Chapter 76

At Mingxiu Peak, Sima Dengfeng was cornered by Mu Jianyin and Shang Xi working together.

Mu Jianyin's Nine Plum Sword was continuously broken by Sima Dengfeng's Nine Finger Technique, but unexpectedly, Shang Xi's dual knives broke through the air, each cutting off one of Sima Dengfeng's fingers.

Sima Dengfeng let out a loud cry, attempting to break through the encirclement, but was forced back by Mu Jianyin's sword.

"I want to see if the Sima family's Danqing Finger can still be used without fingers!"

The backs of the dual knives collided in mid-air and then flew back into Shang Xi's hands.

Mu Jianyin took advantage of the situation to press her sword against the opponent's throat: "Speak, who else among the five surnames' remnants are on Tongyou Peak?"

Sima Dengfeng knew there was no hope of escape and suddenly wore a strange smile on his face.

Shang Xi's expression changed, and she quickly warned: "Be careful!"

Without Shang Xi's reminder, Mu Jianyin had already sensed the opponent's intentions and hurriedly tried to retract her sword.

However, it was too late. The now defenseless Sima Dengfeng suddenly lunged forward, letting his throat collide directly with Mu Jianyin's sword tip.

"Hehe... the fusion of the two realms... is the trend... cannot be... stopped..."

Sima Dengfeng clearly had the resolve to die, and as his throat was pierced, he directly dissipated his entire yuan qi.

Otherwise, the powerful vitality of a Wu Yijing realm martial artist would not necessarily result in immediate death even if the heart was destroyed, let alone just a pierced throat.

A massive yuan qi storm swept across Mingxiu Peak, destroying all buildings without array formation protection. Such a dramatic natural phenomenon indicated that another Wu Yijing realm martial artist had perished.

At the center of the storm, Shang Xi and Mu Jianyin stood side by side. The corpse of Sima Dengfeng had already been obliterated by the yuan qi eruption, and the atmosphere between the two became somewhat eerie and awkward.

"Is this the first time we've met in these few years?" Shang Xi suddenly spoke.

"Uh, yes!" Mu Jianyin's tone sounded somewhat unnatural.

"Are you avoiding me?" Shang Xi turned her head to look at the other.

"No, how could I?" Mu Jianyin awkwardly smiled, turning her face away and avoiding eye contact with Shang Xi.

"You know what I want to ask!" Shang Xi continued.

"Wasn't that matter already settled?" Mu Jianyin said softly.

"I just want to hear from you how my brother died!" Shang Xi's face was expressionless.

Mu Jianyin sighed, appearing more wooden: "I don't know. The scene was chaotic, and in a desperate situation, I only focused on escaping and didn't pay attention to what happened behind me."

"You said he saved you!" Shang Xi tried to press further.

Mu Jianyin nodded: "Yes, but after he saved me, I was terrified. He told me to run, so I ran. He told me not to look back, so I didn't dare to. I kept running until I met Master Shang and the teacher, and then I realized and sought their help, but later..."

"But later they said my brother was dead, but there was no body!" Shang Xi continued.

Mu Jianyin nodded: "That's right!"

Shang Xi added: "If that's the case, why have you been avoiding me all these years?"

Mu Jianyin finally looked at her, then quickly turned away: "He died saving me, I have no face to meet his family."

"Oh?"

Shang Xi sneered: "If you have no face to meet people, why did you encourage your niece to flirt with my nephew?"

Mu Jianyin seemed somewhat angry, her brows furrowed: "The affairs of the younger generation don't need to be influenced by us, right?"

Shang Xi laughed lightly: "What if my nephew one day finds out that his father died because of you, how do you think he will see you?"

Mu Jianyin was momentarily speechless, her gaze falling on the pair of willow leaf curved knives in Shang Xi's hands, and she quickly changed the subject: "Where did you get these curved knives? You've found a suitable weapon, now it might be hard for me to defeat you!"

Shang Xi laughed lightly: "Your topic change is so abrupt, it's hard to believe you are one of the four supervisors of the World Affairs Department!"

Shang Xi was about to speak again when a sound like a tearing fabric echoed throughout Tongyou Peak.

She Zhiqing's Spirit Snake Spear tore through the array formation between Kaiyuan and Luohui Peaks and charged in first.

Shang Xi's expression changed, and she coldly said: "I'll go to the foot of Tongyou Peak first, this matter isn't over!"

Watching Shang Xi leave, Mu Jianyin couldn't help but sigh in relief, this crisis was temporarily averted.

However, Mu Jianyin's gaze soon fell on another person who was severely injured and unconscious.

"Mr. Lu, if you're awake, don't pretend to be asleep. If you keep sleeping, I might really have to kill you to silence you!"

Compared to her weakness in front of Shang Xi, Mu Jianyin's words now were full of killing intent.

"Don't... cough... Lu... cough... heard nothing, please... no... save me!"

The vitality of a Wu Yijing realm martial artist was so strong that even being ambushed from behind by a peer, he still retained a glimmer of life.

Mu Jianyin's gaze swept over Lu Yan, her brows furrowed: "Mr. Lu, your injuries are quite severe!"

Lu Yan bitterly smiled, spitting out a mouthful of blood: "Lu is clear about his injuries, he can still survive, it's just a matter of how to be saved. Supervisor Mu, no matter what, Lu's injuries were sustained while protecting Tongyou Peak... although he didn't engage in battle with the Cangling martial artists, he was injured by the remnants of the five surnames..."

Mu Jianyin nodded: "Mr. Lu, I heard you are from Jizhou? The Lu family of Jizhou is quite well-known among the extraordinary martial arts families..."

Lu Yan smiled bitterly: "Supervisor Mu, please speak clearly. Whatever Lu can do, I will not refuse!"

Mu Jianyin's face instantly filled with a smile: "Mr. Lu, you're too polite. Since you were injured protecting Tongyou Peak, how can Tongyou Academy let you die?"

Lu Yan: "..."

...

The invisible array formation of Tongyou Peak was torn by She Zhiqing, causing a shock in Shangxia.

However, Shangxia seemed to be completely unaware of what was happening in the distance, his eyes only on the fleeing Jin Guanchao with a severed arm.

Perhaps because the iron chain bridge between Kaiyuan and Luohui Peaks had been cut, the Tongyou Peak martial artists had already gathered at the foot of the mountain to prepare for the invasion of the Cangling martial artists.

Jin Guanchao fled along the waist of Tongyou Peak, encountering almost no one who tried to stop him.

The two, one fleeing and one chasing, quickly passed the iron chain bridge between Luohui and Tongyou Peaks.

At this moment, Jin Guanchao and Shangxia saw She Zhiqing summoning the heaven and earth's yuan qi to form a massive yuan qi spear, which exploded the main hall of the Xunji Hall, but was immediately entangled by three iron chains thrown from Luohui Peak!

The iron chain bridge between Kaiyuan and Luohui Peaks was cut at Kaiyuan Peak, but the three broken chains could still be controlled by Luohui Peak.

Not knowing what to think, Jin Guanchao not only did not stop here but fled even faster.

At the connection point of the iron chain bridge between Luohui and Tongyou Peaks, there should have been someone secretly guarding, but as Jin Guanchao fled past, no one tried to intercept him, likely having gone down the mountain to intercept the invading Cangling martial artists.

At this moment, Shangxia's peripheral vision saw a ball of fire directly collide with She Zhiqing, who was entangled by the iron chains, and was thrown out of the protective array of Tongyou Peak.

The ball of fire also followed and was thrown out, and the torn array began to gradually close and recover.

However, Shangxia noticed that even though She Zhiqing was hit head-on by the ball of fire, he still firmly held the Spirit Snake Spear, so when he was thrown out, the Spirit Snake Spear also broke free from the iron chains and flew out of Tongyou Peak with him.

Jin Guanchao, who was originally heading towards the foot of Tongyou Peak, seemingly planning to join the invading Cangling martial artists, suddenly changed direction and began to circle around the waist of Tongyou Peak, heading towards the connection point of the iron chain bridge between Kaiyuan and Tongyou Peaks.

Shangxia gritted his teeth and continued to pursue.

...

She Zhiqing was almost defenseless when he was hit by Dong Qianzui through a medium-grade weapon, flying out of the protective array of Tongyou Peak.

It was almost certain that even with his cultivation far surpassing Dong Qianzui, She Zhiqing was severely injured!

Fortunately, even knowing he would be severely injured, She Zhiqing still firmly held his high-grade weapon, the Spirit Snake Spear, so when he was hit, the Spirit Snake Spear also broke free from the iron chains and flew out of Tongyou Peak with him.

Otherwise, without a high-grade weapon in hand and being severely injured, She Zhiqing might not have been a match for Dong Qianzui.

However, after She Zhiqing was hit, the more than thirty Cangling martial artists who had already invaded the foot of Tongyou Peak were in a difficult situation.

These people had already been burned to death by a dozen by the cunning Dong Qianzui, and now they had lost the protection of a Fourth Heaven expert overhead, and they would face the Tongyou Peak martial artists who had the advantage of time, place, and people.

Sure enough, twenty riders emerged from each side of the Xunji Hall, forming eight squads of five riders each.

She Zhiqing's aerial spear had destroyed the main hall of the Xunji Hall, but how could Tongyou Peak deliberately leave a target for the enemy?

The main hall was actually empty!

Among the eight squads, four were led by Wu Yijing realm experts.

They were Zhao Yang, the Kaiyuan Peak Warden of the Sutra Hall, Li Zengyu, the Warden of the World Affairs Department, Wu Tinghai, the Warden of the Academy Guard Department, and Kang Ci, one of the four supervisors of the World Affairs Department!

Among the four Wu Yijing realm experts, the cold-faced Kang Ci led the charge, riding a red cloud beast, charging towards the Cangling martial artists at the foot of the mountain.

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