Who among the gangsters wants to fall in love?

Chapter 22: Swords Enter the Jianghu (Two in One)

Zhao Wumian waved goodbye to everyone and then grabbed the Snow Owl and left. The Snow Owl flapped its wings, perhaps wanting to peck him, but unfortunately it was too fat, so it had to give up.

Guan Yunshu looked at Zhao Wumian's back with a calm expression. It was unknown what she was thinking. After a while, she stood up and said, "Goodbye, everyone."

Pei Yuzhong was slightly stunned, "Miss Yunshu is leaving too?"

"None of your business."

Although Pei Yuzhong had a kind attitude, Guan Yunshu ignored him at all. He said something indifferently and left Yehua Tower one after another with Zhao Wumian.

“This…” The young Taoist priest Xuanliu blinked his eyes. “Guan Yunshu is also a Buddhist, how can he be so unkind to others… Doesn’t Buddhism emphasize being kind and compassionate to others?”

Pei Yuzhong rubbed his brows, picked up the wine glass and drank it silently, exhaled, his face was slightly bitter, and he covered his face and said:
"She is like this. I vaguely remember that when I was four years old, my father took me and my aunt to Xiaoxitian to pray to Buddha. As a result, we ran into Guan Yunshu practicing martial arts alone in the courtyard. I was playing around and got lost, so I wanted to go up and ask her. As a result, she thought I was noisy and was ready to beat me. Fortunately, my aunt came to find me..."

"Your aunt rescued you?"

"No... My aunt was ten years old at the time, and she was also very aggressive. She rolled up her sleeves and was about to beat her up, but she ended up getting beaten up by Guan Yunshu and started crying. I fainted out of fear."

After hearing this, both of them couldn't hold back. Tian Wenjing clapped his hands and laughed. "I saw that Brother Pei was so respectful to Guan Yunshu, and I thought he liked nuns, who were more exciting... but it turned out that he was scared."

Pei Yuzhong just looked bitter and shook his head lightly, "Who dares to like such a weird woman with an unpredictable personality and unstable emotions... Even the brother Zhao she brought here, I dare not disrespect him."

"If that's the case, then Brother Zhao must have some extraordinary qualities to be appreciated by Guan Yunshu." Tian Wenjing waved his fan coquettishly, "Great, I admire you. If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely make friends with him and learn his skills."

After buying the candied haws, the woman carried her daughter all the way back to her home on Shisong Street.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, piling up layer upon layer. Yan Yan held the candied haws stick with her little hands and waved it back and forth, babbling something in her mouth. It was probably that she was using the candied haws stick as a sword.

Yan Jiu was indeed very confident that he could become a disciple of Prince Jin's Mansion. After all, he was still the top scholar. Therefore, when he came to Taiyuan, he directly bought a small courtyard on Shisong Street for his wife and daughter to live in, obviously intending to live there for a long time in the future.

Shisong Street is a first-class location in Taiyuan, quiet and elegant. Next to the yard is an artificially maintained garden. Most of the people living nearby are businessmen. There is a shortage of coal in this season, so merchants will naturally not miss the good opportunity to make money. Most of them are away, so every household in Shisong Street is basically dark.

The woman came to the inner room, groped in the dark, put Yan Yan on the soft couch, covered her with bedding, locked the doors and windows, pinched her soft little face, and then prepared to light a lamp, get water, wash up and rest.

The oil lamp was lit, and as the flames gradually filled the dark room, the woman suddenly saw a tall man sitting at the table, playing with a teacup in his hand.

The woman's body trembled violently, her eyes widened, then she turned around without hesitation, picked up Yan Yan, and ran away.

"After all, she is a woman who has followed Yuan Kui all over the country, so her reaction is quite quick." Jiang Bai muttered, and then flicked his fingers, and the teacup in his hand suddenly flew out.

Just as the woman was about to escape out the door, the teacup hit her calf, causing her to groan in pain and fall in front of the door.

Yan Yan was also thrown down, and tears immediately came out from her eyes due to the pain.

The woman hurriedly hugged Yan Yan tightly, and out of the corner of her eye she saw Jiang Bai had come behind her without her knowing, his tall figure almost blocking out all the light.

This man came to kill her... The woman was not stupid, she just couldn't understand why she was in Taiyuan City, which was considered the safest city in Jin, but still had enemies coming to her door. Killing people at will under the feet of the vassal king, wasn't she afraid of being punished by the King of Jin?

Although she had traveled around the world with Yan Jiu for a period of time, she was just a woman after all, and she would probably never guess that the person who killed her was sent by the King of Jin, whom her husband had wanted to join.

"I'll send your husband away soon." Jiang Bai had no interest in killing women and children, and he didn't want to talk too much with such ignorant women. He just said this lightly and drew the long sword from his waist.

At this moment, Jiang Bai suddenly raised his head and looked out the window. There was continuous snow and wind outside the house, so from inside the house, countless black spots could be seen flowing on the window paper, but a human figure was vaguely visible among the dense black spots.

Based on the shadows, one could vaguely see a figure wearing a conical hat, with a long sword on his waist and a long spear in his hand.

boom!
In the next instant, the doors and windows suddenly shattered, and the wind and snow outside the house rushed into the house like a dam opened. A snow-white spear mixed in the snowflakes suddenly stabbed towards Jiang Bai's heart. The speed was so fast that there was even a "snap" sound around the gun body.

After leaving Yuehua Tower, Zhao Wumian threw the fluttering Snow Owl directly into the sky, "Yan Jiu's wife and daughter are probably in danger. Whether we can save them depends on whether you can lead me to find them."

The snow owl had lost several feathers and it cried a few times with a hint of dissatisfaction, complaining about Zhao Wumian's rudeness. But at least it was smart, so after a few cries it flapped its wings and flew away, looking for the traces of Yan Jiu's wife and daughter.

Guan Yunshu followed Zhao Wumian out of Yehua Tower and asked, "Yan Jiu's wife and daughter? Are you Yan Jiu's good friend?"

"If you accept a favor, you must repay it." Zhao Wumian tilted his head to look at her. "In the worst case, I think you will have to fight with Jiang Bai... You are also very upset with him, right? Let's beat him together?"

Guan Yunshu shook his head calmly upon hearing this, "I was born only to step into the mortal world and experience the world, not to interfere... I will just watch from the sidelines."

"So aloof from the world? No feelings at all?"

"I don't have any feelings for you. I'm just curious about you." Guan Yunshu held up his oil-paper umbrella to block the snow and spoke mercilessly.

"Monks really don't tell lies. How can you be so venomous?" Zhao Wumian shook his head slightly. He didn't expect this nun to join him in dealing with Jiang Bai.

The two exchanged a few words, and then the Snow Owl flapped its wings and flew over, calling out to Zhao Wumian a few times.

Zhao Wumian immediately understood what he meant and quickly followed.

Taiyuan is a prosperous city with no curfew. Even at night, the streets are still crowded. Zhao Wumian ran a few steps and almost bumped into someone. Feeling a little annoyed, he immediately jumped up from the ground and landed on the eaves of a building, causing the passers-by around him to exclaim in amazement.

Guan Yunshu was holding an oil-paper umbrella and strolling leisurely in the garden, but his pace was not slow at all, and he followed closely behind Zhao Wumian.

Zhao Wumian followed Xue Xiao and ran on the roof for a while. The surroundings became increasingly quiet and deserted, but he saw from afar the woman he had just met carrying Yan Yan into a house.

He immediately jumped down and landed in the yard. Soon he heard a groan of pain and the sound of someone falling from the house, followed by Yan Yan's crying. His face darkened, and he raised his hand to untie the black cloth covering Bi Bo. He walked forward quickly, and through the window paper, he could see a tall man standing in the house. Judging from his figure, it must be Jiang Bai.

Zhao Wumian became a little angry. As one of the two evil spirits under the command of King Jin, Jiang Bai deserved the title of martial arts master, but he actually attacked powerless women and children.

He stomped his feet on the ground, and two big holes appeared on the snow. His spear and arm were almost in a straight line, and he stabbed towards Jiang Bai with a terrifying sound.

The door and window were broken, and Jiang Bai's pupils shrank. He saw the person coming and was shocked. Wasn't this the unknown little person in Yehua Tower? His name seemed to be Zhao Wumian... Why did he appear here?

His mind was full of thoughts, and in just a moment the spear was close to him. His skin could feel a slight sting, but he was also a master-level figure. With a flip of his wrist, the long sword drew a semicircle in the air and then chopped directly on the spear, pressing it down, using a clever force.

clang!
The extremely piercing noise was so loud that the woman couldn't help but cover her ears. Then she saw Bi Bo being pressed down by the long knife and stabbed diagonally into the ground.

But Zhao Wumian never stopped rushing forward, so although the tip of the gun was inserted into the floor tile, the gun body was stretched into an arc that was almost a full moon. Seeing that there was only three steps between Zhao Wumian and Jiang Bai, Zhao Wumian immediately kicked the tip of the gun. The gun shaft, which was stretched to the extreme, instantly slid diagonally upwards due to the elastic force and Zhao Wumian's force.

Jiang Bai only felt a huge force coming from his palm, so strong that he couldn't even hold the long sword in his hand tightly. As soon as his palm loosened, the long sword immediately flew upwards and pierced into the ceiling, but the snow-white spear made a long and lingering "hum" sound and attacked Jiang Bai's neck at the same speed.

Jiang Bai immediately leaned back, and the tip of the gun passed across his chest, making a sharp friction sound, but not even breaking the skin. At the same time, his calf suddenly bounced up, and he kicked towards Zhao Wumian with the force of leaning back.

The master of external martial arts, who has reached the pinnacle of horizontal martial arts, Pei Yuzhong was right.

Zhao Wumian used his internal energy, turned his body, and kicked Jiang Bai's calf with his boots.

There was a loud bang and Zhao Wumian took several steps back, breaking the wooden door with his back before he could steady himself. Jiang Bai flew out like an arrow, smashing the wooden table, teapot and wardrobe along the way, and finally broke the wall and fell into the backyard.

The effect of true Qi is versatile. It can force out weapons from the body and strengthen the muscles and increase strength when condensed at a certain point. Thanks to Su Qingqi who helped Zhao Wumian master the use of internal energy yesterday, otherwise it would most likely be him who flew out at this moment... Now, if Zhao Wumian fights with Yan Jiu again, he will probably be able to take him down with ease.

Jiang Bai rolled on the snow and stood up with a slap. He was shocked. "Bi Bo!? How could he hold the spear that the prince gave him?!" Liu Ye was a coal boss who didn't know martial arts. If he had such a weapon, it would be strange if he didn't get robbed in the martial arts world. But this was the precious spear that the prince of Jin gave him. Once the prince of Jin was known, who would dare to take the risk of offending a prince to grab a spear? Are you going to die?
As Jiang Bai's doubts just arose, Zhao Wumian, fearing that Jiang Bai would escape, jumped up from the ground to a height of thirty meters, holding the spear in both hands. His body was like a longbow and the spear was like a full moon, as if carrying the power to split Mount Huashan, and smashed towards Jiang Bai with horror. The wind and snow around the spear were split directly, as if tearing a hole in the snow curtain.

The weapon used was one of the killer moves of 'Yun Ta Han Qiang', 'Ba Fang Wu Ji'.

"Hah!" Jiang Bai's heart suddenly sounded alarm bells. With nowhere to hide, he had to cross his arms and collide head-on with Bi Bo.

There was a loud bang, and the wind and snow around the two men were all blown in the opposite direction. Jiang Bai felt that the spear seemed to carry a thousand pounds of force. His muscles bulged and knotted, his shirt was torn apart, the snow under his feet was directly shattered, and cracks appeared on the floor tiles. He barely managed to block it, but his blood was also surging in his body.

Although 'Eight Directions Infinite' looks powerful and strong, it actually emphasizes Qi over strength, and relies on 'internal injuries' to kill the enemy. Zhao Wumian had not mastered the use of true Qi before, so this move could only be considered as having form but no spirit. Now is the first time he has used it properly.

Jiang Bai used his internal energy to stabilize his qi and blood, violently shook off the spear, and then threw a fierce punch at Zhao Wumian's heart.

Zhao Wumian is an extremely skilled martial artist, but he has never practiced horizontal kung fu, which means his defense is not high. If he were hit by a punch, his chest would probably be dented on the spot.

He took advantage of the force of Bi Bo's being shaken away and used his spear to push the snow, thereby raising his body more than ten feet high. He narrowly avoided the cannon punch, but Jiang Bai would not let go of Zhao Wumian's weakness of being in the air with nowhere to gain leverage. He stomped his feet hard and rushed up like a cannonball, hitting Zhao Wumian's raised spear.

Zhao Wumian had nowhere to gain leverage, he only felt a huge force coming from his hands, and then his body flew backwards and crashed directly into the garden next to the villa.

There are large areas of plum trees planted in the garden. It is in bloom and the whole garden is red.

At this moment Jiang Bai snorted coldly and rushed forward again, not giving Zhao Wumian any chance to counterattack.

But Zhao Wumian suppressed the rush of blood in his body, adjusted his body in the air, and inserted the spear in his hand upside down into the snow, causing it to tense again. Then, when the green waves collapsed to the extreme, Zhao Wumian bent his body, stepped on the spear, and slightly loosened his hand, and he rushed forward like an arrow.

As a black shadow passed by, the plum blossoms in the garden raised their large petals, mixed with snowflakes, and flew towards the direction where Zhao Wumian was rushing forward. It was a beautiful sight.

Jiang Bai had just stepped into the garden when he saw a dark shadow flash before his eyes. Zhao Wumian was already right in front of him.

Wipe————

But in the next moment, the long sword at Zhao Wumian's waist was unsheathed, and the sword rang out, like a crescent moon drawing a semicircle, and then the snow curtain in the sky was cut off by the sword, forming a horizontal vacuum line.

This move is the 'Moon Rising from the Four Seas' from the 'Moonlight Sword', which is a sword-drawing technique and also one of the killing moves.

"Moonlight Sword!?" Jiang Bai was horrified and his pupils shrank suddenly.

Even Guan Yunshu, who was standing on the eaves not far away and watching, was slightly stunned. For the first time, a look of surprise appeared on his cold and indifferent face.

Everyone knows that the Yuehua Sword is a secret of the Su family. The reason why Zhao Wumian can use it, other than that he learned it from the Su family, is that there is only one possibility... He is the mysterious man who escorted the legitimate princess back to Beijing!
He didn't flee and hide everywhere, but now he came to Taiyuan, where King Jin was standing! ? ?
How reckless is this!? And how courageous is this!?

Zhao Wumian's speed was too fast for Jiang Bai to react at all. In addition, his identity made Jiang Bai lose his mind for a moment, so in just a moment of distraction, the "Moon Rising from the Four Seas" had already passed through his neck, and blood splattered everywhere.

But Jiang Bai's horizontal training skills were too strong. Even though 'The Moon Rises from the Four Seas' used the force of the blue waves to bounce off, it only left a faint bloody mark on Jiang Bai's neck. It was not a fatal injury at all.

After a successful strike, Zhao Wumian flashed behind Jiang Bai like a ghost, stepped heavily on the snow, turned slightly, and stabbed again with the sword in his hand.

His neck was stinging, but Jiang Bai's fighting spirit had instantly vanished... He had to tell King Jin about this news! All he had to do next was send troops to seal off the city and search carefully. He would definitely find Luo Chaoyan, and then King Jin's great cause would be accomplished!

He became ruthless and turned to face Zhao Wumian. He forced himself to gather his inner energy and tried to withstand Zhao Wumian's attack. Then he immediately fled far away.

He can withstand Bafang Wuji, and Yuechu Sihai can only cause superficial injuries. What other moves does Zhao Wumian have to take his life in one move?

Jiang Bai had never been so grateful that he had learned the horizontal training method. He had nothing else but thick skin and flesh...

Just then, he suddenly saw that Zhao Wumian used the thumb of his free hand to pop out a small porcelain bottle.

Porcelain bottle...what's in it?
Jiang Bai had just begun to have doubts in his heart, but the next moment he saw Zhao Wumian's sword pierce through the porcelain bottle, and the dark blue liquid inside immediately splashed everywhere, a lot of it was stained on the sword. Then Zhao Wumian's sword suddenly pierced through the wind and snow, and stabbed Jiang Bai's throat, making a "clang" sound of metal clashing.

Jiang Bai only felt a huge force coming at him, and was actually held back by the long sword and retreated several steps until he crashed into the plum tree behind him. Then the surrounding snowflakes and plum blossoms were actually blown by the sword force and swept straight to the back. In a short moment, the plum tree with lush branches and leaves seemed to be swept by a typhoon, and it was immediately bare.

It was Zhao Wumian's "One Sword Style".

The dark blue liquid seeped into Jiang Bai's body along the scar on his neck. Jiang Bai suddenly realized at this moment that his true energy was disappearing at an alarming speed. Without true energy, the effectiveness of horizontal training would be greatly reduced... Although it was still more than enough to deal with ordinary martial artists, was the person in front of him an ordinary martial artist?

Zhao Wumian can’t break the defense value of 100, so can’t he break 50?

There was a look of surprise and regret in Jiang Bai's eyes. He just raised his hands to try to block the long sword, but the next moment the long sword pierced into his throat with a "whoosh". Zhao Wumian flipped his wrist, and his huge head flew up into the sky, blood splattering everywhere, cleanly and neatly.

Zhao Wumian didn't expect to get any information about King Jin from the two evil spirits, so he naturally wouldn't show any mercy.

He swung his sword in a flower shape, shook off the blood and poison on the sword, and whispered: "What kind of strange person is Luo Chaoyan's master? The poison is so powerful..."

Jiang Bai's body swayed slightly, and he collapsed on the snow. The places where the poison splashed were also emitting black smoke with a hissing sound, like sulfuric acid.

As a martial arts master, wouldn't he understand that losing his fighting spirit would only expose more flaws? It can only be said that when he became one of the two evil spirits under the command of King Jin, he was no longer a pure Jianghu person.

Guan Yunshu stood on the eaves of the villa, pursed her pink lips, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Wumian was the one who escorted the legitimate princess back to the capital. He should have fled everywhere, but now he appeared in Taiyuan... He was even able to go to Hequ to seek justice for the miners in such a crisis. No wonder Zhao Wumian said at the time that he couldn't get away, so he used her to destroy Qinfeng Village.

The most crucial point is that, as everyone knows, Yan Jiu once had a fierce battle with Zhao Wumian on the Dongmen Bridge outside Linshui, and Yan Jiu had a big hole in his stomach. But now, Zhao Wumian is protecting Yan Jiu's wife and daughter.

You have to know that Taiyuan is the foot of King Jin. Zhao Wumian did not keep a low profile and conceal his identity, but instead fought a big fight just to protect the family of the enemy who once wanted to kill him?
The person who assassinated Yan Jiu's family was actually the King of Jin, whom Yan Jiu wanted to surrender to.

Even though Guan Yunshu was a cool and indifferent person, his mind was a little confused by this matter.

At this moment, Zhao Wumian had already drawn out Bi Bo and came to the villa with a sword in hand.

The snow was falling heavily on his shoulders. Zhao Wumian stood in front of the woman and Yan Yan, holding a sword.

The woman was a little stunned, obviously unable to understand the situation, but she also realized that this was her lifesaver. With tears in her eyes, she leaned forward and bowed, choking with sobs, "Thank you for saving my life."

Yan Yan stopped crying. She smiled with her teeth that had not yet grown in, and waved her little hands at Zhao Wumian.

Zhao Wumian turned his wrist, grasped the long sword with his backhand, and then inserted it upside down on the snow. The clear sword body trembled slightly, reflecting the frosty moonlight.

"Yan Jiu is not dead, but this is his sword. Just think of him as protecting you and your daughter in secret."

As soon as these words came out, the woman couldn't hold back her tears. She said in a sobbing voice, "This is the benefactor's chivalry. From now on, our whole family will repay the benefactor's kindness by pledging to him."

Zhao Wumian shook his head slightly, then turned around and looked up at Guan Yunshu, who was looking at the world indifferently like the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens.

Guan Yunshu looked at him across the snow curtain.

"Don't you want to step into the world of mortals and experience the world?" Zhao Wumian paused for a moment, then said calmly:

"This is my world, just wait and see."

(End of this chapter)