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"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xu Xing softened his tone and asked in her ear.
A warm breath brushed past his ears, stirring a shudder. Li Zhaoyue's hands suddenly clenched at his sides, and his tearful eyes fixed on Zhu Ming, who lay bleeding on the ground, before he lowered his head in despair.
Zhu Ming was already dead, her eyes wide open, staring ahead unwillingly. In her memory, Zhu Ming had two faces, one gentle and the other indifferent, but she had never remembered a time when she was like this.
Lying in a pool of blood, his eyes were lifeless yet unwillingly open.
An uncontrollable rage burned her eyes red.
"Go away!" She suddenly stretched out her hand and pushed Xu Xing away, yelling, "You are all liars! You are all liars!"
No wonder Xu Xing's timing was so clever, no wonder he always appeared at critical moments. It turned out that it was all to get close to her, to kill Zhu Ming.
Hearing this, the smile on Xu Xing's face slowly faded. His slightly upturned almond-shaped eyes stared at Li Zhaoyue motionlessly, with a rather dangerous look.
"What did you just say?" He asked casually as he slowly approached Li Zhaoyue. The milky white sword was drawn out, the bloodstain on the tip clearly visible.
Xu Xinggang had just killed someone, her master, yet he was able to pretend nothing had happened and spoke to her calmly.
Li Zhaoyue felt a sudden chill in his heart and instinctively wanted to run outside. At this moment, Wei Zhegu came out of the secret room and was startled by Zhu Ming lying on the ground.
The blood-stained sword, the lingering sword energy around it, quickly made Wei Zhegu understand what had happened. He glanced at Zhu Ming with a hint of pity, then squatted down and closed her eyes.
"Ayue, are you afraid of me?" Xu Xing stretched out his finger, wiped off the blood on it, revealing the small canine tooth on the right side, and smiled.
Li Zhaoyue retreated in panic.
At this moment, Wei Zhegu spotted Li Zhaoyue and immediately recognized her as Zhu Ming's beloved disciple. The nearly completed formation was within the secret chamber, and the final checkpoint to activate it lay here.
The failure of the formation back then was a lifelong knot in his heart. Now the opportunity was right in front of him, how could he not be moved?
Immediately, Wei Zhegu spun around and lunged at Li Zhaoyue. Xu Xing swayed slightly, blocking Li Zhaoyue's path and raising his sword to neutralize his attack. Wei Zhegu fell to the ground with a thud, and when he looked up, he saw the white sword at his neck.
"Xu Xing? What are you doing?" Wei Zhegu was almost able to catch Li Zhaoyue, but he didn't expect to be stopped by his own apprentice. He asked in shock.
Xu Xing's eyes were fixed on Li Zhaoyue, and he turned a deaf ear to his words. He even moved the sword a little closer. If it were any closer, it would have pierced Wei Zhegu's neck.
Wei Zhegu swallowed his saliva, stared at the sword closely, and dared not move.
"Don't you hate him, Ah Yue? I'll kill him for you, okay?" Xu Xing stared at Li Zhaoyue with a bright smile.
But she just kept shaking her head, backing away, and shouting, "You're a lunatic!"
Yes, Xu Xing felt a bitter feeling in his heart.
He is just a madman.
With a thud, the sharp weapon sliced through flesh, and Wei Zhegu fell to the ground. Looking at Li Zhaoyue's wide-open eyes, he suddenly felt an uncontrollable excitement. He ignored the blood gushing from Wei Zhegu's neck and ran towards her, forcibly locking her in his arms.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
Ignoring Li Zhaoyue's biting and beatings, he hugged her tightly, almost madly.
Li Zhaoyue couldn't get rid of his grip no matter what she did. After a long time, tears flowed from her eyes.
It's only been one day, how could it turn out like this?
She couldn't help but scream: "Let me go! Xu Xing! I hate you! I hate you!"
Suddenly, a flash of sword light came swiftly, piercing Xu Xing's shoulder and pinning him to the rock wall. Li Zhaoyue felt his whole body relax, and he fell into another warm embrace.
She looked up through her tearful eyes and found that it was He Shuyu, whom she hadn't seen for a long time. The anxiety in her eyes didn't seem fake, and she scolded her harshly.
"How dare you come in here alone? Did you mess up your brain from reading storybooks?"
"I've told you countless times to practice hard, but you didn't listen. What if we hadn't come today? Would you have died just like that?"
"I really don't know why Elder Zhu would accept someone as stupid as you as his disciple."
As He Shuyu spoke, he drew the Li Ci sword from his waist.
The words that once sounded so harsh actually brought her great comfort at this moment. The person she once hated so much actually came to her rescue.
And the person I truly love turns out to be a complete liar.
Li Zhaoyue looked at Xu Xing sadly, still finding it hard to accept the fact he had just learned.
"Where is Zhu Ming?" Xie Feng stared at Xu Xing vigilantly and asked.
Xu Xing did not answer, but just kept staring at Li Zhaoyue.
"Tell me! What is your connection with the formation?" Xie Feng raised his voice.
Xu Xing remained silent, staring at Li Zhaoyue, whose expression was painful, and whispered, "Ayue, I said I wouldn't lie to you."
Hearing this, Li Zhaoyue's mood, which had just calmed down, began to waver again. She took a deep breath and said sarcastically, "Didn't you cheat everything that happened to us?"
"You actually told me that you wouldn't lie?"
"I said I wouldn't lie to you." Xu Xing said, "I didn't lie to you."
His expression was so aggrieved, his eyes were like autumn water, which made people feel pity for him unconsciously.
He Shuyu rolled his eyes at him, cursed him for being a jerk, and said to Li Zhaoyue, "Don't be fooled by him. He is a lunatic with no bottom line."
Li Zhaoyue just stared at him blankly for a long time, then forced a bitter smile.
How could such beautiful eyes be deceiving?
She repeated this sentence over and over again, despairingly realizing that she still couldn't bear to be cruel to him. Xie Feng leaned forward, half of his body entering the secret room, and was frightened out by the two bodies lying inside.
He only needed to think for a moment before he could guess what had happened. It seemed that Xu Xing had committed the murder.
He had originally thought that this guy was only approaching Li Zhaoyue for fame and fortune, but he had no idea that he actually harbored murderous intentions. With mixed feelings, Xie Feng raised his Meteor Sword and stabbed Xu Xing in the back.
Zheng——
The swords collided with a sharp sound. Xie Feng twisted his wrist and swept the Meteor Sword horizontally across Xu Xing's chest, but Xu Xing gently deflected it with his fingers. Xu Xing's gentle push wasn't as light as it appeared. Xie Feng felt something heavy pressing down on his wrist several times. He let go of his grip in pain, and Xu Xing took advantage of his unpreparedness and grabbed his throat.
"Afeng!" Li Zhaoyue shouted anxiously and tried to get out of He Shuyu's arms, but she held him by the waist.
"I'll go meet him!" He Shuyu flung out her Li Ci sword and flew forward. A pale blue sword light shone around Xu Xing. Her movements were smooth and her figure was light, so Xu Xing couldn't hit her for a moment.
The wind stirred up by the sword energy blew the blue short hairband on He Shuyu's head. Xu Xing was concentrating on observing her moves, thinking about how to break it, but he didn't expect that his hands were empty and Xie Feng was taken away by He Shuyu.
It turns out that her original purpose was not to defeat Xu Xing, but to rescue Xie Feng.
A blue shadow flashed by, and He Shuyu, like a fluttering butterfly, gently picked up Xie Feng and returned to Li Zhaoyue.
"He has no means to threaten us now." He Shuyu said.
Li Zhaoyue was silent, and even Xie Feng looked grim, his lips pale, as if he had suffered a severe blow. He Shuyu looked behind Xu Xing and saw Zhu Ming's blood-soaked face.
Zhu Ming was the strongest swordsman on Floating Island, and he was killed by this brat? Her heart sank slightly, and she began to think about how to escape. Xu Xing stared at Li Zhaoyue and suddenly laughed.
The laughter echoed underground, and it was inexplicably creepy.
"What a pity." He suddenly said this without any context. After that, Xu Xing looked at Li Zhaoyue deeply and flicked his sword.
A familiar power emanated from the sword. He Shuyu recognized it as the He family's spatial technique, and his heart was filled with turmoil. Just as he was about to chase it, he heard two bangs behind him.
She looked back and saw Li Zhaoyue and Xie Feng both lying on the ground, unconscious.
*
"Who would have known that Zhu Jianxian, who is famous in the Floating Island, would actually do such murderous things!" In the Feng Shui Academy cafeteria, a disciple got his meal and talked with another disciple.
"I've heard about it too. It's said that Wei Zhegu didn't harm anyone back then. It was Zhu Ming who used his name to kill those disciples. A total of fifty people, all used to study her evil formation."
"But is there really no way to stop the fall of the floating island? I still want to live a few more years."
"Oh, there have been earthquakes every now and then these days. I'm afraid the ground will suddenly crack."
Three days ago, news came out that Xu Xing had killed Zhu Ming and Wei Zhegu in Qingfeng Courtyard. After being surprised by the appearance of Wei Zhegu and Xu Xing's disguise, everyone suddenly learned a shocking news - Zhu Ming was not the sword immortal who was wholeheartedly devoted to the Floating Island on the surface, but a villain who used his own cultivation to destroy the Floating Island's barrier at the cost of satisfying his selfish desire to study evil formations.
Also, the rumor that the floating island falls every three years is true.
This news caused a huge uproar on the floating island. For a time, everyone was in danger. Zhu Ming also changed from a high and mighty sword immortal respected by everyone to a demon that everyone wanted to kill.
Li Zhaoyue's situation also became increasingly difficult. Her cultivation was already low, and after Zhu Ming's death, no one protected her. Some people deliberately came to her house, insulting her at best and beating her at worst. Although Xie Feng always arrived in time, people always make mistakes.
For example, on this day, Xie Feng went to Cangyun City to reinforce the barrier. When those people heard that he had left, they ambushed her on the road she had to take to return to Qingfengyuan.
"Hey, isn't this Zhu Jianxian's only direct disciple, the eldest lady of Fengshui Academy, Li Zhaoyue?" A bloated man with a face full of flesh slowly walked out from the bushes, followed by a group of minions, and a woman at the end.
Li Zhaoyue stepped back and clenched the compass in his hand.
"Oh, what's the use of your compass? I'm afraid it can't even tell the direction?"
The group laughed.
"What do you want to do?" Li Zhaoyue asked vigilantly.
"What are you doing?" The fat man suddenly drew the sword from his waist and grinned, "Of course it's justice. Your master Zhu Ming owes so much blood debt. As her disciple, how can you escape responsibility?"
"So you think you're upholding justice by bullying me?" Li Zhaoyue suddenly laughed. A flicker of unnaturalness crossed the fat man's face as he argued, "The elder of the Yizi Court is blinded by one thing. He's taking into account the good things Zhu Ming has done and has no intention of punishing her at all. This is unfair! As a disciple of the Art Court, I must lead by example and uphold justice for once!"
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