wu Yingyang sneered and said, "You dare to fart!" Wei Tianyuan scolded: "You are the one who farts, and you people from Baituoshan only know how to fart!"But he couldn't get rid of Wu Yingyang's fight.
Fearing that he would lose the opportunity, Yu Wenhao ignored the noise and shouted: "Old man Qi, listen, I counted to three words, if you don't kowtow to apologize, don't blame me for being merciless!"
Suddenly someone shouted: "Yu Wenhao, kneel down for me! One, two, three!"
Hear his voice before seeing him!
The sound came from far away, already shaking Yu Wenhao's eardrums to buzz, he was suffocated, that person was ahead of him, counting to "three"!
Yuwen Fu was taken aback: "Who has such power?"
The answer to the mystery was immediately revealed, and the man was already very vocal.
Yu Wenhao seemed to have met the ecstasy envoy, this surprise was really no small matter!
It was none other than Qi Leming, Qi Yanran's son!
There was another woman following Qi Leming, Mu Juanjuan, the silver fox.
Yu Wenhao was so frightened that he was trembling, his knees were about to bend.
Qi Leming shouted: "Good boy, I counted to three characters, and you still don't kneel down to apologize to my father. It's too late for you to kneel now!"
Yu Wenhao shouted: "Auntie, save me!"
Mu Juanjuan said lightly: "If you weren't about to die, you probably wouldn't recognize me as an aunt, would you?"
Yu Wenhao felt chilly, and suddenly remembered: "Mother said that Qi Leming once took her Sugu powder, which is effective for one year, and his pipa bone was crushed by his mistress later. There is an antidote for bone powder, but it is difficult to mend a broken lute bone, once the lute bone is broken, the energy will not come out, why am I afraid of him?"
Thinking about it this way, he became more courageous after being frightened by Qi Leming's lion's roar just now.He made a clever guess: if the bone of the pipa is broken, the internal strength can still be practiced, but the hand is weak, and no matter how good the internal strength is, he can't use it.The reason why Qi Leming didn't make a move for so long was probably to scare him away with the lion's roar.
At the critical moment of life and death, how about taking a risk instead of waiting to die?What's more, he thought Qi Leming had really lost his martial arts?
"Forgive me!" he yelled.Suddenly, while pretending to kneel down, a sword pierced Qi Leming's lower abdomen.
There was only a scream, Qi Leming didn't have a sword in his hand, but it was Yu Wenhao who fell from the sword.
Qi Leming just resorted to a clever move to use his strength to hit him, and turned his sword back, allowing him to use his own sword to pierce his own lute bone.
"For your aunt's sake. Please don't die. But if you want to recover your martial arts, it depends on how you behave in the future. If you are willing to change your mind and start a new life, maybe after thirty years, I will teach you How do you practice again after the pipa bone is broken."
As Qi Leming said, he walked towards the ice platform. Under the ice platform, Shangguan Feifeng and Wei Tianyuan were still fighting fiercely with their opponents.
Seeing Qi Leming coming, Nan Gongxu and Wu Yingyang didn't feel panicked, but firstly, they wanted to stop, and they fought like masters. Unless both sides stopped at the same time, whoever gave up first would suffer first; secondly, they expected Qi Leming would not disregard his status and get involved in one-on-one singles fights.
Unexpectedly, Qi Leming not only inserted one foot, but "inserted" his whole body.
Wu Yingyang and Wei Tianyuan were competing for palm strength, and it was really not an easy task to separate them, but Qi Leming, with his hands behind his back, forcibly inserted between them and separated them.
Only two sounds of "Peng, Peng" were heard, both Wu and Wei hit him with their palms, and at the same time they knocked him back three zhang away.Wei Tianyuan leaned on an icicle, and Wu Yingyang had an open space behind him, he circled three times before he stabilized his figure.
Qi Leming looked calm, and said: "I am a colleague of Yifan. Since I am here, I don't need others to do my affairs. No one is allowed to continue fighting."
He really didn't favor any side, he just used his own body to forcibly take over the palms of Wu and Wei.
While speaking, he had come to Shangguan Feifeng's side again, and Shangguan Feifeng's long sword and Nangongxu's pair of judge pens were also fighting inextricably.
Qi Leming frowned, and said, "I'll decide the winners and losers for you!" Suddenly with a wave of his sleeves, Nan Gongxu's judge pen was rolled up and flew into the air; Did not let go.
Qi Leming looked at the sleeves and said: "The strength of my roll is the same for both parties. Miss Shangguan's sword was not rolled by me, but Nangong Xiangzhu's judge pen pierced my sleeve. According to me It seems that there is no win or loss, are you convinced?" It turned out that Shangguan Feifeng was clever, although she didn't have time to put away her sword, but when she felt the wind blowing on her sleeve, the sword edge "slid" past her sleeve like lightning, and Her body also slid away like a fish swimming.However, Nangong Xu's judge pen can pierce Qi Leming's sleeve, but his skill is better than hers.
Shangguan Feifeng said: "Uncle Qi, I have always believed in your swordsmanship. With you here, I don't need to show my clumsiness." In fact, what Qi Leming revealed just now was not swordsmanship, she said this on purpose, It's a "foreshadowing", depending on the meaning of "below".
Nangong Xu didn't speak.
Qi Leming really laughed, and said: "If you don't accept it, you have to accept it, because I want to fight it myself. If you don't stop, I won't be able to find an opponent."
Qi Leming shouted: "The Qi family and Liang Zi of Baituo Mountain will be settled by me and you. You two big incense masters, you have already had a fight. I don't want to take advantage of you. Let's go shoulder to shoulder!"
Nan Gongxu and Wu Yingyang looked at each other, Nan Gongxu didn't even dare to pick up the fallen judge's pen, how could he dare to step forward?Wu Yingyang was more like a defeated rooster, dejected.
Qi Leming sneered and said, "Where is your arrogance? Just now you were so arrogant and challenged my father. Now I am fighting for my father. Why don't you make a move? Do you think I am not worthy to be your opponent?"
Nan Gongxu said: "Hero Qi, I'm not your opponent. If you want to vent your anger on your father's behalf, you can chop it up as you like!" It seemed to be quite "spirited", but in fact it was a fluke, and he slapped Qi Le Ming might not kill him.Because he had already given up resistance, and even the weapon was left on the ground. It is an unwritten rule in Jianghu that if the opponent pays attention to the "behavior of a hero", he will not kill unarmed people.
Qi Leming still sneered and said, "You don't dare to fight me, but you have the guts to bully my father! Who gave you the guts?"
Nan Guanxu said: "We are under the command of the Mountain Lord, we cannot help ourselves!..."
Qi Leming said: "I just obeyed the order of the mountain lord, sorry you don't have the guts yet, right? However, I don't want to pursue so much now, for the sake of your begging for mercy, you each cut off an arm, I will let you keep the guys who eat!"
Wu Yingyang practiced "Eagle Claw Kung Fu", cutting off an arm would be tantamount to abolishing martial arts, so he was more anxious than Nan Gongxu, and hurriedly shouted: "To be honest, this courage was given to us by the sky. Yes. Gai Hutian said that he has arranged a trick to make your father and Shangguan Yunlong fight each other. He wants us to help him kill Shangguan Yunlong, and he also helps us to kill your father. He said this is called mutual Help, kill two birds with one stone. But he is the mastermind!"
Gai covered the sky with a pale face, and shouted: "This plan was arranged by you Shanzhu and his wife, will you push it to me now?"
Qi Yanran said: "Since these two people were ordered to do so, they are not worthy of me as opponents. They have already confessed, so let them go."
Qi Leming answered "Yes".He shouted: "Did you hear me, get out of here if you don't!"
Nan Gongxu and Wu Yingyang were overjoyed, like Feng Lun's voice, they helped Yu Wenhao up and left.
Qi Leming turned around and stared at Gai Hutian.
Gai Hutian knew that he would not be spared, and shouted: "Everyone, come on! Hey, do you hear that? Everyone, come on! At this time, do you still have to tell him about the rules of the world?"
There were eleven clan leaders who came with him, besides Xiong Baoshi and Shulianghe who had lost their martial arts, there were also nine gang leaders.If they all join forces with Gai Hutian, Qi Leming may not be able to defeat them with the addition of Wei Tianyuan and Shangguan Feifeng.But they were terrified by Qi Leming, but no one was willing to work for Gai Hutian.
Gai Hutian yelled out his throat, they just pretended they couldn't hear him.
Gai covered the sky in a hurry, he stamped his feet and shouted: "We said that we share the blessings and share the misfortunes, how can you be so disrespectful?"
Shangguan Feifeng sneered and said: "My father regards you as a confidant and has become a friend of eight worshippers with you, but you want to kill him. You dare to say the word 'loyalty', do you know how to be ashamed?"
Shangguan Yunlong sighed suddenly, and said: "You can't blame him all, I am also at fault."
Shangguan Feifeng said: "Father, what's your fault?"
Shangguan Yunlong said: "First, I have no eyes, and I appoint inhumans. I swore with him and trusted him no matter what the matter is. Fengling Banner cannot be punished with just a phantom sword."
When the leaders of the nine families heard his self-reproach, they couldn't help being overjoyed. The leader of Heishi Mountain, Shi Long, knelt down first and said, "I was deceived by Ge Futian's rhetoric and fell into his trap. To be honest, Although I'm afraid of going against White Camel Mountain, I just want the suzerain to change his mind, and I don't want to kill the suzerain. Please be gentle with the suzerain."
Someone took the lead, and the other eight followed suit and knelt down.They all said that they were lured by Gei Hutian's threats, and they didn't know of Gei Hutian's plot to kill Shangguan Yunlong beforehand.
Gai Futian sneered and said, "Okay, you can blame me. However, Brother Shangguan, even if I deserve to die, it seems that I shouldn't die at the hands of outsiders." It's useless, I can only bring out the martial arts rules, and I would rather let Shangguan Yunlong deal with him.
Shangguan Yunlong nodded and said, "That's true. Feng'er, give me the spirit flag." With Qi Leming present, Shangguan Feifeng is not afraid to hand over the spirit flag to his father this time.
Shangguan Yunlong took the spirit flag and said: "That's right, you are also my sworn brother after all, I should do it myself to clean up the house, you go up and capture the flag! Or what I said just now, if you If I can take this flag, I can let you handle it!"
Shangguan Feifeng shouted: "Daddy!"
Shangguan Yunlong said: "The spirit flag is in my hands, you stand aside for me!"
But Qi Leming stepped forward and said: "Mr. Shangguan, I can't repay you for your kindness of reinvention. Please let me do this little thing for you."
Shangguan Yunlong said solemnly: "Cleaning up the door is not a trivial matter!"
Qi Leming smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if it's a big thing or a small thing, I just want you to give me a chance to repay you."
Shangguan Yunlong said: "I'll give you a secret method of practicing kung fu in exchange for the help you give to my daughter. This is a fair deal. No one will give you any favors, let alone any repayment!"
Only then did everyone know that Qi Leming was able to recover his martial arts after being disabled because he got the secret of practicing martial arts taught by Shangguan Yunlong.But why did Qi Leming help Shangguan Yunlong?But no one knows.
Qi Leming had already stepped onto the ice platform and said, "Do you have to do it yourself to clean up the door?"
Shangguan Yunlong sighed: "I didn't train good disciples, I only have one daughter, and my daughter can't replace me."
Qi Leming suddenly said: "Okay, then please accept me as your closed disciple!"
Shangguan Yunlong was taken aback and said, "How is this possible!"
Qi Leming smiled and said: "You don't think I'm not good enough to be your disciple, do you? But no matter what, I want to worship you as my teacher!" He couldn't help but kneel down.
Shangguan Yunlong quickly held his arms and said: "You and I are of the same generation, your martial arts are above mine, if you want to be a teacher, I should be your teacher!" He also knelt down.
Qi Leming held his hands, but neither of them could kneel down.
Of course Gai Hutian understood why Qi Leming wanted to be a teacher. Seeing that Shangguan Yunlong refused to agree, he let go of a stone in his heart, and said coldly: "Is the farce over?"
Yes, this incident does look like a farce, but Shangguan Feifeng, who was standing beside his father, noticed that the dark expression on his father's face suddenly disappeared. Yiyi, his eyes revealed a look of joy and surprise.Shangguan Feifeng understood a little bit, and a big stone in her heart was also let go.
Qi Leming put on a show, said with a wry smile: "I sincerely ask for a teacher, but others say I'm fooling around. I can't help it. I can only sigh to myself that I have no luck to build a gate wall." After saying that, he walked down the ice platform and shouted to Gai Hutian: "You go up Come on, don't break the rules! Otherwise, as a witness, I still have to take care of you!"
In martial arts duels, it is customary to have a witness, and the witness is invited by both sides.The current battle between Shangguan Yunlong and Gai Hutian, no matter whether it is regarded as a "cleaning up the door" or a "struggle for power and position", in short it is a "household matter", and there is no need to invite witnesses at all.And Qi Leming's "witness" is only self-appointed.
But Gai Hutian did not dare to object, nor did he want to object.
He didn't dare to object, of course it was because he was afraid of Qi Leming. At present, there is no one he fears more than Qi Leming. (Shangguan Yunlong's martial arts can only recover a little at most, he has already seen it.)
He didn't want to object, it was because after careful consideration, he felt that this move was not only harmless to him, but also beneficial.He is a witness. As long as I can defeat Shangguan Yunlong, he will perform the task of witness. According to the agreement between the two parties, he will admit that I have the right to inherit Shangguan Yunlong's position.Throughout the ages, there is absolutely no reason for witnesses to compete with the parties involved.His greatest hope was to avoid fighting Qi Leming.
"I don't know what rules Mr. Qi wants me to abide by?" Gai Futian asked.
Qi Leming said: "Your fight this time is different from ordinary martial arts competitions. You are the next to the top, and you should pick up the way he draws the way."
Gai Hutian responded with a "yes", but he was thinking in his heart: "He has already marked the way, he just wants me to capture the flag, there are no additional conditions. Everyone has heard this, can you Qi Leming still Unexpected events?"
Qi Leming said: "Okay, then he told you to go up to capture the flag, why didn't you go up? Do you want him to lower his status and come down to ask you for advice?"
Only then did Gai Hutian understand what he meant. It turned out that Qi Leming wanted him to go to the ice platform to compete with Shangguan Yunlong.
The choice of the competition location is very important. Gai Yutian's lightness kung fu is not very good, but he thinks that the competition on the water platform can also be handled, so he is simply generous and walks on the ice platform without any objection.He thought to himself: "Shangguan Yunlong didn't dare to come down, obviously because his kungfu has not yet recovered, and it is more difficult to make tricks on flat ground." Although fighting on the ice platform is not good for him, but thinking about it this way, he feels that victory is sure A little more.
Qi Leming continued: "This is not an ordinary contest. If he wants you to capture the flag, you have to capture the spirit flag to get down. Otherwise, if you want to run away halfway because you know you can't beat it, come down and I will fight you." Stay under the stage and cut off your legs immediately!"
There are two types of martial arts competitions, one is "stop when the point is reached", and the other is "until death". The rule that Qi Leming asked him to abide by was tantamount to forcing him to fight Shangguan Yunlong to the death.
Gai Hutian was confident that he was sure of winning, but he pretended to smile bitterly and said, "It's either you die or I die. This, this is inevitable..."
Shangguan Yunlong said coldly: "What's inevitable? If I kill you, isn't it in line with your wishes?"
Gai Hutian shouted: "Brother!"
Shangguan Yunlong shouted: "Who is your big brother, don't be hypocritical, let's recruit!"
Gai Shitian put on a show, sighed and said, "I never thought that it would be like this, but at least we have been friends for eight obeisances, big brother, don't you recognize little brother?"
Shangguan Yunlong said: "I recognize you, but my sword doesn't recognize you! Stop talking nonsense, let's do it!" In fact, Shangguan Yunlong didn't have a sword in his hand, what he had was just a piece of solid ice squeezed into a sword shape.
Gai Hutian glanced at his "ice sword", and his confidence in winning increased a bit, but he still pretended to be helpless and said: "Brother, you won't forgive me, then I can only wait You've dealt with it, please give me your advice!"
Shangguan Yunlong said coldly: "You are not worthy for me to stand up and fight with you. If you have the ability to kill me, I will die under your hands. I will die without complaint."
This blow was beyond Ge Hutian's expectation, one must know that Shangguan Yunlong's vitality has been seriously injured, even if he stood up, he might not be able to beat Ge Hutian, let alone receiving the move while sitting down.
"Does he have something else to rely on?" Gai Shitian couldn't help being a little suspicious.
Qi Leming shouted: "Have you forgotten the rules I told you? You must follow the path drawn by Mr. Shangguan!"
Shangguan Yunlong said: "Come on boldly, if you force me to stand up, you have won, and I am willing to present the spirit flag to you."
Gai Hutian thought, with this style of play, he is already invincible, so why are he afraid of him?Immediately sneered sullenly, and said: "Brother, you must stretch out my brother, I have no choice but to learn from my brother!"
What he used was a thick-backed machete, the weight of the knife was heavy, and he slashed through it like thunder and lightning!
Shangguan Yunlong sat on the stage, stretched out his ice sword lightly, and tapped two points, somehow.
Gai Hutian's knife couldn't go down, but reversed, with a "bang", it smashed a piece of rock, splashing sparks.
It turned out that Shangguan Yunlong's move came later, it was accurate and fast, and he restrained him. If he didn't withdraw the knife quickly and jumped back, the tiger's mouth would be stabbed by the sword point.Even though Shangguan Yunlong only had 30% of his skill left, once he stabbed his tiger's mouth, he could cut off the Shaoyang meridian in his hand.He withdrew the knife too hastily, almost slashing himself, but fortunately there was an ice cliff blocking it.
Wei Tianyuan clapped his hands and said: "That's right, brilliant move, indeed brilliant move! Hey, sister Feng, why don't you applaud your father?"
Shangguan Feifeng could see the gods, and sighed for a long time: "Swords are phantom swords, phantom swords are not swords, I don't know when I will be able to practice to Daddy's level!"
The ice platform is no better than flat ground. If Shangguan Yunlong was sitting on the ground, there would be enough room to avoid Ge Hutian when he couldn't beat him, but the ice platform didn't have much room to maneuver. It is within the reach of Shangguan Yunlong's ice sword.In addition, the ice platform is extremely smooth, and it is a little careless.There is a danger of falling.Gai Shoutian groaned secretly while fighting, only then did he realize that the disadvantages of fighting on the ice platform were actually worse than he originally estimated.
He suffered a loss once, and he didn't dare to attack him at close range, so he swung a thick-backed mountain knife so that it could not see through the wind and rain, and thought to himself: "As long as your ice sword touches my steel knife, the ice sword will be as fast as I can. Break it, you won't be able to use your phantom sword trick."
Shangguan Yunlong seemed to understand his thoughts, his upper body leaned forward slightly, his arms were extended, and the Bingjian actually made a move of "Baihong Piercing the Sun", piercing through his knife ring.
Gai Hutian cursed angrily in his heart: "You are bullying me too much!" The steel knife flipped and smashed the ice sword.This time the sword met!
But the strange thing is that the ice sword didn't break, but at this moment, Gai Hutian suddenly felt a cold air penetrate from his palm, and he shivered involuntarily.It was too late, but soon, the tip of the ice sword pointed to the "Yue Qi Point" in his abdomen.Terrified, Gai covered the sky, and in the midst of his busy schedule, he turned somersaults and almost fell off the ice platform.
When he turned somersaults, his head was caught between his legs, but his eyes looked out, and he saw Qi Leming holding a long sword standing guard under the stage, hurriedly inserting the steel knife into the solid ice, only then was he able to stabilize his figure, Climb up again.
He narrowly escaped death, even though he was on the ice platform, he broke out in a cold sweat from fright.
But Shangguan Yunlong's ice sword was also a few inches short, and there were drops of water dripping down.
It turned out that although he was able to use light and agile swordsmanship, the ice sword just brushed against the steel knife lightly, and then it slipped past.But Gai Shutian's knife also used enough strength; friction generates heat, even if it is solid ice, it can't help but melt a little.
Gai Hutian saw the weakness of his internal strength, his ice sword was a few inches shorter, and Ge Hutian could just stand outside the reach of his sword tip.He made up his mind to consume Shangguan Yunlong's internal strength, wielding his sword to defend himself, only defending but not attacking.However, the difference is only a few inches, and sometimes the sword still inevitably bumps into each other.Every time he met, Gai covered the sky and felt the cold air piercing through his heart.
Not only that, after a while, his steel knife seemed to have turned into ice, so cold that he could hardly hold it firmly, and the cold air from the ice platform also came up from the soles of his feet, attacking him from top to bottom, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Even if he gritted his teeth, he couldn't help shivering!
You must know that this ice is a huge block of ice, and the central part is the eternal eternal black ice, which is many times colder than ordinary ice and snow. Gai covered the sky while consuming the opponent's internal energy, and also consumed his own. Internal strength, he couldn't bear this kind of bone-chilling cold.
However, Shangguan Yunlong's excellent internal strength was successfully practiced on this ice platform. Even if there is only a third of his strength left, he can withstand it. , Pass the strangely cold air of Wanzai Xuanbing to the opponent through the contact between the ice sword and the steel knife.
After fighting for a while, Gai Hutian's feet were already numb, and he felt that the ice sword seemed to be dangling in front of his eyes, and he couldn't dodge it even if he wanted to.He tremblingly cried: "Brother, I, I know I was wrong, you, you..." Opening his mouth, the cold wind blew into his mouth, and his tongue was frozen.Shangguan Yunlong's ice sword lightly tapped on his veins.Covering the sky's thick-backed Shan Shandao flew out of his hand, and his body rolled down from the ice platform.
Shangguan Yunlong stood up and said, "It's good to know what's wrong, Daxia Qi, let him go!"
Shangguan Feifeng said: "Father, he betrayed you, will you spare him?"
Shangguan Yunlong said: "He is betraying me now, but when he swore his vows back then, he really regarded me as his elder brother."
Qi Leming said: "Mr. Shangguan, it's a pity that although you are willing to let him go, he can only go into the gate of hell!"
It turns out that Gai Shoutian's surviving kung fu is no longer enough to withstand the extreme cold, not to mention that when he rolled down the ice platform, he was already frightened out of his wits, so how could he use his kung fu to keep out the cold?He froze to death.
Seeing that Gai Hutian had been put to death, the leaders of the nine Western Region sects who came with Gai Hutian were so frightened that they all knelt down and begged the Suzerain to give him a lighter punishment.
Shangguan Yunlong squeezed the ice sword into a ball, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and threw it out with his open hand. The ice sword melted away, leaving only a few ice crumbs, and after he threw it, the ice crumbs also disappeared with the wind.
Shangguan Yunlong sighed, and said: "The phantom sword has been disillusioned. From now on, there will be no tangible phantom sword. The phantom sword can only exist in the heart. Even if you don't serve the spirit flag, I will not force you. You all Get up."
The leaders of the nine sects said in unison: "Thank you, the suzerain, for your kindness. Even though the tangible phantom sword hanging over our heads is gone, we still have the phantom sword in our hearts. We are willing to obey the spirit banner as before."
Shangguan Yunlong said: "Well said, you know that using the phantom sword in your heart to supervise yourself is much better than the phantom sword with form. You can go now!"
He dismissed nine sect leaders, but he himself was unable to walk off the ice platform.
Qi Yanran sat on the ground, couldn't even stand up, and said: "Brother Shangguan, I have wronged you, please accept my apology." His voice was low, as if he was weak.
Shangguan Yunlong said: "No need!" His voice was hoarse, even worse than Qi Yanran's.
Qi Leming was taken aback, and thought to himself: "They are all seriously injured. Daddy is old, so it is even more worrying. But Shangguan Yunlong is on the ice platform, I should help him down first."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped onto the ice platform, Shangguan Yunlong suddenly rolled a small snowball, and flicked his two fingers, unexpectedly with the magic power of flicking his fingers, the snowball bounced in front of Qi Leming with the sound of the wind.
"You and I trade fairly. You don't owe me anything, and I don't want to owe you anything!" Shangguan Yunlong said coldly when he popped the snowball.With a thought in mind, Qi Le caught the snowball and immediately returned to his father.
Shangguan Yunlong popped the snowball, already like a candle in the wind, crumbling.It turned out that because he was eager to see results, he turned against the true energy, but the true energy was reversed, although the effect was quick, it disappeared quickly, and now he can't hold it anymore.Fortunately, Qi Leming gave him a helping hand when he shook hands with him just now, helping him put part of his bad luck into the right track, otherwise his vitality would have been seriously injured.
Shangguan Feifeng and Wei Tianyuan quickly came up to help him, Shangguan Yunlong leaned on his daughter, but pushed Wei Tianyuan's hand out to him, and shouted in a deep voice: "Go away!"
Shangguan Feifeng shouted: "Daddy!"
Shangguan Yunlong said calmly. "If you want to be with this kid, get out of here too!"
Qi Yanran shouted: "Yunlong, it doesn't matter if you are angry with me, but it has nothing to do with Wei Tianyuan." He wanted to stand up, but couldn't do what he wanted, so he sat down again slumped.
Shangguan Yunlong didn't answer, and he didn't know whether he hadn't had the strength to speak because he was still angry.
Wei Tianyuan was very embarrassed, and Shangguan Feifeng gave him a wink, telling him to wait for her father to calm down before speaking.Wei Tianyuan had no choice but to return to Qi Yanran's side.At this moment, Qi Leming was treating his father.
Qi Leming held his father's hand, but felt that his father's hand was as cold as ice.It turned out that although his injuries were not more serious than Shangguan Yunlong's, but because of his old age, he was unable to resist the severe cold.He doesn't know the true energy of adverse luck, even with external help, it is difficult to gather the true energy quickly.Qi Leming felt his father's pulse.Can't help but secretly surprised.
The snowball that Shangguan Yunlong flicked to him had already melted in his palm, and there was a pill hidden in the snowball.Qi Leming's surprise turned into joy, only then did he understand what Shangguan Yunlong meant by "fair trade".
Qi Yanran said: "I probably can't do it, it's a pity that Tianyuan..." A gust of cold wind blew, Qi Yanran's sanity gradually blurred, and he could only speak halfway.
However, his coma was only for a moment, he suddenly felt as if he had swallowed something in his daze, and if there was heating in his dantian, he would wake up soon.After waking up, the strange medicinal fragrance still remained in his mouth.
Qi Yanran frowned, and said: "I have never received favors from others in my life, how can you ask for medicine for me without my permission?"
Qi Leming said: "I tell you, Daddy, this pill was not obtained by begging."
Qi Yanran said: "It's clearly the Shangguan family's Yanghe Pills. Could it be that you have this kind of pills?"
Qi Leming said: "I exchanged this pill with someone else."
Qi Yanran paused, and said, "That's right, Shangguan Yunlong said he made a fair deal with you, what's going on?"
Qi Leming said: "This transaction was actually made successfully by Juanjuan and him. However, Juanjuan and I have formed..."
Qi Yanran said: "The matter between you and Miss Mu. I'll talk about it later. Right now, I just want to know the truth of the matter." He already knew what his son wanted to say, and he didn't want to admit Mu Juanjuan as his wife right away.
Qi Leming said: "He helped me recover my martial arts, and Juanjuan did his daughter a favor."
Qi Yanran said: "How did she do Miss Shangguan so much that she could exchange him for helping you recover your martial arts?"
Qi Leming said: "Juanjuan, tell daddy."
Mu Juanjuan said: "I dare not take credit for it."
Wei Tianyuan had already arrived and said, "Auntie, if you don't tell me, I'll tell you."
"Grandpa, this transaction is actually for my sake. In the case of the murder of the former head of the Huashan School, Master Tianquan, my uncle and I were both suspected. Miss Shangguan had no choice but to ask my aunt for help in order to remove the suspicion for me. .”
Qi Yanran said: "Why do you want her to help?"
Wei Tianyuan said: "The murderer is actually a monster from Baituo Mountain. This monster hides his name, pretends to be crazy, and sneaks into the Huashan faction to serve as a servant of Taoist Tianquan, waiting for an opportunity to kill Taoist Tianji. There is a traitor in Huashan colluded with him."
"Grandpa, I don't need to tell you that you know that my aunt and the wife of the White Camel Mountain Master are siblings. For my sake, my aunt did not borrow a poison that even her elder sister could not detoxify, and put it on my aunt and nephew. Medicine in exchange for a secret letter from the White Camel Mountain Lord and a traitor from the Huashan faction!"
Qi Leming said: "Daddy, for my sake, she didn't turn against sister, can you forgive her?"
Qi Yanran stared at Yinhu, and said suddenly: "It really wasn't you, I blamed you."
Mu Juanjuan was puzzled and said, "Master, I know that I am not worthy to be the wife of the Qi family..."
Qi Yanran cut off her words and said: "I don't care what you have done, it is what Ming'er said you did, my two closest relatives have already received your great kindness, how can I not want you to do it all?" Where is the daughter-in-law at home?"
Mu Juanjuan said: "Father is serious, Le Ming and I are husband and wife, husband and wife should share weal and woe, not to mention that his martial arts was abolished because of me. As for Tian Yuan, it was that Shangguan girl who helped him."
At this time Shangguan Feifeng had already helped his father off the ice platform, and Shangguan Yunlong could walk after adjusting his breath.
Qi Yanran said: "Tian Yuan, go and make amends for me."
Shangguan Yunlong shouted: "Wei Tianyuan, go away! From today on, you are not allowed to pester my daughter."
Shangguan Feifeng shouted: "Daddy! He didn't offend you..."
Shangguan Yunlong said: "You are my daughter, so you should listen to me. You forgot what you said just now? From today on, you are not allowed to see Wei Tianyuan again!"
Qi Yanran said: "Why bother, since they agree with each other, let..."
Shangguan Yunlong sneered, interrupted him, and said: "Your father and son are still my guests. But your disciple and grandson, please forgive me for not being able to entertain him anymore. lest people say that I will do everything possible to marry my daughter to him!"
When Shangguan Feifeng heard what his father said, he was too embarrassed to call Wei Tianyuan over, so he quickly accompanied his father down the mountain.
Qi Yanran sighed: "It's all my fault for saying the wrong thing, but I didn't expect Shangguan Yunlong to be so stubborn."
Sister Mu said: "Dad, don't worry, I think he is only angry for a while. As far as I know, he really wants to marry his daughter to Tian Yuan. After a few days, when his anger subsides, I can help you resolve it." of."
Qi Yanran closed his eyes and did not speak. It turned out that due to his old age, his vitality was seriously injured. Although he could resist the severe cold after taking Yanghe Pills, his spirit still failed to recover.
Qi Leming carried his father down the mountain, with Wei Tianyuan and Mu Juanjuan following behind.
Mu Juanjuan said: "Tianyuan, don't worry. I just want to ask you, do you really like Miss Shangguan? Don't be shy, answer me!"
Wei Tianyuan nodded silently.
Mu Juanjuan said: "No matter what she has done, you will always be with her?"
Wei Tianyuan's heart moved, and he thought: "Feifeng asked me like this before, did she really hide something wrong from me?"
Mu Juanjuan seemed to see through his thoughts, and said, "Don't make wild guesses, I'm just making a hypothesis, assuming she has done something wrong to you, then what about you?"
Wei Tianyuan said: "She has saved my life twice, even if she made a mistake, I can't let her down."
Mu Juanjuan said: "Then I can rest assured."
Wei Tianyuan was a little strange, and said, "Why do you worry about her?"
Mu Juanjuan said: "There is no special reason. It's just that I share the same breath with her, and I hope she will not suffer the same fate as me. Yes, I am your auntie now, but I think you will know that I have passed through There have been many twists and turns, this title is not easy to come by!"
卫天元懂得她的意思，她是被人骂作“妖妇”的，而上官飞凤也曾被人当作“妖女”，但心里却不以为然，觉得“妖女”“妖妇”不能相提并论。因为穆娟娟的确曾经做过一些坏事，以前人家骂她“妖妇”不算大过冤枉她。而上官飞凤的这个“妖女”骂名，却是她父亲的仇家诬蔑她的。
这些话他当然不会在穆娟娟的面前说出来，只是笑道：“武功我学不到师叔半成，但有一样我相信可以和他作比。”
穆娟娟道：“是哪一样？”
卫天元道：“他不论经过多少波折，都没有离开你。我对飞凤也是这样。”
穆娟娟笑靥如花，说道：“你倒很会哄我欢喜，但我却不愿你好象我们一样经过许多波折。”心里则在想道：“你哪知道你的师叔是曾经想过要抛弃我的呢，但愿你对姜雪君的怀念不象他对前妻的怀念那样深。嗯，姜雪君这件事情，还是暂且不要告诉他吧。”原来上官飞凤是曾托过穆娟娟，托她在适当的时候，把姜雪君之死的真相告诉卫天元的。刚才她几乎就想说了。
卫天元道：“师婶，你在想什么？”
穆娟娟道：“没什么，我已经放心了，你也可以放心了。”
卫天元道：“我放心什么？”
穆娟娟道：“上官姑娘的心事我是知道的，关键只在你的身上。只要你自问是真的喜欢她，那你就可以放心，她决不会离开你了。”
卫天元道：“但她的爹爹……”
穆娟娟道：“只要你们真心相爱，谁也不能分开你们。何况她的爹爹也不是要把你们分开。”
卫天元道：“但他的气却不知几时才能平息？”
穆娟娟道：“那就要看你怎样做了。”
卫天元道：“我应该怎样做？”
穆娟娟道：“做一件目前他最需要别人替他做的事。”
卫天元霍然一省，说道：“哦，我懂了。目前他最需要的是有人帮他抵御白驼山主。”
穆娟娟道：“对了。目前他正是元气大伤，要想恢复如初，最少恐怕也得一两个月。他是不愿接受我们夫妇的帮忙的。我们即使要帮他的忙，也只能暗中帮忙，不能露面。所以这件事情唯有你去做了。但不能只是单纯防御。”
卫天元道：“你是说，我可以去除掉白驼山主？”
穆娟娟道：“对了，你敢不敢去？”
卫天元慨然道：“实不相瞒，白驼山主也是姜雪君的仇人，姜雪君死了，我曾发过誓要替她报仇的。只因时机未到，偏忍至今。唉，我本来打算和上官一家联手的，但现在……”
穆娟娟道：“现在上官姑娘或许是不能和你联手了，但现在也正是一个有利的时机。白驼山主已经派了他的儿子和两名最得力的手下来昆仑山，他以为有盖覆天里应外台，必定成功。你正可以趁他那两个人未回去之前，便即赶到白驼山下手。”
卫天元道：“我不怕和白驼山主拼命，只怕爷爷的伤……”
穆娟娟道：“你放心，爷爷的伤，有你师叔照料。”接着说道：“本来最好是你的师叔暗中帮你的忙的，但可惜他分身乏术，只能你自己去了。你怕不怕孤掌难鸣？”
卫天元道：“我做事从来只问应不应当。好，我现在就去。”
穆娟娟笑道：“那也不必急在一时，明天才走，也未为晚。”
卫天元道：“对，先安顿了爷爷再说。”
齐燕然已是伏在儿子背上睡着了。是齐勒铭恐防老父的病情有变化，特地用独门点穴手法，点了他的睡穴的。一般而言，点穴会对身体造成损害，只有他这种点睡穴的功夫，可令受者有益无损。他知父亲的心情未能宁静，故此唯有用这个方法，使父亲得到充分的休息。
齐勒铭道：“天元，爷爷有我照料。你可以放心。不过，你也还是明天下山较好。今晚待我找个机会和你约上官姑娘。”
穆娟娟忽地想起一事，问卫天元道：“爹爹刚才一见我，就说果然不是你，这句话是什么意思？”
卫天元道：“他在今次见你之前，以为你是杀害丁大叔的凶手。”
穆娟娟道：“我也听说丁勃是已经给人害死的，但何以爹爹疑心是我呢？哪凶手很象我吗？”
卫天元道：“不错。爷爷曾目击两个女子行凶，其中一个扮作上官姑娘的模样，听说是扮得不大象的，不过爷爷没有见过她，当时也难分真假。至于冒充你的那个女人，却是扮得唯妙唯肖，几乎一样了。”
穆娟娟道：“然则爹爹何以一见我，又知道错了？”
卫天元道：“这次你是和他面对着面的。那个冒充你的人，年纪比你老得多。”
穆娟姐疑心顿起，说道：“年纪比我老得多的人，要冒充我，可是很不容易啊！面貌还可以化装，我的轻功和武功家数她怎冒充得来？”
卫天元道：“是呀，前两天和飞凤上山的时候，也曾碰上那个冒充你的妖妇，当时我也看不出来呢。不过，我当然不至怀疑到你的身上，只是奇怪而已。我以为是令姐，但飞凤说她的年纪是比令姐还要老的。幸亏她看得出来。”
穆娟娟听罢他细说详情，如有所思，蓦地叫道：“不好！”
卫天元道：“什么不好？”
穆娟娟道：“我想起一个人来了。”
卫天元道：“什么人？”
穆娟娟道：“我还未敢断定。现在我就去找她，回来再说给你听！”
卫天元心想，昆仑山这么大，怎能说找就可以找到？而且那个妖妇的本领恐怕是还在穆娟娟之上的。
齐勒铭好象亦已知道那个人是谁，说道：“娟娟，我不怕你找不到她，就只怕……”
穆娟娟道：“就只怕我打不过她，是吗？不用担心，我想她是不会伤害我的。”
齐勒铭道：“但这件事情，却是很难做得恰到好处。”
穆娟娟道：“你放心，我也不会做得太过分的。”
齐勒铭如有所思，半晌说道：“好，那你去吧。弄个水落石出也好。”
穆娟娟走了。卫天元却是听得莫名其妙，不知道他们说的是谁，也不知道他们说的是怎样一回事情。
不要探听别人私事，这是江湖禁忌之一。即使师叔侄之亲，也是不宜破这禁忌的，穆娟娟已经说过，回来再说给他听，卫天元此刻自是不便多问师叔了。
他只能问道：“师叔，你怎么知道师婶一定能够找到那个人？”
齐勒铭道：“如果我猜得不错的话，白驼山那两个护法，都是要接受那个人指挥的，只不过她不露面罢了。”
卫天元不知道他说的是女姓的“她”，不觉暗自猜疑：“难道是白驼山主？不对，要是白驼山主的话，穆娟娟怎有把握白驼山主不会伤她？但若不是白驼山主，又有谁能够指挥那两个护法？”
不过，他虽然不知道那个人是谁，却已懂得穆娟娟何以一定能够找到那个人的原因了。
白驼山的两个护法南宫旭和武鹰扬是要护送少山主宇大浩回山的，宇文浩已经给齐勒铭废了武功，走得当然不快，穆娟娟迟早会追上他们。追上了他们，就可以在他们身上，找到那个人的着落。
齐勒铭道：“天元，你在想什么？”
卫天元道：“没什么，我只盼爷爷能够早日痊愈。”
齐勒铭叹了口气道：“你没想什么，我却是想起我的女儿来了。天元，我想问你一件事情。”
卫天元心头一跳，不知师叔要问何事，但料是有关他和师妹的了。
齐勒铭果然问道：“你在扬州可曾见过你的师妹？”
卫天元道：“见过了。”
齐勒铭道：“你离开扬州之后，是否一直和上官姑娘一起？”
卫天元道：“是的。”
齐勒铭道：“我听到一个消息，不知真假。依我想，恐怕还是假的居多。不过还是想问一问你，以释心中疑虑。”
卫天元有点奇怪：“师叔怎的说话吞吞吐吐，这可不象他的为人。难道他是要责备我对不起他的女儿？”
“师叔，请说。”卫天元道。
齐勒铭道：“听说上官飞凤伤了我的玉儿，有这事么？”
卫天元跳了起来说道：“哪有此事，是谁说的？”
齐勒铭道：“是申公豹说的。”
卫天元道：“申公豹的话也能相信？他最喜欢在江湖上兴风作浪，挑拨是非，师叔难道还不知道他的为人？”
齐勒铭道：“我本来是不相信他的，但心中还是有点疑团。”
卫天元说道：“师叔，你想想看，我是一直和飞凤在一起的，假如当真发生了这样的事情，我还能够袖手旁观，不加拦阻，让她去伤害我的师妹吗？”
齐勒铭道：“我当然不至于怀疑你会纵容上官飞凤伤害你的师妹。”
卫天元道：“所以你要问清楚我是否在场。这么说，师叔，你敢情还是怀疑上官姑娘？她有什么理由伤害玉妹？”
齐勒铭道：“你别多心，现在我只是复述申公豹的讲法。复述他的讲法，并不是表示我就相信了他的说法。”
卫天元道：“好，师叔，那你说吧。我倒想听听申公豹说的理由。”
齐勒铭道：“申公豹说，上官姑娘为了要得到你，因此，要除掉她心目中的情敌。宁可误杀，也不放过。第一个给她害死的是姜雪君，第二个就轮到我的女儿了。”
卫天元气得骂道：“申公豹真是胡说八道，上官飞凤决不是这样的人。”
“姜雪君死的时候，你虽然没有在场，但许多在场的人都可以作证，姜雪君是杀了徐中岳之后自尽的，怎能说上官姑娘将她害死？至于说到师妹被她打伤，那更是乱造谣言了，我已说过，自始至终，我都是在场的人。”
齐勒铭道：“贤侄，你莫生气，我也知道他是捕风捉影，信口开河。我现在就是要查明真相……”
“捕风捉影”和“乱造谣言”虽然都是贬辞，但轻重不同，还是有差别的。卫天元不觉怔了一怔，说道：“捕风捉影，总得有个'影儿'，请问他的'影儿'是什么？”
齐勒铭道：“申公豹言之凿凿，说是上官姑娘用喂毒暗器伤了你的师妹。幸遇华山派的瑶光散人路过，赶走了她，救了你的师妹。在申公豹对我说了这件事之后，我也曾向别人打听，确是有人见过瑶光散人和一个年轻女子到一间客店投宿，她们是坐马车来的，瑶光扶那女子下车，那女子面上毫无血色，一看就知不是中毒，就是受伤。当然那人并不认识瑶光散人和我的女儿，但他说的那个中年道姑和那个年轻女子，年纪相貌却都相符。”
卫天元道：“地点是……”
齐勒铭道：“风陵渡南面的一个小镇。”
卫天元说道：“飞凤是从来不用暗器的，更不要说喂毒的暗器了。但若那人说的是实，则恐怕师妹是给不知哪一派的妖人所伤了。不过，风陵渡的南面正是前往华山的方向，瑶光散人料想是护送师妹回华山调治的。华山派的琼花玉露丸祛毒的功效不在天山派的碧灵丹之下，瑶光散人又正是擅治毒伤的能手，师叔可以放心。待此处事情了结，咱们到华山去一见瑶光散人，真相就可大白。”
齐勒铭点了点头，跟着却叹口气道：“我对玉儿从来没有尽过为父的责任，说来真是惭愧。唉，我不是害怕瑶光散人医不好她，但我害怕她未必肯认我这个父亲。”
卫天元道：“感情的事是很微妙的，我想师妹现在亦已是明白了。她会原谅你的。”
齐勒铭当然懂得他的弦外之音是说什么，半晌问道：“她的母亲在楚家好么？”
卫天元道：“好。楚伯伯对师妹也很好。有一件喜事我正想告诉你。”
齐勒铭道：“你想说的是玉儿和楚天舒的事吧？我已经知道了。”
卫天元道：“你不会反对吧？”
齐勒铭道：“我和楚劲松给的粱子也不必瞒你，对楚劲松我本来还是有点芥蒂的，但这头婚事是你的师婶极力主张的，我觉得她说的也有道理，结成亲家，芥蒂自然就消除了。我想通了，就任凭她和上官姑娘合力去促成这头婚事啦。”
卫天元不觉有点诧异：“我只道是师妹和楚天舒相处久了，自然而然的爱上了他，却原来是外力'促成'的么？飞凤也插了一手？她又怎的从来没和我提及此事呢？”
齐勒铭道：“我倒是担心爹爹可能反对。”
卫天元道：“爷爷对楚劲松一向甚为推重，对楚天舒也是甚爱护的。有一次楚天舒中了金狐的毒针，还是爷爷给他医好的呢。”
齐勒铭道：“那是两码事。据我所知，爹爹是想把玉儿许给你的。不过，你现在已经有了上官姑娘，爹爹亦已知道，或许是不会反对的了。就只怕他心里还是有点不大乐意。”
卫天元道：“楚天舒文武全才，比我强得多。师妹选中他，是师妹的福气。相信芥蒂很快就可消除，爷爷一定会满意这个孙女婿的。”
齐勒铭道：“但愿如此。”说话之际，跃过一个冰裂缝，他是背着父亲的，恐防父亲受到震荡，双手把牢，跟着又替父亲把了次脉。忽地低头如有所思。
卫天元吃一惊道：“爷爷的病情有变化吗？”
齐勒铭道：“不是。他的脉搏很正常，不过……”
卫天元连忙问道：“不过什么？”
齐勒铭说道：“他毕竟是上了年纪的人了，痊愈的时间恐怕要比我原来估计的时间长一些。”
卫天元道：“爷爷已经得到上官家的阳和丸，要是能够再得一种灵丹……”说至此处，忽地似是猛然一省，叫道：“我想起来了！”
齐勒铭道：“想起什么？”
卫天元道：“扬州楚家的葆真再造丸，功能固本培元，不在少林派的小还丹之下。”
齐勒铭苦笑道：“从扬州到这里，少说也要走一个月呢。”
卫天元道：“楚家父子已经离开扬州了。”齐勒铭道：“他们是上哪儿？”
卫天元道：“他们是弃家避难的。当时只是急于离开扬州，还没计划好逃到什么地方。听他们的口气，似乎是要暂且离开中原一个时候。”
齐勒铭道：“玉儿也是和他们一起逃难么？”
卫天元道：“我想是的。”
齐勒铭如有所思，半晌叹口气道：“他们离开中原，但也不会这样巧就是来这里的。”他是在想，女儿会不会和楚天舒回家一趟呢？要是她曾经回到家里，那也就很有可能借同楚天舒跑来这里寻找爷爷了。
卫天元知道师叔的心事，师叔固然是想要得到楚家的灵丹，同时也在盼望早日见到女儿的。
他不觉也在心里叹口气了。但他可不敢把丁勃曾经找齐漱玉回家，而齐漱玉却已决定了要迟至明年才能和母亲一起回家的事情告诉师叔。
卫天元以为楚天舒和齐漱玉是一定不会来到这里。因为他们没有回过齐家，当然也就不会知道齐家发生的事。不知道齐家发生的事，又怎会跑来这里寻找爷爷。
他猜错了！
楚天舒不但曾经跟随齐漱玉到过齐家一趟，而且他现在正在昆仑山上。
此际，他也正在想念着卫天元。
“卫天元曾经对我有过误会，但他现在已经有了上官姑娘，对我的芥蒂想必也该消除了吧？不管怎样，上官姑娘是对我有过恩惠的，这件事情，和卫天元也有关系。我欠了他们的情，就该向他们道谢。”
当然他也并不是单纯为了来向上官飞凤道谢，才上昆仑的。
那日他在齐家，中了早已埋伏在齐家的白驼山妖人下的毒。
在昏迷之前，他只记得是玉虚子和鲍令晖将他抬上一辆马车的。
后来他方始知道，那天恰巧碰上瑶光散人和瑶光散人那个已经还俗的女弟子青鸾。是靠了他们救治，他和师妹的性命方始得保的。
但因他们中毒甚深，需要较长时间治疗，瑶光散人已经带了他的师妹回华山去了。但却把也交给她的徒弟青鸾照料。
玉虚子在齐家发现齐燕然的留字，那张字条本是留给卫天元的，说得比较简略，只是告诉卫天元，他的离家是要为丁勃报仇。
丁勃是给白驼山的妖人害死的，玉虚子师徒和青鸾等人都以为齐燕然既然是要替丁勃报仇，那就一定是到白驼山去了。
青鸾是要找丁勃打听她家人的消息的，丁勃已死。她只有去问齐燕然。玉虚子也想在楚天舒的伤好了之后，可以和他一起去做齐燕然的帮手，于是一行四众（包括玉虚子的徒弟鲍令晖在内），同乘一辆马车，出了玉门关向北走。
玉虚子不是不知，瑶光散人把楚天舒给她的徒弟照料，乃是另有用心的。但他自己也另有打算，乐意接受这个安排。
瑶光散人的用心，楚天舒在清醒之后，亦已是猜到了的。他则是颇为尴尬了。
青鸾一路细心照料，不过六七天，他的伤就好了。但奇怪的是，青鸾对他反而是冷若冰霜了。一路上她沉默寡言，和鲍令晖说话还多一些。对楚天舒简直是不理不睬。楚天舒心里明白，她是为了避嫌，才故意和鲍令晖接近，冷淡他的。这种尴尬的处境，令他感到不安。
第八天，他们碰上了一个熟人，这个人是上官云龙的手下，名唤申洪。他奉主人之命，来扬州寻找小姐。楚家出事的那晚，他也是曾经到过楚家的。
楚天舒有点奇怪，问他：“你不是和上官姑娘一起离开扬州的吗？你家小姐呢？”
申洪道：“小姐已经和卫天元先回去了。”
原来申洪是在下了华山之后，就和他们分道扬镳的。分道的原因，倒不是为了“知情识趣”，而是为了主人的大事。
他要为主人担任联络西域十三家首领的任务。而在执行这个任务的过程中，他也开始发现盖覆天的阴谋了。
十三家首领中，早已有十一家首领奉了盖覆天之召，到昆仑山去了。
另外两个不肯奉召的首领，则把他们对盖覆天的怀疑告诉了申洪。盖覆天要集十三家首领之力，压迫上官云龙向白驼山求和！这两个人还未知道盖覆天的全部阴谋，但只就这点来说，他们已经知道盖覆天是决心背叛宗主了的。
申洪就是在这种情况下，急忙赶回昆仑山的。
玉虚子和申洪也是相识、那天，他们是在沙漠之中，黄昏的时候碰上的。故友相逢，玉虚子留他