XIAO SHUXIANG'S

464 - Qian Kun [Revised]

Gong Zitao was surprised, but not because of the remark from Qian Kun. He was shocked because of the ability of this mysterious figure.

Never once had he lost his vigilance in fighting with the sect elder who was currently already a charred corpse. Although he was wearing the Soul Freezing Sword, the old man was still a difficult opponent.

Gong Zitao even admitted that if not for his Soul Freezing Sword as well as his immortal body, he would have long since died. Moreover, the fight with the rotten old man earlier made him slashed three times.

His hand held the powerful Soul Freezing Sword, the veins of his forehead seemed to stiffen. He began to look carefully at the masked figure in front of him, Gong Zitao's face looked very serious.

"I would at least need more than dozens of sword techniques to approach and give a fatal attack to an elder. But he only needed one breath and had already killed him? This Qian Kun.. How strong is he?"

"Why are you silent? Come follow me."

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Gong Zitao flinched and then nodded. He followed the black-robed and hooded figure to where Gou Yun Fei and Rou Mei Qi were. The two cultivators were seen enjoying their fight against the powerful enemies.

The moment Gou Yun Fei met Qian Kun and heard that they had to go to the Eastern Continent-he felt somewhat objected. The destruction of the Earth Stake Party is in sight, they will soon win, so why leave now?

Rou Mei Qi also disagreed. The Earth Stake Party must be level with the ground, there must not be one warrior from the opposing camp who still has his head, they must all be killed. Only then would he go to the Eastern Continent.

Qian Kun knew this was not the right time to leave at a time when a win of nearly a hundred percent was in their grasp, yet he had to. The target was much bigger than this all, and arguably-the swordsman of the Skull Sword Party alone was enough to solve everything.

"…"

"…"

Several warriors who knew their enemies were gathered in one place and appeared to be talking, using this opportunity to counterattack.

They darted with all the remaining power. The surface of the soil is eroded by the wind from the movement they produce, even the trunk of the trees are also affected.

The wind made a loud sound. There were more than six warriors from various colleges and intended to kill Qian Kun, Gong Zitao, Gou Yun Fei, and Rou Mei Qi in one strike.

?!

Either this is one of the war strategies or because they have been desperate with the circumstances until they attack directly.. But to Qian Kun, this was precisely a foolish act.

Despite talking to his fellow Blood Scarlet comrades, however Qian Kun, Gong Zitao, as well as the others - no one lowered their vigilance.

"Basic bully," Rou Mei Qi started pulling out a weapon that she had never previously taken out. Only half were seen, but Qian Kun immediately stopped her because the heirloom was not worth wearing right now.

"Let me face them.." Gou Yun Fei took a step, but again Qian Kun stopped him.

"No need, your work here is done."

As Qian Kun said so, a Moving Mirror appeared right behind Gou Yun Fei. He made the concerned, Rou Mei Qi, including Gong Zitao flinch.

"Come in, let me take care of them.." Qian Kun's voice was flat, he turned around and along with it - the swordsmen who were only a step away from slashing him fell suddenly.

!!

They don't know what's going on. At once their bodies seemed to be hit by something heavy. The incident was very surprising, especially the swordsman who tried to get up-start spewing blood because it was too imposing.

"Damn-Damn..! What the fuck..! Uh..!"

["Lack of Teach..! What happened - ukh! With my body?!"]

The warriors cursed, but Qian Kun could only catch two swearing. She got a look of disbelief and shock from Gong Zitao and Rou Mei Qi.

"What did you just do?" Gong Zitao asked because he did not understand at all.

The figure in front of him did not bring out a Killer Aura let alone a Swordsman Aura to take down those assailants. All he saw, Qian Kun just turned around and all the warriors who had darted away wanting to attack earlier had suddenly fallen.

Qian Kun did not answer Gong Zitao's question, he simply told the young man along with Gou Yun Fei and Rou Mei Qi to go inside the mirror.

The other warriors were trying to attack, they intended to save their elders who were completely unable to move in front of Qian Kun.

!!

It was just that when it was close to Qian Kun, the figure walked into the mirror. Ge Yu Han who previously fought and saw Gong Zitao enter the mirror-also followed. He has a duty to always take care of his young master.

The mirror faded and then disappeared. The elders who had previously fallen and could not move were finally able to get up again. However, the look on their faces contained shock and a sense of astonishment.

It's clearly astonished. Because they could have been directly slashed by that figure, or killed in the most horrible way. But what happened was that the figure did not do it at all.

["Why he.. Forgive our lives?"] an elder made a rather hoarse voice, there was a trace of blood on his lips, and his clothes looked torn.

["It's not forgiving. But I guess.. He seems to think killing us is no fun."]

["You mean 'exciting'? Only creatures at the demon level could not be passionate about killing opponents. To him, we are nothing more than weak insects."]

The talk of the three swordsmen made those who heard it more and more convinced that their opponents were not ordinary humans.

Various possibilities began to appear, especially those who consider the black-robed figure with a fox mask is a creature from the underworld. A monster in legend who wanted the destruction of this world.

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The disciples of the Skull Sword Party who were still fighting fiercely were unaware that Gong Zitao, Ge Yu Han, Gou Yun Fei, and Rou Mei Qi were no longer with them.

The four people had gone to different continents, leaving them without any notice at all.

Trangs..!

Trangs..!

The sound of the clashing sword was still heard, but there was one incident that would most likely change the entire plot of this battle.

One of the rooms in the Peg Earth Party building was opened by force. The two warriors were shocked when greeted by a wisp of meat shrouded in a thin reddish-black smoke.

!!

Both of them were shocked, not expecting to have found what they had been looking for all this time. That lump of flesh that seemed veined and still beating was none other than a human inner-heart organ!

"We found it..!"

"It turns out to be true what was suspected so far. The reason why the fight was getting towards the forest was to keep the warriors away from the disciple building. They're hiding their weakness here,"

The two warriors began to approach the lump of meat lying on the floor. They watched closely the lump of meat covered in the blackish-red smoke and then looked at each other.

"Only one, there may be more. Did we just cut him?" there is doubt in one of the warriors. He had already drawn his sword, either stabbing the lump of flesh or slashing it into two pieces.

"Wait first. Isn't this weird? If this was the enemy's weakness, then why was it put on the floor just like that? We saw it when we opened the door. Do you think this.. Not suspicious? What if it's just a trap?"

"You're right. But we have to cut it down to know if it's a trap or not. You back off, at least if this is a trap-one of us can live and warn the other swordsman."

"My brother?!"

"Retreat..!!"

!!

The warrior began to swing the sword when his partner had taken several steps back. He slashed the lump of meat so powerfully that it split in half, even slashing it on the wooden floor.

The swordsman saw fresh blood coming out of the lump of meat he was staring at and the truth that the internal organs were not a trap. This is certainly a relieving event as well as encouraging news.

Far away elsewhere, one of the Skull Sword Party disciples who was laughing at his opponent was suddenly attacked with extreme pain. He touched his chest and had trouble breathing.

The cultivator who was already severely injured and nearly perished in that his legs were trying to move the body to retreat. In a hazy glance of the eyes, the cultivator saw how the disciple from the Skull Sword Party was pressing against his own chest while looking up at the sky.

["Brother, are you okay? Come on.!"]

?!

A cultivator came and helped his comrade stand up. He drained his Qi to help recover the deep wounds his partner had suffered.

!!

The cultivator was shocked to see the face of the Skull Sword Party disciple who was so pale and as if there was no blood left on his body. The disciple's eyes seemed to be tucked upwards and in just a matter of seconds - he collapsed to the ground just like that.

!!

["Ti-impossible..? Is he really dead.?"]

The cultivator clearly did not believe it. It was simply unbelievable that his opponent could just die. Honestly, the previous enemy he fought could always reshape his body despite having been cut down several times. Therefore the incident that was plastered in front of him was too shocking and difficult to believe.

["Looks.. It seems like someone has managed to find the enemy's weakness. They did it.."]

The injured cultivator seemed to be coughing with his breath faltering. He still smiled even though he vomited fresh blood. His internal injuries were too severe, he now only had ten breaths left.

[".. I leave the final fight to you.. You have to win.."]

!?

["W-What do you mean my brother?! We will fight together! You hold on, I can definitely cure you!"]

["No need.."] The voice of the cultivator was very weak, he snorted with a faint smile. [".. The one I regret.. I can't see you getting married.. Sorry,"]

!!

["My brothers..?! My brother.!!"]

The young cultivator called out to his classmates. His partner's body slowly felt cold. His heartbeat hunted along with a sense of fear approaching him.

That night brought a sense of tightness, sadness, and fear to the citizens in the two Sky Empires in the Middle Continent. It was very much different from the blissful atmosphere in the Sun Empire in the Eastern Continent.

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Qian Kun brought Gong Zitao, Gou Yun Fei, Rou Mei Qi, and Ge Yu Han to a forbidden mountain range in the Eastern Continent.

The mountain range was the territory of the Black Stream. It has steep mountains, looks pointed, and very gripping. He took his four comrades to an ancient building on one of the mountains.

The entire building was made of black stone, including its eight-meter-high gate. Gong Zitao and the others frowned as they faintly smelled the scent of cinnamon.

!!

The ground that Gong Zitao was treading on instantly trembled. He flinched and spontaneously set his gaze forward. The stone gate opened itself as if welcoming the arrival of Qian Kun and all of them.

When entering the building, the atmosphere felt pressing. Qian Kun let out a small Blue Flame which then darted to light the torch in this room.

"Is this place your old house?" Rou Mei Qi circulated his gaze around. He was impressed because the contents in this old building were like a large hall with a throne in front of him.

He also walked to one side of the room and noticed wall ornaments that had a high level of art. He even very boldly let out words pitched comments on Qian Kun.

"Did you clean it often? It's without dust at all.." Rou Mei Qi smiled, she made a sound with a tinge of chafing. ".. I thought it was going to be an abandoned building, like a big door full of dust,"

"Mn, I kind of like cleaning."

"Huh? Did I not hear wrong? Pfft, do you like cleaning? It was strange," Rou Mei Qi laughed, she couldn't help it anymore. Never had he imagined someone so mysterious as Qian Kun could say so.

"This place is big, do you live alone?" Gong Zitao finally opened his voice. He asked Qian Kun and was immediately replied muttered by the figure.

Gou Yun Fei, "I still don't understand why we should leave the battle against the enemy in the Earth Stake Party. What are you planning?"

The question that was thrown from the black-eyed young man's lips clearly pointed at Qian Kun. He turned around and stared one after another at the cultivators before him.

"Central Continent has suffered enough damage. And again, there was Miao Gang as well as the Six Shadow Swordsmen there, so just leave the rest to them. After all, the real target is on this continent.."

Qian Kun fixed his gaze on Gong Zitao before returning to speak, ".. Don't you like Ling Qing Zhu?"

!?

Gong Zitao flinched, yet was instantly able to grasp the intent of Qian Kun. He took off his mask and then smiled. It turned out that now was a long time he had been waiting for.

"Then what about me? I also want Xiao Shuxiang," Rou Mei Qi did not want to go along to help Gong Zitao fulfill his desire if he himself could not get what he wanted.

"You will also have it," Qian Kun then looked towards Gou Yun Fe and Ge Yu Han, ".. What about you guys?"

!?

Ge Yu Han took off his mask, he spoke in a slightly nervous voice. "I. only followed Young Master Gong,"

"Hmph, loyal servant." Rou Mei Qi quipped, she gently wagged her hair and then continued her search regarding the contents of this building.

Qian Kun, "Yun Fei..?"

"Yeah.. I just want to see how strong the warriors in this Continent are. It must have been nice if they died under my curse," Gou Yun Fei smiled, he made Qian Kun grunt softly.

Gong Zitao looked strangely at the young man standing beside him, he had just noticed Gou Yun Fei's appearance and felt somewhat goosebumps, "You even close your eyes with that black cloth, how can you see?"

"Of course you can, you're the only one who doesn't realize it,"

Gong Zitao was a little annoyed at Gou Yun Fei's words that seemed to contain a plunge for him. He spoke again and now discussing about Gou Yun Fei's strange appearance, they ended up arguing with each other.

Qian Kun did not follow. He asked the four warriors to sit down or rest at any place within this building. Either they heard him say so or not, but Qian Kun had at least behaved like a good host.

He stepped down from the building. Qian Kun followed his little Blue Flame that had just finished lighting up all the lights of the room. The sound of his footsteps only just sounded as he was no longer muffled by the sparring voices of Gong Zitao and Gou Yun Fei.

The little Blue Flame floated up and down, as if it was saying something to the cloaked figure and the fox mask beside it.

".. Mr..?"

"Now I know what the kid's thinking is. Xiao Shuxiang was so outrageous, I didn't think he would act this recklessly."

Behind his mask, Qian Kun's eyes flashed red. He clenched both of his hands and seemed to be trying to hold back the anger. His task was simply to get Xiao Shuxiang to be in his destiny line. A destiny that his people had set for the young man.

"I can't forget the fatal mistake he made over a hundred years ago, and now he wants to do it again. Shuxiang really has become a dissident,"

The footsteps of Qian Kun who stepped on the stairs became more clear. The little Blue Fire that floated beside him seemed to slowly rise and fall and seemed to nod in agreement.

The little Blue Flame that was with Qian Kun was actually the creature that had been accompanying Xiao Shuxiang all along. Their total number was ten and appeared to be very obedient to the Alchemist Chef, despite the fact that they only obeyed orders from Qian Kun.

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