Travel through the heavens

Chapter 264: It's You, You Scoundrel

Cao Changqing's pupils shrank slightly, and he swung his sleeves upwards suddenly. Thirty-eight chess pieces suddenly flew into the air, as if turning into an endless galaxy, and rushed towards the sword energy in the sky.

When the two forces collided, the sky and the earth suddenly lost their color and time seemed to freeze.

Immediately afterwards, the sword energy in the sky and the thirty-eight black jade chess pieces shattered at the same time, and the violent shock wave swept across more than ten miles.

The hall where everyone had been before was the closest to it, and it collapsed instantly. The beams and pillars turned into powder, and the entire Baoguo Temple seemed to have turned over. The towering seven-story pagoda in the temple could not withstand the horrific shock, and it broke and collapsed in front of the terrified gaze of the monks in the temple.

After a while, the smoke cleared and sunlight broke through the clouds again.

Xu Fengnian and others looked carefully, and saw Fang Muye and Cao Changqing facing each other across a pile of ruins. Fang Muye was still calm, but Cao Changqing had a corner of his sleeve torn and his hair was a little messy.

In the previous fight, Fang Muye was clearly slightly better.

Cao Changqing waved his sleeves, stood with his hands behind his back, and praised loudly: "What a great sword to open the gate of heaven."

Li Chungang looked at Cao Changqing with disdain and said proudly: "My sword that opened the gate of heaven is naturally powerful. Wen is not bad. This sword that opened the sky only retained seven points of the true meaning of the sword that opened the gate of heaven, but it was three points more violent, and the disciple is better than the master. However, Wen did not use his full strength, and only used the celestial phenomena to counter the celestial phenomena. Otherwise, you, Cao Guanzi, would not be able to stand there safely."

Upon hearing this, Cao Changqing thought to himself, "As expected."

If we compare celestial phenomena with celestial phenomena, that realm must be more than just celestial phenomena. When Fang Muye took the sword box before, he had some guesses about it. Now Li Chungang's words just verified this point.

"Thank you for your praise, Senior Sword God." Fang Muye smiled slightly and threw the Spring Thunder into the scabbard in Xu Fengnian's hand. He bowed to Cao Changqing and said, "Mr. Cao, I'm grateful for your kindness. Why don't we stop now? If we continue, this Baoguo Temple will be gone."

Cao Changqing nodded and suddenly chuckled: "May I ask what is the name of Master Wen's third sword?"

Fang Muye replied: "Ask your conscience."

Cao Changqing asked again: "What is the meaning of questioning one's conscience?"

Xu Fengnian looked at it with a puzzled look. The first move was called Opening the Earth, the second move was called Opening the Sky, so the third move should at least be called Slaughtering the Gods or Punishing the Immortals. It would be better than such an abrupt name as Questioning One's Conscience.

The old sword god looked at Fang Muye with a hint of curiosity.

Fang Muye said with a faint smile: "The gate of heaven is easy to open, but the gate of the heart is hard to break. The great way is easy to seek, but the original heart is hard to understand. To ask the heart is to ask the Tao. Where the heart goes is where the Tao goes, and where the sword goes. Therefore, this third sword technique is not restricted by rules, and varies from time to time and from person to person."

"Ask your conscience...Ask your conscience..." Li Chungang murmured, his eyes blurred, as if thinking about something.

Cao Changqing smiled and said, "I hope to see you next time, and learn from Master Wen's sincerity. Now that we have fought, it is time for us to leave."

Xu Fengnian raised his hand to salute, and suddenly said, "Mr. Cao, can you please do me a favor?"

Cao Changqing said calmly: "Tell me about it."

Xu Fengnian requested, "Can you make some noise on your way west this time?"

Cao Changqing did not comment, but said: "Let people know that I am going to Xishu with His Highness."

Xu Fengnian nodded: "That's what I mean."

Cao Changqing agreed: "Okay, let's get someone ready to welcome you."

"Thank you." Xu Fengnian bowed again, turned to look at Jiang Ni, and said softly: "Have a safe journey, take care."

"Take care." Jiang Ni nodded gently, and finally took her eyes off Xu Fengnian, and walked to Cao Changqing with Yu Youwei.

The three of them didn't stay any longer and said goodbye and left.

Not long after, Fang Muye and his party also bid farewell to Xu Zhihu, set out from Baoguo Temple, and headed straight for the Taoist fairyland Longhu Mountain.

As soon as Jiang Ni left, Xu Fengnian, who was always carefree, became quiet and absent-minded. Fortunately, it only lasted for two days before he recovered.

During these days, Xu Fengnian practiced sword skills with the old sword god for an hour every night, and learned knife skills with Fang Muye for half an hour. As his martial arts improved rapidly, they finally entered the territory of Jianzhou.

Everyone knows that there is a saying in Jianzhou that "Dragon and Tiger in Jiangxi, Xuanyuan in Jiangdong".

Jianzhou is split into two by the Shejiang River. There are dragons and tigers in Jiangxi and Xuanyuan in the east of the river.

The former is the ancestral home of Taoism. The Taoist Zhao family, who has the same surname as the emperor, has inherited Taoism for more than 60 generations and has been guarding it for 1,600 years in obedience to heaven.

Since the latter can compete with Longhu Mountain in Jianzhou, he is indeed not simple. Not only are there many masters in his family, but all the river and water transportation in the world are also under his tutelage. He has stood firm in the world for hundreds of years.

The group had been traveling in Jianzhou for two days. One day, as they were walking on a path, they suddenly heard the sound of galloping horses approaching from behind. Soon, seven horses galloped past.

Fang Muye took a quick look and saw that the first six riders were all strong men, but the last rider was a woman with a stunning appearance and a heroic air. She wore a wide purple shirt with a front and large sleeves, and a white rhinoceros belt around her waist, which outlined her curvy figure. Even on the horse, one could tell that she was taller than an average woman. She was none other than Xuanyuan Qingfeng from the Xuanyuan family in Jiangdong.

When Xuanyuan Qingfeng passed by, he turned his head to glance at Fang Muye, who was riding on the big cat and was very eye-catching, and then continued to move forward.

After driving for only a few feet, Xuanyuan Qingfeng suddenly stopped his horse, turned around, and stopped in the middle of the path. He looked at Fang Muye carefully, and when he saw his face clearly and the familiar wooden sword on him, he immediately widened his handsome eyes and became furious.

This bastard, let alone changing into luxurious clothes, she would remember even if his bones were crushed to dust.

Xuanyuan Qingfeng still remembered that when he was traveling in Mianzhou more than two years ago, he met two ragged scoundrels at the Lantern Festival. One of them was good-looking, but very mean; the other was also good-looking, but wore a funny wooden sword.

The two beggars, who looked like humans and dogs, were smiling in a very hateful way, their eyes wandering around her chest, and saying something like "willows, snake waists, wasps, are good for fertility." Xuanyuan Qingfeng was naturally embarrassed and annoyed, and a verbal dispute began immediately. She never expected that the one with the wooden sword was a lunatic. He actually called a dog on the side of the road "dad" several times, and then turned around and called her "mom" in a crazy way. There was also an old guy squatting nearby watching the fun. He was missing some front teeth, and his smile was particularly indecent when he opened his mouth.

Xuanyuan Qingfeng had never suffered such a great humiliation before, so he immediately took his followers and chased them through several streets. His original intention was to break the six legs of the lackeys to vent his anger, but he did not expect that the two bastards were inexplicably carried away by the old man with missing front teeth and got away. Every time he thought about it afterwards, he was filled with resentment.

Now that we meet again, it's really like searching for a needle in a haystack. Don't think that you can pretend to be a child of a wealthy family just by cheating a few taels of silver to buy some clothes and ride a ferocious cat.

Xuanyuan Qingfeng gnashed her teeth, not caring about her ladylike manners, and glared at Fang Muye and cursed: "You filthy rascal, it's you!"