Encounter (4)
"I'm not disrespecting Yiziyuan. I'm just following the rules. Even if you want to stop me today, I'll take him away." Although He Shuyu's attitude was humble, his words were full of sarcasm, which made people angry.
"Why did she become so arrogant after going to Jinxiantai? Considering that she was also from Yiziyuan before."
"Maybe this is forgetting one's roots."
All the students in the school stood up, whispering to each other and staring at He Shuyu with eager eyes.
He Shuyu was alone and was not afraid. He just gently turned the sword in his hand, and the disciples' legs and feet became weak and they fell to the ground.
Her cultivation level was far higher than that of all the other disciples, and no one could resist the pressure she exuded.
The whispers soon died down.
He Shuyu pointed his sword at Li Zhaoyue, looked at Xu Xing behind her with a hint of sarcasm, and said, "Junior sister, you'd better get out of the way. Swords have no eyes, and I almost hurt you."
After saying that, he was about to go around her to catch Xu Xing.
Li Zhaoyue gritted his teeth uncomfortably, trying to hold on without falling down, but he could only do so without falling down, and could not stop He Shuyu from walking towards Xu Xing.
The teacher stamped his foot in anger, but there was nothing he could do. The Jinxiantai did have the authority to interrogate its disciples, but He Shuyu disdained to pretend, and the malicious intent she displayed was too naked, making people feel uncomfortable, but they could not find any fault with her.
In the entire school, only Li Zhaoyue was still standing in front of Xu Xing.
He stared at the trembling goose yellow figure and pursed his lips.
"No...I can't go over there!"
Li Zhaoyue took out a compass from his sleeve, bit his lip and injected spiritual power into it. For a moment, the school was shining with golden light, but it went out after a moment.
"It takes a lot of spiritual power to activate the compass, what a pity." He Shuyu lost his patience and snatched the compass from Li Zhaoyue's hand with just a turn of his sword.
This compass looks very old. The broken edge is covered with gold and there is not a single scratch on it. It can be seen that its owner takes good care of it.
However, He Shuyu just casually threw the compass to the ground.
Perhaps Li Zhaoyue valued the compass too much, and he actually broke free from the constraints of the pressure, and protected it in his arms before the compass fell for the second time. Finally, he glared at her fiercely.
He Shuyu didn't even spare her a glance, but just kept emitting spiritual pressure. It was already the limit for Li Zhaoyue to be able to stand. Beads of sweat slid down her face. She closed her eyes uncomfortably and put her hands on the bag at her waist.
"Why, do you want to use your talisman paper again?"
"Senior Sister Li!"
As everyone exclaimed, He Shuyu grabbed Li Zhaoyue's collar and pointed the tip of the sword at her eyebrows.
The sweat on his forehead slid down to his eye sockets under the force of gravity, causing some stinging. Li Zhaoyue opened his eyes with difficulty, breathing rapidly: "You... must give some explanation... You can't just arrest people!"
He Shuyu didn't finish his words, but just looked at her coldly with a sarcastic look.
"You can't stop me."
Yes, Li Zhaoyue really couldn't stop her, but he still stubbornly grabbed her sleeve, even though the tip of the sword was about to pierce her forehead.
He Shuyu's sword finally stopped above Li Zhaoyue's eyebrows, touching the tiny black mole.
Although I hate Li Zhaoyue, I can't really hurt her.
He Shuyu threw her to the ground with a gloomy face, then turned to look at Xu Xing who was watching the show on the side and said angrily: "You do so much for others, but they may not appreciate it!"
"He Shuyu, what exactly do you want by causing such a disturbance in Feng Shui Academy today?" The teacher was so angry at her that he almost fainted. He regained his footing amid the screams of the crowd and pointed at her angrily.
He Shuyu was also furious and rolled his eyes at him: "I am only following orders. If you had handed over the person obediently, I would not have taken action."
"What kind of logic are you using? The so-called reason for arresting someone is just empty talk. But is there any evidence to prove that there was indeed a bloodstain at the scene? Is the spiritual power of the bloodstain my student?"
The teacher continued to question.
"Yes, of course I found it by following the traces just now. If you don't believe me, just look..." The rest of the words were stuck in his throat. He Shuyu looked at the broken spiritual power flow in the palm of his hand, and his expression quickly turned cold.
Seeing that she was silent and had a very unhappy expression, one disciple boldly asked, "Senior Sister He, can't you find evidence, or don't want to find evidence?"
"Shut up, when will it be your turn to speak!" He Shuyu glared at him and looked at his palm with a frown.
That spiritual power is indeed gone. Could it be that... I really made a mistake?
She looked at the man who had been silent.
Xu Xing seemed to be in a good mood and even smiled at her.
"Is it He Shuyu? I've heard your name from my fellow swordsman before." Xu Xing picked up Li Zhaoyue from the ground and watched her stand firmly before slowly walking towards He Shuyu.
"Yes." She crossed her arms and said coldly.
"They all say that Senior Sister He is very talented and a role model for sword cultivators."
"What exactly do you want to say?" He Shuyu frowned.
Xu Xing's mouth widened, revealing a small canine tooth on the right side. He looked harmless. "Nothing. I just felt that the Senior Sister He those people were talking about was completely different from the one I met today."
"It seems that you are not upright, but bully the weak, are self-willed, and take advantage of your power to bully others. You also have no quality." After saying each word, he paused and smiled even more brightly.
He spoke close to He Shuyu and lowered his voice deliberately. Others could not hear what he said at all. They could only see that he was laughing happily, while He Shuyu's face was ashen.
Just as she was about to draw her sword, she saw a goose yellow figure quickly rushing between her and Xu Xing. Xu Xing was pulled away by the figure, and what greeted her was a series of yellow talismans.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After three loud bangs, He Shuyu's face turned black, his body twitched constantly, and he fell to the ground in a daze.
There was a sudden silence, followed by shrill laughter.
He Shuyu struggled to get up from the ground, coughed violently a few times, pointed at Li Zhaoyue, and shouted angrily: "Li... Zhaoyue!"
"You just rely on your master's favor, you're just a useless piece of shit who can't do anything!"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhaoyue took out a few more pieces of talisman paper from his bag. On them were words like "summon thunder" written in cinnabar. They should be attack-type magic talismans.
"Although... I can't do anything, I won't rely on my strength to bully the weak like you do." Although Li Zhaoyue was afraid, he still stretched his neck and said loudly.
"If you don't leave, I'll keep throwing." She shook the talisman paper in her hand and bared her teeth at her threateningly.
Although He Shuyu was very angry, he was really afraid of the talismans. He reluctantly picked up the sword on the ground and finally glared at Li Zhaoyue.
"What? Senior Sister, why aren't you leaving yet?" Xu Xing stood in front of Li Zhaoyue, smiling innocently.
He Shuyu was so angry that his face turned red. He shook his sleeves fiercely and left quickly.
Then, cheers broke out in the school.
"Senior Sister, you were so amazing just now! You threw so many talismans at once, and then He Shuyu's deadpan expression collapsed, hahahaha."
"Yes, if it weren't for you, our Feng Shui Institute would really be humiliated today."
"Feng Shui Academy cannot be without Senior Sister!"
"right!"
The disciples all had smug smiles on their faces, except Xu Xing, who had a calm expression as he quietly stared at the girl standing in the center of the crowd.
So dazzling, like the untouchable bright moon in the night sky.
He was lost in thought when he felt a cold touch on his palm.
Li Zhaoyue was secretly putting a hard object into his palm. When he looked closely, he saw that it was a heavy piece of gold.
He opened his mouth, then fell strangely silent.
Is he really poor in her eyes?
Xu Xing looked at her in disbelief.
But Li Zhaoyue thought he was embarrassed, and explained hurriedly: "He Shuyu... has never liked me. This time she targeted you in large part because of me. I... I..."
She couldn't come up with any particularly convincing reasons and started to hesitate. Then her eyes lit up and she continued, "I saw that you are pretty, so I wanted to give you something."
After saying this, he stared at Xu Xing's face with shining eyes, as if he was really deceived by his appearance.
But Xu Xing had already seen through her clumsy tricks. His expression paused slightly, and finally he smiled.
"Thank you, senior sister. I like it very much." He smiled, took the gold and shook it.
The sharp-eyed disciple noticed the gold in his hand and shouted, "Why did Senior Sister secretly give Xu Xing something?"
For a moment, the classroom became noisy, and Xu Xing soon started fighting with the group of students. The teacher waved the ruler helplessly and shouted, "Quiet, quiet!"
Li Zhaoyue opened the paper bag, looked at the osmanthus candy inside, and raised his head in surprise.
Xu Xing winked at her.
She smiled.
*
last night
Xu Xing's purpose in coming to Yiziyuan was very simple, to find someone.
Li Zhaoyue was notoriously naive and gullible. He just tried to show weakness in front of her and actually gained her trust easily.
Although Yiziyuan is just an academy, some places are heavily guarded. He searched Yiziyuan thoroughly for the past few days but couldn't find the person he was looking for. He only looked in the inner circle.
Only Li Zhaoyue can enter the inner layer.
While gaining Li Zhaoyue's trust, he began to place silk threads around Lixiangyuan. This thing could quickly capture spiritual energy, which was enough for him to check everyone in Lixiangyuan.
But just as he finished arranging the silver thread, a scream suddenly came from the woods not far away, and a black shadow stumbled towards him, followed by another black shadow.
In order to arrange the silver wire without being discovered, he quickly jumped onto the tree and hid in the shadow of the leaves.
Under the tree, a woman dressed in the uniform of a Yiziyuan disciple leaned against the trunk in fear, wanting to run but unable to move.
"Please, I didn't see anything, don't kill me, don't kill me."
It was too dark in the woods, and Xu Xing couldn't see the man's appearance. He only saw him raise his knife and bring it down, and the woman fell to the ground and didn't make a sound.
The smell of fresh blood gradually spread in the woods. He glanced indifferently at the corpse under the tree, thinking about how to distance himself from it.
At that moment, the silver thread tied around his wrist shone brightly, especially in the pitch-black woods. He thought to himself, "Oh no!" and was slashed by the oncoming sword light. At the same time, he gently pulled the silver thread, and the shadow groaned, blood spurting out, covering his own.
The black shadow probably didn't expect Xu Xing to be able to hurt him, and rushed forward with a strange cry.
Xu Xing dodged quickly and slapped it against the tree trunk with one palm.
His palm was aching a little, so he lowered his eyes to look. The flesh on the palm flew out, and the edges were faintly glowing blue.
"Spirit?" he said slowly, his eyes sparkling in the moonlight.
Seeing that he was quite powerful, the black shadow tried to escape in panic. Of course, Xu Xing would not let him escape like that, so he lifted up his clothes and chased after him.
At this moment, a series of talismans flew out from the grass nearby, interrupting his pursuit.
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