Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

Although his appearance is different now, and his name is fake.

However, he really hadn't learned about the myriad faces and appearances.

"alright."

Fang Duobing nodded.

As the three were talking, on the stage, Ji Yuan, leaning on a bamboo stick, knocked down many people who wanted to step forward.

Not far away, Fo Bibaishi, Xiao Zijin, and Qiao Wanmian were all somewhat surprised. They had never seen this person before, but his martial arts skills were extremely high.

Furthermore, I don't know if it's just my imagination, but this person's wielding of the bamboo stick looks completely haphazard, yet there's a sense of familiarity about it.

Among the group, Yun Biqiu and Xiao Zijin, who had something to hide, felt a slight panic as they thought of Li Xiangyi.

This sense of familiarity came from Li Xiangyi.

Soon, the time it takes for an incense stick to burn was up, leaving only Ji Yuan on the stage.

With a flick of his bamboo stick, Ji Yuan sent the hanging silk flower into his hand.

"The fragrance fades, the fallen flowers have found their owner."

After an incense stick had burned out, Bai Jiangchun spoke.

"This friend looks unfamiliar; he's not an old friend from Sigumen?"

May I ask your name?

Ji Hanfo looked at Ji Yuan on the stage and asked.

"The Ji family of Jinling, a family with a long history."

Ji Yuan looked at the group of people opposite him and spoke.

"The Ji family of Jinling...the Ji family is not..."

A commotion immediately arose from the crowd.

"I didn't expect that there would still be descendants of the Ji family surviving. Brother Ji Yuan, then the opportunity to test your sword today will fall to you."

Ji Hanfo said with a smile.

Ji Hanfo looked at Ji Yuan, and was in a pretty good mood.

Because we both have the surname Ji, we are family.

There are so few people with the surname Ji that they are even happier when they encounter someone from their own family.

"Then I won't be polite."

As Ji Yuan spoke, he took out the Junior Master Sword from the side.

I looked at the Junior Master Sword. Although I already knew it was fake, it still looked quite convincing.

Then, Ji Yuan drew his longsword.

The hilt and scabbard looked quite decent, but Ji Yuan could tell from the blade that it was just an ordinary longsword.

At this moment, the crowd was all staring intently at the young master that Ji Yuan had pulled out.

Ji Yuan looked at the group of people opposite him and said, "Disciples, this sword is fake."

Ji Yuan's words were astonishing.

Everyone was stunned, and the people on the other side also looked displeased.

"impossible!"

Ji Hanfo immediately shook his head and said.

How could this sword be fake? Three days ago, Xiao Zijin and Qiao Wanmian brought the sword back. The academy leaders personally inspected it before storing it in the Baichuan Academy's sword room, where it was then strictly guarded. It was he and Shishui who retrieved the sword; there was absolutely no way someone could have switched it.

"If you don't believe me, come and see for yourselves."

Ji Yuan continued.

The group of people opposite immediately walked up to Ji Yuan.

"Leaving aside the fact that the blade looks so-so, just look at the hilt. I heard that the Junior Master Sword has a history of quite a few years."

But the hilt was brand new, without a single scratch; it didn't look like a battle-hardened sword, but rather like a newly forged blade.

Ji Yuan handed the sword to the group and then spoke.

Upon closer inspection, the group confirmed it was indeed the case.

Qiao Wanmian took the fake sword, examined it carefully, and then said with certainty, "This sword is indeed fake. This is not the young master I found!"

"Dean Ji, the sword has been switched!"

The group of people were stunned; it really was fake.

Good heavens! The Baichuan Academy, a renowned detective organization in the martial arts world, held a sword appreciation event, only to have the swords switched out. It's quite a funny situation.

Some people think this way, but they dare not say it out loud.

With the fake sword incident, the sword appreciation event naturally came to an abrupt end.

Baichuan immediately sent people to seal off Qingyuan Mountain. Fortunately, Qingyuan Mountain was only a small mountain, so sealing it off was not too difficult.

Their only hope now is that the sword thief hasn't left yet.

……

Sword Chamber.

A large group of people from Baichuan Academy arrived at the sword room.

Ji Yuan and the others also went along.

Upon arriving at the sword room, Ji Hanfo looked at the place where the swords were kept and said, "The sword room is heavily guarded. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be possible for the swords to be switched."

"Look, there seems to be a problem here."

Shi Shui pointed to the bottom of the platform where the swords were placed, which seemed to be slightly raised.

The deans immediately had the platform pushed away.

This platform is made of stone and is quite heavy.

The platform was pushed aside, revealing a hole with sides exceeding one meter in length.

"How did this tunnel come about? When was it dug?"

Bai Jiangchun said in disbelief.

"It seems the person who stole the sword did so through this tunnel. Shall we go down and take a look?"

Fang Duobing spoke up.

Xiao Zijin, who had a simp-like nature, quickly looked at Qiao Wanmian and said, "Wanmian, the air down in the tunnel isn't good. Don't trigger your asthma, so don't go down."

"No, the young master is missing. No matter what, I must find him myself. Let's go."

Qiao Wanmian said firmly.

The group talked for a while, then went down into the tunnel.

There were four people: Ji Yuan, four people: Fo Bi Bai Shi, Xiao Zi Jin, and Qiao Wan Mian, making a total of ten people.

We went down into the tunnel.

They discovered the body of Qiao Wanmian's maid by observing the tunnel.

The group figured out roughly what had happened.

Although Shao Shijian only arrived at Baichuan Academy three days ago, Qiao Wanmian had written to Ji Hanfo about this matter half a month ago. Therefore, as Qiao Wanmian's maid, this woman knew about the sword appreciation event half a month in advance.

She then conspired with others to dig this tunnel in advance, plotting against the young master.

As for the person who colluded with her, Li Lianhua guessed from the footprints that this person was at Pudu Temple.

On Qingyuan Mountain, only the people of Pudu Temple wear a kind of homemade straw sandals. These authentic footprints are the footprints left by those straw sandals.

Subsequently, they indeed found an exit leading to Pudu Temple through the tunnel.

……

At Pudu Temple, the group found the abbot, Master Wuliao.

Master Wuliao noticed Li Lianhua and gave her and Qiao Wanmian a meaningful look.

After the group explained their purpose, Master Wuliao, upon learning about the Baichuan Temple incident, immediately recalled that a new cook had arrived at Pudu Temple half a month ago, and promptly led his men to find him.

But when they arrived at the kitchen, the person had already vanished.

Buddha, Bai Shi, and the other three immediately gathered men to search the entire mountain for this person.

kitchen.

They found a letter that hadn't been completely burned yet. Through the letter, they learned that this person had deceived Qiao Wanmian's maid, making her help him steal the sword.

Once he got the sword, he immediately killed the maid.

Being love-struck is such a headache.

Master Wu Liao looked at the group and said, "I will have to trouble Master Xiao and this Benefactor Fang to take my two disciples down into the tunnel again to bring up the body of that female benefactor."

"no problem."

Xiao Zijin and Fang Duobing didn't think much of it, and simply clasped their hands in agreement before leaving with the two young monks from Pudu Temple.

Ji Yuan also spoke up, saying, "Master Wu Liao, let's go and search around to see if we can find the person who stole the sword."

As Ji Yuan spoke, he took Su Xiaoyong's hand and walked away.

Only Master Wule, Li Lianhua, and Qiao Wanmian remained at the scene.

Li Lianhua was quite certain that Master Wuliao did it on purpose, and Ji Yuan did it on purpose as well.