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

Yongcui Villa, Li Guanyu!

He was once the greatest swordsman in the world, but later, after Xue Yiren's sudden rise to power...

The two had a previous encounter.

In that battle, Li Guanyu lost by a single move.

Later, Li Guanyu explicitly admitted that although he had studied various schools of swordsmanship and was knowledgeable, his knowledge was too mixed and impure, which made his swordsmanship less pure than Xue Yiren's. He accepted this defeat wholeheartedly.

Xue Yiren stated that he was young and strong at the time, while Li Guanyu was already very old.

If it weren't for his age advantage, he might not have won!

Thus, amidst mutual respect, the two generations of sword gods completed the transfer of the title of the world's number one swordsman.

"What does that have to do with this sword formation?"

Hu Tiehua took the sword formation, glanced at it briefly, and said, "You want to use a formation to deal with Shi Guanyin?"

"Li Guanyu himself drew upon the strengths of many schools of thought to achieve his current success. Later, he studied various sword formations from different schools of martial arts, discarding the dross and retaining the essence, and combined this with his lifelong understanding of swordsmanship to create this Returning Wind Sword Formation!"

Yue Buqun explained, "He once boasted that his sword formation was invincible in the world. No matter how skilled a person was, once they entered the formation, it would be difficult for them to escape alive. Li Guanyu was not a boastful or arrogant person. After seeing many sword formations in the martial arts world, he still dared to make such a bold statement. It can be seen that this sword formation must have its unique features."

That's right, this sword formation is the very one that Liu Rumei used to counter Chu Liuxiang in the later "Painting Eyebrows" scroll.

In the storyline, this sword formation is highly praised.

It is said that the six people fight together, their sword intents are linked, their internal forces complement each other, and their cycles are flawless, which can combine the combat power of the six people into one.

Even Chu Liuxiang once said that he had never seen such a tight, swift, and meticulous sword formation.

Their sword light intertwined like a net, and their sword energy was so dense that it was impossible to escape. Anyone caught in the formation was like being trapped in an iron cage, unable to fly away.

Even with his unparalleled lightness skill, there was absolutely no chance of him escaping alive.

Yue Buqun had considered how to maximize the use of Xue Yiren's favor.

Ask him to deal with Shi Guanyin on my behalf?

This is inappropriate.

Firstly, Xue Yiren is arrogant and probably wouldn't be willing to join forces with others, but if it were a one-on-one fight, he would definitely not be a match for Shi Guanyin.

Secondly, his personal connections were far from being strong enough to make Xue Yiren risk his life for him.

Therefore, after careful consideration, especially after learning that Xue Yiren and Li Guanyu had formed a close friendship despite their age difference since their battle years ago and often discussed swordsmanship, he decided to take action.

On the eve of his departure from Wanfu Wanshou Garden, he wrote a letter.

The letter detailed Xue Xiaoren's many actions in detail.

He also expressed his desire to fight Shi Guanyin to the death and asked Xue Yiren to lend him the sword formation he was asked to use.

If the matter of Xue Xiaoren had been mentioned at Shaolin Temple before...

It seems that Yue Buqun and the Xue Family Village are destined to be enemies to the death.

But by then, nearly a month had passed.

Since Xue Yiren was determined to investigate, he must have already made some progress. If Yue Buqun then reveals the truth, Xue Yiren will only be grateful that Yue Buqun knew the truth but still endured the injustice and swallowed the bitter pill in order to protect the reputation of Xue Family Village.

I was naturally even more grateful.

It should be noted that Xue Xiaoren's assassin organization was notorious in the underworld for killing people for money.

If people find out that this organization is related to Xuejiazhuang, then Xuejiazhuang will be completely finished.

Therefore, he traveled day and night to Yongcui Mountain Villa.

Li Guanyu had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed on one side; how could his son dare to stop Xue Yiren?

They then respectfully presented the sword formation.

Even so, Xue Zhong remained extremely respectful to Yue Buqun, making it seem as if their Xue family was the one asking for favors.

Yue Buqun's use of a deadly move from one volume to deal with the volume's boss is somewhat reminiscent of using a Ming Dynasty sword to kill a Qing Dynasty official.

"Six people forming a formation is truly remarkable. I have been traveling the martial world for many years, but this is the first time I have ever seen such a sword formation that combines offense and defense, making it difficult to escape once inside."

Chu Liuxiang exclaimed in surprise, "But we don't have enough people right now..."

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements. There won't be a shortage of manpower; in fact, there might be an excess. Your task is to memorize the sword formation so you can be a backup at any time!"

Hu Tiehua asked, "Who are the substitutes?"

Yue Buqun glanced at him.

Hu Tiehua pointed incredulously at himself and asked, "I'm a substitute?"

"We should head to the desert."

Hua Zhenzhen asked, "Master, what should we do with Qu Wurong and the others?"

"Let them stay at the Huashan Sect and help us guard the gate."

"Keep them...to guard the gate?"

Hua Zhenzhen stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"It's better than letting someone else take over my place, isn't it? I'll go talk to them about it."

A moment later.

Qu Wurong still covered her face with a veil, so her expression could not be seen, but the surprise in her tone could not be concealed.

She asked, "You're not letting us come with you?"

"That's right. Before Shi Guanyin died, I didn't trust you, so naturally I wouldn't keep you around to cause any more trouble."

Yue Buqun is extremely straightforward.

He gave Qu Wurong a deep look and said, "You might as well stay here for now. I know you're just dogs kept by Shi Guanyin. She doesn't treat you like human beings, so I don't need you to take sides. But if Shi Guanyin really dies at my hands and you gain your freedom, then joining our Huashan Sect might not be a bad decision!"

Upon hearing this, the dozen or so female disciples of Shi Guanyin were immediately astonished.

Before they could answer, Yue Buqun said bluntly, "There's no need to rush to a decision. If we fail, you can go back and say that you rushed to Mount Hua only to find nothing there. You learned that we had gone to the desert on our own initiative, and then you rushed to rescue us day and night, but you were still too late. Shi Guanyin will naturally not blame you."

They even came up with reasons for them.

Qu Wurong was silent for a moment, then asked, "Are you that desperate for disciples?"

Yue Buqun said, "Don't you know whether the Huashan Sect needs disciples or not?"

After hearing this, Qu Wurong was speechless.

"Stay here and relax. Whether you become human or dogs in the future depends on how well my trip goes."

Yue Buqun had his own little scheme in mind.

These women were not noticed by Shi Guanyin.

But in fact, to survive alongside a psychologically twisted and perverted monster like Shi Guanyin, they must be quite capable in terms of both cleverness and martial arts skills.

If Shi Guanyin dies, it would be perfectly reasonable for her estate to be inherited by his enemy.

Arrangements were made for Qu Wurong and the others.

After a quick tidying up, the four of them descended the mountain.

They sped off towards the desert.

During the journey, Chu Liuxiang asked, "Where is this arrangement you mentioned?"

Lanzhou!

When Yue Buqun sent out the Xuan Tie Sword token, he clearly stated that they would meet in Lanzhou.

Seeing the serious response from the Longmen Escort Agency, he suddenly felt that the effect of this sword token was worth looking forward to.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have enough Xuan Tie Sword Tokens.

He had already prepared a Plan B for contingency plans.

Regardless of which one...

To deal with Shi Guanyin, Yue Buqun used all his trump cards, including his local connections in the Huashan Sect and his transmigrated, precognitive identity.

If that still doesn't work.

Yue Buqun felt that with his extraordinary physique, temperament, and appearance, it would be better for him to honestly remain a guest in someone else's bedchamber.