Chapter Ninety-Six: Choice

The large square in front of the Jixia School.

In the seemingly lively scene, all parties moved very quickly, Tian Dan beckoned after Cao Qiudao and Zhao Jianzhai were finished, and whispered orders to a soldier standing aside, who immediately stood on a high platform and signaled the guards below with a banner.

Dan Chu and Qi Ting, who were in charge of commanding the soldiers to maintain order in the crowd, saw the flag, and their respective commanders also replied with a banner, indicating that they understood, and the two of them took a covert glance at Guan Zhongxie, Lian Jiao and Lian Jin in the distant seats, and secretly dispatched soldiers to surround them.

And Guan Zhongxie keenly noticed that someone was watching him at the first time, and he was vigilantly observing around, looking for an opportunity to break through the defense line.

On the seat, seeing Cao Qiudao on the field, many ministers and nobles had already stood up excitedly, and vaguely, a man in a fancy dress who couldn't see his face clearly sat on the seat, hiding his body in the excited crowd, and inconspicuously whispered to his subordinates, the subordinate nodded, and immediately got off the high platform and blended into the crowd below.

At this time, the crowd had begun to boil, and the people of Qi either rushed forward, or stretched their necks, and kept jumping up to look at the field, everyone wanted to see the power of the sword saint under the sword, Qi Ting and Dan Chu had to constantly command their soldiers to strengthen the isolation of the crowd to avoid anyone being injured by the duel in the field, but the enthusiastic crowd still made the human wall built by the soldiers continue to move forward.

"Cao Gong will win!"

"Cao Gong will win!"

"Cao Gong will win!"

“……”

The neat slogans resounded throughout the square, and the huge sound almost overturned the sky!

The people of Qi have fallen into a state of madness, just because Cao Qiudao, who has not made a move for several years, finally ushered in a challenger today, and they are eager to see how the patron saint of Qi in their hearts, Cao Qiudao, the sword saint of Jixia, defeated his opponent and won the victory!

I don't know why, when Lu Yunzhou saw this scene, his first thought turned out to be - if tickets are charged for every sword meeting, wouldn't Xunzi want to make money?

If Jixia Sword will charge tickets, then in the end, will Xunzi earn it, or King Qi earn it, or Tian Dan earn it?

Or three people split the spoils?

Lu Yunzhou inexplicably thought of the scene of Xunzi, King Qi and Tian Dan counting the money together, and couldn't help but shudder, and quickly pinched off this inexplicable brain hole!

Today, Cao Qiudao still has long hair and a shawl, and he has changed into a gray samurai robe, and a pair of wide wing sleeves have been added, making his already majestic figure even taller.

Cao Qiudao's face was as cold as ice and snow, even if he saw the junior brother who had grown up together with him on the other side and became so crazy, he was still unmoved, not revealing the slightest feeling in his heart, just calmly pulled out the sword at his waist with a "slash", and looked at the broken sword in his hand gently with the eyes of a lover.

Cao Qiudao has always been so focused on swords, and he is not affected by any emotion or environment!

Seeing this, Zhao Jian Zhai on the other side laughed wildly and said: "Senior brother, you also underestimate me too much, and you actually used a broken sword to fight against me, it's okay, although I Zhao Jian Zhai has reached the end of the road today, as long as I can kill you, I will live up to my wish in this life!" ”

When Cao Qiudao heard this, he didn't even blink his eyes, as if he didn't hear Zhao Jianzhai's words, but his deep voice slowly sounded--

"Although the sword is broken, the intention continues!"

Zhao Jianzhai snorted coldly, no longer arguing, the tragic momentum on his body was even worse, and in the center of the entire square, in the lively environment, it seemed to be rendered by his momentum into a feeling of Shura Field.

The crowd around them appeared in two completely different states, the audience standing in front of the crowd, looking at the incarnation of the devil Zhaojianzhai, retreated in fear, and the audience standing at the back of the crowd kept squeezing forward, wanting to see the demeanor of the sword master with their own eyes.

At this time, Zhao Jianzhai finally moved, he didn't make any superfluous movements, just step by step, step by step towards Cao Qiudao, in the noisy and lively environment, but it seemed that his momentum was more calm and intimidating, more cold and solemn.

The surrounding sound tide seemed to have gone to another world, in this world, in Zhao Jianzhai's cold gaze, there was only Cao Qiudao, who seemed to be standing at the end of the world, and his tall and majestic body stood there quietly, waiting for him to challenge.

For some reason, in this sunny weather, Lu Yunzhou felt a little cold, he watched Zhao Jianzhai in the field raise the long sword in his hand, and swung it towards Cao Qiudao slowly but firmly, as if he was playing a slow-motion playback.

Lu Yunzhou was stunned, he had an illusion, although this sword was slow, it seemed to be squeezing the air in front of him.

Although there is only one sword, there seem to be thousands of swords hidden in it, hiding endless changes and aftermoves, forming a big net and shrouding Cao Qiudao!

It was as if a huge devil had come out of the void behind Zhaojian Zhai, opened his bloody mouth, and roared and rushed towards Cao Qiudao in front of him--

Time seemed to stand still suddenly at this moment, and Cao Qiudao, who was standing still, suddenly raised the broken sword in his hand, and stabbed at the long sword that Zhao Jianzhai slowly handed over!

Just a stab!

I couldn't find any adjectives, nor could I find any modifications, it was just a simple stab, but this was in Lu Yunzhou's eyes.

In the eyes of Zhao Jianzhai, it is a completely different picture.

He seemed to see a shining meteor in the heavens and the earth, which was rapidly attacking him!

The meteor came from such a plot, the light emitted was so hot, and the breath of destruction came to the face, carrying the power of heaven and earth, rolling towards Zhaojian Zhai!

The devil behind Terukenzhai struggled to let out a final roar, but under the pressure of heaven and earth, under the gaze of the gods, the devil wailed unwillingly, and finally twisted and collapsed--

"Dangchang!"

The abrupt voice suddenly woke Zhao Jianzhai up, and when he came back to his senses, the first thing he saw was the dark eyes of Cao Qiudao opposite, who was looking at him deeply and sadly.

At the second glance, Zhao Jianzhai saw the broken sword that appeared in front of his throat.

The sensation of his body slowly recovered, and Zhao Jianzhai only felt a heart-piercing pain coming from his right hand, and he raised his hand to see that on his blood-drenched right hand, his little finger had been severed.

And the long sword that was originally in his hand also fell to the ground.

The first thought of Zhao Jian Zhai was that he would never be able to hold a sword again.

The second thought is, what just happened?

"Senior brother, this trick was comprehended by me more than ten days ago, at the moment when I shot down a meteor, so I named it Meteor!"

Zhao Jianzhai was stunned, before he went to visit Tiandan that day, he heard about Cao Qiudao's feat of shooting down the meteor, and at that time he was still happy in his heart, thinking that Cao Qiudao must have suffered internal injuries when shooting down the meteor, and secretly laughed at his senior brother for stupidly resisting the power of heaven and earth.

But unexpectedly, Cao Qiudao originally wanted to use the power of heaven and earth to hone his kendo!

And he succeeded!

Thinking of the momentum that seemed to destroy the world just now, Zhao Jianzhai couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said dejectedly: "Senior brother, I finally found out at this moment that I really will never be able to surpass you......"

Cao Qiudao shook his head and said, "No, I can't let you surpass, this is what the master entrusted me before he died." ”

Zhao Jianzhai was stunned, and looked at Cao Qiudao for some reason, but saw Cao Qiudao's dark eyes, looking at him unfathomably.

"When Master left in his sleep, I knew that you did it, Master was afraid and had already guessed that you were going to do this, he once told me to suppress you all my life, not to let you have a chance, to reach the peak, and to destroy yourself...... But I didn't expect that you had destroyed yourself in the process......"

"What? You already knew? Zhao Jianzhai's face changed drastically, and at this moment, he seemed to feel a pair of hands, cruelly removing the mask that had been worn on his face for decades, ruthlessly.

"Senior brother...... You knew it at the time...... Why don't you kill me and avenge Master? Zhao Jianzhai only felt that the belief he had always had suddenly collapsed at this moment, and there seemed to be a fire burning on his face, and he could no longer face Cao Qiudao.

Cao Qiudao let out a long sigh, and a hint of sadness appeared in his eyes, "Master has forgiven you, why should I kill you...... It's just that I really didn't want to kill you, but now, I'll give you a choice, die at my hands, or fall into the hands of Tian Xiang? ”

Sentence by sentence, as if a hammer was hammered in his heart, Zhao Jianzhai lowered his head and looked at his hands in disbelief, as if wondering, why did I do such a thing back then, why?

"Master, he had already guessed that I was planning to kill him...... He doesn't blame me? ”

Cao Qiudao didn't answer, just quietly watched Zhao Jianzhai, but he was ashamed of Zhao Jianzhai more than any answer.

"Right...... Not ......"

At this moment, Zhao Jianzhai finally completely let go of all the schemes, calculations, obsessions and hatred, tears of remorse appeared in his eyes, and the next moment, Zhao Jianzhai used the last strength of his life to crash towards the broken sword in Cao Qiudao's hand!

"Poof!"

The broken blade pierced through the throat of Zhao Jianzhai, and this sword master of this side, the famous Western Sword Saint, finally died at the hands of his lifelong opponent - in a self-judging way!

The crowd finally got out of control at this moment, and a soldier was knocked to the ground by the crowd, and a large group of people behind him rushed out, coincidentally rushing to the three evil masters and apprentices in the seats.

Qi Ting saw it from a distance, and his heart was suddenly shocked: "Not good!" There has never been such a chaos in the previous Jixia Sword Society, it is absolutely impossible to be so coincidental, someone must have deliberately contributed to the troubles in the crowd...... Oh no, they are here to save the three apprentices of Zhao Jianzhai! ”

"Master!"

Lian Jin and Lian Jiao wailed angrily, and were about to rush towards the corpse of Zhao Jianzhai in the field, but they were pulled by the same tiger-eyed and tearful Guan Zhongxi, merged into the crowd, and disappeared......

Qi Ting immediately made a decision and shouted: "Come on, block all the exits of the Jixia School Palace, go all out to search for Guan Zhongxie, Lian Jiao and Lian Jin, and harbor the fugitives, and be punished for the same crime!" ”