The beginning of autumn is when the yang energy in the world is at its peak and is about to flourish and decline.

This...is a suitable time to travel.

At this time last year, two young heroes set off from Hangzhou and embarked on their journey to the world.

And this year, there was also a young man who chose to set out from Cangzhou on this day and headed for the Weihai.

This person has sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, white face and thin lips, and is indeed handsome and elegant.

His slender but agile figure also seemed majestic when riding on the horse. A sword hanging around his waist was declaring his identity as a swordsman.

He rode his horse, walking alone on the road without any speed or slowness.

Pedestrians on the road, regardless of gender, age, couldn't help but look at him when they saw him passing by.

The men seemed to be watching a dream when they were young, while the women envy or yearn for everything that the boy had...

Who has never been young and wants to walk around the world with a sword?

But in the end we finally accepted our mediocrity, lived a dull life, occasionally sighing at the fleeting youth, and regretting that we did not have the courage to take that step.

However, only a few people understand that small people also have the luck of small people, and big heroes have their own price for big heroes.

You envy them for having what you never had, but they envy you for having what they have long lost.

Of course, Lin Yuancheng is not yet old enough to think about these things. Even if he arrives, he is not a person who can think about these things.

Because he is a "person who seeks the truth".

In his eyes, if you get the sword at the extreme, you can die in the evening.

Some swordsmen believe that as long as they practice a set of swordsmanship or one invincible sword technique, they will be considered a great success in swordsmanship.

wrong.

It was outrageously wrong.

How could "Tao" float with the limit of the world's masters in every era?

According to this logic, if there is no martial arts in the world, then can you be considered as reaching the limit of a sword with a third-rate sword technique?

After all... "Surprise your opponent" is the simplest step; "Invincible in the world" is a matter of course for those who pursue the extreme swords. It is just a process they must go through in the process of seeking the Tao, but it is far from the end... There are two steps behind "beat yourself" and "beat the sword theory".

However, most of the most top masters in this world can only complete the second step in their lifetime, and they can take the third step, or there are too few people who know that there is still a third step.

But Lin Yuancheng knew that he was less than twenty years old.

He also understood that the path he chose would inevitably be lonely, sad, and costly in the end...

Why do the legendary sword gods and sword saints always cannot bear to attack when facing their old enemies, but have to attack? Because they all understand that once the person in front of them dies, the step of "defeating the opponent" will be completed, and from then on, there will be no one in the world who can understand themselves.

However, Lin Yuancheng has not reached this level yet, and his path is still long; he is currently in need of experience and "opponent", and this trip to Weihai is a good opportunity.

Everyone understands the danger of the Seven Heroes.

Shao Dejin, the leader of the Xingyi Sect in Cangzhou, is not a stupid person. As the head of the relatively weak sect among the seven sects, he naturally needs to be more careful.

Therefore, before setting off, Shao Dejin sent Lin Yuancheng to take the lead, lightly put on the battlefield, and to sprint for the subsequent large troops. What if something happens, Lin Yuancheng will be easier to get out by himself.

In this way, Young Master Lin rode a thousand miles alone, set out from Cangzhou, and after traveling for more than ten days, he arrived at the Shandong territory.

Shandong is the territory of the Cao Gang, and their roots are here and their power is built. The reason why this Seven Heroes Society was chosen here is because of the strong demands of the leader of the Cao Gang, Di Buyi. The intention is self-evident if Di Buyi fails to be the leader of the general sect this year, it will be difficult for the other gangs to get out of Shandong.

Of course, Lin Yuancheng doesn't care about these things.

It is the same for Lin Yuancheng. Even if the Xingyi Sect in Cangzhou will announce its disbandment on the spot tomorrow, he will not say a word that he just needs to change his sect. If there is no suitable one, it will be impossible to let him go alone in the world.

In Lin Yuancheng's eyes, the Jianghu is a place to "level up"; today Shao Dejin asked him to be a scout to explore the way, so he would explore the way. If he changed his sect tomorrow and asked him to grab the territory, he could also grab it... Anyway, as long as he is in Jianghu, he will always face danger, and there will always be times when he fights with others... In any case, he can make him stronger now, so he will be at peace with the situation.

On this day, the sun is in the sky and the heat is simmering.

The stone slabs on the road were hot and the cicadas in the woods on the road were shouting endlessly.

Lin Yuancheng, whose body was soaked in sweat, wore a hat and rode his horse on the road.

The horse didn't walk fast because it would fall down and foam. Lin Yuancheng could only bear it because it was better to be sunburned on the horse's back than to be sunburned on the road.

At this moment, Young Master Lin also felt a little regretful: when he came out of the previous inn, it was still in the morning, and the temperature on the road was not that high... If he had known that the sun was so poisonous at noon this year, he should have rested for a few more hours so that he could almost arrive at the next inn by the evening.

Now under the scorching sun, horses cannot walk fast and people suffer... Isn't this unlucky?

Just as Lin Yuancheng was thinking whether he should find a shaded place on the side of the road to hide, suddenly a fork appeared in his sight.

When the horse reached the fork, Lin Yuancheng looked up again and saw a ray of smoke rising from the way to the small road. Looking at the direction of the smoke rising, it was only a single arrow away from the main road.

This is called wanting to eat hail under the ice. There must be people in places where there is smoke from cooking. It wouldn’t be too much to ask for a bowl of water?

Lin Yuancheng thought so, then turned his horse's head and turned along the fork.

The horse passed through the forest and walked not far away. There was a wine flag flying in front of him, and a decent wine shop was located.

When Lin Yuancheng saw this, he immediately turned over and dismounted, quickened his pace and led the horse to the front of the shop. After bolting the horse casually, he opened the curtain and drilled under the shaded eaves.

The space in the tavern was not very big, but it was almost squeezed for five or six tables. When Lin Yuancheng came in, the room was basically full; silk clothes, cloth clothes, short jackets, shirtless, carrying loads, carrying baskets, carrying bags... There were everyone at a glance. It seemed that there were quite a few pedestrians who chose to turn here to escape the summer heat in this hot day.

"Oh, guest, you're here." The waiter in the store saw Lin Yuancheng entering the house and went up to greet him, "The place in this store is small. Do you think you're going to have a table with someone?"

Back then, it was very common to go out and share tables with people. Lin Yuancheng didn’t have such a big air, so he agreed without thinking.

After receiving his response, the waiter brought him to a square table where three people had already sat.

Those three people didn't look the same, and their age was far behind: one looked like a farmer, one looked like a businessman, and the other was a man in the martial arts world.

When Lin Yuancheng sat down, he said, "I'm disturbing" and nodded politely to the three people. The three people also nodded politely.

"Waiter, hurry up, give me a pot of water first, and then some refreshments." After Lin Yuancheng sat down, he quickly asked the waiter to put things on.

Someone will definitely say this when he sees this: Hey? The rich guys in the martial arts shops are all good wine and beef? Why does this young lady eat so vegetarian?

Those who ask this question are obviously fooled by the film and television drama again...

Where can anyone drive halfway through the day? Not to mention drinking delays, you can try riding a horse when you get drunk? This is more difficult to drive than driving by drunkenly. Maybe you will fall off the horse and fall and knock it to death.

Yes, there are a few people in "Water Margin" who have done similar things, but they are outlaws. Will normal people drink a few kilograms of white wine and then break into the wildlife reserve to sleep in the middle of the night?

Another point, don't forget the weather outside.

There is a saying that "the more you drink wine, the warmer it becomes, the colder it becomes." On this hot day, Lin Yuancheng's whole body was soaked with sweat. If he didn't drink some water to replenish it, would he even sweat when drinking alcohol?

As for why he doesn't eat meat, it's very simple. Eating high-fat and high-calorie foods will not only make the body temperature rise but also make people feel sleepy. At this time, some coarse tea and snacks (the "sugar" was not so easy to make at that time, so the snacks in the shops are rough and not sweet, and there is no problem that blood sugar will rise very high after eating them). Just put them on it. If you want to eat or drink, you will talk about it when you arrive at the inn in the evening.

In a moment, what Lin Yuancheng ordered came up.

He is not stupid either. When eating outside, if you do not have the ability to distinguish poisons, you have to pay attention to "look, smell, taste, and taste"; when tasting, take a small bite first, take a rest after taking this bite, confirm that there is no problem, and then eat the leftovers, so... Even if the thing is drugged, you will not be too poisoned by that first bite alone.

Although Lin Yuancheng is hot and thirsty at this moment, he still follows this principle, only chewed the edge of the snack, took a small sip of tea, and then endured it there and waited.

"Ha... Brother, big man." Seeing his actions, the middle-aged man dressed in a martial arts table with him smiled and said, "You are drinking a pot of water here, are you still so careful?"

His words were a little sarcastic. I think he didn't know Lin Yuancheng.

However, Lin Yuancheng was still calm and just replied calmly: "The world is dangerous, be careful."

"Hahaha..." the middle-aged man laughed, "That's what you say... OK, you can't bear it, I, a little guy, can't bear it, and no one can harm me." At this point, he raised his voice, "Waiter, warm me two more pots of good wine!"

"Hey~ Come on~" the waiter over there responded immediately.

After a while, the wine temperature was getting better, and the waiter took it on a tray.

"Two pots of good wine are here~ I have borrowed it..." The waiter skillfully moved left and right in the narrow space, while approaching the table where Lin Yuancheng and the others were.

Just as he reached not far behind Lin Yuancheng, suddenly, he took out a dagger from under the tray and stabbed Lin Yuancheng in the back of his heart.

When he was about to say that, he saw Lin Yuancheng moving his upper body on the stool, grabbing the waiter's wrist firmly with his backhand, and said coldly: "Before the person has arrived, your murderous aura has moved. Just like that, do you want to succeed in the sneak attack?"

He criticized very much that if a high-level assassin comes today, he can at least press the murderous aura until the moment before taking action; and a top assassin can even complete the assassin without exerting murderous aura at all, and then escape unstoppable.

The waiter in front of me... is too unprofessional.

"Okay! What a Lin Yuancheng." The next second, the middle-aged man at the same table spoke again, "It's really a pity to give you a knife behind the scenes. It's still the way to die with thousands of knifes, which is worthy of the leader of you, the Young Hero Association!"

When he finished speaking, everyone in the entire restaurant, from the shopkeeper to the client, to the silk-clothed ones, cloth-clothed ones, shirtless ones, carrying loads, carrying baskets, carrying bags... all stood up and looked coldly in the direction of Lin Yuancheng.

They hid handfuls of weapons in their luggage and took them out slowly and held them in their hands.

Almost at the same time, Lin Yuancheng felt a little dizzy. I thought... it was a small piece of dessert and a small mouthful of tea that he had just eaten "worked".

"Hmph..." Lin Yuancheng calmed down, snorted coldly, then shook his hand and threw the waiter out, kicked the table in front of him again, and drew his sword and swept it.

Although this action forced him to retreat the people closest to him and drew a clearing space with a radius of one sword as the center, the situation was still not optimistic. He was still surrounded by dozens of killers holding weapons in a not-so-wide room. Moreover, he had already heard a little movement even on the roof...

"You don't seem to be very scared?" Looking at Lin Yuancheng's cold expression, the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask again.

"Why are you afraid?" Lin Yuancheng asked.

"Aren't you afraid of death?" said the middle-aged man.

"If I die here, I mean I am just like this." Lin Yuancheng said, "It's better to say that I should be ashamed rather than being afraid."

"Ha..." the middle-aged man sneered, "Do you look down on us?"

"Then do you think of yourself?" Lin Yuancheng asked back.

This question made the other party stunned...
To be continued...