Chapter 57 – Magic Sword Life and Death Chess


It has been half a day since the battle during the day, and it is feared that the injury from the Spirit Mirror has been temporarily suppressed by the Mercury Pool and the Blood Python Poison.

Xu Zong secretly regretted that he had been busy looking for the Blood Ruyi during the day and missed this opportunity.

Restricted by the injury from the Spirit Mirror, Yin Zhong is unable to exert his full strength now. Even Long Bo, who has not cultivated the Dragon God Skill to the highest level, cannot defeat him. His most powerful skill at the moment is the Tong Clan’s magic, which can control the wind and rain, summon thunder and lightning, and open the Heavenly Eye, etc. However, magic has a considerable casting time and is not as agile as martial skills.

Therefore, Xu Zong planned to sneak attack while he was healing, but he didn’t expect Yin Zhong to have already recovered.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as he destroys the Mercury Pool tonight or kills the giant python, Yin Zhong will no longer be able to suppress the injury from the Spirit Mirror, and then the opportunity will come!

The Long couple, his parents in this life, have been very good to him. In terms of both emotion and reason, Xu Zong had long made up his mind to avenge them!

“He called him Brother Murong? Could that person be Murong Fu?”

Xu Zong speculated in his heart. He didn’t look much like Murong Bo based on his age. The only well-known martial arts figure he knew was Murong Fu, but does Murong Fu have the qualifications to chat and laugh with Yin Zhong?

“Brother Yin, you are too polite. I didn’t mean that when I came this time.”

The man called Brother Murong had a cold expression and didn’t seem to smile easily.

“I came here because Brother Yin is knowledgeable and knows many secrets in the world. I wanted to consult with you about the Four Images Shooting Sun Arrow. Where is it now?”

“The Four Images Shooting Sun Arrow?”

Yin Zhong’s face changed, but he quickly concealed it.

“It is rumored that the Four Images Shooting Sun Arrow was left by the Arrow God. It can only exert its greatest power when paired with the Shooting Sun Divine Skill. I wonder what Brother Murong has to do with the Four Images Shooting Sun Arrow?”

“Recently, I met a little brother who is a descendant of the Arrow God!”

The man with the surname Murong smirked, revealing a smug smile.

“He has already stated that as long as I help him find the Four Images Shooting Sun Arrow, he will serve me!”

“Descendant of the Arrow God?”

Yin Zhong’s face twitched slightly, secretly annoyed.

Murong Hua is really ignorant!

The lineage of the Arrow God has always regarded itself as the spokesperson of the heavens. They especially cannot tolerate the evildoers in the martial arts world and having the descendant of the Arrow God appear would be going against Yin Zhong.

Murong Hua is probably unaware of this, or maybe he already knows, so he deliberately came to show off in front of him!

Four Images Shooting Sun Arrow, Shooting Sun Divine Skill, descendant of the Arrow God?

Xu Zong’s mind was in a whirlwind. The names sounded so familiar.

It has been more than twenty years, and although he has intentionally recorded a lot of things, many details have long been forgotten. However, he had a vague impression of what the two were talking about, but for a moment, he couldn’t remember.

“Clap!”

Suddenly, a sound of footsteps rang out.

Xu Zong suddenly snapped back to his senses, his heart tightened. The sound came from the direction he entered!

This is bad!

There are people in front and behind, and there is no way to avoid them!

A young man with hair spread out like a lion slowly walked out from the aisle.

He had a cold expression, with several ink marks at the corner of his right eye. He held an ancient and simple bow in his hand, looking like an executioner, as if he didn’t care about anything.

“Arrow Concealment? Why did you come in at this time?”

Murong Hua frowned, looking quite dissatisfied.

“I was hiding by the lake and saw this person sneaking in, so I planned to remind you all to prevent him from successfully ambushing you.”

Arrow Concealment snorted coldly, showing no respect to Murong Hua.

“Since you have been peeping here for a long time, I wonder what your intentions are?”

His gaze turned to the black-clothed person hiding behind the load-bearing pillar.

Yin Zhong’s heart sank when he saw this.

Could it be that Arrow Concealment is a member of the Arrow God’s lineage, brought here by Murong Hua on purpose?

He temporarily suppressed the matter of Arrow Concealment in his heart and walked forward quickly. He immediately saw the black-clothed masked person hiding behind the load-bearing pillar, and his face changed, becoming gloomy.

“It’s you again! It’s not enough to break in during the day, and now you’re even breaking into this underground city at night! Murong brother, please join me in capturing this villain! After it’s done, I will tell you the whereabouts of the Four Images Shooting Sun Arrow!”

“Brother Yin is indeed quick-witted! Very well, I have just successfully cultivated the Innate Gang Qi, so I will use this black-clothed person as my first target!”

Murong Hua smiled with satisfaction and immediately unleashed his inner energy, leaning back like a bright moon.

The inner energy in his body merged with the aura of heaven and earth, actually controlling the surrounding aura with his inner energy, forming a thick Gang Qi around him!

Yin Zhong, Murong Hua, and Arrow Concealment surrounded Xu Zong.

Xu Zong took a deep breath.

He looked at Arrow Concealment, at that face that was 80% similar to a certain celebrity in his memory, and suddenly everything came back to him.

“Seems like Li, Lu Ziqiao!”

“Descendant of the Arrow God, Innate Gang Qi, it’s the Life and Death Chess of the Evil Sword!”

“Let’s go!”

Xu Zong didn’t hesitate to fight, and immediately transformed into a light red divine dragon, rushing towards Arrow Concealment!

“Dragon God Skill?”

Arrow Concealment was about to make a move, but suddenly froze.

“Could it be the descendant of the Dragon God?”

In the world, there are several ancient origins for martial arts, among which the Shooting Sun Divine Skill originated from the ancient Arrow God, and the Dragon God Skill originated from the ancient Dragon God!

The Arrow God proclaimed himself as the spokesperson of the heavens, while the Dragon God upheld righteousness and justice. In essence, they are actually the same kind of people!

Amidst the strong wind, the light red divine dragon came rushing!

Arrow Concealment halted his action of drawing the bow and switched to a defensive stance, but he was instantly knocked away by the divine dragon.

The divine dragon’s goal was not to fight him to the death, but to escape from this underground city. Therefore, this attack didn’t use much force, it just knocked Arrow Concealment away and roared out of the passage it came from!

“Arrow Concealment, why didn’t you stop him?”Murong Hua quickly stepped forward, his face dark as he glared at Jian Yin.

“We can’t stop him.”

Jian Yin dusted off his clothes, his expression indifferent.

“Damn it, he knows the Dragon God Skill. Once he leaves this underground dungeon, we can’t stop him at all!”

Yin Zhong’s face was full of anger, looking at the expressions of Murong Hua and Jian Yin, which were far from friendly.

This divine skill of transforming into a dragon could greatly increase the practitioner’s speed, strength, defense, and healing speed. It could even allow one to freely fly in the sky. Therefore, to defeat a practitioner of the Dragon God Skill, one must trap them in a narrow place and then besiege them with multiple people, trapping them to death!

From the moment Xu Zong sent Jian Yin flying, they could no longer stop him!

Murong Hua’s Innate Gang Qi defense was unparalleled, but his lightness skill was average. At most, he could only remain undefeated under the Dragon God Skill, but he could not defeat it.

As for Yin Zhong alone, it was even more impossible to take down the opponent. The battle during the day had already yielded this result. Instead, he might be rebounded and injured by the Spirit Mirror, which would be more loss than gain.

“This… Brother Yin, the Four Symbols Sun Shooting Arrow you promised?”

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Murong Hua’s face, but he dared not show his anger.

Hearing about the whereabouts of the ancestral divine arrow, Jian Yin also turned his eyes.

Yin Zhong snorted coldly, intending to refuse, but his gaze suddenly shifted.

“If you want to know where the Four Symbols Sun Shooting Arrow is, you can, but I have a condition – give me the secret manual of the Innate Gang Qi!”

Murong Hua’s face darkened.

With Yin Zhong’s ruthless gaze that had lived for five hundred years, of course, he could see that this Innate Gang Qi was undoubtedly the top defensive martial skill in the world. If he could fight with people under the protection of Innate Gang Qi, it would be almost equivalent to being invincible!

“Fine, I agree!”

Murong Hua’s face changed several times, after much consideration.

In order to get the help of the Arrow God’s clan, he finally nodded his head and agreed to Yin Zhong’s condition.

Yin Zhong’s face slightly cleared.

But he was still full of doubts.

“The martial skill used by the man in black during the day, I remember I should have seen it somewhere… Where was it… Yes, twenty years ago!”

Yin Zhong’s face suddenly changed, he remembered.

“Twenty years ago, when I was chasing the Longze couple, someone had used that palm technique to stop me. Who is this person? What is his relationship with the person back then?”

………

“That damn Yin Zhong, I didn’t expect him to team up with the villain of the Life and Death Chess of the Demon Sword!”

The red divine dragon charged straight ahead, directly flying through the whirlpool at the bottom of the lake and into the sky. Then, without looking back, it flew towards the distance. After flying several miles and seeing no one following, it transformed back into human form.

“Why did Jian Yin suddenly change his tactics? If he had tried to hold me back, I wouldn’t have escaped so easily… Hmm, I’d better not provoke Yin Zhong for a while. After I integrate the martial skills of the other Xu Zongs in the group and achieve great success in my divine skill, I can beat Yin Zhong!”

Thinking this, Xu Zong started to use his lightness skill and headed towards Longze Villa.

The next morning.

“Grandma, you and Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju stay in the villa and don’t go out for a while. Zhiruo and I will go back to Lingjiu Palace first, and we will definitely be back within two months!”

In front of the gate of Longze Villa, a servant led a steed.

“If someone from the Tong Clan comes during this period, you should take good care of them and tell them not to act rashly. We’ll discuss everything after I come back!”

Xu Zong held Zhou Zhiruo and lightly jumped onto the saddle. After bidding farewell to Granny Long and the others, he spurred the horse and galloped towards the southern official road.

“Big Brother Long, why are you in such a hurry to go back to Lingjiu Palace?”

Zhou Zhiruo nestled in Xu Zong’s arms, looking a bit sleep-deprived.

“Master Wu Ya Zi’s full-body disability can’t be cured even with the Nine Revolutions Bear Snake Pill and Black Jade Intermittent Ointment. But with the Blood Ruyi in hand, I can help him recover.”

Xu Zong patted the package on his body, where the Blood Ruyi was placed.

“Why didn’t you tell Granny Tong before?”

Zhou Zhiruo blinked her eyes.

If Granny Tong had known about the existence of the Blood Ruyi earlier, she might have turned the Sword Mastery Villa upside down twenty years ago.

“Hehe, I didn’t know before!”

Xu Zong showed a shy smile and flicked Zhou Zhiruo’s forehead.

Zhou Zhiruo stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.

“After returning to Lingjiu Palace and curing Master’s disability, I’ll go to Southern Song.”

Xu Zong sighed deeply, his face full of determination.

“My little sister’s birthday is coming up, I have to rush to celebrate it for her. These years, I’ve been busy practicing martial arts and seeking revenge, and I only see her once a year on her birthday. Our sibling relationship has faded.”

By the way, he also planned to spend this month practicing the various martial skills of the other Xu Zongs in the group, striving to defeat Yin Zhong in two months, avenge his parents, and reunite the Long Clan!


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