Chapter 25: How Could You Betray Yourself?

  "Shi Kawa, you really have the guts to come, I thought you'd be too scared to show up." Hua Xiong sneered as soon as he appeared.

  Hua Xiong had the idea of crippling Shi Yan at that time, but he thought again, Shi Yan was also Yun Changlong's entry-level apprentice after all, in case something went wrong, it wouldn't be good to explain to his master.

  So today I specially informed so many people to come, just to give Ishikawa a severe blow, and make Ishikawa unable to hold his head up among the inner disciples.

  "Hua Shixiong, jiayou! Hua Shixiong must win!" Four or five Qi Refining stage cultivators of the second and third layers cheered him on from the side.

  Hua Xiong lightly swung his sleeve, looked around the surroundings, and a smile appeared on his face. Especially when he saw Qingchuan was also present, his heart was even more joyful.

  "Ishikawa, I'll give you one more chance. If you can kneel down and beg for mercy, and kowtow three times to me, I might spare your life today. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless." As he spoke, Hua Xiong flicked his hand, and a slender silver sword appeared in his hand. The sword was entirely silver, emitting a soft glow, and what's more strange is that although it looked extremely sharp, it was actually very flexible.

  "Isn't this Sun Chang's Water Snake Sword? How did it end up in Hua Xiong's hands?" someone exclaimed.

  Hua Xiong's smile grew even thicker upon hearing this, and he looked at Qingchuan not far away: "Qingchuan sister, this Watersnake Sword was just given to me by Master. If Qingchuan likes it, I'll give it to her after this match."

  This Water Snake Sword is absolutely one of the top-grade artifacts of the Water Spirit Sect. Hua Xiong actually wants to give it to Qingchuan, and in front of hundreds of Water Spirit Sect disciples, his thoughts are clear to everyone.

  However, no one could raise any objections, the Hua family's influence was not small, and Hua Xiong was also a disciple of Sun Zhanglao. Although his cultivation speed was a bit slow, he had already reached the fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage. In the Shuiling Gate, he was considered one of the top-ranked excellent disciples.

  But in Qingchuan's eyes, his showy face was even more disgusting.

  "Thank you, but this is too expensive for me to use. Besides, Stone Brother has already given me many Buddhist instruments." Qingchuan said with her two hands holding onto Shi Chuan's arm.

  Hua Xiong's eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

  However, he could only vent his grievances on Ishikawa's body.

  Leng Leng said: "Shi Shidi is indeed a drinker who doesn't drink and gets punished for drinking. Since you want to circle around the Water Spirit Gate three times, I'll fulfill your wish."

  The Water Spirit Sword lightly raised, a huge ice arrow whizzed over, this ice arrow was actually rushing towards Qingchuan.

  A high-quality magic tool, under the control of a fourth-layer Qi-refining cultivator, has extremely powerful might. If Ishikawa hadn't reached the Xiantian stage and reacted slightly faster, Harukawa would have suffered quite some injury.

  This made Ishikawa furious.

  Ishikawa originally thought that Hua Xiong was just teasing Qingchuan and didn't do anything excessive, and it would be enough to teach him a lesson. Unexpectedly, this person actually attacked Qingchuan for the sake of victory.

  Ishikawa no Masaharu pushed out of the arena and held the mid-grade flying sword given by Yunzhonglao, taking a step forward like an arrow.

  Slash, chop, stab.

  Ishikawa took out a move that wrestled with the wolf, each move was fatal.

  Hua Xiong was only at the fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage, and his physical strength and reaction speed were far inferior to those of Shi Chuan. He used Water Snake Sword to resist repeatedly, but it was just barely enough to hold on.

  But he wanted to use Shui She Jian to cast a spell again, which was basically an impossible thing to do.

  All the disciples present were stunned, no one had ever seen a cultivator fight like this before, it was almost like a martial artist from the secular world.

  Ishikawa thought clearly and started to fight, but Ishikawa could only exert the first layer of water-based martial arts in the Qi Refining stage. If he didn't use his own refined artifacts, there was absolutely no chance of winning.

  If it's a battle using ancient martial arts and artifacts, then it's no longer just a simple duel.

  So Ishikawa planned to go outside the gate to find a damaged flying sword at the moment he agreed to fight Xiaoyi, although it was not very useful, but after all, it was a magic weapon and would not be easily damaged like ordinary iron.

  Fortunately, Yun Lao gave him this mid-grade flying sword, making things easier for Ishikawa.

  Although he hadn't practiced any worldly martial arts, Ishikawa had developed his own style through his prolonged battles with the wild wolves. Hua Xiong, who was at the fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage and much stronger than the wild wolves, was also a mortal man and was starting to struggle under Ishikawa's sharp attacks.

  "You want to die, I'll fulfill your wish." Hua Xiong's attacks were repeatedly repelled, and he took out a green talisman from his bosom and threw it at Shi Chuan.

  "Thunder Symbol!" Someone in the crowd recognized the cyan symbol and couldn't help but exclaim.

  "Boom!" A white light flashed on Ishikawa's body, and he disappeared in an instant. The Thunder Symbol didn't cause any harm to Ishikawa, but the two were close at hand, and due to the True Shield's rebound against the Thunder Symbol, Hua Xiong was injured instead.

  There were several large holes burned in his Taoist robe, and some of his hair and eyebrows were also burned off.

  "Haha......" Seeing Hua Xiong like this, several disciples couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Hua Xiong was even more furious, the Water Snake Sword and the Thunder Symbol were both given to him by Sun Zhanglao yesterday, just to make it easier for him to win in this duel. Unexpectedly, these two treasures didn't come into play at all. Especially the Thunder Symbol, which ended up injuring itself.

  "I want you dead!" Hua Xiong swung the Watersnake Sword in his hand like a madman, completely forgetting that it was a top-grade artifact with an extremely powerful amplifying effect on water-based techniques.

  In Ishikawa's eyes, such a chaotic dance, there is no rule to follow. However, the Water Snake Sword has a soft body and changes direction quickly, even if it is any swing without any rules, it is difficult to find an opportunity to attack.

  Ishikawa slowed down his attack, letting Hua Xiong go crazy for a while.

  The Water Snake Sword danced wildly under Hua Xiong's control, like a drunken water snake.

  Suddenly, the snake's head turned around and stabbed backwards.

  The sword body was bent at an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees.

  The sword tip shot straight at Hua Xiong's left chest.

  Awesome!

  Hua Xiong stared incredulously at the Watersnake Sword in his hand, unable to fathom how it had ended up piercing his own chest.

  If Ishikawa uses his flying sword to block it for a moment, Mizunoe might still be able to engage in a regular duel with Ishikawa.

  But without the obstruction of Ishikawa's flying sword, the movement of Mizunoe's Water Snake Sword became disorderly. Moreover, Hua Xiong himself was not very skilled in using this sword, which led to such a shocking and astonishing scene.

  "You've really managed to wound yourself with your own sword!" Ishikawa exclaimed in admiration.

  No one had expected this outcome. It was obvious that Hua Xiong had lost and had even stabbed himself.

  This is an outcome that no one had expected.

  It's clear that the ultimate winner was actually Ishikawa, whom they had least expected. The faces of many onlookers turned unsightly, and some even turned green with envy. They had all invested large amounts of spiritual stones in Hua Xiong.

  This result is hard for them to accept, but they have no choice but to accept it.

  Several monks hastily carried Hua Xiong away, and judging by the look of things, his injuries were extremely severe. If he died from them, it was likely that Elder Sun would not let these few off lightly.

  "Stony brother, are you okay?" Qingchuan ran over and carefully examined Ishikawa's entire body. After seeing that Ishikawa was completely fine, he finally felt at ease. "The power of that lightning talisman was huge just now, I was really worried that something would happen to you."

  Ishikawa smiled wryly and shook his head, the power of Lei Fu was not great, it had already consumed half of Zhen's spiritual power, if Hua Xiong suddenly threw out 20 or 30 Lei Fu, Ishikawa truly couldn't withstand it.

  "Alright, let's go back." Ishikawa saw that several monks were approaching him and didn't feel like getting close to these people either.

  In the eyes of these people, Ishikawa's victory was largely due to luck, but only Ishikawa himself knew what had really happened.

  Furthermore, just now when Lei Fu struck him with that one blow, Ishikawa instantly used his true shield to deflect it, so no one should have noticed. However, there isn't a single scratch on Ishikawa's body, and not even a small burn hole on his Taoist robe, which would easily attract other people's attention.

  So leaving this place of right and wrong early is not a bad thing.

  Ishikawa and Harukawa spent the whole afternoon together, talking about things in Ishi Village and then things after entering Mizu no Mon. Time flew by quickly, and before they knew it, evening had already arrived, and Harukawa reluctantly bid farewell.

  Ishikawa tidied up a bit and waited for another hour. He looked around to make sure no one was watching, then quickly headed towards Cui Changsheng's residence.

  It's easy to find Choi Chang-seon's residence, but it's a bit difficult not to be discovered by others. The rooms of the inner door disciples are mostly concentrated together, and Choi Chang-seon's room is in the place with the most inner door disciples.

  So Ishikawa waited for a while before going to find Cui Changsheng.

  Arriving at Cui Changsheng's gate, Shi Chuan lightly activated a thread of divine thought, notifying Cui Changsheng through the formation.

  Soon, a big and tall man appeared in front of Shi Chuan, with a joyful expression on his face, saying: "Shi Shidi, come in quickly."

  In Choi Chang-seon's room, two chairs and a table were casually placed, very simple, it seems that Choi Chang-seon's situation is not very good.

  After the two sat down, Cui Changsheng directly pulled out a storage bag and handed it to Shi Chuan Dao: "Shi Shidi, I didn't expect you to win today. Hua Xiong was really unlucky. Can Shi Shidi predict the future and know things before they happen?"

  Ishikawa smiled and said, "Brother Cui is overpraising me, I don't know anything about divination. I only have this many spirit stones on me now, thinking that if I lose today, I will definitely die, and these 100 spirit stones will be cheap for Hua Xiong. I might as well bet big, if I win, I'll make a huge profit."

  Ishikawa said, and reached into his storage bag, his mind entering. His face changed slightly, revealing a look of surprise.

  In the storage bag, there were exactly one thousand two hundred spirit stones, neither more nor less.

  Ishikawa gave Choi Chang-seong 100 spiritual stones, and at a ratio of 1 to 10, he would get back at most 1,000 spiritual stones. If you subtract Choi's commission, it would be even less. But now there are 1,200 spiritual stones, how can this not shock Ishikawa?