Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 86 The Laughing Sword Sect
With a soft "hiss".

The sword sliced ​​through the grass, revealing the figure of a slender woman.

The girl was dressed in coarse cloth, and to make it easier to move around, she had tied up her cuffs and trouser legs. The clothes clung to her body, which only accentuated her curves.

She had turned her head to answer someone's voice, but when the sword cleaved through the grass, she turned her gaze back, her ponytail swaying gently, revealing her beautiful face, which she hadn't seen in a long time.

The escape from Beijing Normal University, the parachute landing of Xueyan, heading north all the way... Xu Shangxin's naive and innocent face has faded a lot.

She didn't recognize Xie Huan when she turned around, and Xie Huan almost didn't recognize her either.

If Pei Xia hadn't been following behind her...

An eerie stalemate ensued on the open space by the stream.

At the center were several scouts from Tiequan Pass, covered in blood and wounded. On the other side were cultivators from the Lingxiao Sword Sect who had come from Youzhou. Behind them, Pei Xia and his group suddenly appeared.

In the sudden silence, it was Lu Li who broke the stillness.

She had some kind of grass leaf in her mouth, and was making smacking noises intently when she bumped into Xu Shangxin's leg, which had stopped.

Although the older brother was not as naive as Han, his leg muscles were just as plump and elastic. When he hit the pear, his head bounced and he sat down on his bottom.

"Ouch!"

The girl's clear and bright voice seemed to ease the tense atmosphere between them.

Pei Xia calmly accepted the life-saving gift from Xu Shangxin, walked to the riverbank, and smiled as both groups of people watched intently: "Let's eat first."

It was getting late, and since there was a water source here, it was the best choice for these people to spend the night, no matter what they were here for.

As Pei Xia spoke, she turned her head and gave a wink. Xu Shangxin was still a little hesitant, but Li Tan, who was further back, walked out confidently, took out a flint and steel, and started a fire.

No matter how much you say, people with different paths cannot work together. In this desolate wilderness, trying to convince a stranger is futile, no matter how much you talk.

Li Tan lit a fire, took out the stone pot he had used before from his bag, and scooped some water from the stream.

Pear was unhappy because she had fallen, and she sat down, still muttering to herself.

The eldest brother was a little slow to react. He politely nodded to both groups of people, then approached them and took out the food from his bundle.

She even cut two sweet tree stumps along the way and offered them to the sulking pear in a conciliatory manner.

Pei Xia's demeanor was indeed carefree and generous. At least the few Jianghu cultivators from the Lingxiao Sword Sect on the other side had obviously lowered their guard a lot. Except for one person who was still keeping an eye on Xie Huan, the others had begun to prepare for tonight's camping.

The soldiers at Tiequan Pass would not let their guard down against the Lingxiao Sword Sect, and they were equally vigilant towards Pei Xia and his group, whose origins were unknown.

But Xie Huan was the one leading the charge.

Without hesitation, Young Master Xie ordered his men to rest briefly and then start a fire to cook.

Even though they were beasts, they wouldn't easily attack when they saw so many fires and people, which gave the scouts a chance to catch their breath.

Xie Huan also took off his helmet, scooped up water to wash his face, hesitated for a moment, then lowered his sword and walked towards Pei Xia.

"Young Master Pei, Miss Xu..."

Pei Xia and Xu Shangxin looked up at the sound. This time there was no bloodstain. After seeing Xie Huan's face clearly, they were both stunned.

"Thank me?"

"Who are you?"

The two spoke at the same time, then suddenly looked at each other. Xu Shangxin awkwardly reached out and secretly pinched Pei Xia's thigh: "Thank you, have you forgotten the young master of Blood Town Kingdom?"

"Oh, that guy, that show-off!"

Xie tried his best to keep a straight face: "I didn't expect to see you here. It's been more than two months since we last met in Beijing Normal University."

“Yes, we haven’t even left Shuzhou in two months…” Pei Xia paused, looking at him warily, “You’re not here to chase us, are you? Where’s Xie Zu? Is he hiding behind that tree?”

Xie smiled bitterly: "I...I ran away from home."

When the story was told, Pei Xia and Xu Shangxin were both shocked.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land, especially Xu Shangxin, the woman he had secretly fallen for... How could she be a traitor?

Xie wanted to ask about the Prime Minister's residence, but considering his own status and position, he preferred to know nothing and ultimately decided not to ask.

A chance encounter is just that—a chance encounter. As long as Xie Huan didn't want to desert, he still had a mission to complete. When it got a little dark, he voluntarily returned to his companions. Li Tan didn't recognize Xie Huan. After he left, she asked softly, "Is this... one of your friends from Beishi City?"

"Yes, the son of Xue Zhenguo."

Senior Sister Li's hand trembled, and she almost spilled the soup that was about to be in her mouth.

Bloodstained Nation!

"No way, the son of Xue Zhenguo is going to be a common soldier?"

"Yes, young people have so many ideas."

Pei Xia also clicked her tongue in amazement.

Xu Shangxin, on the other hand, wasn't overly self-conscious; she simply thought, "Perhaps the case at the Prime Minister's residence triggered something..."

When they left Beishi City, the situation was critical, and Xu Shangxin did not inquire about the details of the case at the Prime Minister's residence.

Later, as they traveled north, they were carefully pursuing the suspect. Pei Xia probably didn't mention it, fearing that she might overthink things.

Only recently, after entering Mengshan, when it was unlikely that there would be any pursuers, did he slowly begin to tell Xu Shangxin the true inside story of what had happened.

Pei Xia didn't take matters into her own hands or try to hide anything under the guise of "doing it for her own good." She explained everything clearly to Xu Shangxin, stating the facts as they were.

When she learned that Pei Xi had coldly included everyone in her scheme, she was indeed disappointed for a long time.

She once thought that Pei Xi was the most important person in her world, that his profound kindness in raising her supported her through the rest of her life.

Fortunately, her older brother was still her older brother, and neither grief nor adversity could break her; she recovered quickly.

This may be why being a homeless child instilled in him a solid foundation of resilience.

After quietly listening to Xie Huan's thought process for a while, Pei Xia and the others finished eating and drinking.

Then they saw one of the three people on the other side of the stream, an older middle-aged cultivator, walking towards Pei Xia.

The stream wasn't very wide, and the middle-aged cultivator leaped across it with exceptional grace, landing lightly.

He clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Gentlemen, I am Wang Su, an inner sect steward of the Lingxiao Sword Sect. Greetings."

Pei Xia wasn't an expert, and didn't recognize the wooden pendants on their waists. Only after he mentioned them did she realize they were from the Lingxiao Sword Sect.

The people at Tiequan Pass were all soldiers; they only remembered that the Lingxiao Sword Sect often traded with the Northern Barbarians.

But Pei Xia was a man of the martial world, and his knowledge of the Lingxiao Sword Sect was more about the sect itself.

The Lingxiao Three Peaks are quite famous throughout Youzhou. Their sect's origins are said to be the legacy left by an ancient cultivator who was extremely skilled in sword dance.

However, this inheritance was divided into two parts: the "sword" part was inherited by the Xuange Sword Mansion, the number one immortal sect in Youzhou, while the Lingxiao Sect received the "dance" part.

The concept of "dance," when applied to combat, refers to the subtlety of one's movements.

You can't say it's useless; it's certainly extremely useful.

But if everyone could only choose one skill, they would definitely choose swordsmanship, not dance.

This is why the two sects are now in such different positions.

It is said that only in the last hundred years did the Lingxiao Sect abandon its old and outdated ideas and begin to study swordsmanship, striving for the unity of sword and dance.

That's why it was renamed Lingxiao Sword Sect, and it has gradually grown into what it is today.

Pei Xia did not stand up, but simply clasped his hands in the same manner: "So you are a senior brother from the Lingxiao Sword Sect. I am Pei Guanhai."

He simply responded without saying anything further, waiting for the other person to speak.

Wang Su smiled honestly: "Brother Pei is an open and straightforward person, so I won't beat around the bush. I just saw that soldier from Tiequan Pass talking to you. I wonder if you could tell me a little about what they talked about?"

He was certain that Pei Xia and those scouts were not in cahoots, otherwise they wouldn't have been so deadlocked when they first met.

Judging from the expression on the leading sergeant's face just now, he was probably seeking help.

The irony is that the Lingxiao Sword Sect also came for this reason.

(End of this chapter)