When Ah Qing came on stage, her outfit was obviously far different from that of Zhuo Bufan. She was wearing a light green dress and a short green bamboo staff hanging around her waist.
She looked so dainty and frail that there was a collective sigh in the audience. Obviously, most people didn’t think this girl could beat Zhuo Bufan, and they were worried that it would be a pity if she would get hurt in the arena during the fight.
Zhuo Bufan, who was standing on the sword, glanced at Ah Qing. His thoughts were the same as the rest, and he snorted coldly, “Swords have no eyes, so why are you, a girl, participating in such a dangerous fight? You’d better give in quickly, so as not to get hurt later.”
Ah Qing tilted her head and was obviously stunned for a while before she understood the meaning of Zhuo Bufan’s words. She couldn’t help but wonder, “Why should I admit defeat? You might not be able to beat me.”
Zhuo Bufan was furious. He smirked, and his whole body began to tremble slightly in anger.
*****
“Little girl, come down quickly, that guy Zhuo Bufan is always very cruel, you will definitely get hurt!”
“I don’t know which father is so cruel to let such a girl come out to fight.”
“Zhuo Bufan, you are a shameless person. Is it honorable to win against such a little girl?”
*****
Zhuo Bufan glanced at the audience with a fiery gaze. He knew that the people who were not afraid of causing chaos in the world were naturally much bolder than usual, and they had mixed in with the crowd. Under different circumstances, if someone dared to talk like that to him, they would lose their tongue even before they could finish their words. However, it would not be appropriate to do that in front of so many people.
“Little girl, see clearly.” Zhuo Bufan knew that it would do him no good to offend the masses. If he really defeated this delicate girl through serious means, it would not be considered a glorious thing. It would be best if he could make her admit defeat through other means.
So he jumped up and landed gracefully onto the stage. With a slight move of his hand, the sword inserted on the stage flew back to his hand.
Zhuo Bufan then casually waved his hand, and a green aura of about three feet appeared on the sword.
“Hisss…”
There were sudden gasps from the audience.
“Sword Qi!”
It was unknown who shouted first, but the audience immediately exploded. The people began to whisper to each other, pointing to the sword in Zhuo Bufan’s hand.
“Cousin, can you recognize this extraordinary martial arts?” Murong Fu frowned.
This sword master appeared out of nowhere. And, after entering the second round, Murong Fu would have to face him. With the mastery of swordsmanship he demonstrated just now, this Zhuo Bufan might be a formidable opponent.
“The technique he used at the start is a martial art from the Yi Zi Hui Sword Sect in Jianyang, Fujian Province. This Sword Master Zhuo must be a master belonging to the Yi Zi Hui Jian Sect.” Wang Yuyan’s voice was soft and gentle. Then suddenly a look of confusion appeared on her face, “It’s just that I couldn’t tell the origin of the Sword Qi he activated later.”
“Even Miss Wang couldn’t tell the extent of his martial arts. This man is really mysterious.” Bao Butong, a retainer of the Murong family, gasped in astonishment.
It turns out that Zhuo Bufan was originally a master of the Yi Zi Hui Sword Sect, but later the sect suffered a catastrophe. He had no choice but to escape to a remote and extremely cold place in the Changbai Mountains to study swordsmanship for revenge. Once there, he accidentally obtained a sword art left by an unknown sword master. After practicing diligently for thirty years, he finally mastered the sword art and became confident that he was invincible in the world.
However, Zhuo Bufan’s enemy was not only a powerful martial artist, but also powerful in terms of his subordinates. Therefore, he judged that it wouldn’t be wise to take revenge by himself. At that time, he happened to hear that the Golden Serpent Camp was inviting heroes from all over the world to choose a new leader, so he came up with the idea to seek revenge with the help of the Golden Serpent Camp.
“Cousin, most of the martial arts manuals I have read in my life are about techniques. I know very little about this Sword Qi. How about we ask Young Master Duan for advice. His Six Meridians Divine Sword also uses Sword Qi. I think he should have a way to deal with…” Wang Yuyan glanced at Duan Yu who was not far away, and found that the other person was staring back at her affectionately. She was startled and couldn’t continue the next words.
Murong Fu also noticed all this and couldn’t help but snort heavily, “I’m going to ask him for advice? What a joke!”
Wang Yuyan lowered her head in grievance, thinking silently in her heart, ‘I’m so stupid, my cousin will definitely be angry with me…and Young Master Duan why is he looking at me like that?’
“This Zhuo Bufan has the right to call himself a sword master. He has some skills.” The Sword Qi displayed by Zhuo Bufan not only made Murong Fu smack his tongue, but even Song Qingshu was startled and he commented subconsciously.
“More than just some skills, the number of people in this world who can materialize Sword Qi can be counted on one hand.” Zhou Zhiruo had a complicated expression. She had been quite proud of herself when she won the first place at the Lion Slaughter Assembly. Later, with more experience, she realized that many martial arts masters in the martial arts world just didn’t bother to fight with a young girl like her.
She had never heard of this Zhuo Bufan before, but as soon as he appeared, he shocked the whole audience. It seemed that his skill was far better than her own.
If she hadn’t seen Ah Qing take action with her own eyes, Zhou Zhiruo would have persuaded Ah Qing to give up like the others.
“Is this Ah Qing really as powerful as you?” Ah Jiu took a liking to this innocent girl at first sight. Naturally, she didn’t want to see her get injured. With the Sword Qi displayed by Zhuo Bufan, Ah Jiu thought that there was no way a girl as young as Ah Qing could win. If she and Ah Qing were to change places, she could only avoid his sharp slashes by relying on her Qinggong, and waiting for opportunities to find flaws.
“You’ll find out later.” Song Qingshu smiled noncommittally.
Listening to the discussion in the audience, Zhuo Bufan had a trace of unmistakable pride on his face. While he continued to use his power to maintain the Sword’s Qi, he said to Ah Qing, “Little girl, aren’t you afraid?”
“What do I have to be afraid of? It’s very simple. I can do it too.” Ah Qing frowned slightly, obviously not understanding reason why everyone thought the man had won after he casually waved his hand.
“What a shameless statement!” Zhuo Bufan’s face twitched and he couldn’t help but sneer, “Since you think it’s that simple, then do it yourself…as long as you can do it, I will automatically admit defeat.”
“Oh, okay then!” Ah Qing took off the green bamboo stick from her waist and waved it gently to the side.
A green light about two feet long danced out, and suddenly a huge crack appeared on the floor of the arena.
Zhuo Bufan opened his mouth so wide that you could fit an entire radish inside.
It had to be known that there were only a handful of people in the entire martial arts world who could materialize Sword Qi.
Zhuo Bufan was talented and practiced the sword all his life, and only in his old age was he able to successfully materialize his Sword Qi. He was already considered to be one of the best among the sword masters. Yes, much of the credit must go to the unknown sword manual. But still, you couldn’t deny his achievement.
But how old was this girl? Even if she started learning swords from her mother’s womb, she wouldn’t be able to master the sword, let alone produce and materialize the Sword Qi!
The whole place fell into a strange silence.
Everyone who was worried about Ah Qing just now began to sympathize with Zhuo Bufan from the bottom of their hearts. The two of them had not yet fought, but the outcome was already decided!
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