431: Chapter 89 Hunting Together_1 431: Chapter 89 Hunting Together_1 “Agh!”
Qing Qishu threw his shield aside and, clutching his knees, leaped up.
Compared to Qing Qishu, Qing Jiuye was much thinner, but also clearly much more composed.
Upon hearing Jiang Wang’s voice, his first reaction was to step back a few paces, turn sideways, and aim his arrow at Jiang Wang.
“Who are you?”
Without waiting for Jiang Wang to answer, he then said to Qing Qishu, “Do you know him?
Where did you find this helper?
How dare you involve an outsider in clan strife?”
By the end, his voice had beco very stern.
“Hiss, hiss!” Qing Qishu was in terrible pain, constantly gasping for air, and replied, “I don’t know him!”
Not knowing and you still look down on ?
Jiang Wang silently rolled his eyes.
He could confirm that these two were not any of the cultivators participating in the Secret Realm of the Seven Star Tower this ti.
So, were they people who lived in this world illuminated by the Yuheng Star, or were they the descendants of cultivators lost in the Secret Realm of the Seven Star Tower in previous years?
Both of them were surnad Qing and ntioned clan strife; their pronunciation was also very strange…
Anyway, both of them must be from the sa clan, and considering they fought without showing rcy, it was clear that this strife was not a simple spar.
While quickly weighing his options in his mind, Jiang Wang’s feet kept shifting subtly to free himself from the arrow’s lock.
But Qing Jiuye firmly kept his bow aid at him, “Please leave at once!”
Jiang Wang retorted, hands on Longsword, “Where do you think I should go?”
He just thought this person was being ridiculously neurotic.
I struggled so hard to get here, and you just tell to leave with one sentence?
“Go back the way you ca.
Do not make warn you a second ti.”
Thinking of the Dry Branch Snake Group he had just escaped from, Jiang Wang felt a chill, “The place I ca from is very dangerous.”
Qing Jiuye raised his bow slightly, the hostility was evident, “Where did you co from?”
This ti, Jiang Wang did not reply imdiately but pretended to look at Qing Qishu in surprise, “Why aren’t you running?”
Although he did not believe that he was not a match for Qing Jiuye, given that the two of them were clearly hostile to each other, fighting a battle of life and death, there was no reason not to form an alliance.
If a fight really broke out, having more fighters was the best tactic.
But…
“You’d better answer Jiuye’s question honestly!” Qing Qishu warned seriously.
However, that seriousness only lasted a mont before he continued to wince in pain.
Jiang Wang was shocked.
He’s shattered your kneecaps, and it looks so painful, yet you still stand by him?
What kind of relationship do you two have?
A bond forged through pain?
He felt like stabbing this Qing Qishu to see if the more he hurt him, the more compliant he would beco.
But Qing Jiuye’s bowstring was fully drawn, and it was clear that without an answer, he would face his attack.
Moreover, given the situation, it was very likely he would face being ganged up on by both of them.
There’s a saying, when abroad, harmony is precious…
Bah!
The main reason Jiang Wang did not want to clash with them was that there was clearly a clan behind these two, and evidently, this clan was the reigning power in this world under the Yuheng Star.
Killing two could well provoke a swarm, so better avoid a conflict if one can.
Therefore, Jiang Wang smiled politely and cooperatively pointed in the direction from whence he ca, “I ca from over there.”
Qing Jiuye furrowed his brow, his eyebrows adorned with two vibrant leaves that quivered with his frown, making him look quite comical.
It was unclear what style of makeup that was.
“The territory of the Hidden Snake?”
He asked doubtfully, but in the next instant, realizing what that implied, he beca furious, “You dare deceive with such lies!”
He loosened his hold and the arrow flew.
Whoosh!
The short bowstring vibrated, a piercing sound followed.
Previously, when the arrows were shot, Jiang Wang’s focus was on the person.
It wasn’t until that mont that he paid attention to the arrow.
This was a wooden arrow, a pure wooden arrow, made entirely of wood, even the arrowhead was not tal.
It could even be said to be a sharpened tree branch.
Yet it was sharp, fast, and stable with a simple and ancient ferocity.
It was already upon him!
Sword light flared, enveloping the area three feet in front of him.
Jiang Wang imdiately ford a circle with his sword.
It was not that he didn’t want to directly cut the arrow shaft in two, nor that he couldn’t track the arrow’s trajectory.
But at the mont he drew his sword, an inner alertness made him choose to defend fully with a circular sword motion.
He wouldn’t forget, just monts ago, Qing Qishu had attempted to block with his impressive-looking greenwood shield, which should have caught the arrow by following its trajectory; yet the arrow had bypassed the greenwood shield and directly pierced Qing Qishu’s kneecap.
In this strange world’s archery, he refused to be careless.
Clang~
The wooden arrow struck the barrier of the sword circle, ringing like tal upon tal.
The sword light dissipated, the wooden arrow fell to the ground.
Jiang Wang had guessed right; the falling point of this arrow did not coincide with its initial trajectory.
Although he did not understand how this was done, the watertight all-around defense seed to be an effective way to counter this type of archery.
A look of shock crossed Qing Jiuye’s face, obviously not expecting Jiang Wang to block the arrow.
“Ah lei!” Qing Qishu exclaid, “So powerful!”
Was this man an idiot?
Whose side was he on?
Jiang Wang found he couldn’t see through this oddly powerful guy.
Holding Longsword tightly, he stared at the sowhat more normal Qing Jiuye and said, “I don’t know what this ‘Hidden Snake’ place you ntion is, but I did indeed co from that direction.
I haven’t lied to you!
If you attack again, I won’t hold back!”
Qing Jiuye fell silent.
Whether he had been deceived wasn’t that important.
What mattered was that his arrows had been blocked…
If all the arrows were blocked, so what if he had been deceived?
Qing Jiuye wasn’t an idiot; having triumphed in the hunt with difficulty, would he be eager to throw his life away?
“Ah lei.” This ti, Qing Qishu said, “Being able to block Jiuye’s arrow, maybe crossing the Hidden Snake land isn’t impossible after all, considering even I was caught off guard and couldn’t defend against it.”
He turned to Qing Jiuye and said, “Jiuye, maybe he’s not lying!”
This kind of self-assuredness, so confident in its logic…
where did it co from?
Qing Jiuye was too embarrassed to speak.
How could his archery possibly be more dangerous than crossing the land of the Hidden Snake?
Jiang Wang, trying to ease the tension, volunteered, “If by ‘Hidden Snake’ you an the place where the Dry Branch Snake Group hides, then I did indeed co from that spot.
There were many snakes resembling dry branches, very hard to detect, and I barely escaped.”
Qing Jiuye and Qing Qishu exchanged glances before saying, “Then that is the Hidden Snake…
They are the most deceitful assassins here.”
So the Dry Branch Snakes were actually called “Hidden Snakes,” a na well-deserved.
When Hidden Snakes concealed themselves, they were nearly impossible to spot.
“So, can we put down the bow now?” Jiang Wang sheathed his Longsword first, showing his sincerity, “I hold no hostility towards you.”
Qing Jiuye shook his head, “No, the hunt is not over yet.”
However, he did not continue to focus on Jiang Wang; instead, he took out another wooden arrow, turned around, and aid his bow at Qing Qishu.
Jiang Wang fell silent for a mont.
This man was unexpectedly traditional.
And what about just now, weren’t they going to join forces against ?
This Qing clan, they really are incomprehensible…
“Ah lei!” Qing Qishu started to clamor, “That doesn’t count, this outsider distracted , otherwise with your lousy archery, could you hit ?
Let’s do it over, we can redo it after my injury heals!”
“That’s your problem,” Qing Jiuye ticulously placed the arrow on the string.
“Wait!”
Although Jiang Wang was utterly confused, he still bravely said, “I would like to ask, what is this ‘hunt’ about?”
Qing Jiuye was silent for a while, perhaps wary of Jiang Wang’s martial prowess, and then replied, “We have a fair duel, I take his head, or he takes mine.”
Clearly, this “hunt” was a tradition of the Qing clan.
As the saying goes, when in Ro, do as the Romans do…
“Can we not take heads?” a voice piped up.
Qing Jiuye was furious.
How dare an outsider challenge the iron rules of the Holy Tribe that had been upheld for hundreds of years?
Too arrogant and presumptuous!
But he soon realized that the one who asked the question was not the sword-wielding foreigner.
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