Chapter 11: The Covenant
Xu Chen's fist slowly tightened, the green tendons on the back of his hand burst out, and in the face of Xu Yang's finger scolding, he turned his head and glared angrily, but said extremely calmly: "Xu Yang! You don't need to be like this, it's good if you just say that my cultivation is low! ”
Maybe Xu Yang had gotten rid of the horror of that night, or maybe he had realized that Xu Chen was not his opponent at all, he slowly turned around, snorted coldly, and said sarcastically: "So you know! Since you know that your cultivation is inferior, what are you doing here? Let my master choose for you, come on! There is no sword duel here that you can practice, and you are only in the early stage of qi training, but you really think a lot!"
Elder Huang, who had originally closed his eyes and meditated, opened his eyes in astonishment, and looked at the two arguing blankly, everything came too suddenly, of course he didn't know why.
Xu Yang is his apprentice after all, and he is naturally biased towards Xu Yang subtly, but the other party is also the son of the head of the family, he hesitated for a moment, and did not interject, just watched silently, watched quietly, and watched the changes, if he didn't move, he pretended not to hear.
At this time, anger devoured Xu Chen's heart like a devil, because his fist was clenched too tightly, the wound on the severed finger of his left hand slowly cracked, and blood kept oozing outside, he really wanted to rush up at this time, and also cut off Xu Yang's finger, so that the other party could also feel his pain.
However, ten years of imprisonment allowed Xu Chen to learn to forbear, but his reason told him that it was not a wise choice to make a move now, not to mention the result, even Elder Huang next to him would not let things happen.
Xu Chen's slightly flushed cheeks slowly regained his calm, and his clenched hands slowly let go, he glanced at Elder Huang beside him, sighed, and said easily: "Yes, I think about a lot, so what? Besides, I'm not begging you, I'm just asking Elder Huang to help me choose, are you in charge?"
After speaking, Xu Chen looked at Elder Huang calmly and said with a smile, "Elder Huang, are you willing to help me with this?"
"Oh, that's natural, the matter of the eldest young master is my business, what is there to be willing or not, aren't you asking like this?" Elder Huang said politely, he had no other choice.
Xu Chen glanced at Xu Yang with disdain, the corners of his mouth on one side were slightly upturned, the best way to treat people who despise him is to despise him back.
Xu Yang's heart suddenly set off a wild current, from childhood to adulthood, no one in the entire family dared to treat himself with such contempt, coupled with Elder Huang's almost flattering answer to Xu Chen just now, Xu Yang suddenly felt as if he was isolated.
Xu Yang angrily threw a book in his hand on the ground, he stared at his eyes that were red with anger, and shouted loudly: "Xu Chen! What is so great about you, isn't it that you have been imprisoned by the Bai family for ten years? Do you think you have done a lot for the Bai family? If you want me to say, the Bai family still really had a vision back then, and they actually picked you, do you think that people picked you because of your talent? Don't be stinky and beautiful, because people have already seen that you are a waste, and they will not object to picking you to our Xu family, you know!"
Xu Yang roared angrily, his body was still trembling, his voice was hysterical, not like a young master from a big family at all, but more like a shrew who was scolding the street.
"I don't know if you're right. But even if what you say is right, so what? What exactly do you want to say?" Xu Chen nodded disdainfully, smiling. He knew that Xu Yang had already lost this war. Because only a loser would be so angry.
Elder Huang on the side saw that the situation was not right, so he came to Xu Yang's side with a brisk walk, took his arm and said, "Second Young Master, you are a little out of shape. ”
Elder Huang originally wanted to calm Xu Yang down, but he didn't expect Xu Yang to be even more angry when he heard it, "Yes, I'm the second young master!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Xu Chen, shouting: "He is the eldest young master!" Master, you think he will become the head of the Xu family in the future, that's why you are biased towards him, right? What the fuck is the eldest young master, what the fuck is he worthy of being the eldest young master of the Xu family, is he as high as my cultivation? He is just a piece of shit!"
Xu Chen was still smiling, laughing so proudly, he teased: "Oh, yes? Do you say that I am what I am? Look at your appearance, like a ...... Haha!"
Xu Chen laughed unwillingly, laughing so presumptuously.
"Okay, if you have a kind, you can compete with me, do you dare?"
Xu Yang shook off Elder Huang's hand and strode in front of Xu Chen, snorting at each other.
"Humph!"
Xu Chen snorted coldly, turned around and walked to the bookshelf not far away, and silently flipped through it, now is not the time to do it. But his posture is like saying, too lazy to despise you.
"Don't you dare, aren't you?"
Xu Yang's jaw protruded, stimulating Xu Chen, "Why did you become a turtle with a shrunken head as soon as you heard that you were going to compete? Haha! Let's not compare in vain, let's make a bet, aren't you angry about that thing, if you can win me, I will also cut off one of my fingers, how about it?"
Xu Yang also learned the technique of sprinkling salt on wounds.
"Good!"
Xu Chen turned his head abruptly and replied firmly. He put a book in his hand back on the shelf, came to Xu Yang, and said contemptuously: "But...... Not now, not a finger. There is still a month before our Xu family will test, and we won't be able to compare it when the time comes. ”
Hearing Xu Chen's promise, Xu Yang pursed his lips proudly, "I said Xu Chen, you are really slippery! You know that your cultivation is inferior, and you will be eliminated if you don't meet me, if you ......"
"Then we won't know until that day! If we don't meet each other, it's never too late for us to compare in private. Xu Chen didn't let the other party finish his words, because he knew his strength at this time, his voice suddenly sank, and said: "But what I want to bet on is not a finger, since I want to bet, then why don't we simply bet bigger?"
"Bigger?"
Xu Yang couldn't believe his ears, and felt even more funny in his heart, "Okay! Then you say, what are we betting on?"
Xu Chen gently stretched out his hands, and when he saw the wound on his left hand, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's bet on both hands, how about it? The losing side will cut off both hands, and never think about touching the sword again." ”
As he spoke, Xu Chen raised his left hand, put it in front of Xu Yang, and said coldly: "Moreover, I won't take advantage of you, I will leave you a little finger when the time comes!"
When Xu Yang heard this, he laughed proudly, in his opinion, the outcome of this gamble was no suspense. When Xu Chen lost these hands, how could he compete with himself for the position of the head of the family. Thinking of this, Xu Chen raised his eyebrows, "Okay! Then don't regret it!"
"I'm afraid you'll regret it then!"
Xu Chen coldly threw down a sentence and walked to the bookshelf again, he urgently needed to find a sword duel that suited him now.
At this time, Xu Yang was no longer aggressive, and the picture of Xu Chen's hands being cut off had already appeared in his mind.
However, at this time, Elder Huang leaned on Xu Yang's ear and whispered, "Second Young Master, you really want to ......"
"Of course!"
Before Elder Huang could finish speaking, Xu Yang said categorically, "Master, are you still afraid that I will lose?"
Elder Huang shook his head helplessly, glanced at Xu Chen and said, "Second Young Master, he is only in the early stage of Qi cultivation now, and you are now in the Hui Spirit Realm, so there is no need to compete at all, you will naturally win." ”
Speaking of this, Elder Huang's voice became even weaker, "It's just that this is not good, and the head of the family will not agree! This is a private fight! You are all the sons of the head of the family, if the matter gets bigger, how will it end?"
Xu Chen blinked, he didn't care, "I don't care, even if my father opposes it, I will definitely chop off his hand, I want him to live and die for the rest of his life, so that he still dares to ......"
Saying this, Xu Yang suddenly stopped, because he realized that he had said too much that he shouldn't have said, "Okay, master!
After speaking, Xu Yang didn't look back, strode out of the Sword Pavilion, and went straight to his mother's room with a look of joy.
At this time, Xu Chen was looking at the bookshelf, for him, the sword duel in the Sword Pavilion was simply as vast as a sea of smoke, and although he had already stepped into the Convergence Spirit Realm, he was only a newcomer to the matter of cultivation.
There are many types of sword duels that are difficult to classify, and this is especially true in the Sword Pavilion, if you really want to go through these books, you can't do it in a few months, which is why when he entered the door, Xu Chen asked Elder Huang for help.
At this time, Elder Huang just sat silently on the rattan chair, and what had just happened made him no longer dare to say or do anything. The war between the two young masters, if he is not careful, he will get angry.
The morning passed in a hurry, Xu Chen still couldn't find a sword duel that suited him, and in his depression, he wanted to take a copy and leave.
However, at the moment when Liu Nian turned around and wanted to leave, a black and yellow booklet flashed in his mind, Liu Nian turned his head curiously and glanced at it again for some reason, just like that, he walked over slowly unconsciously.
It was a book that couldn't be older anymore, and it was probably rarely touched by anyone in normal times, the surface was full of dust, and the black and yellow cover was full of holes, as if it would crack and disappear in an instant when touched, but there were four big characters vaguely written on it - Split Void Sword Battle.
In fact, what really attracted Xu Chen was not the booklet itself, but the small sword drawn on one of the corners of the cover. The cover has faded, and the small sword is also looming, and ordinary people will not notice it at all.
But Xu Chen was so surprised, because the little sword actually matched the pendant hanging around his neck.
Xu Chen subconsciously took out the jade sword from his collar, which was the only gift left to him by his mother, and he gently placed the jade sword on top of the booklet.
After a moment, he was shocked.