Chapter 159 Swords Against Swords Chapter 159...
Chapter 159 Swords and Swords
With a graceful leap, she landed in front of Ye Gucheng, standing between him and the emperor. She drew her sword, "It is said that Lord Ye's sword is sharp and fierce. I would like to presumptuously try to learn a few moves from him."
Ye Gucheng looked at Ling Hao for a long time before saying, "Do you really want to spar with me?"
"What? Does Lord Ye think I'm not worthy to compete with you?" Ling Hao said with a smile.
“No,” Ye Gucheng shook his head, “I have also heard of the reputation of the Shadowless Sword, and it is my honor to be able to witness the Dugu Nine Swords.”
"Since that's the case, then I'll have to experience Lord Ye's skill firsthand." With that, he ordered Hao to carry the broken snow towards Ye Gucheng.
Out of the corner of his eye, the Prince of the South saw the two of them fighting. Thinking of the person who had stepped on him, hatred surged in his heart. "Guards, kill him!" As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen or so people flew into the study. They were the same people who had insisted on entering the palace gate earlier.
Gongzi Yu looked at them and sneered. He pressed down harder on his feet, "You idiot, you've been stupid since you were a child, and you're still just as stupid now. I'll show you how your trash dies by my hand."
The Prince of the South didn't believe Gongzi Yu's words. He and Gongzi Yu were both members of the royal family, and neither could endure much hardship. Even if he knew martial arts, it was nothing more than fancy moves; besides bullying him, what else could he...?
"How...is this possible?" The Crown Prince of the Southern Kingdom stared wide-eyed as Gongzi Yu casually killed more than a dozen of his best men. These were men his father had raised with a great deal of money; they had died so easily? They had died at Gongzi Yu's hands?
How is this possible? This is impossible!
"Pfft—!" The Prince of the South was kicked over and then stepped on in the chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Did you see clearly?" Gongzi Yu bent down to look at the Prince of the South. "If it weren't for my sister keeping you around for her purposes, you would just be one of those people." He stood up and looked towards the door. "Someone else is coming. Guess how long it will take me to kill them?"
He raised his right hand, holding a dozen or so pieces of silver. "I bet it'll happen in the next moment!" With that, all the silver pieces in Gongzi Yu's hand flew out.
When Ximen Chuixue and Lu Xiaofeng arrived outside the study, they saw a group of people lying down with their backs to them. Lu Xiaofeng went forward and saw that each of them had a piece of silver on their forehead. He looked up and saw Gongzi Yu smiling at him.
“You…” Lu Xiaofeng couldn’t help but shudder. The other party had killed all thirty-odd people on the ground so easily? He didn’t even react, as if he hadn’t killed thirty-odd people, but rather knocked down thirty-odd fruits.
If Gongzi Yu knew what Lu Xiaofeng was thinking, he would definitely tell him that he was wrong. For him, knocking down thirty-odd fruits was more gratifying, because if he knocked them down, it would surely be because Ahao wanted them.
Those thirty people couldn't even compare to a single fruit, let alone thirty-odd fruits.
Lu Xiaofeng suddenly realized that this whole drama had been under the control of the Emperor and Gongzi Yu all along, and nothing could escape their grasp.
Ximen Chuixue paid no attention to Gongzi Yu; his gaze was fixed solely on Ye Gucheng and Ling Hao. He was overjoyed, extremely overjoyed. He had previously regarded Ye Gucheng as his lifelong rival, but now he discovered that he had another rival.
Having even one rival in life is a blessing, and now that he's found two, how could he not be happy?
"Ye Gucheng, do you look down on me? Go all out!" Ling Hao dodged Ye Gucheng's attack, then leaped lightly like a butterfly, tapping her toes on the pillar behind her to gain momentum, and shot towards Ye Gucheng like an arrow. The snow fragments in her hand seemed to be snow from an eternally frozen mountain, carrying a chilling coldness as they flew towards their target.
Ye Gucheng swung his sword and charged forward.
"A celestial being descends from the heavens!" Lu Xiaofeng held his breath, as if taking another breath would alert the two of them.
"Clang—!" Ling Hao bravely blocked Ye Gucheng's Heavenly Flying Immortal. The broken snow emitted a sword cry, and blood dripped from her tiger's mouth.
A sudden green light enveloped Linghao, as if it were taking her to another world.
Sword Breaking Style!
Ling Hao released the broken snow in his hand, used his shoulder to meet Ye Gucheng's sword, and with his left hand holding the sword, broke Ye Gucheng's Heavenly Flying Immortal.
"Ah Hao!" Gongzi Yu kicked away the Prince of the South and rushed towards Ling Hao in terror. He seemed to have forgotten that he knew martial arts, and just ran forward with all his might. The moment he grabbed her, she disappeared, and he fell forward to the ground.
"Ah-hao?" The emperor suddenly stood up.
"Good news?" Lu Xiaofeng could hardly believe his eyes.
"What?" Ximen Chuixue was also surprised.
"Ah Hao!" Gongzi Yu rushed over again, groping around the spot where Ling Hao had disappeared, his expression filled with terror and despair. "Ah Hao, Ah Hao, Ah Hao! Ah Hao, you said you wouldn't abandon me, you said you'd take me with you wherever you went. Ah Hao, you lied to me, Ah Hao, you lied to me. You lied to me, you lied to me!"
Gongzi Yu's words, each one like a cuckoo weeping blood, echoed mournfully in the study.
A night of full moon, a night of parting.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou stand at the foot of Mount Hua.
"Lu Xiaofeng?" Hua Manlou turned his head to face Lu Xiaofeng. "Why aren't you going up?"
“I…” Lu Xiaofeng’s face was full of hesitation, “I’m a little afraid to go up, I’m afraid to face him.”
Hua Manlou said, "Perhaps he would like to see you, after all, you are your friend."
"I'm afraid he'll be even more heartbroken if he sees it, and even more afraid he'll go even crazier if he sees it." Recalling what happened three years ago, a look of fear appeared on Lu Xiaofeng's face.
If anyone else saw this, they would surely think they were seeing things. That was Lu Xiaofeng, who feared nothing and dared to come out of fire and water; how could there be fear on his face? But if someone were to face that person directly, just like him, they probably wouldn't fare much better.
Three years ago, Ling Hao was enveloped in a green light and then disappeared from the palace, or rather, from the world. Whether it was the Great Zhou, the Great Jin, or the barbarians, whether it was the Central Plains, the desert, or overseas, no one could find any trace of her.
Linghao was like a ray of moonlight sprinkled on the earth; after a short while, she returned to heaven and never appeared in this world again.
But Gongzi Yu couldn't accept this fact. On the night of the full moon, he went berserk, slaughtering the Southern King and his son, as well as the Southern King's men who had infiltrated the palace. He seemed to believe it was all their fault that Ling Hao had disappeared. Even disregarding his own injuries, Gongzi Yu nearly killed Ye Gucheng under Ximen Chuixue's sword.
If the Emperor and Zhuge Zhengwo hadn't intervened simultaneously to subdue him, Gongzi Yu would probably have continued killing.
The night of the full moon became a night of slaughter, a night of bloodshed. That night, blood filled the palace, and the stench of blood still lingered in Lu Xiaofeng's nostrils.
To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, Ximen Chuixue took Ye Gucheng away. He took him to the Western Sect, where Yu Luosha was present, and for a time, Gongzi Yu was unable to find him. Unable to find Ye Gucheng, Gongzi Yu went and massacred the Southern King's lineage, causing shockwaves throughout the court and the country. Countless ministers submitted memorials demanding that the emperor execute Gongzi Yu.
However, the emperor protected Prince Yu, telling her court officials that he was the true hero who had executed the traitor. The Southern King's entire lineage was rebels; if it weren't for the fact that he was also one of her nine generations of relatives, she would have killed far more people than Prince Yu.
If the court officials insist on continuing this matter, the emperor will not mind pursuing it further. Who helped the Prince of the South conceal the secret of his heir? Who spoke on behalf of the Prince of the South in court? Who informed the Prince of the South of the news about the capital?
She can pursue every single detail until she is satisfied.
The courtiers then realized that the woman on the dragon throne had killed far more people since her ascension to the throne than Prince Yu. Under her orders, heads rolled in the capital; if she were to continue investigating, the blood in the marketplace would likely never be washed away.
Therefore, whether they wanted to quell the matter or cover up their guilty conscience, the court officials stopped submitting memorials.
They stopped causing trouble, but Gongzi Yu couldn't calm down. He searched frantically for Ling Hao's whereabouts, but he couldn't find her no matter what he did. He became increasingly erratic, talking to himself to a frightening degree.
Then Feng Qingyang and Shen Lang appeared. They subdued Gongzi Yu, pressed his acupoints, and forcibly calmed him down.
Half a year later, Gongzi Yu returned to normal and finally stopped acting crazy.
Unexpectedly, on his first day back in the martial world, Gongzi Yu went to Mount Hua. He beat Yue Buqun half to death, forcing him to relinquish the position of leader of the Mount Hua Sect, saying he would give it to Ling Hao as a gift. Thus, Ling Hao, who was not present, became the new leader of the Mount Hua Sect.
Gongzi Yu also believed that Ling Hao should have disciples, otherwise she would lack the authority of a sect leader. So he ordered his men to go to Fuzhou to arrest Lin Pingzhi, and made him kowtow before Ling Hao's portrait, thus making him her disciple. After that, Gongzi Yu detained Lin Pingzhi in the Huashan Sect and ordered Ning Zhongze and Linghu Chong to teach Lin Pingzhi the martial arts of the Huashan Sect.
Because Yue Buqun was still in Gongzi Yu's hands, they had no choice but to obey. Although they knew that Yue Buqun had been taken advantage of by Linghu Chong and that he had done many wrong things, Ning Zhongze and Linghu Chong still couldn't stand by and watch him die, and could only obey.
And so, Gongzi Yu stayed in the Huashan Sect, becoming its acting leader. He helped manage the sect's affairs, waiting for the person he longed for to return.
A year passed, and Ling Hao remained nowhere to be found. So, Gongzi Yu issued a challenge to all heroes, summoning them to the Huashan Sect for a martial arts contest to elect a leader of the martial arts world. It was clear to everyone that he intended for the Huashan Sect's leader to be the martial arts alliance leader.
Naturally, many martial arts sects and practitioners could not agree to this, but soon, the sects were captured and practitioners were attacked, causing turmoil in the martial arts world.
Everyone knew it was Gongzi Yu who did it, but he didn't know how many of his people were in the martial arts world. So he could only swallow his anger and agree to his request to hold a martial arts conference at Mount Hua to elect a new leader of the martial arts alliance.
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Author's Note: Going crazy [cat emoji]
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