With a reproachful shout, two men entered the inn. One was burly and powerfully built; the other wore blue robes and carried himself with elegant grace, his features strikingly handsome.
The brawny man held a yellow longsword, plain and ancient-looking, without any dazzling golden light. The handsome man in blue robes also carried a longsword, but his was unlike an ordinary blade: blue-green, as though cast from jade.
"Who are you? How dare you make a racket while the Red Cloud Sect is conducting its business!" the leading Red Cloud Sect disciple barked.
"Heh, what a temper!" the handsome young man laughed, seemingly unconcerned and about to provoke him.
"Don't cause trouble!" The brawny man stopped him, then cupped his hands toward the Red Cloud Sect disciples. "I am Guo Dingshan of the Plain Cloud Sect. This is Li Changmei of the Azure Cloud Sect."
"Guo Dingshan!" "Li Changmei!"
The moment those two names were spoken, the entire inn erupted in an uproar. So this brawny man was Mountain-River Sword Guo Dingshan, and the handsome man in blue robes was Azure Nether Sword Li Changmei. No wonder neither feared the Red Cloud Sect.
"It's Mountain-River Sword and Azure Nether Sword! I never expected those two to turn up here."
"I heard they'd left their mountains some time ago. Naturally, they're here for Liu Xiaofei. Apparently, those three have already brought down Canglang Sword Zhang Tingen and Lihuo Sword Wang Peijun one after the other. Plenty of people are questioning the strength of the Five Divine Swords now. These two must be here to capture Liu Xiaofei."
"Exactly. One defeat would have been one thing, but with two of them brought down, Liu Xiaofei's fame has already surpassed the Five Divine Swords. Only by capturing him can they prove that the