I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 132 Human Nature: Driving a Tiger to Devour a Wolf (Second Update, 6k words)

Although Scarface and Bi Dongyou quickly defected from each other's sides and became enemies.

But they still escaped incredibly fast, even after kicking each other.

They used the momentum to fly in two different directions.

Commander Wang sneered, "Hmph! Trying to escape!"

He was about to catch up with one of them.

But a white shadow flashed by.

Bai Xuan stepped directly onto a bamboo stalk, using the bamboo's high resilience to launch himself forward, like an Angry Bird being thrown out.

"You on the right, I'll on the left!"

He left behind a sentence, then rode the wind and flew away on his sword.

"Wait a minute!" Commander Wang shouted hurriedly, "They are both..."

"It's an outdoor shoot."

Before he could finish his warning, Bai Xuan had already been launched out of sight.

Commander Wang sighed heavily. Although this young hero Bai hated evil as much as he wanted, didn't he take into account the difference between his cultivation level and the other party's realm?

"Has he always been this brave?" Gu Qingrou blinked and couldn't help but ask.

"Go and help Young Master Bai!" Commander Wang left these words and turned to chase after the other person who had run away.

Northern Zhou spies, especially those operating on location, are incredibly difficult to capture.

Those who can reach this level are all candidates for Grandmaster, and at the very least, they will be at the level of Half-Grandmaster. Catching even one of them would be a great achievement. He is not far from the level of the Four Great Constables, and he is just one great achievement away from being transferred back to the capital.

So he didn't want to let either of them escape; he was a bit greedy.

……

As it turns out, the speed at which location shooting was done was indeed very fast.

Scarface sped along, displaying his agility with various techniques, his speed not much slower than Spider-Man's.

They ran for ten miles.

He immediately used the Earth Escape Technique.

After another incense stick's time of wandering around, constantly switching locations, he finally arrived at the edge of a secluded street. There was a river there, and behind it was a small hill. The archway under the small bridge over the flowing water was his home for the night.

Yelü Hao came to the stream, scooped up some water to wash his face, and breathed a sigh of relief: "What bad luck... but at least that commander wasn't chasing me."

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

Bi Dongyou, a comprador for Northern Zhou, can be replaced at any time, but if he falls from grace, there will be no follow-up.

He was about to scoop some more water from the stream to wash his face when he suddenly felt that the stream water tasted off. He sniffed it and found it had a pungent smell.

Immediately afterwards, I felt a slight tingling sensation in my body, my breathing became rapid, and I also felt a strong sense of nausea.

"Am I poisoned?"

He was excited.

"This water is poisonous!"

He immediately popped out of the bridge arch, rolled over, and soon saw a person standing on the bridge, vomiting down below.

Yelü Hao's blood pressure spiked instantly.

Damn it, this isn't poisoning at all, it's because I ate someone else's food...

"Die!" He flew onto the bridge and punched the vomiting drunkard.

Just as Yelü Hao was about to punch the drunkard to death, he suddenly stopped, stepped back, touched his cheek, and found a bloody wound on his face and a leaf in his palm.

I looked up at the moonlit woods where fallen leaves were drifting down.

The young man in white walked slowly over: "It's not good to take your anger out on others."

Yelü Hao's face was ashen, and his gaze swept left and right.

How did you find me?

Bai Xuan glanced down slightly and saw a rat rolling and jumping on the ground, like a dog wearing a rat's skin.

Yelü Hao's face turned ashen.

Damn, this is my pet.

You actually used my pet to track me?

It is simply the opposite of Tiangang!

Yelü Hao was so angry his hair almost turned green... Isn't this also a kind of bull?

He didn't dare to act immediately, as he didn't know how many people were lurking nearby.

"No need to look, it's just me," Bai Xuan said frankly.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Yelü Hao sneered. He didn't believe such nonsense.

Even if only Bai Xuan arrives, there will definitely be a whole van following behind, waiting to arrest him on the spot and use him to gain merit.

"Whether you believe it or not is not important." Bai Xuan drew Jiang Chengzi: "You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say next will be considered your last words in court."

Yelü Hao laughed in anger: "You, a mere second-level Body Forging cultivator, dare to challenge me, a first-level External Realm cultivator?"

He said indifferently, "The difference in cultivation level is obvious. I can crush you with just one hand. Young man, don't be so arrogant!"

Bai Xuan remained silent, simply striding forward. His Frosty Heaven True Qi circulated, causing a thin layer of frost to condense wherever he walked.

He actually wanted to give it a try.

Just how wondrous is this outdoor landscape?

The advancement of the True Martial Realm can be described as a step-by-step process, and therefore, the advancement of the realm also represents the growth of hard power.

Forging a strong physique, enhancing skills through finger techniques, and connecting with heaven and earth through external scenery to increase power.

If casting the body is addition, pointing to the mystery is multiplication, then the external scenery is an exponential function.

Even the strongest cultivators in the Profound Realm can win by sheer numbers; however, once they reach the Outer Realm, it becomes much harder to gain an advantage through sheer numbers.

Reaching the seventh level of the Tower of Ascension marks the stage where one's personal strength begins to increase significantly.

Therefore, it's normal for Yelü Hao to look down on Bai Xuan, and he felt that having two outsiders intercept him was enough.

As Bai Xuan approached, Yelü Hao, who had been repeatedly thwarted along the way, felt a surge of anger. He thought that as long as Commander Wang didn't come, even if he was surrounded, he would have a chance to escape. There was a river here, and he could simply follow it to wash away the scent on his body, and the other party wouldn't be able to catch up.

Yelü Hao came to kill, but he also wanted to secretly test whether anyone else was really chasing after them.

With a stomp of his feet, two craters appeared on the ground. As he threw a punch, visible distortions appeared in the air.

Power rose from the ground, and Yelü Hao leaped over ten zhang in one bound, but his fist was still at its peak.

Facing the strong wind, Bai Xuan felt as if a heavy artillery shell was hitting him. Although it didn't hit his iron face, he already felt a faint sense of suffocation.

This strength... is even greater than Yuwen Jie at his peak.

However, Yuwen Jie was able to be ranked on the Human Ranking because he repeatedly poisoned and killed experts stronger than himself.

The ranking only considers battle record, not cultivation level.

Bai Xuan didn't rush to draw his sword. Instead, he directly drew his sword finger. Frosty Heaven Sword Qi passed through his meridians and shot out, meeting Yelü Hao's right fist.

At this moment, Bai Xuan had the upper hand in terms of technique.

However, after the impact, Yelü Hao's entire right hand was covered with a layer of frost, and his sleeve was torn, but he was not injured.

On the contrary, Bai Xuan was hit on the side shoulder by the fist wind and was forced back. He was not seriously injured, but the advance and retreat showed the suppression of cultivation level.

The Frosty Sky Sword Qi's sword finger technique could defeat a Finger Profound Realm Level 3 cultivator, but it was ineffective against a fist from an Outer Realm Level 1 cultivator.

It has nothing to do with anything else; it's purely a difference in their level of understanding.

Yelü Hao sneered arrogantly: "The top of the Crouching Dragon Ranking is nothing more than this... He looks so weak and frail that he can't even withstand a single punch from me!"

He was secretly mocking the other party for not having any common sense about martial arts, actually trying to break the protective aura with sword energy.
What brand of gun can penetrate the frontal armor of a main battle tank?

"This is the protective aura."

Bai Xuan understood: "I didn't feel it was that hard before, but I can feel it now."

Ultimately, it's because they couldn't break through the defenses.

Initially, Qi was exclusive to those at the Grandmaster level, and many people could only naturally master Qi after reaching the Grandmaster level.

However, as the cultivation techniques progressed and the mystery of Qi was solved, more and more geniuses tried to cultivate Qi in the Outer Realm.

Geniuses can master the Qi in advance, and when they arrive at the Outer Realm, they will be qualified to learn it.

At the same age, and in the same subject of mathematics, some people struggle with solving math problems, while others can easily solve advanced math problems.

Bai Xuan had broken through Qi defenses before, and when he defeated several Grandmasters, their Qi defenses were very fragile... But that was when he used his ultimate moves. All three moves were of Immortal Sword quality, while Frost Heaven Sword Finger was just a newly developed, immature version, so it was normal that it couldn't break through their defenses.

He flexed his wrists and said with interest, "Then let's try this one."

With his left hand brushing across the sword's edge, the Frosty Sky Sword Qi instantly flowed across Jiang Chengzi's sword, covering it with a layer of light frost.

"Stubborn!"

Yelü Hao's attention was still on both sides of the mountain forest. He decided to exchange a few blows with Bai Xuan to confirm that there was really no one there before he would really use his killing move.

Bai Xuan unleashed his second sword strike, and Yelü Hao countered with a punch of his own.

The two sides clashed more than ten times in the blink of an eye, their sword energy and qi constantly colliding and bursting forth.

Yelü Hao sneered, "Useless! Useless! Too weak, too light! It can't hurt you at all—"

With a splatter of blood and a slow, sharp pain, he pulled back, jumped away, and looked down at the bloodstain on the back of his hand, utterly bewildered.

How did my defenses suddenly break down?
This man's sword is strange!
Bai Xuan gently shook the sword: "It seems it's not an unbreakable defense. It's just a bit thick. All I need to do is cut a little deeper."

Yelü Hao stared intently at the weapon in Bai Xuan's hand, trying to figure out how he had broken through the protective aura.

Bai Xuan didn't hide anything and explained frankly, "The sword energy is compressed into the sword body to form a serrated shape, making it flow at high speed."

He flicked his wrist to the right, and instantly the sound of a chainsaw cutting through the rock face echoed, with hissing sparks shooting out continuously.

"The new move I just came up with can be called the chainsaw sword, but I think it would be more suitable to use a greatsword."

Yelü Hao naturally didn't understand the Warhammer reference.

He stared at the rock and silently swallowed.

In the blink of an eye, he figured out a way to break the protective aura, and his mastery of sword energy had reached a level of complete freedom... This kid is terrifyingly powerful and must not be allowed to live!

After waiting for so long and probing for a while, there was no sneak attack or hidden mob.

Scarface wrapped his arms around his back, forming a pair of fists.

Fists and claws are less common weapons, but they are superior to pure fists and feet.

He actually hid weapons in his shoes.

With fists and feet like the limbs of a wild beast, this is the Beast King style.

Yelü Hao rubbed his claws together and crouched slightly. His large size made his crouching posture flawless.

Bai Xuan touched the sword's edge, dispelling the constantly swirling sword energy within it.

The murderous aura was palpable.

In a life-or-death struggle, continuing to use the other party as an experiment is indeed somewhat impolite.

"What a pity." Bai Xuan said something Yelü Hao didn't quite understand: "I originally wanted to see your Dharma Form." Yelü Hao could communicate with animals, and this ability came from his Dharma Form, but it hadn't been fully awakened yet: "It's your own life that's a pity."

"I have a sword; please take a look."

As the words fell, the sword's edge rose.

Yelü Hao lowered his body slightly, preparing to launch a sudden attack. Upon seeing Bai Xuan's movement, he paid no attention. Then, just two or three seconds later, he suddenly felt a sharp chill.

A bright moon unfolded like a scroll behind the boy in white, casting its cool moonlight upon the earth.

A layer of white frost has formed on all the fallen leaves in the forest.

The man in white moved slowly, waving his sleeves from a distance.

Om-!
The sound of swords echoed through the mountains and fields, clear as a mountain spring.

A bright, full moon rose between the mountains, its pure white light so beautiful, magnificent, and dazzling, like a giant wheel rolling forward and crushing past.

It makes you feel like you've traveled back to the Cretaceous period and are watching a meteorite hit the Earth.

Facing this scene, Yelü Hao's entire aura was locked, his muscles tensed, and he was drenched in sweat under the suppression of the bright moon's Dharma image.

As he saw the moonlight, he recalled the evaluation Bai Xuan received in the Book of Mending the Heavens.

—The initial creation of the 'Moonlight' sword technique was magnificent and varied, forming its own unique style, almost reaching the Dao.

Throughout history, the evaluation of the Book of Patching the Heavens has never been wrong, not even once.

Yelü Hao didn't believe that this sword strike could directly kill the incarnation of the Great Poison Sect. He thought he could block it with his own qi. His first reaction was to retreat and flee. A look of horror flashed in his eyes as he pulled his whole body back to create distance.

But he jumped too late, and the ever-present chill continued to penetrate, slowing him down.

The reason why a Dharma image is a Dharma image is because of its various wonders.

This bright moon was formed from the condensed essence of frost and heaven. Its greatest function is not to kill, but to immobilize.

When the white moon falls and touches the ground, the ground covered by the moon will freeze and solidify, becoming rigid.

Yelü Hao was frozen in place, his thoughts sluggish for more than a second. He had no choice but to unleash all his true energy, disregarding even his own reserves.

Beast blood boiled, innate true energy surged, and frenzied fighting ensued... all moves were unleashed in one breath, and his true energy surged violently, forcibly breaking free from this strong control.

But it still took him three breaths.

Yelü Hao made a mistake, or rather, he was killed by Chu Jian.

Being too wary of the bright moon caused them to overlook their backup plan.

The most lethal strike comes after the moon has shattered.

In the blink of an eye, the moonlight shattered, and the world was shrouded in white. The broken moon did not disappear, but scattered into a patch of moonlight on the ground.

The moonlight kept converging on a sword, almost condensing the blade into pure white.

A white-clad figure waved his sleeve, slicing through a patch of fresh snow.

White ice bloomed on Yelü Hao's body, and from a distance of ten steps, the sword struck him squarely.

Even with protective true energy, this sword strike was no longer the immature Frosty Sky Sword Qi of before, but a highly condensed Moonlight Sword Intent.

The pervasive chill and sword energy seeped into his bones along the sword mark, freezing him in place as he leaped into the ground, solidifying him into an ice sculpture.

The 'Moonlight' sword technique, while not ranking in the top ten of the three thousand sword styles mastered by Bai Xuan, is superior due to the enhancement of its magical form and cultivation method, making it fast and versatile.

The Soaring Sword is more powerful, but it comes at a greater cost and is harder to counter.

This was Bai Xuan's second time wielding the Moonlight Sword, and he had already improved its perfection to an even higher level.

He felt that this was not the end, and that he could continue to improve it, but the prerequisite was that he had to perfect the Frost Sky Sword Qi himself.

"Without the Legend of Sword and Fairy, I might not be your match."

He glanced at Yelü Hao, who was speechless, and said, "Even if you win after using this sword, you will feel no sense of accomplishment."

He shook his head and sighed, "This is so hard for me."

These were the last words Yelü Hao heard in his life.

If he hadn't been trapped inside the ice sculpture, he definitely would have said one thing—"Pah, disgusting!"
……

When Bai Xuan returned to Langya carrying the physically dead Scarface, he ran into Commander Wang and his men who were leading the way.

"You...killed him?" Commander Wang asked incredulously.

"I wanted to spare his life," Bai Xuan said. "Unfortunately, he was a bit stubborn and insisted on fighting me, so I had no choice but to kill him."

Wang Qianhu thought to himself, "This is an outdoor scene, not the chives in the Body Forging Realm."

The way the Embroidered Uniform Guards looked at Bai Xuan afterward was different.

Rumors are just rumors; you only truly appreciate the awe-inspiring reality when you see it for yourself.

"What about the other one?" Bai Xuan asked.

“He ran away.” Commander Wang cursed. “What bad luck. He’ll do anything to save his life.”

"How to say?"

"First he sneaked into a widow's house. I followed him, but the widow got me all over him, and then he jumped straight into the latrine."

"what?"

"There's also a tunnel in the cesspool."

Bai Xuan briefly imagined the scene.

A man in black, a renowned outdoor filming expert, jumped into a cesspool to save his life, swimming in the cesspool while saying, "Hehe, I must survive."

The imagined flavor is a bit too strong.

He asked tentatively, "You guys...didn't chase after them?"

The Embroidered Uniform Guards hesitated, unsure who could possibly pursue them.
Even if it's for the sake of merit, you can't just follow the other side and become a maggot in a sea of ​​dung, right? If a fight breaks out in there, wouldn't it be like the Eighteen Flying Dragon Palms?
"That's too ruthless." Commander Wang cursed a couple of times, then sighed and confessed to himself, "I really didn't have the courage... That's my problem."

Bai Xuan comforted him, saying, "It's only human nature."

A guard in embroidered uniform muttered, "Wasn't Chief Wang just busy arguing with that widow? She's quite pretty, I heard she makes tofu at the West City Bridge."

Commander Wang blushed and turned around to scold, "What are you saying? What are you saying! As soon as I walked away, she raised a knife to commit suicide. What could I do? I had to comfort her!"

Bai Xuan expressed his understanding: "It's only human nature."

"Wang Tou even touched the madam's buttocks at Lichunlou last time."

"Bullshit, she just offered her ass to my hand."

Bai Xuan continued repeating: "It's only human nature."

"The madam is forty-eight years old."

"She still retains her charm!"

"Humans..." Bai Xuan paused, "...humans cannot, or at least should not."

He sighed: "You must be really hungry. Have something good to eat."

The crowd burst into laughter, which somewhat eased the sense of disappointment.

"Although we lost a merit, we still have 500,000 troops from Northern Zhou, which is not bad. Young Master Bai is truly a lucky star and a mighty general." Commander Wang laughed heartily, "Before you leave Langya, we must have a drink together!"

"Five hundred thousand?" Bai Xuan asked. "That much?"

“Five hundred thousand coins is only a little over fifty taels,” said Commander Wang. “As for the one who escaped…”

Bai Xuan thought for a moment and said, "The person must have been covered in stench after crawling out of the cesspool. If any concerned citizens report this, we should be able to find him quickly. I can have the people from Langya Hall post a notice offering a reward, saying that an assassin came to kill me last night and was forced into the cesspool."

……

Meanwhile, on a small path.

Bi Dongyou, reeking of a foul stench, entered the alley. Seeing two people ahead, he angrily shouted, "Good dogs don't block the way!"

The two men frowned slightly. One of them had already placed his right hand on his short knife, but soon smelled an extremely foul odor of stale excrement.

Without being told, they immediately avoided the area.

Bi Dongyou pushed open the door, walked into a courtyard, and slammed the door shut.

"Did this person fall into a cesspool?"

"Luckily I didn't make a move, otherwise I wouldn't even dare to take this knife."

The Tiger and Leopard Duo exchanged a glance, cursing their bad luck inwardly.

But soon they changed their tune, saying it wasn't bad luck, but good fortune.

After entering Langya, the two disguised themselves as merchants and went around negotiating business with people, but in reality, they were secretly gathering information.

He had been looking for an opportunity to assassinate his beloved, but he hadn't found a suitable one yet.

Wait until daybreak.

These two demonic cultivators, unfamiliar with the area and unable to find the right approach or opportunity, were having breakfast at a noodle shop on the street when they noticed the notice posted by Langya Hall. They paid a passerby to take a look and then told them what the notice contained.

Upon hearing this, the two were initially taken aback.

Tae Seung-ho took a sip of noodle soup: "So the one we encountered yesterday was the assassin who attacked White Moonlight?"

Tai Xiaobao nodded: "Absolutely certain... No normal person would cover themselves with so much poop?"

Tai Chenghu said unhappily, "They're here to steal our business!"

Tai Xiaobao asked, "Brother, can we take advantage of this situation?"

Tai Chenghu put down his chopsticks, pulled his younger brother out of the noodle shop, and said on the way, "We can use this. Bai Yueguang knows the assassin is here, so she will definitely come... Let's go and check if that person is still in that house, but don't alert her."

After bribing several vendors to pass through the alley and create a commotion, Tai Xiaobao secretly peeked over the courtyard wall and saw that the door was closed, but it was not locked from the outside; instead, it was bolted from the inside.

"exist."

"very good!"

Tai Chenghu gestured: "Find a time to leak the information to Bai Yueguang, let him deal with this assassin, and we can reap the benefits!"

Tai Xiaobao then asked, "This is Langya. What if Bai Yueguang didn't come in person? There are definitely no shortage of experts in Juyi Pavilion, and there's also the Lin family."

"We have to give it a try." Tai Chenghu said casually, "We've been here for three or four days and haven't done anything. The employer hasn't given us much time, and they're probably getting impatient. Let's do it first... At the very least, we can weaken the guards around Bai Yueguang! This is called the 'using one tiger to devour another' technique!"

"Brother is right!"

……

In the courtyard, Bi Dongyou, who had taken seven or eight baths in a row, was scrubbing his entire body until his skin was almost rubbed raw.

He still felt a stench on his body, and his whole body itched. He kept scratching and rubbing, his eyes filled with blatant hatred, wishing he could grind Scarface to dust.

At this moment, what he hated most was not the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but this damned scarred-face man.

He acted all confident, but then he led me to raid the Embroidered Uniform Guard's hideout!

They even sold me out right afterward.

Damn it, how could there be such a bad person!
He hadn't slept all night and had scrubbed himself repeatedly in the bath. Now he was exhausted, but he managed to get rid of the odor and stains and threw his clothes into the latrine.

He lay down on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

Before going to sleep, he thought of something.

Aren't the Tiger and Leopard Duo professional assassins?

Why haven't they made a move yet?
Could I have been scammed out of my deposit?
I'll definitely send a message to urge them when I leave.

(End of this chapter)