Yinshan Record

Chapter 415 Recruiting, Changing Circumstances, and a Life-or-Death Struggle (Part 2)

"Since you know we are from the Great River Alliance, why do you still dare to use such deadly methods? You should know that the Great River Alliance's Rejuvenating Core Immortals are not far from here. You deliberately make things difficult for us. Aren't you afraid of the consequences in the future?"

The news that the Great River Alliance had organized a mutinous uprising was no longer a secret in the Jianghu of Cizhou, especially since Yu Chen had personally sent people to stop the imperial army.

Li Yizhen returned defeated, and two thousand elite troops of the imperial court joined hands and rushed to the Yellow Springs. Now Cizhou City is a ghost town, and these news spread everywhere.

Guyun Village had also received orders from the alliance to mobilize its elite troops to support the main army.

"Is it possible that I am also a member of the Great River Alliance?"

Su Che smiled slightly: "To be honest, I was also planning to join the Jade Emperor Alliance. I originally planned to raid a few strongholds to make some money, recruit a few soldiers, and send them to the alliance as a pledge of loyalty. However, I did not expect that the bandits along the way were actually raised by the alliance. So I decided to make the best of a bad situation and kill you all."

"Otherwise, it would be a bit awkward if we met in the alliance later."

These words sent chills down the spine of the second-in-command and ignited fury in the third-in-command.

What kind of reason is that?
Su Che naturally knew that his reasons were far-fetched, but his original idea was really just to collect some small fry and their loot. He never expected that these bandits were all stray dogs raised by the Great River Alliance.

For so many years, the Great River Alliance has been trafficking people to the East China Sea. They are truly depraved. What exactly is the White Deer Cave plotting to engage in this kind of business?
Su Che has grown increasingly disdainful of Bailudong. In the past, one could call them domineering and arrogant, but now they are utterly wicked and treacherous.

"Is this Mr. Liu's plan?"

A chilling voice suddenly rang out in the mountain hall, and waves of oppressive power surged from the sky above.

A master of the Elixir of Immortality has been lying in ambush nearby for who knows how long.

Su Che gently raised his head and looked up.

It took so many raids to finally get you out of the mountains; that was quite a waste of resources.

Kara.

A punch landed from the sky, and the main roof of the mountain hall, which had been painstakingly built by Lonely Cloud Village, was immediately moved away by magic. A person with a tall hat and wide belt, wearing black clothes, and whose eyes faintly shone with starlight.

Master.

Su Che raised his head and sensed with his spiritual perception that the man's aura was as solid as a mountain. The punch he had just thrown carried extremely pure Wutu Yuanqi, which was truly powerful and heavy.

I have met this person several times. The Great River Alliance has four elders: Mountain Crow and Iron Crane. This person should be Elder Mountain, Yue Luan.

When Yue Luan killed that short-legged Taoist priest before, he also showed his aura, but he didn't seem to be as powerful as he is now. He must have not shown his full strength then.

"So it's Elder Yue. Didn't you know Elder Yue was standing up for them this time?"

"Humph."

Yue Luan unleashed his magic, and the giant hand formed from the primordial energy of the Earth element swept through the air, crushing the two remaining people standing in the hall into dust. Even the corpse of the leader, awakened by Su Che, was not spared. The entire mountain hall was reduced to rubble and ruins as if by an earthquake.

However, Yue Luan carefully controlled his magic power when he made his move, and no matter how he manipulated it, he never got within 10 feet of Su Che.

"I see you usually use your right hand, so why do you only use your left hand when you draw your sword?"

Yue Luan seemed to be bringing up something completely unrelated.

"These people are only fit for me to wield my knife with my left hand."

Upon hearing this, Yue Luan's lips curled into a cold smile.

"You do have some guts."

"Elder Yue didn't come here to kill me, did he?"

“My original intention was indeed to take your head.” Yue Luan looked coldly at Su Che: “However, your previous performance has given me some other ideas.”

This person may be more than just what appears before us.

Su Che had actually sensed Yue Luan's whereabouts long ago, or rather, Yue Luan had no intention of concealing his aura at all; a faint but palpable killing intent was constantly fixed on Su Che. That chilling killing intent inexplicably reminded Su Che of the sword immortals on the East Sea, but with some differences.

"Since you became Śikṣānanda's lover and were willing to serve Yu Chen, you were already doomed. However, judging from your ruthless and cunning methods in the past, you are quite a promising talent."

Yue Luan slowly descended, his eyes fixed on Su Che.

"I'm asking you, how does your right-handed knife compare to your left-handed knife?"

A knife in the right hand?

Su Che looked at Yue Luan, unsure of what to say.

Liu Yidao's identity was inherited from the little fox.

The sword techniques used earlier were merely due to the absolute dominance of the Ming King's avatar in terms of rank.

To put it bluntly, I react faster than you, I have more strength in my hands, and I can withstand more knives than you.

What makes you think you can fight me?

As for the foundation supporting these sword techniques, it is one's own superior overall qualities, rather than some mysterious sword techniques.

These techniques are already mysterious and powerful sword skills for bandits who are at most seventh rank, but for a ruthless character like Yue Luan who has mastered them to the fifth rank, he should be able to see through them.

"I don't use a knife in my right hand, I use a sword."

Su Che decided to test Elder Yue's worth in return.

"Using a sword? Very well."

Yue Luan suddenly reached out and grabbed at the air. The soil and stones on the ground were infused with his magic power and naturally solidified into two five-foot-long greatswords. He threw one of them towards Su Che.

"Let me see the sword in your right hand."

Su Che caught the longsword thrown to him, unsure of what this guy was up to, so he simply held the sword horizontally in front of his chest and casually unleashed a few sword moves.

Young Master Su has truly worked hard on his swordsmanship, and he has had renowned teachers both before and after him, so he has already developed his own style.

Leaving aside the formidable weapon of the Taiyu Abi Sword, the earliest Mirage Yuan Sword and Dingtian Jun Sword were all extremely superior sword techniques for cultivation. Later, he met Feng Buxing and obtained the sword intent honed by this eunuch in the military.

When they actually started fighting, their killing intent was truly chilling and their sword energy was naturally cold. The flowing sword energy combined with exquisite variations of moves was like a storm beating down on banana leaves, indescribably refreshing and decisive.

Of course, he wouldn't use moves like the Taiyu Abi Sword, which would reveal its true nature as soon as they were used. However, with Su Che's current sword techniques, there were very few people who could say they could get the better of him.

Yue Luan held the stone sword firmly in his hand. He parried left and right, shaking up and down, his whole body like a spinning top. He didn't use any magic power at all, but used his own arm strength to wield the sword moves, and actually blocked most of Su Che's storm-like sword style.

Several times, Su Che's sword slashed across Yue Luan's throat and chest, but it always missed by just a few inches and failed to seriously injure him.

"Good, this sword strike is a mix of real and feint, it must be the true essence of the Mirage Sword of the East Sea."

"Hmm, such a chilling killing intent. Liu Yidao, you've got quite a few lives on your hands."

"That sword strike was truly impressive, excellent, excellent."

However, this Elder of the Great River Alliance, who was in a state of shock, was laughing incessantly, seemingly enjoying himself even at this critical moment of life and death.

"Excellent! These sword techniques are truly ingenious. Anyone who believes in your reputation as the Ghost Slayer will surely perish under your right-hand sword. This one move alone is enough to touch the threshold of the True Illusion Technique."

As Su Che wielded his sword further, he felt a glimmer of true meaning from the Future Star Tribulation Scripture in his heart, as if reminding him to be careful of something. The closer he got to Yue Luan's death, the more real this warning became.

This person is not simply someone at the Core Formation stage.

(End of this chapter)