Chapter 69 Chapter 69 She couldn’t even imagine what would happen at night…
She turned around and saw a strange face, a young boy, who clasped his fists towards her in a childish voice. "Sister Chu, before the Young Master went on stage, he asked me to tell you that after the competition, you should wait for him at the Wolong Temple next to the arena."
"Wolong Temple?"
Yi Haichuan said, "It's nearby. I'll take the girl there after the competition."
She nodded in thanks, and the boy turned around, his small figure gradually disappearing among the disciples watching the martial arts.
She tilted her head and asked Yi Haichuan, "But why Wolong Temple?"
Yi Haichuan shook his head: "I don't know either."
She frowned, picked up the dart that fell behind her, and looked at it carefully in her hand.
There are three spiral-shaped blades with a red tassel wrapped in the middle. The blades are so sharp that you can see blood when you touch them.
Yi Haichuan took it and said, "This is the Hengshan School's Fire Dart. I guess Miss Heng is still angry. Why don't we sit somewhere else? I'm worried she might get hurt."
She still had to tease Li Xuanbai. If she changed positions, wouldn't Li Xuanbai be unable to see her on the stage?
She said, "It's okay, these two are almost done competing. Wait until Huaijin gets off the stage..." She raised her eyes to look at the stage and was stunned for a moment.
Gu Huaijin had been forced to the edge of the ring, and seemed too lazy to even move. Li Xuanbai was flying towards him with his sword in hand, but he didn't even look at him, and his arm raised the sword reflexively to block.
But his eyes looked at her steadily through the crowd, looking into her eyes.
When they looked at each other, her heart tightened for a moment.
What was going on? He felt sad and lost, as if he absolutely needed her right now, and if he didn't, it would break in the next second.
When he came on stage just now, wasn't he full of murderous intent and imposing?
Yi Haichuan, standing by, wondered, "What's wrong with Senior Brother? What is he looking at? Are you afraid of Miss Heng's darts?"
She frowned, looked into Gu Zhi's eyes, and pointed quickly in the direction of Li Xuanbai.
When someone comes, fight them, don't just stand there.
Gu Zhi regained consciousness for a moment, and finally raised his sword to block it. The natal beads around his body shot out in strings, colliding with Li Xuanbai's beads with a clang.
Li Xuanbai noticed his uneasy mind and smiled, raising his sword and slashing it around. A cacophony of sword light flashed in all directions. "You? You're already on stage, and you're still thinking about her?"
Gu Zhi said nothing and blocked all the incoming attacks, but he looked tired and bored. He was just trying hard to protect himself.
Li Xuanbai was not willing to let him go easily. A string of beads flew straight to his acupuncture points all over his body, and he smiled:
"I've been wanting to say this for a long time. Are you out of your mind? No matter how others treat you, you always repay evil with kindness. You think about others, but they never think about you. Do you want to be a saint so much? Don't become a loser when you can't be a saint."
"Like her? Yes, I admit, I feel the same way about that woman as you do. But who would be like you? Look at yourself now. You're so lost and miserable, you don't even look like a human being. Do you really need to do that?"
Gu Zhi just remained calm and let him mock him, without a trace of fluctuation on his face, and dodged with his eyes downcast.
Li Xuanbai smiled, "Why? Missing her? Missing her here?"
Seeing that he didn't answer, her smile became even more vicious. "What's the point of thinking about her here? Do you think that if you miss her, she will stay with you and not come with me?"
Gu Zhi suddenly raised his eyes.
"Oh, I'm angry. I get angry just by mentioning this."
Li Xuanbai loved to see him angry. He dodged his natal bead with a smile, and the small earring under his ear swayed for a moment:
"She just helped me out a bit, and you're just washing your neck clean and waiting for me to chop it off. If she comes down the mountain with me, are you going to find a tree to hang yourself tomorrow?"
He laughed even more wantonly, "Oh, don't die too soon, at least wait until she has forgotten you. Otherwise, if you die too early, she won't be able to forget you. Can you please not cause trouble for the living?"
Gu Zhi's sword light suddenly stretched out, dazzling the eyes, "You are looking for death!"
Li Xuanbai laughed wildly, tapped his finger several times in the air, leaped into the air, turned around with a clang, and blocked the bead he shot at his solar plexus.
Zhou Xin, who was standing at the edge of the ring, was sweating profusely.
It turns out that the rumors that the two talented men in the mountains have been fighting over a woman are actually true.
Just now, Miss Heng on the martial arts viewing stage threw darts onto the stage. The young master clearly noticed it, but he turned a blind eye, so he didn't dare to do anything.
Unexpectedly, the next second, Miss Chu in the audience casually reminded Senior Brother Xuanbai twice, and the young master's face suddenly turned pale. He didn't even want to fight in the competition. He just stood there, allowing himself to be slaughtered.
Even when he was forced into a desperate situation by Senior Brother Xuanbai, he was still paying attention to her movements. He only had a few natal beads, but he actually used one to protect the woman during the fierce battle.
What kind of magic does that woman have?
Zhou Xin couldn't help but look down at the stage.
Another spinning dart silently approached her back.
On the stage, two people were fighting fiercely. The sword lights were everywhere, and the whistling sword energy almost cut the air on the stage into pieces.
Suddenly, a crystal clear bead shot out from Gu Zhi's palm, flew into the air, and headed straight for the boomerang behind her head.
Li Xuanbai laughed on the stage, "You still have time to care about other people? I really give you face."
The shining bead knocked down the dart with ill intentions. Without giving it a chance to breathe, it put on its armor again, flew into the air, and flew straight into Gu Zhi's palm.
Gu Zhi stood in the ring, already filled with murderous intent.
The sword was as powerful as a tidal wave, thunder rolled in his eyes, beads shot out in all directions, and the moves were so tricky that they almost made the air full of holes.
Even Li Xuanbai couldn't handle the flying beads that were so complicated, changeable, strange and mysterious. He took out all six of his life beads from his sleeves, protected them at his sides, and knocked them against the enemy with clanging sounds.
On the stage, the sword energy was awe-inspiring, the sword light was sharp and gleaming, and the beads were flying like a nest of hornets, only the traces could be seen, but not the real body.
Nan Qiongshuang was sitting in the audience, touching her smooth nails, feeling a little relieved.
Gu Huaijin was ready to fight again. Just now, he was so dejected and almost surrendered, but for some reason, his fighting spirit suddenly ignited.
It was good that he wanted to win. Li Xuanbai had brought the poisonous insect with him today, and he had no intention of letting him go.
She understood his personality. Even if he said he wanted to kill Li Xuanbai, he might not really do it.
But if Li Xuanbai said he would kill, he would definitely kill.
The battle situation has reached the most critical point. The swords of both sides have hardly rested for a moment. The black and white natal beads are fighting in the air. The sound of flying beads breaking through the wind is terrifying even when sitting on the martial arts viewing platform.
She turned to Yi Haichuan and asked, "Who do you think will win?"
Yi Haichuan: "I naturally lean towards Senior Brother. He's not only incredibly talented, but he's also practiced diligently. Even though he's been off for the past month and is a bit rusty, he still has the foundation he had before. Besides, Senior Brother Xuanbai also practiced hard for a while before the competition. In my opinion, the difference between the two isn't that huge."
"only……"
She raised an eyebrow, "Just?"
Yi Haichuan hesitated and said, "Big Brother has always been a cautious person, always keeping many backup plans. But today, even at this point, he still has two beads hidden in his sleeves, not yet moved. In my opinion, it's a little too late. Perhaps this is Big Brother's strategy."
Nan Qiongshuang looked carefully at the stage, concentrating for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.
She had never practiced the Tianshan Pearl Controlling Technique, and she didn't even know how to watch the battle. Even if she wanted to count the number of beads, the beads were flying too fast for her to count.
Yi Haichuan suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Miss Chu!"
She looked up in surprise.
In front of the tip of the nose, a round, inky bead had been hanging at some point.
The middle is solid and the edges are hollow, floating in the air. The hollow part just reveals the outline of the mountains opposite, and under the sun, it reflects a dazzling light.
The smooth surface almost reflected her face.
...What is that and why is it here?
Suddenly, there was a wave of panic and fear all around, and the disciples who were crowded around her watching the fight screamed and pushed and shoved to retreat.
Yi Haichuan didn't know what he had placed in front of her, but it was in vain. The small bead that reflected her face like a fish-eye was flying towards her silently and quietly.
Her eyelashes fluttered twice as she realized what was happening.
The spider silk in the ring was about to come out in a second.
The next second, it stopped.
With so many people around, should she hide or not?
Just bear it?
In a flash, a crystal clear little bead broke through the wind, and the sunlight turned the little bead into a colorful white.
"Dang", a sound.
The inky little bead was suddenly bounced away and hit back onto the stage like a meteor. Sparks were rubbed out in the air by both sides and fell down.
Even Nan Qiong Shuang was still frightened.
Looking up, Gu Huaijin's natal pearl had already gone on to its next mission, drawing an arc and returning to his palm.
She sat on the martial arts viewing platform and started to tremble.
Yi Haichuan's back was soaked with sweat: "Miss Chu, are you injured?"
She breathed slowly and shook her head: "It's okay, don't worry."
She said there was no need to worry, but she knew best how dangerous the situation was.
The people of Ji Le Tang rely on their good looks to survive in the martial arts world. If she were hit directly in the face by a stream of light like that, her face would be ruined.
You dared to point your natal pearl at her face, Li Xuanbai, are you seeking death today?!
On the stage, Gu Huaijin slashed with a palm wind, knocking all of Li Xuanbai's natal beads back several inches in the air.
"Are you fucking crazy? How dare you touch her?!"
Li Xuanbai had known Gu Huaijin for more than ten years and had never heard him utter a dirty word. He felt refreshed when he heard this.
"Look, look. I knew it. As soon as you got involved with her—" Suddenly, his fingers moved, and two thin blades appeared. They floated in the air and suddenly stabbed at the person in front of him, "—you'd make a mistake."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Huaijin gritted his teeth and groaned.
The two thin blades were instantly stained with blood, reflecting a dazzling light under the sun, floating in the air, and returned to Li Xuanbai's side.
Li Xuanbai picked up the two blades and leisurely took off the natal beads embedded in them. He threw the blades aside, held them between his fingers, and held them up to the light.
"I wouldn't really hurt her. Why are you so nervous?" He smiled slowly. "Who can you blame?"
Gu Zhi covered his forearm. The two flying blades had cut his sleeve while he was not paying attention, injuring his skin. Now some red blood had seeped out of his white clothes.
Flesh injuries are a minor matter.
but--
Something got into his wound.
A living, foreign object. He knew what it was without even having to think about it.
With a grim face, he took out a golden ring from his sleeve, gritted his teeth, put it on the end of his forearm, and adjusted it to tighten.
Li Xuanbai smiled as soon as he saw the golden ring. "Oh, you came prepared today. Did she tell you, or did you find out about it yourself?"
Gu Huaijin: "Do you think that Yamauchi really doesn't know what you've done over the years?"
Li Xuanbai nodded in agreement and spread his hands, "Well, thank you, Young Master, for showing some leniency and saving face for me."
Gu Zhi snorted coldly.
Suddenly, his face was filled with pain, and he seemed unable to stand steadily. He covered his forearm and slowly half-knelt on the ground.
Li Xuanbai lazily sheathed his sword. The sun cast his shadow into a long, slanted point. On the entire flat and empty arena, he was the only one standing like an upright sword, indestructible and unstoppable.
"By the way, let me tell you something."
"I burned the love knot she gave me."
"Guess what? She's not mad."
"Besides, you have to come down the mountain with me."
"If you—"
The words stopped there, no more words.
Li Xuanbai tilted his head back, his eyes unfocused, and slowly fell down.
Across from him, Gu Huaijin let go of his arm, veins bulging in his temples, but he remained terrifyingly calm, his face as gloomy as water, and stood up straight.
At the edge of the ring, Zhou Xin blew the bone whistle.
The martial arts arena was suddenly filled with thunderous applause and cheers.
Up ahead, the sun rose from the valley, and the mountain shadows and sunlight cut the entire arena in two. Li Xuanbai fell dazed in the bluish shadow.
Under the sunlight, Gu Huaijin's robe danced with the light of snow. He stood in front of Li Xuanbai's feet, glanced at him lightly, turned around and left without saying a word.
On the stage, Li Xuanbai's eyes gradually regained clarity and he saw the blue sky above his head.
There was a lot of noise and cheers all around him. He lay on the ground, thinking slowly.
Damn it, even Gu Huaijin has learned to play dirty tricks lately. And he even pretended to be sick with him?
He asked how the centipede poison could attack so quickly.
If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been pierced through the back of his head by his bead.
He laughed in anger, wondering if this dirty trick was taught by that woman?
*
On the martial arts viewing platform.
The winner was decided. Nan Qiongshuang had promised him that she would go back after watching this game, so she stood up.
Yi Haichuan: "I'll take the girl to Wolong Temple."
Nan Qiong Shuang nodded in agreement: "Thank you, Senior Brother Yi."
She walked down the steps of the martial arts viewing platform one by one, lowering her head to avoid the people passing by. Suddenly, she inexplicably felt that someone was looking at her in the distance.
She turned and looked.
In the stands, among the crowd, Heng Huang propped up his cheeks and looked away as if nothing had happened.
She shrugged and smiled indifferently.
Still thinking about her? On this mountain, not only the men are holding on to her, but the women are holding on to her too.
Quite interesting.
She didn't care and followed Yi Haichuan calmly as usual, letting him lead her onto a water corridor.
The weather on the mountain was unpredictable. Just a moment ago, the sun was shining brightly on the arena, but now, a fog had risen. The white mist clung to the mountainside, and unless you looked closely, you could hardly make out the jagged rocks.
A thick mist hung over the water, and a layer of shimmering water droplets condensed on the wooden corridors, soaking your shoes and socks as you walked along. The ground squeaked and was extremely slippery.
Yi Haichuan: "Miss, be careful."
She folded her hands over her belly and took a deep breath, "Okay."
Yi Haichuan was not a talkative person. As they walked in the fog where they couldn't see the road ahead, they were speechless for a while. She felt a little depressed and her heart was beating fast.
When she thought about what happened a while ago, she got a headache.
Today, Gu Huaijin was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He had been reluctant to leave the martial arts arena even after clocking in, holding her hand and rubbing it in his sleeve again and again, but when he came back, he saw her holding a Nong Shan Yue and chatting with Li Xuanbai.
They went to Bodhi Pavilion together and threatened the position of Young Master to finally save her. But then he heard that she was going down the mountain with Li Xuanbai, and he was even the last to know.
During the competition on the mountain, she pointed hidden weapons for Li Xuanbai, and it seemed that he saw it all on the stage. I wonder how he could have the time to look at her in such a busy battle situation.
He was a person who was always worried about gains and losses. When she was locked in the room with him every day, if she touched the Nong Shan Yue candle a little more, he would be heartbroken and would pester her to ask why.
But now, she used a whole set of Sunflower Pointing Techniques on his weak spot and left him aside, without even a chance to talk to him the whole day. She forced him to stand on the stage and stare at her without even wanting to compete.
Thinking about that look now, she realized that he almost rushed down, ignoring his opponent, the referee, and all the disciples in the mountain, and was desperate to get off the stage, get in front of her, and grab her to question her.
She slowly closed her eyes, feeling uneasy and having to resign herself to her fate.
She was used to dealing with men. As long as these men were normal, she would always find a way.
But Gu Huaijin wasn't quite normal. He wasn't as measured, clear-headed, calm, and at ease as he appeared. In fact, he was the complete opposite: anxious, sensitive, and extremely self-suppressed.
Such people usually hold back and remain calm, but if they really can't hold back and explode, the earth will shake and the mountains will roar like a tsunami.
Now, there is no doubt that it is bound to break out.
She couldn't bear to think what would happen during the night.
Originally, she just wanted a kiss and for him to let her go down the mountain.
Others...
She rubbed her brows. She couldn't give him anything else right now. Not even if she died.
In front, Yi Haichuan suddenly stopped.
Her heart seemed to be thrown into a lake, weightless and cold, with a splash.
She slowly raised her head.
Li Xuanbai leaned against the corridor pillar, hugged his shoulders, and bent one leg and pushed it against the pillar.
His expression was sinister and evil: "Where do you want to go?"
Yi Haichuan clasped his fists and said, "On the orders of Senior Brother, I am taking Miss Chu..."
Before he could finish his words, Li Xuanbai pushed them away.
Li Xuanbai bent down in front of her, staring into her distinct black and white eyes. There was bitterness and poison in his eyes, as fierce as a scorpion with its sting raised. He spoke word by word:
"Come here."
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