Chapter VI: Exhaustion of organs
Xue Liang's sword disc swirled back and forth, the battle situation on the floating platform had gradually become clear, the two teenagers had two swords in succession, completely suppressed Yan Duo's scimitar, although they had taken the advantage, but these two teenagers were not anxious at all, they were still waving their double swords unhurriedly, compressing Yan Duo's defensive circle inch by inch, gradually, Yan Duo's room for activity was getting smaller and smaller, and his fat face with a shiny light was already sweating like rain. Seeing such a scene, Ximen Rin, Ling Chong and others were all relieved, while everyone in Jiangdong was anxious, and some people couldn't bear it, and they were already complaining in private that Yan Duo was not able to do anything, and if he lost this time, he was afraid of greatly damaging his morale.
The two teenagers were not affected at all, although Yan Duo's embarrassment made them feel pity in their hearts, but the blood of their companions made them not move in the slightest, they just wanted to do their best to kill this fat man, the two lives of their companions, and Lin Zhiheng, who might be sick for life, so that they no longer had a trace of pity in their hearts.
Yan Duo finally couldn't support it, he staggered under his feet, retreated, and was forced into a dead corner by two sword lights, the eyes of the two teenagers were a glimmer of light at the same time, and the two sword lights were combined, and they had turned into a snares without flaws, the cold sword wind almost covered the sound of the surging river, Yan Duo burst out a little blood light, and with a cry of pain, the scimitar in his hand had turned into a meteor and fell into the river, the two teenagers showed a smile at the same time, and the sword light was combined and divided, just like a flying dragon, hovering above the blue sky, like a tiger, according to the danger of mountains, Yan Duo's diving escape road has been blockedγ
Swinging his sword to block Yan Duo's retreat to escape from the river, he stabbed straight at Yan Duo's vest and attacked the opponent who had no blade in his hand, and on the opposite side, his companion was slashing down with a sword and slashing at Yan Duo's neck, this time it would be a big victory, a smile appeared on a young man's handsome face, but at this moment, Yan Duo bent down deeply, and from his shoulder, three black lightning flashed and shot into his companion's chest without hindrance, the smile suddenly stiffened on his face, and a look of disbelief flashed in the young man's eyes.
The sword had almost fallen on the opponent's fat neck, and it was obvious that he could cut off the huge head, but all hope was in vain at this moment, when the heart-rending pain hit the whole body, the young man's rough and heroic face turned gray and white in an instant, and there was no trace of anger, but he was unwilling, how could he let the situation that his brother gave up his life in exchange for be reversed like this, he opened his hands, no matter how the sword in his hand fell off, he continued to rush behind Yan Duo, and only hugged the short and fat body. He heard Yan Duo's cold snort, and then his body followed his figure like a cloud, and when he stopped, he felt the cold blade piercing into his vest, and he also felt the strong force of Yan Duo's efforts to break free.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the companion's face has lost its luster, but the distorted face still carries infinite anger and murderous intent, just hugging the enemy, the handsome young man knows the companion's intention, is to use the last strength to bind the enemy, leaving himself a chance to attack, but just when his sword momentum does not stop, continue to stab, the fat body that has been sluggish turns around like a whirlwind, and the body in front of him has changed from the enemy to a companion. A trace of madness flashed in his eyes, and the handsome young man had no intention of slowing down the attack, and stabbed with a sword, like a bamboo, piercing his brother's body, and the sword momentum did not stop, piercing Yan Duo's chest again.
Yan Duo raised his head in confusion, although he came with the heart of fighting to the death, but he had already thought that although these young people were strong in martial arts and ruthless, they had one of the biggest weaknesses, that is, they were too young, too young enemies, often strong-blooded, they might fight to the death when facing strong enemies, and when they faced the weak, they might have the kindness of women, and these teenagers had a very tacit understanding with each other, obviously they must have a deep friendship, so there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Although his first thought proved to be wrong, the two young opponents were not relentless at all, but he still had a way to win, and after shooting one of them on the verge of death with his crossbow on his back, he did not expect the young man's near-death reaction in the slightest, and sure enough, the young man threw himself up and wanted to limit his activities with his flesh and blood. But in doing so, it also provides the best shield for themselves, how can these brotherly teenagers kill their own companions, even when they know that their companions are going to die. The tube of "Pear Blossom Needle" that slipped from his sleeve had already arrived in his hand, and the moment he turned around, he was ready to launch it at the moment when the young man who was still alive hesitated, and he would definitely be able to easily get it.
But to his surprise, the young man did not hesitate at all, pierced his companion's chest with a sword, and sent himself and his companion to the Huangquan Underground Mansion, and raised his hand with difficulty, but his fingers were already uncontrollable, "Bang, grunt", and the exquisite silver cylinder fell to the platform, and then rolled down the river. Yan Duo's knees weakened, and he fell down, along with the young man who was still holding him tightly with his hands, and it was only at this moment that the last glimmer of light in the young man's eyes disappeared, and his stubborn head fell softly.
Yan Duo propped his hands on the ground, raised his head with difficulty, looked at the handsome young man who was still holding the hilt of the sword tightly, but his face was already full of tears, and said word by word: "Okay, good, if you are ruthless, Yan is really inferior to you." The back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and Yan was convinced. β
The handsome young man raised his head, a line of blood spilled from the corner of his eyes that had burst, he roared angrily, drew his sword, swung his sword, the sword flashed, Yan Duo's head rolled to the ground, the young man kicked out, the huge head had fallen into the river with a "plop", the young man let out a sad roar, had dropped the long sword in his hand, and pounced on it with a rolling belt, ripped away the corpse of his companion, stretched out his hand to hold it in his arms, could no longer bear the grief in his heart, and cried loudly.
From the occurrence to the end of this tragedy, it was only a few breaths, until the handsome young man's painful cry reached everyone's ears, most people came to their senses, and looked at Ximen Rin and the others The eyes have become deep fear, but a few unknown teenagers, the Lin Zhiheng in front of him can fight with weakness and strength, and Qiao Changyuan will fight to the end, and this unknown handsome young man can cut off the last chance of his brother and sister with a sword, such ruthlessness, such perseverance, so that everyone in Jiangdong has a chill in their hearts, and for Youji, they are even more fearfulγ
Ximen Rin closed his eyes slightly, and the pain gradually spread in his heart, he was not surprised by the handsome young man's heart-piercing sword, this is a course that must be practiced in the Yanshan Weiyan Martial Arts Hall, how to grasp the opportunity that his companions exchange for their lives, they can't miss it, but although they have practiced countless possibilities, if they really stab this sword, the pain in their hearts is still unbearable for these teenagers who have not yet reached the age of weak crowns. Moreover, if it weren't for his own plans, he wouldn't need these young people who were not yet adults to experience such a painful fight, right?
There was a faint chill in his eyes, no matter what, he had sacrificed so much, so his own means must be successful, Ximen Rin endured the bitterness in his heart, and said loudly: "Zhou Qun, you have already won, come back, the next one should start." β
The handsome young man looked up blankly, and it was not until Ximen Rin said it again that he came to his senses, staggered to his feet, picked up the bodies of his companions, picked up the swords of the two of them, and jumped onto the light boat waiting below, but he landed so heavily that the boat shook, and his body was shaky, and if it had not been for the boatman's support, he almost fell on the boat.
Seeing this, Ximen Rin felt a pain in his heart, turned his head to look at the remaining two teenagers, and the eyes of the two teenagers were already faintly filled with tears, but they both raised their heads, without a trace of fear on their faces, Ximen Rin smiled bitterly, and was about to let the two teenagers prepare to play in the next battle, but Ling Chong stepped forward, blocked his gaze, and said awe-inspiringly: "Lord Commander, let Ling fight in the next battle." β
Looking at each other, Ximen Rin clearly saw the grief and regret in Ling Chong's eyes, he knew that Ling Chong couldn't bear to see these young men like sons and nephews sacrifice again, but Ximen Rin could only shake his head slightly, and said indifferently: "Brother Ling, if we avoid the battle in the next battle, Jiangdong will see through our true face, so no matter whether this battle is won or lost, you and I can't fight." β
When Ling Chong heard his answer, the pain in his eyes became deeper and deeper, but he could only take a step back, he recognized Ximen Rin's explanation, but Ximen Rin understood in his heart that his purpose was just to make the covenant of the ten formations invincible, and finally try to let Yang Ning go into battle to deal with the killing one, only in this way could he not show the slightest flaw, but no matter what he thought in his heart, he could only smile and say to the two remaining disciples: " Okay, this seventh formation is handed over to you, no matter whether you win or lose, it doesn't matter, but it can't damage my prestige of Yanshan. β
The eyes of the two teenagers flashed with resoluteness, and they both knelt down on one knee, and said in unison: "The disciple obeys the order, and would rather die than disgrace the mission." With that, the two teenagers turned around and walked towards the side of the boat, at this time, the young man named Zhou Qun had already boarded the boat, the eyes of the three of them were intertwined, and they did not say a word, but they had exchanged a thousand words.
In the cabin at this moment, Yang Ning didn't know what was going on outside, but kept injecting Zhenyuan into Lin Zhiheng's body, and the vitality in Lin Zhiheng's body gradually recovered, but Yang Ning's face became more and more pale, and his haggard face made people feel as if it was not Lin Zhiheng who was seriously injured, but Yang Ning himself.
Outside the cabin, the young Qin Jue stood straight by the door, tears were rolling down, although he didn't take a step out of the cabin, but he deliberately opened the porthole of the cabin next to him, which still allowed him to hear the sound outside clearly, although he didn't know what was going on, but Zhou Qun's heart-rending cry made him understand that at least one companion had left him.
Shi Ming's gaze swept over his own masters one by one, whether it was a master of the white path or a water thief of the underworld, his gaze was subconsciously avoided, it can be seen that these few teenagers who are just second-rate skills have really subdued the Jiangdong heroes, although the Jiangdong masters are often conceited and dare to die, but under the backdrop of Yan Zhao's iron blood, they seem so cowardly. Although he was unhappy in his heart, Shi Ming quickly calmed down, since the move to take the opportunity to weaken and attack Ximen Rin and his party had been frustrated, then he still carried out this meaningless decisive battle to the end according to the original plan. After making up his mind, Shi Ming smiled at a gray-bearded old man in the crowd outside the Tongjun Pavilion: "Master Sima Zhuang, how about you fight this time?"
The gray-bearded old man showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, but he disappeared in an instant, he was a smart man, standing outside the Tongjun Pavilion and waiting, it had already explained the fact that he was attached to Jiang Ning, even if he avoided the war, Ximen Rin, who couldn't rub a grain of sand into his eyes at all, would not think that he had changed his position, so the only response was to go out to fight happily, to please Shi Ming, or to please Tang Kangnian, the Duke of Yueguo, was the only way to save the life of the whole family. The thoughts in his heart turned back and forth, and the old man was ordered to fight.
On the floating platform, the two teenagers of Youji have also both taken the stage, seeing the rebelliousness and murderous spirit in the eyes of the two teenagers, the old man's heart is not happy, he has already made up his mind, he will never fight with these two little demon stars who may fight for their lives at any time, if they really kill or injure these two teenagers, I am afraid that it will exceed the bottom line that Ximen Rin can endure. Thinking of this, he pressed the hilt of the knife at his waist and smiled kindly.
Seeing his smile, the two teenagers only thought that the old man in his fifties was mocking himself, and he didn't need to relay the news to each other. The old man's expression was calm, and the moment the sword light and body reached the moment he pulled out the knife to fight back, and then calmly took out the knife, the knife momentum was like a dangerous peak, and the two teenagers' urgent attacks were all taken over, and occasionally fought back a few moves, all of which were just right, although they defended more and attacked less, but they were invincible.
This old man's name is Sima Han, a hand Shangyang knife is famous in the south of the Yangtze River, both offensive and defensive, slightly adversary, usually does not like to fight for power, the most love and people are kind, Jiangdong has the highest prestige. It's just that although this person is attached to the power of Yue Guogong, it is just because he is forced by the situation, after all, his net worth and life are in the hands of the Tang family, but when he encounters problems, he is often forward-looking, indecisive, and always refuses to serve wholeheartedly. Because of this, Shi Ming doesn't pay much attention to him, if it weren't for the nominal Jiangdong Alliance this time, he is a famous master in Jiangdong, if he doesn't invite him to participate, it will inevitably be a little inappropriate, I'm afraid that Shi Ming won't invite him here, let alone hinder his reputation and keep him by his side.
If Sima Han wins, it is best to have blood on his hands, then this person will not be able to act with the idea of leaving and right in the future, if he is defeated, Sima Han's relatives and friends will have a lot of old habits, and he will inevitably resent the people of Youji, and he can bring these neutral forces that are inseparable from Jiang Ning over, which can be regarded as another purpose of Shi Ming to initiate this alliance.
It's just that although Shi Ming's idea is good, Sima Han is really treacherous, and he has made up his mind and refuses to use ruthless killing moves. At the beginning, the two teenagers attacked fiercely, he strictly guarded it, a treasure knife to protect the body, it can be said that it is not leaky, and the occasional counterattack is also a few points to stop, not very careful, only forced the two teenagers to return to the sword to parry and slow down the offensive. After the two sides exchanged more than 100 moves, the two teenagers began to be a little tired, and their moves were not as sharp as they were at the beginning, but Sima Han's knife skills became wide open, forcing them to take the offensive hard, so that Sima Han could calmly consume the internal strength of the two teenagers. These two teenagers were naturally unwilling to lose like this, so they also showed the same way of playing, but this time it was useless, Sima Han was very sophisticated, not like Qiao Changyuan, nor like Yan Duo who had the will to die, he actually started to fight, and he didn't take their attack hard no matter what. The attack couldn't last long, and when the two teenagers were out of breath and had to give up such a way of playing that consumed physical and internal strength, Sima Han began to step up the offensive again.
This hard fight can make both sides see Sima Han's old and strong, and he fought for most of the hour, but the old man who is over fifty years old is just sweating, and the two young men in their prime are already sweating and heavy, staggering, although they are still barely attacking, but they are obviously blurred, and it is impossible to win, but Sima Han has scruples and refuses to perform a killing move, so the stalemate continues, so that this long overdue bitter battle continues.
Although Shi Ming was dissatisfied with the mercy of Sima Han's subordinates, he had other plans in his heart, his first goal was to eradicate Yang Ning, but to do this, without revealing a flaw, it was necessary to have the cooperation of Ximen Rin, and now Yang Ning suddenly entered the cabin, Shi Ming didn't know Ximen Rin's plans, so he decided to hand over the changes in the battle situation to Ximen Rin to control, after all, Ximen Rin had the power to influence Yang Ning. Although Ximen Rin did not exchange views with Shi Ming, but his intentions for Shi Ming were naturally insightful, and he was also waiting for Yang Ning to finish healing Lin Zhiheng's injuries, if Yang Ning could not recover fifty percent of his internal strength, he was afraid that he would be an idiot, and he would not agree to go into battle, right?
But no matter what Ximen Rin and Shi Ming think, this battle is still coming to an end, seeing that the two teenagers are almost unable to draw their swords, and Sima Han also shows a tired look, if he doesn't stop drinking, I'm afraid that Sima Han won't be able to show mercy to his subordinates, and he doesn't want to lose two more lives, Ximen Rin finally said loudly: "That's it, this time this seat admits defeat." β
Hearing Ximen Rin's voice admitting defeat, Sima Han breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the two teenagers who were deaf and still reluctant to attack, he took a deep breath and made several moves in a row, forcing the two teenagers to retreat to the corner of the floating platform, and then retreated. The two teenagers lost pressure and looked at each other almost blankly, only to feel that the world was spinning, and they both fell on the stage. Seeing such a scene, the heroes of Jiangdong were all cheering, after the above three bloody battles, although this period made them feel depressed, but the ending of not seeing blood still made them quite happy, after all, most of them didn't want to offend Ximen Rin and his party too much.
Sima Han looked humble, without a trace of smugness at all, and when he returned to the boat to return to Shi Ming, he said cautiously: "These young people are ruthless, and they love to use the life-for-life style of playing. Shi Ming only felt as if a fly was blocked in his heart, but he also knew that it was inconvenient to ask for the guilt, so he just lightly encouraged him a few words, and then asked Sima Han to retire and rest.
Ximen Rin also asked the two disciples to be taken back, Wen Yan comforted them a few words, and then ordered the boatman to send them back to the cabin, so that they could rest, the boatman turned back after a while, and whispered in Ximen Rin's ear: "My lord, Zijing Gongzi has not come out yet." β
Ximen Rin frowned, if Yang Ning didn't make a contribution, if he fought now, he was afraid that he would not be able to control him well, it seemed that it would take a while, his eyes turned, he looked at Ling Chong and said, "How is Brother Ling's injury, is it worthy of a battle?"
Ling Chong was slightly stunned when he heard this, thought for a while, and said: "Somehow, my injuries have improved greatly today, and now I have recovered seventy percent of my martial arts, but I am not durable to fight, if I fight, I am only afraid of losing more and winning less." β
Ximen Rin said in a low voice: "Don't worry, now the two sides are still tied, the outcome depends on the following three formations, this seat is confident that it can win for a while, and the two formations are still seventy percent sure, and the three formations are really a little reluctant, so I have to wronged Brother Ling to deal with this formation, and there is no need to win, as long as I delay the time, and when Zijing finishes healing, this seat can let go of the battle." β
Ling Chong didn't understand Ximen Rin's intentions, and only said that Ximen Rin counted on Yang Ning as a backing, although Yang Ning was not very old, and his martial arts might not be much better than Ximen Rin, but after Yang Ning's martial arts performance yesterday and today, Ling Chong already had a faint impression in his heart, that is, the two would fight for life and death, and Yang Ning would most likely win over Ximen Rin, so he didn't have any suspicions, just nodded slightly, and said loudly: "Master Houye, the day before yesterday, Tushui battled, Ling was defeated and lost, and today there is a reunion on the river, I don't know if Hou Ye is willing to give advice?"
Shi Ming heard Ling Chong's challenge, he couldn't help frowning, in the battle that day, although Ling Chong was seriously injured, but he forcibly used the "Great Bright Knife" that he couldn't use freely, and as a result, the internal force was reversed, and the injury has not healed so far, this time he came with an injury, but because he didn't worry about others to deal with this matter, and only he was convenient to come forward, Ling Chong didn't care about the challenge of the injury, he had no interest in accompaniment, but if he refused to fight, it would inevitably make Jiangdong suspicious, which was extremely unfavorable to the next development of the situation.
When Shi Ming was hesitating, Qiu Suhua saw his embarrassment, smiled, and raised his voice: "Why can't Deputy Commander Ling think about it like this, the Hou Ye personally took action that day, and it is also rare to cherish the deputy commander, I can't imagine that the deputy commander knows that he is still hating my Hou Ye, wouldn't it make people underestimate your mind, not to mention that the life of the concubine was almost buried in the hands of the commander that day, why don't you let the concubine take a little revenge for a while?" After that, without waiting for Shi Ming to agree, he flicked his long sleeves and walked down the gangway, although Qiu Suhua was wearing a green shirt, but at this moment, he walked down the stairs with a variety of styles, like a weak willow supporting the wind, even the most hard-hearted man couldn't help but have infinite yearning in his heart, and completely forgot the fact that she was still wearing men's clothes. Although she has not yet ascended the floating platform, Qiu Suhua has already used the secret method of "Dementorship", she was originally a disciple of the Su Nu Sect, although she used this mental method is not as lethal as Ye Mo, but with her charming demeanor, it is more powerful, she knows that her martial arts are slightly inferior, so she preemptively wants to take advantage of Ling Chong's injury before healing and planting seeds when her soul is turbulent.
If it was before today, even with Ling Chong's stoic will, he would inevitably encounter a conspiracy, but after Yang Ning's thunder yesterday, although Ling Chong's internal injuries had not healed, his soul had already been impeccable, so although Qiu Suhua took the lead, Ling Chong was not moved in the slightest, but a flash of fierceness flashed in his eyes, remembering the scene of the hard battle of Tu Shui that day, this woman had added countless troubles to herself, if she could get back some of the price today, it would not be in vain for Jiang Nan and her party.
Feeling extremely weak, Yang Ning felt a trace of remorse for the first time, but the true qi running in Lin Zhiheng's body clearly felt that as long as he added a little force, he could be done, since he had already paid such a price, why not start and finish well? Thinking of this, Yang Ning gritted his teeth, and finally desperately crossed the true yuan that protected his heart into Lin Zhiheng's body, although in this way, if he couldn't succeed, he would have to lose his martial arts and even his life, but Yang Ning's heart was as calm as ice, because in his mind, he never gave up the existence of these two words.
At the moment when Yang Ning desperately injected all the true qi into Lin Zhiheng's body, he clearly felt all the movements of Lin Zhiheng's true qi scattered in the meridians around his body, as if he had received some kind of order, the original disordered true qi trickled into a river, rolling and flowing in the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, and the vigorous vitality returned to Lin Zhiheng's body again. And almost at the same time, an indescribable warm current flowed from the lifegate acupoint behind Lin Zhiheng to Yang Ning's palm Lao Gong acupoint, Yang Ning was startled at first, only to think that there was a backlash, but in an instant, he felt the essence of that warm current, and it was the true yuan that he had poured into Lin Zhiheng's body.
Yang Ning had a wisp of ecstasy in his heart, but the perseverance that had been honed for a long time made his Lingtai as cold as snow in an instant, and he concentrated on guiding the returning True Yuan to walk according to the route of internal force, he could clearly feel the meridians around him cheering, and the infinite vitality spread along the direction of the True Yuan, just like the grass and trees bathed in the sun and rain, trying to extend the branches and leaves. Between breaths, he has rushed through the entrance of life and death without any suffocation, communicating with yin and yang, and flowing endlessly in the meridians around his body.
On the other hand, from Lin Zhiheng's life-gate acupoint, the true yuan is pouring out of the true yuan to Yang Ning's left palm; γ I don't know how long it took, Lin Zhiheng's originally pale face was already a treasure light, and he felt that Lin Zhiheng's injury had improved by half, if it continued like this, it would inevitably be a worry about the seedlings, Yang Ning began to slowly collect his strength, and all the true yuan was collected into the dantian qi sea, and the true yuan, which was more pure and majestic than before, was pouring into the dantian, and its momentum was like a hundred rivers entering the sea, without any suffocation. At the last moment, Yang Ning's heart moved, and forcibly cut off a part of the True Yuan Qi flow, leaving it in Lin Zhiheng's body.
After closing his eyes and pranayama for a long time, after running for thirty-six weeks, he clearly felt the growth of his cultivation, Yang Ning finally opened his eyes, his cold eyes glowed with a strange look, and his face revealed a trace of enlightenment, at this moment he finally understood why the master taught him the "Sun and Moon Live the Same Life" Why are the notes left by the predecessors of the master, all those who involve this mental method are vague, if it is not for the determination to make a desperate bet, there will never be such a wonderful place, but how many people in the world can sacrifice their painstaking cultivation for others?
Looking down at Lin Zhiheng's situation, he felt that this young man had not only improved most of his internal injuries, but also experienced a process similar to "Sun and Moon Longevity", and in the future, practicing martial arts would have the benefit of getting twice the result with half the effort, Yang Ning couldn't help but smile slightly, stood up, no longer looked at the young man who had fallen into the deepest sleep, walked to the porthole, and looked out through the half-open and half-closed window.