Volume 1 Chapter 485 Disheartened
It was late at night, but the palace was not quiet. The lights should have been turned off at this hour and the palace should have been quiet and peaceful, but it was still brightly lit.
Below the throne, Zhu Qiyu looked worriedly at Xiang Yun on the roof. He was surrounded by a large number of palace maids and eunuchs, as well as densely packed imperial guards, who surrounded the entire palace.
No matter how bad Zhu Qiyu is, he is still an emperor. How could he allow some random guy from the martial arts world to enter the palace, have fun around and then leave safely?
Xiang Yun did not object to this. After all, he did not want too many people to disturb him. If it was Shangguan Xiuzhu, he would definitely not be afraid of these miscellaneous soldiers and would come directly if he wanted to.
After a long while, Xiang Yun looked up at the starry sky, then looked down at the endless palace, frowned and said, "It's almost time, why haven't you come yet?"
At this moment, a man in green suddenly appeared opposite Xiang Yun. He held a sword in his hand and stared at Xiang Yun coldly. Jiang Li also saw it and stood up immediately.
The man in green was stunned when he saw Jiang Li, and said unhappily: "Why is there a child here? Is this the attitude for a duel?"
Xiang Yun also frowned. He only wanted to wait for Shangguan Xiuzhu, but why did he wait for a small fry?
Xiang Yun really didn't want to deal with the strangers, so he said lightly, "You've come to the wrong place. The competition is not here. It's in the Dagan Dynasty. If you use your Qinggong skills to rush over now, you might be able to see the scene of their competition."
The man was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, then showed a look of shock and shouted, "Fuck you, brother, thank you for reminding me, I'd better leave first!"
He just leaped up and disappeared in an instant.
Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "Uncle, isn't the competition here?"
Xiang Yun explained: "Uncle seems to be holding a martial arts competition here, but he is actually looking for someone. You have to distinguish the main from the secondary. So avoid martial arts competitions if you can. You have to know how to distinguish the real from the fake."
Jiang Li nodded, then slowly sat down again. Not long after, he asked again, "Uncle, if someone comes again later, will you use the same method to trick them into leaving?"
Xiang Yun shook his head and said, "There are not many fools in this world. Those who just now were all martial arts fanatics who practiced martial arts until they became stupid. They are a minority after all. Those who come later may not be so easy to fool."
Jiang Li nodded thoughtfully, while Xiang Yun secretly thought: "Xiuzhu, you must come over. You know how much I miss you. During the past ten years of imprisonment, what I thought about the most was your figure... Where are you, Xiuzhu!"
Soon a strong wind blew, and another man appeared opposite Xiang Yun. This man was wearing a gorgeous purple robe, holding a two-meter-long slender sword unsheathed, and staring at Xiang Yun coldly.
Xiang Yun said patiently: "Brother, the Dayu Dynasty is in the south, this is the Dagan Dynasty, you are in the wrong place."
The purple-robed man is named Ji Changkong, and he is only eighteen years old this year. He has been practicing martial arts since he was young, training his body at the age of six, practicing sword at the age of twelve, and practicing quick sword at the age of thirteen. Now, at the age of eighteen, he has just entered the martial arts world and feels that his swordsmanship is invincible in the world.
Once the sword comes out, who can compete with it?
The young man was very competitive, and when he heard that there was a martial arts competition in the palace of the Dayu Dynasty, he naturally wanted to come and compete.
If he had defeated Shangguan Xiuzhu, who was recognized as the world's fastest swordsman ten years ago, right after entering the martial arts world, wouldn't that mean he had reached the pinnacle right after entering the martial arts world?
Ji Changkong began to feel a little lonely like a master.
As soon as Ji Changkong heard it, he knew Xiang Yun was fooling him, because it was very strange to drink with a child on the rooftop of the palace in the middle of the night and he was not wearing an imperial robe.
Unless this person... is a top master!
Since they have to compete anyway, Ji Changkong doesn't mind killing one more person. What if he turns out to be a master?
Ji Changkong slowly raised the long sword in his hand, pointed it horizontally towards Yun, and the edge of the sword shone with a faint white light. He narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Since we are here, why not have a fight? It won't be too late to go to Dayu Dynasty later!"
Xiang Yun didn't say anything, Ji Changkong continued: "It's a dark and windy night, let this child be a witness, and we can see who is better!"
Jiang Li slowly turned his head to look at Xiang Yun and asked, "Uncle, do you want to fight?"
Xiang Yun said: "To be honest, uncle doesn't want to fight, but seeing the situation, uncle has to fight. Be good and watch from the side. This guy will start to cry soon. Remember to prepare a handkerchief to wipe his tears."
"Oh!" Jiang Li nodded seriously, then looked around. He suddenly realized that he didn't have a handkerchief on him at all, and the building was too high, so he couldn't get down. What should he do now?
Helpless, Jiang Li could only stand there and watch stupidly.
Xiang Yun sat slumped on the roof without getting up. He took a sip of wine, smacked his lips, and then waved at Ji Changkong, signaling him to attack.
Ji Changkong felt that he was being despised, no, ignored!
Feeling extremely ashamed and angry, he took a few steps forward with his sword raised, and shouted, "If you let me draw my sword, you won't have a chance to get up. The child is still here. Are you really so fearless of death?"
"Stop being so conceited!" Xiang Yun suddenly cursed: "Let's fight, why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"How brave!" Ji Changkong shouted and rushed forward with his sword.
Suddenly, a large amount of black and white air emerged from the top of the Golden Throne Hall, and outsiders could not see clearly what was happening in the black and white air.
Three minutes later, the black and white air dissipated, and Ji Changkong collapsed on the top of the Golden Throne Hall with a bruised face and a broken sword handle beside him.
Xiang Yun clapped his hands, sat down again and said to Jiang Li: "I'm sorry, uncle was too harsh, he didn't have a chance to cry."
Jiang Li immediately shook his head: "It's okay, I don't have a handkerchief anyway."
"Well, the boy is teachable."
Xiang Yun kicked the unconscious Ji Changkong off the roof of the Golden Palace. Zhu Qiyu, who had been waiting below, immediately came up with the guards and surrounded Ji Changkong.
Xiang Yun reminded: "Throw him into the Heavenly Prison and let him accompany Dongfang Ye."
Zhu Qiyu quickly agreed, and six people lifted Ji Changkong and sent him into the Sky Prison in a hurry.
Xiang Yun continued to wait on the top of the Golden Palace, looking forward to Shangguan Xiuzhu's arrival.
In a blink of an eye, a night passed, and Xiang Yun only waited for the sunrise, but did not see the beauty he had been thinking about.
Xiang Yun's face was full of disappointment and he was extremely sad, but he was still unwilling to give up and continued to sit in the Golden Throne Hall, waiting.
He didn't believe it. He didn't believe that Shangguan Xiuzhu would be so cruel that she wouldn't even come to see him after not seeing him for ten years.
Xiang Yun waited until night in the blink of an eye. Another month passed by, alternating between day and night.
For a month, Xiang Yun has never left the top of the Golden Palace. He thought that Shangguan Xiuzhu might be late, and he couldn't leave early, otherwise it would be bad if Shangguan Xiuzhu couldn't find him.
Xiang Yun always holds such a fantasy.
However, things went against his wishes. He didn't wait for Shangguan Xiuzhu for a whole month. Even the turmoil of the palace martial arts competition faded away, and Zhu Qiyu began to resume his normal court affairs.
That morning, the first ray of sunlight of the day shone on Xiang Yun's face. Looking at the cloudless sky, Xiang Yun finally became discouraged and thought to himself, "It seems that you will not come... If that's the case, what's the point of me waiting any longer?"
On this day, Xiang Yun took Jiang Li and left the Dayu Dynasty without saying goodbye.
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