Chapter 3 Blood Splatters the River
"Uncle, I'm ......" Yang Ning said in a voice that almost only he could hear, at this moment, he sincerely wanted to tell Ximen Rin the secret that only he knew, although his heart had already been shielded by layers of ice, and he would not easily trust anyone, but Ximen Rin's love these days has been like spring breeze and rain, even the frost that has condensed for many years has begun to melt unconsciously, even the unforgettable teachings of his mother have gradually dimmed under the desire for family affection.
What a shrewd character Ximen Rin is, he saw through at a glance Yang Ning's mental defense that was about to collapse under the cold mask that he was struggling to maintain, this young man was going to hand over all his trust to himself, the bitter killing machine in Ximen Rin's heart, even when he sincerely persuaded Yang Ning, he was not indifferent, and this moment gradually began to fade. With a calm smile, and looking at Yang Ning's pair of ice and fire eyes with gentle eyes and encouragement, Ximen Rin waited for Yang Ning to completely open his heart to himself, if he could make this arrogant young man start to soften, or he could give up the last killing move, right? After all, if this person can truly surrender to His Royal Highness the Prince, then there will be no possibility of division within Youji.
But just under Ximen Rin's ardent expectations, something unexpected happened, and Yang Ning was about to speak, when he heard Ling Chong's somewhat anxious voice in his ear: "Commander, Zijing Gongzi, I think the situation is a little bad!"
It's just an ordinary sentence, but it is like a boulder thrown into the water, shattering the subtle atmosphere between the two into a dream bubble, Yang Ning's body trembled slightly, looking at Ximen Rin's gaze became cold and indifferent again, recovering his ice-like sanity, with a hint of apology in his eyes, Yang Ning turned his head to look at the three people who were fighting on the floating platform, the teachings of the Fire Phoenix County Lord over the years have played a role again, and the mental defense barrier accumulated over the past ten years finally prevented Yang Ning from confiding in this uncle who gave him a family-like feelingγ
Ximen Rin's gaze gradually dimmed, and there was an extremely regretful emotion in his heart, he knew that once some things missed the opportunity, they would never happen again, and once some opportunities were missed, he could only endure the heartache and watch the bad luck befall his loved ones, he didn't make any more vain efforts, just smiled and turned his head, looked at Ling Chong, there was no trace of emotion in his eyes, and said lightly: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you lose this time, they won't be in danger." β
When Ximen Rin and Yang Ning spoke, they all subconsciously used the sound of thousands of miles, this kind of mental method is the secret skill of the martial arts sect, if the internal force is deep enough, the voice can jump over the space of a hundred zhang, condensed but not dispersed, unless they are well versed in the secret method, even if they are masters of the grandmaster level, don't want to eavesdrop, Ximen Rin is worried that if what he says is heard by those teenagers, I am afraid that it will make them feel uneasy, although Yang Ning is simple, but he also knows this truth, so the two of them chose to talk secretly. Although the two of them had good intentions, Ling Chong had other ideas in his heart.
Although he no longer suspects that Yang Ning is Luo Chengyu's person, and he can feel that Yang Ning has an indescribable sense of belonging to Youji, and this feeling is not aimed at Luo Chengyu alone, so he thinks that King Yan may not have the possibility of recruiting this young master, although Yang Ning's reckless nature makes it difficult for this young man to become King Yan's right-hand man, but as long as this young man is not an enemy of King Yan, it is already a great gain. Since he had such an idea, even when he was staring intently at the duel on the floating platform, he still used his spare eyes to pay attention to Ximen Rin's movements from time to time, lest he take the opportunity to recruit Yang Ning, and only then did he see the two talking secretly, he couldn't help but have a false impression, so he took advantage of the change in the battle situation to alarm the two. It's just that although he succeeded, but somehow, there was no trace of relief, just looking at Ximen Rin's cold and piercing eyes, he felt a wisp of chill surging from the bottom of his heart, he knew Ximen Rin quite well, if he was just annoyed that he bothered, he would definitely look calm at the moment, and there would never be the slightest gaffe, but at this moment Ximen Rin's demeanor was unusual, although there was no emotion at all, but it made Ling Chong feel his irrepressible anger and hatred, somehow, Ling Chong actually faintly regretted it.
Ling Chong still regretted there, Ximen Rin had already gotten rid of all the negative emotions, just looked at the three people on the floating platform, since he had lost the only opportunity, he didn't bother anymore, just carefully thought about whether there were any unpredictable variables in his plan, in order to kill Yang Ning quietly, even if the sacrifice was great, it was worth it.
Yang Ning didn't notice the change in Ximen Rin's mood at all, in fact, the current Ximen Rin didn't have any abnormality in the eyes of others, even the hint of murderous intent revealed intentionally or unintentionally, but also because Ximen Rin's gloomy gaze always looked at the enemy opposite, especially Dongyang Hou Shiming, so that Yang Ning, who originally had the agility and intuition of a beast, also misunderstood this obvious sign, just when Ximen Rin was thinking about how to deal with the enemy in front of him.
At this time, the victory and defeat on the floating platform are about to be clear, Li Lian and Ye Wei have attacked more than 200 moves in a row, almost exhausted, no matter what exquisite moves have been exhausted, Li Lian's originally calm face also has a little more impatient look, a long sword is almost all offensive moves, the eagerness to win is obvious, Ye Wei was originally the main attacker, at this moment is already sweating, thinking that Fang Cai's non-stop attack has consumed most of his physical strength, at the moment it is just desperate support.
Although Qiao Changyuan's forehead was sweaty, a green steel sword was still steady and restrained, with a left stroke and a right stroke, and there were no special moves, but he repeatedly picked off the long swords of the two teenagers, forcing the two teenagers to retreat again and again. Even so, the two teenagers still went all out, and the two sword lights circled around Qiao Changyuan, although the sword lights gradually dispersed, but the killing intent in them increased unabated, obviously the two teenagers were not willing to fail like this.
Seeing such a scene, even the most ordinary people in martial arts also knew that Qiao Changyuan had won this time, and most of the people on the Jiangdong side were overjoyed, but although Shi Ming, who was the leader, was also smiling and watching the fight on the floating platform, Qiu Suhua was his confidant and favorite general, and there was a secret affection between the two, and they had the same mind, but they saw that there was a hidden worry between his eyebrows, and seeing that everyone else was paying attention to the two sides of the war, and no one was paying attention to him, he walked to his side and asked in a low voice: "Does Master Hou think there is anything wrong?"
Shi Ming didn't turn his head, but said in an almost inaudible voice: "These two people are just the rising stars of Youji, and although Qiao Changyuan has some flaws in martial arts, he is also one of the best masters of the Qiao family in Yuzhang, but the two sides fought for more than 200 moves to determine the victory, so how can I rest assured? You should know that once Youji gets into trouble, although the royal family is the first to bear the brunt, it will definitely not let go of the Tang family." In those years, my Tang family also contributed a lot, although the marriage strategy was the intention of Emperor Taizu Jing, but our Tang family also tried their best to promote, and the father-in-law was personally the matchmaker, over the years, the Tang family has taken advantage of the opportunity of internal discord in Youji to repeatedly encroach on the territory of Qingzhou, if you talk about hatred, I am afraid that Luo Chengyu hates our Tang family even more. Although we have made arrangements, but before the overall situation is decided, once something goes wrong, our Tang family will bear the brunt, and even the royal family may not fall into the water at that time, in the past few years, there has been a rumor of dissatisfaction with my father-in-law's regent, so I always hope that the weaker the better, but unfortunately the situation is the opposite, alas!"
Qiu Suhua hid the melancholy of hearing the word "father-in-law" in his heart, the autumn waves circulated, and there were all kinds of charms between Gu Pan, smiled and said in a low voice: "Those things are naturally worried about Yue Guogong himself, if you don't like the eyes and want to be strong, it is better to send a few masters, kill or injure those teenagers, and then export the evil anger, can Ximen Rin still stop it? This time the covenant of the ten formations is endless, could it be that the Hou Ye has forgotten, the first few games did not see blood, it does not mean that the next few games will end in harmony!"
Although Qiu Suhua is Shi Ming's confidant, but the disciple of the martial arts sect in front of him, Zi Jing, is the ninth royal highness of the first emperor, and Yang Ning, the king of letters who was given by the edict, he is hiding this secret from this Qiu Suhua, not that he doesn't believe it, but there is no need to say more, after all, the less people know about such a thing, the better, otherwise Yan Zishuang would not be so cautious in the colorless nunnery that day, but faintly revealed some clues, even though the last person to attack was the person in the Cuihu, but Yan Zishuang did not say a word that he wanted to kill the only son of the first emperor and the lord of Huofeng Countyγ
Since Qiu Suhua didn't know the inside story, she didn't know that there was actually a tacit understanding between him and Ximen Rin that was not known to outsiders, so her idea was naturally a little inappropriate, but Shi Ming still moved in his heart when he heard it. Since he guessed Ximen Rin's intention to kill people with a knife, then Ximen Rin naturally knew his decision, and this matter could only be a tacit secret between the two. Even if Ximen Rin will see through at a glance that the royal family sent to Youji is a fake Ninth Highness, but he must not use today's events to prove it, otherwise even if he convinces the people of Youji, he is afraid that his own life will not be guaranteed, and he will never believe that Ximen Rin will be willing to die to serve his loyalty. Presumably, Ximen Rin also understands this truth, so he will not kill him today, which Ximen Rin must know, so even if he kills the killer, he will not let Ximen Rin misunderstand, let alone temporarily give up his plan to deal with Yang Ning. After all, this matter is more important to Ximen Rin, for himself, as long as Yang Ning's identity has not been revealed, there are countless opportunities to start, there is no doubt about this, but for Ximen Rin, if he can't succeed this time, I'm afraid that there will be no suitable opportunity to start. And for people like Ximen Rin and himself, if such a big trouble can't be eradicated with his own hands, I'm afraid that he will definitely not be at ease. Since Ximen Rin has such an awareness, that is, he has done too much, he can only be secretly patient, even if he wants to take revenge ten times and a hundred times in the future, so what does it matter, Xindu and Nanning are as deep as the sea, what does it matter if they add more hatred?
Thinking of this, Shi Ming's eyes showed a cold light, and he also used the sound transmission technique, although it was not as secret and far as the thousands of miles of sound transmission, but an order full of killing intent had been sent into Qiao Changyuan's ears.
Hearing the strict order from Shi Ming's voice, a trace of helplessness flashed in Qiao Changyuan's eyes. Although he has a wooden appearance, he actually has his own hills and ravines in his chest, but he has been suppressed by his family for a long time, so he has a forbearant temperament, and he has not shown his mountains and water for many years. This time, Shi Ming summoned the Jiangdong Haojie Alliance to intercept and kill Ximen Rin, the commander of Yanshan Wei, and his party, and the Qiao family also got the message, but the Qiao family's sect master and the deacons were unwilling to wade into this troubled water. Although the Qiao family is also attached to the Tang family, it is just because Yuzhang County is the Tang family's sphere of influence, and their income mainly comes from buying and selling transactions between Yuzhang County and southern Xinjiang, so although they dare not offend the Tang family, they dare not offend Wu Heng, the king of Yunnan. If Ximen Rin was really intercepted and killed by the Marquis of Dongyang on the river, regardless of Youji's revenge, the Qiao family would not dare to face the possible anger of Wu Heng, the king of Yunnan, after all, Ximen Rin was ordered to send an envoy to Changsha this time, and the Tang family was not afraid of offending the king of Dian, but the Qiao family could not accept the consequences, so in the end they only sent Qiao Changyuan to come. Qiao Changyuan knew his father's intentions, but it was because of his hard work in the past two years that he had been respected by the deacons in the family, so he deliberately let himself participate in this alliance. Since he has such concerns, Qiao Changyuan is just ready to fill up the numbers indiscriminately, but he was sent into battle by Shi Ming, whether he wins or loses, it is difficult to predict the consequences, so Qiao Changyuan just defends steadily, and just wants to rely on this set of well-guarded swordsmanship and his deep internal strength to drag the opponent to give up the decisive battle, so that he will naturally win without winning, and he can not only explain to Shi Ming, but also not provoke the anger of everyone in Youji.
It's just that although he thought it through, he didn't expect Shi Ming to order him to kill him. Qiao Changyuan thought that if he disobeyed his orders, most of them would not have returned to Yuzhang, but he felt that his grief and anger surged irrepressibly from the bottom of his heart, and he said, That's it, I will do what he wants, since my father does not regard me as a son, why should I care about Qiao's position. As soon as he made up his mind, he recklessly unleashed a stunt that he almost never used in front of people. In an instant, the sword momentum changed greatly, it was originally a fluctuating sword momentum, but in the blink of an eye, it was already a wind and water, and the sword momentum was like smoke and clouds, and it was unpredictable. The two teenagers, who were already struggling to support, did not expect such a change, and almost in a few moves, the two of them had been forced to spread out from one left to the other, and they could no longer echo each other.
Ye Wei was already exhausted, staggered back to the corner of the floating platform, and before he could stabilize his position, a sword rainbow had already slashed towards his neck, Ye Wei was already powerless to fight back at this time, the long sword was on the ground, he raised his head coldly, and glared at Qiao Changyuan, but there was no trace of fear. Li Lian had spare strength at this time, and when he saw this, he was desperate, and stabbed Qiao Changyuan with his sword, wanting to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Unexpectedly, just when the long sword in his hand was about to touch Qiao Changyuan's body, he only felt a sharp pain coming from his lower abdomen, and suddenly the sword could no longer be pierced. He lowered his head blankly, only to see a handleless short sword no more than four inches long inserted in his lower abdomen, dazzling and dazzling, and suddenly felt that the sky was spinning, and as soon as his hand was loosened, the sword fell on the floating platform, and with a plop, Li Lian's body fell softly at Qiao Changyuan's feet. In the haze, he felt as if countless raindrops had fallen on his body, he subconsciously raised his head, but saw the blood rain falling in the air, and then he saw Ye Wei's standing body, but there was no head, and the pain in his heart was incomparable, Li Lian shouted angrily: "Thief!" Before the voice stopped, he had lost his last consciousness.
Qiao Changyuan stood on the stage, there was no trace of blood on Zhou's body, and his expression was still very wooden, but as long as he saw the tragic death of the two teenagers standing and falling, it made people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts, although there were not no people who were more terrible than him, but his original impression of loyalty and sincerity was too deep, so that it was in stark contrast to his swift and ruthless killing methods, that is, a bandit who kills like a hemp, and when he sees such an enemy who is different from the outside, he will also be afraid, and many people even think that if they fight with Qiao Changyuan, will they be confused by his appearance and die under his strange swordsmanship, or be killed by his hidden sword in the middle of his sleeve.
Seeing that the two companions died without even having the opportunity to admit defeat and admit defeat, the six teenagers standing behind Ximen Rin were full of anger, after all, they were young, and they couldn't treat life and death as if they were idle, not to mention that the dead were brothers who were like siblings, if it weren't for Ximen Rin to pass down the strict order with gestures, I was afraid that they would have shouted and scolded. Even so, they all clenched the hilt of their swords, stared at each other, and looked at Qiao Changyuan viciously, as if they wanted to keep this person's appearance in their hearts and never forget it.
Compared with the silence of the people in Youji, although the black and white characters on the Jiangdong side were all frightened, they also cheered loudly, after all, although Yang Ning admitted defeat for a while, they always felt that Yi Buping was a little invincible, and only now what was achieved in this period was a dignified victory. Although Shi Ming was also a little surprised that Qiao Changyuan was so neat, he still slapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, Brother Qiao is really strong in martial arts, and he has won back for me Jiangdong for a while, and the credit is not small, you have also spent a lot of effort for this while, you must be tired, please come down and rest." β
Qiao Changyuan heard Shi Ming's command, his face was still blank, but his heart was already turbulent, he knew that he had offended Youji by killing the killer today, and it was related to the family's strategy of being left and right, so it was impossible to get his father's understanding, and only by getting Shi Ming's weight could he change his fate, so there was no longer Fang Cai's indifference, and he took a deep breath, and waited for the light boat that came to pick him up.
Although Ximen Rin was as hearted as iron, he didn't feel heartache when he saw two young men in his prime die because of his own judgment error, and his face did not show a trace of weakness, but he sighed lightly and said: "Jiangdong won this battle, Zhiheng, Qin Jue, you go and take your brother back." It's just that although his expression is indifferent, everyone close to him can feel the piercing chill in his eyes and the indescribable pain.
Qiao Changyuan, who was still standing on the stage, heard Ximen Rin's words that seemed indifferent, but they contained countless heartaches, a trace of bitterness flashed in his eyes, and he impulsively revealed all the stunts that no living person had ever seen, and made an enemy like Yan Shanwei, although he had made up his mind to attach to Chunshuitang, but there was still no trace of joy in his heart. At this time, the boat that came to pick him up had arrived, and he was about to jump down, but he heard a clear and angry voice in his ears: "Your Excellency, slow down, Lin Zhiheng is in Xia, and he is a disciple of Yanshan Weiyan Wutang, and he is willing to ask Your Excellency for swordsmanship, and he is only a single sword in Xia, I don't know if Your Excellency has the courage to take this battle?"
Qiao Changyuan's body was shocking, and when he turned around, he saw a small boat coming towards the floating platform, and two young men stood on the boat, among which a handsome young man standing at the bow of the boat, his eyes were full of anger, and he was kicking himself fiercely, he looked at the young man a little stunned, suspecting that he had misheard his words. Just a moment of hesitation, the boat had already arrived under the floating platform, the young man jumped on the floating platform, pressed the sword to block Qiao Changyuan's way, and said angrily: "Your Excellency's swordsmanship is clever, but what is more clever is the means and mental skills, Brother Li and Brother Ye died in your hands, there was no complaint, but if it spreads in the future, let others know that our disciples of the martial arts hall are vain, and the two of them joined forces and died at the hands of an unknown person, wouldn't it be ridiculous to the world." Lin Mou's martial arts and the two brothers are just between them, and now they are challenging you with a single sword, if you win, you will naturally add another victory, if you lose, you must not think that I, Lin Zhiheng, am a wheel of warfare, taking advantage of the danger of others, right?"
Hearing Lin Zhiheng's earth-shattering challenge, whether it was Jiangdong or Youji, everyone was dumbfounded, obviously the eight teenagers who followed Ximen Rin to Jiangnan should be about the same, just now the two of them joined forces and died, this young man actually wanted to fight alone with Qiao Changyuan, wouldn't he kill himself, although Qiao Changyuan had already fought a battle, but one of the two was a first-class master in his prime, and the other was a young man who had just completed martial arts, no one would think that Lin Zhiheng could beat Qiao Changyuan. Needless to say, there are countless sharp-eyed masters on the Jiangdong side, and they only need to look at it to know that this young man's martial arts will never be stronger than the two companions who just went into battle. Could it be that Ximen Rin had some conspiracy, otherwise how could this young man be allowed to carry out a mortal challenge? Countless eyes looked at Ximen Rin, but under the autumn sun, everyone saw that Ximen Rin's face was pale, and it was by no means in agreement.
Ximen Rin felt countless suspicious eyes looking at him, and couldn't help but feel quite annoyed, he knew the depth of Lin Zhiheng's martial arts, even though Qiao Changyuan had already fought hard, but that person's qi veins were long, and he was at ease, even if Lin Zhiheng was a new force, he couldn't defeat that Qiao Changyuan. Thinking of the eight teenagers who accompanied him, Lin Zhiheng and Li Lian were the best, and I couldn't help but have doubts, could it be that this child was angry with me, so he would rather die than fight for revenge?
Thinking of this, Ximen Rin couldn't help but say slightly angrily: "Zhiheng, don't mess around, if you want to fight, you and Ziwen will play this time, although your brother is dead, but he died in the decisive battle, there is no grudge at all, if you can't let go, you will have a chance to take revenge, but today is the moment when my Yanshanwei and Jiangdong Haojie are deciding between life and death, how can I be willful, and make people think that my Youji boy is a bad seed who can't afford to lose." β
He reprimanded sternly, but Lin Zhiheng's expression remained unchanged, he turned around and knelt down on one knee, and said in a loud voice: "Commander Mingjian, since the disciples are fortunate to enter the Yanwu Hall and have been taught by the commander for many years, this life is ready to be sacrificed for the king and His Royal Highness the Prince, Brother Li and Brother Ye died here, presumably they themselves will not have any complaints, how can the disciples not be convinced." It's just that the disciple is really unwilling, this surnamed Qiao pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, there is no point of fairness, if it is not like this, even if Brother Li and Brother Ye are defeated, at least they can escape with their lives, this surging river, where can you not get out? Therefore, the disciple must challenge him, just to prove that the disciple who came out of our martial arts hall is not a useless person, please allow Zhiheng to challenge this evil thief!"
Ximen Rin frowned slightly when he heard this, in his mind, in a decisive battle, wisdom is often more important than martial arts, although Qiao Changyuan's methods are ruthless and despicable, in the eyes of young people like Lin Zhiheng, or look down on Qiao Changyuan's methods, but in his eyes, it is understandable. Knowing Lin Zhiheng's intentions, Ximen Rin still decided to stop Lin Zhiheng, and was about to strictly order him to retreat, but Lin Zhiheng had already seen that something was wrong, and with a bang, he had already pulled out his sword, the frost blade was like snow, he held the hilt of the sword upside down, untied his bun, cut off his long hair with a sword, and said sharply: "The disciple has made up his mind, if the commander is bound to stop it, the disciple is willing to die." β
Seeing Lin Zhiheng's determination to invent his will, Ximen Rin couldn't help but be moved, sighed for a long time, and said: "You are too nonsense, you have to challenge others, others may not respond." β
Seeing that Ximen Rin had acquiesced, Lin Zhiheng was overjoyed, stood up, turned to look at Qiao Changyuan, who was standing silently in the corner of the floating platform with a strange expression, and said categorically: "If you are too timid to fight, Lin will not blame you, but no matter which of you comes to ask for advice in the next while, I Lin Zhiheng will take it alone." β
Hearing Lin Zhiheng's wild words, the Jiangdong side was naturally in an uproar, but Lin Zhiheng just stood on the stage with his sword, dressed in black against the wind, his broken hair fluttering, his bearing was dashing, his spirit was flying, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of arrogance that looked at the world, and he turned a deaf ear to everyone's abuse, just looked at Qiao Changyuan coldly, waiting for him to make a decision.
Qiao Changyuan held back the anger in his heart, reached out and held the hilt of the sword, his fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly, it could be seen that he was already angry to the extreme. But he is a cautious person by nature, he has always believed in the truth that knowing that the world is abnormal, he is a demon, this young man is obviously not his opponent, but he wants to force himself to make a move, if he is not sure enough, he wants to seek death, he has experienced many intrigues, but he has not seen anyone who likes to seek his own death. Therefore, he was absolutely reluctant to make a move, but this young man tried his best to squeeze out, if he really avoided the war, he was afraid that everyone would think that his victory was just a conspiracy, not a real skill, which was extremely unfavorable to his intention to invest in Jiangning. Thinking of this, he let out a sigh of relief, took a deep look at Shi Ming, and said loudly: "Whether to fight or not, Master Hou can decide with one word, and Qiao will obey his fate." β
If Shi Ming decides to let himself fight, then in order to get the blue eyes of Dongyang Hou, who has a great impact on his future, it is worth even taking some risks, if Shi Ming wants to win the following period and does not allow himself to fight, then the impact on his reputation is much smaller, and he does not need to worry that Shi Ming looks down on himself.
Shi Ming is so shrewd, he immediately understood Qiao Changyuan's intentions, but he was originally a rookie in the Demon Gate, and his vision was extremely high, although Qiao Changyuan showed extraordinary mental martial arts, but the weight of this person in his eyes was just equivalent to grass mustard, and he didn't take it to heart. For Shi Ming, this ten-array covenant is just delaying time and creating opportunities, this formation is defeated, and it is just a game pulled back by Ximen Rin, it is better to use this opportunity to test Qiao Changyuan again, if Qiao Changyuan wins calmly, then it will be a great blow to the morale of Ximen Rin's side, and he is happy to see it. So there is no need to think about it, Shi Ming laughed loudly: "Since this little brother is sincerely challenged, Ben Hou sees that Brother Qiao still has spare strength, you might as well fulfill him, Ben Hou is waiting for good news again, Su Hua, pour a bottle of wine for Ben Hou, in the past, Yun Chang Wen wine cut Huaxiong, today Ben Hou also hopes to see Brother Qiao show his might, so that Ben Hou can give Brother Qiao a glass of wine." β
Qiao Changyuan understood in his heart that Shi Ming was reminding himself that although he had profound internal strength, he had fought hard after all, and the depth of his martial arts, the young man had already seen it in his eyes, instead of procrastinating and making a careless loss of Jingzhou, it was better to cut through the chaos quickly and fight quickly, thinking that if he really won the victory, he could take advantage of the situation to lose his sincerity to Shi Ming and completely break away from the shackles of Yuzhang Qiao's family, his heart couldn't help but be hot, and after raising his voice to promise, Qiao Changyuan turned around and said loudly: " Qiao accepts your challenge, life and death are your destiny, if you are defeated and die, Qiao has no interest in accepting anyone's challenge. β
Lin Zhiheng smiled coldly and said: "The surname Qiao, don't you really regard yourself as a three-headed and six-armed person, Lin Mou challenged you, just to prove that I am not a vain disciple of Wutang, if the Ximen Commander and Deputy Commander Ling challenge you, you can go through ten moves in their hands, it is all your luck, if the master is defeated and dies in this battle, it is to blame, no one will seek revenge for the master, you let go and attack." β
Now that he has made up his mind to fight, Qiao Changyuan has no distracting thoughts in his heart, he smiled faintly, and he didn't answer, but he just stood in the corner of the floating platform with his hands, Lin Zhiheng stood coldly opposite, pressing the sword and saying nothing, the young man who came by boat with Lin Zhiheng wanted to speak and stopped, and looked at Lin Zhiheng's words with anticipation, before picking up the bodies of Li Lian and Ye Wei, and leaving the floating platform. At this time, two small water thieves who had been waiting for a long time brought water up, wanting to clean the blood stains on the floating platform, so as not to affect the battle below. Lin Zhiheng saw it at a glance, waved his hand to stop it: "Don't bother, there will be blood splashed left and right, you wait for this period to end and then come back to clean, otherwise it will not be in vain." β
When everyone heard Lin Zhiheng's words full of murderous intent, they all felt a pang in their hearts, knowing that the next period would definitely be life and death, but they didn't believe that an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy could beat a first-class master like Qiao Changyuan anyway, after all, there were not many people like Yang Ning in this world, not to mention that they had already seen the skills of Li Lian and Ye Wei.
Qiao Changyuan smiled faintly, he didn't pay attention to Lin Zhiheng's arrogance at all, he was already determined to make a quick decision, so he naturally didn't care what Lin Zhiheng said, just waved his hand and let the two water thieves go down.
At this moment, all the words have become redundant, Lin Zhiheng and Qiao Changyuan looked at each other, and they both saw the murderous intent in each other's eyes, the two water thieves just jumped off the floating platform, and they heard two dragon roars like swords sounding almost at the same time, and couldn't help but look back, only to see the two horses flying and whirling, the sword light was like lightning, dazzling, but they could no longer see the figures of the two clearly.