The Legend of the Young Swordsman: A Prequel - A Phantom Melody Embarks on a Journey Through the Mar

The long sword fell to the ground

The once smooth ground was now shattered, with flying rubble and numerous cracks, no longer possessing its usual flatness.

Seeing this, the person pretending to be a ghost broke out in even more cold sweat, and stared even more intently at Helian Yunshen.

He had made up his mind that once Helian Yun Shen was eliminated, everything would be over.

Driven by this thought, without any hesitation, he used his movement technique to swing his short sword at an extremely fast speed, heading straight for Helian Yun's throat.

Helian Yun Shen used his footwork to dodge the man's short sword attacks while playing his jade flute. The difference in strength meant that no matter how close the man got, Helian Yun Shen could avoid him with his agility.

After repeated failures

The ferocity on his face grew more and more pronounced, making him look like a demon, his eyes filled with malice that seemed intent on devouring Helian Yun Shen completely.

The old man with the knife disappeared from where he stood, and reappeared in front of Helian Yun Shen. He was so fast that the man had no chance to react.

He raised his hand and brandished his long sword!

In the blink of an eye, a cold light flashed.

"what!"

A heart-wrenching scream rang out from the man's mouth, and his hand had been neatly severed from the tiger's mouth by the old man wielding the knife and fell to the ground.

He was still holding a short sword in his hand.

The pain threw his footwork into disarray, and the old man with the knife pressed his advantage, wielding his long sword once more.

They slashed a deep wound on the man's thigh, exposing the bone.

The injury to his thigh made him unsteady on his feet, let alone able to use any so-called movement techniques to dodge.

"No...don't kill me!"

With pain and fear in his eyes, he begged Helian Yun Shen for mercy.

Helian Yun Shen, who never intended to kill him, would naturally not kill him, but crippling him was inevitable.

The old man wielding the knife continued his attacks without ceasing.

The man continued to swing the long sword, groaning in pain.

In just a quarter of an hour, the old man with the knife appeared, and the man was beaten to the point of near death, lying in a pool of blood.

There was absolutely no possibility of retaliating or launching a sneak attack.

'Damn it, why can't I hit him? What kind of martial arts is he using? If there were any living people around, I wouldn't be in this mess!'

He roared with rage in his heart.

At the same time, they were also looking for excuses for their failures, telling themselves that it wasn't that they were incapable, but that the conditions here were not right.

Helian Yun Shen played his jade flute, while the old man with the knife picked him up like a dead dog, and they returned to the other side of the river where the village was located.

And here

The villagers were still gathered there, each with a suspicious and hesitant expression, unsure whether they should leave.

Looking at the person Helian Yun Shen brought, the villagers were even more puzzled. They looked up at Helian Yun Shen without speaking, but their eyes seemed to say something:

Who is this guy?

"This is what you call the River God, a charlatan. And he should have some connection with your so-called High Priest."

"Stop playing the jade flute," Helian Yunshen said to the villagers.

Hearing Helian Yun Shen's words, the villagers all turned their gazes to the high priest, who was being controlled by Yue Yao. Stared at by so many villagers, the high priest felt extremely flustered.

Although he was flustered, he knew he couldn't reveal that he knew this guy, or the villagers would tear him apart.

"Don't slander me. I don't know this guy at all. I am the river god's representative, the messenger who speaks with the river god. His appearance there is just a coincidence!"

River gods really exist.

He shouted loudly, trying to suppress his inner panic with his voice, wanting to use his voice to prove his innocence.

The villagers listened to the high priest's words and felt they made sense; the river god had existed for decades. The high priest, too, hadn't aged a day in those decades, perhaps due to the river god's blessing.

However, looking at Helian Yun Shen and Yue Yao, I think these two outsiders wouldn't do something like deceiving them, right?

All they do here is farm and fish. What could a pampered young nobleman possibly be interested in?

"I saw everything clearly from the shadows. All the changes on the river were caused by this guy. Don't think that just because I was hiding in the shadows I didn't observe anything. How could I know all this if I hadn't been observing?"

After saying that, Helian Yun Shen stomped hard on the guy's chest, his eyes emitting a red light.

After that, the person lying on the ground, barely alive, was directly struck by Helian Yunshen's illusion technique. At this moment, he would speak frankly about anything he was asked.

Why are you pretending to be a ghost?

"In order to obtain virgin girls, and in order to practice martial arts to maintain youth and live longer."

A faint voice came from this guy's mouth.

Hearing his accomplice's words, the high priest broke out in a cold sweat, a change that Yueyao naturally noticed. However, Yueyao said nothing, simply keeping the high priest under control while listening to what was being said below.

Helian Yun Shen knew from the man's words that this must be some kind of evil technique. Only such unorthodox and deviant techniques would have such a bloody training method.

"Are there really any techniques that can preserve youth and grant immortality?"

"real or fake?"

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Upon hearing this reply, the villagers began to murmur amongst themselves, some even revealing greed in their eyes. Helian Yun Shen noticed the villagers' greed but ignored them.

He continued to ask the question.

"Is it necessary to kill this kind of girl?"

"Yes, besides needing their virginity, I also need their blood, and the blood can greatly increase my strength."

"What's going on between you and this high priest?"

"We were the companions who discovered these things together. In order to obtain the girls we wanted in a continuous stream, we devised the River God incident."

"You're talking nonsense! I don't know you! I don't know what you're talking about!"

Hearing these looks, the high priest panicked and shouted loudly, trying to distance himself from the situation.

After listening to these words, Helian Yun Shen looked at the villagers and spoke expressionlessly.

"Did you all hear that? The so-called river god is nothing but a scheme devised by two greedy people for their own benefit. Your so-called sacrifices were all a deception."

There are no river gods in the great river.

"kill him!"

"kill him!"

"Kill them!"

No sooner had Helian Yunshen finished speaking than the eyes of every family in the village who had sacrificed their daughters because of this incident turned murderous, and they shouted that they should kill him.

Under the leadership of such a person,

All the villagers were shouting these words.

At this moment, the village chief stepped forward and spoke.

"How about we handle this person?"