Even though Xu Jingye is just a scholar, he possesses a decisiveness that many swordsmen and swordsmen don't have. He can make decisions immediately when he has a plan and never be sloppy. What's even more rare is his unreserved trust in himself.
You must know that this matter is not trivial, it is related to the safety of the entire Southern Territory of Chu. His ability to sort out his thoughts and make a decision in such a short period of time is far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Bang! Bang!
Suddenly, there was a heavy knock on the study door. The person who came was so rude and hard that it made the bookshelf next to the door tremble, which seemed extremely rude.
Who is so rude? Qin Yun was stunned and saw Xu Jingye wink quietly.
Qin Yun's heart moved, and he immediately hid in the corner of the study room, using the tall bookshelf to hide his figure.
Snap!
He had just finished hiding when the door to the study room was violently knocked open, and a burly man with a broad nose and bear eyes barged in with his head held high, followed closely by two swordsmen in green clothes, looking menacing.
Xu Jingye's face darkened and he shouted: "Xiong Yan, as the leader of the city guard, you barged into my study without asking. Do you know what it means to be superior and inferior?"
The burly man smiled contemptuously, and lazily clasped his fists and said: "Master Xu, as the leader of the guard, I am responsible for the security of the city guard's mansion. I knocked on the door just now and shouldn't think that something happened to you. I broke in in a hurry.
Please don’t be offended, sir!”
It sounded like an apology, but there was no hint of respect in the tone.
Xu Jingye snorted coldly and said, "Then what do you want?"
The burly man's lion eyes flashed with cold light, and he asked: "Someone just came to report. It was said that two of your bodyguards suddenly left the city lord's palace and disappeared without a trace. What is going on, sir?"
Xu Jingye suddenly became furious and sternly rebuked: "Do I still need your permission when I send my retainers to go out on business? Xiong Yan, don't rely on Shangguan Wuji's support to dominate my mansion!"
Xiong Yan smiled sympathetically and said: "Xu Jingye! I have tolerated you for a long time. Do you think you can suppress Ling Yang just by sitting in the position of city guard? I tell you the truth. This territory will always belong to our Shangguan family.
No one can take it away. If you don’t behave honestly today..."
While saying this, he also stretched out his big furry hands towards Xu Jingye, wanting to use force, with a ferocious look on his face.
Click!
Before he finished speaking, he only heard a crisp cracking sound behind him.
Xiong Yan was horrified. He turned around quickly and placed his right hand on the hilt of the sword.
He just turned around and suddenly found a fist hitting his face, the fist was burning with flames!
It was Qin Yun who took action!
Finding that the other party was trying to harm Xu Jingye, Qin Yun could continue to hide. He did not hesitate to use his skills to sneak up behind the two swordsmen silently, raised his fists and struck them on the back of the neck.
superior.
These people are nominally the guards of the City Guards' Mansion, but in fact they are lackeys sent by the Shangguan family to monitor and restrict Xu Jingye. Just look at Xiong Yan's rampant and disrespectful attitude. It can be imagined that Xu Jingye has been in the City Guards' Mansion for more than half a month.
How hard life is here.
Now there is a possibility that things will be exposed, so Qin Yun's actions will be absolutely merciless!
The two swordsmen were only at the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refining, and they were completely unprepared beforehand. They were hit by Qin Yun's fist that contained innate power. Their bones were broken and their tendons were broken, and they were killed on the spot!
At this time, Xiong Yan turned around in surprise, and Qin Yun also punched out.
However, Xiong Yan's strength was far greater than that of the two swordsmen. Although he was caught off guard, he reacted very quickly and immediately raised his arm to block Qin Yun's heavy punch.
Clang!
The long sword was drawn out of its scabbard at the same time.
Bang!
Qin Yun's fist hit Xiong Yan's arm hard, and a sharp light suddenly flashed in his dark eyes. He retracted his fist as soon as he touched it, and suddenly took a step forward.
Click!
Xiong Yan felt as if his arm had been hit by a sledgehammer, and all the bones were shattered. The force of the bombardment forced him to take a few steps back involuntarily, and then his whole body was overwhelmed by severe pain.
Xiong Yan possesses the strength of the eighth level of Qi refining, and the steel and iron bones created by the internal strength of his body are extremely strong. However, no matter how tough his body is, he cannot withstand the heavy blow of Qin Yun's innate Qi strength. The gap between the realm levels makes it impossible to use brute force.
To make up for it.
"Ah!~"
He couldn't help but let out a scream, and raised his sword with all his strength to kill Qin Yun.
But Xiong Yan's counterattack was completely in vain, because Qin Yun disappeared without a trace in front of him in an instant, and the sword blade cut through the air in vain, letting out a low whistle.
Bang! Bang!
Xiong Yan was hit hard on the shoulder again. He lost control and threw himself forward. The long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
Displacement!
Qin Yun used the speed of Fangcun's movement to teleport behind him, shattering his shoulder bones, and then caught up with him and kicked Xiong Yan's knee, knocking him to the ground!
Like a tiger fighting a rabbit, although the opponent's strength is not at the same level as his own, Qin Yun still goes all out and does not give Xiong Yan any chance to escape and resist, and strikes fiercely and cruelly!
"Uh!~"
In just a few breaths of time, Xiong Yan, who was so menacing just now, turned into a half-dead dog lying on the ground in the blink of an eye, his huge face became extremely twisted due to pain, and his limbs twitched weakly.
Bang!
Qin Yun kicked out again, and this kick accurately hit the opponent's lower abdominal dantian.
The ferocious Qi energy immediately penetrated Xiong Yan's Dantian acupuncture points. When the Qi sea was broken, the internal energy he had cultivated for decades was completely gone. He was even worse than an ordinary person!
This blow was even harder than the previous one. Xiong Yan, who was hit by the kick, curled up like a prawn. He couldn't even speak. He just opened his mouth and drooled, and his eyes rolled back. He was just hanging on for breath.
Xu Jingye, who was standing next to him, was horrified, but thinking of all the pressure he had suffered in the past, Qin Yun's sharp and ruthless blows also made him feel a little happy.
Seeing Qin Yun raise his leg again and prepare to do it again, Xu Jingye hurriedly stepped forward to hold Qin Yun and said: "Little friend Qin Yun, please spare his life, I have something else to ask!"
Qin Yun actually didn't want Xiong Yan's life, otherwise there would be no problem with just kicking him to death, so he retracted his leg and nodded: "Well, I'm not good at extracting confessions, so I thought of beating him half to death first.
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Isn’t this half-dead? Xu Jingye couldn’t laugh or cry, and said, “I have someone in this area...”
Snap! Snap!
He raised his hands and clapped them.
A figure suddenly swept in from outside the door and landed silently next to Xu Jingye.
Qin Yun was immediately surprised. The opponent's aura was so well concealed that he was not aware of it even though he was hiding nearby. He was definitely an innate-level expert. He never expected that Xu Jingye would have such help around him.
The other party was a thin old man in gray clothes, dressed in an unremarkable servant's attire, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face that were almost indistinguishable from ordinary people.
Seeing Qin Yun looking at him, he smiled slightly, then suddenly tensed up and coughed violently several times.
Xu Jingye introduced: "This is my elder Uncle Xu. On my way to Lingyang, he lost contact with me because he intercepted the assassins. He only regained contact after I got here."
Qin Yun nodded. He had some knowledge of medical skills. From the way the other party coughed, it seemed that his internal injuries had not yet healed. The battle must have been extremely fierce, and he had no choice but to separate from Xu Jingye.
Think about it, Xu Jingye is a great scholar in the dynasty, so it is impossible that he does not even have a master by his side.
It's rare that Xu Jingye can endure it all the time. Xiong Yan and others must not know that there is an innate master beside Xu Jingye, otherwise they would never be so rude and arrogant.
"Greetings, senior!" Qin Yun clasped his fists and saluted.
"I don't dare..." Uncle Xu quickly responded: "Cough, cough! Thank you for your help, sir, otherwise...cough cough!"
He coughed more and more violently. Qin Yun's heart moved. He reached into his arms and took out the healing elixir bottle and handed it over: "Senior, this is the healing elixir refined by my master. It is very effective in treating internal injuries. Give it a try."
Although the healing elixir refined by Shui Wan Ning is not the best in the Sword Sect, the materials used are exquisite and the techniques are unique, which is far beyond the comparison of ordinary elixirs. As long as the injury is not too serious or the injury is special, it has good curative effect.
Uncle Xu did not show any pretentiousness, he reached out to take it, unscrewed the cork of the bottle, poured out one and sniffed it, and was immediately moved: "This is a top-grade healing pill. My master must be an expert in the Sword Sect, my dear."
I am so disrespectful!"
"Senior, there is no need to be polite!" Qin Yun said with a smile: "Speaking of which, my master is a local from Lingyang City."
"Huh? Your master is from Lingyang?" Xu Jingye suddenly became interested.
Of course Qin Yun would not hide it from him, and explained: "My master is from the Lingyang Shui family, and her father is Shui Mingdong, the head of the Shui family. However, she has studied martial arts with Master Qingyun in the Sword Sect since she was a child. This time
I went south to practice, and I originally had to carry things for the Shui family."
"This time Lingyang is facing the invasion of Chu. I can't sit idly by either emotionally or rationally, so I'm going to tell Shuimingdong about this. If possible, I want to persuade him to support you in your fight against the Shangguan family!"
"That's great!" Xu Jingye clenched his fists excitedly, his eyes flashing: "The Shui family is not very weak in Lingyang, and the relationship with the Wang and Xie families is even better. If we can get
With the support of several of them, we will be more confident in dealing with Shangguan Wuji."
"The good ones will get more help, but the bad ones will get less help! As long as we win the support of more local families, with the strength of Lingyang's 30,000 city guards, even if Dachu attacks with all its strength, we can support it until the reinforcements arrive!"
"Without further delay, I'll leave this to you, sir!" Qin Yun saluted, "I'm going to the Shui family right away."
"Okay!" Xu Jingye said in a deep voice: "Be careful in everything. There are Shangguan family members everywhere in the city now."
After bidding farewell to Xu Jingye, Qin Yun quietly left the City Lord's Mansion and rushed to the Shui family's old residence.
