The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 13 Mei Qinghe

"Honestly, I have something to ask you."

Li Miao spoke calmly.

The masked woman didn't dare to move even a finger at this time, and cold sweat dripped down her face.

She secretly groaned, wondering why her luck was so bad that she was targeted by such a master.

She just stabbed Li Miao with a sword, and her true identity was exposed.

This wasn't a matter of sword moves. She turned and struck out in mid-air in a hurry, so how could there be any rules?
This person must be well aware of the power of Huashan swordsmanship and the trajectory of the true energy, to be able to tell her sect from that simple sword move.

To know a sect's martial arts so well, he must be related to her or have a grudge against her. But if he was related to her, why would he threaten her?
If there was any grudge, I would be a lamb to be slaughtered.

Thinking of this, the masked woman made up her mind: "My skills are inferior to others. If you want me to do something, as long as it does not harm my life and does not violate the moral code of the martial arts world, I will do it."

"But if you are planning to harm my sect——"

She swallowed her saliva, her face determined: "Senior, please don't underestimate me! I will never do anything to betray my teacher and ancestors!"

She didn't say anything like "Huashan Sword Sect won't let you go", but bent down to pick up the half-broken sword.

Li Miao's blow directly cracked her palm, which was now covered with oozing blood and turned over flesh.

Her fingers were connected to her heart, and the hand holding the hilt felt excruciating pain. But she still managed to pose, staring at Li Miao.

Her family was destroyed when she was young, and she was taken in by the Huashan Sword Sect. After ten years of hard study and practice, she practiced sword until she fainted many times, and finally she succeeded in martial arts and went down the mountain to seek revenge.

In terms of experience in the martial arts world, she did not have much, but in terms of character, she was definitely not a coward who would abandon her master in order to save her own life.

Even if she were to die today, she would die holding the sword and would not bring disgrace to the Huashan Sword Sect!
Hearing this, Li Miao looked her up and down, and carefully looked at her trembling hands for a long time.

"What's your name?" Li Miao asked.

"The descendant of Huashan Sword Sect, Mei Qinghe!"

"Oh, Miss Mei, Lady Mei. Are you not afraid of death?"

"Not afraid."

"Are you really afraid?"

Mei Qinghe pursed her lips and did not answer, but just gripped the hilt of the sword tightly.

Li Miao slowly raised his hand and grasped the blade of the dagger.

Collapse~
Break off a section. Mei Qinghe shuddered.

Li Miao raised his hand.

Mei Qinghe closed her eyes in despair.

This life, without taking revenge, is about to end inexplicably.

Fortunately, he did not bring disgrace to his sect, so it can be considered a worthy death.

After waiting for a while, I heard no sound of breaking wind and felt no pain in my body.

I heard from my master that if you are suddenly seriously injured, you will not feel pain for a short period of time. You will only feel colder and colder as the blood flows out.

When you feel your eyelids start to feel cold, you are about to die.

Has that person already made the move, and my body just hasn't reacted yet? Has a cut already been made on my body by the debris?
Mei Qinghe's mind was full of thoughts when she suddenly heard Li Miao laughing.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."

She opened her eyes and saw that Li Miao had thrown away the dagger and was looking at her with a chuckle.

"Yes, that's right."

"It's true that hard bones are fun. Without hard bones, what's the point of this world?"

"The capital is full of cowardly old men. This journey is getting more and more boring. Only tonight is a little interesting!"

"If there were more people like you in the Five Mountains Sword Sect, my trip would be worthwhile." Li Miao walked over with a smile and grabbed Mei Qinghe's wrist.

Mei Qinghe instinctively tried to break free, but Li Miao simply shook his hand and released all the strength from her body.

Then she felt an extremely pure and powerful internal energy flowing into her body through her meridians, and the pain in her injured palm suddenly disappeared.

"Okay." Li Miao let go.

Mei Qinghe turned over his palm, and the palm that was originally covered with bruises was now clean, with only some flesh wounds left.

With the help of internal energy to nourish it, it will heal in about seven or eight days for people who practice martial arts.

"Your Excellency, Senior"

Mei Qinghe was confused by Li Miao.

Who is this person and what does he want to do?
"I do have something to do with the Five Mountains Sword Sect." Li Miao said.

"Don't worry, just listen to me."

He raised his hand to stop Mei Qinghe's actions and continued.

"The Five Mountains Sword Sects are an alliance formed by the Taishan Sect, Hengshan Sect, Huashan Sect, Songshan Sect, and Hengshan Sect to rescue each other."

"A few decades ago, it was just a loose alliance, not an organization. Even the name of the Five Mountains Sword Sect was rarely mentioned in the martial arts world."

"It's just that in recent years, the five of you have become closer and closer. In addition, the Taishan Sect's leader, Zuo Lishan, the 'Sword of the Mountain', is extremely talented. He has reached the level of a top master before the age of 40. As the leader, he has the ambition to lead the Five Mountains. That's why the term 'Five Mountains Sword Sect' came into being."

"Am I right?" Li Miao said.

Mei Qinghe nodded silently.

"But if we want to integrate, there must be an upper and a lower part. To make a fist, there must be a thumb pressing on the top and an index finger pressed on the bottom."

"The Five Mountains Sword Sects are flourishing in the martial arts world, but your Huashan Sect has not had an easy time in recent years."

When Li Miao went to capture Yan Xiaosheng that day, he had actually met people from the Huashan Sect.

He was the deacon of Huashan Sect who he told to "get lost", the "Qingfeng Sword" Gujiao.

After being insulted in person by Li Miao, he ran away in shame without saying a word.

This was not only because of Gu Jiao's own personality, but also because the Huashan Sect had indeed been in a bad situation in recent years and could not afford the consequences of falling out with the Jinyiwei.

"In fact, you can see from the map that the two westernmost provinces of my Dashuo territory are Yunnan in the southwest and Shaanxi where your Huashan Sect is located."

"The other four sects, Taishan Sect is in Qi and Lu, Hengshan Sect is in Shanxi, Songshan Sect is in Henan, and Hengshan Sect is in Hunan."

"If the Five Mountains Sword Sects want to be integrated, someone has to be suppressed. In terms of distance, Hengshan Sect is actually the farthest away."

"But who made Jiangnan, a land of fish and rice, so rich?"

Li Miao talked freely.

"In recent years, when the Five Mountains Sword Sects have problems, Hengshan Sect provides money and the four of you provide people. Huashan Sect is located in the frontier with a small population, and we have to travel all the way to Qi and Lu to hold alliances and settle disputes in various places."

"The mountains are high and the roads are long. There are fewer and fewer people, and their strength is getting weaker and weaker. If we want to find a sect among the Five Mountains Sword Sects that will suffer the most, I'm afraid there is no other choice except you, right?"

Mei Qinghe remained silent.

Because what Li Miao said were all facts, he just brought out the interests hidden under the brotherhood and explained it more clearly.

The Songshan, Hengshan and Taishan sects are geographically close to each other, and the Taishan sect is the leader, with the strongest desire to integrate the Five Sacred Sword Sects.

The Hengshan Sect is wealthy and powerful, and only provides money but not manpower, so its strength is well preserved and it has some say among the Five Mountains Sword Sects.

Only their Huashan Sect is the farthest away, the weakest in strength, and the weakest in financial resources.

The situation was getting worse and worse, and he had less and less say in the Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance.

If the current situation continues, after a few more alliance meetings, they will completely become the minions of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

(End of this chapter)