Sword from Songshan

Chapter 83 Rescue
In the courtyard of the Liu Mansion, there were people from the Five Sacred Sword Sects of Songshan, Huashan, Hengshan, Taishan and Hengshan, the Qingcheng Sect, the Beggars' Sect, Liuhe Sect, Haisha Gang, Shennv Peak and other martial arts sects, as well as martial arts celebrities such as the Two Friends of Qujiang, He Sanqi and Mr. Wen, nearly 200 people were sitting under the east wall.

No matter whether it was the master or the disciples, they all felt limp and could not exert any strength at all.

More than 20 men, young and old, all with white faces and no beards, stood in various places in the courtyard, watching over the Jianghu heroes. These people were dressed differently, and they should be the ones Liu Jing said, who had mixed in with the guests and poisoned them.

At the entrance to the main room on the north side, there was a grand master's chair, with a military commander sitting on it. Behind him stood two young lieutenants and seven or eight personal soldiers.

At the foot of the west wall, twenty or thirty corpses were piled together in a mess, with a large pool of blood and a large number of flies and insects lingering around.

"This is!"

Lu Nanxing hid behind the ridge of the main house on the north side. His eyes swept across the corpse under the west wall and his eyes widened instantly.

A tall and thin corpse was pressed underneath, with its head twisted and facing up. It was Lu Bai!

Lu Bai is actually dead.

Coming back to his senses, Lu Nanxing frowned and then looked to the east.

He didn't travel much in the world and knew only a few people, among whom were only a few familiar faces.

Lao Denuo, Yue Lingshan, and several young men dressed in the same clothes beside them should be from the Huashan Sect. Among them, a middle-aged man with a handsome face and a righteous expression must be the leader of the Huashan Sect, the Gentleman Sword Yue Buqun.

There were Yilin, Master Dingyi, and some other young nuns from the Hengshan Sect. Some of them looked familiar but I couldn’t remember their names.

The group of Taoists next to the Huashan Sect should be the Taishan Sect.

Among the people standing next to the Hengshan Sect, there was a short and fat middle-aged man who was dressed luxuriously and looked like a wealthy man. He should be Liu Zhengfeng and his disciples from the Liu Sect.

It is rumored that Liu Zhengfeng and Mr. Mo Da are not on good terms, so this time when he retires from the underworld, no other disciples of the Hengshan School will be seen except Liu Zhengfeng's disciples.

The remaining one was the Songshan School, which was the farthest away from Liu Zhengfeng. The only Taibao left was Ding Mian, and Fei Bin was not there, so he probably didn't come. In addition, there were at least 30 or 40 second-generation disciples such as Shi Dengda, Di Xiu, and Wan Daping, which was the largest number among all the schools.

After all, the Songshan Sect originally wanted to wipe out Liu Zhengfeng's entire family, so how could they do that with so few people?

As for the others, Lu Nanxing hardly recognized any of them. Some of them were dressed as beggars, so he guessed they were from the Beggars' Sect.

Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding~!

The sound of weapons clashing continued to be heard. In the center of the patio, two men were fighting.

A young man in a blue shirt was wielding a single sword. Lu Nanxing didn't know what kind of sword technique he used, but it looked like he was at the entry level.

The short, one-eyed middle-aged man opposite him was none other than Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect!
"How shameless."

Watching Yu Canghai and the blue-shirted young man fighting, Lu Nanxing snorted in disdain.

According to the rules mentioned by Liu Jing, as long as you defeat or kill one person, you can leave.

Yu Canghai, the head of a sect, actually challenged a junior just to get away. How could he not be shameless?

If the young man took the initiative to challenge Yu Canghai, it would naturally be impossible. After all, this would be tantamount to committing suicide.

"wrong."

While looking down on Yu Canghai, he watched the two men fight.

Lu Nanxing soon discovered that it was true that Yu Canghai was using the Songfeng swordsmanship, but compared to the night they fought, his moves were acceptable, but his speed and strength were indeed much inferior, at most only 30% of the level of that night.

Even though one of his eyes was blinded by Lin Zhennan, his martial arts shouldn't have regressed to this extent, right?

Bang~!

When Lu Nanxing was confused, Yu Canghai stabbed the young man's wrist with a sword and knocked him down with a single sword.

Without any hesitation, he stabbed the sword directly into the young man's chest.

Then the sword was drawn, and blood gushed out, spilling all over the courtyard.

The courtyard was already stained with blood.

"I won!"

The man fell to the ground and died. Yu Canghai turned to the general to the north.

"According to your rules, you should let me go!"

"of course."

The general nodded, smiling slightly.

"But the premise is that no one challenges you again."

"Humph."

Yu Canghai snorted coldly, stood with a sword in his hand, and looked at the heroes following the east wall.

Yu Canghai is a first-rate master. Not to mention the younger generations, even the leaders like Yue Buqun and Tianmen Taoist Priest would have to think twice if they wanted to challenge him.

Therefore, no one would challenge him unless there was a grudge.

He had just killed that young man, but he came from a small family in the underworld. There was only one family elder present this time, who was only of second-rate level. It was expected that he would not dare to stand up and avenge the young man.

Even if he dared, Yu Canghai would not take him seriously with his limited martial arts skills and didn't mind killing one more person.

Sure enough, no one spoke for a long time.

"Since there is no one, then I can..."

Yu Canghai had already thought about all this before inviting the young man to fight.

Seeing that he had succeeded, he asked the general to let him go.

"I come!"

Unexpectedly, before Yu Canghai could finish his words, a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd.

"Ok?"

Yu Canghai frowned instantly, turned his head with a gloomy face, and then his expression became serious.

I saw an old nun raising her hand with a deep look in her eyes.

"I would like to learn from Master Yu's great moves."

"she?"

Not only Yu Canghai, but everyone else was also surprised.

I never expected that she would intervene at this time.

Then they came to their senses. Most of the people were just watching the fun, while a few looked relieved, obviously disdainful of Yu Canghai's behavior of bullying the weak.

Only Yue Buqun frowned, with worry in his eyes.

"Master Dingyi!"

Yu Canghai's face was full of anger and he shouted loudly.

"There has never been any grudge between our Qingcheng Sect and Hengshan Sect. Why are you making things difficult for me today?"

"No reason, I just want to try Master Yu's tricks."

The one who spoke was Master Dingyi, who raised her head slightly with a cold expression.

"Ah."

On the roof, Lu Nanxing was secretly happy.

If Yu Canghai was allowed to get away like this, I think no one would accept it, but no one would dare to challenge Yu Canghai.

It is still Master Dingyi who has to take charge at the critical moment. It is ridiculous that these people claim to be heroes, but are outshined by a heroic woman.

"How ridiculous!"

Seeing that Master Dingyi didn't give him face, Yu Canghai's face darkened and he snorted coldly.

"You allowed your disciples to commit adultery, and even your status as a nunnery master has been stripped. How dare you fight me now!"

"shut up!"

Don't hit someone in the face, and don't expose someone's weaknesses. Master Dingyi became furious and glared at Yu Canghai.

Although the rumors last year have gradually subsided, the impact is still there. Master Dingyi has just finished facing the wall, and her status as the head of Baiyun Temple has not yet been restored.

From time to time, some related rumors spread in the world.

After facing the wall to reflect on her mistakes, this was the first time that Master Dingyi went down the mountain to walk, and when Yu Canghai's past was brought up, how could she not be angry.

"hateful!"

Disciples like Yihe were all filled with indignation. If they were not completely powerless at this moment, they would have drawn their swords and challenged the Qingcheng Sect to a duel.

During the year that Master Dingyi faced the wall, the disciples of Baiyun Temple not only had to endure rumors from the outside world, but also had to face the cold eyes and exclusion from other fellow disciples on the mountain. They can be said to have experienced the vicissitudes of life.

Now, after finally waiting for Master Dingyi to come back, I am actually being insulted. How can I be willing to do this?

"Master Dingyi! If you know what's good for you, I advise you to just sit still!"

"Cut the nonsense!"

Master Dingyi's face was filled with anger, and she took a deep breath before she calmed down a little.

"Since this is a free competition, and you can challenge that youngster, why can't I challenge you?"

"Master Dingyi! I advise you not to..."

"good."

Without waiting for Yu Canghai to finish speaking, the general spoke and then signaled to his men.

The deputy general behind him took the order and walked to Master Dingyi, took out a small bottle from his arms and put it under Master Dingyi's nostrils. After sniffing the gas in the bottle, Master Dingyi couldn't help but frowned, it was obviously not very pleasant. But she was still limp and weak just now, and then she stood up.

"That's the antidote..."

Lu Nanxing opened his eyes slightly and pondered in his heart.

After regaining her strength, Master Dingyi walked to the center of the courtyard with a sword in hand and spoke to the generals sitting there.

"You have only recovered 30% of my strength. I can't use many of the Hengshan School's exquisite sword techniques, and you won't be able to enjoy watching them. Why don't you give me more antidotes? Even if it can't cure all of it, at least let me recover 50% to 60% of my strength."

"Old nun, let's compete quickly and stop talking nonsense."

The general waved his hands, leaving no room for negotiation.

Nun Dingyi snorted coldly and said no more. She stood still on the field and drew out the sword in her hand.

"So that's it..."

On the roof, Lu Nanxing finally understood.

He had been wondering before, since everyone was poisoned and felt weak and powerless, how could they compete?

If you want to compete, you must first detoxify.

But once the poison is removed, there are many experts among the heroes. Aren’t these officers and soldiers afraid of their counterattack?

It turns out that there is a special antidote that only restores 30% of the strength and power.

In this way, they would not be paralyzed and unable to move, but with only this 30% of power, no matter who it was, it would be difficult to resist or escape.

"What a plan."

Lu Nanxing snorted coldly. At the same time, he had already figured out something about the poison.

Judging from the current situation, the one among the heroes is most likely Beisu Qingfeng!
In the past, the Western Xia Kingdom collected poisons from the Happy Valley in the Great Snow Mountain and refined them into water. Usually, they were stored in bottles. When the bottle stopper was removed, the poisonous water turned into steam and spread with the wind. It was colorless and odorless, and no matter how alert you were, you would not be able to detect it.

Once poisoned, the eyes will first feel stinging pain and tears will flow down, which is called "sorrow". The whole body will feel soft and unable to exert any strength, which is called "crispness". In addition, the body will feel colorless and odorless, which is called "clear breeze".

The antidote is also a gas, but it has an extremely strong stench. If there is no antidote, no matter how high your internal strength is, you cannot force the poison out.

Now that I think about it, more than 20 people from the other side mixed into the crowd in advance and released the sad and cool breeze together, which knocked down all the heroes present.

The reason why they themselves were not in any harm was because they had stuffed the antidote into their nostrils earlier.

"It's really amazing."

The Western Xia Dynasty had been destroyed for many years, and the recipe of Beisu Qingfeng should have been lost long ago, but it was unexpectedly reproduced by these people.

It is worthy of being the imperial court. No matter in terms of resources or capabilities, it is far superior to ordinary martial arts sects.

Moreover, he even created an antidote that could only restore 30% of one's strength. This level of skill is truly astonishing.

In addition, since it is a remake, the process or materials may be different from the original. So although the final effect is the same, there is no tearing at the beginning of the poisoning.

"You are looking for death, old nun!"

"I will learn from the Qingcheng Sect's high-level skills!"

While he was thinking, the two of them had already started fighting.

Although Yu Canghai didn't want to fight with Master Dingyi, he had no choice at this time.

And once they fight, the winner must be determined, that is, life or death!

Since it was a life-and-death battle, Yu Canghai did not hold back at all. He stabbed Master Dingyi's throat with his sword with extreme ferocity.

Tsk~!

Master Dingyi swung her long sword horizontally, easily neutralizing Yu Canghai's move.

Yu Canghai's first move missed, so he stabbed out with his sword again, and his sword was even more vicious than the previous one.

The heroes present couldn't help but feel terrified.

On the contrary, it was Master Dingyi on the field who, with a blank expression on her face, drew her sword again to resolve the situation.

Compared to the Qingcheng School's swift and powerful Songfeng swordsmanship, the Hengshan swordsmanship is not as sharp but is more dense and extremely good at defense.

Although Yu Canghai's consecutive sword strikes were dangerous, he was unable to do anything to Master Dingyi for a while.

The two of them exchanged more than ten moves in a blink of an eye.

"Master, what's going on?"

"Why are you just defending? If you had counterattacked just now, even if you couldn't hurt Yu the Dwarf, you would have scared him!"

"Master Dingyi is indeed a monk. She is compassionate after all."

"In comparison, Master Yu is a little too aggressive."

The heroes watched the two men compete and saw that Master Ding Yi was mostly on the defense and hardly attacked at all.

The Hengshan Sect disciples were extremely anxious, especially Yihe and the others who had short tempers, they wished they could go up and compete on behalf of their master.

Others also discussed the matter. Some praised Master Dingyi for her magnanimity, while others accused Yu Canghai of being merciless.

Master Dingyi is one of the three masters of Hengshan. Although she is the last, she is already a first-rate master and her martial arts skills are not inferior to Yu Canghai.

The fight has turned out like this now, and it is obvious that they are willing to give in.

"Hmph~!"

Yu Canghai naturally saw it as well, but sneered in his heart.

At this critical moment of life and death, there is no need to show magnanimity!
He thought that this was just right. If they really fought for their lives, he would not dare to say that he would definitely win against Master Dingyi.

While Master Dingyi had not yet made up her mind, he attacked more and more fiercely, wanting to end the competition as soon as possible.

The swords flashed and the two men had exchanged thirty moves in the blink of an eye. Their positions on the field kept changing.

Bang~!

When Master Dingyi turned to the north, she suddenly used her sword to knock Yu Canghai's sword away temporarily.

Then, instead of taking advantage of the situation to pursue, he suddenly turned around and stabbed the general sitting there with his sword!

"This is!"

Seeing this scene, both the officers and soldiers as well as the people at the scene were all shocked.

Then it dawned on me.

No wonder Master Dingyi challenged Yu Canghai. It turned out that the challenge was fake, and the real intention was to assassinate this general!

"kill him!"

At this time, Master Dingyi was only seven or eight steps away from the general, and was caught off guard. The general was sitting, making it difficult for him to dodge or defend himself.

Although Master Dingyi only had 30% of her strength left at this time, what could a corrupt official of the imperial court do?

In this way, Master Dingyi is likely to succeed!

To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. As long as you kill this general, the enemy will be in chaos. Then you can take the opportunity to seize the antidote and they can all escape.

"Great!"

Thinking of this, everyone became excited and happy again.

But the next moment, what no one expected was that the tip of the sword suddenly stopped when it was only three inches away from the general.

The general was still sitting upright on the armchair, holding the tip of the sword between two fingers. No matter how hard Master Dingyi tried, she could not advance even an inch.

Bang~!

The general sneered and suddenly exerted force, breaking the sword into three pieces!
"Such strong finger strength!"

The heroes opened their eyes wide in astonishment.

With profound skills, it is not difficult to break this fine steel sword, but the difficult part is to break it into three pieces. Moreover, the general sat still from beginning to end, using only two fingers!
Many people think to themselves that if they were in their shoes, they probably wouldn’t be able to do the same.

Hurrah~!

Just as everyone was shocked, the general jumped up and slapped Master Dingyi hard.

In a flash, Master Dingyi had no time to react and was knocked flying.

"You ignorant old nun!"

There was still a piece of sword tip left in the general's hand. He snorted coldly and raised his hand to shoot at Master Dingyi.

The moves were so fierce that it was difficult to dodge even for an ordinary person, not to mention that at this time Master Dingyi only had 30% of her strength left and was knocked to the ground.

Bang~!

Just as the tip of the sword was heading straight for Master Dingyi's chest, there was a sharp sound, sparks flew, and it was knocked down.

A golden snake-shaped cone fell to the ground along with the tip of the sword.

This is?

The heroes widened their eyes, wondering who would come to the rescue.

"Who are you? Get down!"

The general had a scowl on his face and turned around and shouted towards the roof behind him.

(End of this chapter)