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Chapter 172 Swords and Rainbows Clash, Fish in the Pond Suffer Disaster; Two Elements Join Hands to Stop the Strife [Two-in-One]

Tang Hao never expected to encounter something like this.

"Tsk! It's the capital of a country, and two Foundation Establishment cultivators dare to be so arrogant and presumptuous?" he muttered to himself, his hands forming hand seals.

A barrier gleaming with metallic luster immediately unfolded, enveloping the entire mansion.

He sat at the stone table, toying with the teacup in his hand, looking up at the battle in the air, and said, shaking his head:

"Fortunately, the emperor issued an edict allowing me to temporarily move out of the Duke's mansion. Otherwise, it's possible that Ninth Brother's rather elegant private residence would have been destroyed in the aftermath of the battle."

The events that followed his return from the grand spring banquet couldn't help but resurface in his mind.

That night, the two brothers had a good time drinking.

Helian Chengyu then took advantage of the late hour and sneaked out of Shengjing with his personal guards.

Tang Hao naturally stayed overnight at the private residence.

The next day, he woke up and was planning to take the extras out to make their presence known before returning to his residence.

Before they could even set off, a senior eunuch arrived at their door with several attendants.

"Huh? Isn't this the emperor's close attendant? I saw him at the grand banquet yesterday." Tang Hao recognized the man at a glance.

The imperial eunuch saw the crowd in the courtyard, who looked ready to leave.

He immediately trotted forward with a beaming smile, bowed respectfully, and said, "This servant, Zhao Dequan, greets His Highness the Ninth Prince and the Heir Apparent of Rong!"

"What brings you here so early, sir?" Tang Hao, wearing the face of Helian Chengyu, asked after nodding slightly.

"This servant has come to find the Crown Prince on His Majesty's orders."

Zhao Dequan took out a gorgeous storage bag from his pocket and presented it to the flesh and blood puppet with both hands.

He smiled and said, "Your Highness, these are the spirit stones that His Highness Prince Kang and the others have compensated us. Please count the amount."

The flesh puppet looked exactly like Tang Hao, and even its voice was identical.

With the [Mysterious Tortoise Hiding Breath Technique], replicating it by comparing it to oneself, doing these things is a piece of cake.

Donning Tang Hao's [Special Effects Outfit - Rising Star in Immortal Cultivation], even the most familiar person would hardly doubt its identity.

He took the storage bag, engraved his mark on it, and scanned it with his divine sense.

“The quantity is correct, thank you for your trouble, sir.” It nodded and smiled in return.

After saying "I dare not," Zhao Dequan straightened his robes, his smile faded, and he said solemnly, "His Majesty has issued an imperial edict."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the courtyard, whether it was the nine women beside Tang Hao or the attendants behind Zhao De, straightened their robes and stood at attention with a slight bow.

Only Tang Hao and the flesh puppet remained. After tidying up their robes, they made no further moves.

Knowing the prince's identity already, and with the emperor's special instructions to treat him with utmost respect, Zhao Dequan naturally didn't take offense and loudly proclaimed, "Convey the Emperor's decree!"

"I have heard that some villains have attempted to disrupt the Duke of Rong's seclusion. I have already ordered people to guard the Duke's residence closely. Considering that it is inconvenient for the Heir Apparent of Rong to travel, I hereby order the Ninth Prince to take care of the Heir Apparent's daily life and travel in the capital, and not to be negligent in the slightest. This is my decree!"

"I will obey my father's decree!" Tang Hao bowed slightly in greeting.

A strange thought flashed through his mind: 'This imperial edict seems to be addressed to Ninth Brother, but its real purpose is to prevent me from returning to the manor. No wonder he said he came specifically to find me.'

"What kind of trouble has arisen now?" Tang Hao asked. "Did something happen at the court meeting this morning?"

"Your Highness is very observant."

After offering a compliment, Zhao Dequan said without any concealment, "This was suggested by His Highness Prince Kang, who said that the Duke of Rong was in seclusion and the guards in his residence were insufficient, and requested His Majesty to send someone to look after him."

Helian Chengyu has a special status. Although he will not inherit the throne, he will not be kept in the dark about matters of the court.

Every so often, jade slips summarizing information from various parties would be presented to him for his perusal and understanding.

"He means well," Tang Hao scoffed, while Zhao Dequan remained silent, his head bowed.

'King Kang failed to find fault with Tang Ling at the grand banquet; has he changed tactics, intending to cut off Tang Ling's path to possession and exhaust his lifespan to death?'

He instantly understood the key point and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Kang Wang and the others could not possibly know that Tang Ling's sea of ​​consciousness and purple mansion had been severely damaged, and the chance of him regaining consciousness was extremely slim.

Furthermore, with the Nightmare Butterfly's erosion and torment, even if one were to regain some consciousness, they would become completely dazed and no longer pose any threat.

……

"boom!"

A sword aura struck the barrier, the violent thud pulling Tang Hao back to the present moment.

His gaze swept back and forth between the two men and women who were fighting.

The male cultivator was dressed in a blue robe and looked quite respectable.

The female cultivator she fought was dressed in a white dress, and her beauty was so exquisite that she seemed otherworldly.

"She's quite pretty, but she's so cold and aloof. Tsk, is she going for the 'ice queen' look?" he quickly concluded.

Perhaps because Tang Hao's gaze lingered for a while, the woman in the white dress even managed to glance over during the battle.

His gaze was cold and ruthless; he could even feel goosebumps rising on his skin.

Tang Hao was drinking tea and commenting on the two men's clothes and appearance when a loud shout came from behind him.

"You remain silent, yet you dare to be distracted during a fight? Do you perhaps look down on me?"

The male cultivator in blue seemed quite displeased that the woman in white was distracted by him.

As he spoke, he swung his long sword repeatedly, each sword aura arcing through the air before slashing at the female cultivator, giving the impression of a sneak attack.

Shi Buyu withdrew his gaze, and with a light sweep of his longsword, he extinguished all the sword energy without expending much effort.

He snorted lightly, "I wondered who was acting so frivolously and recklessly. It turns out to be Yan Yunsheng, the famous swordsman of the Free and Unfettered Sword Sect, who is like a dog in heat wherever he goes."

"Pfft, cough cough cough!"

Tang Hao spat out the tea as soon as he put it in his mouth.

Fortunately, he is now quite experienced, and he spat the tea on the ground, preventing it from affecting others or himself.

'Holy crap, that little mouth of hers looks like it's been poisoned.'

"Who are you calling a swordsman?" Yan Yunsheng retorted angrily. "Why are you speaking so rudely?"

"I was just asking you your name, your age, and if you wanted to have a romantic chat, but in your mouth you've become frivolous, reckless, and a horny dog?" A hint of annoyance appeared on his face.

Tang Hao's lips twitched, and he silently put away his tea-drinking utensils: "We can't drink this tea anymore, these two oddballs!"

Seeing their young master's actions, the nine women couldn't help but secretly chuckle.

"Talking about love and romance is the most boring thing! You'd be better off practicing your mediocre swordsmanship instead," Shi Buyu continued to mock.

His swordsmanship was equally sharp, and with two clanging sounds, he nearly knocked the opponent's longsword away.

Yan Yunsheng stepped back, temporarily disengaging from the battle, and handed his longsword to his left hand, swinging his right wrist with a "heave-ho, heave-ho" sound.

He scoffed and said, "As expected of a successor of the Heartless Sect, it's a real pity to waste such a beautiful face. Without the nourishment of love, she'll soon grow old and faded."

After listening for a while, Tang Hao's expression became increasingly strange.

'Is this Yan Yunsheng really a disciple of the Free and Unfettered Sword Sect, one of the five great immortal sects? How can his words and actions exude such an evil aura?' He couldn't help but shake his head.

She glanced at the figure in the white dress again: "On the contrary, this successor of the Heartless Sect of the [Path of Extinction] is a bit sharp-tongued, but his actions are quite upright."

He can guarantee that his values ​​are absolutely not dictated by his physical appearance.

"Ha! Men." Shi Buyu sneered, "You probably won't live to see that day. I'll peel off your ugly skin right now and throw it into the latrine to soak it up."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sword strikes surged like a tidal wave, attacking the opposite side wave after wave.

Yan Yunsheng was immediately overwhelmed and found it difficult to defend himself.

He retorted without backing down, "You? Ask the sword in my hand first."

"is it?"

With a flick of his hand along the blade, Shi Buyu's longsword suddenly gained a strange, sharp power capable of severing the real from the unreal: "Ask it, can it answer? Such a stupid thing deserves to be cut down!" Empowered by this sharp power, the void seemed to be subtly torn apart wherever the sword tide passed.

"The Method of Severing Emotions and Desires?"

Upon seeing this, Yan Yunsheng's expression changed, and he quickly ran his fingers along the blade of the sword as well.

Only when strands of black hair were wrapped around it did his expression relax slightly, and he retaliated with a sword strike that resembled waves.

The clanging sound continued for a while.

Seeing that he had successfully blocked the attack, he sneered, "Come on! Try breaking one of my swords. I, Yan Yunsheng, have already said this: today, as long as the sword is with me, the sword will break..."

"Keng"

The longsword, wrapped in black hair, couldn't withstand the blow and was severed in one strike.

His grand words caught in his throat. Yan Yunsheng's face twitched, and he took a few steps back, brandishing his broken sword. He reached behind him and pulled out a long sword of the same design from the sword box on his back.

"It's broken!" Shi Buyu's lips curled into a cold smile. "You can die now."

Yan Yunsheng twirled his longsword and said shamelessly, "What's the rush? I haven't finished speaking yet."

"What I'm saying is, as long as the sword is with me, if the sword breaks, I'll just get a new one! Hey, I have a lot of swords, how many of mine can you break? I'll make you furious!" He raised his eyebrows, his face full of provocation.

'I never knew the "Severing Emotions and Desires" technique could be used like this! Wow, I've learned something new.'

Tang Hao was filled with surprise. This technique was a secret technique of the [Path of Extinguishing Emotions].

The Heartless School emphasizes bewitching people while abstaining from romantic love, and thus they are the most skilled in this art.

He learned from the ancient texts that the "Severing Emotions and Desires Technique" mainly affected the cultivator himself, but he never expected it could also be used in combat.

'Indeed, the ancients were right. Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Only by broadening one's horizons can one gain more experience in combat!'

He figured that if he were caught off guard and his weapon was cut off, even if he was confident in himself, he would still be seriously injured.

As Tang Hao was summarizing his observation experience, his gaze was drawn to the changes in the air.

This time, Shi Buyu didn't engage in a verbal battle. Instead, he suddenly pulled his longsword back to his chest and then thrust it forward with a fierce thrust.

Driven by the longsword, she moved like a white phantom, tracing an arc through the air before flying diagonally towards Yan Yunsheng.

"Heavens, a celestial being descending from the heavens?" Tang Hao exclaimed in astonishment, staring intently at the white phantom.

The sword strike was too swift; Yan Yunsheng had no time to use any other methods.

Moreover, the Free and Unfettered Sword Sect follows the path of sword cultivators, which has always emphasized offense over defense. The only defensive magical artifact he possessed was simply no match for this attack.

In desperation, Yan Yunsheng had no choice but to throw his long sword away and summon another horizontal sword from his sword box to defend himself.

Then he slapped his chest, and with a soft click, the sword case slid off, which he grabbed and pulled in front of him.

"Keng!"

Yan Yunsheng was covered in cold sweat. The longsword he had thrown earlier had been shattered into pieces, and the one he used to block it had also broken in two.

In the end, it was only thanks to the sturdiness of the sword case that it managed to barely block the attack.

"Are you serious?!" Yan Yunsheng was both frightened and furious. "Since that's the case, then don't blame me for being impolite."

As soon as he finished speaking, he cast a hand seal on the sword box.

The sounds of "whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh" rang out one after another as long swords flew out from among them.

Upon seeing this, Shi Buyu drew his sword and retreated. As he flew backward, he swiftly swung his long sword, deflecting the incoming sword.

A hint of seriousness flashed in her eyes, but she said, "Finally, you've shown some real skill. I hope it won't be like your swordsmanship, which makes people have to suppress their laughter while fighting you."

The fight between the two seemed incredibly exciting, but in reality, neither of them used their true skills.

The [Path of Extinguishing Emotions] is not skilled in swordsmanship. The [Free and Unfettered Sword Sect] is also good at flying swords, but that is a method that can only show its true power after the Core Formation stage, when the dantian and qi sea can nurture magic treasures.

However, the Free and Unfettered Sword Sect also has a solution to this, which is the method that Yan Yunsheng is using at this moment—the Sword in the Box.

This method uses a sword box to simulate the dantian (energy center) and nurtures the longsword within, thus achieving some of the power of a flying sword.

Ignoring Shi Buyu's sarcasm, Yan Yunsheng formed a sword-finger gesture and held it upright in front of him.

With a soft shout, he cried out, "Sword, come!"

The countless swords responded and returned, slowly circling around him.

"【Azure Lotus Sword Song】" His sword fingers changed continuously, and strands of black hair appeared out of thin air, merging with the sword formation.

"Duh!"

The sword's momentum suddenly changed, transforming into a giant blue lotus.

The lotus petals swayed gently as the longsword trembled.

The cries of swords rang out, truly blending into a song, melodious yet dangerous.

The next moment, the longsword, wrapped in the azure lotus sword energy, shot out.

The master remained silent and unperturbed, instead revealing a smile: "Well done!"

A half-person-high bronze dressing mirror had appeared in front of her without her noticing.

Reflected in the mirror, a giant blue lotus can be faintly seen emerging within it.

"go with!"

Countless cyan sword shadows flew out from the mirror, meeting the incoming flying swords.

Those sword shadows, seemingly real yet illusory, were no match for the flying swords.

However, the numbers far exceeded those of the enemy, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate for a time.

Tang Hao narrowed his eyes slightly upon seeing this: 'This is the [Heart-Imprinting Mirror]?'

【Mirror of Heart Imprint】is both the name of a treasure and a secret magic technique, both of which are the signature skills of the Heartless Sect.

"That's all?" Shi Buyu smiled dismissively, her jade finger lightly touching the back of the [Heart Imprint Mirror].

The blue lotus in the mirror trembled violently, showing signs of disintegration.

At the same time, the giant green lotus surrounding Yan Yunsheng also seemed to be affected, and its operation became stagnant.

Many of the flying swords that were shot out were also affected, and for a moment they lost control and flew to places they shouldn't have gone.

This includes the mansions located below the battle group.

The flying sword came at great speed. Tang Hao's barrier was more than enough to deal with the aftershocks, but it was no match for the flying thrust of a spirit-grade longsword.

A soft "pop!" sound.

The barrier burst as easily as a soap bubble.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Several flying swords struck down in succession, and several houses in the courtyard collapsed with a crash.

Fortunately, the nine women reacted quickly, leaping onto the rooftops and hovering in mid-air to deflect or capture the swords that were mistakenly fired at them.

Tang Hao's face immediately darkened: "You can fight all you want, I can accept the aftermath and can't be bothered with you, but destroying my house is going too far! If you don't fix my house, this isn't over!"

Helian Chengyu put a lot of thought into this residence and was very fond of it.

He felt a little guilty that the item was in good condition when it was handed over to him, but now it's in this state.

After instructing one person to protect the flesh puppet, Tang Hao soared into the sky.

While still in mid-air, the purple longsword was drawn with a clang.

"Playing with lotus flowers, is that it? I'll let you play to your heart's content!" He angrily attacked.

The second move of the Nine Gazes Sword Technique – Twin Lotus Blossoms Born of Yin and Yang!
(End of this chapter)