Chapter 208: Check the Character

Chapter 208: Check the Character

Chapter 208: Check the Character
Tang Qilang opened his mouth but could only turn to look at Li Wuxiang: "Brother, this guy is also a disciple of our Tiangong Sect. He and I have the same master... Our master is the sect master. I am the second among the direct disciples, and this fellow disciple of mine is the third. His name is Tang Jiuzhen."

He said this and sighed: "It seems that we left too fast, at least faster than the news spread."

Li Wuxiang nodded, raised his foot and jumped back to the railing of the pavilion, then walked past Zhou Qinghu and sat down in the pavilion. He looked at Zhou Qinghu and said to Tang Qilang, "Well, so you see what to do about this matter. If it really doesn't work, ask your third junior brother to come to me to get the Ranshan Calligraphy."

Tang Qilang felt a chill immediately after hearing his words. He realized that the words he had just said must have made this Sword Sect Yuanying feel very unhappy, so his killing intent was aroused again.

"Come and get the Ranshan seal from me"... If Tang Jiuzhen really wanted to "get" it from him, wouldn't that be like forcibly seizing the seal of a sect leader? !
That means killing without mercy, and there will be no place to seek justice when you arrive at the Great Tribulation Mountain!

He immediately spoke before Tang Jiuzhen: "No need! Senior Brother, there is no need to go this far--"

Only then did Tang Jiuzhen frown, look at Li Wuxiang, and then look at Tang Qilang: "Tang Qi, why do you look so servile? Oh, so this person was not brought here by you, but has some background?"

Tang Qilang immediately jumped forward and grabbed his arm: "Third Junior Brother, come with me."

"Let's talk over there? What can't be said here?" He looked towards the pavilion again and followed Tang Qilang a few steps.

As soon as the two men stood down, Tang Qilang immediately tightened the hand that was holding his arm: "That Li Wuxiang is a swordsman, a swordsman of the Sword Sect. The Golden Twist of the Ranshan Sect is on him, and he also claims to be the leader of the Ranshan Sect. So no matter what merit you want to make, don't do this, do you understand?"

Tang Jiuzhen was stunned: "Swordsman? Oh, no wonder he looks so arrogant. But wasn't the Swordsman being chased like a stray dog? And he dared to go to our Dajie Mountain——"

"He is a Yuanying." Tang Qilang said.

The second half of Tang Jiuzhen's words got stuck in his throat. He blinked, looked at the people over there, and then said, "Is the Nascent Soul so amazing? How many Nascent Souls are there on our Great Tribulation Mountain?"

Tang Qilang sighed, "Junior brother, before we went to You Jiu Yuan, we thought the same thing. Senior Brother Mou also thought the same thing - the Sword Sect's Nascent Soul is powerful, but we don't know how powerful it is. The five of us all carry our own real weapons, so if we meet the swordsman, we may be able to fight him. But... let me tell you this, he is not only the leader of Ranshan Sect, but also the leader of Tianxin Sect."

"what?"

"A few days ago, Tianxin Sect leader Zhou Ruixin captured a few swordsmen and went up to Yulun Mountain. This Li Wuxiang went up the mountain with a sword and challenged Zhou Ruixin, took Zhiyue Xuanguang, and destroyed Tianxin Sect - did you understand? This is the Sword Sect's Nascent Soul! If he wants Zhou Qinghu, give it to him! Don't cause trouble!"

Tang Jiuzhen was stunned for a while. Tang Qilang thought that his words might have intimidated his Third Junior Brother. Just as he was about to vent his anger, he heard Tang Jiuzhen say, "He is a swordsman who destroyed one of our thirty-six sects, and he dared to follow us so brazenly? You brought him here too?!"

Tang Qilang raised his brows, took a step closer to him, and almost touched his forehead and said in a low voice: "Don't be angry at this time! Do you see that Kong Jingci over there?! We made friends with him on the way here, just to help their Suhua Sect win over this swordsman and the leader of the two sects! You want to make merit for our sect? Then hand Zhou Qinghu over to him today and don't cause any trouble, and that will be merit! If you are unhappy, go back and tell Master! Ask Master to see what to do! Do you understand?!"

Tang Jiuzhen was stunned by his drink and remained silent. Tang Qilang stared at him again and asked again: "Do you understand?!"

He raised his head and took a step back: "I know. What's your name? You spit in my face, it's so annoying. What grudge does Zhou Qinghu have against him?"

"Zhou Qinghu has no grudge against him, but he seems to have been very familiar with the people of Ranshan Sect in the past, and he is standing up for that woman. Anyway, don't get involved in this matter anymore, get out of it, understand?"

"I understand! So annoying!"

Tang Jiuzhen waved his hands and walked towards Zhou Qinghu.

Zhou Qinghu was not very happy at this moment. When he saw the expressions of those people just now, he knew that his matter of becoming the leader of Ranshan would go wrong. The Li Wuxiang in the pavilion looked really extraordinary. Maybe he was born in some cultivation sect or family. If he was a member of Tiangong Sect, he might really be chosen as the leader.

It was a painful feeling to be stuck in the middle of a step that was only half a step away. However, he was not someone who could not let go of things, so while Tang Qilang and Tang Jiuzhen were arguing, he bowed to Li Wuxiang who was sitting in the pavilion and smiled, "My fellow Taoist..."

Li Wuxiang was originally looking at him, but now he looked away and just said, "Why don't you eat?"

"Eat? Oh, I don't really like it—" Zhou Qinghu said halfway before realizing that Li Wuxiang was talking to Zhao Yu—while saying this, he pushed the bowl of iced almond tofu on the table towards her: "Young Master Tang paid for it, why are you so upset?"

Zhou Qinghu saw Zhao Yu glance in his direction, then turned his head, hummed softly, and took a small bite.

After taking a bite, Li Wuxiang took another lotus crisp and placed it on the plate in front of her: "Try this one too. You don't have to eat all of it, try everything."

Zhao Yu immediately put down the spoon, said "hmm", and picked up the lotus crisp to eat.

Li Wuxiang brought her a few more dishes, and she ate them all obediently immediately.

Zhou Qinghu felt a tightness in his chest and clenched his fists in his sleeves. Zhao Yu had been disfigured a long time ago, and he had no interest in her. But seeing the intimate behavior of the two people in front of him, and thinking about the past, he felt extremely unhappy.

This made him squint his eyes, but with his eyes squinted and the light in the pavilion dim, he could not see the scars on Zhao Yu's face clearly, and only her stunningly beautiful outline remained - and the man called Li Wuxiang was no less beautiful than her, so the two of them sitting in the pavilion were like a pair... a pair...

Zhou Qinghu was feeling suffocated when he saw Tang Jiuzhen walking towards him with a unhappy look on his face.

Zhou Qinghu immediately felt his chest getting tighter, but he still turned around and bowed slightly: "Senior Brother..."

"Go and apologize to that woman."

Zhou Qinghu was stunned: "Ah?"

Tang Jiuzhen glared at him: "Didn't you understand? Or do you want me to go?"

"Brother, you... allowed him to be the leader of Ranshan Sect?" Zhou Qinghu asked, "What about me?"

"Let's talk about it later."

Zhou Qinghu slowly straightened his chest, took a deep breath, shook his head, and smiled: "Okay. I'll follow your wishes, Senior Brother. Yu Niang——"

He turned his head suddenly and shouted loudly, staring at Zhao Yu's face: "Yu Niang! Good! What happened between you and me in the past——"

But seeing Li Wuxiang in the pavilion, he raised his hand slightly, raised his index finger and shook it: "What did you call her?"

Zhou Qinghu was stunned.

Li Wuxiang turned his head and looked at him straight in the eye. "Zhao Yu is a disciple of the Ranshan Sect, one of the thirty-six sects. She grew up in the mountain gate and has been practicing the Xuanmen orthodox method passed down by the founder of Ranshan since she was a child. What is your background? What did you call her just now?"

Zhou Qinghu gritted his teeth and took a deep breath: "Daoyou, I have practiced since I was a child. Now I am also practicing--"

"Daoyou?" Li Wuxiang sneered, "Do you think you are worthy of calling me Daoyou?"

Zhou Qinghu's breath got stuck in his throat, and just as he was about to frown, he heard Tang Jiuzhen behind him whispering angrily: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Call me Senior Immortal Master, apologize, and get out of here! I'm so fucking annoyed." Zhou Qinghu had no choice but to take a deep breath, lower his head, and cup his hands: "The sect master is right. Immortal Master Zhao... Zhao, I was rude before, and I'm sorry for offending you--"

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Wuxiang.

"It was you who offended her before." Li Wuxiang looked behind him, his eyes fell on Zhou Fang, who was wearing green clothes and carrying a long sword, and had just led people to stop Zhao Yu on the street. "This man just claimed to be the chief monk of Ranshan? I don't take this nonsense seriously - but you should know what you did on the street just now, so get this done first."

Zhou Fang had been standing behind Zhou Qinghu with his men, not saying a word. He had seen Tang Qilang and Tang Jiuzhen go aside to talk, and he knew that things were not going well. The people here were all elite disciples of the Thirty-Six Sects, and he had a master like Zhou Qinghu above him, so he had no way out.

When he heard Li Wuxiang call his name, he immediately shuddered and raised his head abruptly. He saw Zhou Qinghu's face was ashen, and he looked at him with squinted eyes: "Zhou Fang, what did you do just now?"

Don't you know what I did? Zhou Fang screamed in his heart, but at this point, he could only bite the bullet and say, "I... pushed Master Zhao a few times——"

Zhou Qinghu's face turned pale and he nodded: "Which hand did you do it with? Show it to me."

Zhou Fang's heart suddenly turned cold! He knew his master's temperament best. Now he was being humiliated in the middle... He was going to vent his anger on himself!

But I have no other choice!

He gritted his teeth, stretched out his right arm, and then used his left hand to pull out the long sword from his waist: "My Lord, there is no need to do anything - Master Zhao! I apologize to you here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a knife flashed, and a right hand fell to the ground with a snap. Zhou Fang immediately threw away the knife, raised his hand and pressed several acupuncture points on his right shoulder to stop the bleeding, and clenched his teeth tightly, sweating profusely in pain and unable to speak.

Zhou Qinghu turned around at this time and stared at Li Wuxiang: "Master, are you satisfied with this?"

Li Wuxiang frowned slightly, looked at Zhou Fang, and then looked at Zhou Qinghu: "We are eating here, and you made a bloody smell, and you still ask me if I am satisfied? What do you think? Forget it, now tell me your story, Zhou Qinghu, what did you come here to apologize for?"

Zhou Qinghu was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Sect Master Li, I understand what you mean. Since you are the sect master of Ranshan, you naturally have to stand up for the disciples of Ranshan. Otherwise, how will others see you in this Dajie Mountain? That's why a big shot like you has to hold on to a small shot like me today."

"As for me, I was indeed possessed by evil spirits and wanted to covet the position of the leader of Ranshan Sect. That's why I, this servant, dared to offend Master Zhao. Now that he has cut off one of his arms, there is nothing to say, right?"

"But now if you ask me why I'm apologizing, there's one thing I don't understand—" Zhou Qinghu took a deep breath and raised his voice a little, "Zhao Yu and I were willing and in love with each other. We never did anything that violated the rules. I didn't even have time to take off her clothes. Later, she did get into trouble to save me, but she did it voluntarily—Zhao Yu, I didn't force you, did I?"

Zhao Yu pursed his lips while sitting in the pavilion, as if he was about to speak, but when he saw Li Wuxiang raised his finger, he kept silent.

"So these things between men and women... Forget it, let's put it this way, Zhou Fang attacked Zhao Yu before, and you said she was an immortal master from a famous family. Well, according to the rules of the cultivation world, he cut off her hand for insubordination."

"But what happened between Zhao Yu and I in the past was a love story between two people in the martial arts world, so we should follow the rules of the martial arts world. Sect Leader Li, you can't come back to seek revenge on me just because your disciple did something out of love for me, right?" He turned to look at Tang Jiuzhen, "Brother Tang, does the Thirty-Six Sects have such a rule?"

His next few words gradually made Tang Jiuzhen's expression brighten. At this point, he let out a breath and smiled, "Of course not. You are right. We both agreed to this. If we still have to fight over this kind of thing, then there will be endless accounts between husband and wife. I say, Sect Master Li, you have scolded me and my hands have been chopped off. Are you satisfied now?"

Li Wuxiang turned around and looked at Tang Qilang under the pavilion: "Have you told him who I am?"

Tang Qilang said in a hoarse voice: "I've already said that. Senior brother, you——"

"So, Tang Qi, did I look cowardly along the way?" Li Wuxiang frowned. "You pushed my disciples a few times. I thought you could just slap them back, but you cut off your hand in front of me. Are you trying to fight me? Do you want me to see blood? Well, I just gave the matter to you, but now I'll do it myself."

Tang Qillang smiled bitterly.

Li Wuxiang turned around, first looking at Tang Jiuzhen, then at Zhou Qinghu: "Let's not talk about this matter - Zhou Qinghu, if you had said a few nice words and kowtowed just now, this matter might have been over. But now you want to talk to me about the rules of the martial arts world? Okay, I told Tang Qi just now that I want to see your character when you come. Now I will take a look at your character. If it's really not bad, I will really regard it as a consensual relationship between you two."

Tang Jiuzhen raised an eyebrow: "Oh, what do you want to see?"

"Let's see how open-minded and loyal you are." Li Wuxiang stared at Zhou Qinghu and slapped a small sword on the table. "When I was a swordsman, I also traveled around the martial arts world. I heard that you met in Deyang? Then you should know the rules of the martial arts world in Deyang, right? Since you are so tough and like the martial arts style, let's do this." [Note 1]

"Open-minded? Loyal? Ha, okay. The Great Tribulation Alliance will take some time. Sect Leader, you will naturally be able to see slowly that Zhou Qinghu is actually different from you swordsmen - eh? What's wrong with you?" Tang Jiuzhen stopped talking halfway and when he looked at Zhou Qinghu again, he found that his face was pale, his teeth were clenched, and his lips were trembling slightly.

"Sir, are you... a swordsman?" Zhou Qinghu's forehead was covered with cold sweat. "I... I don't know the real you, I..."

After he said these words, he bent his knees and slammed them to the ground with a grunt. He then kowtowed, "Senior, Sect Master, I was wrong... I was ashamed of Fairy Zhao Yu in the past. I was worse than an animal..."

He straightened up after he said this, and Tang Jiuzhen was stunned by his appearance, then immediately turned to look at Li Wuxiang.

The Tiangong Sect is located in the heart of the East Continent, far from the six dioceses. More than a hundred years ago, there were swordsmen active near the Tiangong Sect's dojo, and the mountains and rivers were recorded. Later, it seemed that after the recording was completed, they gradually moved towards the Zhenxing Sect. Therefore, in the years after he was born, he had never seen a swordsman with his own eyes, but only heard that the swordsman was vindictive and extremely fierce and domineering.

Zhou Qinghu had not been with him for long, only half a year, but he knew Zhou Qinghu's character - he was decisive, courageous, and a man who could accomplish great things. He felt that this kind of character was actually more difficult to obtain than a high level of cultivation: cultivation could be improved, but character was difficult to change.

But now... he was not afraid when he knew Li Wuxiang was the leader of Ranshan Sect, but when he saw his little sword and heard him call himself a swordsman, his knees immediately went weak? !

He didn't know what to say for a moment, and then he heard Li Wuxiang sneer and raised his chin towards Zhou Qinghu: "It's a pity that you made me see blood just now, and now you've aroused my interest. Zhou Qinghu, between being open-minded and being loyal, do you want to do one yourself, or ask me to do both?"

Tang Jiuzhen was stunned again, and wanted to ask what the words "open-minded" and "loyal" meant, but suddenly he saw Zhou Qinghu grit his teeth, draw out the dagger from his waist, hold it in his hand, tear off his clothes on his chest, and cut into his stomach with his hand. He pulled and lifted, threw the dagger down, reached under the skin, and tore it hard!
He lifted up his huge belly by himself, revealing the internal organs underneath - the first thing you see is a mass of red and white intestines, and then it is hidden under the sternum, with only a part of the liver exposed!

Tang Jiuzhen was so frightened that his scalp tingled and he could not help but take a half step back. There were some people in the Chenxiang Pavilion who were looking at this side from a distance. When they took a closer look, they immediately screamed in surprise.

The blood vessels on Zhou Qinghu's forehead and neck bulged high, his face turned the color of liver, his eyes opened red, his lips and hands were trembling, he was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He could only straighten his body, using the piece of belly that was still connected to his body to hold the things inside, and nodded at Li Wuxiang intermittently.

Li Wuxiang raised his hand, pinched the edge with his thumb and middle finger, took the bowl of almond tofu from Zhao Yu, took a sip slowly, glanced at him, and said lightly: "I found the liver. Where's the gallbladder?"

Zhou Qinghu felt so much pain that tears came out of his eyes. He immediately reached his hand into his belly and felt around. He seemed to have grabbed something and pulled it slightly outwards. His body shook violently and he fell to the ground, with red and white stuff flowing all over the floor.

Li Wuxiang turned to look at Zhao Yu: "You are open-minded. Do you want to take another look?"

Zhao Yu's face was pale, but he still stared at Zhou Qinghu on the ground for a long time before shaking his head: "There's nothing to see. I won't look at it anymore. It's just a pile of filthy things."

Li Wuxiang nodded and turned to look at Tang Jiuzhen: "Okay, Zhou Qinghu's matter is settled. Then, Junior Brother Tang, let's talk about you finding someone to pretend to be my Ranshan disciple."

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Note 1: See Chapter for details.

(End of this chapter)