“Vertical and horizontal.”
The sword light divides into two dragons, each in black and white, twisting around each other and swirling back and up into the air. The sword energy spreads across the four fields, sweeping across the eight wildernesses and six rivers.
This is the joint move of “Hundred Steps Flying Sword” and “Crossing the Eight Directions”, which Qing Yu named “Crossing the Eight Directions”.
The endless sword qi danced with the black and white twin dragons, covering the surrounding area and killing all the enemies.
In an instant, the Xuan Lu Xuan Ling was split up by the sword qi of “The Crossing”, and his body fell into the cold river without even a last word.
And Qingxu, he should have been dead. But a familiar white light enveloped Qingxu’s figure.
“Tch, the same old thing again.”
“No, no, there’s something new.”
Two strands of black and white Qi that seemed like nothingness and could actually be seen spilled out from Qing Xu’s body, turning into a round of black and white Tai Chi diagrams that kept spinning above Qing Xu’s head.
“A backhand left behind by the Tong Shen realm, Old Daoist Xuan Chen, how shameless.” Qing Yu spat disdainfully.
Generally speaking, even if one had a Tong Shen realm elder in their own family, they would not leave a Tong Shen realm move inside their offspring for their defence.
It was not that this was to foster the independence of the offspring, or that the Tong Shen realm elders understood that life and death had a destiny, but because the Tong Shen realm was already transcendent and not a mortal category, and the moves they left behind, hidden in the body of the offspring, would have a great impact on them.
The best consequence would be that the potential of the descendants left behind would be suppressed and it would be difficult to advance. Therefore, this way, one’s life is saved, but as long as the backhand remains in the body, it will be difficult to make progress.
By doing this, Xuan Chen could be said to have protected Qingxu to the extreme, after all, Qingxu had already lost to Gongzi Yu twice in a row under impossible circumstances. This third time, even with Xuan Ming to save the day, Xuan Chen was still uneasy.
However, Qing Yu had prepared for all sorts of things long before he came here, so would he not have considered that there would be a situation where Xuan Chen would leave a backhand?
It had only been two days since the Great Sun Buddha Light destroyed Fort Qian Gong!
With his hand, he took out a black jade pendant with the character “Qian” on it. On this jade pendant, there was a move left behind by the Shadow King, a powerful man of the Tong Shen realm.
Although it was weaker than a move left in a person’s body if it was left on the jade pendant by a formation, it was enough to break the Yin and Yang Qi that Xuan Chen had hidden in Qingxu’s body with the “Tai Xu Wu Ji Sutra”.
After all, the Shadow King was far stronger than Xuan Chen!
Qing Yu casually threw the black jade pendant at the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram above Qing Xu’s head.
When the diagram met the foreign object, it immediately triggered, crushing the black jade pendant and turning it into dust.
And just as the jade pendant was strangled, a fist seal appeared out of nowhere, and without any further ado, it smashed into the Taiji diagram with a single blow.
Simple, direct, fierce, overwhelming.
These four words instantly flashed through Qing Yu’s mind.
The Shadow King’s fist seal, hidden in the black jade pendant, instantly smashed the Taiji diagram without a trace, and did not leave the slightest aftermath.
And control.
A fifth word flashed through Qing Yu’s mind. The collision of two moves left behind by a Tong Shen realm powerhouse would surely produce an incomparably powerful aftershock. This aftershock was far beyond Qing Yu’s ability to withstand.
So the Shadow King’s fist seal gathered up this generated aftershock and broke it all together.
Strong, very strong. Just by looking at the fist seal that remained, one could catch a glimpse of how powerful the Shadow King’s martial dao was.
“Worthy of being an emperor among the Great Qian’s shadows, the Shadow King’s might is daunting.”
“But also aspirational.”
Qing Yu’s gaze turned to Qing Xu who was already preparing to flee, “It will not last but three times, this third time, it will be the time of your death.”
With a steep sweep of his figure, Qing Yu instantly appeared in front of Qing Xu and pushed him with a flat palm.
“Ah…” Qing Xu shouted, “You can’t kill me, the Four Elephants protect your body!”
The Qi of the Four Elephants circulated continuously around Qing Xu’s body, turning away all foreign forces.
“Return to one.”
A simple palm, but the qi within it covered the five elements of yin and yang, mixed with Qing Yu’s entire martial arts, either yin or yang, rigid or soft, more than one hundred and eighty types of qi transformed into a strange and slender line of true qi, converging in one palm.
“Boom…”
The power of the four elephants could transform one type of qi energy, two types of qi energy, but it was difficult to transform the palm of return to one that was formed by the combination of these one hundred and eighty types of qi energy. The qi of the four elephants that was circulating was instantly dispersed, followed by the white curtain of light formed by that strange treasure, and then after that, the body of Qing Xu.
“Have a good journey, Senior Brother Qing Xu.”
A look of disbelief appeared on Qing Xu’s face as he heard these last words, but he could not say anything more before his words were interrupted by the qi bursting apart within his body.
“Boom…”
There was another soft sound, this time Qing Yu struck with all his might, and the Qi energy contained within “Return to One” completely shattered Qing Xu into a bloody mist, leaving no remnants behind.
“Ding, the host has once again slaughtered a fellow disciple, and taken out the hope of the division, with a level of heartlessness that makes you want to shout out loud: well done. The system rewards you with a medium level draw.”
After all, killing Qing Xu was a milestone for Qing Yu in this life. After Qing Xu’s death, it was Xuan Chen’s turn.
The system’s praise was very subtle, though.
With a smile reluctantly tugging at the corners of his mouth, Qing Yu swept to the shore with a few taps on the river, which had re-forged with a thin layer of ice.
“You’re not running?” Qing Yu looked at the Daoist priest named “Qingming”.
The Daoist priest straightened his back and stared fiercely at Gong Zi Yu, who had killed his brother and uncle. At his feet was Chen Qinglin, who was dead and unconscious.
This poor benevolent brother couldn’t help but cheer out after seeing Qing Yu gain the upper hand, before he was simply finished off by Qing Ming who was in the middle of a heart attack.
“There are no greedy people under the True Martial Sect who are afraid of death.” Qingming spat out these words viciously.
“Good temperament,” Qing Yu clapped his hands in praise, “It’s just that the name is not very auspicious.”
Qingming, tsk, that name was the fate of someone who deserved to be incensed.
So, Qing Yu became his temperament.
——————
Two miles away from where Qing Yu was.
The scene here could be said to be vastly different from Qing Yu’s side. The silvery grey clouds in the sky were dispersed, the heavy snowfall had stopped at some point, and the thick snow on the ground had disappeared, revealing a dark, muddy ground.
The trees around, moreover, were not even visible, only a few roots still remaining in the ground.
Qing Xu’s greatest saviour on this trip, Xuan Ming, was staring intently at a black-cloaked figure on the opposite side, saying, “Is this the Shadow Tower’s way of making an unending truce with our True Martial Sect?”
The black cloaked figure, if one looked closely, could see a black “Qian” embroidered on his left chest, which represented his identity, he came from the Shadow Tower.
At this moment, this True Dan realm expert from the Shadow Tower said indifferently, “It is not that our Shadow Tower wants to make an unending truce with the True Martial Sect, but that your True Martial Sect is forcing the Shadow Tower to make an unending truce with you.”
“The Shadow King wants you to bring a message to Xuan Chen that the account of using the Shadow Tower is not yet finished.”
