Han Jiqing twitched the corner of his mouth, how dare he try to take advantage of Murong Bai.
The two of them arrived early, the agreed time was noon, the sun slowly passed over their heads, and people came here one after another.
Feng Yao of Xueyue Villa, Song Shuping of Tianshan Sect, and Zhao Wanfang of Mengjiazhuang arrived successively, leaving only Li Xin'an and Murong Bai who had not shown up yet.
At noon, the two protagonists of today's cocktail party finally arrived belatedly.
Several people went out to greet them, but were surprised to find that Li Xin'an and Murong Bai had brought others to the banquet.
"Mr. Murong and Mr. Li, you two are really punctual." Gu Yi teased, "If you don't show up until noon, it's easy for us to wait."
"Hahaha, I overslept. I overslept. Senior Brother Gu, don't blame me." Li Xin'an said with a smile.
Han Jiqing glanced at the two people following Li Xin'an. One of them didn't have anything with him, but his brows were full of sharp murderous intent. The other one was quite cold, with a long black sheath knife on his waist.
As if feeling Han Jiqing's gaze, the man holding the knife turned around and looked at him. With just one glance, Han Jiqing realized that this person was anything but simple.
The coldness in his eyes is definitely something that can only be seen by someone who has climbed out of a pile of dead people!
"Who are these two?" Han Jiqing asked, sweating.
Li Xin'an smiled and said: "It's my friend. This is Zhou Bian, the successor of Shen Gong Sect. To be honest, Xuanyuan Youpeng did not die in my hands. Strictly speaking, he was the hero who killed Xuanyuan Youpeng."
It’s Brother Zhou who is right.”
"Oh? Why is this?" Gu Yi and others asked in surprise.
"Xuanyuan Youpeng has practiced a forbidden technique in the Demon Shadow Pavilion. When he is about to die, he can turn himself into a soulless and invulnerable puppet-like thing. This is equivalent to him having two lives." Li
Xin'an explained, "In the beginning, it was Brother Zhou who shot Xuanyuan Youpeng to death with one arrow. I was just the puppet that Xuanyuan Youpeng became after killing him."
"You can actually shoot the master of the Demonic Shadow Pavilion to death with one arrow." Zhao Wanfang said in surprise, "Since the fall of the Shen Gong Sect, very few descendants of the archer lineage have appeared in the world, and most of them have joined the army.
.Since Junior Brother Zhou Bian has reappeared in the world as a descendant of the Shen Gong Sect, why not spread the word about his success in shooting Xuanyuan Youpeng to revitalize the Shen Gong Sect?"
Zhou Bian said calmly: "The past has passed. Although I am a descendant of the Shen Gong Sect, I don't have much yearning for the world."
Li Xin'an smiled and said: "Zhou Bian's identity is a bit special, so I can't say clearly. If the assassination of An Lushan is successful, Zhou Bian will go to the border to join the army."
"I see, are you determined to join the army?"
Gu Yi said: "Since Senior Brother Zhou can kill Xuanyuan Youpeng with one arrow, it should be much easier to assassinate An Lushan with him here."
"Xuanyuan Youpeng is not as good as An Lushan. After all, the latter is the military governor of the three towns with an army of 300,000 people. He has countless masters around him. There may be someone more dangerous than Xuanyuan Youpeng." Li Xin'an frowned and said, "But
Just infiltrating Fan Yang is as difficult as climbing to the sky. How to kill him, I still have no idea."
Han Jiqing turned to Xiao Xuangan and asked, "Who is this brother?"
"Oh, this is Mobei Swordsman, Xiao Xuangan, Brother Xiao."
Song Shuping said: "Master Xiao's mastery of swordsmanship has made all the masters admired. They also wanted to accept Master Xiao as a disciple, but it's a pity that Master Xiao refused. Otherwise, I would have a sixth junior brother."
Han Jiqing's pupils shrank. Since he was the talent chosen by Xu Hanying, it meant that he, Han Jiqing, had not misjudged him.
Murong Bai did not dare and could not make mistakes, Li Xin'an was snatched away by Gu Guyi, Song Shuping and Zhao Wanfang were both first-class minor masters, Feng Yao was a girl, and Zhou Bian was an archer.
The only opponent Han Jiqing wanted to choose the most was Xiao Xuangan.
He had an inexplicable feeling in his heart that he was not even Xiao Xuangan's opponent.
Several people walked into the restaurant. Two tables were put together to form a large square table. Murong Bai took the main seat, Gu Yi, Zhao Wanfang, Han Jiqing and Feng Yao sat on his right side, and Li Xin'an, Song Shuping, Zhou Bian, and Xiao Xuangan sat on his left.
The shopkeeper served the food and wine,
Although there is nothing special, in Shennongjia, where there are only wild vegetables, such meat and wine is also a rare delicacy.
After three rounds of drinking, Gu Yi took the lead in proposing a fight.
"Mr. Li, I, Gu Yi, am not the kind of person who meanders around, so I told you directly. I want to have a fight with you to learn about the level of the hero who killed Xuanyuan Youpeng. Let me learn from you.
The swordsmanship of the Sword Saint lineage."
Li Xin'an put down his chopsticks and rubbed his head: "Oh... Although I guessed that this would happen, Brother Gu, you are too straightforward. Scholars, you shouldn't speak like a scholar."
Gu Yi said: "We at Qilin Academy are not poor and rotten scholars. We have always said what we have to say. Those kind of people who are full of tricks are the most despised by me, Gu Yi, in my life."
Zhao Wanfang smiled and said, "Junior Brother Gu is right, the people from Qilin Academy are famous for their bad tempers."
The gentle face of Shen Yan, the dean of Qilin Academy, appeared in Li Xin'an's mind: "Really?"
Gu Yi asked again: "Master Li, can you give me a favor?"
"Of course." Li Xin'an stood up slowly, raised his sword and left the table.
"Senior Brother Gu, where should we choose?"
Gu Yi said in a deep voice: "It's right here."
"It's not very good to fight in other people's stores."
"It doesn't matter, I will compensate myself."
Li Xin'an smiled and said: "In that case, I will let go and smash things. To be honest, I quite like smashing things. It is much more interesting than practicing swordsmanship."
The two walked to a spacious place and moved the tables and chairs. The rest of the people no longer wanted to eat, removed the food and drinks, and went to the second floor to watch.
Li Xin'an and Gu Yi made a sword salute to each other. After greeting each other, they exchanged hands without any politeness.
Several people onlookers watched the battle intently, for fear of missing something.
"It's really strange." Feng Yao whispered.
"What is Miss Feng wondering about?" Song Shuping asked.
"The two of them." Feng Yao said, "Senior Brother Li and Senior Brother Gu are usually free and uninhibited in nature, very kind and easy to get along with. But as soon as they hold the sword, they seem to be different people, and their moves are all powerful.
I have no mercy at all, I am just risking my life. They are not enemies, why are they doing this?"
"Because they are all swordsmen."
Murong Bai said solemnly: "Swordsmen, with or without swords, they are two people. Since you have a sword in your hand, you must be worthy of this sword and go all out to defeat the opponent in front of you. It is against yourself and your own sword.
, which is also the greatest respect for the opponent.”
Feng Yao didn't have such high attainments in swordsmanship. This simple girl just felt that since we were companions, we shouldn't kill each other during the sparring match.
While he was talking, the situation on the field was already overwhelming.
Li Xin'an is great, Gu Yi.
Although he has never learned the swordsmanship from Qilin Academy, he has heard the world-famous Li Qinglian mention that the sword skills of Qilin Academy should be steady rather than urgent, defensive rather than offensive, and long-lasting rather than temporary.
In other words, as long as time goes by, Gu Yi can drag Li Xin'an to death.
However, the "Ten Thousand Life Sword Art" practiced by Li Xin'an is exactly the ever-changing sword technique. Gu Yi wants to delay, but Li Xin'an insists on using fast to defeat Gu Yi's defense in the shortest possible time.
Leaves are falling, flowers are blooming, grass and trees are blooming again, snow is falling, clouds are disappearing, cranes are chirping in the sky, the sky is in four seasons... The sword moves are followed by sword moves, and the extremely fast fighting style makes Gu Yi panicked and overwhelmed.
The sword energy flew across the restaurant. Wherever the two of them passed, tables and chairs were scattered and broken wood flew everywhere.
Gu Yi finally lost his strength and was defeated. Li Xin'an put a sword on his forehead. With a little force, he could be sent to see the Lord of Hell.
"No fight, no fight." Gu Yi was sweating profusely, waving his hands and saying, "I can't beat you, Mr. Li, I give up."
Li Xin'an withdrew his sword and calmed down his internal strength, but his fatigue was also evident.
Gu Yi admitted defeat simply and neatly, but Li Xin'an could feel it. Gu Yi did not use all his strength to prevent the two of them from completely losing their minds.
It's a shame. If the two of them fight with all their strength, Li Xin'an will not be as good as Gu Yi.
"Young master Li's swordsmanship is indeed superb." Gu Yi said sincerely in admiration, "The swordsmanship changes endlessly, and he can take eccentric and dangerous turns, which makes me overwhelmed."
"Senior Brother Gu, you're welcome." Li Xin'an said, "After all, we didn't have a good fight today. If we are lucky, we can come back from the three towns alive. We must compete again!"
"must!"
Applause rang out from upstairs. This competition was an eye-opener for them all.
Just when several people were about to go downstairs to congratulate, Han Jiqing interrupted them.
"Wait a moment."
Everyone looked at him in surprise. Han Jiqing stared at Xiao Xuangan with burning eyes and said:
"Ji Qing has taken the liberty of inviting Young Master Xiao to a match. I wonder if Young Master Xiao can agree?"
Although Han Jiqing's move was indeed presumptuous and confusing, it was common for people to fight each other in the arena, so several people could understand it.
Moreover, these people next to them also wanted to see what Xiao Xuangan, who was highly regarded by Xu Hanying, was capable of.
Xiao Xuangan frowned. Faced with Han Jiqing's invitation, he did not give an immediate reply, but looked at Li Xin'an.
Li Xin'an nodded: "Since we are going to travel together in the future, we should get to know each other and have a good idea."
"Okay." Xiao Xuangan agreed and said calmly: "Where to go?"
"Just go down below," Han Jiqing said.
"Let's go outside." Xiao Xuangan walked out of the building, "You and I can't hold it back, I'm afraid the place will be demolished."
"That's fine."
The two walked to the wide space outside the building and faced each other from a distance. The others followed them out, far away from them.
The collision between Xiao Xuangan and Han Jiqing's swords was bound to be much more intense than the battle between Li Xin'an and Gu Yi.
Han Jiqing drew his sword, which ranked fourth in the famous sword list, higher than Murong Bai's "Fengming" sword "Hai Boping".
Xiao Xuangan also drew out his knife.
When the "Red Blood" knife appeared in front of everyone, they were all shocked. The blood energy and evil energy wrapped around the knife seemed to have substance. From such a distance, they were oppressed and their hearts tightened.
"What is this?" Zhao Wanfang said with a stern expression, "What an evil knife."
"Demon sword, red blood." Song Shuping said slowly, "The sword of the great demon Ren Songhe has been sealed in the arsenal of our Tianshan Sect. Later, it was given to Mr. Xiao by my junior sister."
"I have also heard about the Red Blood Sword." Zhao Wanfang frowned and said, "Devil Sword Devourer, how can such a dangerous knife be used again!"
"Brother Xiao said something." Li Xin'an said aloud, "A knife, no matter how dangerous it is, is still just a dead thing, an inanimate thing, so why should it affect him?"
"But the masters of the Red Blood Sword, without exception, all Shi Xin went crazy and died at the hands of others. The Red Blood Sword is an unknown sword after all. Whether it is for himself or the people around him, I don't think the Red Blood Sword should be used by him.
.”
Li Xin'an said: "Then maybe this battle can make Senior Brother Zhao change his mind."
"Brother Xiao, he is not the wimp like before." This chapter has been completed!