Chapter 1: Betting on Swords, Betting on Life and Death
The Qingfeng Xianmen on the Wind and Cloud Mountain, a famous sect of the Immortal Path. Behind the mountain of Wind and Cloud Mountain, a white paper was posted on the bulletin board of the Doujian Arena, with bright red characters that caught the eye.
Title: Duel of Life and Death.
Date: February 23, 15 days later.
Location: Dueling Platform. The dueling platform is a high platform on the top of Wind Cloud Mountain, with an extremely small area that can only accommodate two people for a duel. At first, there were occasional duels to settle scores, but over time more and more people came to duel here, and it gradually became known as the Dueling Platform. The many disciples of the Light Wind Sword Sect also got used to settling their grudges on the Dueling Platform.
The stakes: Ou Yang Song's life or Yan Zhen's life. That's right, the stake is a life. In this world, silver and money can tempt people, but spirit stones are even more precious. However, no matter how much silver or how precious the spirit stone, it cannot compare to a life. Betting one's life is the greatest stake of all.
Betting odds: Welcome to place your bets, betting on Ou Yangsong winning 1:10, betting on Yan Zhen winning 10:1.
Duelists: Ouyang Song, outer disciple of Qingfeng Xianmen, and Yan Zhen, outer disciple of Qingfeng Xianmen. Note that the current cultivation level of outer disciple Ouyang Song is Qi Refining Stage 7th layer, while outer disciple Yan Zhen's cultivation level is only Qi Refining Stage 4th layer. The Qi Refining Stage is divided into nine layers, with each layer being stronger than the previous one.
Event: Fencing
The Qingfeng Sect of the Xianmen School naturally prohibits internal strife and mutual slaughter. However, if two people sign a life-and-death contract, their fate will be decided on the dueling platform, and the Qingfeng Sect will not intervene. Nevertheless, there are very few people who dare to sign such a contract, as most people cherish their own lives.
As soon as the life-and-death duel notice came out, it immediately attracted the attention of many outer sect disciples who were present. These outer sect disciples all gathered around the announcement board to watch and discuss among themselves. Some outer sect disciples who did not know the inside story asked those who knew the inside story on the side, and only then did they learn about the origin of the matter.
The cause of the matter was that in the Qingfeng Xianmen, there was an outer disciple named Yan Zhen. This person's strength was relatively weak among the outer disciples, and Yan Zhen and a female outer disciple named Ye Xiaozi were in love. The development of things up to this point was normal, but what followed was a huge turning point: the female outer disciple Ye Xiaozi abandoned Yan Zhen and turned to another powerful outer disciple, Ouyang Song.
To put it simply, Yan Zhen was poached by Ouyang Song. Men can tolerate anything else, but being poached is absolutely intolerable. Therefore, Yan Zhen challenged Ouyang Song, but the gap in strength was too great, and he was heavily knocked down and beaten up.
As a result, Yan Zhen surprisingly turned out to be a stubborn fool, and for some reason, he rashly proposed to Ouyang Song that they gamble with their swords on the Decisive Sword Platform, betting their lives. Ouyang Song had long been displeased with Yan Zhen, so naturally agreed.
As soon as they heard what had happened, some people began to discuss it.
"Yan Zhen is really looking for death, he's only at the fourth stage of Qi Refining and yet he dares to challenge Ouyang Song who's at the seventh stage, the gap between their three minor realms is just too great, there's no way he can win." a yellow-robed outer sect disciple said.
"Indeed, he's courting death without limits, unaware of his own mortality, and doesn't know his own strength. Yan is truly doomed." Another outer sect disciple in blue clothes sneered coldly.
"Another one ruined by a woman, women are harmful things." A bearded outer sect disciple said with emotion, he had been hurt by love before and still sighed to this day.
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On a precipice overlooking a deep chasm on Wind and Cloud Mountain, a young man with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, skin as white as jade, and wearing a white robe made of hemp sat on a bluestone. On his left side lay a long sword in its scabbard, while in his right hand he held a pale yellow wine gourd.
The young Yan's eyes, at this moment, revealed a complex mix of emotions - vicissitudes, surprise, incredulity, and unbelief. Such an expression was absolutely unlike that of a young person, but rather like that of a middle-aged person who had experienced many hardships.
Yan Zhen looked again at the undulating and changing mountains, in the valley cliffs a row of green houses, these familiar yet strange scenes of his youth.
Yan Zhen finally confirmed one thing: he had been reborn from his deathbed over 300 years later, back to his youth, when he was an outer disciple of the Qingfeng Xianmen.
Yan Zhen recalled the events of his past life, with over 300 years of memories swirling in his mind like fragments. At that time, he had been deceived by Yan Xiaozi, who had eloped with Ouyang Song. In a fit of rage and desperation, Yan Zhen had made a vow to engage in a mortal duel with Ouyang Song.
In the battle of life and death fifteen days later, Yan Zhen clearly remembered that his fourth-stage Qi Refining self was no match for Ou Yangsong's seventh-stage Qi Refining. At the first move, he was suppressed, at the third move, his long sword was knocked out of his hand, and at the fourth move, Ou Yangsong pierced a sword into his left ribs. The battle had basically ended by then, with such a huge gap in their strength.
However, Ou Yang Song did not let Yan Zhen off, in the fifth move, Ou Yang Song severed Yan Zhen's right hand tendon.
The sixth move, Ou Yang Song severed Yan Zhen's left hand tendon, from now on Yan Zhen completely lost the ability to resist.
The seventh move, Ouyang Song snapped Yan Zhen's right Achilles tendon.
The eighth move, Ouyang Song snapped Yan Zhen's left Achilles tendon.
At the ninth move, Ouyang Song's sword had already reached Yan Zhen's throat, but he didn't stab down. He just coldly smiled and said: "Yan, you piece of trash, today I won't take your life, but I'll cripple your four limbs' meridians. Even if you recover, you'll never have any hope on the path of cultivation again. I want you to watch me constantly increase my strength, rush towards the clouds, while you're just a useless piece of trash in the mud. A piece of trash like you also dares to compete with me for women? How ridiculous!"
Every move, every style of that battle, the subtle situation at that time, and every word Ouyang Song said during that battle were clearly and deeply imprinted in Yan Zhen's mind, still unforgettable to this day.
The hatred for Ouyang Song has never been reduced by half in the past three hundred years, and it has penetrated into my bones. I can only regret that I have no power to avenge this great enmity.
After that war, Yan Zhen received help from his own family, the Yan clan, and with his own efforts, he finally managed to repair seven or eight parts of the tendons in his hands and feet. However, he was unable to fully recover, and as a cultivator, one needed to have perfect meridians to better circulate their internal energy. As a result, Yan Zhen's cultivation career declined, and his progress stagnated. He became a low-ranking member of the Da Ji Kingdom's cultivation world. Later, due to various reasons, he joined the Tianji Pavilion, an intelligence organization in the cultivation world, becoming one of its minor leaders. However, during internal conflicts within the Tianji Pavilion, he was killed by a minor figure.
It can be said that the turning point of his past life was this battle with Ouyang Song. He lost miserably in that battle and then sank forever.
Now, he has been reborn back to this moment, leaving himself only fifteen days, and after fifteen days, he will have a final battle with his archenemy Ouyang Song on the dueling platform.
Yan Zhen is reborn and returns, due to the reasons of his past life in the intelligence organization Tianji Pavilion, so he knows many secrets of Jianghu, as well as the origins of various treasures. This life can actually be utilized. If time permits, Yan Zhen believes that this life will surely have a boundless future.
However, he left himself with only fifteen days.
It's extremely difficult, almost impossible, for Ouyang Song to surpass the sevenfold refinement of Qi Condensation in just fifteen days, crossing three minor boundaries.
But she hasn't even started yet and already admitted defeat and given up completely which is not like Yan Zhen at all.
Fifteen days, everything will be gambled in these fifteen days.
Let the battle intention go crazy in these fifteen days!
Let passion burn for these fifteen days!
Let passion boil for these fifteen days!
Make the most of the knowledge from past lives in these fifteen days!
Let your body release its greatest potential in these 15 days!
Let's make our strength stronger in these fifteen days!
Yan Zhen also wanted to see how much he could improve his strength in these fifteen days by pushing himself to the limit.
Yan Zhen also made two plans. If his strength increased to the point where he could rival Ouyang Song within these fifteen days, then he would go up to the Decisive Sword Platform. If his strength did not increase much in these fifteen days, then he would have no choice but to make other plans.
