The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 14 Iron Sand
Mei Qinghe was silent for a while before he said, "The Five Mountains Sword Sects are of the same origin, and they are not as dirty as you say."

She was just being stubborn, she knew it, and Li Miao knew it too.

How else can I answer?
Should I say, "Senior, you are right. Our Huashan Sect is indeed on the verge of being wiped out"?

Mei Qinghe's family was destroyed when he was young, and he was taken in and raised by the Huashan Sect. He has long regarded the honor and disgrace of the sect as his own pursuit.

In order not to lose face for the Huashan Sect, she could wait for Li Miao to kill her.

Of course she couldn't just nod and agree with what Li Miao said.

But the decline of Huashan Sect could no longer be concealed, and she had no way to refute it with confidence. She could only use a weak reply, "It's not like what you said."

Li Miao smiled and said, "It seems that you are also very clear about this matter."

"I do intend to harm the Five Mountains Sword Sect, that's true."

"But being bad for the Five Mountains Sword Sects doesn't mean being bad for the Huashan Sect. Am I right?"

Mei Qinghe did not answer.

She understood what Li Miao meant, but she was a young person in her twenties after all. She had been practicing martial arts in the sect since she was a child and seldom went out.

Unlike the old hands who have seen through the true nature of the so-called "jianghu", although she knows what interests and superiors and subordinates are, she does not want to admit them.

Just like some young people in Li Miao’s previous life, they knew what was so-called “right” but were too stubborn to admit it.

Li Miao smiled.

He had no plans in mind. He came out tonight simply to finish watching the show he hadn't finished last night.

It was when he saw Mei Qinghe was about to take action that he couldn't help but remind her, which led to what happened later.

Recognizing that Mei Qinghe's martial arts came from the Huashan School, he thought it would be a good idea to catch a traitor in advance to serve as a pawn, which would be beneficial to both his public and private interests.

But now his mind has changed.

Jinyiwei is a secret agency that deals with the dirtiest transactions, the most naked interests, and the most sinister human hearts in the underworld.

Having served in the Imperial Guards for twenty years, his expectations of the so-called Jianghu are similar to those in Japanese TV dramas.

The real world of martial arts is not that romantic. Being a hero will lead to death, while taking revenge will lead to the destruction of your family.

The fame of a hero spreads across the world not because of his martial arts, but because of his power. The reason why he draws his sword and sheds blood is often not for loyalty, but for money.

Double-dealing and deception are the reality of this world.

So when Li Miao saw Mei Qinghe holding a half-broken sword and waiting to die, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Because what this woman showed was somewhat in line with his expectations of the martial arts world.

This made him make other arrangements for Mei Qinghe.

Li Miao didn't get annoyed when he saw Mei Qinghe didn't say anything.

Bribery often doesn't work on young people, but intimidation works well on everyone.

He changed the subject and asked, "What do you think of my martial arts?"

Mei Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Li Miao no longer talked about the Huashan Sect's predicament.

She shook her head: "I can't see clearly."

She really couldn't see clearly.

She didn't even notice Li Miao's attack. It was only when she saw the dagger was shortened that she realized what had happened.

As for the operation of breaking her sword with a flick of the hand, she couldn't even find a suitable target for comparison.

To say that it was a hidden weapon technique, it doesn't look like it.

Hidden weapons require precision and falsehood, and a single blow to the throat. I've never heard of any hidden weapon master seeking to hit a person completely from head to toe with one dart.

But to say that it was simply thrown out with force is unbelievable.

Li Miao reached out and grasped the sword in Mei Qinghe's hand, then gently bent it.

Collapse~
Just break off a piece.

Mei Qinghe was stunned. Li Miao broke the hilt from her hand, but she didn't feel any difficulty.

Looking at the sword in Li Miao's hand, there was a fingerprint on it!
Li Miao did not "break" the sword body, but "pinched" a section off the sword body like picking a flower!
"Stretch out your hand." Li Miao said.

Mei Qinghe stretched out his hand woodenly.

Li Miao grasped the sword in his hand and stretched it above Mei Qinghe's palm.

Without even moving his fingers, a string of iron sand fell from under his palm.

Only when the iron sand filled half of Mei Qinghe's palm did Li Miao stop and brush off the powder on his hand.

"Do you see it clearly now?" Mei Qinghe looked at the iron sand in his palm blankly.

If I were to ask whether I saw it clearly or not, actually I didn’t see it clearly.

This move of iron sand almost overturned her understanding of martial arts.

There is a very popular external martial arts called Iron Sand Palm. The method of practice is to use both palms to continuously penetrate the hot iron sand to grind the skin and flesh. When practiced to a high level, one can grab weapons with bare palms without getting cut.

There are also masters in the world who have become famous for this and can snatch weapons from others with their bare hands.

But that is grinding your palm with iron sand. Who has ever heard of grinding out iron sand with your palm?
No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still made of flesh and blood. If you can train your body to be harder than iron, then why would you practice swordsmanship?

But Mei Qinghe also understood Li Miao's martial arts.

Invincible.

At the very least, almost all sword and knife techniques are useless to him.

Sword and knife skills are extensions of hands and feet, but they are also destined to be less flexible than hands and feet. It is because the sword is sharper and harder than the palm of a person, and because flesh and blood cannot stop steel, that sword skills came into being.

But in front of this man, the sword itself is also a weakness.

If you hand your sword to someone, they will crush it like tofu and then throw the broken pieces back to you and hit you through. How can you talk about your superb swordsmanship?
"Senior, who are you?"

Mei Qinghe asked hoarsely.

"My name is Li Miao. I'm nobody. At least no one in the martial arts world knows me."

Li Miao smiled and said, "Now I'll make a deal with you."

"From today on, you will follow me. You will answer whatever I ask you and do whatever I tell you to do."

"When I finish my work, it may be of great benefit to your Huashan Sect."

"If you don't agree, I'll go to Huashan Sect and poke each of the swords in Huashan with my finger."

"Did you hear that clearly?"

Mei Qinghe nodded.

She could only agree. She had no right to refuse.

"Very good, wait here."

"If you want to be my subordinate, there is one more thing you need to finish."

After saying that, Li Miao dodged and disappeared.

Mei Qinghe stood there silently, not daring to move, feeling mixed emotions.

She thought she had learned martial arts well, and had also inquired about her enemy's martial arts in advance. She thought she had a sure win, so she secretly went down the mountain to seek revenge.

Who would have thought that he would be threatened by a weird master for no apparent reason and become his subordinate?

Right now, our sect doesn’t know where she is, and we will definitely send someone to look for her later.

When the time comes, how will I explain it to my master? Tell the truth?

If what happened tonight hadn't happened to her, she would have just treated it as a joke!
Not to mention that this man named Li Miao frankly wanted to harm the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Now he was in the Qilu area, and it was obvious that he was going to the Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance at Mount Tai this year.

When this guy comes knocking on the door and she follows him, can the Huashan Sect really stay out of it?

If this man really destroyed the Five Mountains Sword Sect, would the declining Huashan Sect be able to survive without the reputation of the Five Mountains Sword Sect?
Mei Qinghe's mind raced, and the more he thought about it, the more desperate he became.

Just when she was confused, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

She looked up and saw that it was Li Miao.

Li Miao raised his hand and threw a person in front of her.

The man was acupunctured and thrown to the ground. He struggled to get up, speaking.

"Sir, I don't know how I have offended you. If you want money, I have a box of silver in my room. I am willing to give it to you with both hands."

"If there is any misunderstanding from the past, and if one of my men offends, you can beat or kill them at will. I will never protect them."

"If I have offended you in any way, please let me know. I will give you my hands and legs as compensation, and only ask you to spare my life."

The man struggled for a while, finally sat up and looked at Mei Qinghe.

After seeing her face clearly, the man thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and stammered, "It's you. Are you still alive?"

Mei Qinghe looked at Zhao Dehua who was sitting on the ground and spoke.

"Yeah, old man."

"I'm alive."

(End of this chapter)