Watching his four subordinates fall to the ground, You Rou's expression changed slightly, and he frowned in praise: "Good swordsmanship!"

  This move has mastered the swordsmanship of Samadhi, not only returning to simplicity and truth, but also seeming to anticipate the enemy's moves in advance. It looks ordinary and simple, yet it carries an inexplicable subtlety, one of the most outstanding ones among all the swordsmanships he had encountered throughout his life.

  No wonder he had no real skills, yet he could blind the eyes of his four skilled subordinates with one move, making them look like ordinary people who didn't know martial arts!

  However, no matter how exquisite the swordsmanship is, without internal strength to support it, it will ultimately be like water without a source and a tree without roots. As long as I ignore his changes and come straight at him, relying solely on my Crazy Sand Divine Skill and deep internal power to suppress him, not giving him any opportunity to get close, and killing him from afar with a palm strike or palm wind, what use will his swordsmanship be?

  "Hmph, it's finally out that your martial arts have been crippled. Let's see what you use to summon the heavenly thunder!" Yu reached his goal and with a push of both feet, he flew off the horseback, his toes tapping rapidly, swift as a raging wind, rushing towards Meng Qi.

  Meng Qi didn't try to escape. Within a certain distance, You Yu still had the ability to sprint far beyond that of a fine horse. Suddenly escaping would only mean turning his back on him.

  He was a bit apprehensive in his heart, his "Dugu Nine Swords" had been tempered so many times and finally entered the door, but he only initially understood the first few moves, and the Breaking Palm Style and Breaking Qi Style were not yet available. With no internal force, he faced Yu Xiangduo, who was good at inner strength and double palms, and really didn't have much confidence.

  But at this critical moment of life and death, one has to fight with all their might! It's not about begging for mercy, but rather showing more strength will make them spare your life.

  "Haha, little bald donkey, let's see how you turn defeat into victory today!" Yu was even more pleased and mocked from a distance, "Or maybe we'll see if my Crazy Sand Divine Skill is powerful or your swordsmanship is supreme?"

  He had made up his mind that Meng Qi was weak internally and planned to use brute force to break through his cleverness, relying on his own profound internal strength to remain unchanged in the face of all changes!

  Just thinking that the little bald donkey who had killed Anguo Xie and Yuan Mengzhi, and trampled on the evil ridge, would finally be done in by his own hand, his heart was filled with a burning fire. After succeeding, Laozu would definitely not be stingy with praise and rewards, and he might even have the opportunity to learn one of the eighteen forms of the Wronged Soul's Fury.

  His usual gloomy and honest farmer appearance is just a facade. Without being ruthless, how could he intimidate his subordinates? As the former number one on the martial arts ranking and the leader of the seventy-two bandits, having repeatedly defeated strong enemies, would he lack the intention to show off?

  Watching Yu getting closer and closer, Meng Qi held his long sword across his chest, concentrated his spirit and will, hugged the origin and guarded the unity, excluded miscellaneous thoughts, and prepared to fight with Dugu's Nine Swords and Shen Xing Bai Bian.

  This time, he forgot about the future, forgot about danger, forgot that his martial arts skills were crippled, and forgot about everything around him. His eyes only had Yu's every step and movement, which were dissected and restored to their most basic components.

  In such a state of forgetfulness, Meng Qi suddenly felt that something inside him "cracked" and broke apart, a warm energy rising from his dantian and rapidly spreading throughout his entire body.

  Jin Zhong's shield started from the first pass and rose steadily, soon reaching the fifth pass in a short moment, Meng Qi's internal energy was fully restored!

  Faced with this unexpected situation, Meng Qi was shocked and stunned, immediately understanding something, his eyes seemed to have a mist rising, muttering to himself:

  "Master..."

  …………

  Yumenguan, Xuan Bei walked into Kongjian's room.

  "Master Shu Zu, I have already sent Zhen Ding to Wu Liang dock." Xuan Bei said with a gloomy face and bowed.

  Kongjian's white eyebrows slightly moved, and he said with some doubt: "Isn't the true Ding protected by a nearby temple of our sect?"

  Because the horse thief may be lurking on the side, although it has not been discovered for the time being, it is also necessary to have some precautions. Therefore, after sending Zhēndìng to Wǔliáng, it is definitely impossible to leave immediately. It must be entrusted to a close or dependent Shǎolín door faction and escorted to the central plains, far away from the horse thief, only then can it be considered a clear success.

  The reason it wasn't mentioned earlier is that the one who sent Zhen Ding away was Xuan Bei, who had always been taking care of him. Kong Jian thought he would definitely make arrangements for him.

  Xuan Bei suddenly knelt down on the ground, his voice painfully saying: "Master Shu Zu, disciple is guilty."

  "Xuan Bei, what crime have you committed?" Kong Jian's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

  Xuan Bei raised his head, looking worried and anxious, with a hint of distortion on his face: "Since my disciple entered Shaolin, although he has been devoted to Buddhism, he has always found it difficult to change his Jianghu habits. Today, I really can't bear to abolish the true Dingwu martial arts, but only slightly seal them. As long as he concentrates his energy and spirit, they will naturally recover. Please ask Master Shu to punish him."

  "If you continue to act this way, you will definitely be deprived of the opportunity to cultivate on the upper level of the Sharira Pagoda." Kong Jian did not get angry, but sighed and said, "What's the point of doing so? You have repeatedly maintained your loyalty to Zhen Ding, which has already exceeded the normal emotions between a master and his disciple. What is the reason behind this?"

  Xuan Bei took a light breath, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face: "Although my disciple's entire family was killed, he had a younger sister who was willful from an early age. She voluntarily became a concubine and married into the Shendu Su family, and was disowned by her father. She escaped this disaster, but I investigated and found that she died three years ago. Zhen Ding is actually her son."

  Moreover, and... Xuan Bei's expression suddenly became dazed, as if recalling or daydreaming, with a loving light in his eyes, "If my two children hadn't died, they would be around this age now, looking like them."

  Kong Jian let out a long sigh: "You're also a foolish child."

  …………

  Wu Gong recovered, Meng Qi was no longer worried at all. With his current strength and being in the Central Plains, he couldn't defeat You Xiang even if he wanted to, let alone escape?

  And this guy actually thought he was really abandoned by his master!

  He suppressed the turmoil in his heart, stretched out his right hand, grasped the hilt of the knife, and with a ripping sound tore open the cloth strip, pulling out a dark red scabbard, with white steam swirling around it, looking quite scorching.

  You still have a lot of expectations for Meng Qi's knife-drawing move, all previous battles have shown that Xiaotui's knife method is better than swordsmanship, at least mastering one style of external knife technique is more than just approaching the principle of swordsmanship, however, without internal power, what can be used to initiate the intention of the knife? Even if you exhaust all changes, it's only a beginner level, and it's not as good as the swordsmanship he showed before!

  He didn't laugh at Meng Qi's desperate situation, and made the wrong choice. Since Meng Qi had just used his left hand to wield a sword, it wasn't contradictory with using a knife in his right hand, so he thought this was a sign of Meng Qi's desperation.

  But without inner strength, what's the use of working hard?

  He didn't enter the range of Meng Qi's knife and long sword, brushing against the edge, one palm slapped out, scorching wind and smoke, as if to evaporate Meng Qi's blood, not giving him a chance to display his exquisite moves.

  You watched as Yu slapped out another palm, Meng Qi's golden bell shield rotated, resisting the palm wind. The condensed vital energy and divine intent suddenly burst forth, and the Red Sun Suppressing Evil Knife slashed out!

  A faint gleam of the knife appeared in You Xiang's pupils, reminding him of a weak and powerless resistance.

  With one palm down, the little bald donkey died, and the old ancestor was impressed and taught him the ultimate skill. After that, he stepped into the outside world, and with eighteen big moves, he defeated Luo Juhe and Yan Shiche, assassinated the old ancestor, married Yan Shiche's daughter, inherited the title of Halle, and went on to conquer and unify the lands around Hanhai and the Desert of the Gods, reaching the pinnacle of his life.

  It's all so real because it rises directly from the heart, and even more like being drunk and immersed in it.

  Suddenly, his throat hurt and he gasped for breath. When he came to, he saw that the dark red scimitar had been chopped down onto his neck.

  Is the outdoor shooting invitation?

  Isn't his martial arts crippled? What can he use to urge on his knife intent?

  Yu was even more shocked and angry, but he didn't dare to hesitate for a moment. His neck bones crackled loudly as they softened like a long snake, shifting sideways in the direction of the sword's slash. At the same time, his right hand grasped the blade tightly, despite blood flowing freely and white bone exposed, not daring to tremble in the slightest.

  His strength is still above Anguo Xie!

  At this time, he finally saw Meng Qi's skin turn dark gold, with a solemn and clear meaning.

  Dry! His martial arts skills haven't been crippled!

  Damn it! The cunning plan of the bald donkey has succeeded!

  As a cautious and wise man, his first thought at this time was that he had fallen into a trap, and then he thought of summoning heavenly thunder.

  Meng Qi's move was successful, showing no mercy, and he saw that You Rou still had many flaws. His left hand raised his long sword, which was both the Du Gu Nine Swords and the Yan Luo List!

  Dugu Jiujian itself does not have specific moves. When attacking, as long as you follow the path and don't miss the timing, you can hide any changes.

  A purely refined sword light flashed out, as if it had escaped from the dead air, and shot straight at the brow of You Hengduo, who was still leaning to one side!

  Meng Qi's brow was swelling with anger, his spirit forming a sharp point, fiercely striking out.

  After holding the Red Sun Town's evil sword, years of battle instincts made him feel the danger of death in an instant. Without any hesitation, his entire skeleton softened, and with a "pa" sound, he turned into a puddle of "mud". Although his head suddenly felt dizzy, it just happened to let Meng Qi's sword light pass by his ear, cutting off half of his ear!

  You endured the severe pain even more strongly, using both hands and feet, and suddenly "slipped" out of Meng Qi's sword range. Then, with a cracking sound, he turned around and escaped!

  He was afraid that this was a trap set by the Shaolin bald donkeys, and also feared Meng Qi's summoning of heavenly thunder. He was startled by the continuous attacks, so he didn't dare to fight desperately, but only wanted to escape.

  Kuangsha Shen Gong is in operation, he runs as fast as a strong wind. Meng Qi then activates the Wind God Leg, closely chasing behind him. He still has one or two chances to use Yan Luo Tie's ability and can also burst out with Anan Pokai Knife Method. If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity when everything is in chaos, it will be difficult to dispel the hatred in his heart!

  You Yu was about to jump into the water and escape when a bright, clean sword light suddenly came from a passenger boat, exactly like Meng Qi's previous move, but even more stern, frightening, and unstoppable!

  The sword light dissipated, he continued to run wildly, but after a few steps, he suddenly fell forward, and fresh blood stained a piece of ground red.

  The yellow-robed maiden with a bright smile gently stroked her long sword, smiling brightly at Meng Qi who was chasing after her: "The Crazy Sand Divine Skill is nothing more than this."

  Meng Qi was both surprised and delighted: "Zhi Wei, how did you get here?"

  "After I traveled down the mountain, I thought that if you hadn't succeeded, you would have been caught by Anguo Xie and taken to Heluo. So, on my way north and west, I planned to meet him, but unexpectedly met you here." Jiang Zhiwei glanced at You Xiangduo, "What happened?"

  Meng Qi roughly recounted the events, then turned around and faced the Jade Gate Pass, kneeling down and kowtowing with a sincere heart, his voice filled with sorrow: "Master, your disciple is unfilial, I only wish to repay you in the future!"

  Jiang Zhiwei quietly watched him do all this, let out a soft sigh, and comforted: "This matter has no right or wrong, it's just that you don't fit in with the Buddhist way of thinking. No one can blame anyone else. If I were at the Washing Sword Pavilion, this kind of thing would be just copying scriptures and cleansing one's mind."

  "Master Xuan Bei is not a person who will hide things from you, and with me by your side, we are quite conspicuous. I'm afraid we might be discovered by the law enforcement monks. Why don't we go to Zhang Shixiong or Qi Shixiong's place instead? We can spend a year or two there, nourishing our bodies and broadening our horizons, before venturing out into the Jianghu again."

  Meng Qi nodded slightly, agreeing with Jiang Zhiwei's opinion. Then he took out the black fur and asked Jiang Zhiwei to identify it, but unfortunately, they didn't gain anything. Next, the two of them searched You Xiangduo's body, only finding a bag of gems and some silver fragments, nothing else.

  As Meng Qi's family was already wealthy, he didn't care much about these things and directly gave them to Jiang Zhiwei.

  "Alright, I'll just take a little more then." Jiang Zhiwei didn't decline either and accepted it graciously. However, fearing that the Shaolin monks would catch up, she didn't dare delay Meng Qi's time and lightly laughed as they bid farewell, "Just now from afar, your sword skills have improved greatly, next time we must exchange blows."

  Meng Qi wrapped up his departure, apart from secretly making a vow to repay his master, he had no other worries in the main world. He burst out laughing and turned around to leave, humming: "A loud laugh by the vast ocean, surging tides on both shores..."

  Jiang Zhiwei looked at his back and couldn't help but say: "Where did this rustic dialect come from..."

  "How many worldly affairs have been washed away by the waves... " Far away, Meng Qi's figure disappeared, and his song still lingered.

  Jiang Zhiwei turned her head and muttered: "Listen carefully, it's still quite atmospheric..."

  …………

  Shendu, Headquarters of the Six Doors

  The outer square is spacious, with a piece of wall hanging on it, and yellow paper is pasted all over the top.

  Many idle townspeople gathered around to see if there were any changes in the Heaven, Earth and Human rankings today.

  Before long, six door catchers came out and walked to the front of the human billboard wall, brushing away all the previous ones with a few swishes and re-pasting them.

  "Has it changed so much?" Many people exclaimed, as if someone had suddenly risen to the top, changing all the rankings behind them.

  The top nine rankings remained unchanged, with only some new achievements added. At the tenth position, someone exclaimed: "Xī Jiàn Gé Jiang Zhǐ Wēi, 'Absolute Sword Immortal', 'Beautiful Yan Luo', fought and killed 'Sunlight Evil Sword' Kang Da Hai... One sword beheaded 'Earthly Yan Luo' You Huan Duo, ranked tenth on the human leaderboard..."

  "She rose up normally, it's said that not a few of the Seven Apertures and Eight Apertures disciples who went out to travel from the Washing Sword Pavilion all say that after returning to the mountain, they can't compare to Jiang Zhiwei, Jiang Shizhi. Now that she has formally come down the mountain to roam the rivers and lakes, her ranking naturally soared."

  "It's reasonable." No one had any objections to Jiang Zhiwei's rise in ranking.

  One by one, yellow papers were posted, mostly familiar faces, and everyone was silent until the thirty-third one, when someone suddenly exclaimed: "Who is this?"

  Everyone looked intently and saw that on the yellow paper was written:

  "Name: Self-proclaimed Xiao Meng, formerly known as Zhen Ding."

  "Martial Arts: Opens the fourth aperture, Golden Bell Cover fifth or sixth pass, left sword right knife, swordsmanship is exquisite, knife skills grasp the true meaning of Ananda's Broken Precept Knife first form, has the ability to summon heavenly thunder."

  "War record: Killed 'White-headed Vulture' An Guo Xie, summoned heavenly thunder to behead 'Green Jade Hand' Yuan Meng Zhi, trampled down Evil Ridge, and directly repelled 'Land Yama' You Huan Duo."

  Rank: Thirty-third place.

  "Alias: Thunderbolt Monk, Fierce Vajra."

  "Identity: Shaolin Disciple."

  (The end of this volume.)