Chapter Twenty-Three: Relying on others is better than relying on oneself
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The ironclad man roared angrily, pulled his feet out from under the ground, and raised his sword and rushed towards Xu Beiyou.
Xu Beiyou pulled out a sword flower in his hand, and then pressed down with a sword.
The ironclad man blocked with a horizontal sword, and the whole person was directly crushed to the ground, unable to stand up.
He struggled to raise his head, gritted his teeth and asked, "Why?"
Xu Beiyou asked rhetorically, "What why?"
The ironclad man raised his voice suddenly, almost roaring: "Why are you and I in the same realm of ghosts and immortals so different? I practice swords for ten hours a day, and you are pampered all day long, why are you so much stronger than me!?"
Xu Beiyou smiled and said, "Some things just don't make sense, why can Xiao Yuanying enter the realm of immortals at the age of ten, but some people have no hope of cultivating in this life? Why is it that the head of the Taoist sect teaches Autumn Leaves to live forever, but ordinary people live to be seventy years old? This kind of truth is waiting for you to die, ask God, see if he will tell you." ”
The ironclad man was furious, and directly swept Xu Beiyou's legs with a sword, but Xu Beiyou stepped on the sword body lightly, unable to move.
Xu Beiyou said indifferently: "You can't do it, you have to let your master come out." ”
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Zhang Xueyao returned to Zhang's mansion today, where she hadn't been back for a long time, according to the rules, this is her mansion, and the East Lake Courtyard can only be regarded as another courtyard, but she doesn't like to confine herself to the Fang Market in Jiangdu City, but she likes the courtyard where you can see the lake without opening the door, and the mist of the lake is permeating it, which can make her mood more peaceful.
Zhang Xueyao was still wearing the snow-white mourning clothes, walking in the winding corridor like a shadow in the night, and it was not Li Qinglian who walked side by side with her, but an old man, Shangguan Qinghong.
"Thirty years ago, Zhongmou and I were still living in Jiangdu City, he lived in Gongsun Mansion, and I lived in Zhang's Mansion. ”
Zhang Xueyao said: "After the death of the old Chi Bing, Zhong Mou met the disciple of the old Chi Bing there, and later asked the young man to take over the position of the old Chi Bing and become the new Chi Bing swordsman. I have never met the young man, but I can see a thing or two of it from some things later, and he is really not a willing person. ”
Shangguan Qinghong asked, "Since you know this, just take action to get rid of him early, aren't you afraid that the sect master's disciples will fold in his hands?"
Zhang Xueyao shook her head and said: "I can protect Beiyou for a while, can I still protect him for a lifetime?" Today, when he faces Chi Bing in the realm of human immortals, I can naturally make a move, but when he sets foot in the realm of earth immortals and faces the autumn leaves, who should make a move?"
Shangguan Qinghong was silent for a while, and sighed: "That's right, it's just that I like this interesting young man very much, and I don't want him to die prematurely." ”
Zhang Xueyao said with a smile: "It is still unknown who will kill the deer, and he may not lose to Chi Bing in the north." ”
Shangguan Qinghong looked in the direction of Gongsun Mansion, and said with emotion: "It is difficult for the Sword Sect monks to live forever, this is almost a curse, the old sect master and the sect master have not been able to escape from the trap, I have also been quite powerful over the years, there is no hope of immortality in this life, and I gradually have a sense of life and death, but there is a lot less anger when I was young, and a little more peace, when I look at the younger generations, I always no longer think about killing them, but I have a little heartfelt joy." ”
In his early years, Shangguan Qinghong was not what he is now, at that time, he perfected the sophistication sword to the extreme, and his own heart was also very evil because of the influence of sword intent, but all enemies were unscrupulous, if he met a young man with good qualifications, let alone carry and guide, it was already merciful if he didn't hurt the killer.
It's just that he suffered a great change in the Sword Sect in middle age, but Shangguan Qinghong in his later years had a sense of seeing through the red dust, and gradually had the intention of being born indifferently, and his mentality turned peaceful, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to change from the Trick Dao Sword to the Immortal Dao Sword, and the realm cultivation was broken through again.
Zhang Xueyao lowered her head and thought for a while, and said, "If Beiyou is defeated, then ask Senior Brother Shangguan to save his life, but in this way, he can no longer inherit the mantle of Zhongmou." ”
Shangguan Qinghong said with a smile: "It's okay, if that's the case, the old man will pass on his mantle to him, and it will not be a better choice to enter the world and reincarnate in the world." ”
Zhang Xueyao glanced at the deep night above her head and said: "Relying on the mountains, relying on the flow of water, relying on everyone to walk, in the final analysis, you still have to rely on yourself." ”
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At this time, in the Gongsun Mansion, except for the two red lanterns in front of the gate, there was no bright light, and the dark clouds obscured the stars and the bright moonlight in the sky, leaving only pitch black.
On the empty street outside the mansion, a tall figure walked slowly, and did not stop until it was less than a foot away from the wall of Gongsun Mansion.
He stood in front of the wall with his head down and was silent for a long time, and suddenly said to himself, "It's kind of interesting." ”
Then, he reached out and drew the red greatsword behind his back, and looked at the high wall in front of him, and the mansion behind it, with a blank expression.
Many years ago, this mansion and the people in it were high and unattainable to him, but he never imagined that many years later, he would return here in this way and kill the new owner of this mansion.
The world is unpredictable.
Chi Bing waved the big sword in his hand very casually, and the blade fell, and the hard wall was cut like tofu, without even making the slightest sound.
Chi Bing slowly clenched the hilt of the sword, the red sword seemed to be connected with his whole person, and the red blade was very dazzling in the deep night, as if it was about to burn in the next moment.
This red sword is said to have been mixed with some extremely rare and precious fire essence stones when it was cast, so it has a hint of fire, and the sword body shows a rare fiery red color.
This sword has accompanied him for many years, killing many people in his hands, whether it is the Dao Gate or the Dark Guard Mansion, there have been people who have died on this sword.
Chi Bing himself was a little confused, whether the red on the sword was fire or blood.
But whatever it was, he was convinced that there would be new blood again tonight.
Chi Bing walked into the Gongsun Mansion along the gap cut in the wall.
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Xu Beiyou was still standing in the courtyard, just like not long ago.
It's just that there are a lot of corpses and blood on the ground now than just now, and at Xu Beiyou's feet there is still a warm corpse covered with iron armor.
The ice-blue big sword that originally belonged to the corpse under his feet was held in Xu Beiyou's hand and looked at it carefully.
Not too long later, a clear sound of footsteps came from far and near, and then Chi Bing's tall figure slowly broke through the dark night and appeared in front of Xu Beiyou.
Xu Beiyou turned his head to look at Chi Bing and said with a smile: "I thought you would sneak attack, but I didn't expect you to be so open-minded." ”
Chi Bing was indifferent to the ridicule in Xu Beiyou's words, and said expressionlessly: "Lion Bo Rabbit, you must also do your best, this is the truth that my master taught me, I have been doing this for so many years, this time I didn't want to fight with you fairly, but I didn't expect these wastes to be so unhelpful, or maybe I underestimated you too much." ”
Xu Beiyou threw away the ice-blue sword in his hand and laughed at himself: "No matter what, Master has left me a great legacy, even if I don't help, I can't kill anyone who wants to." ”
Chi Bing narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "I really want to see what kind of legacy the sect master has left you." ”
Xu Beiyou said with a smile: "Zhu Xian Sword, the thirty-six complete swords, the twelve swords of the Sword Sect, countless gold and silver and various secrets of the Sword Sect, as well as the connections that have been managed by the master for most of his life, how about it, is it a great legacy?"
Chi Bing stared at Xu Beiyou, and his sword aura was full of energy.
Xu Beiyou smiled playfully, "Do you want to ask me why I inherited these? Do you want to say that it is better to give you these things to me? Now I will give you a chance, these are all in my hands, even if you come to take it, you can kill me, these things are naturally yours, you can't kill me, you just lose your life, isn't this deal cost-effective?"
Click, click, sound endlessly.
A spiderweb-like crack stretched out of the ground beneath Chi Bing's feet.
He said word by word: "This is what you are looking for, when you go underground to see the sect master, you must remember what you said today." ”