Sword Qi to the Sky

Chapter 33 White Horse and Red Clothes
The gate of Fulong Villa was opened again, and the Demon-Suppressing Army was still guarding outside, as were those demon-slayers.

They kept their eyes on the villa, and saw a young man in white clothes riding a white horse walk out of the gate.

They looked behind the young man on the white horse and saw that he was the only one there.

"This man is the wanted criminal of the imperial court."

"It is said that he is a disciple of Lishan. He dares to kill people in the court. He is extremely bold." The practitioners around whispered.

"The demons in Lin'an City are causing chaos, why don't you go and slay them?"

Li Fan looked around the crowd. At the moment, demons were rampant in Lin'an County. These people claimed to be demon slayers, but they only guarded the Fulong Villa.

The people around were silent. Kill the demon?
Demons are rampant, what level of skills do they have to dare to slay them?

I'm afraid I'll become food for the demons. The right thing to do is to follow the imperial army. It is said that there are treasures everywhere in the Fulong Villa. If we break into the Fulong Villa, I wonder if we can gain anything.

The Demon-Suppressing Army did not move at all. There were demons not far behind them, but they seemed not to see them. A murderous aura filled the air. They sat on their war horses and exhaled, and their armor sparkled in the sunlight.

The man at the front was wearing pitch-black armor. He raised the spear in his hand. Immediately, the soldiers of the Demon-Suppressing Army raised their spears at the same time. With a loud shout, their blood surged and murderous aura enveloped the surrounding area.

A trace of sarcasm appeared on the young man's face. He rode his white horse forward. The sound of horse hooves could be heard and sword intent surrounded the young man's body. This sword intent became stronger and stronger as he moved forward. The mighty sword energy turned into a sharp sword, floating around the young man.

The sound of horse hooves suddenly arose, and the white horse neighed and rushed towards the Demon-Suppressing Army.

"Hah!" The Demon-Suppressing Army shouted loudly, with murderous aura rising into the sky. The spear in his hand pointed forward, directly at the young man in white who was charging towards him.

"Kill anyone who stands in my way!"

The young man shouted, and a dazzling sword appeared in the sky, turning into lightning and falling down. With a loud bang, war horses neighed, blood splattered, and several people were killed in an instant, and the Demon-Suppressing Army's formation was in chaos.

The white horse rushed towards the Demon-Suppressing Army, straight forward, surrounded by sword energy. One of the Demon-Suppressing Army soldiers thrust out the spear in his hand, and a storm of sword energy swept over, shattering his armor. His body flew out from the warhorse, and the sword energy tore his body apart, leaving a bloody mess.

In the middle of the Demon-Suppressing Army, figures were torn to pieces, people kept falling to the ground, war horses were running wildly in panic, a bloody path appeared in the middle, and the young man walked forward surrounded by sword energy, killing his way out and moving straight forward.

The leading Demon-Suppressing Army soldier stared at the young man going away with his dark eyes under his black helmet, and secretly praised him in his heart, saying that he was worthy of being a Lishan swordsman.

More than ten years ago, the demon world was in chaos, and a brutal war broke out between humans and demons. A sword came out of the mountain, and the whole world was shocked.

More than ten years later, he had to deal with the disciples of Lishan, which made him sigh in his heart.

But military orders were as heavy as a mountain, and he dared not disobey.

On the high pavilion of Fulong Villa, Liu He saw Li Fan charging out of the army formation and couldn't help but praise him: "What a good young man! He will be famous all over the world in the future."

Liu Ji looked at her brother, and then looked at Li Fan. Is the evaluation so high?
She thought of her master again. When he was roaming around the North Sea islands, he was so free and easy. But now he has fallen to this point. She felt sad again.

After Li Fan broke out of the Demon-Suppressing Army's formation, he ran all the way. The people in front of him were fleeing frantically, and there were demons everywhere.

He saw Li Hongyi killing monsters with a spear from afar, but there were too many monsters and at the moment she was being besieged by two monsters.

Li Fan rode over and stabbed a monster away with one hand. With his sharp sword, he grabbed a wolf monster's head and lifted it up with his other hand. The white horse continued to charge forward. Li Fan lifted the monster in the air and stabbed his right hand directly into his abdomen and took out the monster pill.

"Come up." Li Fan turned around and shouted to Li Hongyi.

Li Hongyi jumped up and landed on the white horse.

The white horse neighed and ran forward. Li Fan moved his mind and a bright sword light burst out from between his eyebrows. The sword energy moved across the area. The monsters' heads either exploded or their hearts were pierced.

Li Hongyi sat behind Li Fan, watching the monsters on both sides being killed one after another. The breeze blew past, ruffling her hair. She looked at Li Fan's profile from behind, and there seemed to be light on the young man.

She stretched out her left hand and hugged Li Fan's waist, her right hand still holding her gun. A monster pounced down from the eaves, and Li Hongyi stabbed it with the spear, piercing its throat. She shook the spear and threw it off.

"Sa!"

Li Fan tilted his head and praised.

Li Hongyi's eyes flashed with pride, and she asked, "Where are we going?"

"The Chen family." Li Fan responded.

"Why?" Li Hongyi wondered.

"The Chen family has not yet settled the score with me for accusing me of colluding with demons. I hold grudges very hard." Li Fan said.

Demons are causing chaos in Lin'an City, and these families must be aware of it, or even collude with the demons. He wants to capture Chen Yuan, the head of the Chen family.

He didn't care about being a wanted criminal by the imperial court, but he didn't want to take the blame for colluding with demons to harm the people, and he certainly couldn't bear the blame for leaving the mountain.

Moreover, he does hold a grudge, so Chen Yuan can go die.

"Someone from the Chen family came from Chuzhou, and he is probably in the Chen Mansion now. The one who killed people in the City God Temple that day was probably someone from the Chen family." Li Hongyi said.

"What are you afraid of? I have a sword!" Li Fan said cheerfully. Li Hongyi was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly and said, "You are indeed very 'sword-like'."

"Miss Li, what did you say?" Li Fan didn't hear.

"Is your sword very powerful?" Li Hongyi asked.

"Miss Li, do you want to try it?" Li Fan said.

"Go to hell!" Li Hongyi cursed.

"Why are you scolding me?" Li Fan was a little confused. Wasn't she just curious?

The two men ran along the streets. The entire Lin'an County was full of monsters, which made them feel heavy-hearted. They didn't know how many people would die this time, but their abilities were limited and they couldn't kill all the monsters.

There were also many practitioners around, killing monsters.

On the house, a figure was running with a spear in hand. When he saw Li Fan, he stopped and looked behind him, shouting, "Red Clothes."

Li Hongyi looked over there and saw Li Daoqing standing there with a gun. He couldn't help but shout, "Dad."

Li Daoqing looked at her hand. Li Hongyi seemed to feel her father's gaze and quickly withdrew her hand.

"Hongyi, go back with dad." Li Daoqing said. Now the situation in Lin'an County was out of control and it was too dangerous. He had raised Li Hongyi alone and was very careful. He really didn't want to see anything happen to Li Hongyi.

Li Fan stopped his horse, turned around and said to Li Hongyi: "Miss Li, go back."

"It's none of your business." Li Hongyi glared at him.

Li Fan was depressed. How did he provoke her again?

"Dad, I have always listened to you since I was little. Whatever you say is what I do, and I have never disobeyed you." Li Hongyi looked at her father and said seriously, "But this time, I want to go crazy."

She accompanied Li Fan through all of this, including the affairs of the Chen family, the disaster at the City God Temple, the grandfather and grandson, and the women who had died in front of her when they left Fulong Villa just now. She felt heartbroken.

This world is far from what she originally thought it was.

Li Daoqing was stunned, looking at Li Hongyi, thinking that she has really grown up.

"Hongyi, the water in Lin'an County is too deep, something will happen to you." Li Daoqing said with a trembling heart. He couldn't imagine anything happening to his daughter.

Li Hongyi glanced at Li Fan, then looked at Li Daoqing: "Dad, the demons in Lin'an County caused chaos, and many people died. My daughter is also one of the hundreds of thousands of people in Lin'an County. If she dies, then she dies."

Li Daoqing's heart trembled. This silly girl had never experienced such cruel and dark things before, so she was too kind-hearted. It seemed that he was wrong and should not have protected her like that while she was growing up.

Now, she has taken on her mother's temperament and gone crazy like her mother did back then.

"Silly girl, if you die, how can I have the face to see your mother?" Li Daoqing sighed.

"Didn't my mother pass away a long time ago?" Li Hongyi asked doubtfully.

"Okay, let's go crazy for once." Li Daoqing didn't say anything. He looked at Li Fan and said, "Boy, I leave her to you. Protect her well."

Li Fan blinked his eyes and looked at Li Hongyi. Seeing Li Hongyi's beautiful eyes staring at him, he simply kept silent. He squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and the white horse galloped forward.

"Miss Li, why does your father speak strangely?" Li Fan said.

"What's strange about that?" Li Hongyi said.

"It's as if you are entrusting you to me." Li Fan said, "We are not that kind of relationship. I won't take this responsibility."

"I'm not worthy?" Li Hongyi's voice turned cold.

"No, I don't deserve it." Li Fan was full of desire to survive.

"Then just shut up." Li Hongyi said.

"Too fierce." Li Fan muttered.

Li Hongyi turned her head away, still hugging Li Fan, with a bright smile in the corner of her eyes.

Even if I die like this, it doesn't matter.

From childhood to adulthood, she has always listened to her father, practiced and studied. She is a favored girl in Lin'an County, but she is not happy at all and her life is uneventful.

At the age of nineteen, she finally understood what it meant to be "alive", to be alive with flesh and blood and emotions.

Although this world is cruel, it is also warm.

She finally began to like this world and the people in this world!

(End of this chapter)