Chapter 96

At this moment, what was Su Xin doing? He unfortunately found himself lost. The underground palace was shrouded in thick mist, and he had run for several thousand meters. When he ran back towards the direction of Xie Zhiyan and Jiang Ling, he found that after running for a minute, he still couldn't see the two of them.

Su Xin originally thought that Xie Zhiyan had escaped on her own, but there were no signs of a struggle on the ground. He then realized that he must have gotten lost.

With no other choice, Su Xin made marks on the ground in secret and carefully explored other areas, hoping to run into Xie Zhiyan.

In this mist, visibility was less than three steps, and the sense of direction was almost completely lost, so it was all a matter of luck.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, the thick fog ahead gradually thinned, and several warehouses appeared before Su Xin's eyes.

There were over a dozen of these warehouses, each labeled with names like gold and silver, weapons, medicinal herbs, and cultivation techniques. Clearly, these were the various resources plundered by the Mad Lion Du Yuansheng when he followed the Great Zhou to attack the Eastern Jin!

He never thought that by wandering around aimlessly, he would actually find this place.

However, these treasure houses also had indentations for five keys, indicating that they needed the five keys to open.

At this moment, a loud laugh suddenly came from behind him: "Hahaha! I never thought that the Mad Lion Du Yuansheng's treasure actually exists! As long as I escape, I will immediately inform the person in charge of the Qingcheng Sword Sect in Xiangnan. This treasure should belong to our Qingcheng Sword Sect!"

Fang Dongting emerged from the mist and, upon seeing Su Xin, was immediately surprised: "You're not dead? What about Aqi?"

Su Xin replied coolly: "He's dead, and Gong Qingfeng is also dead."

Fang Dongting said indifferently: "It's good that Gong Qingfeng is dead. With Xie Zhiyan holding Jiang Ling back, he shouldn't find his way here for a while."

Seeing Fang Dongting's indifferent attitude, Su Xin couldn't help but ask: "Aqi at least risked his life for you. Don't you have any feelings for him at all?"

Fang Dongting sneered: "He was just a dog raised by my Fang family. If he's dead, so be it. What feelings? If it weren't for my father saving him, he would have been eaten by wild dogs in the forest long ago. It was my Fang family that raised him and taught him martial arts. Now it's time for him to pay back."

Su Xin looked at Fang Dongting coldly. How cold-hearted could a disciple from a prestigious sect be?

But Aqi was also a pitiful person with his own faults. To be so loyal to such a person, he deserved to die.

Fang Dongting drew the pine-patterned long sword from his waist and said with a cold smile: "Su Xin, last time you dared to offend me for that woman Xie Zhiyan. I said we would settle this debt sooner or later. Now that you've seen what you shouldn't have, we can settle this debt right now."

"Seen what you shouldn't have?" Su Xin looked at the treasure-filled warehouses and asked: "You mean the Mad Lion Du Yuansheng's treasure? You're thinking too much. There's still a strong enemy, Jiang Ling, outside. Do you want to kill each other now?"

Fang Dongting sneered: "Jiang Ling is still entangled with Xie Zhiyan. He won't find his way here so quickly. I have a follower outside who will notice my disappearance and inform my senior brother and uncle. When they arrive, all the people of the Qingcheng Sword Sect in Xiangnan will mobilize, and this treasure will be ours! So anyone who knows the location of the treasure must die! By the way, the people from the Flying Eagle Gang outside also know the location of the treasure, so I'm sorry, they must die too!"

"You're not the only one from the Qingcheng Sword Sect!" Su Xin was startled.

Fang Dongting said calmly: "After all, we are one of the five sword sects. The key to the Mad Lion Du Yuansheng's treasure suddenly appeared, and the fifth key's whereabouts also appeared a few days later. If this were a coincidence, even ghosts wouldn't believe it. However, to be safe, the Qingcheng Sword Sect didn't alarm anyone. I was sent openly, but several innate realm martial artists are secretly waiting in Chenzhou Prefecture near Changning Prefecture. They can arrive in Changning Prefecture within half a day once they receive my message."

Su Xin realized that he had indeed underestimated the heroes of the world.

Jiang Ling and Gong Qingfeng's plan wasn't particularly clever. Everyone thought the Mad Lion Du Yuansheng had completely disappeared, and the Three Xiang Martial Alliance had long since fallen apart. They never suspected that there were still remnants like these two. Su Xin could sense something was wrong with just a little clue, and the people from the Qingcheng Sword Sect were certainly not fools. They must have had their suspicions too.

However, the Qingcheng Sword Sect was being too cautious, even hiding many innate realm martial artists in Xiangnan.

If Fang Dongting were to go out and kill everyone who knew the location of Du Yuansheng's treasure, the Qingcheng Sword Sect could monopolize all the treasure.

Fang Dongting looked at Su Xin, whose expression kept changing, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips: "Knowing so much, you can go in peace. If you had chosen to help me back then, I might have spared your life. But you chose that woman Xie Zhiyan. Remember, in your next life, choose your allies carefully, or you might die."

Fang Dongting wanted to see Su Xin's regret and fear, but unfortunately, Su Xin's expression didn't change at all. He just asked in return: "If I had chosen you back then, would you really not kill me? Only the dead can keep secrets, and I believe many people agree with this."

Su Xin, of course, didn't believe Fang Dongting's nonsense. A person as cold-hearted as him would always put his own interests first. How could he let Su Xin go just because Su Xin stood by him, risking the secret of the treasure's location?

Fang Dongting was just saying this to make Su Xin look foolish before killing him.

Unfortunately, Su Xin never regretted his actions.

Right is right, wrong is wrong. What's the point of regretting? The important thing is to learn from the lesson and not repeat it.

Fang Dongting, whose intentions were seen through by Su Xin, was very annoyed. He decided not to waste any more words and attacked directly with his sword.

The pine-patterned iron sword in his hand carried two different true qi energies, water and fire. The two forces intersected, and the sword glowed with a faint red and icy blue.

The water and fire dao sword of the Qingcheng Sword Sect was indeed very unique. Different forces mixed together, following the natural way, and were manifested through the sword, making it a pinnacle of a unique sword path.

However, Fang Dongting's strength was not enough to fully unleash the power of this dao sword. His strength was sufficient, but he never truly understood the true meaning of this dao sword!

At this moment, as the water and fire dao sword stabbed straight at him, Su Xin's mind inexplicably recalled the scene where Xie Zhiyan used the Yi Jian Wang Qi technique to face off against Fang Dongting.

Back then, Su Xin felt that Xie Zhiyan didn't use much strength to suppress Fang Dongting. Each of her sword strikes anticipated the enemy's moves, making it impossible for Fang Dongting to launch a real attack.

Su Xin didn't know the Yi Jian Wang Qi technique, but his sword had only one advantage: speed!

The Youlong Sword moved with a strange frequency, slashing against Fang Dongting's pine-patterned iron sword, producing a long, resonant sword sound.

Although Fang Dongting used his strength to deflect Su Xin's Youlong Sword, his sword momentum was also disrupted, and he had to forcefully retract his next move, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

Su Xin's fast sword, however, struck one after another, not aiming to kill but to block Fang Dongting's attacks. After dozens of moves, it seemed like they were practicing moves, exchanging blows without hurting each other.

If there were outsiders, they would definitely find the current scene familiar, as it was very similar to when Xie Zhiyan used the Yi Jian Wang Qi technique against Fang Dongting.

At this moment, Su Xin himself entered a wondrous state.

Fang Dongting's sword, his own sword, the dao sword true qi, and the power in his body all seemed to turn into points and lines, floating before his eyes.

Although it seemed to have no pattern, when he sorted it out, he could feel a unique meaning, which was the way of the sword!

In the past, when Su Xin killed enemies, he only pursued three things: speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness.

Of course, this was also related to the fact that his previous opponents were not strong. Dealing with the people in Changning Prefecture, Su Xin mostly used his fast sword, and he didn't have the strength or opportunity to experience true martial arts.

It wasn't until the arrival of Xie Zhiyan and Fang Dongting that Su Xin truly saw the powerful martial arts of the outside world and understood what true martial arts were.

A frog at the bottom of a well cannot understand the true meaning of the world. Only by jumping out of the well can one see the vast sky. This was the case with Su Xin now.

The system had once said that the 5% proficiency given by the system was just to help Su Xin quickly familiarize himself with the martial arts. To truly unleash the power of this skill, Su Xin needed to comprehend it himself.

Jing Wuming's fast sword was just Jing Wuming's fast sword. Even if Su Xin obtained the fast sword, he couldn't become a second Jing Wuming.

Of course, Su Xin didn't need to become a second Jing Wuming. He just needed to be himself. His fast sword was not Jing Wuming's fast sword; it was his own, unique to Su Xin!

Originally, Su Xin's fast sword proficiency had been stuck at 50%, but in these few dozen moves, it surged to 90%!

Su Xin's sword became faster and faster, but it was no longer just about being ruthless and fast. It carried a certain rhythm. When the sword reached its ultimate speed, it became a way!

Fang Dongting, on the other hand, became increasingly alarmed.

His strength was clearly dozens of times greater than Su Xin's, but Su Xin could hold his own for dozens of moves.

At first, he could suppress Su Xin, but the more they fought, the more he felt that Su Xin was starting to suppress him!

Su Xin's strength hadn't changed, but his sword techniques had.

A sense of frustration arose, and Fang Dongting, looking at Su Xin's current state, suddenly realized something and shouted in shock: "Enlightenment! You've entered the state of enlightenment!"

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