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Chapter 392 Spring Willows, Evening Breeze

After glancing at Lang Fanyun and Li Xunhuan, Gu Shaoan said, "I didn't know that you two knew each other before."

Lang Fanyun said, "We didn't know each other before, but we met by chance yesterday, and coincidentally, we have the same purpose today."

Gu Shaoan said softly, "Because of me?"

Lang Fanyun nodded in acknowledgment.

After scanning his surroundings, Gu Shaoan said, "Choosing this spot to wait for me, it seems that your purpose in coming here today is not simply to say goodbye and have a casual chat."

In response to Gu Shaoan's words, Lang Fanyun said, "It's not that simple."

As he spoke, Lang Fanyun raised his hand and planted the Fuyu Sword into the ground. Then he stepped forward three times, cupped his hands, and said, "Lang Fanyun of the Nujiao Gang, please enlighten me."

Taking in Lang Fanyun's actions, Fan Sanshan glanced at Li Xunhuan standing beside Lang Fanyun and had a vague sense of unease.

He immediately said, "Brother Li, you..."

Before Fan Sanshan could finish speaking, Gu Shaoan suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Shaoan suddenly raised his right hand, then pointed his fingers like a sword and touched Cheng Shifei's forehead.

The spiritual energy instantly flowed from Gu Shaoan's right hand into Cheng Shifei's brow.

As these spiritual energies and vital energy slowly rippled through Cheng Shifei's mind, he suddenly felt his mind become clear, and even his five senses were enhanced in that instant.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of energy emanated from Gu Shaoan's body, causing the corners of his golden and white robes to flutter high, and also sending Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei flying, scattering them two zhang away.

"I'll temporarily enhance your five senses. Pay close attention, it will be of great help to you."

After the voice reached Cheng Shifei's ears, Gu Shaoan slowly turned around, maintaining the circulation of his internal energy, and gently raised his right hand to Lang Fanyun, saying, "Gu Shaoan of the Emei Sect, please give me your guidance."

As soon as Gu Shaoan uttered the words "Please advise," Lang Fanyun took a step forward.

As he moved, the pale blue aura swirling around Lang Fanyun's fingertips flickered erratically, faintly emitting a sword cry that was extremely subtle yet penetrating to the bone.

It is the sword move "One rain turns to autumn" from the "Overturning Rain Sword Technique".

In an instant, in the eyes of Fan Sanshan, Cheng Shifei, and even Li Xunhuan standing to the side, the autumn leaves by the official road seemed to hang still, the dust seemed to stagnate, and only a single cold star remained in the world, its fingers pointing straight at him like a sword.

Before the finger arrives, the intention precedes it.

In Gu Shaoan's perception, Lang Fanyun's finger strike carried a unique soft yet cold force, as if the entire autumn night's cold rain of Dongting Lake had been compressed into a single line, directly striking his right shoulder well acupoint.

In response, Gu Shaoan held the Yitian Sword with his left hand without moving. He took a step forward, and as if shrinking the distance to an inch, he crossed a distance of three zhang. Then, he pointed his right hand together and gently brushed it towards that cold star.

Golden energy flowed from his fingertips, seemingly effortless, yet it caused gentle ripples to spread through the air within three feet of him.

With his sword pointing, he seemed to pierce through space, as if countless pale blue, slender and supple energies were emerging from Gu Shaoan's fingertips.

The powerful energy swayed in the wind like willow branches in early spring, seemingly weak and boneless, yet it wove together into an invisible network of energy that exuded a warm and vibrant life force.

Sword One of the Emei Sword Manual: Spring Willow.

As Gu Shaoan pointed out, in Lang Fanyun's perception, his "One Rain Turns to Autumn" finger force, which was as solid as an ice cone and indestructible, pierced into the network of energy. It was like a mud ox entering the sea, being wrapped, guided, and dissolved by the countless gently swaying "willow branches". Its sharpness and coldness were instantly reduced by 30%.

Sensing something was wrong, Lang Fanyun's wrist suddenly trembled, and the trajectory of his thrusting finger drew a strange and unpredictable arc of blue.

The finger energy then shifted from condensation to dispersion, transforming into dozens of soft sword energies resembling raindrops. Like wind blowing oblique rain, these energies bypassed the direct entanglement of the Spring Willow Sword Intent and enveloped Gu Shao'an's vital points from an unbelievable angle.

Gu Shaoan could clearly feel that every strand of the rain, which was like a gentle drizzle, concealed a sharp edge.

Moreover, Lang Fanyun's combat acupoints are extraordinary. At this moment, these dozens of rain lines are specifically targeting the martial artist's major acupoints. Once hit, Gu Shaoan's internal energy will also be affected.

Gu Shaoan stood still, his right hand outstretched, the five fingers swaying back like willow branches, the Spring Willow Sword Intent recoiling to protect himself, deflecting most of the oblique rain finger strikes.

At the same time, he casually extended his left hand forward with his fingers together.

This delivery came without warning, lacking both the previous gentle vitality of "Spring Willow" and any foreshadowing of its impending fierce power.

There wasn't even a dazzling brilliance at the fingertips, only a very faint, hazy yellow glow, like the last faint glimmer of sunset light on the horizon.

Emei Sword Manual, Sword 2: Evening Wind!

This finger strike was so slow it was almost eerie, its trajectory clearly visible, yet it evoked a sense of bewilderment, a feeling of being unable to grasp or predict its movement.

It was as if it wasn't an attack at all, but just a natural evening breeze at dusk, leaving no trace and having no intention of staying or leaving.

However, in Lang Fanyun's perception, this finger gesture was completely different.

The seemingly slow finger movements completely blended into the flow of energy in the surrounding environment, moving silently and without a trace.

One moment he felt it was pointing at his left shoulder, the next moment the dim, twilight-like sword intent suddenly spread to his right rib.

It doesn't possess a violent power, but rather a quiet, pervasive resilience, like the evening breeze at dusk, arriving gently and silently.

"Swoosh—" A very faint sound, like silk being torn apart by an invisible force.

Lang Fanyun's originally seamless and impenetrable "Rain Slants and Winds" sword net experienced a moment of stagnation and disorder after being subtly infiltrated and disturbed by the "Evening Wind" sword intent at several key points.

A hint of surprise flashed in Lang Fanyun's eyes, which then transformed into an even stronger fighting spirit.

He let out a long roar, and his moves changed again, flashing like a meteor as he thrust straight at Gu Shaoan.

At that very moment, the wind around us stirred, and the clouds moved.

An invisible force suddenly covered a ten-zhang radius around him, centered on the surging clouds.

At this moment, Fan Sanshan, Cheng Shifei, and Li Xunhuan, who were in the distance, all felt as if they were in a light drizzle.

Standing in the drizzle filled with sword energy, Fan Sanshan, Cheng Shifei, and Li Xunhuan all suddenly found it hard to breathe, as if a thousand-pound boulder was pressing on their hearts and their whole bodies felt like they were being cut by knives.

"Transforming the domain with intention".

Faced with this sudden change, and looking at Lang Fanyun in the distance, how could Li Xunhuan not know that this was due to Lang Fanyun pushing the "Overturning Rain Sword Technique" to its limit?

To Li Xunhuan's amazement, his Little Li Flying Dagger could only be made by integrating his own sword intent into the flying dagger.

However, Lang Fanyun was indeed able to integrate his sword intent into all the energy in his body through the concept of "converting intent into domain," something that Li Xunhuan could not do.

The power of heaven and earth and the energy of sword intent mixed within this ten-zhang area were all used by Lang Fanyun at this moment.

He temporarily transformed this ten-zhang space into a domain that he could control.

Every gust of wind, every grain of dust, was imbued with his Rain-Covering Sword Intent, all could become swords, all were under his control. However, just as Lang Fanyun's "Rain-Covering Sword Domain" was fully formed.

At this moment, the Qi energy that was originally circulating smoothly within Gu Shaoan's body suddenly contracted inward, and then gently spread outward at a more mysterious frequency.

Subsequently, invisible energies began to ripple outwards naturally from Gu Shaoan.

If Lang Fanyun's aura is like a torrential downpour, it is both powerful and awe-inspiring.

At this moment, Gu Shaoan's aura was like the first ray of sunlight piercing through the clouds at dawn, seemingly warm and peaceful, yet possessing an overwhelming and unstoppable momentum.

The official road was deathly silent.

Only two invisible forces were silently vying and squeezing each other. The golden-white dawn and the pale blue autumn rain collided fiercely on a level invisible to the naked eye, causing the space between the two to distort slightly, and the light refracted into a mesmerizing iridescent color.

As Gu Shaoan's domain expanded, the energy within it instantly collided with the energy within Lang Fanyun's domain, which combined sword intent and the power of heaven and earth.

There was no loud noise, no shockwave.

There is only one kind of "squeezing" and "erosion" that is invisible to the naked eye but clearly perceptible.

Lang Fanyun was astonished to find that his energy, which originally covered a ten-zhang radius, began to shrink and dissolve rapidly the moment it collided with the energy that filled the domain around Gu Shaoan, just like hot soup poured on snow.

It was not shattered by violence, but rather naturally pushed aside and suppressed by a purer, more condensed, and seemingly higher-level "force".

Ten feet, eight feet, five feet...

In the blink of an eye, Lang Fanyun's vast domain was forcibly compressed and forced from a range of ten zhang to a range that could only cover three zhang around him.

Sensing the change in the two's domain realms, Li Xunhuan couldn't help but look at Gu Shaoan in surprise.

Both of them had reached the level of "using intention to create a domain" in martial arts, but when Lang Fanyun's domain touched Gu Shaoan's domain, Gu Shaoan crushed Lang Fanyun's domain to a range of only three zhang.

Domains are a technique that martial artists can only master after they have reached the point of "manifesting their intent within a domain" in a martial art.

There are only two factors that determine the strength of a domain.

Firstly, it depends on the depth of the martial artist's own skill; secondly, it depends on the level of mastery of the forces of heaven and earth.

The fact that Gu Shaoan was able to surpass Lang Fanyun in the Domain Realm, and in such a crushing way, is enough to show that Gu Shaoan is still superior to Lang Fanyun in both skill and mastery of the power of heaven and earth.

"How exactly did this guy cultivate? At such a young age, it's one thing to have reached the level of 'manifesting one's intentions to control one's domain' in martial arts, but his own power and his mastery of the forces of heaven and earth are also so high?"

Not only Li Xunhuan, but also Lang Fanyun, who felt his own domain realm being suppressed, had an incredulous glint in his eyes, and for the first time, his face showed an extremely solemn expression.

Seemingly aware that if things continued this way, his own domain space might be further squeezed by Gu Shaoan, Lang Fanyun no longer hesitated. His figure shot out like an arrow, hurtling towards Gu Shaoan with lightning speed.

In just over ten breaths, the two had already exchanged dozens of blows. Although Lang Fanyun used his fingers as a sword, those two fingers were like real divine weapons, each time they broke through space, they brought with them a chilling sharpness.

However, compared to the turbulent waves, Gu Shaoan appeared calm and composed at this moment.

No matter how Lang Fanyun attacked, Gu Shaoan was always able to neutralize Lang Fanyun's moves at just the right time.

Cheng Shifei watched intently, his eyes gleaming, almost unwilling to blink, for fear of missing any detail.

Just then, Li Xunhuan's gaze suddenly fell on Gu Shaoan's feet.

I discovered that, apart from taking that first step, my feet seemed rooted to the spot and remained motionless.

Upon witnessing this, Li Xunhuan's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but gasp.

"After exchanging dozens of blows, he hasn't retreated an inch?"

Li Xunhuan could see that Gu Shaoan was handling things with ease, let alone Lang Fanyun, who was directly involved.

From beginning to end, Gu Shaoan never launched an attack; he only passively defended.

Looking at Gu Shaoan's slightly flickering eyes, Lang Fanyun could be certain that Gu Shaoan had not used his full strength.

It was simply to experience the "Overturning Rain Sword Technique" he used.

Thinking of this, Lang Fanyun's fighting spirit intensified.

With another low roar, his right sword finger slowly pushed forward as if pushing a heavy gate.

As he thrust his sword forward, the roar of rushing rivers and raging tides seemed to grow louder from afar. A powerful sword aura, deep blue and almost black, condensed and substantial, took shape in his palm, pressing down on Gu Shaoan with an unparalleled momentum that could flatten mountains and overturn the sky.

Faced with this overwhelming attack, as powerful as a surging river, Gu Shaoan's eyes flashed, and then he raised his right index finger, with a golden halo quietly spreading from the fingertip.

He extended his finger forward through the air.

"Whoo~"

A gust of wind, appearing out of nowhere.

At first, it was just a tiny breeze beside Gu Shaoan, but in the blink of an eye, the air currents on both sides of the official road, deep in the mountains and forests, and even in the distant sky seemed to hear an invisible command and began to converge madly in this direction.

"Yin——"

The clear, melodious sword cry did not originate from the Heaven-Slaying Sword, but rather from the countless fine sword energies emanating from Gu Shaoan himself.

The sword energy did not pierce straight through; rather, as soon as it left the body, it broke apart and dispersed, transforming into countless tiny, imperceptible golden willow branches.

These slender willows, light as catkins, instantly merged and were swept into the vast, converging wind.

The Emei Sword Manual, Sword Six: Ode to the Willow.

The sword met the wind's force.

The wind that gathered from the sky was like a spring breeze in February, gently carrying the golden willow catkins that Gu Shaoan was pointing his sword at to Lang Fanyun in front of him.

With his two fingers touching, Lang Fanyun's sword rain, which should have been able to cut through anything and penetrate every nook and cranny, was instead like a sharp blade slicing into a boundless, extremely flexible clump of willow catkins when it touched these light "flakes of light" and invisible air currents. The power was infinitely dispersed, guided, and dissolved into nothingness.

Immediately afterwards, just like yesterday, a tremendous force surged into Gu Shaoan's body through his fingertips.

The terrifying and concentrated force, the moment it entered his body, instantly sent Lang Fanyun flying as if he had been hit by a speeding carriage, his blood and qi surging violently throughout his body.

As he landed, a wisp of sword energy seemed to drift towards his brow, carried by the spring breeze of February.

"This move isn't over yet?"

　This chapter completes the entire set of moves from the *Emei Sword Manual* through combat. Sword One: Spring Willow; Sword Two: Evening Breeze; Sword Three: Thousand Willows; Sword Four: Falling Sun; Sword Five: Afterglow; Sword Six: Ode to the Willow; Sword Seven: Sweeping Snow; Sword Eight: Startling Wind; Sword Nine: A Sword Across Worlds; Sword Ten: Dawn.

　　
　
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