Chapter 644 - 644 18_2
644: Chapter 18_2 644: Chapter 18_2 Zhao Tongtian warned, “There are many people watching you now, you must be careful, after all, Prince Jiangning also went to the South Border…”
“Isn’t that better?
New grudges and old grievances can be settled together.”
Xie Xuanyi said faintly, “Taking this opportunity, I can lure out those who harbor killing intent against me but have been hiding in the shadows.”
“Very well.”
Zhao Tongtian let out a long sigh.
Actually, his original intention for leaving Golden Turtle Peak and coming to the Thirty-three Cave Heavens this time was to persuade Xie Xuanyi not to participate in the demon-slaying mission.
Zhao Tongtian was well aware that this was the most rational course of action.
But he also knew.
Xie Xuanyi’s personality would not heed advice.
Not to mention Xie Xuanyi, even Zhao Tongtian himself would not choose such avoidance.
Whether it be the Xie Family or Yin Mountain.
In his previous life, the “grudges” Xie Xuanyi carried and the “betrayals” he suffered were indeed too many.
If Xie Xuanyi were replaced with himself…
He asked himself, if he had a second life to relive, he would probably be even more radical.
The Sword Dao inherited from Golden Turtle Peak was the most vigorous.
Only advancing, never retreating; better to break than to bend…
Thus, deep down, Law Enforcement did not really wish for Xie Xuanyi to choose to “hide” at Golden Turtle Peak.
He was comforted that Xie Xuanyi had made the decision he had hoped for.
But upon closer thought, he found it somewhat absurd.
In the previous life, he was always scolding Xie Xuanyi for not following rules, for being too flamboyant, for constantly opposing him.
But in this life, the two frequently at odds individuals inexplicably had many similarities.
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Lotus Peak.
Dozens of Sword Qi fluttered in the sky above the dojo.
These Sword Qi all came from Xu Nianning, the eldest daughter of the Xu Family in Bingzhou.
Her Sword Dao aptitude was quite extraordinary, ranked seventeenth on the Heavenly Pride List.
Because of her cultivation in the mountains, she had not displayed her skills before outsiders, thus her ranking hadn’t fluctuated.
Yet with her dedicated cultivation over this period, Xu Nianning had already advanced to the eighth realm of the Grotto Heaven.
At this age, Xu Nianning’s Sword Dao realm would be considered an extremely high achievement anywhere.
However.
In the current battle at the dojo, she merely held a slight advantage and had not fully grasped the situation.
Dozens of flying swords swirled and attacked, but were repeatedly dodged by a thin, small figure…
These flying swords showed no “mercy”, Xu Nianning sat in mid-air with a solemn expression, focusing all her energy on controlling the flying swords.
However, on the ground of the dojo, a young man carrying a heavy sword ran like the wind, continually breaking through the Sword Qi formation, shortening the distance between them!
Flying sword attacks must avoid getting close.
Xu Nianning kept accelerating the attack speed of the flying swords, trying to halt the young man.
But the faster the flying swords went.
The more ghostly the young man’s steps became.
Twenty feet, ten feet——
Xu Nianning’s forehead unconsciously seeped some sweat.
A few days ago, Mountain Master Huang Su took Duan Zhao to Suiqing Ridge for cultivation.
Unexpectedly, since the boy returned, his progress had been rapid…
Originally, in such a contest, she wouldn’t have broken a sweat even after ten rounds, but now, the fight had only just started, and she already felt pressured.
Ultimately!
Duan Zhao jumped on the spot, causing a brick on the dojo to sink into a pit.
He leaped high into the air, lifting the heavy sword above his head as if it had turned into a huge club, ready to strike down heavily!
“Clang clang clang!”
Xu Nianning seized this extremely rare opening, gathering dozens of flying swords, half to form a screen to block above her head, the other half converging into a Sword Qi stream, attacking the waist!
Crash!
The Sword Qi screen was shattered by the heavy sword, scattering on the ground.
Xu Nianning grunted softly, also falling from mid-air but managing to maintain her posture…
On the other side, Duan Zhao, leaving his defenses wide open as he put all his strength into the attack, was struck by the Sword Qi stream, spinning at high speed like a top before eventually being flung out.
“What a pity, that move was a little slow.”
A casual voice sounded in mid-air.
Duan Zhao’s flung figure was caught by someone; the boy widened his eyes in disbelief, staring at the black-clad young man in front of him.
“Young Mountain Master?!”
Duan Zhao’s face filled with joy.
It had been a long time since their last meeting.
To create an unguarded “perfect assassination opportunity” for Xie Zhen, Duan Zhao, who had been guarding the Chen Mansion in the Imperial City, was taken by Huang Su to Suiqing Ridge for training.
Afterwards, he returned to Da Sui Sword Palace, dreaming of Xie Zhen day and night.
The incident involving the Fan Yin Temple delegation was an extremely dangerous mission.
Worried about Xie Zhen’s safety, the boy even used the Wind and Thunder Bracelet to contact his parents on Wangyou Island, but fortunately, the news he received was good.
The master of Wangyou Island, skilled in divination, had given a message of reassurance.
Despite this, Duan Zhao was still somewhat depressed.
He had traveled thousands of miles away from home to Da Sui Sword Palace for the sake of “Xie Xuanyi’s” swordsmanship…
Xie Zhen, being Xie Xuanyi’s direct disciple, taught him swordsmanship with great precision.
While Mountain Master Huang Su’s swordsmanship was also exceptional, compared to Xie Zhen, it always seemed to lack something.
Due to consideration, Duan Zhao couldn’t point this out directly, thus he could only bury himself in cultivation.
He often tried to escape during this period, but unfortunately, “easy to get on, difficult to get off the boat,” the boy didn’t know that after he contacted his parents with the Wind and Thunder Bracelet, Wangyou Island had actively connected with Law Enforcement, hence his repeated escape attempts ended in failure.
At some unknown time, the black-clad young man appeared at the end of the Lotus Peak mountain steps, rubbing Duan Zhao’s head: “It’s me…
Your swordsmanship has progressed significantly during this period.”
“It’s all thanks to the good teachings of the Mountain Master.”
Duan Zhao grinned: “There were many Great Demons at Suiqing Ridge, and the Mountain Master led me there to kill them merrily.”
“Is that so?”
Xie Xuanyi smiled: “If you had exerted a bit more strength with that sword, you might have won.”
Duan Zhao’s cultivation realm couldn’t match Xu Nianning’s.
He was currently in the fifth realm of the Grotto Heaven.
But between cultivators, in confrontations and killings, the realm was never the most important.
The boy’s sword move just now was quite fierce.
If he truly risked his life to make that attack.
“It’s all thanks to the good teachings of the Mountain Master.”
Duan Zhao grinned: “There were many Great Demons at Suiqing Ridge, and the Mountain Master led me there to kill them merrily.”
“Is that so?”
Xie Xuanyi smiled: “If you had exerted a bit more strength with that sword, you might have won.”
Duan Zhao’s cultivation realm couldn’t match Xu Nianning’s.
He was currently in the fifth realm of the Grotto Heaven.
But between cultivators, in confrontations and killings, the realm was never the most important.
The boy’s sword move just now was quite fierce.
If he truly risked his life to make that attack.
“I am back.”
Nodding towards the other side of the dojo.
Duan Zhao and Xu Nianning’s Sword Qi duel.
Huang Su was naturally present.
“…Returning is good.”
At this moment, sitting at the far end of the dojo, Huang Su responded indifferently.
Regarding Xie Zhen, she harbored some resentment in her heart.
Traveling east with the Fan Yin Temple delegation and being dispatched to Li Kingdom was a highly risky matter.
Luring Yuan Jimo alone was even more dangerous.
After that, there was the desperate situation on Qixia Mountain, the deadlock in Yuan Province…
Huang Su had learned about it by hearing the Book Tower Investigator’s reports.
Everyone in Da Sui Sword Palace was incredibly concerned with the movements of “Xie Zhen,” and she was no exception.
Huang Su knew that recently the Book Tower Investigators were stirring up publicity in Jiangning, most likely because Xie Zhen had safely returned to Sword Palace, thus she patiently waited at Lotus Peak, but this wait…
lasted for half a month!
After experiencing such a perilous journey and returning to Sword Palace, he didn’t come to see her.
How absurd was this?
She was, after all, Xie Zhen’s aunt, Lotus Peak had yet to pass on its heritage, logically, she should be the Mountain Master now!
Now he decides to return!
Too late!
Just when Huang Su was about to give Xie Zhen a reprimand, she suddenly furrowed her brows, abruptly waking up from her meditative state, staring in surprise at the young man before her: “You’ve broken through to Yin God?”
Just this one sentence.
There was a sudden silence throughout the Lotus Peak dojo.
“Yes.”
Xie Xuanyi smiled: “By luck.”