After a long walk, they came out of the underground cave and walked into the misty forest. They took off their masks and long straight skirts and hung them on the treetops.
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Is the tri-colored strange Chi grass the immortal material you need to advance to the sixth level?"
Shi Hao said: "That's right... but it's so expensive!"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "This is already a very reasonable price. Immortal materials are not something you can buy just because you want to." At this point, she looked at Shi Hao suspiciously: "You have taken three external pills, don't you know this?"
Shi Hao smiled bitterly. Theoretically, he should have taken three external pills.
One for entry level, one for upgrading from ninth grade to eighth grade... But at that time, it was Fairy Shengxuan who laid the foundation for him with her powerful skills.
The recipe for advancing to the seventh level was obtained for him by Du Yuejiao through the channels of Chongxianmen, but he did not want to go down this path again.
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Forget it. What immortal materials do you need? I'll go tell Master Hongqiu and ask her to keep an eye out for you."
Shi Hao told her the immortal materials he needed, and then said: "But money is a problem..."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Hehehe... Follow me, are you still worried about not having money?"
Shi Hao sighed, seeing that she usually liked to dress like a country girl, she was actually a wealthy woman.
Xu Xiaoyan said, "Wait for me here!" and then she ran through the fog and went straight into the depths of the forest.
Shi Hao thought, it seems that this rich young woman is actually very familiar with the owner of Hongqiu. She was able to bring him here and act as a guarantor for him before, and now she went directly to find the owner of Hongqiu.
After a while, Xu Xiaoyan ran back: "I've already told her! Let's go!"
Shi Hao followed her out of the forest, following the little foxes running and jumping around. Shi Hao realized that she didn't need the little foxes to lead the way, and she could come and go freely without worrying about getting lost.
Shi Hao pondered and said, "Do you have any good ways to make money? Or any good business?"
Xu Xiaoyan said with a smile: "There are so many local tyrants and wealthy families in this world... Let's go steal together!"
Shi Hao: “…” He finally remembered again.
Don't be fooled by her appearance as a country girl, she is actually a wealthy woman... She is actually a female thief!
Xu Xiaoyan took his arm and said, "Anyway, none of those local tyrants are good people. They got their money by occupying farmland and oppressing tenants. We rob the rich and help the poor. They are rich and we are poor. It's too easy to make money."
Shi Hao said: "Wait a minute, wait a minute!"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Let's go! Let's go!"
Chapter 53 Bloody Sword
In the wilderness, at night, Xu Xiaoyan took out a map and said, "These are the houses where the wealthy local tyrants and evil gentry live in the cities and towns in this area. People like them all have treasure houses for collecting valuables. If we steal from them one by one, it is not a dream to get rich."
Shi Hao was speechless. No matter what, you are also a good player with a seventh-grade foundation. Do you really want to do such a thing
Besides, you have already investigated every household one by one
Shi Hao asked: "Isn't this kind of thing too unbecoming?"
The girl looked up and asked, "What kind of style?"
Shi Hao said: "Wouldn't it be too embarrassing?"
"So you have to use the Evil Shadow Disguise Technique to disguise yourself?" The girl laughed, "They want to catch the female thief, what does it have to do with me, Xu Xiaoyan? Let me put it this way, do you know how much it would cost to buy all the four immortal materials you want
"At least a thousand taels of silver. You want to make a thousand taels of silver in a short time without stealing or robbing? I tell you, there is a way. There is a tree over there... Yes, that one. It's thick, right? Find a rope to hang yourself up, and you will be reborn into a wealthy family in your next life."
Shi Hao certainly knew that one thousand taels of silver was a lot of money. Anyway, if they searched the entire Xiaohan Mountain City, they would probably get about this amount.
No wonder they say the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts. If we continue like this, how can we afford to practice
Xu Xiaoyan collected all the maps and said with a grin, "Of course, if we want to have... what did you say just now? To be cool? If we want to be cool, we don't have to rob so many small businesses. We can do a big one."
Shi Hao suddenly realized that this "big vote" was her real purpose.
He said, "This big ticket you are talking about..." He suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.
Xu Xiaoyan's senses were also very sensitive, and she turned her head and looked in the same direction.
They saw that on the other side of the forest, there was a murderous aura, night birds were flying, and there was a hint of blood in the air.
The two looked at each other and quietly sneaked over there.
They hid in the bushes and looked outside the forest, only to see a burly young man with short hair like a pot cover, wearing animal skins, who looked like a barbarian.
He held a sword in his hand. The blade was dark in color, but extremely strange. Faintly, it exuded a bloody aura that made one's scalp tingle.
There were three corpses lying at his feet. On the other side, there was a young man in gorgeous clothes holding a sword. Facing the barbarian youth lying on the ground, he retreated in panic, suddenly turned around, and fled away in a hurry.
Shi Hao looked at the black sword in the barbarian youth's hand. He had never seen such a strange sword. In the young man's hand, it was like a living poisonous snake, giving people a terrifying and unforgettable breath.
The girl put her lips close to his ear and whispered, "Blood Killing Sword!"
Shi Hao's mind moved slightly. Was that the Blood Killing Sword mentioned by the fat forger wearing the "Ba Xia" mask at the Hongqiu Conference
I didn't expect to meet them so soon in such a desolate mountain area.
The young barbarian, holding the Bloody Sword, looked back at the boy who was fleeing.
The moonlight rolled down, as if dyed red by the sword in his hand, and the moonlight also turned as red as blood.
Swish! His body seemed to be driven by the Blood Killing Sword, pulling out a long rainbow, and the tip of the sword brought out a bit of sharp light.
The young man who was fleeing felt the life-threatening breath, turned around, and retreated while looking at the bloody sharp light that was approaching his chest.
His legs went weak and he was scared out of his wits.
On the side, there was sword energy as cold as snow, carrying a chilling sword intent that seemed to cut through the bloody night and attacked the barbarian youth.
Shi Hao did not have a sword in his hand. He just saw that saving people was the most important thing, so he quickly picked up a branch while flying out.
Although it was just a branch, but under the stimulation of the Jujing Liuzhu true energy, snowflakes swept along the ground and rolled forward. The branch only touched the armpit of the barbarian youth who raised the sword, which was a must-have for attacking the enemy.
The next moment, the Blood Killing Sword gave up on the frightened sword-wielding boy, and the sword tip turned, carrying a strong blood color, and rolled towards Shi Hao.
The sword and the branch did not collide with each other, but the sword shadows filled the sky between Shi Hao and the barbarian youth, like blooming stars.
The murderous intent of ice and blood collided with each other in the dark night. The surrounding weeds were all shattered and flew all over the sky under the shock of the sword intent.
Shi Hao realized that this barbarian youth was more powerful than him, and his swordsmanship was not much inferior to his.
His sword skills were powerful and the sword edge was sharp, and every slash seemed to tear through space.
After discovering that he only had a branch in his hand, the barbarian youth did not try to use the magic sword in his hand to directly hit the branch. Instead, he avoided the branch and fought purely with swordsmanship.
In an instant, after dozens of moves, the two sides were still evenly matched.
The barbarian youth's pot-lid-like hair seemed to rise up in his murderous aura. His eyes were angry and stubborn, and the blood energy emitted by the Blood Killing Sword became thicker and thicker.
Suddenly, he stepped back, and the Blood Killing Sword stretched out its blade. The flying weeds swirled around him.
At this moment, Shi Hao felt as if there were many shadows around him, being swept over by this young man.
The black sword cut a bloody trail, and the sword energy was like a surging sea of blood, overwhelming and invincible.
Shi Hao also took a step back and shook the branch in his hand towards his feet. It was the "Thunderbolt Earth Sword" among the Six Immortal Power Styles.
Initially, the Six Styles of Immortal Lightning were powered by the internal force of the Immortal Ice Art. Although it was also extremely powerful, the true energy could not be released externally. In the final analysis, it was just a "form".
And now, Shi Hao has mastered the Jujing Liuzhu Jue. Under the stimulation of the Jujing Liuzhu true qi, the sword intent emits invisible sword energy, and it has risen to the realm of "intention".
Every sword intention of his can be transformed into extremely lethal invisible sword energy, and the power of the Six Styles of Immortal Power is naturally doubled.
The sword energy penetrated into the ground, and then broke out of the earth like thunder, colliding with the sword light like a surging sea of blood on the opposite side, and smashing it with a loud bang.
The barbarian youth said, "What a great swordsmanship!" He swung the Blood Killing Sword again, and blood rushed into the sky, forming a blood cloud in the air, and along his sword path, it rushed down towards Shi Hao.
Shi Hao saw that this person also practiced an amazing set of superior swordsmanship.
He did not dare to be careless and used the "Xuanli Tianjian" again, and a sword light made of ice came forward to meet him.
The two sword moves collided with each other, and wrinkles appeared in the space, which was cut open section by section in an odd and mysterious way.
"Good! Good!" The barbarian youth was like crazy, "Look at this move!"
Shi Hao felt that the opponent's sword intent was actually rising further, like towering mountains, one after another.
Just by looking at the sword intent, one can tell that the opponent's upcoming sword is more powerful and terrifying than his previous two moves.
The earth seemed to be frightened by the sword that was about to be swung. Night birds within a radius of several miles were startled and flew away in the sky.
"Come on!" Shi Hao was not afraid at all. He took a step forward and the sword energy whizzed away like a tornado.
With a swish, swish, swish, the branches quickly broke and shattered as the sword energy collided.
Blood shadows whistled down from the sky. Shi Hao jumped away, and the blood-red sword intent was overwhelming, and it seemed that it was about to swallow him up.
Suddenly, the sword energy was retracted. The young barbarian held the Blood Killing Sword, the sword was trembling, and his whole body was shaking as well, as if he was trying to suppress something.
"You don't have a sword in your hand!" The voice of the barbarian youth was rough and powerful. "Who are you looking down on by holding a 'sword' like that?"
His eyes widened, burning with anger.
Shi Hao floated down and said calmly, "I'm sorry that I don't have a sword."
Shi Hao saw that even though the opponent was trying hard to suppress it, the Blood Killing Sword was still like a living thing, as if it was spitting out a snake's tongue at him, cold and weird.
"It recognized you!" The barbarian youth snorted, "I'll give you some time to find the sword. How much time do you want?"
Shi Hao confronted him coldly: "Two days!"
"The night after tomorrow, I'll be waiting for you here!" The young barbarian waved his hand, holding the Bloody Killing Sword upside down, and stepped forward. "You can't escape from the Bloody Killing Sword!"
Seeing the barbarian youth walking away without looking back, Shi Hao turned around and looked at the boy who fell to the ground.
The young man was injured and had the opportunity to escape, but after he was intercepted by him, he still stayed.
At this moment, the young man stood up shakily, leaning on his sword, and bowed, "Thank you for your help, brother. May I ask your name? If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely repay you."
Shi Hao said: "I was just passing by, you don't have to care. Who is this person, and why did you have a conflict with him?"
The young man said, "This barbarian is really abominable. He has been looking for swordsmen of his generation to fight with each other during this period. He never leaves anyone alive. We are from the Eagle Sword Sect. Our eldest brother was killed by this man in the duel. We were so angry that we gathered four brothers and wanted to kill him together here.
"I didn't expect this guy to be so powerful. Even though we four joined forces, he killed three of us. If it weren't for you, my brother..."
At this point, he looked ashamed. No matter what, the barbarian had won a fair duel with their senior brother. It was unfair that the four of them had joined forces to intercept him, but they still lost.
Shi Hao said: "This man is an excellent swordsman and has mastered superior sword techniques. It is understandable that you are not his opponent."
The young man sighed, knowing that he was indeed far inferior to the barbarian. He immediately went down the mountain to find the villagers and try to bury the three dead brothers.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan reunited. Xu Xiaoyan asked, "Are you really going to duel with that guy the day after tomorrow?"
Shi Hao said slowly: "Yes!" He had only a short time in the martial arts world, and actually wanted to try out his achievements in swordsmanship.
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Well! Actually, you have been locked by the Blood Killing Sword. You can't escape even if you want to. In other words, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, he can still find you. That's why he just left. He's not afraid that you won't come back the day after tomorrow!"
Shi Hao asked: "Does this Blood Killing Sword have such power?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "There is a magic source in its sword. It is a famous magic sword in the Demon Sect. Whoever's blood is stained on its blade must die, otherwise it will devour its master. It has already injured that person. Logically, the barbarian should kill him.
"But now, the Blood Killing Sword is more interested in you. It has given up on the man from the Eagle Sword Sect and has locked onto you. Next, if that barbarian fails to kill you and lets his sword tip drink your blood, he will suffer."
Chapter 54: Sword Forging and Sword Training
Shi Hao was surprised and asked, "There is a magic source in the sword? Can the magic source be cast into a sword?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Unless they are deliberately creating a weapon that is out of control, forgers generally won't do this. However, the moment a top-grade sword is forged, it will cause an abnormal change, which will in turn attract the jealousy and peeping of countless demons.
“Those Yin Demons will use various illusions to constantly interfere with the swordsmith. If the swordsmith’s mind is not firm enough, or for various reasons, mistakes are very likely to occur, and the Yin Demons will take the opportunity to inject the magic source, turning a famous sword that could have become a peerless sword into an uncontrollable magic sword.
"The Blood Killing Sword is such a sword. For a swordsmith, forging such a sword is of course a failure. Some people can suppress the evil spirit in the sword and bring out the power of the sword, but more people, after long-term use, gradually lose their minds and become possessed.
"I think that barbarian just now has some signs of being possessed by a demon."
Shi Hao sighed: "You really know everything?"
Xu Xiaoyan laughed and said, "You seem like a junior brother who has just entered the martial arts world. How come you don't know anything? And you just used a branch to deal with the Blood Killing Sword? Are you really tired of living?"
Shi Hao sighed: "I don't want to either, the problem is, I don't have a sword with me."
Xu Xiaoyan said, "That's weird. You know swordsmanship, but you don't have a sword? I've never seen someone as weird as you. Well, let's go."
Shi Hao followed her and walked out of the mountain.
He asked, “Where to?”
Xu Xiaoyan said, "Look for the sword! Do you still want to catch the Blood Killing Sword with your bare hands? Besides, I think that barbarian just now is not simple. His swordsmanship is weird and domineering. He can use the Blood Killing Sword to the fullest. It is definitely not easy to deal with."
"If you only have an ordinary iron sword in your hand, I'm afraid you will lose more than you win."