Tap tap tap~~~
Horses galloped along the streets, with the leading knights dispersing the crowds running in panic from Yiningfang, and rushing towards the distant arena like a lone boat against the current. It was heard that something happened in the arena, and the Imperial City Bureau had already taken action. People from all over the country gathered together, and if a riot broke out, the emperor would be furious, and countless people would lose their heads.
"Oh~~ Slow down, drive the people away!"
Several knights dismounted, held their spears horizontally, and separated the surging civilians to the two sides of the street. When the horse team behind passed that side, the outlaws around the ring had not yet dispersed. The girl named Xueer looked around, ran to the ring, raised her pretty face, looked at the bowed young man, and said softly:
"Brother Jing, let's go."
The screams of people in the distance and the shouts of soldiers and yamen runners trying to maintain order reached the ears of the figure on the stage. Chen Jing clenched his fists tightly, staring at the stage without blinking, and did not hear the words from the woman.
"Mother... Master..."
His lips moved slightly, and he whispered softly, "... and my homeland..."
"Brother Jing!"
The woman's cry rang in his ears again. Chen Jing slowly raised his head and looked at the crowd that was dispersing away from this side. Then he turned to look at the restaurant behind him, and Yuwen Tuo, Yuwen Huaji and others behind the fence on the second floor.
"My Lords, the number one in the world has not yet been decided. Since the old gentleman I challenged fled in the face of the battle, why don't one of you come down and challenge him in a bare-handed fight?"
After hearing this, Li Yuanba got furious. He rolled up his sleeves and was ready to jump down. Even Yuwen Tuo frowned slightly and clenched his hands into fists behind his back, making a crackling sound.
Yuwen Tuo had seen through the other party's cultivation level at a glance, and had no intention of fighting with him. However, the sentence "the old man fled in the face of a battle" made him angry, and he approached the fence with his hands behind his back.
"Yuanba, come down."
Li Yuanba, who had already stepped halfway out, was stunned for a moment. He didn't listen at all, turned around and jumped down. However, his collar suddenly tightened and Yuwen Tuo grabbed him with one hand and lifted him back.
"You haven't even entered the door. It's not that he is..."
Just after putting the junior brother down, the words that came out of his mouth suddenly changed to a puzzled "Huh?", looking at the sword leaning against the fence, there was no sword body there, his eyes sharpened, and he looked at the arena below.
"You think you're a heroic knight, but I never expected you to be a petty thief."
Yu Wenji cried out "Ouch" and hurried over, stretching his neck. He saw that on the side of the young man on the stage, a round opening appeared on the wooden board. A golden sword with many carvings slowly rose from it, and the hollow wooden board closed by itself.
"Master, your sword...how did it get there?"
"The magic of two trees living together... Liu Ding Liu Jia." Yuwen Tuo looked at him carefully and smiled, "This Grand Master now remembers who you are, the disciple of the corpse demon Chen Fu, Chen Jing, am I right? After so many years, are you coming to Chang'an to avenge your master or your country of Chen?"
"My master is not a corpse demon!"
On the arena outside the building, Chen Jing suddenly shouted, grabbed the hilt of the Xuanyuan sword and stepped forward. The sword tip buzzed in the air, and the wooden stakes at the four corners exploded and fell into the group of green forest people below.
"My master died in Chang'an, and my country was destroyed. How can I not avenge this?!"
"I can't stand it anymore!"
At this moment, Li Yuanba roared, pushed Yu Wenzhi away, ignored his senior brother over there, jumped onto the fence, used the force to kick, and rushed directly below, "If you want to fight, then fight, why are you talking so much nonsense."
Bang!
The thin figure fell onto the stage. Li Yuanba directly withdrew one arm, wrapped the empty sleeve around his waist and tightened it, then raised his chin towards Chen Jing who was holding a sword opposite him.
"I'm dying of suffocation. Come on, I want to fight you!"
Apart from a fight with someone by the Wei River, Li Yuanba was restricted everywhere after arriving in Chang'an, especially in the Wanshou Temple. He finally had a place to fight, but in the end all he did was talk. He held it in for a long time. He didn't care whether the other party was a cultivator or not, he just wanted to fight first and satisfy his desire.
Taking a slight step forward, Li Yuanba simply shook hands, pushed his foot hard, leaned forward and rushed forward, directly punching out. Chen Jing on the opposite side did not pay attention to this yellow-skinned and skinny young man. He held the Xuanyuan Sword lightly across his chest and blocked the incoming fist.
Bang!
The fist came whistling and hit the sword surface full of carvings. Li Yuanba's face changed and he stumbled back as if he had been electrocuted. The wooden board on the table cracked with a "crack".
Chen Jing, who was blocking with his sword horizontally, was shaken in an instant and his expression changed. The young man's simple punch just now had unexpected power and actually loosened the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches that he had moved with the Six Dings and Six Jias.
If he hadn't had the skills and the magic sword to block it, that punch would probably have killed him.
"Junior brother, please step back."
At some point, Yuwen Tuo had arrived at the ring. He supported the back of the retreating Li Yuanba with one hand and directly took the remaining force of the recoil. Without waiting for Li Yuanba to speak, he waved his arm and threw him to the second floor and hung him on the fence.
Then he put one hand behind his back, walked slowly around the ring, looked at Chen Jing in front of him, and smiled coldly.
"Even if you get the Xuanyuan Sword, you can't exert its full strength. Don't say that this Grand Master bullies you. I will let you have one hand."
"Yu-wen-tuo!"
Chen Jing gritted his teeth and spoke word by word. It was not a pleasant feeling to be looked down upon, especially since he had been practicing in the mountains for many years and had perfected the Taoist book left by his master. After coming down the mountain, few people could rival him.
However, just as he was about to make a move and mobilize the Xuanyuan divine power, Yuwen Tuo on the opposite side suddenly raised his hands and arched his body. Chen Jing hurriedly turned around and saw a figure flying over and landing on the stage. Immediately, invisible pressure descended, and his body almost collapsed.
Lu Liangsheng put down the drowsy child in his hand, and glanced at the young man with the sword over there. The thumb scabbard of the pendant on his waist flashed with divine light. Chen Jing, who was originally retreating with the sword, could not hold the magic sword in his hand, and it bounced his hands away and flew straight over. Lu Liangsheng then threw it to the apprentice next to him.
"Thank you, Master." Yuwen Tuo held the sword and bowed, then stood behind his master.
Li Yuanba from upstairs also jumped down, causing the ring to creak and groan.
"Master, when can you get me a weapon? I want to make it clear that I don't want a stone one!"
"Yuan Ba!"
Lu Liangsheng patted his head and threw Mingyue into his arms: "Take Mingyue back to the temple, and ask your master for a pill to repair the soul. Grind it into powder, wrap it with talisman paper, and take it to the City God Temple outside the city to burn it."
At this time, the cavalrymen of the Imperial City had already rushed here. Seeing Yuwen Tuo, Yuwen Huaji and others, they hurriedly half-knelt and bowed. Lu Liangsheng glanced at them and walked down the stage.
"Yuwen Shaoqing, please end this farce as soon as possible. There is no such thing as the best in the world."
"Tuo'er, arrest this man and throw him into prison to wait for my punishment. Then you can come to the palace. Your master wants to see His Majesty."
After a series of instructions were given, the kneeling Imperial City Cavalrymen were stunned. Seeing how respectful the Shaoqing and Tai Shi were, they were not stupid and knew who the old man in front of them was.
"We will pave the way for the Imperial Master!"
As they spoke, they all jumped on their horses, raised their weapons, turned their horses' heads and rushed to the street in two lines. Lu Liangsheng casually took a war horse and rode up, walking slowly in the middle, heading towards the imperial city.
The dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and a few rays of sunlight shone through the gaps in the clouds onto the streets and alleys.