Chapter 247 Sword and Knife, Ning Xingyi and Feng!
"Senior Ning." Yu Cang gently pulled his hand out from Ning Xingyi's palm. "Nice to meet you."
It’s so unbearable.
Even though the two men's auras did not show any hostility towards him, it made his heart beat abnormally faster.
It would be fine if he could just explode at some point, but the key point is that now it is about to enter a tug-of-war, so he'd better hurry up.
Feeling the fighting spirit gradually waning, Ning Xingyi was a little disappointed, but still said with a smile: "Yu Cang... I will rely on my seniority and call you Xiao Cang. After things here are over, how about staying in my yard for a night?"
Behind them, Qiu Zhong and Zuo Yuhe looked at each other in surprise.
It seems that Mr. Ning really likes Yu Cang, his junior.
Mr. Ning had no wife or children. After he retired, he refused all visits. Even if the association wanted to find Mr. Ning, they would send a specific person.
For example, the middle-aged man who came to see Mr. Ning before was the son of Mr. Ning’s former comrade-in-arms. Only with this kind of relationship could he enter Ning Xingyi’s small courtyard.
Now... is there going to be one more person on the list of people who can enter Mr. Ning’s courtyard?
"Okay, I will definitely visit." Yu Cang agreed.
If conditions permit, he also wants to let Feng have a good fight... However, Feng is a soul from outside the chaos. Although he is strong enough to come to the human world, he cannot exert his full strength after all. Even if he meets Ning Xingyi, he probably won't be able to do it this time.
Thinking of this, he had an idea and started an entry extraction on Ning Xingyi.
A whole week's countdown!
Yu Cang was silent for a moment.
It seems a bit difficult to get close to Ning Xingyi for a week.
He didn't even have the chance to stay close to Ren Zheng for a whole week... The old man is usually very busy.
However... there is nothing that needs to be extracted urgently at the moment, so just extract this for the time being, and cancel it when you leave Shendu.
He is not obsessed with mythical entries now. After all, the probability of obtaining legendary entries is so low. Even if a mythical entry is extracted, it is likely that it cannot be used.
Besides, he didn't have any need for mythology at the moment, so he wasn't in a hurry and would just improve his strength step by step first.
"Yu Cang!" Yun Yan came over from the side. "What is inside this relic? Have you cracked it yet?"
"Hmm... sort of." Yu Cang nodded. "In the ruins, there is a princess from another civilization. She has been asleep for over ten thousand years and just woke up a month ago."
Yun Yan nodded. "The princess... So it was this princess who dragged Zhong Qi into the ruins a month ago?"
"Yes."
"That's troublesome." Yun Yan looked quite distressed. Royal members of other civilizations... this is already a diplomatic issue. Although according to common sense, this civilization should no longer exist after ten thousand years, but who can be sure about things related to the star realm?
Since this princess has lived for more than 10,000 years, she might have come from an immortal civilization with a weak concept of time. In this case, it is very likely that this civilization still exists... Their Yan Country cannot even enter the star realm now, and rashly contacting such a civilization is a very troublesome matter no matter how you think about it.
Various signs from Ruins No. 8 indicate that the technological strength of this civilization is definitely greater than that of Blue Planet. If this matter is not handled properly, it will easily turn into a diplomatic incident, destroying Blue Planet.
Moreover, if the princess crashed here alone in a flying vehicle and was involved in some political struggle, it would only cause more trouble.
If you think about it this way, then that rainbow light from a month ago... was most likely the princess's way of contacting her civilization!
Thinking of this, Yun Yan couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Yu Cang, you didn't offend that princess in the ruins just now, did you?"
"Offended?" Yu Cang blinked. "No, we get along very well."
"That's good... So what's the princess's purpose? Tell me, and I'll report it to the association and we can work together to find a solution."
"The purpose... Well, you can ask her yourself." Yu Cang tapped the card box, and a soul card popped out.
Buzz...
Countless streams of spirit particles emerged from the soul card, forming the princess's small body in mid-air.
"Greetings, scholars!" The princess smiled and bowed gently, her demeanor revealing calmness and grace. "I am Stardust Huanzhou Eyutianora, from the empire deep within the starry sky. On my own behalf, I extend my greetings to you all."
Yun Yan: “…”
The field suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
The five old men looked at the figure that emerged from the soul card, and were speechless for a moment.
No... you just turned someone else's princess... into a soul card?!
Diplomatic incident! This is already a diplomatic incident!
Finished...
The few of them felt their brains go blank, and they began to imagine the scene of a mysterious alien fleet airborne into the blue planet in the near future.
At this time, the princess slowly said:
"Please don't worry, everyone." She seemed to know what they were thinking. "I came here with the mission of fighting the wilderness. I stand on the same front with everyone from Blue Star. Becoming a Soul Card is also to facilitate communication with Yu Cang, and it is a necessary choice under the current situation. I know you will have many questions. Later, I will pass on some of the answers to you through Yu Cang, but there is some information that I cannot tell you."
After saying this, she smiled and looked quietly at everyone present.
"Excuse me, do you have any questions?"
Qiu Zhong frowned slightly: "Excuse me... do you need us to prepare some etiquette to welcome your follow-up..."
"No need." The princess said calmly, "The empire has fallen. I am alone now. I am just Yu Cang's soul card."
Hearing this, several people felt relieved, but their facial expressions did not change.
"Then... please accept my condolences. If you encounter any problems, please feel free to ask Yu Cang to inform us. In the spirit of humanitarianism, we will provide assistance as much as possible."
"I will." The princess nodded. "If there are no other problems, I'll go back first."
"Please."
The spirit particles dissipated and flowed back into the soul card, then flew into the card box.
"That's what happened," Yu Cang said. "As for the rest... there are quite a lot of things involved. I'll tell Mr. Ren Zheng when I get back, and then the association will pass it on to everyone."
Hearing this, Yun Yan seemed to want to ask something, but Ning Xingyi smiled and said first, "Of course...Give Ren Zheng my regards."
"I will." Yu Cang agreed.
He had to verify the Lingzi flow first before he could find an opportunity to hand it over to others.
After all, now only Ancient Capital University can teach others about Starry Sky Vision. If he doesn't understand the technology like Spirit Flow, he will never dare to let others use it.
As for Huang's matter - he had shared this information with Ren Zheng before, and he didn't know what actions the association took or who it told. If these people in front of him were not on the list that could be shared, then there would be a problem.
Therefore, it is better to leave these matters to Ren Zheng.
"Xiao Cang, is there anything left to be dealt with in these ruins?" Ning Xingyi asked with a smile.
“No more.”
"Then let's go to the side and talk."
"Okay." Yu Cang nodded in agreement. "By the way, Senior Ning, this is Gu Jieshuang, a very good friend of mine. She has admired your strength for a long time."
"Ah?" Gu Jieshuang was suddenly mentioned, and her eyes were visibly panicked.
He really admired Ning Xingyi... After all, he was the strongest melee soul card master today. Who who played melee combat wouldn't admire him?
But she also knew that Ning Xingyi admired Xiao Cang and there would be no connection between them.
She was not good at dealing with such crowded occasions... She was quietly watching the boss showing off and laughing in her heart, but who knew that the boss would suddenly pull her out.
"Oh?" Ning Xingyi's smile widened. He looked at the two of them, as if he understood something. "Not bad... Haha, Xiaoshuang, I see, you're also a melee soul card master, right?"
"Well... yes." Gu Jieshuang nodded stiffly.
In front of others, she can keep a cold face and use her aura to cover up her embarrassment, but she can't do it in front of Ning Xingyi. Whose aura can be stronger than that of the Sword Saint Xingyi?
"Yes, the momentum is great." Ning Xingyi said, "We can have a fight later."
He came here only because he was interested in Cang. But after seeing him on the scene, he was not disappointed, and even exceeded his expectations.
As for this Gu Jieshuang... I can't see what he's made of, but since Yu Cang introduced him, I'll give him some face... The people around Yu Cang really shouldn't be too weak.
Gu Jieshuang was stunned, and then her eyes widened involuntarily.
Is this... Senior Ning giving me some advice?
What kind of treatment is this... This is equivalent to undergraduate students receiving one-on-one guidance directly from academicians.
Gu Jieshuang quickly agreed.
Wow, the boss is so nice!
…
Ning Xingyi and Yu Cang went to the side.
At this time, Yun Yan came to Zhong Qi leisurely.
He showed concern on his face: "How are you? Are you not hurt in there?"
Zhong Qi: “…”
Yun Yan's expression was genuine, and he looked like an old mentor who was worried about the safety of his students. It didn't seem fake.
If it was a few minutes ago, Zhong Qi might have believed it.
"...No." Zhong Qi sighed, "Except for not being able to come out, I'm doing fine in there...I'm sorry to have worried you, teacher."
Zhong Qi's last few words were inevitably uttered with gritted teeth.
Seeing him like this, Yun Yan coughed a few times with a guilty conscience, then straightened his back and said, "Alright, in order to rescue you these past two days, I, your master, have found a lot of people. If it weren't for Xiao Cang, you might still be in there now. Is it wrong for me to go and thank them first?"
Zhong Qi opened his mouth, but in the end he pursed his lips and said nothing.
On the side, Qu Shao suppressed a laugh: "Zhong Qi, Lao Yun is not wrong. He has found two national guardians in the past two days... although they are of no use."
"Is that so?" Zhong Qi was somewhat moved. "Thank you, teacher!"
"Okay, it's all a small matter." Yun Yan changed the subject. "Zhong Qi, don't feel bad about what happened just now... Do you know who Yu Cang is?"
"Yu Cang?" Zhong Qi was stunned. "I don't know... But teacher, Yu Cang is really amazing. He looks about the same age as me, but I feel like I don't stand a chance of winning against him..."
"Normal." Yun Yan sighed.
He couldn't help but sigh that life is so impermanent.
During the major armament overhaul, because of encountering Yu Cang, Dragon Rush Sword, which could have competed for first place, directly became fifth... He didn't have much to say, as the quality of the other person's deck was indeed top-notch, and he could only blame his bad luck.
At that time, he thought, it didn't matter, fifth place was no big deal, he could go back and modify this deck, and he would still get good results in the college league.
Later... when he learned that Yu Cang had joined the Fighting Club and was also going to participate in the league, he felt something was wrong.
Later, when Yu Cang announced the synchronization, he almost vomited blood.
In the college league, we didn’t meet Yu Cang’s team anymore…this time we met Yu Cang himself!
Moreover, the version is outdated.
It is foreseeable that there will be a lot of Synchro decks in the college league, and if he wants to get a good result...Dragon Rush Sword will have to be upgraded again.
Yun Yan felt like crying but had no tears, but he didn't complain much. It was a happy thing that Yan Country could produce such a genius.
"Zhong Qi... you've been in there for a month, so you might not know." Yun Yan patted Zhong Qi's shoulder and said earnestly, "Yu Cang... although he's younger than you, he's already won the Flame Emperor Medal, making him the youngest recipient in history."
Zhong Qi: ...?
No... He guessed that Yu Cang should be very awesome, but he never thought that he would be so awesome!
Is this kind of honor that only exists in textbooks really what someone of his age deserves?
Zhong Qi only felt a strong sense of unreality surrounding him.
"Besides," Yun Yan said with an inexplicable smile, "He is your opponent in the college league."
"What?!!"
Zhong Qi felt as if he was struck by a bolt of lightning from the blue.
For a moment, the images of the giant dragon that slashed the dawn with a sword, the meteorite that pierced the wall, and the princess who imprisoned him for a month flashed through his mind one after another.
Are these exaggerated soul cards... any match for him?
Zhong Qi felt that his future was hopeless.
Teacher, didn’t you say that you are qualified to compete for the first place?
What's going on with Yu Cang?
…
"You mean, the swordsman named Feng is temporarily unable to show his full strength and can't even communicate..." Ning Xingyi was a little disappointed.
"That's it for now." Yu Cang said, "Senior, Feng also hopes to have an all-out fight with you, but perhaps now is not the time."
"Okay." Ning Xingyi sighed, thought for a moment, and then said, "It's a pity that I can't use my full strength, but perhaps I can borrow some external force and fight a move or two?"
"That... is fine." Yu Cang nodded, "Please wait a moment, senior."
After saying that, he slapped the card box and summoned the Plague Beast.
There is nothing much to say about the next operation. Yu Cang summoned the soul card that can best bring out Feng’s strength at the moment - the Sword Saint of Dragon’s Eye!
tread!
The Sword Saint stepped out of a vortex, slowly opened his golden eyes, and cast his gaze straight at Ning Xingyi in front of him.
As they looked at each other, Ning Xingyi's expression changed quietly, and there seemed to be a hint of expectation in his smile.
"You are... Feng?"
The Sword Saint nodded slightly, then slowly drew out the long sword from his waist.
He didn't use any of the abilities of this body, he just drew out the long sword, that was all.
But just such a simple action made Yu Cang and Gu Jieshuang feel that the world had shrunk at the same time, and the fallen leaves that were originally floating in the wind in the dense forest gradually became quiet.
The aura of the Sword Saint has changed!
It was different from when he faced Duan Feng. Back then, the Sword Saint had fully displayed his brilliance, leveraging Dragon Might. But now… the Sword Saint hadn't activated Dragon Might, nor had he used any of his Soul Card abilities. No special effects were visible to the naked eye, but one could simply feel… the pervasive edge in the air! It was as if a vast ocean surged beneath the Sword Saint, flashes of sword light surging through the waves.
Ning Xingyi looked at the Sword Saint in front of him, staring for a long time before shaking his head with some regret.
"Unfortunately... this body is completely unable to bear your will."
The Sword Saint was speechless.
So, Ning Xingyi stretched out his hand, and at this moment, a fallen leaf floated into his palm and was pinched between his fingertips.
"Then...how about just trying one move?"
His gaze lingered on the fallen leaves at Ning Xingyi's fingertips for a moment. The Sword Saint seemed to have understood, and he slowly closed his golden eyes, then gently raised his long sword.
Yu Cang looked at the fallen leaves in Ning Xingyi's hand, his eyes quietly focused.
That fallen leaf wasn't just a fallen leaf. Ning Xingyi's use of the fallen leaf didn't mean he was looking down on the Sword Saint. On the contrary, Ning Xingyi had poured his entire heart and soul into it!
The air around the fallen leaves seemed to become much more hazy, as if something invisible was wrapped around them. Yu Cang was a little confused at first, but after entering the Xingtian field of vision, he discovered... around the fallen leaves, there was a layer of extremely sharp "rhythm"!
Yes, rhythm!
Ning Xingyi can wield the Emperor Wu Sword, so he must be a card maker himself, so it is not surprising that he can draw rhythm.
But this act of pinching fallen leaves out of thin air and injecting rhythm into them... Yu Cang couldn't understand it.
The material requirements for Soul Cards made by card makers are actually very high. Although Yu Cang can make various Soul Cards with just a blank Soul Card, it is because the Item Recorder is too powerful, allowing him to ignore the material restrictions.
In fact, soul cards above epic level cannot rely entirely on blank soul cards.
Even those heirloom soul cards must be made from special natural treasures according to the type of rhythm in order to create carriers that are qualified to carry these rhythms.
But now, Ning Xingyi injected the rhythm of falling leaves. Yu Cang had no idea what level this rhythm was, but he was sure it was far beyond epic!
After being injected with this rhythm, this fallen leaf has actually become equivalent to a soul card!
"Ning has held the sword for over eighty years, seeing the mountains remain unchanged and the abyss remain unchanged. Finally, thousands of miles away from the Snowy Territory, he gained the sword's essence."
The fallen leaves, infused with rhythm, trembled continuously, and actually made sounds like swords.
"From now on, nothing in this world can be used as a sword, nothing can be cut down by force—OK."
clang!
The sound of swords suddenly intensified, and the fallen leaves in Ning Xingyi's hand shot out with a flash of sword light. On the opposite side, the Sword Saint with his eyes closed did not hesitate and swung his sword to chop!
clang!
The long sword trembled, and seemed to affect Mimi Tianyin, but the moment it touched the fallen leaves, it was cut through.
Sa...
The Sword Saint still had his eyes closed. He took a few steps forward, passed the fallen leaves, and slowly put the broken sword that had cut the leaves in two into the sheath.
Then, he opened his eyes, and a hint of recognition flashed across his golden pupils.
Bang!
The Sword Saint of Dragon Eye instantly turned into soul card fragments. Among them, a fallen leaf slowly fell and turned into powder before it hit the ground.
Ning Xingyi was stunned.
Judging from the results, he should have won.
However, the sword strike just now... the Sword Saint didn't swing it out completely, or rather, with his current body, Feng simply couldn't swing it out completely.
Just a start is already the limit of this body.
If I had swung that sword completely, what would the result be...
Ning Xingyi's eyes kept flashing and his brows were slightly furrowed.
Can't deduce.
This knife left no trace at all. He could only see it but couldn't predict what would happen next.
…
No.
Ning Xingyi raised his head and looked at Yu Cang: "Xiao Cang...can you let me fight Feng again? Is there a body stronger than the Sword Saint?"
"It's impossible to have anything stronger." Yu Cang could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
No matter what, he is only a fifth-level soul card master now and cannot take out more powerful soul cards... On the other hand, even if he really took out a legendary soul card for Feng to use, the result against Ning Xingyi would not change - for Ning Xingyi and Feng, even if it was a legendary soul card, it would still be very weak.
"However..." Yu Cang's expression changed slightly, "Perhaps there is a place where Senior can fight Feng again."
"Where?" Ning Xingyi asked hurriedly.
Yu Cang took out a gray soul card from his arms: "Starry Sky Vision."
…
Feng's rhythmic body stood in the Xingtian vision, the invisible rhythm slowly flowed past him, and he just held the knife, without saying a word, as if waiting for someone.
quite a while.
Suddenly, three figures appeared in front of me.
Yu Cang, Gu Jieshuang and Ning Xingyi.
This was the first time Ning Xingyi entered the Starry Sky Vision Area, but he was a guardian of a country after all, so he kept his mind steady.
Yu Cang looked at Ning Xingyi and his expression changed slightly.
Ning Xingyi also has not condensed his rhythmic body now.
He originally thought that someone like Ning Xingyi should have met the requirements for self-realization.
But now it seems... no matter who it is, as long as the distance to the destiny star is not close, the first time entering the starry sky field of vision, it can only be a line of sight. Even if you have already understood it, you have to slowly condense it.
While he was thinking, Ning Xingyi's gaze had already passed all the rhythms and fell on Feng's rhythmic body.
He was stunned for a moment, then his expression brightened: "Here, you can give full play to your strengths, right?"
"...still far away." Feng shook his head, "but it's enough—you've been affected more than me here."
"It doesn't matter." Ning Xingyi stepped forward. "Just now, you were caught off guard and saw my sword intent. Now, it's my turn!"
After saying that, Ning Xingyi's mind moved, and the "sword intent" that he had just injected into the fallen leaves slowly condensed and lingered beside him.
"Wait, Senior Ning," Yu Cang said quickly, "If you use rhythm here, you'll forget it..."
"Oh?" Ning Xingyi was startled, but quickly shook his head. "If I could forget this sword intent so easily, it only proves that my sword intent is far from pure."
After saying that, he looked at Feng with a determined look in his eyes: "Come on - just try one move!"
Feng nodded slightly, then drew his knife.
When they first met, Yu Cang was very confused.
Everyone’s rhythmic body looks like a human, so how come Feng... can actually hold a knife?
It is said that to condense a rhythmic body, one needs to understand one's true heart. Is this knife also a part of Feng's true heart?
Next second.
The bright sword light blooms among the stars.
…
Present world.
Several people's gazes returned to this place.
Ning Xingyi stood there blankly. It had been a long time since he came back from the Starry Sky Vision, but he still hadn't come to his senses.
With one move in the real world, he won; with one move in the Starry Sky Vision, Feng won.
Although one of them was unable to exert his full strength in both places, after two moves, Ning Xingyi already understood - if both of them were at their peak, he would lose, without a doubt.
It has been a long time since he felt the pain of losing to others.
"Senior Ning." Yu Cang stepped forward and bowed. "Feng asked me to tell you that he enjoyed himself very much. This is the first time in nearly a thousand years."
Hearing this, Ning Xingyi came back to his senses a little.
"... Nearly a thousand years? Haha..."
Thousand years, thousand years.
So that's how it is. It seems that I am still far away from the true way of kendo!
"Senior." Yu Cang said with some concern, "Do you still remember the 'sword intent' just now?"
"I remember, of course I remember!" Ning Xingyi's eyes were brighter than ever before. "Not only do I remember, but I remember it clearly—clearer than ever before! Yu Cang, thank you—I can finally see the road ahead again!"
(End of this chapter)
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