Standing on the edge of a cliff in the mountains, Lin Qi, dressed in a long white coat, stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the slowly setting sun in the distance.
Disciples of the Wanjian Sect can only wear their own clothes after completing their daily practice.
Lin Qi's two thick eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and he nodded lightly towards the sunset, silently reciting the numbers in his mouth:
"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight..."
When the number reached sixty, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Senior Brother Lin Qi!"
This originally touching voice was now mixed with a bit of gasping. Lin Qi slowly turned around and looked at the person calling him.
A girl wearing a yellow gauze skirt was running in the direction of Lynch in a hurry.
"You're late...by a minute."
Lin Qi's tone was extremely cold, and his eyes that had previously been on the girl turned away with a look of displeasure on his face.
"I'm sorry, Senior Brother Lin... Mr. Du Jia kept me for a while in order to explain the swordsmanship to me."
This girl in a yellow gauze skirt is suddenly the owner of the Silver Moon Sword and a practitioner of the water attribute - Zhou Yue!
And this slim girl looked at Lin Qi with a little apology and full of admiration.
Hearing Du Jia's name, Lin Qi showed disdain: "Du Jia? That low-level martial artist can only hold a position in the Taoist academy."
"When I enter the top ten in the academy examination this year, I can become an inner disciple."
After hearing this, Zhou Yue couldn't help but have a hint of worry on her reddish face: "Senior Brother Lin Qi...can you really enter the three main peaks this year?"
She knew that Lin Qi had failed twice in a row to be promoted to an inner disciple. If he failed again this year, his final outcome would be to become the same person as Du Jia.
"Huh?" A trace of anger suddenly appeared on Lin Qi's face. Zhou Yue's attitude sounded like an insult to him.
He opened his hand and slapped the girl on the face. Zhou Yue said "Ouch" and fell to the ground, covering her face with fear on her face.
The number one figure in Yuyang Taoist Temple spat on the ground, turned around and no longer looked at Zhou Yue, and said lightly:
"I brought you back from the mountain half a year ago and made you a disciple of the Wanjian Sect, which is a gift to you. Now it's time for you to repay the favor."
Zhou Yuesheng was afraid that Lin Qi would get angry again, so he quickly stood up and said in a cheerful tone: "Yueer is very grateful to my senior brother. I will do whatever my senior brother says."
"Ha, very good," Lin Qi smiled faintly, but there was a fierce look in his eyes, "Do you know someone like Su Xing?"
"Su Xing? Is this the Su Xing who defeated Baibaotang Zhang Zhi a few days ago?"
"Exactly. I heard that you are now the same batch of sword training disciples. I wonder what impression you have of him..."
Zhou Yue frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said, "There are many people who practice swordsmanship with me, but I don't remember his appearance."
"It doesn't matter." Lin Qi raised his head slightly, his dark eyes illuminated by the sunset, "The time for you disciples to try the sword for the first time is coming soon, and then you will know who he is.
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Recalling that day when Su Xing hit Zhang Zhi's fat body towards him, Lin Qi couldn't help but feel angry burning in his heart.
"I want you..."
Next, the two people who were close to each other whispered something in this sparsely populated forest.
Finally, Zhou Yue's eyes flashed with light and he nodded vigorously.
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Zhou Yue, who woke up from the state of trance, first felt the improvement of his own strength.
After feeling the newly added energy in her body, she stood up with a look of joy on her face.
But the next second, she was so frightened by the scene in front of her that she froze on the spot.
There was a three-foot-long snake that had lost its head, patches of red and white blood like blooming flowers, and Su Xing, who was holding a rusty sword, covered in blood, and passed out.
What exactly happened here while I was in samadhi?
Zhou Yue, who was deep in thought, suddenly let out a sigh, and the expression on her face immediately became very complicated.
She first tried to call Su Xing's name softly, but the boy didn't respond. She tried pushing the boy's shoulder again, but was still unmoved.
"this……"
Although she sensed that Su Xing was still breathing, all the signs in front of her showed that he had passed out.
By now, this girl, who was not much older than Su Xing, already knew what had just happened.
"Junior Brother Su, in order to protect me who was meditating and absorbing the beast core... actually got into such a deadly fight with this dragon snake."
"Even the water-swallowing beast can't hurt my junior brother at all. What kind of ferocious beast is this dragon snake that can hurt my junior brother like this?"
As she spoke, a deep feeling of guilt floated in Zhou Yue's heart, making her at a loss for a moment.
She slowly knelt down and looked at the unconscious boy with extremely complicated eyes.
She couldn't help but murmured in a low voice:
"Senior Brother Lin asked me to find a reason to bring you to this deserted Duanyang Forest...
Find an opportunity to destroy your cultivation."
"But..." Zhou Yue's eyes flashed with guilt in a low tone, "We have been together all the way. Junior brother, you are not a person who does many evil things. You have ignored your own safety to protect me who has absorbed the beast core..."
"What should I do..."
The conflicted Zhou Yue finally slumped down on the sand. The yellow robe on her body was stained with dirty mud, making her look a little messy. But she didn't care about it.
The distraught girl covered her face and hesitated for a long time. She thought about it and felt that both parties should not be offended.
Burying her head in her arms, Zhou Yue's voice sounded muffled:
"Senior Brother Lin Qi has been as kind to me as a mountain. Without him, I would have fallen into the hands of those bandits."
"I'm sorry...Junior Brother Su." At the end, Zhou Yue's tone of voice sounded like she was crying.
The moment she made up her mind, a picture appeared in her mind——
Su Xing, whose cultivation had been abolished, woke up from a coma and was surrounded by terrifying beasts. Facing the giant beasts that rushed towards him, he tried to mobilize his vitality to resist, but found that his Dantian had been destroyed.
.And the young man was reduced to a useless person, and finally died tragically at the mouth of a vicious beast.
She shook her head vigorously between her arms, wiped away her tears, and her three thousand blue hairs fluttered in the wind.
After destroying junior brother's cultivation, let's take him out of Duanyang Forest while he is unconscious.
This won't kill anyone.
Having an idea, Zhou Yue suddenly raised her head, but was frightened by the cold front in front of her.
A long sword covered with rust was placed straight in front of Zhou Yue's right eye, only a few inches away from her eyeball.
The person holding this nameless sword is Su Xing, who is standing tall and tall, looking down at Zhou Yue!
Two sharp cold rays shot out from the young man's eyes, which frightened the girl's body slightly.
Then, Zhou Yue, who felt the genuine murderous intention towards her, turned pale, kicked her feet on the ground, and backed away in horror.
However, she was moving, and so was Su Xing.
No matter how many feet Zhou Yue, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground, stepped back, the rusty sword in Su Xing's hand was always in front of Zhou Yue's eyes without giving in at all.
"Junior Brother Su..."
Finally, the girl felt a chill behind her and realized that she had pressed against the surface of a tree trunk, with no way out behind her.
The trembling words spat out from Zhou Yue's small cherry mouth in horror.
"Senior Sister Zhou...if I'm not wrong, you are eager to absorb the water-swallowing beast's core here because you want to wait until the power of your illusion technique is greatly enhanced, so you can use it against me, right?"
A voice as cold as ice came out of Su Xing's mouth, making Zhou Yue's body tremble more and more, and the look of fear on his face became deeper and deeper.
This is because what Su Xing said is absolutely correct.
When Zhou Yue saw how easily Su Xing killed the water-swallowing beast, he came up with the idea of absorbing the beast's core on the spot and defeating Su Xing.
Because she saw everything before her eyes, she knew that Su Xing, who had preserved his strength, could not be easily defeated by her.
Trembling body, frightened eyes, and pale complexion.
The tall figure of the young man reflected in Zhou Yue's eyes was like a cold and ruthless god, preparing to judge her.