The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 54 Night Attack
Taishan School, back mountain, midnight.

Zuo Lishan walked along the path, taking off the glove he wore on his right hand during the day, revealing his dark claws, tightly gripping the hilt of the sword. His thumb kept rubbing the hilt.

Living creatures were moving around under the clothes, leaving traces on them.

He licked his dry lips, feeling his whole body full of energy and blood boiling, and he couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile.

He hasn't experienced this feeling for more than ten years, ever since he earned the reputation of "Zhenyue Sword" at the Five Mountains Alliance Conference at the age of 25.

Excited, happy, unable to control myself.

What Li Miao said was right. Zuo Lishan himself was also very clear that his swordsmanship foundation was indeed "arrogant".

He defeated all his fellow disciples, slew the evil demons from the Western Regions, challenged the killer organization alone, and gained the pride he gained by defeating all the masters of the Five Mountains with a sword!
However, his swordsmanship has not improved in several years.

No matter how hard he practiced, getting up before dawn, and never slacking off for a single day, regardless of whether it was winter or summer, he still made no progress.

He knew the reason - he needed an opponent, one that he could defeat to make himself proud.

After reaching the pinnacle, there were only a few people in the world who could fight him, all of whom were the heads of various major forces or honored guests. If he rashly came to challenge him, regardless of victory or defeat, it would affect his plan to integrate the Five Mountains.

His swordsmanship was a way to win, but no one could let him win.

And tonight, he will defeat his final opponent.

"Li Miao..."

Zuo Lishan chewed the name in his mouth, savoring it carefully.

He even suddenly had a thought: Should I let Li Miao go?
He had already crossed the peak and reached the top of an unmanned mountain. If he killed the only spectator, how boring would the martial arts world be to him from now on.

If the Jinyiwei Qianhu was killed, the Taishan Sect would be hard to save. But with his martial arts, he could go anywhere in the world in the future, so why bother with a small Taishan Sect?
But Zuo Lishan immediately shook his head and denied his idea.

Taishan Sect was not important, nor was the Five Mountains Sword Sect. What was important was that he wanted to hand over the Five Mountains Sword Sect to the Ming Cult in exchange for more Gu worms.

The number of poisonous insects given to him by the Ming Cult was not enough to transform his entire body, which left him with a loophole. If he let Li Miao escape, he would be afraid that before the Five Mountains Alliance Meeting, the Jinyiwei would arrive in force, and he would have no bargaining chips to trade with the Ming Cult.

He must kill Li Miao.

Zuo Lishan actually felt a little sad.

A moment later, he arrived at the door of the private residence.

"Squeak-"

Zuo Lishan pushed open the door and saw Li Miao standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking leisurely at a tree in the courtyard. Through the branches, moonlight sprinkled on the ground, and the light and shadows flickered.

"Master Li."

Zuo Lishan was not in a hurry to draw his sword. He walked forward and greeted Li Miao as if he was a friend who had come to an appointment.

"Left Sect Leader, here we come."

Li Miao replied casually without looking back.

"What is Lord Li looking at?"

"Oh," Li Miao said, "see which branch is more suitable to hit you with."

"you!"

This sentence completely shattered the mood and atmosphere that Zuo Lishan had been brewing, which was "masters challenge each other to a duel, respect each other, and after tonight, there will be no more opponents."

"After I defeat you, I will definitely dig out your tongue." Zuo Lishan drew his sword angrily.

Li Miao reached out and broke off a branch from the tree, about a foot long. He held it in his hand, removed the leaves and branches, tapped it on his palm, and nodded.

Then he smiled and said to Zuo Lishan: "That's right, Sect Leader Zuo." "You are here to seek revenge and silence me, don't act like you are sympathizing with me, as if I am inviting you to watch the moon."

"If someone doesn't know, they would think you have a relationship with someone else."

Zuo Lishan sneered: "Do you think I am still the same me?"

"I have already crossed the peak. My name will be mentioned in the martial arts legends of future generations, along with Sanfeng Zhenren and Bodhidharma."

“I don’t know how you have cultivated to this level, but after tonight—I will be the only one invincible in the world.”

"Tsk——" Li Miao seemed unable to hold back his laughter and let out a sound.

"You took the Ming Cult's skills and poisonous insects, took the small path up the mountain, and you really think you can do it?"

"Master Zuo, if it were so easy to reach the peak, Ji Tianrui would not be the only one to do so in the past few decades. If the skills he created were really so effective, everyone in the Ming Cult would have reached the peak and become a master. Why would they need to win you over?"

"The True Man Sanfeng and the Patriarch Bodhidharma are not as cheap as you."

"Well, I will teach you another lesson today. You can pay for it with the Five Mountains Sword Sect that you have been thinking about so much."

"Come."

Li Miao raised his palm and hooked it at Zuo Lishan.

Zuo Lishan gritted his teeth, looked at Li Miao, and said with a grin, "Okay!"

"Today we will decide who is the shameless joke!"

In an instant, he drew his sword and rushed forward!

It’s still the same trick of “What about Daizong?”
The sword thrust out with vigorous internal energy, bringing out a sharp whistle. The wind from the sword made the branches in the yard sway, causing leaves to fall down.

As if the sky was falling!
In a blink of an eye, it reached Li Miao's chest!
Li Miao's arm left an afterimage in the air, and the tree branch hit the weak spot of Zuo Lishan's sword, actually breaking up the power of the sword and dispersing it in mid-air!

"Yan Hui Chaoyang!" Zuo Lishan frowned: "Huashan Swordsmanship...Are you a Jinyiwei or a peerless senior of Huashan Sect?"

Li Miao smiled and said, "We are just getting started. You will know if you try again."

Zuo Lishan shut up immediately. He became insane after practicing evil skills, but his eloquence was still based on that of the leader of Taishan Sect.

When it comes to getting angry, he is no match for Li Miao, and he had already experienced this at noon.

He immediately stepped forward and used the "Five Doctors Sword" technique. This set of sword techniques was simple in style but contained many unique changes. A series of five swords was perfect for testing.

But Li Miao's figure was flying, his strength moving as he wished, the branches left afterimages in the air, and kept hitting the weakest point of Zuo Lishan's sword. He actually broke five swords in a row and broke his posture.

Thump, thump, thump—

Zuo Lishan took a few steps back, looked up and shouted at Li Miao in astonishment: "Who are you?"

"'Heavy Sword Fu Niu', 'Hundreds of Changes and Illusions Hengshan Cloud Thirteen Styles', 'Heaven and Earth Crane Flying', 'Swallow Returns to the Morning Sun', and my Taishan School's 'Shiguan Huima'!"

"You actually used the moves of the Five Mountains to break my five swords!?"

"What kind of evil skills have you mastered?!"

Li Miao was the only one who was able to force Zuo Lishan, who had a Gu in his body, to exclaim "evil power".

When top masters fight, if one forcibly uses martial arts that are incompatible with his own character, he will leave flaws that the opponent cannot ignore.

But the Five Mountains Sword Sects are located in different parts of the country, and each sect has different mental methods and artistic conceptions. How could Li Miao use the Five Mountains sword techniques so skillfully? He could even break his own sword techniques!?

What kind of shape is his mind, and what kind of swordsmanship can be put into it! ?
(End of this chapter)