The chivalrous spirit is fickle

Boom! With a loud bang, Li Musheng's body flew out uncontrollably, as fast as a meteorite, like a straight line in the yellow sand.

Shi Gu stepped forward and his body turned into a flash of blade light, intending to cut Li Musheng down with the blade before he could even release his strength.

While flying backwards at a high speed, Li Musheng turned his body and shot out the long sword in his hand. The long sword seemed to grow in the wind and turned into an astonishing rainbow light, shooting towards Shi Gu.

Shi Gu's eyes focused, and the black flames on the sword rose again, and he slashed down towards the rainbow light.

Ding! With a crisp sound of collision, Shi Gu fell to the ground, breathing slightly, without any injuries on his body, and the rainbow light was shattered, and a long sword was suspended in the air, the light was slightly dimmed.

Looking further away, Li Musheng grabbed the ground with one hand, slid backwards, and created three grooves in the yellow sand, until he stopped a hundred feet away.

Li Musheng also began to breathe slightly, without any movement. The long sword floating in the sky turned back and was caught in his hand.

On the yellow sand, the two men looked at each other from a distance, without taking any action, but began to regulate their breathing in tacit understanding.

Outside Lin'an City is not a desert, but a wasteland with some sand, but not thick.

However, the wasteland at this moment is like a desert. The soil is crushed and forced into gravel under the pressure of force.

Shi Gu exhaled lightly and looked at Li Musheng in the distance, feeling a little emotional.

Although this person is at the eighth rank, his skills just now are actually not much different from those of an ordinary ninth rank warrior.

If he were to break the mirror and become a ninth-rank master, Shi Gu would have to use some tricks that would damage his body.

Li Musheng was also looking at Shi Gu, his eyes filled with fighting spirit and his breathing felt a little heavy.

Yes, that's the feeling. My every sword and saber are neutralized by the opponent. Such a person is my real opponent.

Being on the scene, he saw things more clearly than anyone else. Facing attacks from swords and knives, every move Shi Gu made was the simplest and most direct.

There are no so-called moves, only extreme crispness and neatness.

He must defeat the person in front of him. If he can't, then he will die.

Thinking of this, Li Musheng grinned, raised the knife in his right hand, held the sword in his left hand, and placed it behind his back. His eyes became brighter and brighter.

Wind blade, mountain sword.

In the distance, Shi Gu's pupils shrank slightly, his body moved suddenly, and the hilt of the knife in his right hand was instantly placed horizontally in front of him.

The next moment, Li Musheng's figure suddenly appeared above Shigu, holding a knife in his right hand, and pressed down with one blow as if he was splitting Mount Hua.

The knife light was bright, and the long knife fell on the iron knife, but it was not very heavy, just like the wind. Countless knife intentions were caught in the wind and rushed to Shi Gu's face.

Black flames burned in Shi Gu's eyes. He opened his mouth and a pitch-black flame gushed out, colliding with the oncoming sword intent.

In a flash, Li Musheng put away his knife, turned his body again, swung his left arm, and swung a sword horizontally, while Shi Gu's blade was upright to block to the side.

clang! ! !

Like a tidal wave, the sound of the wind suddenly dissipated, and Shi Gu's body flew sideways, but was actually hit by a sword and fell far away.

That sword was as heavy as a mountain.

Li Musheng did not chase after him, but stopped where he was, opened his mouth wide, and inhaled the yellow sand. Then he suddenly opened his mouth and roared loudly towards the flying Shi Gu.

"Roar!!!!"

In an instant, the sound of wind was as sharp as a knife, gushing out from Li Musheng's mouth and shooting towards Shi Gu.

In mid-air, Shi Gu seemed to have not yet relieved his strength. Those terrifying wind blades attacked him at an extremely fast speed. The next moment, they would chop Shi Gu's body into pieces.

The strong wind is a knife and the sword is like a mountain.

Suddenly, Shi Gu, who was in mid-air, loosened his hand holding the iron knife, and the iron knife slipped down. Shi Gu then stretched out his palm, and pointed his fingers like a knife forward.

A hint of sword intent was brought out by the finger, just a light touch, and the wind swords in the sky melted away like snow meeting fire.

The falling iron knife ignited a black devil flame again and rushed towards Li Musheng in the distance.

The black devil flame swelled in the wind. In just a moment, the black devil flame was like a huge black dragon, coming with unparalleled power.

Li Musheng's expression changed slightly. He held the sword in both hands, held his breath and concentrated. Invisible energy gathered madly, and he was going to use all his strength to block the knife.

The black flames roared, like a giant dragon with bared fangs and claws, and fell towards Li Musheng.

In an instant, the invisible airflow condensed into a barrier, blocking the continuous black demonic flames. The airflow barrier that should have been invisible gradually appeared after the black flames continued to fall.

Inside the barrier, Li Musheng clenched his teeth, sweat began to flow from his forehead, and his body continued to slide backwards as if it was under a huge force.

The black demonic flame continued to consume and quickly dissipated until the last bit.

Click!

The last trace of black demonic flame came from the iron knife. The moment the tip of the knife landed on the transparent barrier, a crack suddenly appeared on the transparent barrier. Li Musheng struggled even more, and his originally dark face gradually turned pale.

The iron knife pressed against the barrier, pressing forward with tremendous force.

Click!

A crack appeared on the transparent barrier and the blade of the iron knife at the same time. The iron knife was, after all, an inferior knife. After many battles, it finally reached the point where it could no longer hold on.

Li Musheng felt a sweetness in his throat, and his blood rushed up, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

With a crisp sound, the tip of the iron knife shattered, but a little bit of the remaining blade was inserted into the transparent barrier.

Click, click, click.

The cracking sound continued to be heard, and the cracks on the transparent barrier and the iron knife continued to increase and spread, while Li Musheng's face became paler and paler.

Click!

With a crisp sound, the transparent barrier suddenly shattered. Li Musheng's face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood. However, the scarred iron knife still had half a foot of blade left, and with the last bit of strength left, it stabbed towards Li Musheng.

Li Musheng used up his last bit of strength and swung his sword, hitting the iron knife directly. The iron knife was hit and flew backwards.

However, the iron knife did not fly far before a hand grasped the handle.

The next moment, Shi Gu appeared in front of Li Musheng, holding an iron knife with only the handle left, and put the remaining blade to Li Musheng's neck.

Li Musheng's face was pale. He felt the blade of the knife on his neck. His eyes were dim and his lips were trembling as he spoke.

"Yes...I lost."

Chapter 97: Enlightenment

"Yes...I lost."

Hearing this, Shi Gu put away the hilt of the knife and stepped back ten steps. Li Musheng's knees went weak and he fell to the ground, sweating profusely and gasping for breath.

This was not because of exhaustion, but because of the relief of surviving a disaster.

Li Musheng was panting, feeling ashamed of his reaction. He always thought that he would die if he lost, but why did he look like this now?

For a glimmer of hope, he was sweating profusely and gasping for breath. Could it be that... he was afraid of death?

Li Musheng's eyes showed shame, and his dark face also showed a bit of grief and anger. He suddenly raised the knife, held the blade horizontally, and put it to his neck, ready to commit suicide.

He has never been afraid of death and feels that the sword is everything to him.

If I can't be the first, then what's the point of entering the ninth level of martial arts? If I can't defeat Shi Gu, what's the point of living.

Yes, he deserved to die, but at least he died today, which meant he was not a coward.

"You're not a dummy."

Just when Li Musheng was about to commit suicide, Shi Gu's voice slowly came. Li Musheng stopped and looked at Shi Gu in a daze.

Many years ago, when he first fought with Shi Gu, Shi Gu said that he was a fake man.

But now, why do you want to say that you are not a fake person?

The long knife was placed across his neck, cutting through a thin layer of flesh and blood. Blood was flowing down the blade, but Li Musheng wanted to know the answer.

So he stopped.

The long knife was still at his neck, and a slight chill went up his skin, but Li Musheng felt nothing. He just stared at Shi Gu and asked.

"Why did you say I was a fake person before?"

Shi Gu casually played with the handle of the knife in his hand and said lightly.

"You believe that you have no emotions or feelings, and your life is all about swords, regardless of life or death."

"Mom, Dad, brothers and sisters, you don't care."

"You don't kill indiscriminately, but you don't try to stop anything either. You watch others die in front of your eyes."

Just like three days ago, Li Musheng watched Ming Ci killing people in Lin'an City. That was not his intention, and he could have stopped it, but he did nothing and just watched quietly.

“There is no good or evil, no right or wrong.”

"If you live like this, what else can you be but a fake person?"

Li Musheng remained silent and did not deny Shi Gu's words. In fact, he really wanted to tell Shi Gu that after hearing that sentence, he tried to be a fisherman, riding a boat, hiding in the reed forest, and eating raw fish.

He thought that was the life of ordinary people.

"Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs."

Shi Gu lowered his head slightly, narrowed his eyes, and spoke lightly.

"It is the heaven and earth that cut off emotions and nature, not man."

"If you know how to be greedy for life, then you are not a fake person."

"You still want to live, even if it's just a momentary thought, it still proves that you want to live and you don't want to die."

Li Musheng's expression was gloomy and his eyes were empty. He gripped the hilt of the knife, smiled bitterly, and spoke in a low voice.

"Yes, I just realized today that I am also a person who is afraid of death."

Upon hearing this, Shi Gu patted Li Musheng's head with the handle of the knife, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Nonsense, who in this world is not afraid of death?"

"No matter how heroic your thoughts are, who really wants to die when the time comes?"

"Those innate masters who have lived for who knows how many years are also afraid of death."

Hearing this, Li Musheng was a little confused and puzzled. He looked up at Shi Gu, but Shi Gu hit him on the head again with the handle of the knife.

"Remember this: A brave man loves life but is not afraid of death."

“Survival is a human instinct and should not be felt ashamed, but if there is something that can truly be protected by death, then death will no longer be something to be feared.”

Having said that, Shi Gu sighed, his figure looked a little desolate. He put away the hilt of the knife and sighed.

"You should at least know what it feels like before you do something like that."

"Do you know what candied haws taste like? Do you know what it tastes like, sweet, sour, bitter, or spicy?"

"How can I cut off all feelings and desires if I don't know anything?"

"How can one give up something that one does not have? How can one give up something that one has never had?"

"Let go of your obsession, try to do things you wouldn't do, and think about things you wouldn't think about."

"Man cannot control the heavens."

Hearing this, Li Musheng's eyes became dazed and he fell into silence. The long knife placed around his neck slipped from his hand and fell onto the yellow sand.

Seeing this, Shi Gu shook his head slightly, wondering if he was addicted to being a master, as he would have dared Li Musheng to say such words. According to his previous habit, he would have chopped off Li Musheng's head with a knife.

Thinking of this, Shi Gu became a little bored and didn't want to say anything more. He turned around and was about to leave.

"senior!"

Shi Gu listened to Li Musheng's light shout and turned around with some confusion, only to see Li Musheng picking up the sword again and speaking to him.

"I seem to understand some of it, but before that, I still have one thing to do."

"In the previous fight, you didn't show your true strength, right?"

Shi Gu was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and laughed, without commenting. He indeed did not use his full strength, and even deliberately kept himself at the same level as Li Musheng.

After all, he hadn't had a good fight yet, and he wanted to have a hearty fight with someone.

Coincidentally, Shi Gu felt that Li Musheng was qualified.

Seeing this, Li Musheng let out a long breath and said respectfully to Shi Gu.

"I can understand those principles, but that's for the future."

"Right now, I am still Feng Dao Shan Jian, so I want to know how far I am from that."