Chapter 36: Abnormally Brutal Long-range Sniper Killing

Chapter 36: Abnormally Brutal Long-range Sniper Killing

Chapter 36: Abnormally Brutal Long-range Sniper Killing
Nanshanbuzhou, Central Plains, within the territory of Luo State, a vassal state of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In the middle of the lush forest, there is a lake with clear blue water reflecting the sky and clouds. The lakeside is sparsely covered with trees and lush grass, and the fields are full of colorful flowers.

In the center of the lake, there is a small island like a pearl on a jade plate. On the island stands a bamboo building and a wooden house, decorated with gauze and feather curtains. It is truly the leisurely and elegant residence of an immortal.

A long-haired man stood in front of the bamboo building with his hands behind his back, staring blankly into the distance. The man was tall and straight, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and smooth curves. He was wearing a green gauze robe, the hem of which fluttered, as light and free as flowing clouds and water.

The man looked to be in his early thirties, but his face was much younger than most mortal men in this backward era. His long hair was like a waterfall in the night, reaching to his waist and gleaming with a soft luster. His facial features were deep and three-dimensional, with a hint of unruly air between his brows. His eyes were like the lake in front of him, bright and revealing an endless warmth.

His nose is tall and straight, giving him a noble and resolute look. His long eyebrows are like ink pens, outlining a perfect arc, adding a bit of heroism to his face.

"One day without seeing her feels like three years. It's another day that I miss her. When will Ruoyan come back? It's because I'm not good enough that she left me. She tortures me with longing. She knows how to hurt me the most..."

The man's voice is magnetic and elegant, with occasional bubbling sounds, which is just right, making him sound affectionate but not greasy.

If some young girls saw this scene, they would be so moved by his affectionate monologue that they would drool.

This person was Gu Changfeng. After he felt sentimental, he strolled to the lakeside, looked at the heroic figure reflected in the lake for a while, then nodded with satisfaction.

"I must use my full strength to release my spiritual consciousness and seize the opportunity when Ruoyan returns, and then recite this monologue. If she is hiding nearby and eavesdropping, she will definitely forgive me after hearing this. Oh, hehe."

The man chuckled, took out a stone from his arms, and sat by the lake to grind it. The stone had already taken shape, more than half of the heart shape had been ground out, and the three seal characters "Yan Ruoyan" were engraved on the stone.

This stone is just an ordinary hard stone that Gu Changfeng picked up casually. He plans to take advantage of his free time to grind out a heart-shaped stone with the name of his beloved engraved on it as a small gift. If he has more time, he will polish the stone and use his spiritual power to nurture it into jade, to prove that his deep love for his Taoist partner has reached the level of opening metal and stone.

Gu Changfeng felt that his little trick was really brilliant. It only required some thought and some spare time, and not a single spirit stone would be wasted. Many female cultivators were very fond of this trick and were very moved when they received this little gift.

After grinding for a while, he seemed to have thought of something and took out another semi-finished stone. This stone had "Zhao Qingyun" engraved on it. People have two hands, so of course they can grind two stones. After all, it's the same whether you drive one sheep or let two sheep go. When grinding small gifts for your Taoist partner, you can also grind out the gift for your lover at the same time. This can save half of the time. Only by managing time well can you be at ease.

……

Gu Changfeng was in such a good mood that even the boring manual grinding seemed full of fun and not boring at all.

He has everything: extraordinary talent, a beautiful partner and lover, a powerful and prestigious master, and a handsome appearance. He lacks nothing and has everything. He just needs to spend a peaceful time and practice step by step, and then he will be able to step onto the ladder to heaven step by step.

That road to heaven is a dangerous and desperate journey for others, but for him it is just an outing with his beauty. His master said that he was blessed with great fortune, perfect virtues, and a heavenly appearance, and was born to be the envy of others - even the silly lover who only envied mandarin ducks and not immortals would be jealous of him.

But no one is perfect, and he only has two regrets in this life.

First, his talents in music theory, painting, chess and other miscellaneous subjects were far from his aptitude for cultivation. He always felt that something was missing when trying to please girls, so he could only resort to low-end tricks like grinding stones.

Secondly, his Taoist partner Yan Ruoyan was also a girl born in heaven. She was born in the Yunxiao Immortal Sect, which was a good match for the Ziyang Immortal Sect and could provide great help for his practice. However, this woman was jealous. She killed many women who had a fleeting romance with him, either behind his back or forcing him to do so. So many that he could hardly remember them all.

As one of the most outstanding men in the world, Gu Changfeng would definitely not think that loyalty is a good quality. It is just something that incompetent and trashy men flaunt to flatter themselves out of self-pity.

The so-called loyalty of useless men is because they do not have the conditions to be promiscuous and cannot afford the risk of being promiscuous, so they have to do so out of necessity.

Adults don't make choices. Gu Changfeng has been an adult for more than 400 years. How is it possible that he can go back in time and live like a child?
The beautiful Yan Ruoyan was indeed the white moonlight and the cinnabar mole in the eyes of countless cultivators, but to him, she was just a jellyfish and a mosquito blood. He maintained this relationship because he was afraid of offending the Yunxiao Immortal Sect behind Yan Ruoyan and not getting more benefits in the future.

Ziyang Immortal Sect was founded by Qingxu Daode Zhenjun, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, and Yunxiao Immortal Sect was founded by Chijingzi, who was also one of the Twelve Golden Immortals. The marriage between Gu and Yan also contained certain political factors, but it was not something that could be divorced if one wanted to. Gu Changfeng did not think that he had any problems, as he had not yet passed the tribulation and become an immortal. What was wrong with some human emotions and my own illness?
So what if she became an immortal? Besides the Queen Mother as his main wife, doesn’t the Jade Emperor also keep Chang’e in the Guanghan Palace?

What the superior likes, the subordinates will like even more. The Lord of Heaven takes the lead, and the people below will follow suit. Practitioners originally pay attention to "Dharma, companions, wealth and land". The more of each, the better. Having more companions is beneficial to practice.

Just as he was happily rubbing his little heart, Gu Changfeng's heart suddenly jumped and he subconsciously dodged. A spiral shuttle with amazing speed hit the position where he was previously by a hair's breadth. The shuttle brushed his cheek, leaving a blood mark on his handsome face.

"Oh!"

A deep hole was drilled in the ground, and a dull sound came from a distance. Gu Changfeng felt his scalp tingling. If he had not realized the realm of "Sword Heart Enlightenment" a year ago, he would not have had time to react to this attack and his head would have been blown up.

The spiritual perception ability of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage can cover a range of twenty miles. In order to ensure that he can seize the time to perform when Yan Ruoyan returns, Gu Changfeng has expanded his spiritual perception to the extreme, covering a range of thirty miles. However, even with a range of thirty miles, he could not sense the whereabouts of the person who shot the shuttle to kill him.

Although his spiritual sense did not detect the enemy, Gu Changfeng responded immediately. He slapped his bag and took out an ancient sword box. He put the sword box on his back and made sword gestures with his hands. Four flying swords flew out of the box and circled around him.

Although Gu Changfeng looks a bit like a show-off, he has quite a lot of skills. Otherwise, how could he have indulged himself in lusting after women for hundreds of years with just his pretty face and the ability to grind small stones?
This technique of controlling the sword with one's mind divided is a high-level flying sword technique that He Lingyun would find difficult to master even if he practiced for another ten years.

Although his spiritual sense did not detect the person who made the attack, Gu Changfeng, who was rich in combat experience, had already rushed towards the direction of the attacking shuttle. However, he did not choose a faster way of approaching by flying into the air. Instead, he took the Bagua Dragon steps close to the ground, and his running trajectory was twisting and turning, leaving no trace.

If you fly into the air, you will become a sitting duck. Turning in the air is not flexible enough. The best way to avoid this kind of ultra-high-speed shuttle sniper attack is to keep your feet on the ground and perform serpentine maneuvers.

As he expected, several more shuttles broke through the air, brushed past his side and drilled deep holes in the ground. If he hesitated for a moment, he would be shot through by the shuttles whose speed far exceeded the level of "Silent Thunder".

The enemy's attack range was still beyond Gu Changfeng's perception. If this dilemma of being locked in by beyond-visual-range attacks was not resolved quickly, the enemy would lose the opportunity and a single mistake would lead to instant death.

Sword cultivators tend to be high in attack but low in defense. Gu Changfeng does not intend to cast defensive spells to resist the shuttle. Firstly, the shuttle attacks at such a high frequency that he has no time to chant spells. Secondly, he is not good at defensive spells. The spiral shuttle has amazing penetrating power, and he cannot guarantee that it will not easily penetrate the shield condensed by magic power.

The key to winning a sword fight is to rely on mobility to approach the enemy as quickly as possible and kill the enemy before the enemy can hurt himself.

The combination of Eight Trigrams Wandering Dragon Step and Earth Shrinking Step allowed Gu Changfeng to run thirty miles in just ten breaths, but he still hadn't sensed where his opponent was. He was startled and stopped, not daring to move forward, and just circled around in place. If he couldn't avoid the incoming shuttle, he would control the flying swords around him to meet the attack, and calculate the trajectory to cut it down in mid-air.

When the flying sword collides with the flying shuttle, a ball of dazzling sparks will explode. The flying sword, which is already a high-level spiritual weapon (spiritual weapon is one major level lower than spiritual treasure), can at most cut off three flying shuttle blades before it cannot withstand the huge spiral force and breaks.

Gu Changfeng made another sword gesture, and a new flying sword immediately flew out from the ancient sword box on his back to replenish the consumed swords. As one sword broke, another flew out, and they managed to create a stalemate.

It was a coincidence that the reason why Gu Changfeng didn't dare to move forward was that the heart-shaped stone he had ground was collected from the surrounding area of ​​this place, so he was familiar with the terrain of this place. When he chased here, he accidentally realized that something was wrong. There were traces of slight human modification of the terrain and vegetation. The traces had been covered up and could not be seen at all if he was not careful. He immediately became alert and concentrated his spiritual consciousness to explore, only to find that there was a minefield ahead, which was densely packed with traps and magic arrays, and countless strange spherical magic weapons were buried.

If he rushed forward without noticing anything unusual, he would run into a trap and fall into the enemy's trap.

Cold sweat streamed down Gu Changfeng's forehead. He knew that this battle was extremely dangerous and might be the closest fight to death in his life.

Before even meeting the enemy, he was forced to make two life-and-death choices. Half of the reason he was still alive was due to luck. If he had not picked up the stones here, he would have fallen into the trap.

Besides being horrified, Gu Changfeng couldn't help but feel suspicious. He was curious about who this professional assassin was who launched a surprise attack without any warning, who had obviously planned it for a long time, and who had a sinister mind and murderous intent.

(End of this chapter)