Yue Buqun: My Mount Hua has been time-traveled.

After a short while, like drinking a cup of tea.

Zhongyuan Yidianhong had all her vital points struck and was bound to the Suoyoubuwei Pavilion with heavy ropes.

Even as a prisoner, he remained cold and stern, seemingly indifferent to his own life or death.

Ning Zhongze shouted, "Speak! Who sent you to murder my senior brother? Was it those inherently evil Beggar Clan villains?"

Zhongyuan Yidianhong remained silent.

Yue Buqun explained, "It wasn't the Beggars' Sect. If the Beggars' Sect had really hired Zhongyuan Yidianhong to kill me, they would never have sent two elders up the mountain to their deaths."

That makes sense.

Ning Zhongze asked curiously, "But apart from the Beggars' Sect, we haven't provoked any external enemies... Could it be Shi Guanyin?"

Jin Lingzhi, with an air of wealth and arrogance, said, "Zhongyuan Yidianhong, is it? I'll pay ten times the price. You help me fight my way back, okay? I am Jin Lingzhi, the Fire Phoenix of Wanfu Wanshou Garden. I'm very rich. If you don't believe me, name your price."

Yue Buqun smiled, but said in a stern tone, "Lingzhi, don't talk nonsense. Although Zhongyuan Yidianhong is an assassin, he also has his own integrity and principles. Even if you give him a hundred or a thousand times the commission, he will not betray his employer. What you are saying is actually insulting him."

Jin Lingzhi remained noncommittal, saying, "Even assassins have integrity?"

Yue Buqun said, "Ninety-nine percent of assassins in the world are greedy for money, so of course none of them are like that, but Zhongyuan Yidianhong is the only one who is not among those ninety-nine percent."

Zhongyuan Yidianhong's expression softened slightly.

Looking at Yue Buqun, a hint of goodwill appeared in his eyes. He said coldly, "Today, my skills are inferior to yours, and I have fallen into your hands. I will only die. Don't even think about getting any information from me."

"It's not that I'm inferior in skill. If Zhenzhen hadn't arrived so quickly, disrupting your composure and forcing you to take a risky move, I might not have been able to defeat you."

Yue Buqun sighed softly, "Your swordsmanship is superb. You are truly the best swordsman I have ever encountered in my life. To be able to fight you is better than three months of secluded training."

He turned his back.

He gave Hua Zhenzhen a wink.

He sighed, "I truly cannot bear to kill you. If you die, where will I find such a worthy and evenly matched opponent ten years from now?"

Hua Zhenzhen understood the elegant meaning behind the music.

She said worriedly, "But Master, this Zhongyuan Yidianhong is too dangerous. If we spare his life, you will probably never be able to eat or sleep properly in the future."

"Never mind."

Yue Buqun turned his head and said seriously, "Zhongyuan Yidianhong, I won't interrogate you about the mastermind behind you. As long as you promise me you won't attack me again, I can let you leave. How about it?!"

Zhongyuan Yidianhong has not yet answered.

Hua Zhenzhen cried out, "No, Master! All assassins are greedy for money. Even if Zhongyuan Yidianhong agrees, he will surely go back on his word. If he hides in the shadows and launches a sneak attack, Master, how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days?"

"It's alright, I believe him!"

"You've only just met him, why should you trust him?"

"His swordsmanship is unstoppable, clean, and decisive. A person who can master such swordsmanship would never have any petty or despicable thoughts in their heart!"

Yue Buqun sighed, "I have come to understand his swordsmanship, and thus I have come to understand him as a person."

Zhongyuan Yidianhong: "………………"

After a moment of silence, he finally couldn't help but sigh and said, "Actually, you are not my target."

Successfully pried open Zhongyuan Yidianhong's lips.

Hearing his words, Yue Buqun was slightly taken aback and said, "But didn't you come here for me?"

"Someone commissioned me to seize the Longevity Sword from your hand! But I will not steal the sword, I will only kill. Once I kill you, I will naturally be able to take your sword."

Zhongyuan Yidianhong paused for a moment, then said, "You are just an innocent person implicated in my mission, so I can tell you this. But even if you release me, I will still not give up on seizing the Longevity Sword. However, after I obtain the Longevity Sword, I will spare your life to repay your kindness today!"

They came for the Longevity Sword?

Yue Buqun looked down at the gleaming silver weapon in his hand.

He laughed and said, "You are quite frank, sir. How about this, the two of us make a gentleman's agreement?"

Zhongyuan Yidianhong asked, "What agreement?"

"I won't ask who gave you the mission, and you mustn't launch any more sneak attacks. Whenever you challenge me, I will never refuse. If you can defeat me even by a single move, I will offer you the Longevity Sword with both hands, how about that?"

"What if I can't win?"

"To obtain the Central Plains's 'Red Dot' sword for testing—isn't that the greatest benefit?"

After saying this, Yue Buqun picked up the weapon that Zhongyuan Yidianhong had dropped, cut the ropes binding him, and released his pressure points.

He held the sword with both hands and presented it to Zhongyuan Yidianhong.

Zhongyuan Yidianhong gave Yue Buqun a deep look and said solemnly, "The Huashan Sect Leader truly has unique insights. Very well, the agreement is established!"

Having said that, he took the long sword and used his lightness skill to leave the Suoyoubuwei Pavilion.

However, due to the injury to his right leg, his recovery has been much slower than before.

However, another line of subtitles appeared in front of Yue Buqun's eyes!

[Dimensional overlap: 12%!]

Another 2% added?

Yue Buqun thought to himself, "It seems I've inadvertently shown my divine power in front of others again."

"Huh? You're just letting him go like that?"

Jin Lingzhi asked incredulously, "Master, you believe him?"

Yue Buqun said, "He's like a mule that's easy to please. If you really torture him, you definitely won't get any information. But if you go along with him, he'll at least spill some information... It's just that Zhenzhen was wronged and had to play the bad cop for me."

Hua Zhenzhen smiled shyly and said, "It's good that I can help Master."

"You came for the Longevity Sword? By the way, wasn't this sword one of Bat Prince's auction items? It should have been won by bidder number thirty-three, how did it end up in your hands, Master?"

Jin Lingzhi asked in surprise, "I remember when you were playing with me, Master, you were called Number 14 by the Bat Prince."

play?

Hua Zhenzhen and Ning Zhongze glanced at Jin Lingzhi curiously.

"It was my oversight."

Yue Buqun sighed and said, "The Bat Prince's real purpose has never been to sell things, but rather that these things all contain leverage. He wants to use this leverage to threaten those who buy his things, thereby realizing his own ambition."

He twirled the Longevity Sword in his hand and continued, "I seized this sword from Hai Kuotian, the leader of the Purple Whale Gang. Because I didn't buy it directly from Bat Island, I was careless. I never expected this sword would attract the world's number one assassin!"

This was indeed Yue Buqun's oversight.

When he talked about the Longevity Sword, he couldn't help but think of Bai Yujing.

Besides, isn't it perfectly normal to kill and plunder, then use the stolen goods?

Who would have thought that behind this sword lay a secret powerful enough to shake up the Central Plains?

Ning Zhongze's gaze swept around the Suoyoubuwei Pavilion, and he gently touched the sword marks left on the tables and chairs. In that instant, he felt something in his heart.

She exclaimed in surprise, "What a tricky sword technique! Senior brother, isn't it... a bit much to let him go like this?"

"It's alright. His swordsmanship is too unorthodox. My Zixia Divine Skill and Yangwu Sword Technique are upright and powerful, which are his nemesis. He couldn't beat me the first time, so he can forget about beating me again. Asking him out is just finding me a sparring partner."

Yue Buqun didn't seem to care much.

Even with his 13 fast-paced techniques, he could defeat Zhongyuan Yidianhong.

If the Purple Cloud Divine Skill were used to activate the Yangwu Sword Technique, using brute force to overcome speed and clumsiness to overcome skill, Zhongyuan Yidianhong would have no chance of winning.

It can only be said that although Zhongyuan Yidianhong is an assassin, he is too principled.

Once you understand his character, it's incredibly easy to manipulate him.

A virtuous person can be deceived by reason!

But this sword...

Yue Buqun looked down at the Longevity Sword in his hand.

Clearly, news of his previous use of this sword in battle had already spread.

Even if they hid the divine weapon, it would probably be too late.

Unfortunately, he knew nothing about the origins of the Longevity Sword.

He murmured, "It seems I still need to ask that Young Master Yuan Suiyun."