Huangxiu

Chapter 373 Sword Competition
"Please come in." A cold voice suddenly sounded.

Zou Fang was so shocked that his blood boiled and his face turned red, showing that he was slightly injured.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

This attitude is not very friendly. It seems that communication is not that easy and some means are needed.

I wonder if this was intentional or if he was really dissatisfied?
This is done on purpose to appear normal.

When Dajing was assassinated, he would naturally be dissatisfied with Dajing's defense and take his anger out on him.

There may be dissatisfaction in one's heart.

He clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me."

Gao Jiuqu was dressed in a dark green robe, looking elegant and graceful. He clasped his fists from a distance and said, "My Lord, I am sorry for not welcoming you from afar!"

The guards stepped back two steps to make way.

Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists and smiled: "Brother Gao, how is His Highness?"

Gao Jiuqu clasped his fists towards the sky, then clasped his fists towards the distant Dazhen, and said solemnly: "Thanks to the protection of God and the Emperor, Your Highness is fortunately fine."

Chu Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows.

I thanked God and Emperor Dazhen, but I didn't mention Dajing.

This obviously has a hidden implication, that Dajing's guards are not strong enough.

Chu Zhiyuan pretended not to hear the hidden meaning, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Can I visit His Highness?"

"This..." Gao Jiuqu showed an embarrassment: "Please forgive me, Your Highness is emotionally unstable and just fell asleep. It's really..."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Well, I will wait for Your Highness here. I have to greet Your Highness in person, otherwise it would be too rude."

No matter what, he was assassinated in Dajing. As the Left Vice Minister of Dajing, how could he not feel any apology?

Taking the initiative to wait here is a way to express your apology.

Gao Jiu said: "How about when His Highness wakes up, I will find someone to report to the prince?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "No need to bother with that. Just stay and wait for His Highness to wake up. Brother Gao, don't you want to learn swordsmanship? Are you still in the mood to learn now?"

"Your Highness is safe and sound. I am relieved to have survived the disaster. Then I will learn from you, the prince's swordsmanship."

"I was just looking forward to learning Wen Tianya's swordsmanship." Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile.

Gao Jiuqu led the way, and Chu Zhiyuan followed behind. The two soon arrived at the martial arts training ground inside Dazhen Hall.

More than thirty guards and attendants rushed over and formed a circle.

Chu Zhiyuan took off the Moonlight Blade.

Zou Fang stepped forward to take it and stepped aside.

Chu Zhiyuan drew out the Qingying Sword and smiled, "As for sword techniques, I have dabbled in a lot, but they are complex and impure. Brother Gao, you are practicing the Heavenly Sword Technique, right?"

The Qingying Sword is like a pool of autumn water in the sunlight, clear and pure.

"It is the Questioning Heaven Sword Technique." Gao Jiuqu said solemnly.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "You are so good at one thing. I admire you. I can't stand the boredom of practicing only one thing. I am restless and hard to tame. I admire people like Brother Gao who are so good at one thing the most."

Gao Jiuqu smiled: "Prince, please——!"

"laugh!"

Chu Zhiyuan thrust out his sword, lightly and nimbly.

The people watching the excitement around only felt a rainbow hanging in the sky, and indescribable beauty surged in their hearts.

While Gao Jiuqu dodged sideways, he thrust out a sword, which was struck later but arrived first, piercing Chu Zhiyuan's heart.

Chu Zhiyuan twisted his waist and walked sideways, leaning forward along the tip of the sword, getting close to Gao Jiuqu.

Gao Jiuqu retreated and leaned back to avoid the sword light that Chu Zhiyuan swung out.

The sharp tip of the sword passed by his nose, just a palm's thickness away.

The coldness from the sword seemed to have penetrated into his pores, making him tense all over.

Chu Zhiyuan obviously showed mercy and did not activate the sword energy, but used pure sword skills.

Otherwise, this would have cut off the tip of his nose.

Chu Zhiyuan continued to twist his steps and move forward diagonally, shrinking his body to avoid Gao Jiuqu's sweeping sword when he leaned back, and the distance between him and Gao Jiuqu became closer.

Gao Jiuqu kept moving backwards, sweeping horizontally or diagonally.

Chu Zhiyuan continued to press forward, pressing forward step by step, and the sword light was almost always slashing upwards. The people around him saw the meaning.

Chu Zhiyuan only used one move—swinging the sword upwards.

Almost every step uses the same method, and every move is an upward sword strike.

However, Gao Jiuqiu was forced to dodge continuously, using different techniques to dodge.

Chu Zhiyuan said before that he practiced a variety of techniques while Gao Jiuqu practiced a pure one, but the situation was exactly the opposite when they fought.

This is undoubtedly a huge contrast, which makes everyone wonder if the two people were swapped.

It is suspected that the one who used the sword was Gao Jiuqu, and the one who kept dodging was Chu Zhiyuan.

What everyone saw was Chu Zhiyuan constantly pressing forward and moving upward, forcing Gao Jiuqu to constantly retreat and dodge.

It seemed as if Chu Zhiyuan had taken advantage of the first mover, seized the initiative, and put Gao Jiuqu under great pressure.

Chu Zhiyuan understood how powerful Gao Jiuqu was. Although they both used the Heavenly Questioning Sword Technique, Gao Jiuqu's and Cheng Tianfeng's were completely different.

It's almost not the same sword technique.

Gao Jiuqu seemed to be able to predict the direction of the sword moves and dodge in advance.

The Questioning Heaven Sword Technique seemed to be able to really ask the heavens for advice, to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and it had already lasted for twenty-four moves.

If it were anyone else, they would have been stabbed by the sword long ago.

These twenty-four sword moves of his may seem to be the same sword, but in fact they have integrated several sets of sword techniques.

This simple move contains subtlety, simplifies the complex and is incredibly powerful.

"Ding..." The jade pendant on Gao Jiuqiu's waist suddenly flew up and broke into two petals in the air.

Chu Zhiyuan put away his sword and stood up, smiling and said, "Thank you!"

Gao Jiuqu reached out to take the two fallen jade pendants and clasped his fists solemnly: "Great swordsmanship!"

"I have seen the Heavenly Sword Art on Brother Cheng before. Brother Gao's Heavenly Sword Art is so mysterious. Is it because Brother Gao has practiced the Heavenly Secret Art?"

"Yes." Gao Jiuqu admitted frankly and said with a smile: "The combination of the Questioning Heaven Secret Art and the Questioning Heaven Sword Art can greatly enhance the power of the Questioning Heaven Secret Art, but it is still not as good as the prince's swordsmanship."

"I also took advantage of it and got the upper hand. If you, Brother Gao, had taken the lead, the result would have been different. How about we try again?"

"This……"

Gao Jiuqiu felt that this was exactly what he wanted, but he also felt a little embarrassed.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "We are here to spar with each other, winning or losing doesn't matter, please——!"

"I admire the prince's broad-mindedness!" Gao Jiuqu was convinced.

Before he came to Dajing, he heard from Cheng Tianfeng that Chu Zhiyuan was arrogant, insolent, vicious, and extremely vicious.

But the Chu Zhiyuan I saw with my own eyes was cheerful, open-minded, friendly and peaceful.

He is totally different from the person Cheng Tianfeng described.

It was obvious that Cheng Tianfeng was exaggerating and hated Chu Zhiyuan because he was defeated by Chu Zhiyuan.

People who are used to looking down on others will inevitably be so extreme.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "The Heaven-asking Sword Technique that I learned from Brother Cheng is already extremely exquisite. Brother Gao, you added the Heaven-asking Secret Technique, which is even more wonderful. It is indeed a rare sword technique in the world. It is an inexplicable enjoyment to see it once."

Gao Jiuqu smiled: "Please——!"

"Brother Gao, please make the first move." Chu Zhiyuan raised the Qingying Sword and said solemnly.

Gao Jiuqiu stopped being polite, took strange steps, flashed behind Chu Zhiyuan and stabbed with a sword.

Chu Zhiyuan seemed to have eyes behind him, the tip of his sword stabbed forward, and his body retreated diagonally.

Just as he avoided Gao Jiuqu's sword, the tip of the sword had already stabbed Gao Jiuqu's forehead, forcing Gao Jiuqu to change his moves.

Afterwards, Chu Zhiyuan stepped back and stabbed, leaving Gao Jiuqu with nothing to do but dodge.

After stabbing and dodging for more than twenty moves, Chu Zhiyuan stabbed Gao Jiuqiu's shoulder, tearing his clothes but not touching his skin.

The two men stopped their swords.

Gao Jiuqu stood there, lost in thought.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled at him and clasped his fists towards the beautiful middle-aged woman who floated out: "Mr. Zhu."

"Your Highness invites you." Zhu Caifu said lightly.

(End of this chapter)