Chapter 27: Taking the Blood Sword on a Moony Night
Late at night, the moonlight is dim and the west wind whispers.
On the deserted hill, there were still two people standing.
The two men, one armed with a sword and the other with a sword, looked at each other and stood silently.
That sword is a Japanese sword, which is a relatively low-grade Japanese sword and is mostly used by wandering samurai.
At that time, there were often Japanese pirates or pirates from Japan in the Weihaiwei area, so both the officers and soldiers and the common people were very familiar with this kind of knife.
Relatively speaking, relatively high-quality Japanese swords or samurai swords were extremely rare in the Great Osamu Kingdom at that time, because such swords were generally only owned by famous nobles in Japan, and those rich and famous samurai did not have them.
The reason why he came all the way to Dazao to be a robber.
That sword is a long sword, nearly twice as long as an ordinary sword.
A person who travels around the world with this kind of sword is undoubtedly a person of great renown.
"Qing Tian Sword" Fang Jinghai - just looking at his nickname and name, he seems a bit powerful, right?
But it's not...
This Brother Fang can neither hold up the sky nor shake the sea. His swordsmanship can only be said to be average, barely above the second-rate level.
However, due to his unique weapons, he may be more difficult to deal with than those swordsmen of the same level as him.
But his opponent is different.
That "Japanese swordsman", according to the standards of the Central Plains martial arts, is at least a near-first-class master, and he is also superior in terms of weapons.
Some people may be wondering, isn't it said that he is using a low-grade samurai sword? How can he still have an advantage against this person's unique long sword?
Ladies and gentlemen, when I say "low-grade", it is a vertical comparison... If compared horizontally with other weapons, the performance of Japanese swords is much better than those common swords in the Central Plains martial arts. Of course, the cost is also much higher - leaving aside the poor craftsmanship.
Let’s just say that the material resources required to make a Japanese sword are enough to make several ordinary swords; in addition, the samurai sword also has high follow-up maintenance costs. The more sophisticated ones need to be oiled regularly, rather than stained with water.
Just grind it a few times and it'll be fine.
In addition to being used as collectibles, this kind of weapon was almost exclusively created for single combat or small-scale infantry combat in actual combat (it is basically useless in horse battles and is not as good as the most common long-handled weapon). Even though it is low-grade
The Japanese sword's lightness, toughness, and sharpness are unmatched by ordinary weapons in the Central Plains... When the two compete, the usual result is that the latter "is not quick at long armies, cannot catch up with short armies, and has two bodies cut off."
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As for Fang Jinghai's sword, it is longer than ordinary swords, but its toughness is not as good as spears and clubs... Once it hits a Japanese sword, it will definitely be broken in five blows.
Of course...he doesn't know this.
If Fang Jinghai had some idea of the strength or weapon gap of the opponent in front of him, maybe he wouldn't come tonight.
He only came because he thought he would win.
Then you have to ask him if there is any reason why he must come? Yes, and no...
He said no because he had no enmity with his opponent and was a stranger to him.
To say that there is, it is still the same saying: "When people are in the world, they can't help themselves".
As a swordsman, when someone challenges you to compete with you, you cannot refuse casually.
Unless the other party's reputation or martial arts are very different from yours, your rejection can be regarded as a kind of withdrawal, and in the arena, sometimes a simple withdrawal may prevent you from being able to gain a foothold.
"Are you Terashima Yauhei?" After a moment of confrontation, Fang Jinghai broke the silence first.
His tone was somewhat arrogant, and it was obvious that he still felt that he was stronger than his opponent at this time.
"Exactly." Terashima is an authentic Japanese, but he has been dealing with people from Central Plains for a long time, so even though his accent is thick, he can speak Central Plains quite well.
"I heard... in the past two months, you have killed fifteen swordsmen from our Central Plains martial arts community and also taken away their swords?" Fang Jinghai asked again.
"Not bad." Terashima replied.
"Can I ask why this is?" Fang Jinghai said.
"Entrusted by others," Terashima replied.
"Oh?" Fang Jinghai said, "Then can I ask who you are entrusted by?"
"No," Terashima said, "Besides, there is no need for me to say so much to a person who is about to die."
Fang Jinghai was not as witty as Lin Yuancheng. After hearing this sentence, he not only did not continue the rhetoric, but because he was irritated, he snorted back and said: "Humph... I'm afraid it's you who will die soon, and
The dead can no longer speak."
Hearing this, Terashima's expression did not change at all. After all... he had heard similar words at least ten times.
After a breath, Terashima continued calmly: "Today you and I have a fair duel. Life and death are determined by destiny. The winner can get the weapon of the dead... If you have no objection, please feel free to take action."
"Okay!" Fang Jinghai responded, then took up his stance and prepared to attack.
Almost at the same second, Terashima also pulled out the Japanese sword from his waist, held it in front of him, and concentrated on it.
Whoops!
When the killing atmosphere was at its peak, a clanging sound could be heard.
The Qingtian Sword opens and closes widely, using its length to control its shortness. Although the sword's cutting edge is slow, it has a wide range and is powerful and heavy. It can cause damage outside the "interval" of the opponent's weapon. If the opponent only defends, he will
Therefore, the weak resists the strong, and the more they fight, the more passive they become. If the opponent wants to counterattack, he must take two more steps... The distance difference between these two steps is enough to make up for Fang Jinghai's lack of speed.
However, Terashima did not take these two steps. He chose to stand on the same spot, attacking with attack, chopping with the blade, and defeating the upper one with the lower one.
The Japanese sword rose, the long sword fell, the blade flashed, and the sword broke in two.
Fang Jinghai has also been in the martial arts world for more than ten years and has considerable practical experience. Therefore, after the sword was broken, he was only briefly shocked. Then he calmed down, took advantage of the situation, changed his moves, and turned around.
, use the edge of the broken sword to make another horizontal slash.
Unexpectedly, Na Si Dao lowered his head, ducked forward, ducked into the gap under Fang Jinghai's arm, and slashed upward with his backhand.
At that moment, a broken arm, holding a broken sword, rose into the air...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fang Jinghai screamed and blood spattered five steps.
He instinctively wanted to retreat, but Terashima's third knife had already caught up with him, but when the blade passed by, Fang Jinghai was slashed from his ribs to his neck.
The instant blood loss caused by this knife was enough to make Fang Jinghai lose consciousness and fall down.
Terashima, who was standing in front of him, seemed to be in a blood bath, his whole body was dyed red. Of course...he was already used to this.
After a while, Terashima silently took out a white towel from his arms while looking down at the cold body in front of him.
He did not use the white towel to wipe his face, but carefully began to wipe the blood from the knife... His movements were so gentle, as if he were caressing the skin of the woman he loved.
After wiping it and putting the sword into its sheath, he walked over and picked up Fang Jinghai's broken sword.
For some unknown reason, Terashima actually plunged the broken sword into the heart of the dead Fang Jinghai, soaking the sword with the blood of its former owner before pulling it out and preparing to take it away.
And when Terashima turned around, someone had already arrived in front of him quietly.
This person is tall and burly, with a fierce look on his face. He has also appeared in the previous document...
Seeing this, you must have guessed that he is the bandit leader "Kang Haijiao" who was entrenched in the "Dragon King Cave" at the beginning.
When we talked about him last time, this guy was blinded by Sun Yixie with lime powder, and then Brother Sun used the "buried ground to the sky" move in Dragon Dog Boxing to throw him into a steep slope.
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In the Dragon King's Cave, the roads were rugged and rugged, with great height differences. The place where Kanghai Jiao fell happened to be a long steep slope that led directly to the underground river. He rolled down from there, not only breaking more than a dozen bones in his body, but also his skin.
A lot of flesh and blood was cut off by the sharp rocks protruding from the slope.
But he... miraculously survived.
Even though he was covered with bruises after the fall, because Kang Haijiao kept curling up and holding his head, his head was not seriously injured.
As for his eyes being blurred by lime powder, it was no big deal in the already dark underground river. He couldn't see anything even when he opened his eyes.
So, he lay in the underground river for a day and a night. On the second day, he was really thirsty, so he endured the pain, felt in the dark, and crawled to the river to drink some water. Fortunately, he didn't
With so much water pollution, this groundwater is almost the same as well water, and the water quality may even be better, so it won't be a big deal if he drinks it.
Of course, to say the least... Even if the water is dirty, he will still drink it - he can't see it anyway, so out of sight is out of mind.
Since Kang Haijiao had multiple fractures all over his body, and the slope he rolled down was very steep, it was basically impossible to climb up from the original path, so he could only prepare for "long-term survival."
There wasn't much to eat in the underground rivers. Although there were fish occasionally in the water, he definitely couldn't catch them at first; let alone catching them in this dark environment, he just caught them from the stream with bare hands in broad daylight.
Fishing is also difficult.
Therefore, in the first month, Kang Haijiao basically kept eating rats, scorpions, and various types of bugs and mushrooms that he didn't know what kind they were, and they were all washed in water and eaten raw...
If you ask why he didn't die from poisoning or acute gastroenteritis infection, I don't know.
Maybe something he ate happened to be a rare "natural treasure", or maybe he was born with a strange physique and his immune and digestive systems were extremely developed. In short... not only did he not die, his health was getting better day by day.
When he got up, the wounds on his body did not do any special treatment except washing them with water, and they all healed up.
As for the lime powder on his face, he had already rubbed it away with mucus "extracted" from animals and plants, but in the dark, even if his eyes were opened, it would not do much.
To make a long story short, after this month, Kang Haijiao's other senses besides his vision have become sharper. His hearing, smell, and touch... have all become extremely developed without even realizing it. He was originally a water thief and relied on water to survive.
Soon after his senses were strengthened, he mastered how to catch fish with bare hands in the underground river, which also improved his diet.
Halfway through the second month, the bones in his body had basically grown, and he felt it was time to escape from the underground river.
The slope where he fell was too long and steep, and it was too difficult to get up without tools. Kang Haijiao didn't have any light skills and couldn't "swim up the wall", so he decided to go downstream along the river. If he was lucky, he should be able to
Find an exit that leads to a well or mountain stream.
However, if you are unlucky... it's really hard to say. Some underground rivers can stretch for tens of kilometers, and there are many branches in them. You may walk along a tributary for several days before you find that the road ahead suddenly becomes very complicated.
It's too narrow to get through.
Kang Haijiao walked along a road for more than ten days before encountering this "bad luck" situation.
As he was walking that day, he suddenly found a stone wall blocking his way in the darkness. There was only a very narrow gap under the stone wall through which water could flow out.
Kang Haijiao felt unhappy when he "hit the wall". Before turning around and turning back, he clenched his fist reluctantly and knocked on the stone wall. Unexpectedly, he hit some mechanism with this blow... The thick stone wall turned out to be like
It's like a revolving door.
When the dazzling sunlight outside the stone wall shone into the dark river, Kang Haijiao, who had not seen light for almost two months, almost went blind. Fortunately, the stone wall quickly resealed the river after turning over, covering the river.
The sunshine made Kang Haijiao, who was kneeling and covering his face, relax for a moment.
Later, when he "flipped" out of the stone wall, re-adapted, and regained his eyesight, he discovered that he had accidentally arrived at a cave in the middle of the cliff.
This cave has obviously been artificially modified. On the flipping stone wall, one side is an ordinary stone, and the other side is engraved with martial arts techniques.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! I think the person who lived in seclusion here must be a very cautious person. He has already practiced martial arts in a place like this. Don't forget to add an extra layer of insurance; if Kang Haijiao doesn't come from
If you enter the cave from the river side, but enter from the cliff side, you may not be able to discover the secret behind the stone wall.
No matter what... at that moment, Kang Haijiao, who was a blessing in disguise, couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile, shouting "The sky has eyes".
Not only did he escape death, but he also had this kind of adventure.
Such an experience naturally greatly expanded his ambition and ambition. He could no longer be content with being an ordinary thief. He also wanted to make a name for himself in the martial arts world.
Of course... before that, he still had to practice the kung fu in front of him first.
So what kind of martial arts are carved on this stone wall?
Superior Qinggong - "Climbing the Sky Crossing".
In fact, you should have guessed a thing or two from the location of this cave. This place... people without a certain level of Qinggong cultivation will not be able to get in unless they use a rope ladder.
Just like Kang Haijiao at this time, although he discovered the hole, he still could not return to the outside world; because for him, the entrance to the hole in front was halfway up the cliff, and he would fall to death if he stepped out, and the entrance to the hole in the back was
The stone wall leads to the underground river. Going in means going back the same way... there is no way out anyway.
So, he practiced in that cave for several months. As for food, he still had to go to the underground river to find it.
A few months later... Like the "red plum bird" in the previous document, this Kanghai Jiao also wanted to "destroy the cave and eliminate the traces" before leaving the place of adventure; at that time, he had already memorized the "Climbing the Sky Crossing"
He was determined and practiced to a certain extent, so he destroyed the stone wall, swam up the cliff and ran away.
You want to ask how this person who only learned the superior Qing Kung Fu destroyed the stone wall... Then I can remind you that we mentioned this guy when he first appeared on the scene. He is "born with extraordinary brute force".
A master big enough to pick up the mast of a ship and drive it into the mud.
In addition, when he was twenty years old, he had been in the Cao Gang for several years, and he had learned some boxing and kicking skills. He already had a basic foundation, so destroying a stone wall was really not a problem for him, but it was only for experts.
He said that it could be done with three punches and two palms, but he would have to put in more effort.
The first thing Kang Haijiao did when he saw the light of day was naturally robbery, which needless to say in detail. After he finished his first act, he immediately thought of returning to Chenjia Village in Ant Mountain to "settle accounts" with the villagers.
Because in his opinion, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai, who came to carry out his "business" in the first place, must have been hired by the villagers.
However, he is also rough and subtle, and he will not rush directly into the village to arrest people for questioning; last time, he was just a little impulsive and almost died in the hands of Sun Yixie -
You have to learn a lesson after making a mistake, otherwise you are stupid.
So Kang Haijiao pretended to be a traveler and entered the village as usual. He drank in the village tavern and chatted with other guests and the waiter.
Originally, this group of villagers had never seen this "Dragon King" from beginning to end, so it was impossible for them to know that the man in front of them was the leader of the thieves who had harmed them in the first place; and as for the tone of this group of villagers... it was really loose.
Because this period of time happened to be when the reputation of "Eastern Harmony and Western Poison" was rising. These villagers in Chenjia Village had been helped by Sun and Huang, or had been in contact with each other. Naturally, they had to use them as talking points.
Even if Kang Haijiao didn't ask, they might take the initiative to tell him.
And when Kang Haijiao heard this, he realized that it was not the villagers who invited the people here, but those two guys were just passing by and minding other people's business.
When he heard it again, it turned out that in the past few months when he had experienced adventures, Sun and Huang first defeated Shen Youran in Luoyang, and then helped Jin Yiwei eliminate the shadow remnants in Wuchang. During this period, there were many other people, big and small. , whether true or false, the anecdotes that are added to the story by the common people are more terrifying than the last.
After listening to this, Kang Haijiao thought about it... I won't take revenge for this, right? I can't afford to offend this kind of poison... It's okay to sprinkle lime powder, but I have never heard of such a thing as sinking someone into a manure pit. , as the saying goes, killing can only be done with a nod of the head, but these two methods are simply not something human beings can do.
Thinking like this, he really gave up on revenge and started to wander around the world.
So far, this Kanghai Jiao has successfully clung to a "big tree" and has become the subordinate of a certain big shot in the world.
Of course, it would be difficult for someone like him from the "lower five sects" to get into the upper echelons of society. He could only do the same thing as Terashima Yasuhei, who was born as a Japanese pirate...do some unspeakable "dirty work" for the boss, and not be exposed to the outside world. He also cannot tell who his master is and what he wants to do.
"Jiao-kun, I must have told you many times, don't appear behind me silently like this." Terashima turned around, paused for two seconds, and then handed the bloody broken sword to the other party. .
"Hmph...I came here just like a normal person, so you can't hear me, so can you blame me?" Kang Haijiao replied with some pride, "Do you want me to tie two bells on my feet?" In the meantime, he had taken the sword from the opponent's hand and put it into a long and narrow wooden box that had been prepared.
"Then next time if I instinctively stab you because I see someone suddenly appearing behind me, don't blame me for not warning you." Terashima continued.
"Are you scaring me? Hehe... you can try..." Kang Haijiao sneered. It seemed that the relationship between him and Terashima was not good, they just had to do things together.
"I will remember your words." Terashima replied.
"It's up to you." Kang Haijiao said, "Anyway, this is already the sixteenth round. There are still four rounds left before we can deal with the 'master'. After this task is completed, you and I may not continue to cooperate."
"Speaking of this... I hope you can help me find a more powerful swordsman next time." Terashima said, "For opponents like today, the 'purity' of their swords is too low. Hand over something like this." , I don’t think the master will be too satisfied.”
"Ha!" Kang Haijiao laughed dryly with a hint of disdain, "You've killed a few second-rate and third-rate guys, and you're still crazy? How much of a master do you really think you are? I'm going to invite that brilliant swordsman over. Aren’t you the one who is afraid of death?”
Hearing this, Terajima's expression suddenly turned cold: "I can't pretend that I didn't hear what you said... How about you and I compete now?"
"No need, I don't want to risk my life with you." Kang Haijiao rejected the other party without thinking, "You want to act like a big-tailed wolf, right? OK, I'll find someone powerful next time, but what if you make a mistake? , don’t blame me..."
"Hmph..." Terajima also sneered, "If I make a mistake, it won't make any difference to you, right? Just give my beloved sword and blood to the master."