Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 118 Qiu He and Mackerel

While he was thinking, the long sword was already approaching him.

Lu Ping remained calm, and swung his sword across his backhand, blocking the longsword killer's attack three feet away.

"Good reaction. I didn't expect your swordsmanship is so good!"

The sudden attack was blocked, and the longsword killer praised, then sheathed his sword and stabbed straight at Lu Ping's face with his backhand!
"You haven't seen the better yet!"

Lu Ping tilted his head slightly, and at the same time, the hilt of the sword in his palm rotated, and the sword tip changed direction accordingly, and he used his own method to retaliate against the other party, stabbing at the iron mask on his face.

The killer spun around to avoid the attack, swept his sword across, and at the same time slapped out with his left palm, attacking Lu Ping from both sides at the same time.

Lu Ping immediately pointed his toes, took a half step back, and chopped at the opponent's outstretched left hand.

The killer withdrew his attack in time and turned his attack to stab Lu Ping's right wrist, trying to force Xi Mo Kunfeng to let go.

But Lu Ping suddenly retracted his right hand half a foot, and then changed from a vertical chop to a horizontal chop, chopping towards the enemy's right hand along the blade of the long sword in the opponent's hand.

Seeing that his moves were outdated and there was danger ahead, the killer suddenly retreated, then gathered all his internal strength and attacked again, this time without trying the first move.

Point, stab, pick, pluck, chop, cut...

He wielded a seven-jin sword as if it weighed seventy kilograms. The sword made a whistling sound when it was swung, as if he was making something light as if it were something heavy.

Seeing this, Lu Ping did not hold back, and redirected his internal energy to use Po Xuanqi's half-funny 'Drunken Sword Style' - the cold and cold fragrant White Lotus Su Huanzhen.

Even though this move was an improvisation by Po Xuanqi and not very sophisticated or profound, it was sufficient to deal with ordinary minions.

Several sword energies were fired at the enemy, all attacking four or five major acupoints on his body. Unexpectedly, the long sword killer was quite skilled and reacted in time, jumping upwards to barely avoid the attack.

"Your Qinggong is pretty good... How about trying to take this move?"

Lu Ping activated his internal strength and cold air burst out from his body!
"The snow at Languan accumulates in thousands of layers, and you can see the icy soul covered with white gauze!"

The water-attributed sword, combined with the ice-attributed sword moves, combined with the abundant internal energy in Lu Ping's body, immediately caused the surrounding temperature to drop again. Immediately afterwards, the terrain changed drastically, and the loess turned into an ice field in the blink of an eye!

“How is it possible…?!”

"Quick...run away!!"

"Oh no, my feet are frozen!"

“Damn it…I can’t pull it out!!”

"Ahhh-"

The group of black-clad killers who were roaming around were all stunned when they saw this scene. By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late. First, their hands and feet were frozen by the ice and they couldn't break free. Then, they were frozen into human-shaped ice sculptures by the biting cold air while screaming in agony!

The cold air entered their bodies, and the killer with the sword and the swordsman who was watching the fight coldly not far away were also caught off guard by Lu Ping's move. For a moment, they felt their hands and feet numb, their teeth chattering, and even their internal energy circulation was reduced to less than one-tenth of the usual level.

"No! Run!"

Seeing their men being frozen into ice sculptures in the blink of an eye, alarm bells rang in the two men's hearts. Regardless of their own injuries, they forcibly broke through the shackles, used their lightness skills, stepped on the ice sculptures formed by the group of black-clad killers, and quickly fled towards the area not covered by ice.

But how could Lu Ping just let them escape?

"Want to run? You have to see if you can run!"

Lu Ping threw the sword casually, and the long sword went into the sheath accurately. Then he exerted his internal force, and Xi Mo Kun Feng flew into his palm. At this time, the dark clouds in the sky also faded away.

Lu Ping suddenly disappeared from the spot in a flash, and when he reappeared, he was already more than ten feet away.

Water and wind walking!

Two people fled and one chased.

The long sword killer and the swordsman were running hurriedly in the wilderness, with Lu Ping chasing them closely behind. The distance between the three of them was gradually closing!
at this time!

"Ahem——!"

The long sword killer finally couldn't suppress the injuries in his body anymore. He stopped and spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

Having been injured by the icy sword energy just now, coupled with the internal injuries caused by the recoil of his internal force from forcibly breaking through the freezing air, he is now unable to escape.

"I can't leave... Damn it! How can this kid be so strong?!"

The longsword killer couldn't understand it and almost collapsed and screamed: "Didn't the intelligence say that he was only sixteen years old? Just look at the move I just used. Let alone sixteen, I can't use it even when I'm sixty!"

The swordsman also stopped, his situation was not much better than the longsword killer.

The only difference between the two men's injuries was that the longsword killer was hit by Lu Ping's previous move, while the swordsman was not.

rustling...

The sound of wind is heard, which means someone is approaching.

The swordsman said in a deep voice: "He has caught up with us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ping appeared behind the two of them, less than five meters away.

"Can you continue to run? If not, think about whether you will die or confess the truth!"

Seeing the danger approaching and the longsword killer no longer able to fight, the swordsman had no choice but to draw his sword and attack in order to save his life.

Seeing this, Lu Ping drew out Ximo Kunfeng again to fight.

The weapons clashed, making clanging sounds.

The two swords and one knife collided in mid-air, wrestling with each other, and it was difficult to tell who was the winner.

After a few probing moves, Lu Ping discovered that this man wielded swords and sabers at the same time, his moves were linked together, his offense was fierce, his defense was tighter, and his internal strength was obviously better than the long sword killer just now, and his combat experience was also richer.

If you look closely at the martial arts he used, you can find that his sword skills are vigorous and fierce, while his sword skills are calm and domineering, yet somewhat elegant and unique.

The combination of the two actually made the pair of swords perform a move that was completely different from that of other swordsmen and swordsmen in the world.

In order to find out the opponent's moves, Lu Ping did not attack hastily, but simply countered the opponent's moves one by one and dealt with them with ease.

In a short while, the two had exchanged over a hundred moves.

Gradually, Lu Ping discovered that the moves used by the swordsman seemed familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he finally found the clue.

"You are using the Emei sword technique?!"

Lu Ping had seen Zhou Zhiruo use this sword technique at the previous recruitment meeting of Hulong Villa.

It is related to Emei, and has such profound internal strength, such exquisite sword and knife skills, a name is about to come out!
"You are Dugu Yihe?!"

The swordsman was stunned when he heard that, and was distracted for a moment. Lu Ping seized the opportunity and knocked the sword out of the opponent's hand with one move, and then put the sword straight to his neck.

The winner is decided!

【System prompts...】

The swordsman was silent for a while, then he thrust the long sword into the ground and slowly took off the iron mask on his face, revealing an old, grey-haired and bearded face that looked majestic without even being angry.

Lu Ping had never seen Dugu Yihe, but by doing this, the other party was admitting his identity.

"Aren't you dead?"

"Dugu Yihe is of course dead. The one who is still alive is 'East Group Leader Qiu He'."

A crane flies above the clouds in the clear sky, bringing poetic sentiment to the blue sky. From Autumn Poems...

Lu Ping confirmed the other party's identity, then turned to look at the long sword killer who was meditating and regulating his breathing next to him.

"What about him?"

"East Group 09: Mackerel."

Mackerel? What is this?
Lu Ping was stunned at first, then he recalled the books he had read some time ago, and then he reacted.

In the Book of Songs·Daya·Xingwei, there is the sentence "the yellow 耇台背,以引以翼", in which "台" is the same as "鲐", which refers to the 鲐 fish.

The meaning of "鲐背" probably means "an old man's back is like the wrinkles of a 鲐 fish", so later generations often use "鲐" to refer to old people.

Seventy is called "mao", eighty is called "die", and "鲐背" means ninety years old.

There are many ways to say 'ninety years old', and coincidentally, one of them is 'nine years old'.

Considering that Dugu Yihe was already dead, the true identity of the long sword killer in front of him became clear.

"Is he Jin Jiuling?"

Dugu was stunned. He didn't expect Lu Ping to guess so quickly and accurately.

No answer is the best answer.

Seeing this, Lu Ping couldn't help laughing out loud: "The Jianghu is such an interesting place. Not only can it bring people back to life, but it can also make them completely change their appearance..."

"That's right... Two well-known martial arts masters have lost all their dignity and personally attacked a young man like me who has just started out in martial arts."

Dugu Yihe was silent again: "You are not an ordinary young man."

"I admit that I am a little more handsome, smarter, and stronger than others, but this should not be enough reason for you to kill me, right?"

The sword tip was only three inches away from his throat, and Dugu Yihe did not dare to be careless at all.

"We're not here to kill you."

"On the contrary, we are here to invite you to join us!"

Lu Ping was not surprised by this. After all, he had just heard him and Jin Jiuling say "the higher-ups mean to recruit us"

"If you want to recruit talents, you should at least introduce the organization clearly, right?"

When Lu Ping said this, he didn't have much hope.

You know, the person who had been following him before, after being discovered by him, decisively committed suicide by taking poison.

However, to his surprise, Dugu Yihe nodded and confessed honestly: "We are from the Suzaku Society, an assassination unit directly under the Emperor."

Facts have proved that: the older people get, the more afraid they are of death; the higher they stand, the more afraid they are of falling!

Most of the minions who were trained in batches are brave and fearless of death. On the contrary, those in power know better how to survive.

Suzaku Society? What is your relationship with the Azure Dragon Society?
"The Emperor's men?"

The emperor the other party was referring to was naturally the emperor of the Suzaku Dynasty.

Lu Ping was a little surprised and frowned and asked, "Are you the emperor's man? When did this start?"

"It's been a long time... decades ago! From my code name, you should be able to tell that I have been in this assassination unit for quite some time."

Indeed, since Dugu Yihe is the leader of the East Group, he is very likely one of the earliest veterans to join the "Suzaku Society" when it was first established.

Decades of time...

Didn't that mean he left the Jinpeng Dynasty, came to the Suzaku Dynasty from the Western Regions, and then joined the emperor's assassination team?

But that should have happened during the reign of the previous emperor, right?
Obviously, this assassination force named "Suzaku Society" should have been organized and established by the previous emperor and then passed on to the current emperor.

"What about the news of 'severely injured and dead' from Emei Sect?"

"Because Lu Xiaofeng had already found out about the Jinpeng Dynasty, I faked my death and got away. Fortunately, I did so, otherwise I would be a corpse like Huo Xiu and Yan Tieshan now."

Ever since Lu Xiaofeng brought Huo Xiu to justice, Gongmingting posted the cause and effect of the Jinpeng Dynasty case, so the fact that Dugu Yihe was "Ping Duhe" was already public news.

It's just that everyone thought that all debts were cleared when one died, so they didn't blame Dugu Yihe too much for dying while guarding the mountain gate.

Lu Ping nodded, but then felt something was not right: "Who was the person who died on Mount Emei? An ordinary stand-in can't be so real that he can deceive so many people."

"..."

Dugu Yihe was silent again, so Lu Ping had to move his sword closer again: "Don't you want to tell me?"

"It's... it's a stand from the Shadow Clan!"

Dugu Yihe finally confessed honestly, but his words were shocking: "The people of that tribe have the ability to ignore appearance, body shape, and even birthmarks and perfectly transform into someone else."

"This ability is much better than any other disguise technique in the martial arts world. As long as the shadow substitute spends some time learning the same martial arts as himself, basically no one will be able to tell the difference. Even after death, no one will be able to tell the difference!"

Shadow? Mysterious?

"The Shadow Clan...are they also members of the Suzaku Society?"

"It's just a deal. Not everyone has a substitute like this!"

Dugu Yihe shook his head and continued, "I have trained such a substitute a long time ago, just to use it on the day when the Jinpeng Dynasty is exposed."

Lu Ping thought about it, then turned to look at Jin Jiuling next to him, and understood how he survived: "So the Embroidered Thief was arrested, and the one who died was only Shadow's substitute?"

"Yes."

Dugu Yihe sighed: "Although we have saved our lives, from now on, we can only be killers, and no longer be 'Dugu Yihe' and 'Jin Jiuling'."

Lu Ping was very curious: "Jin Jiuling is only 'East Group 09', how can he have a substitute from the Shadow Clan?"

"In the Suzaku Society, the serial number only represents the time when the person joined, and does not represent his strength or status."

Dugu Yihe explained: "You should know that Jin Jiuling used to be the 'First Divine Constable of the Six Gates', and he was also the emperor's confidant who was promoted by him."

"Is it strange for such an important identity to have a shadow double?"

Not surprising indeed!
"According to what you said, the emperor must be aware of the identities of 'Ping Duhe' and 'The Embroidered Thief', right?"

Hearing Lu Ping's question, Dugu Yihe suddenly laughed out loud towards the sky.

"Of course he knows!"

"In fact, he is the master behind the 'Embroidery Thief'!"

"Do you think the Embroidered Thief stole so much treasure just for his own enjoyment? At least 70% of it went into the emperor's private treasury!"

Lu Ping took a breath of cold air.

He turned to look at Jin Jiuling and found that he was looking uneasy because of Dugu Yihe's ridicule. After noticing the gaze cast by Lu Ping, he calmed down again.

Lu Ping suddenly felt like a dog...

(End of this chapter)