Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 208 A firm choice
In the meadow beside the bamboo forest in the center of Peach Blossom Island, three figures were intertwining. Along with the sound of weapons clashing, a figure in white was quickly thrown out and rolled on the ground in embarrassment. Although he got up immediately, the grass leaves on his hair and body would not save his dignity.

Ouyang Ke covered his injured shoulder and eyes and shouted angrily: "Why do you two always like to target me?"

He was still frightened at the moment. Guo Jing's attack was okay, but Wanyan Kang was very ruthless. If Guo Jing had not punched him right in the eye socket, knocking his head off balance, Wanyan Kang's sword would have pierced his throat instead of his shoulder.

But neither Guo Jing nor Wanyan Kang answered him, but fought more fiercely. The two, who had already dueled several times, had a certain understanding of each other's methods, but they had not seen each other for less than three months and were both surprised at each other's growth.

Although Wanyan Kang was exploring on his own, he had supernatural powers and talent, so it was natural for him to grow quickly.

If his senses had not been extremely sharp recently, allowing him to directly sense the emotional changes in people's hearts, thus diverting a lot of his mind and attention, his progress would have been even greater.

Guo Jing, on the other hand, had a godfather like Dugu Qiubai to teach him, and he also took the gallbladder of the Bosuqu snake as a tonic, so he made rapid progress.

When they started fighting, they subconsciously fought faster and faster. The two sword lights tore through the meadow and collided with each other. The harsh sound of metal friction echoed everywhere.

Two figures seemed to flash across the meadow, and later on, their fighting figures seemed to appear at the same time in different locations.

Ouyang Ke, who was thrown out, shrank his neck. He was unwilling to give up and wanted to rush forward again, but now he stopped.

This cowardice was seen by everyone, and although no one showed it on their faces, it was obvious that Ouyang Ke was not just thrown out of the melee.

Wanyan Kang and Guo Jing are almost two extremes. The former's swordsmanship is extremely complicated and cumbersome, requiring a large number of fine movements to continuously provide turning and accelerating force for the sword, while Guo Jing's swordsmanship emphasizes being straightforward and simple, with sword momentum being more important than sword moves.

There is actually no difference between the two sword techniques. Violence and speed both carry extremely strong lethality.

This manifested itself in the specific fight, where Wanyan Kang had cut many wounds on Guo Jing's body, and Wanyan Kang did not dare to take Guo Jing's sword head-on. Although Guo Jing was injured, from the perspective of the entire macro battle situation, Guo Jing was more dominant.

So the next thing to fight is time and consumption.

Wanyan Kang was doing scraping, but no matter how shallow the wound was, the bleeding was real. Once Guo Jing lost too much blood and his excited state subsided, he would gradually become weak.

Therefore, within two hundred moves, Guo Jing has a great chance of winning. He only needs to hit Wanyan Kang steadily with his sword to secure the victory.

But beyond two hundred moves, Wanyan Kang would surely win, because at this time, no matter how talented or how strong his inner strength was, Guo Jing would definitely not be able to withstand it.

As an old swordsman, Dugu Qiubai of course saw through the problem at a glance. At this moment, what he was thinking about was how to create a method of self-defense for his adopted son. If Guo Jing was no longer afraid of this kind of scraping-like shallow injury, then with his brutal and powerful swordsmanship, not to mention his peers, even the masters of the older generation would have to retreat.

However, the change happened in an instant, and Guo Jing's originally bold and reckless swordsmanship suddenly changed.

The move of 'Xi Shi Holding Her Heart' was small and delicate, yet without the awkwardness of a big man pretending to be delicate. Instead, it was smooth and natural, with a natural beauty that seemed to be dependent on the rhythm of nature.

How could Dugu Qiubai's swordsmanship be just reckless?
Making light of heavy objects, wielding a broadsword and embroidering with flowers are just the basics.

Just as Guo Jing changed his sword momentum in an instant, from reckless to precise, and stabbed Wanyan Kang's chest and abdomen with his sword, the sword surrounding Wanyan Kang's body completely slipped out of his hand. The sword was like wind and thunder, and within a hundred steps... it was indestructible.

Although Guo Jing was angry, he did not think of dying together with Wanyan Kang, so he changed the momentum of his sword, and the iron sword and Wanyan Kang's sword had their first truly extreme and fierce confrontation after the two had exchanged nearly a hundred moves.

The tip of Wanyan Kang's sword pressed against the blade of Guo Jing's iron sword, shaking and colliding constantly, producing a large number of dazzling sparks from the friction.

Guo Jing retreated step by step, his footprints sinking deeply into the grass, absorbing a lot of the impact force.

quack!

The iron sword in Guo Jing's hand was just an ordinary iron sword, broken in the middle.

But as the sword broke, Wanyan Kang's powerful attack of the Hundred-Step Flying Sword also consumed all its power.

Guo Jing moved and suddenly appeared at the other end of Wanyan Kang's sword. He grasped the hilt directly without fear of the sword energy still wrapped around it.

scoff!

Guo Jing's clothes on his arms were torn, like butterflies flying away, leaving streaks of blood everywhere.

But his hand holding the sword was still steady. He turned the sword and approached Wanyan Kang again.

Wanyan Kang turned his head to look at Wanyan Honglie, and saw that although Wanyan Honglie looked nervous, he had no intention of stopping at all.

Wanyan Kang immediately understood his attitude, and the darkness in his heart grew even darker.

With a flash of his body, Wanyan Kang flew into the bamboo forest. Guo Jing chased him with a sword. Bamboo leaves flew everywhere he passed, and along with the movements of the two, they turned into sharp flying knives and shot towards each other.

With the bamboo leaves flying everywhere, the people watching the fight didn't get too close.

It's not that they can't bear it, but once they get too close, they are likely to passively participate in the battle, making this competition lose its fairness. Among the three great masters present, Dugu Qiubai disdains to do it, Huang Yaoshi doesn't need to do it, and Ouyang Feng has no position to do it.

As for Wanyan Honglie, even if he wanted to do something, he didn't have the strength to do it.

"Guo Jing! Listen to me, as long as you hand over the secret of Liancheng's treasure, I can promise to retreat immediately and no longer compete with you for the position of Huang Daozhu's son-in-law." Wanyan Kang explained as he retreated deep into the bamboo forest and used the flying bamboo leaves as flying knives to fight with Guo Jing.

Guo Jing no longer hid it, but said: "Yang Kang! You know, this treasure was originally left to you by Brother Ding. Part of it was to be given to the heroes who fought against the Jin army, but the rest... he left it all to you."

Hearing this, Wanyan Kang's heart first felt warm, but then he became even more gloomy.

It seemed that all the people who truly cared for and loved him were dead, and everyone else hated and despised him.

"Okay! Since it's mine, hand it over!" Wanyan Kang dodged Guo Jing's sword, held two bamboos with his arms, and leaned back in mid-air. As the bamboos were bent, when the force was released, he bounced up with the force. At an astonishing speed, he exchanged positions with Guo Jing who was holding a sword, and at the same time used a bamboo leaf as the sword tip to cut Guo Jing's cheek.

Guo Jing also swung his hand at the same time, and the hilt of the sword was like a heavy hammer, smashing hard on Wanyan Kang's vest, causing him to spit out blood.

"If you are Yang Kang and kill Wanyan Honglie, I will give it to you." Guo Jing said in a dull voice.

"Stubborn!"

"Incomprehensible!"

The two men collided with each other again, and the powerful force that erupted formed a fierce whirlwind around them.

"Jing'er! Walk on the waves and slash forward without fear or fear!" Dugu Qiubai's voice came from outside the bamboo forest.

Guo Jing's mind moved, facing the wind swirling around him and the bamboo leaves dancing like mad knives, he took a step forward, swung the sword in his hand vigorously, and slashed out fearlessly.

The sword energy whistled, tearing through all obstacles, and hit Wanyan Kang hard, pushing him out of the bamboo forest.

At this moment, there was a long sword scar on Wanyan Kang's body, running from his right shoulder to his lower abdomen, and blood instantly seeped through half of his body.

The reason why he was not cut in half by the sword was that Guo Jing subconsciously held back his strength at the last moment.

The true energy transformed from the Shenzhao Gong continuously flowed through Wanyan Kang's body in an attempt to repair his wounds. Wanyan Kang fell to the ground, and the darkness in his eye sockets was spreading, and was about to gradually dissipate and cover his entire eyeball.

He lost again!

It’s not because he is not strong enough, but because there is always no one standing behind him.

No one said a word for him for violating constraints, going against his ideals, going against his pursuits, and giving up his self-persistence.

Dugu Qiubai is very proud, but he is willing to speak up and give advice and break the rules for Guo Jing.

As for Wanyan Honglie, he didn't even shout again: "Kang'er, be careful."

Wanyan Kang's mind continued to sink, and he was about to be completely swallowed by the darkness, and then... the original Wanyan Kang would die completely, and the thing that came back to life from his body, no matter what it was... would not be Wanyan Kang or Yang Kang.

"Hmph! Old senior has no moral principles and bullies my disciple who has no one to support him?" A loud shout, like thunder, interrupted Wanyan Kang's self-pity as he completely sank into the dark tide.

Qiu Chuji, dressed in a green Taoist robe, dragged Mu Nianci along, stepped on the green waves from the peach forest and bamboo sea, and then flew in front of Wanyan Kang.

Qiu Chuji raised his hand and pressed, and the surrounding grass and trees all turned yellow. The extracted vitality was injected into Wanyan Kang's body. With the help of his Shenzhaogong Qi, it quickly repaired the hideous and ugly wound between his chest and abdomen.

"I don't care whether my disciple wants to marry the daughter of Island Master Huang, but I must win this battle today."

"Since this senior has spoken up for advice, let's compete with each other on ideas."

"Let Guo Jing and Wanyan Kang fight again. We can only speak three times. This way we can determine who wins and who loses between them and us... What do you think, senior?" Qiu Chuji asked Dugu Qiubai.

Of course he recognized Dugu Qiubai's identity. After all, in another time and space, their relationship was both teacher and friend.

But that friendship does not prevent them from being in opposition at the moment.

Wanyan Kang is now in a state of depression as he has been betrayed by everyone. The only thing Qiu Chuji can do is to give him firm support and hold Wanyan Kang tightly as he slides into the abyss.

So...isn't this the purpose of Qiu Chuji bringing the demon fetus to this time and space?
Since he chose Wanyan Kang, he must be more determined to be his backer and support.

Break out of the limitations of right and wrong and just focus on feelings!

(End of this chapter)