Chapter 10 (Part 1) Is That You?

  Late summer afternoon, sunny and beautiful.

  Once again standing by the Fragrant River, I have become the focus of everyone's attention. The news about my defeat of Liu Cuifeng has been spread far and wide, with some people even saying that I come from one of the top ten aristocratic families of Qingyuan Heaven or Luosheng Heaven.

  With a burst of lively gongs and drums, Liu Cuifei and Ah Gui slowly walked into the venue. Liu Cuifei held her head high, not even giving me a glance, with an air of confidence. The surrounding crowd was in an uproar, all guessing the outcome of the trial marriage. The Golden Strength Secret Society had already opened betting, wagering on which of the three candidates would ultimately win and take the beauty home, with the most bets placed on me winning.

  "Take down Liu Cuifei that kid!" Bai Guangguang shouted at me with a red face, Hua Sheng Guo waving his small fist, jumping up and down, cheering for me. Da Hu and Hua Sheng Ke pulled out a large red banner, on which was written in bold strokes: "Lin Fei Must Win!"

  He Ping announced the rules of the competition, and the three candidates competed simultaneously on the Fragrant River. It was a free-for-all, with the first person to be knocked ashore losing. The last one remaining on the river would become the champion of the Quan Zhen Sect's Four Heavenly Kings.

  "Three people together?" Peanut frowned and said, "This method is a bit unfair. One-on-one, probably no one can be Lin's opponent. But if it's a melee, then it's hard to say. If the other two have an understanding, they can join forces to defeat the strongest first, and then decide the winner."

  "I don't care anyway," I said nonchalantly. "I'm prepared to lose, it doesn't matter."

  Wei Tuo made a gesture and the venue immediately fell silent. Liu He Dong shouted: "Please ask Ah Gu, Liu Cuiyu, and Lin Fei to enter the stage!"

  Liu Cuizhu's eyebrows rose, and a long sword with a bright green light burst out of her forehead. She stepped on the sword with both feet and flew to the Fragrant River first. As soon as the sword touched the water, the waves immediately parted to both sides, and the green sword floated steadily on the surface of the river. Ah Gui let out a cry, took out a beetle from his hair, blew it hard, and the beetle quickly expanded to the size of a table top, unfolded its colorful wings, and flew onto the Fragrant River, hovering in mid-air behind him.

  The two of them made a stylish entrance, causing a burst of cheers. I walked calmly towards the Fragrant River, unfolded my crossing technique, and stepped lightly on the water's surface, swaying with the ripples, just as I faced off against Liu Cuifei. I had already decided to pretend to exchange blows a few times before retreating midway.

  "Let's start the matchmaking session now!" He Ping said loudly, with He Saihua standing beside him, sticking out her tongue at me and curving up the corners of her mouth in a sly smile.

  The sunlight shone on the river's surface, with waves sparkling and shimmering. From time to time, golden star-shaped flowers floated down, creating a beautiful glow. None of the three people made the first move. Ah Gui rode his beetle around me and Liu Cuifei, clearly looking for an opportunity. Liu Cuifei's eyebrows began to turn emerald green, like two pieces of jade about to take flight, with sharp sword energy radiating in all directions, piercing the air with a shrill whistling sound.

  "Come on, hurry up! What's with the dawdling?" The crowd erupted into a frenzy of cheers. Liu Cuifeng shouted loudly, and a sword aura shot up into the sky, directly targeting Ah Gui in mid-air. The latter controlled his armored insect to dodge the sword aura and counterattacked towards Liu Cuifeng, and the two instantly engaged in an intense battle. I was left standing on the sidelines, reduced to being just a spectator.

  This scene was far beyond my expectations. Liu Cuifei chose to attack Ah Wu instead of me, did he really fear me? But even if he defeated Ah Wu, would he still have the strength to defeat me?

  It's strange, Liu Cuifeng has already killed Ah Guo to the point of being out of breath. The sword energy is flying all over the sky, and the green sword light is flashing horizontally, weaving a dense big net that tightly traps Ah Guo. In the fierce battle, Ah Guo suddenly flew up and forcibly broke through the sword net, and the beetles under the seat let out a miserable cry, being cut in half by a sword energy.

  Liu Cui's sword chased after Ah Gu, her eyebrows forcing out a sword light as thick as a water bucket, tightly biting down on him without letting go. Ah Gu let out a strange cry and fled towards the position where I was standing.

  Just as Ah Guo brushed past me, a pair of transparent wings suddenly grew out from his ribs, the edges of which were densely covered with sharp hooks that shone with a cold blue light. The hooks suddenly reached out and grabbed towards my chest! At the same moment, Liu Cuiyu jumped onto my head, her sword flashing around Ah Guo, its momentum fierce as it chopped down towards my skull.

  I was shocked, the situation changed too quickly. Just a moment ago, it was still two people fighting to the death, now they were attacking me together. I immediately realized that their previous battle was just an act, and the real target was me!

  At this critical moment, no magic could be used in time. I floated up, bent my waist, twisted my head, and dodged the hook with a beautiful dance pose, spinning in mid-air, jumping out of the dance again, the sword light grazed my shoulder and shot into the river surface, stirring up turbulent waves.

  The crowd erupted in shock and amazement, no one had expected this turn of events, let alone that I could dodge this fatal blow. I silently cursed these two guys for their despicable behavior, it was clear they had a prior agreement to take me out first. But I didn't bother to dwell on it, anyway I just happened to be retreating in defeat, pretending to concede. With a slip of my foot, I slid along the water's surface towards the shore. As long as I retreated onto land, it would mean I lost.

  A dense, swirling sword energy shot towards me, illuminating the river surface in a brilliant emerald green. Liu Cuiyu's eyebrows twitched as she continuously attacked me, while Ah Gu flew to my back, cutting off my retreat route. With a slap of her hand, her entire palm was a kaleidoscope of colors, constantly squirming and twisting - it was actually composed of various strange insects.

  I stiffened, my body flashing rapidly as I continued to scurry towards the shore. At the same time, I shouted at Ah Gui: "I give up, I admit defeat!" Ah Gui sneered and said: "You're too late to admit defeat, since you've received the gift of Liu Cuiyu's White Bone Bug Eggs, we must get rid of you first." He flew around behind me and struck with a vicious palm, while Liu Cuiyu's sword tip pursued me relentlessly.

  Damn it, they're not going to let me escape. I'm furious, that bastard Liu Cuifeng is asking for death. Activating the Mirror Pupil Secret Path Technique, my eyes are like mirrors, reflecting all the sword light, while simultaneously casting the Armor Shield Technique, my left arm transforms into a steel shield, forcefully colliding with Ah Duo's palm.

  The palm shield clashed, and Ah Gui's hand suddenly burst open, with hundreds of strange insects flying out like a colorful mist. My heart skipped a beat as I released the Xuanji aura circle, and the whirlpool of air wrapped around the insects, allowing me to dodge to the side.

  Liu Cuiyu's cold smile was within arm's reach, he had been waiting there for a long time, his two green eyebrows merged into one, straight and jumping out, transforming into a fierce and unmatched sword energy, whizzing over.

  The sword's color was a deep, mysterious green, constantly changing shape in the air, with an area of over ten meters shrouded in a hazy mist of sword aura. The strangest thing was that the speed of the sword energy was getting slower and slower, but every inch it advanced, the surrounding air seemed to solidify, unable to flow again. In the end, even the river water under my feet became sharp as a sword, with the entire surface of the river condensing into an indestructible sword!

  I gradually felt my breathing becoming difficult, and my skin was covered with cold goosebumps. Liu Cuifei's sword had sealed off all angles, slow but surprisingly hard to dodge, the blue sky and green river, heaven and earth, were all covered by this astonishingly powerful sword, and I could no longer see anything else in my field of vision.

  I stared wide-eyed as the sword light inched closer, this was Liu Cuifei's all-out attack! I could only hard-block it! And although my demonic technique was strong, my demonic power was absolutely no match for his. It's likely that during our previous battle a few days ago, although I ultimately defeated him, he had also figured out the weakness of my relatively weak demonic power. So he came up with this move, to clash head-on with me, forcing both sides' powers to collide directly.

  Desperate dogs jump over walls, people die in desperation. At the critical moment, I cast a series of spells without regard for anything, "Mirror Pupil Secret Path", "Xuanji Secret Path", and "Dizang Demon Art". With all my might, I dissolve the sharpness of the sword energy. Although some of it dissipated, the sword energy still advanced slowly, with an astonishing remaining force.

  "The weight of a swan's feather, even if pressed by a heavy mountain, will not be injured in the slightest." Suddenly, a sentence from Dan Ding Liu's "Yu Ding Yun Ying" flashed into my mind, and I was enlightened. I quickly circulated the Yu Ding Yun Ying inside my body, and my body suddenly became as light as a feather. The sharp sword energy, against the soft feathers, also had limited killing power.

  My body floated up, drifting along with the withered and rotten sword energy around me, like a feather, blown away by the fierce wind before it even approached, avoiding any physical contact with the sword energy.

  The majestic sword energy surged wave after wave, I gritted my teeth and persevered. Finally, the sword energy waned with a second wave, and was exhausted with a third. I immediately counterattacked, operating the Cloud-Toppling Featherweight Skill, standing firm like a thousand-pound tripod, while simultaneously deploying the Primordial Shell Defense Technique.

  "Reverting to simplicity, returning to the primordial chaos, is called Hunyuan Jiaoyu Shu." With this sword in hand, I strike out with a single fist, and from now on, not a single distracting thought remains in my heart. At this moment, I am the empty and desolate heavens and earth; I am the core of the origin of all things!

  "Hum"! The sound of fists and swords clashing echoed throughout the arena, the sword light melted like ice and snow, turning into a few green eyebrows that floated in mid-air.

  "Primordial Chaos Fist!" He Ping shouted in shock, the entire scene was stunned, and with this punch, I forcibly reversed the sword energy back to its original form, restoring it to its eyebrow shape.

  Liu Cuiyu let out a low hum, stumbled backward, his face as pale as paper. This sword seemed to have exhausted his magical powers. When his eyebrows returned to his face, only half of them were left. I didn't feel well either, my whole body aching, a mouthful of blood surged up to my throat, and was swallowed back down by me with great effort.

  Ah Gui rushed over like a whirlwind, his ten fingers spread open, red and thick, and to my surprise, they were actually ten ferocious centipedes wriggling about. I took a deep breath, and the Xuanji aura instantly wrapped around his hands. With a flick of my waist, I launched into a charming dance, one leg flashing out like lightning to kick his left rib, while my two hands transformed into steel blades, chopping down with a "whoosh" sound, severing Ah Gui's wing.

  A'gui let out a miserable howl, not retreating but advancing instead. With extreme ferocity, he pounced on me. The pockmarks on his face burst forth with an eerie golden light. Each pockmark bulged out from his cheeks like a beehive with thousands of holes, buzzing with noise as if something was about to fly out. Yuè Lìngyuè gritted her teeth and stepped on the Green Sword once more, charging towards me again.

  The surroundings were filled with whispers, and many people expressed shame at the alliance between Liu Cuifeng and Ah Wu to deal with me. I sneered coldly, my palms pressing down on the water's surface, just about to cast the Puppet Witchcraft when a sudden, earth-shattering shout came from outside: "Everyone, stop!"

  The people on the scene suddenly parted to both sides, revealing a path. Three people rushed forward, as if entering a deserted land, and walked straight towards the Fragrant River.

  When the first person, skin and hair were all semi-transparent, handsome face was cold, it was actually Water Six Lang! The one following him I also recognized, was Da Li Shen Ao Guang, his hand wrapped in a bandage, pointing at the Huashengguo family, venomously saying: "Boss, it's them who stole your Biyan Shuiyun Beast!"

  Seeing Shui Liu Lang and his group, Ah Gu suddenly retreated with a changed expression, revealing a fearful look in her eyes. Liu Cui Yu saw Ah Gu stop and could only reluctantly withdraw as well. I secretly thought "this is not good", Shui Liu Lang's appearance was really untimely, it must be Ao Guang who brought him here, if I had known earlier, I should have killed Ao Guang at the beginning. Now I have to face three formidable opponents - Liu Cui Yu, Ah Gu and Shui Liu Lang - simultaneously, making the outcome uncertain.

  Mizu Rōrō didn't even glance at the peanuts, his gaze was fixed on me, shining with a strange light. After a while, he suddenly threw back his head and laughed loudly: "It's really 'breaking iron shoes without finding a place', but it's not in vain! Lin Fei, I never thought you were still alive! It's been three years, we've searched for you so hard."

  I regained my composure: "What are you looking for me? Does your mom miss me?"

  Mizu Rokurō shot a fierce glance, waved his hand: "The leaders of the three major sects, stay behind, everyone else, get out! Otherwise, I'll show no mercy!"

  The three masters looked at each other in dismay, clearly not recognizing the unusual guests. Wei Tuo furrowed his brow and said: "We are currently holding a Fragrant Gathering to select a son-in-law, so it would be best for you gentlemen to observe from the side for now; whatever business you have can wait until later."

  Liu He Dong roared in dissatisfaction: "Where did this arrogant guy come from? Da Qian City is not a place for you to kill people recklessly."

  Shui Liu Lang let out a cold snort, his sleeves fluttering as he shot a water arrow at Liu He Dong. In mid-air, it transformed into a dragon with bared teeth and claws, which ripped open Liu He Dong's skirt with a loud "whoosh". If she hadn't dodged quickly, she would have been clawed by the dragon. The three headmasters' faces all changed color simultaneously; having controlled the Great Thousand City for many years, they had probably never seen anyone dare to attack them before.

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