87: Chapter 84: Quick Victory 87: Chapter 84: Quick Victory The two of them joined forces and destroyed the bodies in the cave as quickly as possible.
Chu Yunyun’s brow was furrowed the entire ti, her face full of confusion.
She could not understand why the wounds on these bodies contained the Vengeful Blade Intent from her childhood.
If it was said that Chu Xisheng survived by possession of a ghostly spirit, then what was the deal with this Sword Intent?
Could it be that she had another soul, who had recently possessed Chu Xisheng and killed enemies?
Chu Yunyun was baffled and finally gave up trying to understand.
After disposing of the bodies, she carried Lu Luan and quickly left the Fire Bone Cave with Chu Xisheng in tow.
Chu Yunyun, knowing the area well, took shortcuts, and they left the cave in less than three-quarters of an hour.
Chu Xisheng, anwhile, changed into clean clothes and followed behind like a wooden person, his gaze dull.
He was still urgently comprehending the various Martial Arts and Vengeful Blade Intent of the young Qin Muge.
This comprehension for almost half an hour was quite effective.
Chu Xisheng took a mont to look at his System Panel.
Previously, he needed 30 Martial Arts Points to enhance the Vengeful Blade Intent to the third level, but now he only needed 17 points.
Even the Light Cloud Jump had reduced from 20 points to 13 points.
Besides, Chu Xisheng’s Chasing Wind Saber and Nourishing Essence Skill also saw significant benefits.
In the Martial Arts section, there even appeared the term “Chasing Lightning Finger (unmastered)”
This ant that exchanging Qin Muge’s 11-year-old Character Card this ti was extrely profitable.
Chu Xisheng couldn’t help but open his Martial Arts Treasure Vault again.
To his surprise, Qin Muge’s Character Card was still in color, not greyed out like the talents he had exchanged before.
This ant that Qin Muge’s Character Card could be exchanged repeatedly with Martial Arts Points just like the Divine Power Pill.
However, when Chu Xisheng looked closer, he showed a look of disappointnt.
The information on the Character Card had changed; the words “Trial Version” had vanished without a trace, replaced by “Qin Muge’s 11-Year-Old Character Card (Official Version)”
— Can temporarily obtain all the combat capabilities of Qin Muge at age 11 for two minutes, requires 10 Martial Arts Points per exchange.
Chu Xisheng’s lips twitched, musing that the ti reduction was too drastic.
How could there be such a huge difference between the trial and official versions, a sixtyfold ti difference?
He had just considered exchanging for Qin Muge’s Character Cards multiple tis to study the Sword Skills.
This was certainly more cost-effective than directly using Martial Arts Points to enhance Martial Cultivation.
Chu Xisheng then let go of his disappointnt.
Indeed, he had guessed that such good fortune couldn’t happen twice.
If 10 Martial Arts Points could yield the combat capability of a Seventh Rank for an hour, wouldn’t he be invincible?
Even if the one-hour duration was reduced to two minutes, it was still a very good deal.
In certain critical situations, Qin Muge’s Character Card could save his life.
When the two exited the Fire Bone Cave, it was 16:00 in the afternoon.
The sun was already slanting westward, but the inside and outside of the Fire Bone Cave were still as hot as a furnace.
Chu Yunyun looked around and found the market town outside the cave eerily deserted, without a single person in sight.
Chu Yunyun, slightly raising her brows, found it very strange.
It was one thing for the governnt of Xiushui County to ignore the Fire Bone Cave; after all, the cave was beyond the law, “Why should I intervene when you don’t pay taxes?”
But why were the many Martial Arts Families and local magnates of Xiushui County also unresponsive, allowing White Cloud Village and the Blood Wind Thieves to plunder the town?
Chu Yunyun, holding Lu Luan, stopped in front of a large pharmacy with a wide facade.
“You stay here, I need to go in and prepare a few prescriptions and re-dress her wounds.
Miss Lu’s injuries are severe, with several through-and-through wounds and seven broken ribs.
If not properly treated, they might scar,” she said.
Although Chu Xisheng had bandaged Lu Luan’s wounds, his technique was extrely rough.
Moreover, the Tieshan Qin Family had several secret dicinal formulas that not only accelerated wound healing but also removed scars.
However, turning to look at Chu Xisheng, Chu Yunyun saw his face filled with a dazed expression, his hands continuously gesturing as if studying the sword technique of the Chasing Wind Saber, deep in contemplation of Martial Arts.
Chu Yunyun shook her head and walked inside.
“Be careful of the remnants of White Cloud Village and the Blood Wind Thieves.
If you encounter soone you can’t handle, just shout for .”
This fellow already had cultivated spiritual sense, and even in a sleep state, he could detect danger in advance, so there was no need to worry too much.
Chu Xisheng just stood blankly at the doorway waiting, continuing to perceive the sword intent, indulging in it.
But just as he was engrossed once again, he heard soone shouting nearby.
“Chu Xisheng!”
Chu Xisheng was taken aback for a mont and looked back following the voice.
He saw a young man in black standing not far away.
The youth, fifteen years of age, had a tall and thin figure, a face with distinct features sharp as though they were carved, and eyes slightly resembling those of a fox.
His eyebrows were tightly knitted, displaying his displeasure.
Chu Xisheng recognized the person, his eyebrows slightly raised, “Zhou Liangchen?
Weren’t you suddenly stricken with illness at the battlefront?
What are you doing here?”
This was the Ninth Grade Sword Demon who used the excuse of a sudden illness to cause him the loss of ten thousand demon silver and dozens of Martial Arts Points.
Zhou Liangchen’s eyes, however, held a tinge of anger.
He had called out to Chu Xisheng several tis earlier, but the latter seed utterly unhearing and ignored him.
Now he even mocked him with the sudden illness to ask him what he was here for?
Zhou Liangchen took a deep breath, suppressing the irritation in his chest, “The sudden illness was a complete fabrication, an arbitrary decision by my uncle.
Our duel for the Life and Death Arena, I haven’t conceded yet.”
He pressed one hand on his sword, his gaze cold, looking at the residual bloodstains on Chu Xisheng’s body, “It seems you’ve just experienced a fight, but I haven’t had an easier ti either.
I, Zhou, traveled back here from Linhai County to Ancient Market overnight, a journey of over a thousand li, and then rushed here from Ancient Market.
My exhaustion isn’t any less than yours.
Draw your sword, let’s decide the outco right here.”
Chu Xisheng couldn’t help but laugh upon hearing this, thinking to himself that this was truly a character as obsessed with martial arts as one could be.
But what was in it for him?
There was no silver to be gained or Martial Arts Points to collect.
If Zhou Liangchen had challenged him in front of a crowd, he would certainly accept.
But now, the entire Fire Bone Cave Town didn’t have even a single soul in sight.
He shook his head, “No fight, I battle in the arena for money.
Mr.
Zhou, if you truly wish to spar with , you’re welco to arrange a duel with at the South Street Temple Market where we can fight in the arena.”
Zhou Liangchen heard this and got even more irritated.
He knew with his uncle Du Yunlai’s influence in the South Street Temple Market, he could never achieve his wish.
Du Yunlai wouldn’t even need to do anything, just reveal his true identity as the legitimate descendant of the Coastal Zhou Family, and no one would dare face him in the Life and Death Arena.
The Life and Death Arena may claim ‘no consequences in life or death,’ but who would truly believe the Coastal Zhou Family wouldn’t seek vengeance?
Zhou Liangchen contemplated briefly, then his expression shifted slightly, “I can’t fight in the Life and Death Arena again, but I can offer this as a prize.”
He raised his hand and tossed a jade pendant between them.
“If you win, you can take this item.”
Chu Xisheng looked down at the jade pendant, his eyes showing a flash of interest, this changed things with a prize involved.
“This is an Eighth Rank Thunder Magic Artifact, are you sure you want to compare?”
A normal Eighth Rank magic artifact might be worth a thousand demon silver, but an Eighth Rank Thunder artifact was very rare.
Seeing Zhou Liangchen silently morose, he couldn’t help but chuckle inaudibly, pulling out a copper coin from his sleeve and flicking it into the air.
The copper coin tumbled upwards, and after reaching the peak, three zhang high, it began to fall.
Zhou Liangchen, his hand pressed on his sword, had sparks flying in his eyes.
And just when the copper coin hit the ground with a ‘pu’ sound, Zhou Liangchen suddenly drew his sword.
But at that mont, a ‘clang’ sound emanated from Chu Xisheng’s scabbard.
Zhou Liangchen hadn’t reacted yet when a sharp blade light was already pointing at his throat.
Zhou Liangchen’s pupils dilated in fury, simply because his sword had only drawn less than half an inch!
Chu Xisheng’s lips curved slightly, his expression joyful, “Then I’ll gladly accept this jade pendant.”
The cave battle earlier had also garnered him quite a few items, yet none as openly usable or rightfully gained as Zhou Liangchen’s jade pendant.
Even so, this battle was sowhat of a bullying act on his part.
The effect of Qin Muge’s character card hadn’t worn off yet.
Zhou Liangchen was montarily dejected and devastated, was the gap between him and Chu Xisheng really that vast?
In front of this man, he could hardly even draw his sword.
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