Chapter Thirty-Five: The Bright Star of San Qiu

  The evil Taoist's gaze swept across all of us and finally returned to Liu Laosi, shouting sternly: "You die first, draw your sword!"

  Liu Laoliu waved his two hands in front of his chest and said, "Brother Dao, I was coerced by them to ruin your good deed. Can I leave now?"

  The evil Daoist coldly said: "Less nonsense, none of you will escape today!"

  I stretched out my hand towards Liu Laoliu's pocket: "If you want to leave, return my money."

  Liu Lao Liu forcefully shook off my hand, his neck stretched out and he said: "You're really something, Grandpa gives you a way out but you won't take it, you have to make everyone lose face. The tiger doesn't show its might, do you think I'm a sick cat? - Heng Ha Er Jiang, draw your sword!"

  Those two black kitchen knives jumped out of their sheaths and flew up and down in front of and behind him.

  The bad guy was first shocked and then burst out laughing: "A kitchen knife?"

  Liu Lao Liu grasped the vegetable knife in one hand and brandished it, his bony frame assuming a menacing posture: "As the saying goes, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you still fear the kitchen knife. Today, Grandpa will open your eyes."

  The wicked man did not get angry but instead smiled and shouted loudly: "Dragon Phoenix Twin Swords, come out..."

  Before a word was out, Liu Lao Liu hastily took a step forward and threw the kitchen knife in his right hand at the bandit's forehead: "Get out of my sight, let you shout!"

  "This is a bare and naked ambush! When masters fight, they stand on the high rooftop, their faces cold and stern, their clothes fluttering in the wind. One asks the other: 'Has your heart calmed down?' The other asks back: 'Is your hand ready to draw your sword?' They chat for half a day before making a move, this is the style of a master! Who would take advantage of the opponent not having time to draw their sword and throw a cleaver at them?"

  Have to say, although Liu Lao Liu is a friend rather than an enemy to us, I also think that if he can succeed, it would be unreasonable.

  The evil Taoist smiled faintly, not dodging or yielding. Just as the cleaver was about to chop down, everyone felt a flash of colorful light before their eyes, and the cleaver had already been broken in two. I fixed my gaze and saw that in front of the evil Taoist, two snow-bright long swords had appeared, suspended in mid-air, wandering aimlessly like two spirit snakes. Even from a distance, we could feel the chilling air emanating from them.

  That sword chopped the kitchen knife, and it was like chopping melons and vegetables. The evil Taoist's hands grasped the sword hilt, and those two swords seemed to understand their master's command like pets. Their bodies suddenly stopped in mid-air, with the sword tips pointing straight at us, ready to devour people.

  The evil Taoist coldly sized up Liu Laosix, stretching out two fingers to point at him. The two long swords also targeted him like missiles, waiting for a command to fly out and harm him. Liu Laosix took one look at the situation and shouted "Oh my mother!" before covering his head and running away. The evil Taoist yelled "Chase!" and the two swords shot out, about to pierce through his chest. Just in time, Su Jing's body shifted horizontally, and a stream of sword energy was released from her fingertips, causing the two long swords to be suspended in mid-air. With a flick of her wrist, they flew back to the evil Taoist like defeated chickens.

  The bad guy's expression was surprised, and he carefully sized up Su Jing, unexpectedly saying: "Who are you?"

  Su Jingdao said: "You don't need to care who I am. If you stop now, I'll let you go."

  The evil Daoist burst out laughing: "Little girl, you have a big mouth! Quickly report your master's sect and lineage, or else you'll be an unknown ghost under my sword!"

  Su Jing's expression remained unchanged as he calmly said, "Don't worry about that, you can't kill me."

  The evil Taoist said: "Look at your young age, I'll let you have three moves."

  Su Jingdao said: "No need."

  The bad Daoist said: "Dao Ye, I mean what I say, you make your move."

  I shouted at Su Jing: "Don't be polite to him, beat him up and make him look like a fool!"

  Su Jingdao said: "So you're saying that if I don't make the first move, you won't either?"

  The evil Daoist stroked his beard and laughed: "Can a Daoist of your status still say that it doesn't count?"

  "Alright." Su Jing's words had barely left her lips when her figure flashed and she was already standing in front of the bandit. With a light raise of her wrist, she slapped the bandit's face three times with a "slap slap slap", then flashed back to her original position and said calmly: "Three moves have passed, it's your turn now."

  Silence... an unsettling silence, if not for the three red marks on the bad Daoist's face that seemed to be oozing blood, I would have thought it was just my eyes playing tricks on me. The movement was too fast, and the bad Daoist still maintained his smiling expression with a hint of slyness, only now his face had a mix of red and purple marks that looked quite vivid.

  I cupped my hands around my mouth and shouted: "Well done, Master Dao! Let us have three more moves, I'll get her to create a Lin Ming illusion for you!"

  "Looking for death!" The evil Taoist was furious and about to go mad, violently shouting: "Dragon Phoenix Twin Swords, kill!" He pointed both hands at Su Jing, and the twin swords split left and right, stabbing towards Su Jing. Su Jing raised her hand, like swatting a fly, but her hand already carried an almost tangible sword energy. The twin swords were still over 2 meters away from her when they were knocked flying, one flew far into the air, while the other flew in my direction, Su Jing's expression tightened, and she flew to block in front of me, once again deflecting the long sword.

  The bad Daoist saw the double swords lose their advantage, and hastily changed his gestures, muttering to himself. Before the swords hit the ground, he retrieved them to his chest, and looked at Su Jing's eyes which were both shocked and fearful, tremblingly saying: "What kind of person are you after all?"

  Su Jing smiled slightly and said: "Now you should know that you can't kill me, so you don't need to know who I am."

  The evil Taoist shouted: "Don't be proud, little girl - transform!" With his command, the two swords that were originally suspended in front of his chest suddenly spread out and transformed into 7 swords. The evil Taoist pointed with his hand again, "Kill!"

  This time, the 7 swords came at us from all directions. Su Jing's hands moved slightly and her sword energy was released. The two in front were immediately knocked down by her, but the evil Taoist kept chanting incantations in his mouth, and the fallen swords quickly joined the ranks of attacking us again.

  Su Jing was alone in the midst of the Seven Swords Array, not falling behind in the slightest. Her fingers made a hissing sound as she moved them, and those swords couldn't get close to her. The evil Daoist's eyes suddenly lit up with a fierce glow, and he swung both arms flatly, causing the seven swords to turn their blades and stab towards Old Wu and the others. Su Jing had just saved me, and Li Hao saw it in his eyes, knowing that she was being cautious, so he used this move.

  Those swords either revolved or struck directly, some of them changing positions in mid-air to disturb people's vision and hearing. Su Jing had to take care of everyone, and she didn't want to be as relaxed as before. Her body floated around everywhere, and in a short while, a bead of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose. Su Jing furrowed her brow, already slightly angry. With five fingers together, she struck directly at a sword in mid-air with a loud crash. In the darkness, a burst of sword energy shot out, seemingly blue but not quite. It was as if it had passed through the body of that sword. Su Jing's five fingers opened, and the sword obediently fell into her hand.

  The evil Daoist's face changed greatly, and he quickly changed his gestures while shouting: "Dragon and Phoenix Twin Swords, return to the scabbard!"

  The seven swords in the air instantly disappeared and turned back into two, one flew back to the sword holder on the bad Taoist's back, while the other was still held in Su Jing's hand...

  Indeed, it is true that 'the blue comes from the indigo plant', and this time I have misjudged.

  "Stop spouting so much nonsense, return Xiang's remains at once!"

  The evil Daoist spoke in a low and humble tone: "This... is naturally possible." He looked at Su Jing, no longer daring to be arrogant, and slightly bowed his head, saying, "Miss is mighty, please forgive my poor eyesight. If you can return the sword, I will be eternally grateful."

  Su Jing put his hands behind his back and said, "You're a person with ulterior motives, this sword can't be returned to you so easily." When I was caught reading extracurricular books by the teacher in class, his posture was exactly the same as Su Jing's now.

  The bad guy was furious but didn't dare say anything.

  Lao Wu said: "Bring Xiaoxian's remains in exchange."

  "Right! And don't think about playing tricks, if you want to go back and use the Soul Capturing Technique to harm people again, don't blame us for not being polite with our swords."

  A trace of disdain flashed across the face of the bad Daoist.

  Lao Wu said: "In my opinion, this sword of yours is by no means made of ordinary fine steel. I'm afraid there's hardly any way to destroy it in the mortal world."

  Jin Cheng Wu took off his right-hand glove and said: "But I don't know if the Three-Eyed True Fire will work?"

  The two of them sang in harmony, and the wicked Taoist's face turned pale again. He forced a smile and said: "I'm glad to have met you all today, but I won't bother you any further. I'll take my leave now. Next time, I'll bring Little Qian's remains with me."

  Liu Laoliu suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said, "You think you can just come and go as you please? Do you know what kind of place this is? And what's with this?" He picked up the vegetable knife that had been chopped to only leave a handle from the ground and smashed it at the bad guy.

  Originally, his cultivation as a wicked Taoist was more than enough to deal with him, but at this moment, he could only endure it, recite an incantation and summon the Dragon Sword, flying into the air.

  Liu Lao Liu cursed, "Still want to run - hum ha two generals, out of the sheath!" Liu Lao Liu also stood on that intact vegetable knife, shouting, "Quickly!" Then we saw him about to catch up with the bad road person, but suddenly fell down from mid-air, and finally walked back with a sullen expression, holding the vegetable knife.

  I asked him: "Why didn't you continue chasing?"

  Liu Lao Liu said with some embarrassment: "It can only fly 35 meters."

  "So that's all you're capable of?"

  Liu Lao Liu angrily said: "Nonsense! Otherwise, you think I wouldn't have run away this afternoon?"

  "With flying skills like yours, you'd still drown in an artificial lake."

  "Fart!" Liu Laosix retorted with a sentence, and immediately said with a smile: "Sixth Grandpa can swim."

  "Hmm, you are a triple threat star of land, sea and air, you are a flying penguin, a crab with long wings, a turtle in Super Mario."

  Division line

  Today and tomorrow, there are countless welcomes and farewells to attend, and meals to eat, so I'll just take a nap. As the saying goes, "You finish your song, I take the stage; you don't come back, I won't leave." If no one gets drunk after a banquet, who will sleep by the roadside?