Chapter 198 The Top of Qingcheng(1/2)
Chapter 200 The Top of Qingcheng
The fourteenth month of the lunar calendar is almost round.
The moon hangs in the sky, like a bright white jade plate, piercing the night sky and spreading its brilliance.
At the beginning of the lanterns, under the moonlight, the Guanqi Building in the middle of Qingcheng was brightly lit, and there were tinkling sounds from all around.
As the most famous place for making weapons in Qingcheng, once the fire is turned on, they don't have an early break there.
The Guanqi Tower has four floors and is four to five feet high. It looks like an octagonal tower and has extraordinary momentum.
Fortunately, this area is the most prosperous place in Qingcheng. There are mansions such as the Governor's Mansion nearby, and three or four-story lofts are not too out of the ordinary.
No, standing on the top floor, you can still vaguely see the Guanyue Tower, the landmark building of the Governor's Mansion less than a mile away.
There is only one word difference between the two pavilions, Guanqi Tower and Guanyue Tower, but they are vastly different in terms of scale and height.
As the tallest building in Qingcheng, Guanyue Tower has eight floors and is about ten feet high. Located among them, it really stands out from the crowd.
Within a radius of one or two miles, as long as the field of view is wide enough, you can see the Moon Viewing Tower.
At night, the Guanyue Tower lights up. When the lights are bright, it is like a lighthouse in the dark, extremely dazzling.
Tonight, there are no lights on the Moon Viewing Tower, and you can only vaguely see an outline in the moonlight.
Standing on the top of the Guanqi Tower, leaning on the railing, Xu Lingfeng looked away from the Moon Guan Tower in the distance and looked up at the sky. The moonlight was filled with heat, making people sweat all over their body.
However, Xu Lingfeng's heart felt cold.
"There's still one day left, Chu Tang...it's time for us to settle accounts." Xu Lingfeng murmured to himself.
Half a month ago, under the guidance of his master, he found a loophole in the Xunwu Order targeting the imperial warriors.
At that time, Xu Lingfeng was very excited and felt that this was a challenge that Chu Tang could not refuse.
However, his master Luo Changying was a little hesitant, thinking that victory was a waste of force. Even if he won, he would still have to serve in the court, and the gain would not be worth the loss.
But Xu Lingfeng was sure of this. His actual words were: "Master, the inner demon has arisen. Is there any way to turn back?"
Luo Changying fell silent.
Inner demons all depend on how people treat them.
Xu Lingfeng's inner demon now is Chu Tang. As long as the other person lives well in the world, he will be a demon that he can't get rid of.
Luo Changying knows better than anyone how terrifying inner demons are, because he also has inner demons - the Swordsman of the East China Sea.
The Swordsman of the East China Sea only defeated him two or three times, but it has been his lingering inner demon for more than twenty years.
This also resulted in him being unable to break through to the Nine Realms.
More than 20 years ago, he was a master of the Eighth Realm, and everyone believed that he could become a master of the Nineth Realm in just a few years.
What about the facts?
Twenty years have passed, and he is still at the peak of the Eighth Realm, unable to break through to the Ninth Realm.
In fact, Luo Changying has long sensed that he has accumulated enough skills, which is no different from the Nine Realms. However, the realm is standing still, unable to make any progress, as if there is a layer of obstacles that cannot be broken.
And this obstacle is the swordsman of the East China Sea who has been suppressing him.
As long as the swordsman of the East China Sea is alive for one day, or if he fails to defeat the swordsman of the East China Sea in a fair and just manner, this barrier will be like an iron curtain that cannot be lifted.
And once the swordsman of the East China Sea is gone, or he defeats the opponent head-on, the obstacle is like a cicada's wings, he can crush it at any time and remove it in one fell swoop.
This is the bondage of inner demons!
Knowing the horror of the inner demon, Luo Changying did not want his disciples to follow in his footsteps, so he could not refuse Xu Lingfeng's move to get rid of the inner demon.
Therefore, after giving instructions on the Xunwu Order, Luo Changying went to the Valley Master of Luoshen Valley and asked him to coordinate various matters.
Faced with the request of the great elder Luo Changying, the master of Luoshen Valley, although he didn't want to cause trouble, could only agree.
For this reason, they asked Guanqilou in Qingcheng to take action on the matter.
Guanqilou is a major force under Luoshen Valley, which is a well-known fact in Liangzhou.
Guanqi Building is also the most powerful place for weapon training in Liangzhou. It only has stations in Yuncheng and Qingcheng. It is open for business and builds weapons for others as long as they pay money.
In addition, he is also responsible for information collection and transfer, and is the eyes and ears of Luoshen Valley in these two places.
After issuing the order to seek military force, Xu Lingfeng said goodbye to Luo Changying, came to Qingcheng alone, and moved into Guanqi Building.
During these days, he would go up to the roof every night and overlook the Moon Viewing Tower of the Governor's Mansion.
"On a full moon night, the top of Qingcheng."
Xu Lingfeng couldn't understand why Chu Tang chose to do it at night, let alone why he chose Guanyue Tower.
He has already gone to Guanyue Tower to inquire about it. Although the roof of the building is large, the wooden structure of the floor is indeed not suitable for fighting for warriors like them who can transform inner energy into energy.
He even couldn't figure out why the governor Shen Zuo would allow them to go wild in Guanyue Tower.
However, no matter what, Xu Lingfeng only had one thought in his mind: kill Chu Tang!
Not only to avenge his junior brother Shi Ziqian, but also to eradicate his inner demon——
Chu Tang must die!
For this reason, every time he looked at Guanyue Tower from a distance, Xu Lingfeng imagined the scene of his duel with Chu Tang in his mind.
He has imagined the Lingbo Micro Step, the Sword Drawing Technique, and the Quanzhen Sword Technique, and simulated it countless times in his mind——
Yes, he has not been idle these days. He has inquired about Chu Tang's deeds through many channels, and among them, he has pondered even more about the other party's martial arts.
Now, everything is ready, waiting for the duel time tomorrow night!
Swish!
While Xu Lingfeng was deep in thought, the evening breeze brought a sound of footsteps, awakening him from his reverie. When he looked up, he saw a burly old man in his fifties walking towards him.
"Uncle Huang." Xu Lingfeng greeted the other party.
The old man is not young, but he is very strong, with a dark face and good energy. His hair and beard are still black, and he does not look old.
This person is none other than Huang Changfeng, the owner of the Guanqi Building, who is a disciple of the same generation as Luo Changying, the master of Xu Lingfeng.
Xu Lingfeng calls him Uncle Master. During these days when he has been staying at Guanqi Building, he has received a lot of care from him, so he is very grateful and respectful to him.
Huang Changfeng walked next to Xu Lingfeng, turned around and glanced at Guanyue Tower in the distance, and said: "Changfeng, you are looking at that building here again. It is just a tall building, there is nothing interesting to see, you might as well take a rest if you have time.
Yang Shen. Look at you, you are so thin that you are so thin. Where is your former grace?"
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He was not polite. As he saw with his own eyes, Xu Lingfeng was getting thinner and more haggard these days, just like a man and woman who are in love, not thinking about food and tea, and are haggard.
Xu Lingfeng in the past was really like a handsome young man.
Today, he looks as haggard as a middle-aged man.
Huang Changfeng saw this in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, fearing that Xu Lingfeng would not be able to wait for the day of the duel and would fall down first.
At first, he thought that Xu Lingfeng was worried about the duel, and gave him a few words of comfort. Later, he saw that although Xu Lingfeng was getting thinner, his energy was becoming more and more vigorous, like an unsheathed sword, with its edge exposed and radiant.
Huang Changfeng was even more puzzled by such a huge contrast, so he hurried to Xinluoshen Valley and asked his senior brother Luo Changying.
Luo Changying bluntly said that Xu Lingfeng had inner demons, and the incarnation of the inner demons was Chu Tang, who was about to duel. If Chu Tang is immortal, the inner demons are hard to get rid of.
Once a person has inner demons, the state of being tortured day and night is truly unimaginable.
Huang Changfeng had seen Luo Changying back then. He was obviously just a middle-aged man, but within a few years, he was like an old man in his seventies. It was only because he had improved a lot in his self-cultivation in the past few years that his condition gradually recovered.
Luo Changying also told Huang Changfeng to keep an eye on Xu Lingfeng before and after the duel and not to let him make any mistakes again.
He has already lost one apprentice and does not want to lose another one.
Huang Changfeng has always respected Luo Changying, and he also treats Xu Lingfeng as his nephew. These days, he cares for her very much.
Xu Lingfeng was bored, so he chatted with him to relieve his boredom and relieve his worries.
Xu Lingfeng wanted to move his hands and feet, so he acted as a sparring partner, using the Nine Heavens Falling River Sword Technique to fill in his gaps.
It was the same tonight. I saw Xu Lingfeng going up to the roof. He followed after a while and said what he just said.
"Uncle, you don't have to worry about me. After tomorrow night, everything will be back on track." Xu Lingfeng forced himself to smile.
Huang Changfeng got angry and said: "That's natural! With your martial arts, Chu Tang is not at your mercy!"
Xu Lingfeng shook his head slowly and said: "Don't speak too slowly. These days, I have been thinking about the knife he used to kill Junior Brother Zi Qian. Zi Qian, who is perfect in the fifth realm, has no power to fight back. People in the sixth realm face that
One knife, if not careful, I'm afraid I'm going to get hit too."
Huang Changfeng said solemnly: "The art of drawing swords?"
Being in Qingcheng, and being an elder of the Luoshen Valley, Huang Changfeng's ears have become calloused these days when he hears Chu Tang's sword skills that killed Luoshen Valley disciples.
In addition, he also inquired about some things about the Cheng family in the east of the city, and knew that the destruction of the Cheng family was closely related to Chu Tang.
It is said that the sword-drawing technique caused the Cheng family to suffer a lot, and only then did the Su family destroy their century-old enemy in one fell swoop.
Therefore, it is difficult for Huang Changfeng not to know the reputation of the sword-drawing technique.
Glancing at the nervous Huang Changfeng, Xu Lingfeng asked: "Uncle Master, what did that Chu Tang do today?"
To be continued...