Chapter 21
Li Yunzheng suddenly rushed in and directly set up a barrier. The rest of the people present looked at each other but said nothing about such rude behavior.
After all, Li Yunzheng may not look impressive, but she is a real strong person. No one present can beat her.
In the barrier, He Jian listened to Li Yunzheng's words and thought about it for a while. Although he knew that this guess and the basis sounded unreliable, he couldn't help but hope in his heart.
Who would want their disciple to focus all his attention on a man and not pay attention to other things?
What's more, Li Yunzheng has always been sensitive. Some things are completely different when spoken and when seen or heard with one's own eyes. And now that Li Yunzheng came directly to him and told him, Li Yunzheng must be at least 80% sure of this matter.
"If it's as you said..." He Jian paused and sighed, "It's just a guess after all. Let's observe for a while longer."
"Senior brother is right." Li Yunzheng nodded, and thinking of the tone of Nan Xi's inner voice, he suddenly laughed again.
"I thought you must care more about this than I do, so I came to talk to you about it."
After saying this, Li Yunzheng waved his hands and removed the barrier. "Since you already know, I will leave first. I will pay more attention to this matter."
The barrier was removed, so the last sentence was heard by many people present, and suddenly their eyes turned over here as if inadvertently.
But neither He Jian nor Li Yunzheng had any intention of starting the conversation, and He Jian sat down again.
Li Yunzheng bowed slightly and said with a smile: "I am sorry to bother you all. I will leave first."
She bowed politely and left without waiting for anyone to say anything. The elders who were left here were silent for a while before someone spoke slowly.
"Master He, this person in your sect is really eclectic."
He Jian pretended not to hear the hidden sarcasm in these words and said, "My junior sister is quite capable. She alone is enough to ensure the safety of all the disciples in this mountain."
Other elders: “…”
They drank their tea in silence.
As for Nan Xi, she sat in the corner for less than half an hour. After making sure that many people noticed her depressed look, she found an opportunity to slip away.
After returning to the room and sleeping for two hours, he slowly returned to the fencing competition.
As soon as she entered the crowd, she attracted many people's attention - this was normal, Nan Xi was used to it. She was looking for someone with good swordsmanship, as competing with others would be helpful in improving her strength.
But suddenly, I felt some particularly burning gazes.
How can I describe this look? It's full of respect, admiration, and even a hint of fanaticism.
Nan Xi immediately became alert and looked in the direction where the gaze came from.
There were several disciples from the Tianyun Sword Sect, but they didn't look at her. They were just discussing her normally. Nan Xi took a look and felt a little suspicious. She began to doubt her own feelings.
After what happened this morning, it was good enough that the disciples were not disappointed in her. How could they possibly worship her?
Thinking of this, Nan Xi was sure that her feeling was wrong, so she didn't take it to heart and continued looking for her target.
But she didn't know about her disciples.
"Hey, hey, hey, Senior Sister is looking over here."
"I haven't watched it yet. It really scared me just now."
"But today, Senior Sister did a really great job. Even now when I think of Wu Zhuo and Qiu Yang's embarrassing moments, I still want to laugh."
"Indeed, Senior Sister's methods are very powerful."
"I asked my master, and he said that to do this without being noticed, one needs to have extremely sophisticated control over spiritual power and one's own aura."
Because of Nan Xi's previously wild laughter, all the disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect now knew why Wu Zhuo and Qiu Yang were in trouble.
At first I just thought it was funny, but when I thought about it later, I felt that Nan Xi was quite amazing.
At that time, they thought that they must not offend Nan Xi in the future. Later, they thought that Nan Xi was also a disciple of their Tianyun Sword Sect and the eldest senior sister. She was usually nice to them and not particularly strict.
When I thought about it this way, I felt that there was nothing to be afraid of, and instead, I began to admire Nan Xi.
Just as that disciple said, this method is easier said than done, but in reality, unless one's cultivation is much higher than this, it will test one's own abilities.
The monks had sharp ears and sharp eyes. Before Nan Xi came, they had tried to cast the talisman on someone many times.
But no matter whether they were of equal or inferior cultivation, they were all discovered without exception, not to mention the sword energy that fell on his clothes, which was difficult to detect and did not hurt Wu Zhuo's skin at all.
This kind of control is truly amazing.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my senior sister was amazing. She would take revenge without hesitation, which was very much in the spirit of a swordsman.
At this moment, Nan Xi came to the martial arts arena and appeared in their sight. She attracted their attention almost instantly and was almost discovered.
"Oops!" One of them suddenly had an idea and subconsciously patted the person who asked them to look away.
"Why are you hiding from me? This is a swordfighting competition! Come on, let's go talk to me and ask how I became so powerful in my training."
When these words were spoken, some people's eyes lit up.
“That makes sense!”
"Let's go, let's go."
There were at most five or six people here. As soon as they said they were leaving, they found that several more people followed them silently. So, there were more than ten people in total, walking towards Nan Xi in a mighty manner.
…It turned out that so many people had eavesdropped on their conversation before.
Nan Xi searched the place for a long time before finally finding a target. She was about to step forward and talk to him.
Suddenly, a group of people rushed over in front of her, all looking at her with shining eyes, and calling her "Senior Sister" one by one. The voices rose one after another, and it was very lively.
Nan Xi paused, looking at this unusual scene, and cautiously took two steps back, looking at these disciples, "What are you doing? Senior Sister doesn't allow fighting..."
She instantly thought of what happened in the morning. She followed the plot and was bullied by Wu Zhuo and Qiu Yang. As a senior sister of Tianyun Sword Sect, her reaction was indeed embarrassing for Tianyun Sword Sect. These disciples had tolerated her for a long time, so it was normal for them to be dissatisfied with her.
[But no matter what, if this group of people came over here in such a majestic manner and wanted to cause trouble for me, they had to find a place where there was no one.]
[It would be too embarrassing to have an internal fight at a fencing competition. 】
Disciples present:?
But before they could react, someone had already enthusiastically stated the purpose of their visit, "Senior Sister, isn't this a swordplay meeting? We are here to discuss swordplay with you! Please give us some advice, Senior Sister!"
Upon hearing this, Nan Xi took another step back in horror.
[Group fight? And they use swordplay as an excuse. Damn it. Has everyone's IQ developed to this level now?]
Um?
This time there were no enthusiastic disciples to interrupt. Confusion flashed across everyone's eyes at the same time. They felt that Nan Xi was indirectly saying that they were stupid, but because of Nan Xi's misunderstanding, they were so anxious to explain that they forgot this little thing was wrong.
[Why aren't you moving? Are you waiting for me to speak? But let me see, 1, 2, 3, 4... 16 people, if I take turns to fight, I may be able to beat them, but it would be too conspicuous, so I might as well give up in the middle of the fight.]
Seeing Nan Xi's thoughts continue to wander, a disciple quickly interrupted her, "Senior sister, please don't misunderstand! We are only discussing swords, not competing."
Starting with this disciple, everyone reacted instantly and agreed one after another.
"Yes, Senior Sister. We have already competed many times today. I don't have the energy to compete with you anymore."
"Just tell us about your insights into swordsmanship."
"Yes, yes, you are very talented and have a good understanding. You must be able to teach us something."
Nan Xi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that these people were not here to cause trouble. She was a little flattered by the praise, but she did not expect the disciples to be so enthusiastic and was a little confused.
[What's going on? Don't you care about what happened this morning? I brought shame to the sect.]
[Hmm? Could it be that my fellow students saw that I was sad and tried to comfort me on purpose? It's not impossible, after all, everyone has good intentions.]
Thinking of this, Nan Xi was moved. [The friendship between fellow students these days is really touching. Okay, today I will show you my true abilities and tell you everything I know!]
Now it was the disciples' turn to feel embarrassed.
Some people recalled the dissatisfaction and disgust they felt when they saw Nan Xi embarrassed in the past, and suddenly wanted to slap themselves.
Senior Sister thought so well of them, yet they still dared to be dissatisfied with her.
After Nan Xi thought it through, she nodded and said, "Okay, what do you want to know?"
When the disciples heard this, they immediately became enthusiastic.
"Senior sister is awesome!"
On the other side, Qi Qian just heard what happened in the morning, that Wu Zhuo and Qiu Yang bullied Nan Xi, and told Nan Xi that he had someone he loved.
He didn't feel much about this matter. Nan Xi didn't know about it in the past because he thought there was no need for her to know it, and he didn't feel like telling her about it. Now that Nan Xi knew about it unexpectedly, he didn't care.
As for the bullying, Qi Qian listened carefully and didn't think it was too much, but he didn't know what he was thinking. When he came to his senses, he was already on his way to find Nan Xi.
When Qi Qian arrived at the martial arts arena and looked for Nan Xi, he saw her surrounded by a group of disciples.
No one knew what the people in the crowd were saying. The disciples looked at everyone who was extremely happy. Nan Xi, who was in the middle of the crowd, seemed to be in a good mood as well, with a faint smile on her face.
For no reason, when Qi Qian saw Nan Xi's smile, his peaceful mood suddenly became much worse.
He watched from the side for a while. In fact, the disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect had already seen Qi Qian, but none of them reminded Nan Xi that Qi Qian was behind her.
Until Qi Qian couldn't bear it anymore, he walked over and called her.
"Fellow Daoist Nanxi."
Upon hearing this, Nan Xi turned and looked at Qi Qian.
她其實也早就知道齊遷會來，因此聽到他的聲音也不驚訝，只是心裏不驚訝，表面上還得裝一裝。
于是長相漂亮，眼中含情的美人轉頭，看到齊遷的一瞬間，眼中湧起驚喜，但很快，似乎又想到了什麽，眸光黯淡下去，身體卻不自主走近齊遷。
“阿遷……”
齊遷将南曦的表現看在眼裏，面上卻依舊冷硬，說：“你同我過來，我有話要與你說。”
聽到這個話，南曦下意識看了眼身後的師弟師妹們，看着他們的眼神，有一點點不舍。
【看我師弟師妹們嗷嗷待哺的眼神，這齊遷來的真不是時候。】
【哎……只能等下次再給師弟師妹們說心得了。】
其實看到南曦與齊遷說話的時候，弟子們心中就咯噔了一聲，心知南曦一定會随齊遷去的，所以在聽到南曦心聲還挂念着他們的時候，一個個都有點感動。
因着這點感動，衆人看齊遷的目光便不善起來。
南曦對他們說：“我與阿遷去了，大家便自己讨論便好。”
她沒有讓弟子們等她，南曦心裏清楚，這段劇情是要讓女主傷心的，傷心之後怎麽還能與同門讨論呢，自然是打哪來到哪去。
要看着南曦跟着齊遷就走了，留在原地的弟子們互相看了看，想起剛剛齊遷的表情，心中都浮現起一些擔心。
于是你看看我我看看你，氣氛僵持之下，有人說：“要不……悄悄跟在後頭，看看？”
這話一出，立馬就有人點頭，“師姐每每與那齊遷接觸，便沒什麽好事。”
“剛剛齊遷那表情還有些可怕，怕是會為難師姐，我們還是跟上看看吧。”
“若是有事，還能護着師姐。”
打定主意，便一個個跟上了，他們修為都比不上齊遷，因此只能遠遠地墜着，靠着修士的耳聰目明，勉強跟着。
齊遷将南曦往人少的地方帶去。
并不是想做什麽，只是下意識的不想被外人聽到他說的話。
至于為什麽不想，也與在意隐私之類的原因扯不上關系，即使不說明，他自己也很是清楚，自己對待南曦的态度，若是被外人所知，他們的評價便會向南曦傾斜，而對自己不利。
弟子們遠遠跟着，比你沒有被注意到，而在到了地方之後，便一個個将靈力附在耳朵上，用以提升聽力。
兩人站定時，齊遷看着南曦的臉。
這一路的冷漠無話，已經讓面前的女子流露出不安，目光落在人身上時，顫顫巍巍。
齊遷頓了下，緩緩問道：“剛剛你與那些人在說些什麽？”
“問劍。”南曦吐出兩個字，說話時語氣并不自信，帶着怯弱，“師弟師妹們說有疑惑，讓我指點他們一下。”
這話說完，周遭安靜了一會，因着這會的安靜，女子便顯得越發不安，然後齊遷再次開口，“他們對你也是有信心，但你自己應當清楚，你還不到能指點人的水平。”
女子低頭，“……阿遷說的是。”
雖說離得不算近，但弟子們用了手段之後，還是将兩人的對話聽了清楚，頓時一個個目露不忿，咬牙想說些什麽，卻又怕被注意到，便只能憋着那股憤怒。
【pua是吧，好好好，我沒有指點人的水平你就有了是吧，真打起來你還不一定能幹的過我。】
正在弟子們憤怒的時候，一道聲音宛如天籁般響起，字字清晰，并無半點被打擊到的意思。
于是大家眼前又是一亮，頗有一種如聽仙樂耳暫明的感覺，又目露期待地看向南曦……只是可惜，在齊遷面前，南曦還是表現出一副好欺負的模樣。
此時的齊遷将南曦的反應盡數收到眼中。
明明以往看到這幅模樣，他總是帶點不耐，厭惡這樣的表情，但今日看到，從剛剛因南曦被人簇擁而産生的煩躁便如同潮水一般退去。
他對自己這樣的情感變化并不敏感，但下意識覺得卑劣，而又想要抵消這抹卑劣的感覺。
于是即将出口的話，便成了，“今日我的師弟們給你添麻煩了，他們不懂事，我會替你教訓他們的。”
女子的眸光頓時一亮，只因這話便開心起來，面龐展露出明媚。
就算是齊遷也不得不承認，南曦的臉并不适合憂郁怯懦的表情，她哪怕不笑，只是眼中有光，便比之前漂亮數倍。
齊遷心中某種情緒便又揚起來一些，說：“我将今日發生的事都了解清楚了，聽聞你也做出了一些反擊。”
面前女子的表情再次變得期期艾艾，有些不安地躲避齊遷的視線，齊遷卻輕笑一聲，“你做的很好，天雲劍宗大師姐，便是要有這般風範。”
眼睜睜看着南曦再次高興起來，那股卑劣感總算被抹平，最後一句話也随風落下。
“明日的比試，還請加油。”
女子的表情再次生動起來，她應聲，“好！”
這廂，看着齊遷的話不再氣人，弟子們雖不憤怒了，卻越發擔憂，他們忍不住小聲說起話來，“齊遷這樣，怕是會讓師姐陷得更深。”
“……可，我們又有什麽辦法呢。”
若是齊遷是個良人，他們自然喜聞樂見，但即使不特別了解齊遷，弟子們也從細枝末節當中看出，齊遷并非良人。
正在擔憂時，南曦的心聲緊随其後。
【打一巴掌給一甜棗用的可真是順手，但可惜了，本姑娘不吃這套。】南曦在心裏嗤笑，【也就傻子才會上你的當。】
南曦已經很久不罵自己了，弟子們此時一聽，還有些恍惚，但這說的還頗有道理，無形之中，倒是讓他們的擔憂褪去了些。
南曦吐槽完，又看了看齊遷。
這段劇情還沒有走完，她面上做出猶豫的樣子，鼓起勇氣那般說：“那烏卓說你……有個心悅之人。”
這話一出，齊遷的眸光一凝，剛剛柔和起來的神色也淡了些，“是有，怎麽了？”
可憐單純的女子并未察覺到齊遷的情緒變化，微微低着頭，強忍着羨慕與嫉妒，小心翼翼地問：“阿遷可否讓我知道她是誰？”
只這麽一句，不知觸碰到齊遷哪個逆鱗，他頓時冷了神色，看着南曦，眼中醞釀出常人看不懂的風雲，最後冷冷出聲。
“你不該打聽她。”
這冷硬的話一落下來，刺進人心中的，不光是他冷漠的話語，更是其中所包含的，齊遷對那女子的在意，讓人心痛的無法呼吸，只是剎那間，南曦就掉下淚來。
但她很快又将淚擦幹淨，強顏歡笑，“你不願說，便不說。”
齊遷卻已經沒了耐心，漫不經心地點頭。
“我今日還有事，便先行離開了。”
他冷漠的态度不加掩飾，也不等南曦在說話，轉身走的幹脆利落。
而留在原地的女子，淚水卻再也控制不住，奔湧而出，一滴一滴的，像斷線的珍珠。
一看人走了，弟子們想要上前安慰，卻見南曦下一個就一邊流着淚，一邊找了個舒服的地坐下，內心卻在思考明天的事。
【明天比試嘿嘿，看我大殺四方，驚豔衆人。】
【哎呦，眼睛疼了，死渣男應該走了吧？】南曦左右到處看了看，随後才放心，小聲嘀咕，“要我說，我今天這表演可謂是精彩絕倫。”
她戳了戳系統，“哎，怎麽樣？你打幾分？”
系統沒動彈。
南曦兀自嘀咕的聲音格外的小，就算用了手段，弟子們也沒有聽清什麽，有些着急，但憑着前面兩句心聲，他們卻還是隐隐察覺出強自鎮定，獨自療傷的感覺。
于是一個個的，便都未南曦打抱不平起來。
“齊遷可真是仗着師姐的喜歡為所欲為。”
“剛想說他說了兩句人話，誰知下一刻就這樣！師姐左不過是問了他一句問題，他不願透露便不願透露，這麽兇人幹嘛？！也就看着師姐不會對他發脾氣！”
“氣死我了氣死我了，真想給他一個教訓。”
最初大師姐喜歡上齊遷的時候，弟子們看她被齊遷弄的傷心，也替她打抱不平并多加安慰過。
但那時到底也什麽都不明白，問師姐也什麽都不說，只是傷心，并還維護齊遷，他們本就沒有多共情，過了不多幾回，便沒人換南曦了。
這次卻不一樣，他們眼睜睜看着齊遷是怎麽對待南曦的，事情的來龍去脈全然掌控，最近一段時間還對南曦多親近了起來，共情地格外深，一個個義憤填膺。
可說到要怎麽給齊遷一個教訓，一個個又沒了辦法。
齊遷修為比他們高，劍術也精妙，明着來不行，暗着來又很是為難這些思維單純的小弟子。
于是一個個便顯得愁眉苦眼下來。
南曦腦中卻已經演繹了數種明天大出風頭的畫面，全然忘了剛才的事，畢竟那只是任務，她半點沒有動感情。
就算是罵齊遷，也是覺得他該罵，一點沒有生氣，此時興奮起來，【好！好好好！看我明日大出風頭！我這就去練劍修煉！】
The angry disciples: “?”
They looked up in confusion, only to find that Nan Xi had already stood up, moving her legs extremely fast, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After a while, one of the disciples said weakly, "Is it true, Senior Sister, you are really not sad?"
? !
How is that possible? Just now, Senior Sister was crying like a tearful pear blossom!
Before I could finish my words, a tall man suddenly appeared behind me. He asked with a smile, "What are you all doing here?"
The disciples looked up instantly, all a little surprised.
"Uncle Master!"
They seemed to have found a backbone, and they all told Li Yunzheng everything that had just happened, and then they couldn't help but complain.
"If you ask me, Qi Qian is just not grateful for what he has."
"I used to wonder why my sister was always so depressed. Even though someone made her so sad, she still insisted on liking him."
"That's right. If you like him and see hope, how can you let him go so easily?"
"If I didn't know about my senior sister's situation, I would have thought they were close."
What the disciples complained about was true. Although there were no intimate actions, the atmosphere was special when Nan Xi and Qi Qian were together. No one would think that the two were just in a relationship of pursuer and pursued.
Li Yunzheng heard their words but did not show it on her face. She even found the angry faces of her disciples funny.
"Alright, alright, it's nothing to make you so angry."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was met with a look of dissatisfaction. Li Yunzheng quickly surrendered and said, "Isn't it just a lesson? Leave it to me, I guarantee you will be satisfied."
When the disciples heard this, their eyes immediately lit up.
"Master uncle is mighty!"
…
It can only be said that they are indeed worthy of being disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect. Nan Xi did not notice the existence of this group of disciples from beginning to end, let alone knowing about the appearance of Li Yunzheng later and her promise to teach Qi Qian a lesson.
After returning to the courtyard, she began to meditate and practice without stopping. Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was dark, and in the blink of another eye, it was light again.
The third day was another competition for the top sixty, and the disciple Nan Xi was assigned to today was the one ranked tenth.
They are from the same clan as the guy that Nan Xi defeated last time. Although they are not a well-known large sect, the one that Nan Xi is facing today is quite powerful and is often called the proud son of heaven.
Nan Xi's strength at this time was just average, ranked more than 30. As a senior sister, it was really embarrassing.
The chief disciple of the strongest sect among the six sects versus the chief disciple of the weakest sect is an extremely conflicting contrast. However, under the stage, everyone took just one look and felt that Nan Xi could not win.
After all, everyone knows that although Nan Xi is the eldest senior sister of the Tianyun Sword Sect, her strength is mediocre.
Because of this huge disparity in strength, the scene became even more dramatic. Everyone watched this scene with excitement and anticipation, subconsciously wanting to see the other person defeat Nan Xi.
Nan Xi clenched the sword in her hand and became somewhat excited.
She has always been subject to plot restrictions and cannot show her true strength when people are watching her, but today, this restriction has been slightly relaxed.
Because of Qi Qian's encouragement to the heroine, even though there was unpleasantness later, the heroine performed exceptionally well in the competition the next day and won a competition that everyone thought she had no chance of winning.
Although it was a narrow victory, it was still impressive.
It sounds frustrating to say that she can only relax herself a little with the help of Qi Qian, but Nan Xi doesn't care about it so much at this moment.
Besides, she wasn't going to act like a winner as shown in the plot.
There are two strict points in the plot. The important scenes must be performed to the desired effect and others must not notice that something is wrong.
As for these two restrictions, Nan Xi was confident that she could meet them. Therefore, she didn't need to risk victory. She just needed to not expose her sword energy. No matter how powerful her sword moves were, they would not arouse suspicion.
Nan Xi, however, can compete with others to her heart's content and enjoy herself.
After a period of baptism, coupled with what happened yesterday, through the spread of those dozen disciples, all the Tianyun Sword Sect disciples present now truly regard Nan Xi as their close fellow disciple and respected senior sister.
So when everyone saw Nan Xi facing a powerful enemy, they couldn't help but worry for her.
But at this moment.
【Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!】
The cheerful laughter pierced their eardrums, and the disciples' pupils shrank slightly, and they were all terrified.
What happened? Is the senior sister too stressed out and mentally ill?
【Friends! I’m here too~~】
After bowing, Nan Xi, holding the sword in his hand, attacked with lightning speed, startling the careless opponent. He retreated several steps and only found an opportunity to counterattack from the defense when he reached the edge of the ring.
Then he turned around and returned to the center of the ring.
He was secretly surprised at Nan Xi's strength, but Nan Xi had no sword skills, so no matter how powerful she was, she was still a little lacking. The man calmed down a little and counterattacked forcefully to suppress her.
The sword power cannot be described as majestic, but it has its own sharp edges, which makes people dare not underestimate it.
But the level of fighting displayed in this encounter not only shocked the opponent, but also everyone watching below the ring. Looking closely at the battle on the ring, the two men fought back and forth with no clear winner.
Although Nan Xi lacked swordsmanship, she was still not inferior to her opponent. Her use of sword skills and control of strength were both amazing.
However, due to the lack of sword intent, the competition was in a stalemate for a while.
Even Nan Xi seemed to be suppressed.
Sudden!
The situation of the battle changed in an instant. When the opponent used a killing move to decide the outcome of the battle, Nan Xi's sword almost performed a trick and broke through at an angle that ordinary people could hardly imagine.
When the situation became clear again, Nan Xi's sword stabbed the skin of the opponent's throat.
Just one more inch would have taken someone's life.
The opponent's sword froze, as if he had not expected that he would be defeated by Nan Xi. His pupils shrank slightly, and he was unable to recover for a long time.
And below the stage, everyone was shocked.
"Did you see that move clearly?"
"Incredible! It's really incredible! I can't even compare to Fellow Daoist Nan Xi in using the Halo Sword!"
"After all, he is the chief of the Tianyun Sword Sect. The move he used was really beautiful."
The disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect were even more excited and cheered loudly under the stage.
"Master sister is so awesome!"