Chapter 28: A Chance Encounter with Huang Juan

  "Bang Bang Bang"

  Zhang Feiyang and Cao Wan clapped their hands, Zhang Feiyang shouted: "Great, big sister, not seeing you for a few days, your swordsmanship has improved again!"

  Huang Juan turned her head and took a look, then let out a surprised cry, shouting: "Zhang Feiyang? Cao Wan? How did you two end up here?"

  Zhang Fei walked over and said: "Like you, I've come to fight a life-and-death duel with this guy! Hey, why are you and that woman in green fighting?"

  Huang Juan smiled and said, "It's nothing much. Ever since I helped you against Shu Baixue in the valley, those few inner disciples of Hongyun Mountain have been calling me 'meat'. They're really narrow-minded. I didn't mind at first, but after being called 'meat' so many times, I got angry and had a life-and-death duel with that girl. Now that I've won, they won't be calling me 'meat' anymore!"

  Cao Wan took a look at Huang Juan's chest, where the meat was indeed plentiful. No wonder the inner disciples of Red Cloud Mountain would call Huang Juan "Meat".

  Huang Juan said: "Zhang Feiyang, why did you also duel with someone? What's going on?"

  Zhang Fei said, "It's similar to yours, it was after that time I came back and offended the inner sect senior brother of our Biyun Mountain, that senior brother likes Shu Baisuo, he said I bullied Shu Baisuo, so he wanted to have a life-and-death duel to solve the problem."

  Huang Juan smiled wryly and said: "I didn't expect that the two of us would be fighting for life and death because of Shu Baixue, that Shu Baixue is really a demon!"

  Zhang Fei let out a hearty laugh and said: "You can't say that about her, she's actually innocent..."

  Huang Juan looked at Zhang Feiyang with a strange gaze, not understanding why Zhang Feiyang would say that Shu Baixue was innocent, thinking that there must be something between Zhang Feiyang and Shu Baixue.

  "Hey, Huang Juan, you can't say that about Shu Xiaojie."

  A voice came, and the three of them looked over to see a green-clad woman with a badge standing there. She had been watching from afar and chatting, but now she was calling out to Huang Juan. It turned out that Huang Juan's voice was very loud, and it had carried all the way to Xiaolan, who was some distance away.

  Zhang Fei Yang recognized Xiao Lan and immediately recalled the scene where Xiao Lan supported Shu Bai Xue that day.

  "Oh! It's so lively!"

  A sudden noise came, and everyone looked over to see Sun Hongyu walking towards them with two inner disciples. Sun Hongyu raised his head, proudly looking at everyone. When he saw Xiaolan, his eyes narrowed into a thin slit as he smiled and said: "Sister Xiaolan, is Shu shi okay?"

  Xiao Lan ignored him and started talking to a woman beside her.

  Sun Hongyue suddenly felt embarrassed and looked at Zhang Feiyang, saying: "Zhang Feiyang, you came early today? Today is your last day, but if you are willing to kneel under my feet and apologize, I can spare your life."

  Zhang Fei let out a loud "Humph!" and cursed, "You donkey-headed, horse-faced creature! Are you worthy of my respect? Today I will surely defeat you and trample your donkey head underfoot!"

  Huang Juan burst out laughing, and even the four girls in the distance couldn't help but laugh too. They had heard about Sun Hongrui's bad temper, so they immediately gathered around to watch the commotion.

  Sun Hongyue's face turned iron-green with rage, and he shouted: "Fine! Come on now! Among the inner disciples of Biyun Sword Pavilion, my strength is the strongest. Come on, let me kill you!"

  The people around made way, standing far away to watch. The life-and-death duel of the Xianjian Pavilion was very strict, and if others watched, they absolutely could not lend a hand, violating the rules would result in severe punishment, and expulsion from the sect.

  Zhang Feiyang opened his palm, and a golden light fell from the Lian Yao furnace into his palm. The Shen Yao hammer appeared in Zhang Feiyang's hand.

  Sun Hongyue's hand flashed with a hint of spiritual light, and a long, slender spirit sword appeared in his hand, transmitted from the storage ring. Sun Hongyue burst out laughing and said, "A disciple of the Immortal Sword Pavilion without a spirit sword, actually holding onto a broken hammer, basic sword techniques halved in power, let's see how you fight me!" After speaking, he raised his sword to strike, each move a fundamental sword technique. Sun Hongyue had practiced for three years within the Inner Gate Pavilion, and his fundamental sword techniques were extremely proficient, with no flaws in his movements, the sword body flashing with sword light, each move difficult to resolve.

  Zhang Feiyang's Demon-Suppressing Mallet is a top-grade spiritual artifact, even better than Sun Hongyue's spiritual sword. It can easily block Sun Hongyue's spiritual sword. However, Zhang Feiyang found it difficult to use the mallet to attack Sun Hongyue, and had to break through his sword aura before engaging in close combat.

  Sun Hongyue let out a fierce laugh and chopped even more violently.

  Huang Juan and Cao Ren saw that Zhang Fei Yang could only block, but not counterattack, so they anxiously shouted: "Zhang Fei Yang, add oil!" "Brother Zhang, pay attention to defense!"

  "This Demon-Smashing Mallet is a top-grade spiritual artifact. Don't look at its current small and light appearance, when it hits the monster, it's as heavy as a thousand catties!"

  The words that Chengzi had said before floated in Zhang Feiyang's mind, and Zhang Feiyang suddenly came to a realization. Compared to basic swordsmanship, he was obviously no match for Sun Hongyue, and compared to spiritual energy, he still hadn't surpassed Sun Hongyue. However, when it came to spiritual artifacts, he had won!

  Zhang Feiyang's mouth corner revealed a smile, previously only blocking Sun Hongyue's Ling Jian, now he wanted to turn defense into offense, while blocking and attacking at the same time. He started operating the Shocking Demon Mallet, due to Zhang Feiyang's current spiritual power reaching 89, the golden light emitted by the Shocking Demon Mallet was even more intense and eye-catching. When Sun Hongyue's Ling Jian came, Zhang Feiyang used the trajectory of blocking to wield the Shocking Demon Mallet with all his might, thus not only blocking the Ling Jian but also making it vibrate with a humming sound.

  Boom

  Boom

  The Zhēn Yāo Chuí and Líng Jiàn collided, producing a loud noise that shook the air. Sun Hongyuan's tiger mouth was instantly pained. He hastily retreated several steps, beads of sweat trickling down his face as he stared at Zhang Feiyang's Zhēn Yāo Chuí in shock. Zhang Feiyang's spiritual instrument was even better than his! Since becoming an inner door great disciple, this was the first time he had encountered such a formidable inner door disciple.

  Zhang Feiyang gripped the Demon-Suppressing Mace tightly and charged forward with a loud shout. Sun Hongrui, intimidated by the mace's weight of a thousand taels, hastily engaged in battle and launched a "Poisonous Snake Spits Venom" attack, stabbing straight at Zhang Feiyang's chest to force him back.

  "Great, just what I wanted!"

  Zhang Feiyang was waiting for this move "Toxic Snake Spits Letter". Although this move can hit the enemy from a distance, if the distance is not grasped well, it is easy to dodge. Zhang Feiyang turned around and came with an "Alligator Swinging Tail", the most powerful basic sword technique, the Shocking Demon Hammer hitting the point, emitting a strong golden light all over, making a loud noise that pierced the ears, knocking Sun Hongyue's spiritual sword out of his hand and into the valley!

  "Good! Well done, Brother Zhang!" Cao Wan was so excited that he almost jumped up. Huang Juan also showed an excited expression, her chest rising and falling with agitation.

  Sun Hongyue took a few steps back, touched the storage ring in his hand, and said viciously: "You broke my spiritual sword, don't blame me! Now I'll release the Blood Fusion Beast, and it will eat you to the bone!" The storage ring flashed with a divine light, and a red-faced demon bear jumped out, letting out a loud roar that scared several female inner disciples into huddling together.

  Sun Hongyue burst out laughing and said, "This Red-Faced Demon Bear, I bought it from the country of Sheng for 10,000 taels of gold! The Red-Faced Demon Bear has already merged its blood with mine, completely obeying my commands. You will become its food!"

  The Red-Faced Demon Bear and the Grey Bear were roughly the same size, but after being refined by fire, it was even more robust and explosive. Its blood-red eyes stared at Zhang Fei Yang, and its bear palm was about to slap him. Although Zhang Fei Yang dodged this slap, the Red-Faced Demon Bear's bear palm slapped onto the Mortal Stage, causing the stage surface to vibrate slightly, showing off its strength.

  "Alright......" Zhang Fei Yang didn't dare to slack off, his spirit entered the Lian Yao furnace, and saw on the wall of the furnace, a golden white beast was lurking there, its golden tail swinging confidently, waiting for an opportunity to strike!

  "Come out, Golden Cudgel!"

  Zhang Fei loudly shouted, a golden light jumped out of the alchemy furnace, transformed and enlarged in mid-air, fell onto the Mortal Platform, already forming a tiger-headed, golden-clawed, qilin-bodied, yellow-tailed ferocious demon! Its entire body emitted a metallic luster, shining brightly under the sunlight. The Golden Qilin was full of power, let out a mighty roar, shaking the mountains and valleys, causing the wild geese to fall from the sky like birds startled by a bowstring.

  These inner disciples who had seen the Xiezhi before were already few in number, and they didn't know about the Golden Xiezhi. They were suddenly frightened by this majestic tiger-like monster, the women trembling with fear, the men also scared to the point of wanting to lie down.

  Vajra's gaze was like a sharp needle, staring at the red-faced demon bear, who didn't dare to look straight at Vajra. Sun Hongrui had long been frightened and paralyzed on the ground, fearing that Vajra would eat him, and hastily ordered the red-faced demon bear to attack.

  The giant body of the Red-Faced Demon Bear charged forward, its paws slapping the air with a loud whoosh. But unexpectedly, the Golden Steel Ape's body suddenly stood upright, and it was even taller than the Red-Faced Demon Bear. The golden tiger claws moved at an extremely fast speed, swiping across the face of the Red-Faced Demon Bear over a dozen times, each swipe exerting nearly a thousand kilograms of force. In an instant, the Red-Faced Demon Bear's body went limp, and its paws hadn't even hit the Golden Steel Ape before they crashed thunderously onto the Mortal Arena.

  The Golden Tiger was still not satisfied, and with a loud roar, its golden tiger claws swiped across the Red-Faced Demon Bear's back, lifting it up one meter high and slamming it to the ground. At this point, the Red-Faced Demon Bear was motionless, whether dead or alive was unknown.

  Zhang Feiyang and Jīn Gāng Yóu had already achieved a state of blood fusion, spiritual connection, and control over Jīn Gāng Yóu. He shifted the tiger's head towards Sun Hongyue, advancing with an overbearing low bow, his intimidating aura making Sun Hongyue almost cry out in fear.

  Roar

  The Golden Lion burst out with a loud tiger's roar, deafening and earth-shaking.

  Sun Hongyue rolled and crawled to Zhang Fei's feet, finally bursting into tears, wailing: "Brother Zhang, spare me! I won't dare again... I'll give up Shu Baixue, she's yours, just don't kill me. From now on, I'll wash your feet, hold the chamber pot for you, anything, please..."

  Zhang Feiyang looked at Sun Hongyue's ugly appearance, his face cold and menacing. He kicked away the two hands that were holding him down, and stepped on Sun Hongyue's shoulder with his sneakers. "I told you before, I must step on you one day, and today it has come true," he said. "You are fierce and cruel, but your crime is not punishable by death. Today, I will spare your life. From now on, you will be in charge of fetching water for the inner disciples for two months. You are not allowed to slack off, do you understand?"

  Sun Hongyue was so happy that his nose ran, and he knocked his head: "Thank you, Zhang Da Xia for not killing me, no, thank you, Master Brother for not killing me!"

  "Get out of here! I'm not interested in the position of Eldest Brother. In another month, it's the assessment for True Disciples, and I'll be participating to become a True Disciple! Scram!"

  Sun Hongyue hastily got up, and together with the two inner disciples, walked onto the Bridge of Life and Death with their heads bowed. Before leaving, he didn't forget to put away the Red-Faced Demon Bear, which had only been knocked unconscious by the Vajra Elephant.

  Zhang Feiyang turned around to look at Huang Juan and Cao Wan, and was shocked to see that the two of them had become like wooden chickens, their chins drooping down to their necks, stunned beyond recognition. The four female inner disciples in the distance were also staring at Zhang Feiyang as if they were looking at a monster, not expecting him to be so formidable!

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