Chapter Forty-Four: The Duel

  After the two members of the Ximen family had walked some distance away.

  "Xiangru Shu, that one, your Qing Bo, what's his name?" the demon horn asked extremely curiously, wouldn't be called Ximen Qing, this name is a bit too bold?

  "Qing Bo? Don't be restrained, Qing Bo has a very good temper, his full name is 'Ximen Daqing'." Sima Xiangru replied.

  When Sima Xiangru heard this, the demon's eyes still stared for a moment. Indeed, the name Xi Men Da Qing was even more powerful than Xi Men Qing. They were all celebrating.

  "Oh" The demon king's heart was shocked, and the sword dance got on the horse carriage again, with everyone else, driving east all the way. As for the remaining three horses, they were also harnessed to the front of the first three carriages at this moment.

  Riding a horse-drawn carriage is the most boring, but at least there's a sword dance beside me. The two of us can look outside and chat and laugh. As for the five carriages in front, the people on them just waited quietly.

  The carriage was traveling on an official road. The road was very flat and the carriage was moving very quickly.

  It was just getting dark when they arrived at a post station.

  The inn wasn't very big, but it was enough to provide one room per person. As for Ya Jiao and Jian Wu, they naturally didn't separate, under the strange gazes of everyone, they only asked for one room. Jian Wu's face turned red with shyness, while Ya Jiao directly said: "Give you guys a more spacious room, we can squeeze in just fine."

  The station manager knew the identity of this traveler and quickly arranged everything. He ate the best food and stayed in the best place.

  After dinner.

  "Zhao Zhan" suddenly shouted with a sword at Ximen.

  "Huh?" Everyone stared at him.

  "West Gate One Sword, sincerely invites you to a battle." West Gate One Sword immediately explained his intention.

  When Ximen Yijian spoke, Ximen Dage actually shook his head and smiled wryly. As for the Second Mount Heaven and others, they had an expression of "as expected".

  "Master of the Demon Horn." Zhao Chuan looked at the Demon Horn instead.

  It is clear that Zhao Chuan's responsibility at this moment is to protect Yao Jiao. As for other things outside of protecting Yao Jiao, he still needs to listen to Yao Jiao's instructions.

  "Let them fight it out, otherwise we will also have a sleepless night tonight." said Lin Qing with a smile.

  "Alright, Zhao Chuan, you go with him and try it out," said Yao Jiao.

  "Yes, Master Yaojiao." Zhao Chuan also nodded and said.

  "Please go outside." Zhao Chuan said to Ximen with a sword.

  "Hmm" Ximen nodded in agreement with a single sword move.

  Zhao carried a large knife, and Ximen held a long sword in his hand. The two of them walked together outside the post station.

  Today's moonlight is very bright, so in the darkness of night, we can also see each other clearly.

  Others followed and went out too.

  "Qing Bo, with one sword he challenged Zhao Chuan, could it be that one sword has already broken through?" The Second Master of Cangshan asked somewhat doubtfully.

  "Yes, one sword has already reached the peak of a martial artist's power." Ximen Dajing smiled and looked at Ximen Yijian.

  "We are the third generation of the Five Clans' descendants. I have been practicing with a sword, and I am utterly obsessed, not just with martial arts, but with swords." Zi Huaiyu said from the side.

  "With a sword, he indeed has very deep attainments. Although his age is not great, however, his comprehension is not small either. I'm even a bit envious." Ximen Dajing shook his head and smiled.

  The demon king listened carefully beside him and didn't ask much.

  "After a few years, if one sword can reach the Xiantian realm before that. At that time, isn't it possible?" The Second Elder of Cangshan frowned and said.

  "Hmm, whether or not he can reach the Xiantian realm with one sword, I think that with his skill in practicing swords, he will be able to be looked upon by those above and leave this place." Ximen Dage said very affirmatively.

  On the side, the demon horn was extremely strange, what did Xi Men Da Qing mean by "above"?

  At the time when everyone was chatting, Zhao Chuan and Ximen Yijian also fought together.

  "Dong dong dong..."

  For a moment, the swords clashed, bursting into a large amount of sparks. Zhao's knife technique was opened and closed, swinging with an overbearing aura, and Ximen Yisword's long sword in his hand clashed, each time exerting all his strength, as if he was suppressing Ximen Yisword's long sword every time.

  With a swing of his large sword, he brought out several strands of aura, blowing away the dust and dirt on the ground around him.

  As for Sima Yi's sword, the sword in his hand showed a flavor of being detached from the world. Although he seemed to be at a disadvantage under Zhao Zhan's big knife, every sword would unload the huge force on Zhao Zhan's big knife, making each time Zhao Zhan's big knife chopped down suddenly have a feeling of slipping. This feeling was very unpleasant, and at least Zhao Zhan disliked it very much.

  Ximen's long sword, not as domineering as a large knife, but on its surface, it seemed to be swallowing and spitting out sword energy, and the invisible sword energy dispersed the halo formed by Zhao Chuan.

  The two men fought together, their figures constantly changing, fighting in front of the crowd, and then slowly retreating to a distance, and then again advancing from afar. They fought for nearly an hour, during which time, the flashes of knives and swords revealed the great strength of both men.

  "Ding"

  Finally, Xi Men's long sword in his hand touched Zhao Zhan's large knife and opened it. The two parted ways from then on.

  "I admit defeat." Zhao Chuan said with great respect.

  "You didn't use your full strength." Ximen said with a shake of his head.

  "Mr. Xi Men didn't go all out either, but I know I'm no match for you, Mr. Xi Men," Zhao Chuan said very sincerely.

  "Hmm" Ximen Yijian also nodded slightly, apparently very confident, but Ximen Yijian was not talkative and didn't have a hint of joy even after winning just now.

  "Master Xi Men's swordsmanship is exquisite, but I think there's someone here whose swordsmanship isn't inferior to yours." Zhao Chuan suddenly chimed in.

  "Oh?" Ximen suddenly exclaimed in surprise, and looked around at the few people nearby.

  "Although Yijian is my nephew, but in terms of swordsmanship, I'm slightly inferior to him." Ximen Dage said with a smile, shaking his head.

  Ximen Daxing said, and everyone was stunned. Ximen Yijian's swordsmanship was actually more powerful than Ximen Daxing?

  "What I said is not Young Master Qing." Zhao Chuan said again.

  "Oh?" Now not only was Xi Men's interest piqued, but Xi Men Da Qing also became interested at this moment.

  Upon hearing Zhao Chuan's words, Yao Jiao immediately knew who he was referring to and felt a wave of helplessness in her heart. At the same time, she also felt a surge of pride.

  Zhao Zuan said so, then it's naturally true, who would it be?

  "Let's not mention the great uncle for now, but the Second Cangshan, Shangguan Linqing, Zihua Yu, and Sima Xiangru - they all know themselves, it's not them. Could it be that master and servant pair? Yaojiao? The heroic Yaojiao?" Ximen Yijian thought strangely to himself.

  Rumors in the Jianghu say that the Great Hero with Horns is at least a top martial artist, but I myself know that this so-called Great Hero with Horns is only thirteen years old. How can he possibly be a top martial artist?

  Ximen Yijian looked at Zhao Chuan again, wanting him to make it clear.

  "She is a maid of Master Youjiao, Xianwu. Her swordsmanship is the strongest I've ever seen." Zhao Chuan said to Ximen Yijian.

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