Chapter Fifty-Seven: Stealing a Bicycle Back to the Dorm

  My heart has cooled down...

  I am well aware of the old man's determination and ability to kill me, he didn't travel thousands of miles from that godforsaken continent every day to dig three feet underground just to steal optical cables!

  I subconsciously took two steps back and said solemnly: "I know you must kill me, but can I make a request before I die?"

  Lu Renjia said: "Speak."

  "I said word for word: 'If I promise you that I will never join your business, won't you still kill me?'"

  Lu Renjia smiled and nodded slightly.

  "Can't we even discuss it?" I stamped my foot and said.

  At this time, Qiu Tianren appeared behind Lu Renjia with his two subordinates. Lu Renjia said: "Do you want to be beheaded by me or shot into a sieve? Choose for yourself."

  "...You don't believe me? Let's sign a contract, we can even seal it with our fingerprints!"

  Lu Renjia was too lazy to tidy himself up, and after washing his body, he said: "Let's get started!"

  As soon as I heard these two words, my hair stood on end and my hands involuntarily fumbled around the edge. In an instant, that golden brocade robe appeared right before my eyes. Seeing its sturdy appearance, I didn't care about it being a national treasure or not, and put it over my head. With a whoosh, I slipped under the wooden bed board. A gust of wind passed overhead, and two crossbow bolts were stuck in the wall.

  Lu Renjia looked at me with an expression that was either disdain or sigh, and said to Qi Tianya behind him: "I really don't want to believe that this is our Sword God."

  Choutuian's cold smile, he shouted at me: "Come out!"

  "I also shouted loudly: 'You come in!'"

  Just then, a loud crash sounded above our heads, and countless bricks fell down. It turned out that this house was not solid to begin with, and earlier Su Jing's sword energy had pierced dozens of holes in it. Adding to that the two shots of Thorny Darts from Chou Tian Reng, it collapsed just like that. Lu Ren Jia and Chou Tian Reng flew back, and I drilled out through a broken hole under the bed, then ran for my life!

  As the dust flew everywhere, I shook off the pursuing soldiers behind me and was about to run into the cornfield when a tall Taoist suddenly appeared in front of me, blocking my way. I looked up and exclaimed in surprise: "Is it you?" This person turned out to be Li Bao.

  Li Hanling gave me a cold glance, shouting "Dragon and Phoenix Twin Swords, unsheathe!" He then pointed at me, and the two swords flew towards me in mid-air. I let out a bitter laugh, never expecting that after all my careful planning, it would still end like this. In this situation, I could only close my eyes and stand there waiting for death.

  Just then a loud "clang" sound of metal colliding came, I opened my eyes to see Lujiren using the knife in his hand to deflect Li Huai's dual swords.

  Li said coldly: "What's going on here? Weren't you supposed to kill him?"

  Lu Renjia cupped his hands and said: "Let us handle our own continent's affairs, Sword God absolutely cannot die at someone else's hands."

  Li Huo snorted in disdain and put away his sword: "Fine, then I'll give this opportunity to you."

  Lu Renjia came before me, bowed respectfully and said: "Sword God sir, it's not that we have any deep grudges against you, but as a citizen of the Black Geis Empire, we each have our own masters, and can't say anything else. I know killing you now is unfair, but I wish for next life..."

  I interrupted him and said with a sad face: "At this time, what's the use of saying anything!"

  Lu Renjia's eyes showed a hint of praise: "Now this is more like a Sword God, I apologize for underestimating you."

  I waved my hand: "Wait!" I turned to Li Huai, gritting my teeth and said, "You old rascal, you've healed from your wounds but forgotten the pain. Don't you think about how you can have good fruit to eat?"

  I'd be lying if I said I didn't hate Lu Renjia, but it's understandable since it involves national will, and what he did is justifiable. But that little brat Li Hua is really infuriating - after clearly admitting defeat, he still managed to pull off a sneak attack like this... just as I was about to enter the baguette field!

  Li said with a scowl: "You're talking about that Su girl, I've rarely suffered defeat in my life, do you think I'll just let it go?"

  At this moment, a young man suddenly emerged from behind Li Huai, wearing a green long gown with a belt around his waist and a piece of ink jade the size of an infant's fist. However, his face was shaped like a mountain yam that had rolled down from the mountainside - it was impossible to describe its shape and was covered in acne scars. His forehead was shaved clean and his hair was disheveled, making him look like a monster who had just been dug out of a coffin and put on makeup for a third-rate costume drama troupe. This man's eyes were coldly fixed on me, with more pupils than irises, and he asked Li Huai, "Master, is this the little bastard who ruined my good fortune?"

  Li Huo hummed a smile and said: "Ruining your good deed has made my own good deed, I should thank him for it."

  I suddenly realized that this man was definitely Wang Qing, the playboy who drove Xiaoxiang to death.

  Wang Qing said: "Master, after you kill that Su family's cheap person, you must help me get Xiaoxian's pure yin body."

  Li Huai's face had an unsightly expression as he said, "At that time, such a small matter is not worth mentioning. However, you must first help me gather all the scattered sword energy." As he spoke, Li Huai glanced at me and smiled slyly, saying, "It's said that our Dragon Sword God was very powerful in the past, but what you've gathered for me is only three-tenths of his sword energy."

  "What have you done?" I exclaimed in surprise.

  "Haha, a dying man doesn't need to know anyway, Brother Lu, I'll leave him to you."

  "I shouted: 'Just wait for Su Jing to come and pick you up!'"

  Li Hao said proudly: "I really can't wait to see her."

  All that could be heard was a crisp voice saying faintly, "Oh, is it?"

  I was overjoyed, turned around and saw that Su Jing was already standing behind me. I said so, unless Zhang Xiaohua didn't want to do a good job, how could he dare to violate the law of the protagonist not dying?

  This was the first time I thought she was so cute, couldn't help but take a step forward and run over to hug her and kiss her on the face. Su Jing's complexion changed slightly, and she pushed me away with a scolding: "What are you doing?"

  Lu Renjia's face also changed, and he sighed: "Too late again!"

  Li saw Su Jing and his pupils contracted, then said: "Lu brother don't be discouraged, I'll entangle that girl in a moment, you take the opportunity to strike, anyway we must take the life of Xiang Long!"

  Lu Renjia was silent, apparently having no confidence.

  Su Jing looked puzzled and asked: "How did you guys get together?"

  Li Huo stopped talking and shouted, "Dragon and Phoenix Twin Swords, out of the sheath!" Two long swords flew out in response. Li Huo grasped the sword hilt, suddenly pointing at Su Jing, and the two swords shot towards us like startled dragons. Su Jing pulled me back as usual, slapping her palm forward to produce a rapid sound. However, this time the twin swords didn't stop in mid-air but continued to stab forward. Su Jing felt slightly surprised, transforming her palm into fingers to brush them aside. The two swords spun around her head before returning to the air, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

  Su Jing's palm shielded in front of him, and he said to Li Huai: "This is not your true strength!"

  I whispered behind her: "He took away three-tenths of my sword energy, you have to be careful."

  Su Jing's face changed greatly: "What does it mean?"

  "I don't know either, just be careful."

  Li Hua seems to be unexpected of such a result as well, standing in mid-air and saying: "Looks like you didn't go all out last time either."

  Su Jing's face sank as he said, "You demon clown, do you think you're worthy?"

  Li Huo was furious, pointing at the air with one finger, and two swords came stabbing from above and below. Su Jing suddenly opened her arms wide, as if embracing a large ball, and those two swords were frozen in place about two meters away from us. Li Huo muttered to himself, his fingers changing rapidly, and the two swords followed with great force, but somehow it was as if countless obstacles were blocking their path, making progress very slow. With great difficulty, they managed to move forward a few inches before stopping again. Su Jing's long hair stood on end, and I also felt my body hair standing up, indicating that her sword energy had reached a critical point. The two of them were locked in a stalemate for dozens of seconds, until Li Huo shouted: "Lu Renjia, are you going to just watch from the sidelines?"

  The sentence suddenly reminded Lu Renjia, he danced with a long knife and rushed towards me. Su Jingyi was anxious and swung her right hand to slash at him. Lu Renjia didn't dare to slack off and dodged far away. With a "brush" sound, the corn stalks in the direction of Su Jingyi's finger were cut down in a row by the sharp sword energy. Li Huai's twin swords took advantage of the opportunity and broke through Su Jingyi's defense circle. The dragon sword on top was bounced off by Su Jingyi, while the phoenix sword below finally scratched her calf. Su Jingyi remained calm in the face of danger, grabbed my collar and flew away with me.

  Li Huai sheathed his twin swords in front of him, grinning from ear to ear: "You little scoundrel, today you'll also get a taste of the thrill of being pierced by my long sword!" He pinched another sword technique, and the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Swords transformed into 7 swords that attacked us from all directions. This move was no longer new, but the power of this attack was not to be underestimated. The 7 swords each emitted a humming sound, Su Jing's face was calm as water, his arms opening and closing in large motions, using only a few moves to chop down three of them. At the same time, the horizontal sword energy forced Lu Renjia to jump up and down. Qi Tian Reng and the other two were far away, hiding on one side. At first, I thought they were disdainful of taking advantage of someone's misfortune, but later I realized it was because they were being forced back by the sword energy, unable to get close.

  But Su Jing didn't make it easy, Lu Renjia and Li Huai were both masters of the Sword Saint level, and Li Huai had somehow obtained three-tenths of my sword energy. As she said before, the difference between a Sword God and a Sword Saint was like that between a tiger and a wolf - two vicious wolves fighting with all their might could only be enough to make an old tiger sweat. I saw fine beads of sweat trickling down the back of her neck, this time she was really in a desperate situation.

  After another dozen or so rounds, Li Huo's 7 swords were left with only 3, and had already lost the meaning of confusing the enemy's hearing and striking east and west. I also saw that one of the swords was always hesitant when attacking, probably because the Feng sword had been heavily damaged by Su Jing and was a bit out of control. However, Li Huo and Lu Renjia's attacks finally forced Su Jing to reveal her defeated appearance. Originally, if she were allowed to fight with all her might, it wouldn't have been like this, but she wanted to protect me, and had to take care of the attacks from two great masters at the same time. Even the strongest person couldn't withstand it.

  At this time, Li Huai had already used his double swords again, but Lu Renjia had already approached an inch. Although it was a short distance, I could feel the cold knife wind blowing back and forth in front of my face. Su Jing suddenly shouted loudly, and with a single palm, he forced Lu Renjia to jump far away. Then, with a swift movement, he flew towards Li Huai. Li Huai was shocked and hurriedly swung his sword to defend himself. Su Jing pointed out with his slender fingers, and a fierce sword energy struck Li Huai's tied-up hair, causing it to become disheveled. Li Huai's heart turned cold, and he retreated while jumping into the air. Su Jing relentlessly swung his palm in a slanting slash, and Li Huai, disregarding his identity, leaned forward. The sword energy shot straight up into the sky, and it was so powerful that it even scattered the clouds at the edge of the sky. Su Jing's five fingers were stretched out, and he angrily shouted: "I'll kill you first!"

  At this moment, Lu Renjia was still far away from me. Su and Li had already engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat. Avenging Heaven Blade, who had been standing by stupidly for half a day, finally realized that an opportunity had arrived. With a raise of his hand, I didn't even have time to see what it was before hearing the "thwack" sound - it was a crossbow bolt!

  Just as I was about to speak, a loud "crack" sounded, and the arrow that was flying straight at me suddenly dropped down, hitting something just 10 centimeters away from my face! Su Jing spun around and flew back beside me, glaring furiously at Chou Tian Reng.

  At this time, Li Huo was also unwilling to continue fighting. He stood on the flying sword and casually pulled up Wang Qing. At first, he was startled, then coldly smiled and said: "Put it in a dead place and live again, admire, admire, little girl, today I will spare you for now. If my Feng Sword were not unspiritual, you would have been a soul under my sword long ago. However, there's no hurry, after I master this 30% of the sword energy, even if I don't use both swords, you still won't be my match!" After speaking, he laughed loudly three times and rode his sword away.

  Lu Renjia and others saw the situation and had no choice but to scatter and flee on their own.

  I wiped the sweat from my forehead and exclaimed, "What a close call!" But then I saw Su Jing's face turn pale, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

  Su Jing didn't say a word, and with a gloomy expression, she bent down to pick up several pieces of broken jade from the ground. I looked at them and felt familiar, then glanced at her arm which was empty, and exclaimed: "You broke your bracelet?"

  Su Jing crouched on the ground, silent and motionless, letting the wound on her calf bleed profusely, as if the entire sky was about to collapse...

  Looking back on the scene just now, I finally understood: because of the difficulty and distance of the sword energy, Su Jing used the jade hand ring that she relied on to return to the Federation Continent to knock down that crossbow arrow! This hand ring was broken, which means... she can't go back again.

  I quickly squatted down to help her press the wound, but I didn't know what to say either. She was trembling all over, and Su Jing finally came out with a sentence after a long time, her face expressionless: "Now you don't have to go back with me."

  I could only comfort her randomly: "Don't be sad, there must be a way."

  Su Jing sat on the ground with a thud, saying dejectedly: "It's all over..." This peerless female sword deity, who had always been able to maintain an air of calm and composure whether she was at a loss or in a precarious situation, as if fate was forever firmly within her grasp, now seemed utterly exhausted and disheartened.

  I suddenly said, "Even if the bracelet is broken, there are other ways. Think about it, since they can send you here, they can also send others. Even if that's not possible, don't forget about Lu Renjia. If he comes, he'll have to go back. With your martial arts skills, as long as you catch him..."

  No need for me to say more, Su Jing's eyes lit up: "Right, how come I didn't think of that?"

  I smiled slyly: "You've never lost your bike in college, have you?"

  "What does it mean?"

  "Losing your own car doesn't mean you can't steal someone else's car back to your dorm, being uncultured will harm you for a lifetime!"

  Su Jing's body leaned back slightly, her expression finally relaxed a bit, and she smiled: "I was too pessimistic."

  "That's right."

  Su Jingchang let out a sigh and said, "That's because I have a great responsibility, finding you to go back is an extremely urgent matter. If even I couldn't go back, then the war on the Federal Continent would be impossible to win."

  I know that at this critical moment, telling her about personal heroism and teamwork spirit would be like playing a lute to a cow. I could only pat her on the back and say: "Let's go, you've knocked down so many people with your corn, they'll come looking for you soon."

  Su Jing smiled wryly, quickly bandaged her wound, and carefully collected the broken bracelet. However, the gloom in her eyes couldn't be dispelled. I understood her personality - she was someone who wouldn't give up until she achieved her goal. In this precarious situation, she now had another task: to capture Lu Renjia alive. At the same time, she was also a confident person, as long as there was still room for maneuver, she would have the confidence to make it happen. But after the bracelet broke, it added another layer of uncertainty to an already uncertain future, and Su Jing's mood couldn't be lifted.

  I supported her and asked while walking: "Where is the ground mouse?"

  Su Jing pushed me away, indicating that he could handle it himself. As he spoke, "Run, with my speed, continuing to chase after this would be meaningless. Moreover, I quickly realized that this might be used by Lu Renjia and the others to assassinate you. Due to the interference from the ground mouse, I didn't even notice they were nearby." At this point, Su Jing suddenly looked very serious as he grabbed me and asked, "Why is Li Hao with Lu Renjia? I can barely understand that, but what's going on with those three sword auras he mentioned?"

  I said, "Well, on the day Lu Renjia tried to kill me, Li Jue was upstairs. Based on the principle that 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend', it's not hard to understand why they got together. As for the sword energy and all that, I don't quite get it either. It seems to be related to his ugly apprentice or something."

  Su Jing worried: "Li Huo's kung fu is indeed different from before, could it be that he found a way to take and use your power before us?"

  "I cautiously said: 'Could he have killed one of those people who had my power?'"

  Su Jing shook his head and said, "There's no reason for that. If he killed that person, the power should not have returned to you easily, let alone be used by others... No! You come with me first."

  "Where are you going?"

  "Go take a look at that person I found earlier who has about 30% of your sword aura on them."

  ……

  We walked a bit further ahead and I finally hailed a car. Su Jing told the driver, "Follow my directions."

  The driver glanced back at me with a smile while driving and said, "Brother, where did you buy the denim jacket? It looks pretty cool!"

  I lowered my head and couldn't help but laugh: the golden silk jade garment was still on me. It's really nice to say, this thing is both gold and jade, it's really refreshing.

  I shrugged and said, "How's that? Does it fit?"

  The driver muttered to himself, "It fits perfectly, it's tailor-made for you." After a while, he seemed to have reacted and suddenly turned his head, saying, "This can't be the Golden Threaded Jade Robe, can it?"

  I patted my chest and said, "Look at this jade, it's all made of gelatin, and the Taobao group purchase price is only over 200."

  "Ah, then you've been ripped off. My brother-in-law bought one of those golden armor suits from 'Curry Sauce' that Jay Chou wore for less than 300...". The driver said: "But the leaves on his armor are made of chocolate."

  Division line

  It's about to go on sale, everyone can put the monthly tickets in their hands into Xiaohua's piggy bank, hahaha.