Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 24 Provocation and Pursuit
"Good boy, is he going to use the king bomb directly?"

Su Yu turned around with a confused look on his face, and the man next to him asked with a smile:

"You don't know him?"

"I don't recognize it."

"This man is no ordinary person. He's the leader of the Frostfire Guild's newly formed Fourth Regiment, and his name is Li Yingshen. He's a disciple of a Sanxian from the Qingcang Sect, and has mastered a sophisticated Qi-refining technique that's at least ninety levels high. Everyone speculates that he'll attempt to overcome his first major celestial tribulation within five years."

"So strong?"

"It's even stronger than you think. See that yellow bell in his hand? It's a seventh-tier magic weapon, at least a top-grade one, capable of both offense and defense. With this treasure, your chances of successfully overcoming tribulations in the future will be very high."

"Well!"

"The Frostfire Guild has developed very well in recent years. Several very powerful people have emerged from the younger generation, and Li Yingshen is just one of them."

"The Thousand Feathers Guild has declined significantly over the years. The only young masters with a chance of becoming a Loose Immortal are Fairy Chu and the one from the first group. Although the guild's foundation is stronger than the Frostfire Guild, it's hard to say whether this will continue in the long run."

"Fairy Chu?"

The man turned around in surprise:
"You are a member of the Qianyu Guild after all, don't tell me you don't know Fairy Chu?"

"Uh, is that Chu Xinyue, the deputy commander of the Second Regiment?"

"You know and you still ask?"

"Don't blame me, big brother. I didn't react for a moment."

The man waved his hand and asked with a puzzled look:

"I have a question. I understand that Fairy Chu's father was one of the founding members of the Thousand Feathers Guild and single-handedly founded the Second Group. Logically, she should inherit the position of group leader. But why hasn't she inherited it even after so long since she returned from Xuanzhen Immortal Sect?"

"I heard that someone doesn't want her to come back and wants to take away the position of leader. Is it true or false?"

"Brother, you think too highly of me. How could an ordinary member like me know such a thing?"

"Too."

Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect so many people knew about this.

"Struggle for power and intrigue!"

"Ugh!"

There is no way. As long as there are people, there will be conflicts. This is inevitable.

In just a few words, Li Yingshen defeated another person. He stood in the air with the precious bell in his hand, his clothes fluttering like an immortal. He looked up at the town and said with a smile:

"In such a huge Thousand Feather Sect, isn't there a single expert?"

"Insanity!"

The strong man who led the defeated Second Regiment members shouted:

"You're showing off your power while our deputy captain is away. If you have the guts, wait for Captain Chu to come back and challenge him."

Li Yingshen raised his eyelids and looked at him, saying:
"I would like to challenge her, but every time I come over she's not here. I don't know if she's deliberately avoiding me."

The leading strong man said coldly:

"Deputy Captain Chu will be back tomorrow. If you have the guts, come back tomorrow."

"Just want to see it!"

After saying this, he seemed to have achieved his goal. He turned around and returned to the Fire Spirit Boat. He waved his hand, and the two flying boats turned around and left.

With nothing to watch, the crowd gradually dispersed.

Su Yu frowned and looked at the crowd that had just come out of the base. There were about a hundred people, but they were divided into three teams. Only one of the teams had just responded to the challenge, and the other two teams had been watching the show.

"Has the internal strife reached this point?"

He shook his head and had no interest in visiting the night market, so he went to the town and booked a room to sleep in.

There was no conversation that night. The next morning, the five of them got together and Gu Zhiqiu asked:
"Should we continue leveling today, or wait here for another day?"

He Shoucheng glanced at him:
"Want to see a play?"

"Who wouldn't want to watch the top masters below the level of Sanxian fighting each other?"

He Shoucheng waved his hand and said:

"Then you don't have to wait, I won't fight."

"why?"

"Because Li Yingshen won't come at all."

"Ah? Didn't he accept it last night? Isn't he afraid of being ridiculed for accepting a challenge in public?"

"Will you not be laughed at if you are beaten?"

"???"

He Shoucheng smiled and said:
"They've fought before. That was when Deputy Captain Chu had just returned from Xuanzhen Immortal Sect. At that time, Li Yingshen had just established the Fourth Main Group in Shuanghuo. He was full of ambition and wanted to seize Chensha Town and the surrounding area as the base for his main group, so he would come to provoke us from time to time."

"In the end, I ran into Deputy Captain Chu who had just returned. We had two head-on battles and were defeated miserably both times."

Su Yu and Gu Zhiqiu looked at each other and asked:

"If you're no match for me, why do you keep provoking me? Are you itching for trouble?"

"Heh, that's why he only dares to come when Deputy Captain Chu is not around."

"Then what's the point?"

"significance?"

He Shoucheng chuckled:
"It's very meaningful. This will continuously undermine our guild's reputation and lower our evaluation with the River God. When the Frostfire Guild's favor with the River God surpasses ours, that will be the time for Shensha Town to change hands."

Su Yu asked again:
"How will the guild respond? There seems to be some internal problems within the Second Group, and there's a lack of unity. If the guild doesn't do anything about it, aren't they afraid that Chensha Town will change hands?"

"Don't worry. Our guild's overall strength is even greater than Frostfire's. Our main Second Regiment has been operating here for decades. Even if we do nothing, we won't be surpassed by Frostfire anytime soon."

Su Yu:
He Shoucheng patted him on the shoulder and said:

"You don't need to worry. We are just newcomers. The affairs of the guild's upper echelons have nothing to do with us. Just focus on improving your strength first."

"alright."

Su Yu shook his head and waved his hand:

"Since we can't fight, let's go level up."

"Walk."

The Fire Spirit Boat soared into the sky and flew towards the Lianhuan Demon Village.

They got up early. Although many teams had occupied positions in the demon village, there were still many vacancies in the depths. They found a random place to stop and began to seduce the demon soldiers.

After working all day yesterday, they had already become proficient in cooperating with each other.

He Shoucheng was in charge of defense, while the others were in charge of attack. They fought and retreated at the same time, and wiped out the enemies quickly. A wave could be wiped out in about fifteen minutes, and they could still rest for a few minutes.

By repeating this process, practice points gradually accumulate and combat experience continues to improve.

The team continued to fight until dark and returned. The town was very quiet and Li Yingshen did not come.

He still didn't come in the evening, so the group waited until after nine o'clock before going to bed.

The next day, everyone continued to head towards the Lianhuan Demon Village.

Go out early and come back late, and persevere.

On the fourth day, the team got the No. 4 Unknown Taoist Book in the Demon Village. Su Yu went to the flea market that night and collected the No. 5 and No. 8 Unknown Taoist Books. Now they only need the No. 9 and No. 10 Unknown Taoist Books to complete the set.

On the seventh day, Su Yu's Sword Qi and Thunder Sound swordsmanship had accumulated enough progress to advance from a minor achievement to a mastery level, with a 30% increase in sword control damage and a 30% increase in attack speed. This increase wasn't just attribute bonuses; his swordsmanship skills had also been greatly improved.

Now, one sword strike can stably cause 8 levels of damage. Combined with the bonus of swordsmanship level, the damage of each sword is as high as 660. One sword has eight levels, and the total output is as high as 5300. After deducting defense, it can easily kill monsters below level 45 in one set.

In these thirty-six linked demon strongholds, ordinary wolf demons and rat demons can be killed in one blow, and only the bull demons with thick skin and flesh need one or two more sword strikes.

The efficiency is greatly improved, and the brushing is more enjoyable.

Before he knew it, he had been brushing for about half a month. Su Yu was still full of energy and was excited every morning.

Early that morning, the five of them came here again.

Su Yu casually swung his sword and charged into the patrolling demon soldiers team and lured them over. He Shoucheng was chatting and laughing with his girlfriend, which did not affect him from waving his banana fan to create layers of wind walls. The others used their own methods to block the attack layer by layer, and they cooperated very skillfully.

It only took a little over ten minutes to kill a group of demon soldiers. After simply collecting the spoils, he sat down to rest and wait for the second wave of demon soldiers.

He Shoucheng and his girlfriend were talking in a low voice together. Su Yu was sitting on a rock, wiping the sword back and forth with both hands. Gu Zhiqiu was on the other side, surrounded by several golden-winged flying centipedes. A stream of colorful spiritual energy spewed out of his mouth and landed on the golden-winged flying centipedes. Zhang Yunchen watched curiously from the side.

The Wan Gu Ju Ling Jing contains many secret methods of refining Gu. He is now using the secret methods to refine the Golden Winged Flying Centipede to enhance its spirituality and increase its level limit.

After a short rest, a team of patrolling demon soldiers came out of the demon village not far away. Su Yu stood up, but before he could say anything, he suddenly heard a dull bell ringing in the distance.

Everyone was startled and looked up in the direction of the bell. They saw figures flying from that direction and someone shouted:

"The Frostfire Guild is here to kill people, run away from the Thousand Feather Guild."

Everyone jumped up in excitement:
"run!"

Su Yu said loudly:

"Everyone take care of yourself and take a detour back to Chensha Town."

After he finished speaking, sword lights exploded and wrapped around him and soared into the sky. In an instant, a sword rainbow more than ten meters long was pulled out and rushed to the sky to escape.

He Shoucheng and others also used their own methods to control the air and fly into the air in another direction.

"clang!"

The clear bell sounds were getting closer. Three Taiyi Qingling boats marked with the Frostfire Guild's logo flew from the north, and the troops divided into three groups to chase them.

The Taiyi Qingling Boat is a fourth-order flying boat, 25 meters long and 5 meters wide, and can carry 200 people. There are hundreds of people on each of the three flying boats. A man in a green robe stands at the bow of the Taiyi Qingling Boat in the middle, pressing down with his palm from a distance.

The vital energy gathered and condensed into a giant hand nearly an acre in size that could grab and press down.

"boom!"

Several people were pressed into the big hand and were all crushed to pieces.

The other flying boats quickly approached the figures, and blasted out sword lights and spells to submerge them.

Occasionally, they would turn around and resist without being able to escape, but they would be besieged by the swarms of Frostfire Guild members on the flying boat and killed instantly.

Su Yu looked back and saw it, and couldn't help but ask He Shoucheng:

"Can guilds just go to each other's territory and kill people so casually?"

He Shoucheng quickly replied:
"Ordinary guilds wouldn't do this, but some guilds have deep-seated grudges and are sworn enemies, so naturally they can."

"Although we have had some friction with the Frostfire Guild before, it was all manageable. It's rare for them to come out and kill people. I'm wondering if the Frostfire Guild wants to take advantage of the internal strife between the Second Group and seize Shensha Town in one fell swoop."

"But no matter what, this place is no longer suitable for us to level up. After returning to Chensha Town, I plan to go directly back to headquarters. Do you want to come with us?"

"Let's talk about it later. Let's get rid of them first."

"Row."

Su Yu's sword-flying speed was extremely fast, reaching 920 kilometers per hour, and he was very flexible. He quickly overtook many people who were fleeing and was temporarily out of danger.

But the others were not so lucky. From time to time, someone was caught up, and more than a dozen people jumped out of the flying boat to besiege them, and they died one after another.

Gu Zhiqiu was one of the unlucky guys. Although he had exquisite Taoist magic, he was not good at speed. He spent all his money on the golden-winged flying centipede and had no good flying magic tool. He only relied on his own Qi control to fly. Among the many escapees, his speed was the slowest and he was soon caught up.

"clang!"

With the sound of a crisp bell, invisible sound waves exploded, and the several golden-winged flying centipedes protecting him were all blown into minced meat.

Fortunately, he was able to collect most of the golden-winged centipede while escaping, otherwise he would have lost everything.

"Hahaha, look at these people from the Qianyu Guild. They're being chased around like dogs."

"The boss is still the most powerful. Chu Xinyue was fooled around by the captain."

"Boss, do you want to go to Chensha Town for a walk later?"

Li Yingshen took back the precious bell and smiled slightly:
"Okay, let's chase them for a while and then head to Chensha Town."

The Frostfire Guild monks on the flying boat were extremely excited:

"Everyone heard it, let's work harder and kill a few more before we move on."

"Good."

The three Taiyi Qingling boats dispersed, and hundreds of Frost Fire Guild members flew out from them and divided into small teams to chase the nearest Thousand Feather Guild members.

"Damn it, we're being caught up."

He Shoucheng's voice came from the channel.

Su Yu turned around and saw that the Fire Spirit Boat of He Shoucheng and the other two had been targeted by a Taiyi Green Spirit Boat at some point.

The speed of the third-level Fire Spirit Boat is 500 kilometers per hour, and the speed of the fourth-level Taiyi Green Spirit Boat is 1200 kilometers per hour. He Shoucheng, his girlfriend and brother-in-law were all on the flying boat, and they were caught up in a short while.

The two flying boats were parallel to each other, and there were dozens of people on one of them, who were constantly using magic weapons to bombard the defense shield of the Fire Spirit Boat.

The Fire Spirit Boat's defense is okay, at 30000, comparable to the defense of a sixth-tier defensive magic weapon, but it can't withstand the siege of so many people. Even if the three of them continue to inject mana into the flying boat, it is difficult to maintain.

Fortunately, He Shoucheng was decisive. After knowing that there was no hope of escape, he used the small teleportation talisman to escape.

After a full fifteen seconds of activation, the talisman tore open space and sent the three people away.

But people can leave, but the Fire Spirit Boat cannot, and it stays where it is as a trophy of the Frostfire Guild.

The teleportation rune requires up to 15 seconds to activate and will be interrupted once attacked. Under normal circumstances, they do not have 15 seconds to escape when encountering danger.

Anyone who stops to activate the talisman along the way will be their priority target.

Seeing them leave safely, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief and urged his flying sword to speed away.

However, not long after flying, he was spotted by a Taiyi Qingling Boat, which was 1200 kilometers per hour faster than him.

But the flying boat was far less flexible than the flying sword, so Su Yu immediately lowered the altitude and plunged into the mountains.

"Hey, a swordsman expert!"

"Interesting, let's catch up."

A squadron leader of the Frostfire Guild on the Taiyi Qingling Boat became interested and ordered the flying boat to keep an eye on Su Yu.

One chasing and the other fleeing, they quickly escaped from this mountain area.

Jian Hong nimbly circled around a small hill and flew towards the south. The Taiyi Qinglingzhou behind it had to make a big circle to catch up, but it was still able to keep up with it thanks to its faster speed.

However, as Su Yu continued to shuttle back and forth between the mountains, turning left and right, and constantly widening the distance, he soon got rid of it.

"Damn, he can run quite fast."

The flying boat turned around unwillingly and returned in disappointment.

"mock up!"

After making sure he had shaken off the enemy, Su Yu turned around, raised his middle finger, and adjusted his direction to return to Chensha Town.

However, when he flew out from the mountains and entered the Liushui Alluvial Plain, he suddenly received a message from Chu Xiaoyu:
"Come over here."

(End of this chapter)