Martialism

Chapter 26's

Suddenly, there was a powerful evil aura that seemed to be coming from another direction.

Yi Ping, Gongsun Jing, Qiu Wufeng, Xiao Youxue, Ding Yunzi and Lie Qing looked in that direction and saw a man with a sword walking silently towards them!

Yi Ping recognized him as Zuo Tianyi!

Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “Whoever tries to touch Maiden Ding, I will kill him.”

Ding Yunzi flinched, “Tianyi ..”

Qiu Wufeng spit, “So that's young master Zuo Tianyi. Are you here to take our lives as well? I have great respect for the old sword saint but you are only a henchman of Honor Manor!”

Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “I don't care what Honor Lord wants, but since you have the intention to kill Maiden Ding, then don't blame me.”

He looked at Yi Ping and said, “It looks like we have an unfinished duel.”

Yi Ping said, “Indeed! But unfortunately I don't want to fight you and I don't have a sword.”

Zuo Tianyi looked at Yi Ping coldly, “You can always borrow him. With or without a sword, I will not hesitate to kill you.”

Lie Qing glanced at Ding Yunzi before saying to Zuo Tianyi, “I'm worried if you really want to kill Yi Ping, Maiden Ding will never forgive you.”

Zuo Tianyi asked, “What do you mean?”

Lie Qing smiled, “That's because Yi Ping is our protege master now. If you want to kill Yi Ping, then you have to fight the three of us as well.”

Zuo Tianyi was surprised, “He is your protege master now?” He looked at Ding Yunzi looking for answers. He had always thought that Ding Yunzi was from the Virtue Palace and that Xiao Shuai was his protege teacher.

Ding Yunzi said coldly, “That's how.”

Qiu Wufeng immediately knew now that these three girls were not his enemies. So he felt relieved when he said quickly to the three girls while bowing respectfully, “Although my martial skills are weak, I will happily fight on your side!”

Lie Qing looked at Qiu Wufeng as he said, “At least you have the courage and are willing to stand beside Yi Ping or I will kill you earlier.”

Qiu Wufeng smiled bitterly at the mesmerizing girl who reprimanded him loudly. But she immediately thought, “If I was killed by her, it might not be a bad feeling. Anyway, I have lost everything now ..”

Gongsun Jing was stunned as she said, “You are all on the same side!?”

Zuo Tianyi looked at Gongsun Jing, “Then I should just kill you.”

Gongsun Jing looked at Yi Ping and said, “Sister Yi Ping, you have to help me!”

Yi Ping rubbed his nose as he looked at everyone before he said to Gongsun Jing, “I don't want to help you because what you want to do is not a polite act. Everyone knows that Gongsun Bai has been oppressing the orthodox fraternity for years.”.

Gongsun Jing shifted uneasily.

Yi Ping said, “Although you have the nickname of Gongsun Jing who is Kind and different from your father. But that's not what everyone thinks.”

Gongsun Jing lowered her head in guilt. Thas right. He had long known his father's lofty ambitions and had even tried to persuade him to take a better path, but his father scorned his advice.

Yi Ping looked at Zuo Tianyi as he continued, “In addition, I don't want to make an enemy of Zuo Tianyi. Zuo and the Yi Clan had been acquainted for generations. We were not enemies from the beginning and why should we? turned into hostility?”

Zuo Tianyi slightly nodded. He knows it's the truth. It was because the Infinity Sword Clan had adjusted its swordplay three generations ago to fight the Horizon Sword Game. And when they dueled, he found Yi Ping very familiar as if they had dueled before. The reason why they fought to a standstill was because they both knew how to fight swordplay against each other as if they had fought before so many times!

That was also why Yi Ping's father Yi Tianxing knew the Infinity Sword Game so well that he could warn Yi Ping that the Horizon Sword Game could be broken by the Infinity-First Sword Game.

Finally Yi Ping said to Gongsun Jing with a bitter smile, “Your father has sought his own death and refused to let Xiao Shuai go. It was a fair duel. Even without Maiden Ding's interference, do you think your father would be able to win against him? Xiao Shuai?”

Gongsun Jing said solemnly, “If Maiden Ding does not interfere, the result is still uncertain!”

Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “That's not what I saw.”

Gongsun Jing asked, “What do you mean?”

Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “Even before Maiden Ding attacked your father, Xiao Shuai had broken through his Unbeatable Divine Power!”

Gongsun Jing said, “That's impossible. There were so many eyes in the hall that day. Xiao Shuai's attack couldn't possibly break through my father's Invincible Divine Power!”

Yi Ping said, “That's because your eyes aren't sharp enough. If Gongsun Bai could even fend off Xiao Shuai's flying sword with his bare hands, do you think Maiden Ding's flying sword could even cut off his arm altogether? It was because at that very instant, his Unbeatable Divine Power had been breached!”

Gongsun Jing was stunned. Why didn't he think of that?

He finally said, “You've already thought of that?”

Xiao Youxue interrupted as he said, “They don't and shouldn't do it. They just watched it. Why do you think that Gu Tianle and the other protege masters of the various major orthodox clans did not stand out at all when Gongsun Bai was killed? That's because their eyes are fast enough to see for themselves.”

He knew because he was also there but remained hidden from view! That was why he knew that Yi Ping might seek his own death and take the first step to lure Xiao Shuai to the Honor Manor!

He added, “The person who really killed your father is Xiao Shuai. I have heard that even Gu Tianle and Jue Yuan are hunting you. You can't even take revenge against Xiao Shuai, Gu Tianle and Jue Yuan yet you want revenge. against Maiden Ding? You are truly seeking your own death!”

Yi Ping said, “In addition, even if the two of us join together, do you think we can win against the sword in his hand?”

Yi Ping was still shivering as he recalled the fight with him. He only accidentally won when his ankle sprained at the wrong time!

He did not dare to look Maiden Ding in the eyes directly as he said that. It was because he knew very well that he was toying with her even though he had already used all the blows from the Horizon Sword Game! She was now worried that she might hurt her feelings if she got too close to him. The same was true for Maiden Xiao Youxue and Maiden Lie Qing as well…

Yi Ping said coldly, “You must decide whether you want to take revenge on him now or want me as your brother.”

Gongsun Jing stared at everyone slowly. It was the hardest decision he had ever made in his life.

Actually when he first saw Maiden Ding, he was already attracted by his calm and air attitude. When he stormed into the Honor Manor with Xiao Shuai, he was actually worried what would happen to his fate. What he did not expect was that Xiao Shuai had actually done the impossible and killed his father. And because after that, he was persecuted by Gu Tianle, he was filled with a burning hatred for everyone involved in the death of his clan.

When he saw Maiden Ding's calm demeanor again, he really couldn't bring his heart even to touch her even though he still held her responsible.

Gongsun Jing said slowly, “I will still want to become Brother Yi Ping's adoptive brother. My true enemies are Xiao Shuai and Gu Tianle.”

Yi Ping said, “Then I will be able to help you. I still have to settle matters with Gu Tianle and Jue Yuan for conspiring with your father to injure my father many years ago.”

Gongsun Jing said, “You won't oppose me? My father was the man who.”.

Yi Ping interrupted, “What your father did was his own business. It has nothing to do with you. Moreover, he was already dead now. I hope you can forgive Maiden Ding too. Or I won't agree to be your foster brother at all if I take revenge on you.”

Gongsun Jing was deeply moved as she looked at Yi Ping who looked like a giant, surrounded by a strong sense of virtue and truth.

She stuttered, “I have absolutely no blame on Maiden Ding ..”

Zuo Tianyi said, “That's a shame. I came here for nothing.”

Everyone looked at Zuo Tianyi in surprise. They had almost forgotten that Zuo Tianyi had not been on their side.

Lie Qing blinked at Zuo Tianyi as he said, “Great Hero, I can directly say that you are a swordsman. What do you mean? Are you here on behalf of Honor Manor?” as he took a step forward.

Zuo Tianyi took a step back while smiling, “Hold. Don't come near me. I just saw how Qiao Feng and Ye Lu were killed by you.”

Lie Qing took offense when he said, “Am I so horrible to look at or too vicious for your taste, Great Hero?”

Zuo Tianyi smiled, “I definitely have no interest in you.” He glanced at Ding Yunzi timidly.

Yi Ping, Qiu Wufeng and Gongsun Jing were clearly amused. It was because even a blind man could tell how enchanting Lie Qing and Zuo Tianyi were to tell him how uninteresting he was to him!

Lie Qing replied coldly, “So what do you want?”

Zuo Tianyi laughed, “I just want to be Yi Ping's sworn brother as well and then we find a place to drink or it will be difficult for me to just leave.”

Yi Ping was also startled as he quickly said, “This is my honor as well! Brother Tianyi!”

Zuo Tianyi said, “Brother Yi Ping!”

Ding Yunzi interrupted gently, “You better go. The further, the better! What we will do next will put you in a very difficult position.”

Zuo Tianyi said, “Yunzi, why are you so cold to me? What's wrong ..”

It was only now seen that Zuo Tianyi and Ding Yunzi knew each other! No wonder, when Gongsun Jing wanted to take revenge against Maiden Ding, they could feel a strong evil killing intent from her!

Lie Qing muttered unhappily, “No wonder you have no interest in talking to me. So you already have a lover. You're afraid she's jealous ..”

Qiu Wufeng quickly said, “If Maiden doesn't mind, you can always talk to me ..”

Lie Qing hummed coldly, “You should practice more of your martial skills before speaking to me.”

Qiu Wufeng immediately flushed in embarrassment.

Ding Yunzi said, “You did nothing wrong. I just don't want to see you.”

Zuo Tianyi said, “I know that you are from the Palace of Virtue and that Xiao Shuai may not have approved of our marriage in the past. But I am now the protege master of the Infinity Sword Clan now, surely Xiao Shuai will consider it. and.”.

Ding Yunzi interrupted coldly, “You think too much. Just go.”

Yi Ping said to Zuo Tianyi, “We know that Honor Manor is on an expedition to attack the headquarters of the Sacred Hex Sect. We went there to help a friend of mine. If you join us, it would be tantamount to making enemies of all the orthodox clans in the fraternity. I'm sure Maiden Ding means well.”

Zuo Tianyi said quickly to Ding Yunzi, “Even if I become an enemy of an orthodox clan, I will still join you! I don't even care if Virtuous Palace is now the enemy of the orthodox fraternity. I'll still ask for your hand in marriage.”

Ding Yunzi said coldly, “I am no longer in the Palace of Virtue.”

Zuo Tianyi was surprised when he asked, “You are not?”

Ding Yunzi said, “I have betrayed Virtuous Palace and now, I am being hunted by Virtuous Palace. In fact, we are all hunted by Virtuous Palace or Honor Manor. Even if you have ten lives, you may not live to survive. You are so stupid. The Infinity Sword Clan took over three centuries to establish its position in the fraternity. As your cousin, I feel ashamed that you can choose to throw away the reputation of the Infinity Sword Clan just like that. How can you face your Zuo Clan ancestor?”

Xiao Youxue sighed in his heart dejectedly, “Sudari Yun is so tragic. Zuo Tianyi was his childhood sweetheart. Because of that incident, he now used all other means just to resist his overthrow ..”

A few days ago…

They reacted with shock as they accidentally dropped Yi Ping.

Xiao Youxue immediately resuscitated Yi Ping and felt relieved that all of his vital organs were unharmed. He murmured, “He just needs a break and will recover. But the wound may be severe.”.

Then he looked at Lie Qing with displeasure as he said, “Give me the antidote. You have put poison on your sword. How cruel you are!”

Lie Qing quickly took out a small flask as she said, “It wasn't my intention to hurt her... You also have a hand ..”

Ding Yunzi secretly felt relieved but suddenly, she cried as she ran away.

Lie Qing was shocked when he suddenly ran away. He quickly recovered his senses when he asked himself, “Have I just been in a daze? Why so? This youth ..”

Xiao Youxue said, “Follow him! Don't let him escape.”.

When Xiao Youxue and Lie Qing caught up with him, he instead slashed at Xiao Yuanjia furiously!

His actions completely shocked Xiao Youxue and Lie Qing!

Ding Yunzi repeatedly slashed and stabbed Xiao Yuanjia's corpse, mutilating it. There was anger in her eyes as her calm demeanor disappeared as she cried sadly.

Lie Qing was surprised, “He is dead. Why did you slash it so many times? Can you kill the dead?”

Although Lie Qing could see his sad expression but he could not help but add a deliberate comment to make him say why he hated Xiao Yuanjia so much. But he could guess that much.

Xiao Youxue covered her mouth with her hands as she also cried.

It was because he knew the real reason; ding Yunzi was harassed when he was very young by his father and two brothers. Therefore, Ding Yunzi grew cold and moved away. It was then that his visit to the Infinity Sword Clan had stopped as he trained day and night, hoping that one day, he would kill Xiao Shuai, Xiao Yuanjia and Xiao Da.

At first she did not know the real reason and was annoyed at him. But one night, he watched his brother, Xiao Yuanjia, force himself on Ding Yunzi. Although she had not succeeded but she was horrified by what her brother was trying to do and finally knew the real reason now. It was not the only abuse Ding Yunzi faced …

But since he didn't want to hurt her any further, he pretended to know nothing about it. In reality, these memories were so imprinted, he even forgot about it as he started to hate Ding Yunzi for siding with his father and brother.

Only when he saw Ding Yunzi crying now as he repeatedly slashed at Xiao Yuanjia's corpse did he remember how tragic he had been through.

Lie Qing looked at Xiao Youxue and Ding Yunzi in confusion. He had killed Xiao Yuanjia by exhausting all of his complicated energy.

Previously, he was a little worried because he had killed Xiao Youxue's brother and he was afraid that he would take revenge on him. Although he was afraid of Xiao Youxue but he was also severely injured so he should not lose. But if Xiao Youxue joined hands with Ding Yunzi, the results would be very unexpected.

But Ding Yunzi's reaction surprised him and made Lei Qing think, “If Youxue attacks me, should I join hands with this Ding Maiden?”

But to his surprise, the two girls suddenly hugged each other. They began to pour out their sorrows and cry bitterly together!

This made Lie Qing come out again.

He has three choices now.

One was to attack them while they were distracted as they were now his enemies due to their relationship with Virtuous Palace.

Two was secretly sneaking away while he had a chance.

Lie Qing was such an intelligent woman that she would naturally choose the third option which was to run into their midst and hug them together as she cried with them!

For some time, they cried together and poured out each other's sorrows!

Finally Lie Qing said, “Our martial skills are not weak but our enemies are too strong and formidable. If the three of us join hands, then we will become a force to be reckoned with. Anyone who tries to bully us or bully us, they should think twice about it.”

Xiao Youxue asked weakly, “Can we fight Virtuous Palace? There are more than a dozen top fighters ..”

Lie Qing said, “As long as we unite, even if we can't yet defeat them but at least we can keep ourselves alive until we can be stronger than them.”

At this moment, even Ding Yunzi's eyes shone with hope. He did not want to return to the darkness anymore and Lie Qing's words gave him a glimmer of hope to fight back.

Of course at this moment, Lie Qing was already thinking of drying all the clan's proteges from Virtuous Palace to dry from their virtuous complicated energies!

Lie Qing happily clapped, “Since we are all from Virtuous Palace now, just call ourselves New Virtuous Palace!”

Ding Yunzi looked at him calmly before saying, “Are we all equal or will you be our leader?”

Xiao Youxue also looked at Lie Qing intently.

Lie Qing smiled weakly as he thought, “Fuck.”

But he replied with a smile, “Of course we are equal! Sister Yunzi and Sister Youxue, your martial level is higher than mine. I am very weak. So how can I fit into your leader?”

Xiao Youxue interrupted coldly, “You may be weaker than the two of us and even the other Virtuous Palace right now. But if you can drain their complicated energy, you won't be afraid of us anymore.”

Lie Qing sighed, “Did you know that it is impossible to obtain more complicated energy by draining? I still need to regain my internal energy first.”

Ding Yunzi asked, “What do you mean?”

Lie Qing explained, “The goal of a complicated energy drain is to make my own complicated energy as pure as possible so that I can have an easier time breaking through to the next level of Divine Unbeatable Power.”

He sighed, “You have no idea how difficult it is for me to achieve my current achievements and the difference between this level and the next is huge ..”

Of course, Xiao Youxue and Ding Yunzi understood him.

Xiao Youxue had to undergo several trials just to master the Gold-tight Body and Cold Heavenly Tears. The higher the achievement, the more frustrating and difficult it is to progress to the next level. In fact, advancing through the wrong development could even cause martial achievement to deteriorate!

He recalled the fatal mistake made by his mother that caused him to lose his life. By some coincidence, he had managed to restore some of his old mistakes in training the Icy Heavenly Tears and even reached level six staging. But that was like the maximum he could do for the next few decades. It was because he did not have a complicated formula for the development of the next level. Even if he had it, he would need at least ten years of dedicated contemplation even though he was already extremely talented …

As for Ding Yunzi, he had practiced Virtuous Divine Power but it was only a basic staging. It was because the elders of Virtuous Palace had discovered a flaw in the intricate formula of the Virtuous Divine Force that was truly an Invincible Divine Force and were cautious in practicing it unless the practitioner had an energy foundation internal for sixty years.

That was why Xiao Shuai had deliberately experimented with the imperfect Invincible Divine Power and left it in the martial fraternity to see if anyone could really practice it.

Coincidentally, it was discovered by Gongsun Bai. Xiao Shuai was surprised that Gongsun Bai could actually train with the original Unbeatable Divine Power by himself without hindering his martial development. What she did not know was that a few decades ago, Shui Yichi had helped Gongsun Bai to correct many of the intricate formulas of the Unbeatable Divine Power.

Ding Yunzi suddenly said, “Lie Qing's girl, so you know the Invincible Divine Power?”

Lie Qing knew what Ding Yunzi was thinking as he replied, “Who else knows the Unbeatable Divine Power besides me? I can teach you Unbeatable Divine Power if you will. After all, we will soon be good sisters. “

Ding Yunzi was very smart. He had no doubts at all when he said, “If you are willing to give me every word of a complicated formula, I will thank ..”

He deliberately emphasized “every word” to emphasize that what he meant was the entire complicated formula of the Unbeatable Divine Power.

Lie Qing laughed softly and said, “Then it's a good brother, you should teach me your flying sword technique. I also want to learn it.”

Ding Yunzi smiled and said, “Unfortunately, even if I want to teach you flying sword techniques, it is impossible for you to learn them.”

Lie Qing asked in surprise, “Oh?”

Xiao Youxue interrupted gently, “That's because there is no shortcut in knowing this skill. Not only do you have to know a variety of different techniques, you need to practice continuously for ten years at the earliest. I know that many of the proteges in Virtuous Palace usually take thirty years even to master the basic throw.”

Lie Qing was instantly disappointed as seen in his expression. There are many techniques that require hard work and dedication. He knows that it's true. There were no shortcuts in this type of sword technique. That was why it was a martial achievement.

In the martial fraternity, no one was truly invincible. The various martial clans are almost famous for being famous for one or more exception achievements, techniques or martial skills that make the martial clan unique.

Xiao Youxue asked him, “Why did you name us the New Virtue Palace? Are you trying to create more chaos or just blacken the reputation of the Sacred Palace? How awkward adding a new one up front ..”

Lie Qing laughed mysteriously, “That's because.

He told half the truth. It was because he did not want to reveal his miserable past, just as Ding Yunzi did not want to tell anyone about his past and so did Xiao Youxue.

Digging into the past is the last thing on their minds because they don't want anyone to know about their tragic past.

Xiao Youxue did not want Yi Ping to know that he was the one who had killed his wife.

Ding Yunzi asked, “So who will be our leader? We still haven't finished this.”

Lie Qing smiled alluringly, “Whatever becomes the leader, I am sure none of us will fully agree and we can argue all day. What about Yi Ping?”

Ding Yunzi softened his eyes and muttered something.

Xiao Youxue said, “He is our best choice then.”

It was because the only person who could control Lie Qing was probably Yi Ping because he had saved his life and he could tell that Lie Qing respected him a lot or that he would not talk endlessly all the time with him. . That was because martial exponents on staging their gains would prefer a quieter time in mediation and think of how to improve their martial development with the little time they had.

Suddenly, he remembered Yi Ping still lying on the ground as his sharp ears caught the sound of a pack of wolves approaching the forest!

Xiao Youxue immediately flinched, “Oh no! Yi Ping is still there!”

The three girls immediately rushed to where Yi Ping had fallen and got there just in time to see a pack of wolves attacking Yi Ping!

Ding Yunzi immediately unsheathed his sword and twisted it in a circular motion before he sent his sword flying towards the wolf pack as it slashed, killing the wolf in front! The rest of the surviving wolves begin to disperse when the leader of their pack of wolves is killed.

Xiao Youxue flinched, “We are on time. He was almost eaten alive by these wolves!”

Lie Qing sighed in relief as she said, “He seems to be fine like a beast ..”

Xiao Youxue couldn't bear to not add, “Better than to be killed by pigs ..”