Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

"You're the one who killed my senior brother! Give me your life!" The man's eyes were red with rage.

He twisted his wrist sharply and swung it straight at Xi Hengping.

Clang——

The two swords clashed, sparks flying. Xi Heng's drawn sword trembled slightly, his gaze growing increasingly serious.

She finally remembered that she had seen this person before. He was the inconspicuous guy who came with Yingmian Song from Qingsong Sword Academy a few months ago when the Red Thread Sword Academy was attacked, and who left with Yingmian Song's corpse.

"Oh, you're the one from back then..."

"Enough with the nonsense! Take this!" With his sword blocked, the man turned and slashed again from another direction.

Xi Heng flicked his arm, and the sword blade, which had been blocking in front of him, was now blocking behind him.

Another loud bang rang out. After blocking the attack, Xi Heng stepped back, but he didn't notice the step beneath his feet. He lost his balance and could only use his strength to take another step, leaping into the air with the grace of a light-footed kung fu master, adjusting his body in the brief moment of air.

But the opponent did not hesitate to jump up and strike, his sword blade pointing like a shooting star.

Xi Heng blocked the attack with his sword in mid-air, then pinched his left ring finger, middle finger, and thumb together.

“I bow!” she uttered softly.

A streak of blood-red light suddenly appeared in front of the three fingers, instantly transforming into a blood arrow that drew a red line in the air and pierced towards the attacker.

The man below opened his eyes wide, not knowing what kind of move it was, and could only subconsciously use his sword to block.

The blood spurt struck the blade, instantly corroding the sword to near black, hissing as it struck.

"Poison?" The man seemed to understand: "Insidious!"

It's not poison, but the word "insidious" is certainly accurate.

Xi Heng did not answer. Taking this opportunity, he landed on the ground, stepped into the stance of the Red Thread Sword, and began to seriously prepare for the enemy.

The warriors from the Green Pine Sword Pavilion also landed at the same time, their bodies standing up as if by instinct, and with a turn of their swords, they assumed the stance of the Green Pine Sword.

The two faced each other as a gentle breeze blew by.

Xi Heng immediately turned his sword forward and thrust it forward, launching the attack first.

First, stab, then tap, then slice, using a continuous series of moves to break the enemy's stance.

Then, his right elbow suddenly pulled back, and with a burst of energy, he used all his strength to forcefully slash downwards with his wrist—

"Heartbreaking!" she uttered in a low voice, and as the sword slid down, a red light bloomed in front of her.

The blade seemed to tear blood from the air; before the opponent's sword could be fully raised, Xi Heng's sword fell first.

A flash of red light appeared, and the girl pulled her longsword back.

The move, which she had only learned a few days ago, seemed to have a recovery effect, causing her to freeze for half a second, momentarily unsure of what move to follow up with.

With a single sword strike, the figure opposite remained motionless.

First, the blade shattered from the part stained black by the blood arrow, and the broken pieces fell to the ground with a few crisp sounds.

Immediately afterwards, a slanted line of blood slowly appeared on the opponent's shoulder and chest.

The bloodline split open, revealing torn flesh and bone, from which blood gushed out.

The enemy fell to the ground, leaving a pool of blood. Xi Heng looked at his hand, then at his sword, never expecting the move to be so powerful.

They cut the sword in two... no, they just happened to strike the vulnerable spot corroded by the blood arrow.

"It seems this spell does have some effect..." Xi Heng thought to himself.

"You even killed my disciple!" another voice roared.

Xi Heng's face twitched as she looked in that direction, only to see another longsword, wielding an even more advanced technique, thrusting towards her in a flurry of motion—

She immediately focused her mind and raised her longsword to block the thrust.

A deafening clang resounded, and Xi Heng was thrown backward by the immense force.

The person who arrived next was the vice master of the Green Pine Sword Hall, the one who had challenged the hall with him back then.

"So, you killed the little one and now the old one has come, huh?" Xi Heng sneered. "After I kill you, will anyone else come? Why don't we all come at once!"

"How dare you speak so arrogantly! Take this!" The old man with a face full of wrinkles stepped forward, gathering his strength, and slashed down with his long sword.

The surging momentum pressed down with the sword blade, and Ling Xi Hengxin felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

She gripped the sword hilt with both hands, struggling to lift the sword in an attempt to block.

Another clanging sound rang out, and Xi Heng's feet shifted slightly, causing cracks to appear in the wooden planks on the ground.

She managed to block it, but the shock made her hands go numb.

The person in front of her was clearly stronger than her. Although his moves did not reach the profound level of dark energy, they were at least at the level of mastery of obvious energy.

Before they could even rest for half a second, the opponent slashed down with another sword.

Xi Heng had already figured out what this person was going to do, but he didn't know if he could block the move, so he could only rush forward to meet it head-on.

With a flash of light, the longsword fell again. This time, the heavy blow almost made her drop the blade from her hand, and the pain in her tiger's mouth made her hands tremble.

"Again!" A fierce, crimson glint appeared in the enemy's eyes. He no longer raised his longsword to gather momentum, but instead pulled it back to the side and down, his body as stable as a rock.

The next sword strike was noticeably more powerful. Xi Heng was unwilling to block it any longer, so he detached his left hand from the hilt of the sword and suddenly spread his five fingers wide towards the enemy.

"Change!"

With a low shout from Xi Heng, the red bone patterns drawn on his forearm suddenly glowed with blood-red light.

Immediately afterwards, her fingernails grew wildly and expanded with a crackling sound, instantly taking the shape of a small tree crown.

The fingernails no longer resembled fingernails, but rather dense branches made of ashen bones.

The skeleton had just fully healed; before the opponent could even react in surprise, the blade slashed down with the momentum of the attack—

A cold glint appeared, leaving a white streak in the air.

The sword blade shattered the newly grown bones, and along with the sword wind, it struck towards Xi Heng.

Xi Heng tried her best to dodge, but her shoulder was still grazed by the sword wind, and the immense force broke her balance and pushed her backward.

"Open!" Xi Heng suddenly shouted as he fell backward.

Instantly, the skeletal tree canopy that had sprouted from the fingertips fell off and scattered, floating in mid-air.

With a final push, countless bone fragments shot towards the enemy like projectiles.

With a thud, Xi Heng fell to the ground and quickly got up. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the enemy's clothes had been torn and pierced by countless broken bones, and his body was covered with countless bloody holes. His appearance had become blurry and horrifying.

The man blocked some bone fragments with his sword, and although he was covered in blood, he still stood there with his eyes wide open.

"What...what kind of move is this?" His voice was hoarse and bitter.

Xi Heng didn't answer. Adhering to the principle of finishing off the enemy as long as they're not dead, he reached out to the other party again.

"Charge!"

The blood-red pattern on the back of his right hand lit up, and three blood-red streaks appeared out of thin air, tearing a hideous claw mark into the man's chest.

The flesh was cut open, revealing ribs riddled with cracks, and intestines were even protruding from between the wounds.

The enemy opened his mouth, his eyes widened to the brim, and he coughed up blood, but he could not utter another word.

Gradually, this ragged body knelt on the ground and collapsed forward.

Xi Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up, rubbing his aching shoulder.

"Spells don't just have some uses." She looked at the corpse before her and softly changed her words, "They're far too useful..."

The girl apologized to the Blood Sea Technique in her heart. At first, she actually thought that this spell was not as useful as hidden weapons and poisons. She was really blind to its power.

“A shotgun, huh? That’s it.” She moved closer and examined the bizarre corpse she had created.

After wasting a minute or two killing the master and disciple, Xi Heng finally remembered that he was still surrounded by government soldiers. He looked back at the still chaotic martial arts arena.

The number of people in the arena was dwindling, and the martial artists' superior mobility meant that the place was deserted in no time.

Zhang Luoyi, who had been hesitating in the center of the arena, had now followed the advice of others and decided to escape with them. The dozen or so Huangmei Mountain warriors who were blocking the soldiers were almost all dead.

Xi Heng ignored the two strange, bleeding corpses in front of him and quickly caught up with the group of martial artists who were using their lightness skills to escape. He followed them to the back of the group and wanted to leave with them.

Just as she was about to use her light-footed skills to scale the wall and leave, Xi Heng suddenly heard a voice calling her name from the rear guard.

She glanced back and saw her cheap master, an elder of the Red Thread Sword Academy, sitting on a wooden cart behind the soldiers, waving his hand at her.

"..." Xi Heng blinked, stopped using his lightness skill to leap over the wall and leave. He landed from the height, raising a little dust, and walked in the opposite direction to meet the soldiers.

"Master?" She approached the wooden cart, somewhat incredulous. "You summoned all these soldiers?"

His cheap master had never left the Sword Academy before.

Today, however, the other party's actions have completely overturned Xi Heng's impression of them.

The old man sitting on the wooden cart nodded gently, his voice hoarse: "I have been friends with the city lord of Jinshi City for many years. When trouble comes to the city, it is only natural that I should come out and help."

"Master, you truly are worthy of being called Master." Xi Heng didn't know what to say, so he just offered a dry compliment.

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Chapter Twenty-Eight: Red Thread Sword Academy

Later, in Jinshi City, the relationship between martial artists and the government deteriorated.

While Xi Heng stayed at the Red Thread Sword Academy, detached from the world of right and wrong, and rested well, almost every few days he would hear that another martial arts school had been shut down, or that a martial artist had been imprisoned and interrogated for killing government soldiers out of resentment.

In Jinshi City today, the government seems to think that every martial artist could be a spy for the Huangmei Mountain Army, and that they are left here to plot a bigger conspiracy.

Many martial artists were targeted in this way, resulting in them losing their fortunes and families. Many people originally had no intention of joining Huangmei Mountain, but they were forced to go to Huangmei Mountain due to their anger towards the imperial court and government, leaving the city for the eastern land of Hailu.

The Golden Sand Palm, once the largest martial arts school in Jinshi City, has now lost its name. Only the Broken Jade Knife is still struggling to survive, but it is under the supervision of the government. They are restricted to accepting certain disciples and cannot accept more than a few at a time. Even the teaching process is monitored by martial artists from the government faction. They cannot even keep their own martial arts secret, and it is difficult for them to have any dignity as martial artists.

Even in such dire straits, they were still the best survivors among all the martial arts schools in the city.

Most of the other martial arts schools had been abandoned, and the martial artists found it increasingly difficult to stay in Jinshi City, so they all went to other places.

Even the Red Thread Sword Sect, where Xi Heng was located, which had a friendly relationship with the city lord, was affected by this and stopped accepting disciples. After teaching all the female disciples under its command, the Sword Academy had no successors and became increasingly empty.

Three months later, the conflict between the martial artists and government soldiers in the city gradually subsided.

During these three months, Xi Heng did not leave the Sword Academy, but continued to practice swordsmanship and moves on his own.

Having learned more and more, she has mastered all the moves of the Red Thread Sword Triple Formation.

But simply being familiar with the moves is not enough. You also need to understand the various changes between sword moves, how your body should move forward and backward with the moves, and how your qi and blood should circulate in the combos.

In this way, the difficulty increases with each level, and one can only hone their skills over time.

"Mastery of Ming Jin..." Xi Heng often recited these words, hoping to reach this level as soon as possible and then obtain the An Jin technique from his master.

Because recently, she has often heard that the outside world is in chaos and turmoil.

The once-thriving martial arts industry in Jinshi City suddenly declined to its lowest point. Senior Sister Hongmiao had told her that she should "think about what to do after leaving the Sword Academy." Meanwhile, news of the Southern Tianliang Rebellion continued to arrive, seemingly heading towards Jinshi City...

This reminded Xi Heng of several pieces of news he had heard during his second life working at the village pharmacy...

It seems that at the end of the second year after the save file was loaded, the rebel army in the south called Tianliang captured Jinshi City and occupied it for a long time.

Xi Heng couldn't remember the exact date, since news that could reach the mountain village was always vague and exaggerated.

For example, people often say that Fang Tiande, the leader of the Liang army, was born with superhuman strength, which even dragons and elephants could not match. He also had an indestructible body and even the ability to turn beans into soldiers and summon thunder and wind.

The storyteller said that he was a celestial being reincarnated and could not bear to see the people suffering and the land in turmoil, so he raised the banner of rebellion in Shezhou and led a million-strong army north to attack the Zhao royal family, kill the emperor and bring peace to the world.

But despite the widespread acclaim, the actual results of the battle immediately declined after the capture of Jinshi City, a major city that served as a hub between the north and south.

Less than three months after the occupation, the imperial court dispatched the Ever Victorious Army from the north to press on the border. Within a few days, they drove the Tianliang Army out of Jinshi City, and then fought a decisive battle outside the city involving tens of thousands of soldiers...

As for the outcome of the decisive battle, opinions vary. Some say that the Tianliang army defeated the government troops in a major battle, causing the border troops to hide in the city. Others say that the government troops scattered and fled from Tianliang, and the war was quelled with little effort.

These are all just rumors circulating in the countryside, and it's hard to tell if they're true or false. The only certainty is that the government troops recaptured Jinshi City.

After that, Xi Heng fell ill and read the game files, and no longer knew what happened afterward.

"The rebels will attack in the second year after the save file is loaded... It's been more than a year since the save file was loaded."

After getting dressed in the early morning, Xi Heng came to the bedside and looked at the outside world.

It was early morning, and the sky looked as if it had been painted horizontally with many light-colored brushes. Light orange and pale blue intertwined and gradually changed, and the clouds were loose and shapeless.

Since March, autumn has passed and we have entered the depths of winter, with the sunlight appearing faint and ambiguous.

“I’ve been at the Sword Academy for over a year now.” Xi Heng rested his elbow on the windowsill and supported his chin with his palm.