When Yan Sen saw the scroll, a fanatical light flashed in his eyes. He stretched out his palm and bent his five fingers into a claw shape. Immediately, a giant hand shadow appeared in the air and swooped down towards Duan Qingming, trying to snatch the skills.
"Why rush?" Duan Qingming's figure was as swift and fleet as a wind shadow, and he floated out from under the giant hand in the blink of an eye.
Yan Sen caught the opportunity: "Are you going to break your promise?"
"It's just each other." Duan Qingming flipped his wrist and the scroll disappeared in his hand. "Once you get the skills and sword manual, you will break your promise and kill me."
Yan Sen stared at him for a moment and said, "Since you know what I'm thinking, why do you dare to come and die?"
"Coming here doesn't necessarily mean you're going to die," Duan Qingming said with a smile, "For me, it's really hard to die."
Hearing this, Yan Sen also laughed: "It's not difficult, I will teach you how to do it today." As he spoke, the Soul Wood Sword moved according to his will, releasing a strong, uncomfortable evil aura, which condensed into countless fine soul threads in the air.
This time, before he could make a move, a streak of white light flashed past quietly, cutting off a strand of soul flow at an extremely fast speed. Duan Qingming took the initiative and just succeeded, and then he used the "Flying Phoenix Shadow" move, with the sword moves connected without any flaws, leaving the opponent no chance to breathe.
"Fast enough!" Yan Sen praised, and said dissatisfiedly, "I've seen enough of this trick, let's change to a new one!"
Duan Qingming stood in the brilliant sword light, his whole body was sharp, and his voice also revealed a sharp taste: "This move has been improved, don't you want to try it?"
Yan Sen sneered: "No matter how you modify it, I can break it with just one finger."
"Winning by cultivation is not called breaking moves," Duan Qingming also sneered, "Do you dare to have a sword-cultivation contest?"
The two Arhat brows frowned twice, then relaxed. Yan Sen laughed loudly: "You are quite cunning, trying to provoke me!"
…
While the two were talking, Gu Pinglin just looked at the ground.
In the sword realm, many light white sword flowers appeared on the ground, as ethereal as shadows. They were beautiful, but they did not carry much sword intent, and their damage was completely negligible to Yan Sen.
There was no such change in the previous life's "Under the Shadow of the Flying Wild Goose".
Pulling open the cloak's front with his fingers, Gu Pinglin frowned and slowly moved his eyes, as if thinking about something.
Duan Qingming would not make useless changes. Anyone would guess that there must be a follow-up move hidden in these inconspicuous sword flowers. What is the follow-up move
Gu Pinglin looked at them for a long while, his expression gradually relaxed, and he looked up at the two of them again.
"You are too young to play tricks on me," Yan Sen said arrogantly, "and you are just as young to compete with me in swordsmanship!"
After obtaining the Soul Wood Sword, he really did not use his realm strength, and used sword moves to break sword moves.
The swords collided, and the two passed each other in the sword light, and a piece of clothes floated down from Yan Sen.
Gu Pinglin's face slightly changed. Previously, this move "Flying Phoenix Shadow" was defeated almost instantly against the Soul Sword Flow with refined sword energy. However, this time, the Soul Sword Flow's advantage of "breaking the surface with a point" did not work. In just a few months, Gu Ying's swordsmanship has been perfected to this point!
Yan Sen was even more shocked: "This is..."
Duan Qingming confirmed his guess: "Thanks to the Soul Sword Style of the senior."
Sure enough, he studied the characteristics of the Soul Sword Style and made targeted improvements. Gu Pinglin calmed down and secretly evaluated it - in such a short period of time, Gu Ying's swordsmanship had only improved slightly, and the main reason was that Yan Sen was cautious and reserved in his moves.
Yan Sen here also had a complicated expression. He had never thought that the Soul Sword Style that he had spent a hundred years to create would actually be discovered by someone. This showed that the other party was very talented. Although he had not grasped the essence of it, he might be able to comprehend it with time.
Gu Pinglin understood Yan Sen's feelings very well. On the path of cultivation, there are always some people who are favored by God, which makes those who work hard but have a hard time feel depressed. However, no one can be jealous of such a thing.
Yan Sen was silent for a moment, then he sighed, "Boy, I can't bear to kill you."
The white figure merged with the clouds and mist, and was difficult to distinguish. From the clouds came an arrogant reply: "Then why don't you hand over the Soul Sword Style to help me perfect the Gu Ying Sword Skill, how about that?"
Yan Sen laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Damn, you are so arrogant! I'm giving it to you, do you dare to take it?"
Duan Qingming used "Flying Hong Shadow" again, and the sword realm spread out in all directions, and faint sword flowers appeared on the ground, more than before. Yan Sen made two consecutive moves, and the refined sword energy brought a unique soul attack, and the sword realm was always shaking, about to dissipate.
Yan Sen tried several times, and finally couldn't help but pointed at the sword flowers and asked, "What are these things used for?"
"To distract you."
"Fuck your ancestors!" Yan Sen had been paying attention to these sword flowers and was too cautious in his moves. When he heard this, he realized that he had been fooled. In a rage, the soul flow thread burst out, and the elite sword energy was better than any previous time. The black soul energy instantly swallowed up the sword light in the sky.
Faced with a powerful attack, Duan Qingming did not retreat but advanced instead. The sword light barely broke through the darkness, and he followed the sword, swooping down from mid-air as usual. Feihong was not afraid of the Soul Burial Flow.
"You're looking for death!" Seeing that he was running out of strength, Yan Sen laughed.
Suddenly, the useless sword flowers on the ground moved! The faint sword flowers instantly condensed into entities, no longer shadows, and each flower contained murderous intent. Sword energy burst out from them, merging into a larger sword flower and hitting Yan Sen's back!
This person is as bad as he was in his previous life. Gu Pinglin pursed his lips tightly. Gu Ying's swordsmanship is even better than Soul Sword Style, how could he be easily swallowed? Just now, he was just showing weakness and taking this opportunity to change the situation, secretly shifting the main attack force to these inconspicuous sword flowers and attacking Yan Sen from behind.
There are no useless changes in Gu Ying's swordsmanship. The so-called "distracting you" is just a cover.
Yan Sen was feeling proud, his attention entirely focused on Duan Qingming in mid-air, he never expected to be attacked like this. Fortunately, his cultivation had reached the Dan realm, and he used his true Qi to forcibly dissolve the attack in time, so he was not injured. He only staggered forward a few steps. Even so, he was frightened and broke into a cold sweat - if Duan Qingming was not in the Waidan realm, but an Inner Alchemy cultivator, he would definitely suffer a great loss!
“I’m going to fuck…” Having fucked the other party’s ancestors before, Yan Sen didn’t know what else to fuck to vent his anger. His gloomy face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"You don't want to consider it?" Duan Qingming seemed to want to provoke him, "Handing over the Soul Sword Flow is the best choice."
Yan Sen was experienced after all, and slowly calmed down his emotions: "Hehe, come and get it if you dare."
With his whole body full of true energy surging, he no longer cared about fairness and used the realm suppression. The outer alchemy realm and the inner alchemy realm are already very different, and there is also the nine-level alchemy form realm in between. No matter how advanced the swordsmanship is, it cannot make up for such a big gap. Duan Qingming was not stupid and retreated when he saw this.
"Want to run?" Yan Sen pressed his hand and the barrier stopped him.
"Who said I was leaving?" Duan Qingming turned around and used his Mingfeng Sword to draw a complete array-guiding talisman.
There is a formation! Yan Sen had been walking alone for many years and was very experienced. Seeing this, he quickly retreated.
The array talismans covered the ground, but there was no movement around.
"Hmm?" Duan Qingming turned his head and stared at Gu Pinglin.
"Sorry," Gu Pinglin raised his eyebrows slightly and took a few steps forward slowly, "I was careless just now and broke the formation."
The valley is densely populated with spiritual veins, making it the most suitable place for setting up formations. This kind of terrain is rare within a thousand miles, so Gu Pinglin could guess the meeting place without any guidance. For Duan Qingming, Yan Sen's cultivation was far superior to his, and if he wanted to defeat the strong with the weak, this was the most appropriate place for him.
"You set up the formation? When?" Yan Sen looked around in surprise. He came early, and if there was a formation here, he would not have failed to notice it.
Duan Qingming remained silent. Gu Pinglin was in a good mood and answered for him, "It was at the moment when you were dealing with the change of tactics just now."
His intervention in destroying the formation was equivalent to cutting off Duan Qingming's escape route. Yan Sen looked at him, then at Duan Qingming, and obviously didn't quite understand the relationship between the two. He thought that Gu Pinglin intended to surrender, so he said, "He's quite sensible."
The Mingfeng Sword floated in the air in front of him. Duan Qingming was neither anxious nor angry. He raised his finger and slowly stroked the sword. Suddenly he said, "Very good. Then, Junior Brother, guess where my next formation is?"
Before Gu Pinglin could answer, Yan Sen took action. The Soul Wood Sword stirred up the magic flow, forming a huge black magic dragon, and pounced on the other side: "You are so cunning, you actually used the sword formation to plot against me!"
Duan Qingming retreated while saying, "In this kind of terrain, it would be foolish if I didn't think of using the sword formation."
Who knew that Yan Sen's move was also a fake one, the Soul Wood Sword fell to the ground like a meteor, the pre-set array talisman was activated, and the array energy soared into the sky. Duan Qingming's retreat was just like walking into a trap!
Yan Sen laughed loudly, "Hahahaha... You're not the only one who can use the sword formation. I've already thought of it..."
He suddenly stopped laughing in the middle of it, and his expression looked as if he had seen a ghost.
Duan Qingming seemed to have eyes on his back. When he was about to enter the battle formation, he suddenly used the "Flying Crane Shadow" move and actually floated out.
Yan Sen was surprised and said awkwardly, "He slipped away so fast!"
"Given the terrain, if I still don't think of a sword formation here, I'd be stupid." Duan Qingming was not at ease under the pressure of the realm. There was a little sweat on his forehead, and his body movements were a little sluggish, but his tone was calm, "Senior, do you also need a sword formation?"
Yan Sen was not ashamed, and laughed: "You kid is good at slipping away, so of course I have to use some tricks."
"Method?" Duan Qingming put his fingers together, and the Mingfeng Sword flashed with silver light. "You are not the only one who can use it."
"Array-drawing talisman!" Yan Sen's face changed.
Gu Pinglin beside him said, "He is deceiving you."
Yan Sen reacted and cursed "cunning", and his soul flowed like a net towards Duan Qingming.
Duan Qingming still did not dodge or evade, his whole body bursting with sword intent, which reached its peak and actually formed a small storm visible to the naked eye. The surrounding grass and trees trembled, and branches and leaves fell off one after another. He stood in the center of the storm, like an unmatched sharp sword.
This kind of sword intent has already surpassed all the top sword practitioners in the world. However, he has only reached the external elixir level and cannot pose a threat to Yan Sen. Yan Sen is both envious and excited. He admires it for a moment reluctantly and is ready to launch an attack with a wave of his hand.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the forest and headed straight for the sword formation!
"Who?" Yan Sen looked over subconsciously.
At this moment, Duan Qingming suddenly moved! He withstood the pressure of the inner alchemy master and used the move "Flying Hong Shadow" again, cooperating with the newcomer to attack a corner of the sword formation! Amidst the thunderous sound, a small corner of the large sword formation on the ground was missing, the formation energy leaked out, and the light dimmed a little.
The cultivation base of both of them was insufficient, and they worked together to destroy a formation talisman. The price they paid was not small, and they vomited blood on the spot.
"It's you?" Yan Sen was a little surprised when he saw who that person was.
Xin Ji valued his life, so he completed the mission and fled.
This sword formation was useless if it couldn't trap Duan Qingming. The two of them were willing to get injured just to destroy a formation talisman. Yan Sen couldn't help feeling puzzled. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to deal with Duan Qingming first. However, before he could act, the ground began to shake violently. The sword energy enveloped an area of several miles. A larger sword formation trapped him in the middle. The formation force started to work, generating a huge sword storm!
"This is..." Yan Sen quickly turned his head to look.
A young man was sitting far away in the center of the formation, with round eyes and a green headband on his head that was particularly eye-catching. Who else could it be but Cheng Yi!
"Is this right?" Cheng Yi did not look at Yan Sen, but looked at Duan Qingming expectantly.
Wiping the blood from the corner of his lips with his fingers, Duan Qingming said, "Very good."
Cheng Yi was happy: "Can I follow you?"
"How is this possible!" Yan Sen interrupted their conversation, "Tai Qing Xiao Yao Formation! This is impossible!"
"Nothing is Impossible."
Hearing the familiar words, Gu Pinglin suddenly raised his eyes, and saw the graceful swordsman in white standing in mid-air, with an arrogant posture and conceited look, just like in his previous life.
Yan Sen waved his sword to block the storm of sword flow, and said in disbelief: "This kid is only in the outer elixir realm, how can he use the Taiqing Xiaoyao formation!"
"He is only at the Outer Pill Realm, but you are at the Inner Pill Realm," Gu Pinglin retracted his gaze and said, "When your Nine Heavens Magic Dance Formation was broken, his Taiqing Free and Easy Formation was created. Didn't you realize that this Taiqing Formation was actually set up on top of your Nine Heavens Formation, and it also used your formation talisman?"
Duan Qingming recalled Mingfeng Sword and tacitly agreed with his inference: "The terrain here is special and is most suitable for setting up the Nine Heavens Formation and the Great Purity Formation. As a demon cultivator, I guess your first reaction would be to choose the Nine Heavens Formation."
Gu Pinglin continued, "So he arranged for Cheng Yi to come and set up the rest of the formation symbols, and then used you to complete the remaining, most important formation symbols. After he and Xin Ji worked together to break the extra formation symbol in the Nine Heavens Formation, the Taiqing Formation was completely completed. Cheng Yi is good at hiding and can avoid your eyes and ears. If your Nine Heavens Formation is not completed, the Taiqing Formation will not be completed. This is why you have not discovered it."
Duan Qingming turned sideways and said, "I've said before that given the terrain, it would be stupid if I didn't think of using the sword formation."
"So that's how it is. Master Duan's plan is brilliant!" Xin Ji recovered and praised him highly, but his eyes revealed a hint of shock and fear.
Yan Sen never expected that his formation talisman would be used against him. He glared at Gu Pinglin and said, "You said there was no formation. Are you deliberately lying to me?"
"He and I are from the same sect, so of course I have to help him," Gu Pinglin pulled his cloak, seeming very surprised, "I didn't expect you to believe it. Do you think I will help you?"
With the formation talisman formed by Dan Yijing Daxiu, the power of the sword formation was doubled. Yan Sen was under the attack of the sword flow storm and was in a miserable state. He knew that he was tricked by the two of them. He cursed non-stop: "Say you want to compete in swordsmanship, what's the point of using these conspiracies and tricks!"
He deliberately provoked Duan Qingming, but Duan Qingming was not fooled. He sheathed his sword, put away all his killing intent, and instantly returned to his lazy look. "Hey, who said I wanted to duel with you?" He walked to the edge of the sword formation, looked at Yan Sen and smiled, "Senior, your swordsmanship is superb, I am ashamed of myself, so I wanted to try the sword formation. Well, I have indeed improved."
"Damn it! Damn it! I'm going to cut you into pieces! Ah--" Yan Sen roared and rushed towards him, but was stopped by the sword storm.
Duan Qingming turned to Cheng Yi and said, "Thanks to you for your help, little brother."
Cheng Yi stared at him.
Seeing his puzzled look, Duan Qingming asked, "What's the matter? Is there a problem?"
Cheng Yi exclaimed, "Ah!" and touched the back of his head, seeming puzzled: "Why did you change back again?"
"What do you mean by changing back?"
"You weren't like that just now."
"Oh?" Duan Qingming asked with interest, "Then, what should I be like?"
"Just like before," Cheng Yi thought for a moment and said affirmatively, "Just like when he saved us that day, the same sword energy, very strong, very good."
Duan Qingming laughed.
Seeing him being so willful, Gu Pinglin felt a little upset again, and said with a stern face: "Let's finish it as soon as possible."