At the same time, Blood Robes came out from a prison cell next door. In his hands he held a messenger pigeon he just received. He said while he walked out, "Barren Murderer, that brat, he actually lost in his challenge. He can't even receive one single sword slash from Responsible Hero… That boy is indeed extraordinary..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that Dream Clouds' expression was incredibly sour. "What's wrong?"
"Look at this."
Dream Clouds quietly handed the letter over to Blood Robes.
When Blood Robes read the contents, he immediately s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath. His gaze turned fierce, and his tone was dark when he spoke.
"Should we attack?"
Blood Robes was not to be blamed for being so reckless.
Right now, they were in Beijing. Aside from Dream Clouds, Barren Murderer, and Blood Robes, there was also a group of Dragon Sect elites hidden among them, along with Drifting Sword, who joined their alliance. They could be said to have an incredibly grand lineup. Happy had appeared alone in Beijing without knowing their strength, and this was the perfect chance for them to attack him.
"Let me think about it." Dream Clouds frowned, and thousands of thoughts instantly flashed in her mind.
Dark killing intent enveloped Blood Robes' handsome face, and his voice was deep as well as impatient. "Hall master, we have plenty of people in Beijing, and Mu Clan will not dare do anything even if we kill Happy. Two days later, all sects and branches will be protected by the imperial court, and we cannot be attacked. Happy can't do anything to us either! This is a chance once in a blue moon, if we miss it, it won't come again!"
"Don't be so hasty." Dream Clouds' expression was stern. She raised her hand resolutely and stopped Blood Robes urging her to make her decision. "Happy should have come to Beijing because of the quests from Emperor's Announcement. He will not leave immediately. We're not in a hurry to act rashly. Besides, we don't know how many people Happy brought over either."
She stopped talking for a moment before she quickly gave her orders. "Have some people keep an eye on Happy. Also, have Langye send Embroidered Uniform Guards to keep watch over the streets in the city and help us check whether there are any Mu Clan members who show up in Beijing."
"Alright. I'm on it." Blood Robes nodded in excitement and left.
At that moment, another messenger pigeon landed in Dream Clouds' hands. It could be nothing else but the report about Happy and Responsible Hero's fight. But she was surprised.
'The fight ended so soon?'
Dream Clouds did not want to remain idle any longer. She quickly spread out the letter.
When she read it, she flew into a rage. With a whoosh, the flames that sprung up from her palm immediately burned the letter in her hand into a crisp.
"Responsible Hero, some player you are… and here I was, hoping that you will become the strongest player in the Chinese server. I didn't expect that you would disappoint me so great. You don't even have the courage to fight against Happy." Her final sentence was hissed through gritted teeth.
*****
Happy watched Responsible Hero while he was drenched in sweat and was filled with confusion in the alley. A flash of pity and compassion shone for a moment in his eyes. "Even though your sword draw has already surpassed the limits of the human body and normal elites will find it hard to fight against it, if something is strong, it will break easily. Your sword draw is too sharp and fierce, and its weakness is very obvious."
In truth, Happy had long since noticed that while Responsible Hero's sword technique was very fierce, all his confidence was focused on that one skill, and once he suffered a setback, it will be very difficult for him to rebuild his confidence.
Happy could tell Responsible Hero's weakness with just one glance.
Defense.
Responsible Hero practiced the sword draw day by day diligently, and he absolutely had no experience in defense, neither did he practice a high-tier body fortification.
Even though his abilities in his sword draw was something that even One Emperor admitted defeat to willingly and Happy had to use three ultimate techniques to fend against it, once someone saw through his weakness, Responsible Hero was not difficult to deal with.
The system notification came.
"Ding!
"Defeat Responsible Hero in a duel! Obtained 100 World of Martial Arts Reputation Points!"
Boom!
A golden yellow flag rose from the ground before it swiftly vanished.
"Thank you for your guidance." Responsible Hero also noticed his weaknesses and what he was lacking from this duel. Once he listened to Happy's words, he nodded and picked up his longsword from the ground. "From today onwards, I will continue to practice my sword draw, and one day, when I've perfected my skills, I will come to you again for a duel!"
As he spoke, he had already become calm once more, and his words were said with a firm tone.
Happy nodded.
After practicing his sword for an entire year, this boy's temperament had already become so tenacious that it was terrifying. He was so young… His successes in the future might not lose to him and One Emperor.
"I'll see you soon."
When he saw Responsible Hero get up and was prepared to return to the courtyard, Happy suddenly remembered his other goal for coming here, and he quickly called out to the boy, "Wait."
Responsible Hero came to a swift stop, and he turned around without saying a word.
"In truth, one of the reasons why I came here was to witness your sword draw, but there is also another reason behind my visit. I'm doing a quest right now, and I need to visit your master, Senior Ximen." Right when he finished speaking, not only were the martial artists in the area shocked, even Responsible Hero was taken aback.
"You want to visit my master?'
"That's right. Could you tell him about me? Just tell him that I've come on orders from the faction leader of Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction, and I'm here to talk a little with him."
"Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction?" Responsible Hero committed this name to memory and nodded. "Alright, I'll go inside and ask, but I can't promise you that my master will agree to it. Wait a little."
Once the door was closed, it was soon opened. Responsible Hero cast Happy a strange glance and made a gesture for him to enter. He lowered his voice and gave him a reminder. "My master didn't actually agree to talk to you, but once he heard that I lost to you, he decided to meet you. You'll have to seize the chance yourself."
Happy quickly wrapped his fist in his palm and entered.
In shock, the group of players watched Happy and Responsible Hero enter the alley. Then, once Responsible Hero closed the door, their curiosity became even greater, and many people were reluctant to leave. Messenger pigeons flew out of Beijing one after another!
In the courtyard of another grand mansion in Beijing was the middle-aged Wandering Know-it-all, who was dressed in a long white robe and looked like an immortal. He sat upright in front of an eight trigrams taichi chart that was spread in front of him, and he had Universe Secrets Inkstone in hand. He frowned while he stared at the items on the eight trigrams chart, and he frowned even further.
"Two million Chinese soldiers and one million Mongolian armored cavaliers. Our strength is actually equally matched. This is strange. Evil King Shi Zhixuan, Martial Paragon Bi Xuan, and Empress Yin Zhu Yuyan… these big fishes all show signs that they will run wild in the battlefield. Their qi rushed to the stars in heaven. Their signs of life and death are in chaos, and I cannot predict their survival."
Chapter 787 - Ximen Chuixue
Behind the small garden behind the courtyard, Happy and Responsible Hero saw Ximen Chuixue, who was waiting for them there. Just like he was when Happy saw him in his previous life, he was very young, and he appeared to only be in his thirties. He was dressed in white, and his side profile was resolute and arrogant. His eyes and eyebrows were beautiful, and when he heard the sounds of footsteps, his g
aze, which was as sharp as a sword, shone, but that light soon faded away. He remained still while he continued to wipe the cold and bright longsword in his hands. His actions were really light, and he seemed to have cast his entire heart and soul into the matter. He gave off the feeling that he loved his sword very much.
This was Ximen Chuixue, the matchless swordsman who was said to be the closest to god and who was completely immersed in the path of the sword.
When Happy smelled the faint medicinal fragrance that came wafting into his nose, Happy felt refreshed.
'As expected of the place a peerless swordsman stays, it's pretty interesting.'
"Master." Responsible Hero walked a few steps forward, but right when he wanted to speak up to give his master a reminder, Ximen Chuixue raised his hand without turning his head around and interrupted whatever he wanted to say next.
"Continue training."
His hoarse voice was strangely magnetic. It was not soft, but not heavy either when it rose in the courtyard. His voice contained an awe-inspiring might that no one could fight against, which was why Responsible Hero nodded without hesitation.
"Understood."
Then, he turned around and left.
Ximen Chuixue said nothing else. He just focused on wiping his longsword until it was so bright that it was dazzling. It was only then that he carefully returned his sword into its sheath.
Happy stood by the side quietly and did not say anything to interrupt him. He noticed that Ximen Chuixue's sword sheath was very normal. It was black, but it was slightly longer than a normal sword sheath. It was about the same length as Nation Protecting Divine Sword.
Once Ximen Chuixue put away his longsword, he still did not say anything. Instead, he calmly walked toward a rack that was filled with many medicinal herbs not too far away. He arranged the medicinal herbs on the rack with his gaze lowered, and he was very serious in his task.
"You're good for being able to receive Responsible Hero's sword draw."
"Senior Ximen, you praise me too much." Happy appeared to be incredibly humble in front of Ximen Chuixue, but that was because this person was a true elite among Myth Realm martial artists, and he was unlike Jinjiu and Yinshi, who were half-baked Myth Realm martial artists.
"The Murong Clan's sword technique is pretty good, but I've never had the chance to see it." Ximen Chuixue did not react to how Happy reacted to him. While he rearranged the medicinal herbs, he said in a conversational tone, "It's been a long time since I fought against someone. Since you're able to receive one sword slash from my unworthy disciple, you should be able to withstand half the strength from my sword. Do you dare stand against me as my opponent?"
Happy put on a slightly surprised expression before he wrapped his fist in his palm. "Senior, if you're willing to grant me your instructions, I will be eternally grateful."
The system notification arrived.
"Ding!
"Receive Ximen Chuixue's instructions. If you live through three slashes, you will gain Ximen Chuixue's affection. Once you receive three slashes successfully, you will trigger the quest to investigate Sword of Heavenly Lake Plate in depth. If you fail, you will die!"
When he heard the notification from the system, Happy's pupils shrank, and he was stunned silent.
'If I fail, I die?!'
At that moment, Ximen Chuixue finally looked up and put on a slightly praising expression. "It's been a long time since anyone came to me to challenge me. As expected, newborn babies are not afraid of even tigers. The wanderers say that a matchless genius came out of the Murong Clan, and today, allow me to see just how strong you are. Don't worry, I will not use my full strength against you. I will only use half of my strength, and I will only attack three times.
"Observe!"
His final sentence was spoken with a louder volume.
Right when he finished speaking, Happy suddenly scowled. His hair stood up, and he sensed an unprecedented threat as well as a mighty pressure come pressing down on him from Ximen Chuixue!
At some point of time, Ximen Chuixue had already placed his hand on his sword hilt.
A powerful sense of danger seized Happy's throat like an invisible hand and cut off his breathing!
Happy's heart tensed! He said nothing else and held his Nation Protecting Divine Sword. A dazzling light bloomed in his hand.
W.h.i.n.e!
A brilliant snowflake as well as a dazzling light intersected with each other in the air.
Happy's attack speed, the explosive attack, and his action in retreating was done in one smooth motion. If Responsible Hero were here, he will definitely find himself in disbelief, because Happy's speed within that instant did not lose to his!
But Emperor Shocks World was not a normal attack.
As a secret technique, the small silver dragon charged into the snowflakes without caring about its safety at all, and both the dragon and snowflake negated each other's attack.
"Not bad!" Ximen Chuixue praised Happy, which was something he rarely did to anyone, but before he finished speaking, he noticed that once Happy drew his sword, he executed eighteen sword slashes within that instant when the dragon negated the snowflake's damage.
Each sword glare did not contain any sound of wind, and it was like light flashing past his eyes. They were all as fast as lightning, and within the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of Ximen Chuixue.
Surprise shone in Ximen Chuixue's eyes.
'What a fast sword technique!'
Naturally, he did not know that when the system gave Happy the notification and during the moment he exposed the signs of his intention to attack, Happy had already entered his battle mode, and he was prepared to fight with everything he had.
Happy did not dare to treat a powerful martial artist in Myth Realm with any impertinence.
The eighteen sword slashes he executed in an instant not only covered all the directions in which Ximen Chuixue could possibly dodge, they even worked together with the wall behind Ximen Chuixue to form a cage.
"Good technique!"
A fighting spirit that had never appeared in Ximen Chuixue during the battle burned, and it was reflected in his eyes. His longsword released a series of cold snowflakes, and with the most direct method, he crushed all of Happy's attacks in the air.
Cling cling clang clang!
During the endless sounds of sounds clashing against each other, the lightning flashes that shot forward were instantly dispersed!
Ximen Chuixue did not try to hide his technique any longer. He moved like the wind, and his body was like lightning when he crushed the remaining force from the sword glares. His body and sword fused into one to turn into a snow-white afterimage, and he released his promised final sword slash in the duel.
It was like a cold light that shot through the dispersing lightning glares.
At this moment, Happy shut his eyes and quickly formed a seal with his hands to receive Ximen Chuixue's cold sword flash. He pushed three of his fingers together with great difficulty to produce a sword qi that was filled with a destruction presence.
Three Dragons Sword Qi!
Under Happy's powerful spiritual senses, he saw that Three Dragons Sword Qi had coincidentally crashed into the cold sword flash Ximen Chuixue executed among the shattered sword glares.
Violent wind roared violently and wreaked havoc in the courtyard. Ximen Chuixue stood still in the vortex where they fought, and his robes fluttered. His feet did not move, but the shattered sword glare crashed violently into the medicinal herb rack behind Ximen Chuixue and destroyed it. The backyard was now in a mess.
Happy grunted. He took a few staggering steps backward before he regained his footing. His c.h.e.s.t heaved, and his face was incredibly pale. He gasped for breath, but his eyes shone with delight and excitement.
The Three Dragons Sword Qi he released just now was already very weak, but under the effect from Nine Yang Divine Skill's body fortification, he managed to get through it with brute force.
The surprise on Ximen Chuixue's face remained for a few seconds before he sighed. "During the final slash, I could not hold myself back from using seven-tenths of my strength. I didn't expect that you would be able to be fine even after receiving. It's no wonder then why you were able to easily defeat my unworthy disciple."
As he spoke, he bent down and picked up a small herb from the disorderly ground.
"Eat it. It can cure your internal injuries. Just now, Responsible Hero came to me saying that you have business with me. You can tell me what it is now."
Chapter 788 - Learn in Secret!
"I, Ximen Chuixue, have devoted my entire life to the path of the sword, and I stand aloof to the matters of the world. I've lived in Beijing for many years, but there are still people who try to set me up. But it's fine. There are also plenty of people who die in my hand."
Ximen Chuixue was not affected by this. With just a few words, he spoke of his past before he bent down and swung his arm. The scattered pieces of the rack flew up before it swiftly fell together in an orderly manner. Even the medicinal herbs that were scattered all over the ground were clearly distributed on different shelves with one swing of the arm by Ximen Chuixue. His technique was so profound that people will sigh in amazement when they saw it.
But who was Happy?
When he noticed the circulation of qi from Ximen Chuixue, he instinctively noted the trajectory of Ximen Chuixue's qi circulation and the profundity in that swing of the arm.
Dense waves of sword qi shot out from that fling, and each of them corresponded to different medicinal herbs. His control over his strength was perfect, allowing him to not damage the medicinal properties in the medicinal herb, but allowed him to perfectly pin the medicinal herbs on the rack. It was a high-end technique, and very mysterious.
The system notification quietly sounded.
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