The battle for the top spot has officially begun.
No matter how reluctant Xie Jingshan was, he still stood opposite Jiang Yuebai. As soon as Jiang Yuebai raised his hand, Xie Jingshan shuddered suddenly and quickly jumped back a step.
Jiang Yuebai paused, looked at Xie Jingshan with an idiotic look, and continued to tuck her hair behind her ears.
Seeing Jiang Yuebai's actions, Xie Jingshan pulled an awkward arc at the corner of his mouth and pretended to cough and scratch his head.
The people watching outside had fiery eyes and were full of anticipation, except for a few people from Tian Yan Sect who were a little conflicted, just like in the previous match.
They didn’t want to see Xie Jingshan get beaten to a pulp, nor did they want to see their Tianyan Sect’s senior sister lose.
If they had to choose one, Shen Huaixi and Lu Nanzhi still felt that Xie Jingshan’s dog head being blown up was also... okay!
The breeze ruffled the ends of their hair. Jiang Yuebai stood in the middle of the knee-high grass, with his hands on his hips. He looked at Xie Jingshan and asked, "Tell me, do you want to fight with words or with force?"
"Ah?" Xie Jingshan was confused. "What is the literary one, and what is the martial one?"
"Literally, the literary one is to tell you all the embarrassing things you did when you were young and force you to admit defeat, and the violent one..."
Jiang Yuebai raised one hand and slowly clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking.
Xie Jingshan quickly waved his hands and stepped back, "Wait, wait, let's talk it out. There's no need to be so... so heartless!"
Xie Jingshan felt that exposing his embarrassing stories in public would be worse than beating his head off.
"Can you please listen to me for a few words first?" Xie Jingshan pleaded sincerely.
Jiang Yuebai's eyes moved slightly, thinking that Xie Jingshan didn't have Shen Huaixi's brain, so it didn't matter if he talked nonsense. Anyway, she had seen through his moves in the last battle and would be able to end the fight soon.
Jiang Yuebai nodded, and Xie Jingshan inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Jiang Yuebai, lowered his head and thought for a while, then bravely took a few steps closer.
Xie Jingshan lowered his voice to ensure that their conversation could only be heard by themselves and the Mahayana Immortal Lord who was staring at them, and no one else could hear it.
"In fact, for a long time, I have always wanted to fight you openly and honestly, and beat you openly and honestly, but now, I don't think so anymore."
"Then just admit defeat. I don't mind." Jiang Yuebai replied.
Xie Jingshan choked, and the emotions that had just been brewing were suddenly cut off. His face flushed, and he jumped up and down in anger, "Let me finish, don't interrupt me!"
Jiang Yue rolled her eyes, "Oh."
Xie Jingshan exhaled two heavy breaths from his nose, tilted his head and took a deep breath before continuing, "Before the start, I thought a lot. First of all, I don't want Tianyan Sect to lose, and I don't want... you to lose."
"Then you admit..."
Jiang Yuebai couldn't help but speak again, and Xie Jingshan immediately glared at him. Jiang Yuebai shut up angrily, raised his hand and arched it, as if saying "go on, then continue."
Xie Jingshan didn't understand how there could be a woman like Jiang Yuebai in the world who had no interest in romance. He must be blind...
He knew that Jiang Yuebai had many secrets. If he fought with her in such a situation, it would be very disadvantageous to her if she exposed something that should not be exposed. After all, there was a Mahayana Immortal King watching them from behind.
"Cough~" Xie Jingshan clenched his fist and coughed, and continued, "However, as a disciple of the Zhenwu Immortal Sect, I cannot let the Zhenwu Immortal Sect lose for no reason, so it is impossible for me to admit defeat directly."
"Then what do you want?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Xie Jingshan lowered his eyes, "For sword cultivators, winning and the determination to move forward are very important. I was obsessed with this before, thinking that no matter what, I could solve it with the sword in my hand, but now, Lu Nanzhi has taught me a lesson."
"The real victory is not to stop the killing with the sword. After all, no one can win all the time. The real victory is to let the world change, things change and people change, but my heart remains the same. As a sword cultivator, I can lose, but as long as I win, I don't really lose."
Jiang Yuebai frowned, "Are you ready to admit defeat or are you ready to be defeated by me?"
"Let me finish!"
“… … ”
“Sword cultivator… Sword cultivator…” Xie Jingshan was completely stuck and forgot what he was going to say. His face turned red and he glared at Jiang Yuebai angrily.
Jiang Yuebai shrugged and spread his hands. Is it my fault
Xie Jingshan wiped his face and calmed down. Jiang Yuebai had a certain ability that would make even the calmest person get pissed off and lose control of their emotions when facing her.
"I don't want to fight you. Today we won't fight with either arts or weapons. Let's just test our luck. Let fate decide who wins and who loses."
Xie Jingshan spread out his hand, and on his palm was a very ordinary copper coin.
The people watching from the outside couldn't hear what they were saying, but when they saw Xie Jingshan taking out the copper coin, there was an uproar.
"Are they so close? Why are they planning a 'fate showdown'?"
"Haven't you figured it out yet? Xie Jingshan has a special relationship with the three people from Tianyan Sect. I didn't believe it when I heard from the people from Zhenwu Sect that Xie Jingshan betrayed Tianyan Sect and joined Zhenwu Sect, but now it seems to be true."
"It's a duel of luck. The outcome is really hard to predict."
"What a pity! I was originally looking forward to seeing what evil tricks Jiang Yuebai used to drive Xie Jingshan crazy, but now I can't see it."
"Hey kid, we are all the same, hehe~"
In the field, Xie Jingshan lowered his head and played with the copper coins.
"Luck is also a part of strength. Jiang Yuebai, do you dare to compete with me in luck?"
Jiang Yuebai subconsciously pressed the deer horns in her lapel. Xie Jingshan didn't know that she had Bai Ze horns.
"Are you sure you want more than this?"
Xie Jingshan nodded, "It was here that the Xuanwu Realm's Zang Liu Xianjun met the Jinlan Sect's Bodu Xianjun. At that time, both of them were at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and neither of them wanted to lose to the other."
"Because at that time, if the defense method cultivated by the Immortal Lord Zang Liu was broken, the anger in his heart would be lost. The same is true for the Immortal Lord Bodu. If he fails to break the defense of the Immortal Lord Zang Liu, the murderous intent in the heart of the Immortal Lord Bodu will no longer be able to move forward."
Hearing this, Jiang Yuebai nodded thoughtfully. No wonder Pei Shengyue had challenged masters from all sides before, but had never fought with Shi Yuming. Could this be the reason
However, after so many years, the drawbacks of their martial arts should have been eliminated, otherwise Shi Yuming and Pei Shengyue would have been useless if they were defeated by her, right
Xie Jingshan continued, "So at that time, a senior from Ruyi Sect proposed that the then Immortal Lord Zang Liu and Immortal Lord Bodu compete in personal luck, and the winner would be decided by tossing a coin."
"In the later Qingyun Society, whenever close friends who did not want to fight met, they would follow the example of the predecessors and decide the winner in this way. This can be regarded as a kind of fine tradition of the Qingyun Society."
Xie Jingshan held the coin, one side facing up and the other side facing down.
"I choose heads. After I throw it, if heads face up, I win, and if tails face up, you win. Is that ok?"
Jiang Yuebai frowned, feeling inexplicably irritated.
"Why should I choose the opposite side?"
Xie Jingshan paused, "Then you face the front, and I face the back."
"Why should I choose the positive side?"
Xie Jingshan: … …
"Well... this coin has two sides, either heads or tails, so what do you want to choose? Or throw something else?"
Jiang Yuebai put her hands on her hips. She didn't know since when everyone had been asking her to make a choice, as if it was a hint from heaven.
But everything in this world is not absolutely black and white, so why must she choose between positive and negative
"I choose the middle!" Jiang Yuebai said firmly.
Xie Jingshan was stunned. "In the middle? How do we do it in the middle? When a coin falls to the ground, one side must face up. If you don't choose either side, you will lose."
Jiang Yuebai glanced at the azure sky and had a vague premonition.
God will not let her lose.
"Stop talking nonsense and throw it!"
(End of this chapter)