Chapter 5: This sword wards off evil spirits
Since Jiangchuan and Zhu Tong's challenge were rejected separately, Dongyang's life has been as always, reading, practicing, meditating, and as before, and has never taken a step towards immortality, as if he had long forgotten his true purpose of coming to the imperial city.
Apart from the view of immortality, there was no challenge from practitioners again, as if everything had returned to the tranquility of the past.
But in the secret, there are still countless pairs of eyes focusing on the outlook on immortality. This once transcendent place, too many people don’t want it to rekindle, but no one will openly take action.
Half a month later, Dongyang walked out of the study room, breathed a sigh of relief at the sky, and muttered: "I have read all the books sent by Tai Academy seriously, and I have practiced all the martial arts and moves recorded in the practice books, but..."
Dongyang sighed and shook his head. What he wanted was a good prescription for healing his own inability to practice, but there was still no progress.
However, during the half month of living in the Perspective of Eternal Life, he did not find anything. At least his perception of the things around him was much clearer than before, as if his perception of the five senses became more sensitive.
"It's time to go out for a walk!"
On the second floor of Huayang Building, two young men sat opposite each other, but were speechless. They tasted the wine in their hands, and their eyes looked out the window from time to time, and they could see everything in the alley in front of Changshengguan.
"He's out!"
Jiang Chuan and Zhu Tong both had their eyes fixed. Zhu Tong immediately put down his wine glass, grabbed the weapons on the table, and jumped down the window.
"It's better to let Zhu Tong try the water first!" Jiang Chuan muttered, picked up the long sword, and went downstairs.
"You're finally out!"
Dongyang felt helpless when he looked at Zhu Tong who was standing in front of him. From beginning to end, the disciples of Daoshanxiayuan and Jianmenxiayuan challenged him was a little puzzled. Now it is better, endless.
"I don't understand why you do this. I am just an ordinary person, and you are a practitioner and are not a type of person. What's the point of such a challenge?"
"If you are not in the outlook on immortality, it will naturally be meaningless!"
"After all the time, you still want me to leave the Perspective of Eternal Life!"
"right……"
Dongyang looked at the other party deeply, shook his head suddenly, and said, "Although I don't know why you care so much about me living in the Perspective of Eternal Life, I was going to stay for a while before leaving, but now I have to change my mind!"
Zhu Tong's eyes froze and he said in a deep voice: "You are not going to leave so you are not going to leave!"
"right……"
"Since that's the case, let me see what qualifications do you have to live in the Perspective of Eternal Life?"
"You still want to challenge me?"
"You don't dare?"
"Do you think this is fair?"
"I can not use my true energy!"
Dongyang pondered for a moment and said, "Okay... I'll go get the sword!"
Looking at Dongyang who turned around and left, Zhu Tong said coldly: "I hope you dare to come out!"
Dongyang said without looking back: "Since I promised you, I will not regret it!"
"Aren't you afraid that he won't come out?" Jiang Chuan said calmly.
"That's just my opinion. Without trust, he will only become a laughing stock for everyone. At that time, even if he still lives in the Perspective of Eternity, there is no meaning!"
Without faith, no one can stand. This is a taboo for practitioners. Even if Dongyang is not a practitioner, if he loses his reputation, he will become worthless in the eyes of many practitioners and will never have the qualification to care about anyone.
Soon, Dongyang reappeared in everyone's eyes, and there was indeed an extra sword and a peach wood sword in his hand.
"Is this your sword?"
Zhu Tong had no intention of ridicule, he was just a little surprised, but as soon as he said that, a little ridicule came from among the people who had gathered here.
Even if Zhu Tong did not use his true energy, he was still a real master of Tongmai Realm. His body's strength and flexibility were still much higher than that of ordinary people, and the weapons in his hand were far beyond the control of a peach wood sword.
Dongyang seemed to have not heard the ridicule around him, looked at the peach wood sword in his hand and said, "This sword... wards off evil spirits!"
The scene was silent in an instant, and after a moment, a series of unrestrained laughter sounded, as if I had encountered something very happy.
"Haha... Counterfeiting, you really think of yourself as Taoist priest You Fang!"
"This sword wards off evil spirits, can you drive away ghosts?"
The ridicule of the onlookers made Zhu Tong frown a little. He didn't like this ridicule very much, because Dongyang is now his opponent, and any opponent is worthy of respect, which is also a respect for himself.
Dongyang looked at the ridiculed people lightly until their laughter gradually fell, and he said calmly: "Have you finished laughing?"
Those who laughed at him instinctively wanted to speak, but when they saw Dongyang's calm expression, they could no longer say what they said.
"We can start!"
"You are an ordinary person. I don't move my true energy. I only compare my sword moves. I just click on it!"
"please……"
Zhu Tong slowly pulled out the long sword, with a cold expression. Even though he knew that Dongyang was just an ordinary person, he would not take it lightly. This is respect for his opponent, not to mention that he did not think that Dongyang was really just an ordinary person.
The moment the long sword left the sheath, it slashed out violently. With one sword, three sword lights appeared together.
"The sword in the cloud..."
Dongyang's expression remained motionless, his eyes slightly condensed, and he did not draw a sword. He just immediately took a step back, like a normal person who retreated, without any speed or slowness.
But it seemed normal but retreated, but Zhu Tong's first sword fell all. Three sword lights fell in front of Dongyang, and almost fell on his face a little bit, which was just like a distance from the world.
Zhu Tong's expression was slightly deeper, the sword in his hand was dancing faster, and the sword light was denser, like clouds and mist.
The Yunli Knife is a very common sword technique in the sword mountain. It hides the real in the virtual world, and many virtual moves are just for the real and fatal blow.
However, Zhu Tong cannot use his true energy now, so he cannot reveal the true meaning of the Yunli Sword. The power is naturally greatly reduced, and it is more than enough to deal with an ordinary person.
Dongyang is an ordinary person because he does not have true energy, but he is not an ordinary person because he is well-read and can see the origin of Yunli Sword at a glance, and know the characteristics and weaknesses of this sword technique.
In the eyes of others, the sword light that is difficult to distinguish between reality and reality is clearly visible in Dongyang's eyes, so he retreated calmly.
More than a dozen breaths passed, and the confrontation in the field surprised the onlookers around him. Zhu Tong's sword technique was fully displayed. Even without true energy, it was still powerful. However, Dongyang never took action, but just kept retreating and retreating calmly.
Every time Zhu Tong took action, he was dissolved invisibly by Dongyang's seemingly simple retreat, which surprised everyone and confused him, and he couldn't help but think of a sentence.
"Dancing in the spring breeze together calmly..."
In Zhutong's dense and wild sword light, Dongyang was always so calm, without a drop of dust.
Zhu Tong's heart became more and more serious, his sword dance became more urgent, and his footwork was even more weird, but this did not change the situation in the field.
The knife has not changed, and the sword technique has not changed. The person who uses the knife has not changed either, but it has changed in Dongyang's eyes.
Because of his calmness, Zhu Tong became uneasy, and because of his inattention, he had flaws.
Dongyang's eyes narrowed, and the peach wood sword that had not taken action finally attacked. It was a simple stab that passed through the dense sword light and stopped in front of Zhu Tong's neck.
Zhu Tong's knife also stopped, only one inch away from Dongyang's left arm, but he could no longer cross this inch.
"How is that possible?"
The bystanders around them all changed their expressions. After watching the whole process, they still couldn't understand why Zhu Tong lost.
Zhu Tong was silent for a moment, put away his knife and retreated, and said, "I lost!"
"Take it..."
"What kind of body method are you doing?"
Dongyang knew that he was not using any body movement at all. The reason why he could retreat calmly throughout the process was because he could see Zhu Tong's moves clearly, which was related to his keen sense of five senses, and it was not a body movement at all.
But he hesitated for a moment and said, "Dancing in the spring breeze..."
He made a name absurd, but he didn't want Zhu Tong to be defeated so embarrassingly.
"Haha... What a calm dance to the spring breeze, I'm convinced!"
Dongyang smiled slightly, but before he could speak, a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd: "Zhu Tong, you are not a loss at all. Even if his sword stabs you, it will not hurt you at all, but you can hurt him!"
Hearing this, everyone's reactions were different. Some nodded seriously, while others shook their heads in contempt.
Zhu Tong's expression darkened, he looked back at the talking boy and said, "Wang Ji, I, Zhu Tong, can still afford to lose!"
Wang Ji is also a disciple of Daoshanxiayuan and is also a figure on the Qianlong list. He is even slightly higher than Zhu Tong, but he is two years older than Zhu Tong.
"You can afford to lose, Daoshanxiayuan cannot afford to lose!"
"Hmph...I think you, Wang Ji, can't afford to lose!"
"For an ordinary person, Zhu Tong will lose, it will be useless for your ranking on the Hidden Dragon List!"
"Don't think you're better than me if you rank 28th in the Hidden Dragon List!"
The rankings on the Qianlong list do not really determine a person's full strength, especially those who are very close to the rankings, such as Jiang Chuan, ranked 30th, Zhu Tong, ranked 29th, and Wang Ji, ranked 28th. Although the rankings are different, the real strength of the three is just the same as each other, and no one dares to say that they will win.
"Okay, you are unwilling to accept it. Go back and compete, don't be disgusted here!" A young man in a civilian slowly walked out of the crowd, looking lazy.
But after seeing this young man, Zhu Tong and Wang Ji both looked calm and bowed slightly: "Senior Brother Mu..."
Mu Yang came to Zhu Tong and smiled and said, "If you lose, you will lose. I can still afford to lose!"
As soon as these words were said, Wang Ji's face couldn't help but sank, but he didn't dare to say anything. Mu Yang is a top five expert in the Qianlong List and his strength is far superior to him.
Mu Yang turned to Dongyang and smiled slightly and said, "My name is Mu Yang. I hope I can have a chance to have a chance to have a chance to compete with you!"
"Dongyang...I hope there is such an opportunity too!"
What Mu Yang needs is a real exchange with Dongyang, a competition between practitioners, which is only meaningless than moves.
Chapter completed!