Stars fall and locust trees grow

Just as the two were about to squeeze into the crowd, they saw a familiar-looking young man hurriedly walking out.

Seeing this, Li Chi quickly grabbed the other person's sleeve to inquire about the situation, "Senior brother, what's going on in there?!"

The young man looked Li Chi up and down, then looked at Qi Luoxing next to him, and suddenly said excitedly: "It's you two?!"

"I can't believe he's grown so big!"

Li Chi was startled, "You know me and Ah Xing?!"

The young man laughed and said, "Have you forgotten?! A few years ago, when you two just entered the sect, it was me who was guarding the gate of the outer courtyard. It was me who handed the letter in your hand to the steward!"

Aha? !

Li Chi scratched his hair awkwardly. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out the other person's name, so he quickly looked at Qi Luoxing for help.

Fortunately, Qi Luoxing had a good memory and stepped forward and said, "Is it... Senior Brother Du Heng?!"

"That's right!" Du Heng stretched out his arms and grabbed their shoulders. "Yeah, they're pretty strong. It looks like they've trained well!"

Li Chi chuckled, and then asked curiously: "Has Senior Brother Du been in the outer courtyard all the time? How come we have been in the outer courtyard for so long, but have never seen Senior Brother Du?!"

Du Heng replied, "I am only a middle-grade spiritual root. It took me four years to enter the mortal realm. Manager Wei said that I have no talent for cultivation, so he arranged for me to go to the library."

"No wonder..." Qi Luoxing complained, "My cousin hates reading the most, so we have never been to the library since we entered the sect, so naturally we can't see Senior Brother Du!"

Li Chi: “…”

"Ah! That's right!" Du Heng suddenly lowered his voice, pointed in the direction of the martial arts field, and began to talk about business.

"For some reason, the sect master's sons Li Zhang and Li Han suddenly came to the outer courtyard today, and they bullied our outer courtyard disciples in the martial arts field. So, I have to hurry and find the steward on duty today."

Before he left, he specifically instructed, "Remember, the two of you, before I come back, don't meddle in other people's business, or you'll get into trouble."

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At this moment, two young men who looked very similar and were looking down on people were standing in the middle of the martial arts arena.

The sandalwood purple outer garments on the two men were very eye-catching, especially the gold edges embroidered on the collar, cuffs and front, which made them look out of place with the outer courtyard disciples who were wearing dark black linen clothes.

Li Chi knew that these were the Li Zhang and Li Han that Senior Brother Du Heng had just mentioned.

On the ground opposite the Li brothers, a thin and short outer courtyard disciple was half-kneeling.

He was kneeling on his left knee, holding a practice sword in his right hand. The sword was now trembling on the ground, trying to support the boy's body.

Because the boy had his back to him, Li Chi couldn't see his face, but he always felt that his back looked somewhat familiar.

He narrowed his eyes and stared at the other person's back for more than ten seconds, and then suddenly realized that the person who was being bullied was the "Xiao Digang" whom he had just parted with a month ago!

Thinking of what happened to "Xiao Digang" some time ago, Li Chi suddenly forgot Du Heng's instructions just now, and walked directly to the center of the martial arts field, blocking the other party.

Qi Luoxing followed closely behind and gently lifted up the "small ground jar".

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?!" Li Chi pinched his waist, "How come you, a disciple from the inner courtyard, sneaked into our outer courtyard to bully people?!"

Hearing this, Li Zhang raised his eyelids and scolded coldly: "Who do you think you are? How dare you meddle in my business?!"

"Li Chi, a disciple from the outer courtyard."

"Li Chi?!" Li Zhang sneered, "You are just a bastard born from a side branch that has nothing to do with you. Do you deserve the surname Li?"

"Let's not talk about whether I'm cheap or not, anyway, I'm not as cheap as you!" Li Chi laughed, and then said sarcastically, "You look so well dressed, but I didn't expect you to be so useless."

"What? Are you unable to defeat any of the noobs in the inner courtyard, so you come to our outer courtyard to make a presence?!"

Before Li Zhang could refute, Li Han couldn't stand it anymore. He pointed his finger at Li Chi's head and shouted angrily: "You are talking nonsense! Who said we can't beat any of them?! We...we..."

He kept saying "we" for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.

Upon hearing this, Qi Luoxing immediately leaned over and said sarcastically in a very serious tone: "Cousin, he seems to be a stutterer."

Li Chi clicked his tongue twice and nodded in agreement with regret, "Well, what a pity."

Li Han was furious when he saw the two of them singing the same tune. He wanted to say something else, but Li Zhang stopped him.

"It seems like you guys are determined to stand up for that loser today?!" He glanced at the "little jar", then at Li Chi and Qi Luoxing, then raised his eyes and said: "However, based on your current realm, what qualifications do you have to fight me?!"

"So what?" Li Chi crossed his arms and looked up at the sky. "Anyway, today is a beautiful day with birds singing and flowers blooming. If I can teach a few more biting beasts a lesson, I will definitely feel great."

Li Zhang snorted coldly, snatched a practice sword from the hands of the onlookers behind him, and pointed it at Li Chi, "In that case, today I will teach you a lesson, little bastard!"

"Same here!" Li Chi borrowed the sword from "Xiao Di Gang" with a smile, and directly performed a sword gesture, taking the initiative.

Although he has only learned the Sixteen Shadow-Steps over the years, due to repeated practice and the convenience of his own wind spiritual roots, Li Chi has now achieved some success in this sword technique.

Although each move he made was not as powerful as that of Manager Zhou, it was still the most powerful among the disciples of the same level.

Seeing that Li Chi had already made his move, Li Zhang immediately held up his sword to block it with great confidence.

The other party is just a weakling in the mortal realm and there is no way he can be a match for me who is at the second level of the Xuan Gu realm.

After all, there is still a realm between the two of them.

"Om..."

The two sword energies suddenly collided in the air, and they were in a stalemate. For a moment, no one could make any progress.

Seeing that his first sword missed the target, Li Chi did not continue to fight but turned around and swung out three more swords in quick succession.

It is exactly "huge waves cutting through the sky", "destroying mountains and breaking seas" and "divinely walking on the solitary cliff".

His three moves were as swift as the wind, and each sword was faster than the last. In an instant, a column of wind swirled up and whistled towards Li Zhang.

Li Zhang had never thought that an outer courtyard disciple could use the sect's basic sword skills to such an overwhelming force. For a moment, he was unable to resist and seemed to be retreating.

When the disciples who were watching saw this, they couldn't help but start whispering.

"I can't believe that Li Zhang, an inner court disciple, can't even beat our ordinary realm disciples. I don't know how he reached this realm?!"