Phi-Fic Chapter 36 He flew away, swinging the hilt of his sword.
Chapter 36 He flew away, swinging the hilt of his sword.
After Shen Qing passed the imperial examination, there was another benefit: he finally had time to practice his swordsmanship.
He had a foundation in the "Divine Ape Soaring Through the Clouds" lightness skill from his previous training, so he quickly mastered the mental and physical techniques. When the team stopped to rest, he often practiced his sword nearby.
The guards in the delegation saw this and couldn't resist the urge to spar. They stepped forward and had a match. As it turned out, the Vermilion Bird Mad Blade was indeed mad; when wielded, it was like a meat grinder on the battlefield.
Upon seeing this, Du Zhong couldn't help but think to himself, "Yue Tie Niu is truly a hidden master. When we get back, I'll definitely make him show his true skills and fight him for three hundred rounds."
One by one, the guards were defeated by this guy who had only been practicing martial arts for a little over a month. The system couldn't help but sigh again that he was truly a martial arts prodigy, but it still booed him, saying, "It's not that you're awesome, it's just that the martial arts in this world are too weak."
Shen Qing didn't bother arguing with it. Flipping through the sword manual, she asked in surprise, "The last move of the sword technique is completely different from the previous ones. It's actually called the Painless Sword?"
As the name suggests, it means killing without feeling pain; this is probably the tender side of a tough guy, the founder's final mercy to his enemies.
"If I'm about to kill someone, why would I care if they feel pain? Isn't that just crazy?"
[...] Many times, the system couldn't tell whether Shen Qing was a good person or a bad person, and seemed to be constantly jumping back and forth in the gray area where black and white meet.
The mission traveled on and off, and after another ten days, it finally passed through Pingqiu County. Once it crossed Yiyang Pass ahead, it was considered out of Xuan Kingdom's territory. There was still a power vacuum between them and the border city of Qi Kingdom, which would take about a day to reach.
Meanwhile, Shen Che abused his power for personal gain, and the letter sent home through the post station had already reached Shen Shi's hands.
As Shen Shi stroked his beard and read the letter, just as he had expected, if Shen Qing was indeed the man destined by Master Huiyan to save the collapsing empire, then he really needed to take a look at the world first, and the safest way was to follow the Xuan Kingdom delegation.
When Li Su returned home after her shift, she was anxious and angry. Seeing Shen Shi's calm and composed demeanor only fueled her anger. As expected, he wasn't her biological son; he didn't know how to be anxious at all!
“Don’t worry, my dear,” Shen Shi said, pulling out a letter from home just as Li Su was about to explode. “There’s news about Qingxi.”
Upon hearing this, Li Su quickly stepped forward, snatched the letter, and after reading it, breathed a sigh of relief while cursing, "How could I have given birth to such a troublesome brat!"
It has been almost a month since Shen Qing left. The only thing the palace school could do was help her get a leave of absence. Li Wan, Ding Min, and Qiu Yinong even came to visit her in the hospital as a group.
Li Su used the excuse that Shen Qing was seriously ill and had been sent to Nanzhuang for recuperation, and that it was not appropriate for her to see anyone. They might not believe it, but they were all perceptive. Since the Shen family had said this to the outside world, there must be a reason, so they didn't press the matter further.
Now that Li Su knows Shen Qing is going with the delegation, she estimates she'll be "sick" for another six months. She wonders what kind of rumors will spread outside; calling her a sickly person would be too kind. Just thinking about it gives Li Su a headache.
Fortunately, Shen Che considered his sister's reputation and did not write in the letter that Shen Qing had been hiding in Jingchuan's carriage for more than ten days. He only said that she was secretly following behind the group. Otherwise, Li Su would have fainted on the spot.
Here, the delegation left Yiyang Pass and after walking for a while, they came to a deep abyss, with the two sides connected by an iron chain bridge, which was about seven zhang wide.
For safety reasons, the procession proceeded in batches. The guards of the Xuan and Qi delegations each crossed halfway first, and then Jingchuan and Que Shu walked across.
Jingchuan was traumatized by the previous accident, and even under Shen Che's death stare, he insisted that Shen Qing accompany him.
Shen Qing reassured them, "For the sake of peace between our two countries."
Shen Che gritted his teeth and endured it!
Crossing the iron chain bridge was nerve-wracking; it took half an hour for all the carriages and supplies to get across.
They hadn't gone far when they came across a grove of trees. As anyone who's seen a play knows, it's best not to rush through a grove of trees. So Shen Qing said to Shen Che, "As the saying goes, never enter a grove of trees. How about... we burn it down?"
"..."
【What a living king of hell Σ(っ °Д °;)っ】
"Why did it have to come to this!" Shen Che quickly pressed down on Shen Qing's hand holding the flint.
After thinking it over, he felt that Shen Qing's considerations were not unreasonable. They would reach the border city of Qi Kingdom in another half day. If someone wanted to harm Jingchuan and shift the blame to Xuan Kingdom, this was the last chance. So he ordered Du Zhong to lead a group to scout ahead.
Du Zhong went in and shot several hornet nests with arrows, then ran back to Shen Che's side.
Shen Qing was surprised that he came back so quickly. After hearing his instructions, she couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, indicating that she had learned something.
Sure enough, soon after, cries of agony filled the air. The leader of the ambush, seeing that he had been exposed, led his men out to fight.
Unsure of the exact number of people, Shen Che held his ground for the time being. At that moment, another group of people suddenly appeared from the side.
Seeing that the approaching force was overwhelming, Shen Che decisively ordered a retreat to Yiyang Pass.
"Qingxi, you're quick, go back to Yiyang Pass and ask for help!" He then handed a token to Shen Qing.
Shen Qing didn't stand on ceremony. He took the token, spurred his horse, and rode back towards Yiyang Pass.
"Giddy up!" Shen Qing waved the whip, thankfully she had practiced horsemanship in her previous life because of her dedication.
When the leader saw someone break away from the delegation, he guessed that the person was going to seek help, so he immediately sent a group of men to chase after and kill him.
Both are four-legged animals, and their speeds are about the same when they are not carrying any weight. Shen Qing could only be thankful that this group did not bring bows and arrows, otherwise he could dodge them, but the horses could not.
They rode their horses to the edge of the abyss, still locked in a stalemate. The iron chains they had used to get there had been broken.
"Whoa!" Shen Qing hurriedly reined in his horse, jumped off, and frowned as he looked at the opposite bank.
A neighing sound signaled the pursuers' arrival. A dozen or so men looked at him and taunted, "Run! Keep running!"
"Now you have nowhere to escape, so just obediently accept your death!"
The villain died from talking too much. Shen Qing drew two swords from his back waist, the hilts joined together and screwed into a special locking mechanism.
The pursuers watched with great interest as the little grasshopper hopped around, enjoying its performance. Could so many of them really not defeat a skinny young boy?
Shen Qing gripped the hilt of the knife, raised both hands above his head, and began to spin it rapidly.
Everyone was confused, and then, a disillusioning scene unfolded as Shen Qing's body gradually rose off the ground.
The pursuers stared wide-eyed at Shen Qing's figure drifting towards the opposite side, unable to recover for a long time.
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On this side, Shen Che commanded his soldiers to form a defensive formation using carts, horses, and supplies as cover, protecting the two princes at the innermost point. The battle between one thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand became a stalemate.
The leader remained calm, knowing that dealing with them was only a matter of time. Seeing the group that had been chasing the messenger return, he casually asked a question.
"What about others?"
The squad leader's eyes were unfocused, as if he hadn't yet come to his senses. He said blankly, "He flew away, swinging the hilt of his sword... flew away..."
leader:???