Before, Lu Lianqi could not contract the Flame-eating Sword, so all Qingfeng had to do was wait for the next child. But now Lu Wuxiu has appeared. Being able to obtain the Flame-eating Sword before the head selects the next successor is of course the result Qingfeng wants most.
"Heh!" Lu Wuxiu suddenly laughed out loud. His messy hair and dirty face lost a lot of the gloomy air because of this smile, and he became a little more lively.
"What on earth do you want to do..."
Before Qingfeng could finish his words, his face froze. He lowered his head and a sharp sword pierced his chest. When he opened his mouth, a mouthful of thick blood flowed out.
Qingfeng turned around with difficulty. Behind him was the old man who was drinking wine. The old man held the hilt of his sword tightly with both hands, and the sharp sword pierced Qingfeng's chest.
Qingfeng suddenly struck back with his palm, and the old man's whole body was knocked away, taking away the sword on Qingfeng's chest.
Qingfeng spat out another mouthful of blood. He immediately took out a pill from his storage bag and swallowed it. When his face looked better, he immediately stepped aside. After this lesson, he didn't dare to expose his back in front of Lu Wuxiu.
"You betrayed me!" Qingfeng's face was distorted extremely ugly, and it was unclear whether it was because of the pain or because he couldn't accept the fact that he was betrayed.
"With the Flame-Eating Sword, I'm no worse than you!" The old man explained his actions in one sentence.
The drunk old man stood up, took out a pill from his arms and swallowed it, and his complexion immediately recovered. Judging from the speed of recovery, it was obvious that the serious injury he had just shown was an act.
"Just because you've been stuck in the middle stage of foundation building for hundreds of years, you think you're worthy enough to fight with me?" Qingfeng was extremely disdainful, even puzzled: "Who gave you the courage?"
"Haha, Elder, have you forgotten that you yourself have been stuck in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment for your entire life?" The old man, obviously, didn't care much about Qingfeng's ridicule, because he could just as well taunt back, "You reached the peak of Foundation Establishment before the age of a hundred. At that time, everyone who saw you would call you a genius. But since then, you haven't made any progress at all. I imagine it must have been very tormenting, hahahahaha..."
Killing people and destroying their hearts is indeed the inner demon that has trapped Qingfeng for his entire life.
"If I remember correctly, your lifespan... is almost over, right?" Seeing Qingfeng's confusion due to his words, the old man took advantage of the situation and pressed on: "If you don't break through, you won't have ten years left. I think this is what you care about most. Otherwise, why would you pin your hopes on an ancient magic sword like Xiyan?"
"That's a very high-sounding statement. Junior Brother, aren't you also pinning your hopes on this demonic sword?" Qingfeng tried his best to calm himself. Then, looking at the few remaining black-robed men in the cave, he shouted, "Help me kill him. I'll reward you handsomely when we get out!"
The remaining few black-robed men were stunned when they saw the two bosses suddenly fighting. They looked around, not daring to act rashly. Intellectually, they knew Qingfeng was the boss, but they didn't communicate much with Qingfeng. Any matters were handed down by the old man. In fact, they were more familiar with the old man, so emotionally, they trusted him more.
But these are not the key points. The key point now is who has a better chance of winning between Elder Qingfeng and Old Man Jiu. The right or wrong of the team will determine their life or death in the future.
Just when several men in black robes were still hesitating, footsteps were heard from the narrow secret passage on the side. It was another Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator who brought Lu Lianqi back.
"Dad, Mom!" Lu Lianqi's face was pale. When he saw his parents, he fluttered his legs and tried to run over, but was quickly grabbed by the back of his neck by the black-robed man in the Foundation Establishment Stage behind him.
"Li An, you're back." The drunken old man smiled at the man who had just returned. After explaining the situation in a few words, he asked directly, "This is the situation. What are you going to do next?"
Li An was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, but he soon figured it out. After listening to the old man's question, he really started to think about it seriously.
Compared to Qingfeng and Old Man Jiu, Li An looks much younger. The four people present who have established their foundation have higher cultivation levels than him. It can be easily seen that Li An has only recently entered the foundation-building stage and is only in the initial stage of foundation-building.
Li An quickly made up his mind. He took out a dagger and put it against Lu Lianqi's neck. He looked around at the people in the cave and said with a smile, "I choose to stand on my own team!"
The worst situation has occurred. Since Lu Wuxiu appeared, the two factions in the cave were divided. Because of the betrayal of the old man Jiu, it became a three-way confrontation. Now, because of Li Ang's choice, it has become a four-way confrontation.
"Even you want to betray me!" Unlike the old drunkard, Li An grew up with Qingfeng. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are master and disciple. The only difference is the apprenticeship gift. Qingfeng never thought that Li An would betray him without hesitation!
"Alas, there's nothing I can do." Li An sighed deeply, then continued, "I'm not even a hundred years old yet. I have to make plans early. I can't follow in the footsteps of my two predecessors, right?"
The situation inside the cave became complicated, but this discovery was good news for Lu Wuxiu.
Next, Li An used Lu Lianqi to pull Lu Shengyang and Lian Ji behind him, and then continued to retreat towards the narrow passage from which he had just come.
After the three of them entered the narrow passage, Li An stayed behind to cover their retreat. Before he entered, he shouted to Lu Wuxiu, "You haven't run away yet, you probably still care about your family. If you don't want them to die, just follow us."
The final result was that not only did Lu Wuxiu catch up, but Qingfeng and Jiu Laotou also did not fight. For the sake of the Flame-eating Sword, the two of them temporarily saved some strength and caught up.
The path was long and narrow. I walked straight for the time of an incense stick at first, and then reached a chamber wide enough to accommodate four people side by side. The road then turned sharply downwards, becoming steep and slippery. I had to walk carefully for another incense stick before I could reach the end.
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