The deepest affection in Gu Long's world

Chapter 163 Invincible Divine Blade - Bai Tianyu

Bai Tianyu clearly didn't want to talk about the Demonic Sect anymore, which led him to steer the conversation back to where it started.

"Are you going back this time to confront them?"

Li Xunhuan shook his head with a wry smile. After taking a sip of the Tianshan Wine that he had been longing for, he felt a bitter taste flow into his body and then into his heart.

"I just wanted to catch a glimpse of it from afar."

Bai Tianyu frowned. He was much more casual about women. Apart from his original wife, with whom he was deeply bound, most of the others were playthings he used and then discarded. Therefore, he couldn't stand seeing the other party acting so awkwardly over a woman.

In particular, in his heart, Li Xunhuan's flying knife skills were the martial arts he admired most in the world, but in some things, the other party always made him feel uncomfortable.

"stop!"

Realizing what his old friend was about to say, Li Xunhuan quickly interrupted.

This made Bai Tianyu sullenly drink another large bowl of wine. In the end, he grunted a few times, but still couldn't say the words that were stuck in his throat.

He always treated Li Xunhuan somewhat differently.

Otherwise, given his domineering style, he would have already sent people to Xingyun Manor to kidnap Lin Shiyin.

Li Xunhuan was clearly aware of his old friend's style of doing things, and before leaving, he couldn't help but say a few more words.

"As a swordsman, you must understand the principle that too much rigidity leads to breakage. The Divine Sword Hall has already achieved great things. Before making any decision, you must discuss it thoroughly with your brother."

Especially regarding the issue of dealing with the Demonic Cult, as long as you send me a letter, no matter where I am, I will come to my aid immediately.

Initially, Bai Tianyu wanted to refute what the other person had said, but after listening to what they had to say, he felt the concern that only true brothers would show in their words, so he didn't argue with them before leaving.

Instead, he silently nodded.

The atmosphere of their conversation became much more harmonious after that. They recounted their first meeting, recalled how they had worked together to carve out a new world in the area beyond the Great Wall, and talked about their sparring matches.

As all the wonderful memories come flooding back, those arguments that were made in the heat of the moment become unimportant.

"I'll wait for you to come back." Bai Tianyu said solemnly, "Don't forget, I haven't really seen your Little Li Flying Dagger yet."

"I've already said that my throwing knives will not be used against my friends, much less to hurt my brothers."

Bai Tianyu pursed his lips with a hint of regret. He didn't act like a martial arts fanatic and insist on saying "don't treat me like a brother." Clearly, he valued his friendship with Li Xunhuan more.

After finishing the jar of Tianshan Zui, Bai Tianyu was about to get up and leave when Li Xunhuan took out a throwing knife from his pocket.

He personally carved the character "忍" (patience/endurance) on it, which was also his advice to his brother.

"You may never see my throwing knife, but I can pass on this throwing knife technique to your son."

Bai Tianyu was stunned when he caught the flying knife. He knew that in the martial arts world, the most precious thing was not gold and silver treasures, nor beautiful women. What truly drove countless martial arts practitioners crazy was the martial arts inheritance that could make one a top master.

With strength, you have everything.

Without a doubt, Li Xunhuan's flying knife technique stands at the very top of this tradition.

After the new weapon rankings were released, only two people remained in their positions: Shangguan Jin Hong, who was showing signs of becoming a powerful figure, and Xiao Li Tan Hua, who had been away from the Central Plains martial arts world for ten years. Yet, no one questioned why he was still ranked third.

"Brothers!"

At this moment, even Bai Tianyu was so excited by the other party's promise that he hugged him tightly and patted Li Xunhuan's back hard before repeating the same sentence.

"I'll wait for you to come back."

Li Xunhuan watched the departing figure, its tall frame gradually disappearing into the wind and snow. After a sigh, he took out the unfinished wooden carving and began to carefully and slowly sculpt it.

On the other side, after Bai Tianyu returned to Shendao Hall alone, his younger brother Bai Tianyong immediately came to greet him.

Compared to his elder brother, this man was not like a heroic swordsman, but rather had the demeanor of a scholar. He often carried a folding fan in his hand. Of course, it was also because he had been planning for Bai Tianyu that the Divine Blade Hall was developing better and better.

"Did you tell Master Li?"

This first sentence made Bai Tianyu frown.

Seeing his brother's expression, Bai Tianyong understood the answer and said helplessly.

"Because of the rankings on the new weapon list, the Demonic Sect is clearly more restless. Previously, Hua Baikong had some reservations, not only because he admired his elder brother's character, but also because he was wary of Master Li's throwing knife. But now..."

"That's enough! He's already helped us and the Divine Blade Hall enough!"

"Actually, given Li Daxia's character, I think as long as we explain the situation to him..."

"I don't care what you think! I care what I think! It's just a mere demonic sect! It's just Hua Baikong! He's always wanted me to pledge my allegiance to him, so I'll give him that chance!"

"Big brother!"

In front of his elder brother, Bai Tianyong completely lost the wise and shrewd demeanor he usually cultivated in the Divine Blade Hall. He also knew that his elder brother's style was to keep his word.

Compared to Shangguan Jin Hong, who only gives orders and has no bottom line, exhibiting the typical tyrannical style of a warlord, Bai Tianyu is undoubtedly a heroic figure.

He was generous and righteous, always ready to help those in need, and valued loyalty. However, he was also headstrong and acted unilaterally, completely disregarding the feelings of his subordinates. Yet, those who achieve great things must possess such decisiveness and determination, which even those who hated him had to admire.

Unlike Shangguan Jin Hong, he is not ruthless and cruel. If someone is truly in distress, he will definitely step forward and will even sacrifice everything to help others.

But he was a difficult person to get along with because once he made a decision, he would never allow anyone to object; as long as he thought it was right, it was right.

Once he starts something, he doesn't care about success or failure, or the consequences. This is certainly his strength, but it is also his biggest weakness, because he never thinks about others.

The only exception was Li Xunhuan. Perhaps it was the pride of being a fellow swordsman that made him unwilling to expose his vulnerable side in front of his brother.

This meant that he didn't heed a single word of Bai Tianyong's previous instructions and arrangements.

"Don't forget, I am Bai Tianyu!"

That intensely confident heroic spirit infected his own brother, who was so worried that he was starting to lose his hair. In the end, Bai Tianyong could only nod and silently choose to believe.

After all, similar things have happened more than once over the years, and in the end, it has been proven that Bai Tianyu's choices, which often seem unreasonable, are the most correct path.

"Brother, we can't let our guard down regarding the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. I have a feeling that the mysterious master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion is deliberately trying to provoke conflict between our Divine Blade Hall and the Demonic Sect by ranking you fifth and Hua Baikong sixth!"

"What kind of talk is that! Just because that old guy was ahead of me doesn't mean he was right!"

"That's not quite right."

From Bai Tianyong's perspective, the Divine Blade Hall, which still needs time to accumulate strength, should not directly clash with the Demonic Sect, which is a regional overlord outside the pass. However, the Heavenly Mystery Tower has the advantage of being ranked fifth or sixth.

The weak leader of the Divine Blade Hall managed to overpower the powerful leader of the Demonic Sect.

The nickname also has a double meaning: a divine blade versus a demonic blade. This made the people outside the pass who knew the news discuss whether the divine blade could truly suppress the demonic blade.

The outpouring of public opinion undoubtedly added fuel to the fire of Shen Dao Tang's reputation, but too much of a good thing can be bad.

“But this Heavenly Mystery Pavilion is indeed quite interesting. Those four people at the top of the Weapon Ranking,” Bai Tianyu stroked his chin and then said, “Judging from the timeline, Tianshan Snow Eagle and Great Joyful Bodhisattva have already faced off, right?”

"Yes, the results should be out by now. It's just that we're too far from Mount Lu. Even if the news gets here as quickly as possible, it will probably take ten days to half a month."

Bai Tianyong was used to his older brother so easily glossing over the topic; he just needed to quietly do his job of assisting him.

After a moment of contemplation, Bai Tianyu said...

"Notify me as soon as the news arrives. In addition, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion does need some attention, and the identity of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master must be found out as soon as possible."

"Yes."

After assigning Bai Tianyong a whole bunch of tasks, the other party also left in a hurry.

Just then, another person came looking for Bai Tianyu. This person was Ma Kongqun, the head of Wanmatang outside the pass and Bai Tianyu's sworn brother. In the original storyline, he was the greatest contributor who joined forces with Ding Baiyun to betray Bai Tianyu.

He hasn't shown any dissatisfaction with Bai Tianyu at the moment.

After all, there was still a menacing demonic sect watching them closely. With this elder brother standing in front of them, Ma Kongqun could relieve most of the pressure. Therefore, the current alliance between the two sides was truly as sweet as honey.

With such a dangerous external enemy present, Bai Tianyu's domineering style of "I don't care what you think, I only care what I think" was a trivial matter that Ma Kongqun, who was already very tolerant, could just grit his teeth and let bygones be bygones.

The reason he approached Bai Tianyu now was because the release of the new weapon rankings had inspired some martial arts factions within the Guannei region, namely Hebei and Shanxi, to befriend the Divine Blade Hall.

Of course, there was also the possibility that they wanted to use the Divine Blade Hall to block the Demonic Sect.

Bai Tianyu readily agreed. He loved making friends, and because he blurred the lines between friends, brothers, and subordinates, those who admired him were more attracted by his heroic spirit.

On the one hand, they are called friends and brothers by him and feel that they are on a certain equal footing, but on the other hand, Bai Tianyu arranges everything for them in an extremely domineering tone. This disparity will cause some people to feel resentful.

Shangguan Jin Hong, on the other hand, doesn't need to worry about this; he looks down on everyone with an equal perspective.

He never needed friends or brothers.

Even Fang Yunhua, whom they viewed differently, was only seen as someone they could use and a hypothetical obstacle. But perhaps there was still a tiny, almost imperceptible difference between him and the others.
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Fang Yunhua was not in a hurry to leave Jiujiang Prefecture at this moment.

He still has many people to meet.

Whether it was receiving a prior reminder from Qin Xiaoyi, thus knowing that this was a favor done by Master Fang of Tianji Tower to connect the elders of the North and the famous heroes of the martial arts world.

As for those neutral members who successfully left Mount Lu by following Fang Yunhua, it would be reasonable for them to pay them a visit. Moreover, everyone who has met the Master of Tianji Tower is impressed by his demeanor, so it would always be good to take this opportunity to build a closer relationship.

This also caused Qin Xiaoyi, who was originally quite free, to suddenly become extremely busy.

He now knows that Fang Yunhua is actually the mysterious Master of Tianji Tower, and he is even more aware of how brutal the battle at the summit of Mount Lu was, for which as many as seventeen original weapon masters have died on the mountain.

Some of them were invited by the three major sects, while others simply joined in the fun and sent a gift.

The rest died on the mountain path leading to Mount Lu, and the unfortunate souls caught in the chaos of the battle at the summit. The death toll reached a number that shocked the martial arts world.

However, Qin Xiaoyi did not care much about how many people died in this battle. He only knew that he had latched onto a powerful patron this time, and that as the host, he had greatly expanded the Qin family's network of connections, no longer confined to their small territory.

Upon receiving the invitations from the representatives of the three major factions, he excitedly went to report them.

But what we saw was Fang Yunhua, who was giving instructions to Long Xiaoyun, calmly taking the post, casually flipping through it, and then throwing it back.

"The time is set for tomorrow at 9:00 AM. We also need to hurry up with the rest of the arrangements. We don't have much time to stay in this Jiangxi area any longer. Besides, we've already exceeded the time limit we agreed on with Sister Shiyin for traveling outside."

"Yes." Qin Xiaoyi quickly and respectfully agreed, offering his suggestions without saying much more.

He has a clear understanding of his own position: just do things honestly. If he insists on pretending to be a know-it-all or acting like a seasoned veteran, then he is just showing off his stupidity.

Moreover, he had already noticed that Bai Xiaosheng, who had only briefly appeared at the Sun family's villa, was looking at him with a very strange gaze!
Recalling the respectful attitude the other person showed when they came down the mountain, it was obvious that their position was exactly the same as his!
How come this renowned all-knowing scholar in the martial arts world possesses the aura of an old servant saint?
This made Qin Xiaoyi feel a strange sense of urgency, because he wouldn't have many more opportunities to show his skills to Fang Yunhua, so he had to present his best self and let the other party know who the real Old Servant Holy Body was!

As for whether he was a servant or not, or whether he was acting like a lowly person, just look at the respect shown to him by the guests who came to visit the Master of Heavenly Mystery. He already understood the true value of the saying "even a seventh-rank official is before the prime minister's gate".

Moreover, he also has the famous Bai Xiaosheng as his opponent!

(End of this chapter)