It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Norn swung his sword again, slashing at my right arm. This time I dodged slightly, allowing the sword to cut a bloody mark on my chest, and then lightly tapped his right shoulder.

This movement was so slight that it was impossible to see clearly from a distance. Others could only see that he cut a wound on my chest, his hideous smile, and my miserable appearance.

This little detail was destined to remain unknown.

I pretended to run away from the circle, and Norn immediately noticed this and shouted:

"Don't try to escape!"

I don't want to run away, but I'm afraid I'll fight back.

I'm afraid that if I fight back, you will die, and I will have to bear all the consequences in the end.

It's really troublesome to open the door for trouble, it's troublesome at home.

One sword missed, one pierced the lung, one cut the forehead, and one brushed past the cheek.

One sword chopped the back of his hand into a bloody mess, and another sword cut a deep wound on his arm that was so deep that the bone could be seen.

I know what's going on and can cure it.

But it really hurts. It hurts for everyone.

But every time, I would gently touch one of his acupoints, just pressing it calmly.

The ground within the circle was splattered with blood.

I didn't know how miserable I was. It was so miserable that it took several Jinyiwei to hold Alayya down to prevent her from rushing up to fight with Noren.

Finally, I stood there staggering, with my arms outstretched, and said to Norn:

"Come on! Come and kill me if you dare!"

Noren raised his sword, staring at me with his scarlet eyes, then rushed forward, jumped high, and slashed down with the sword in his hand.

But just as he jumped up, an incredible scene appeared.

He could have easily won by delivering one final blow, but his body seemed to be out of control and became extremely uncoordinated, twisting into a strange posture.

The sword slashed down, but it didn't hit me. Instead, it cut a deep and long crack in the ground far away, extending all the way to the outside of the bamboo forest, sweeping the outer edge of the bamboo forest into pieces. This sword was too powerful, so powerful that it didn't seem like the level of the fifth major perfection of the sword.

Noren fell to the ground, twitching.

The skin on the right arm holding the sword burst, muscles popped out, and blood flowed.

He was stunned for a few seconds, unable to accept the fact that he fell to the ground. He spat out two mouthfuls of blood and wanted to stand up, but unfortunately, it was impossible.

He had lost control of his body. He opened his mouth to breathe, but he was becoming weaker and weaker like a fish deprived of oxygen.

I watched his pupils gradually move upwards, white foam oozing out of the corners of his mouth, and then I watched him lose consciousness.

I felt my gaze suddenly become icy cold, and the corners of my mouth tended to rise.

But then, I took the initiative to change my expression into one of horror, holding my head, and muttering to myself like a pitiful, innocent person:

"How could it be... I didn't do it, I didn't do it! No! It wasn't me..."

41. Fortune and misfortune go hand in hand

Before anyone else could make a move, Norn's guards were the first to rush up.

He pushed me away, checked Norn's injuries, and his brows gradually furrowed.

The king and many masters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard also hurried over, and Qingyun followed closely behind, coming over slowly.

Compared to Norn's guards who were worried about their master, the king was already furious and shouted at me:

"what have you done?!"

I just answered stupidly:

"It's not me...it's him..."

The king shouted:

"Still quibbling? Hit me! If you kill Norn, you won't survive. I will kill you today on behalf of Lord Qiming!"

Hey, hey, we agreed not to care about life or death.

In the end, you just don't need to care about my life or death, right?

The guards who were still in Norn checked and said to the king:

"Your Majesty, Lord Norn is fine, he just fainted."

The king's face looked better, and he said:

"What's going on? Weren't we ahead just now? How could this happen?"

Norn's guard frowned and said:

"I don't know either, but Master... seems to have made a breakthrough."

"breakthrough?!"

The king was stunned for a moment and asked:

"What's going on? Why is there a breakthrough at this time?"

Norn's guard replied:

"Your Majesty, I don't know either. But Lord Norn's last sword was obviously not at the level of the fifth level of perfection, but the sixth level of swordsmanship, or even the middle level of the sixth level of swordsmanship. From this point of view, Lord Norn should have made a breakthrough in swordsmanship, and he couldn't control his strength for a while, so he had problems. A blessing in disguise, this is a blessing in disguise. Lord Norn has been stuck in the fifth level of swordsmanship for several years, and we have been careful to guide him but he has not made any progress. I didn't expect that this time..."

The king breathed a sigh of relief.

Norn's guard was obviously very happy. In his opinion, although Norn was injured, it was only a superficial wound. Compared with such a joyful thing as a breakthrough in the sword, it was nothing. He just needed to go back and rest for two days. The young master he followed was able to break through to the sixth level of the sword. He would also be rewarded by Lord Qiming when he returned. Everything was a happy ending.

The king turned his gaze to Qingyun, as if confirming with him.

Qingyun just nodded lightly.

The king said to the several Jinyiwei around him:

"You guys, go check on Norn's situation. Make sure nothing goes wrong."

I don't know why, from his action, I always feel that he doesn't trust Qingyun very much. After all, Qingyun is the tenth level of swordsmanship, and the Jinyiwei around him is at most the ninth level of perfection. Under normal circumstances, Qingyun should have passed if he nodded, and there is no need to ask the Jinyiwei to confirm anything.

But I didn't ask, I just looked cautious.

The king sneered:

"You are afraid sometimes? Let me tell you, if anything happens to Norn, Lord Qiming won't have to settle the score with you, I will take you down first! I don't think you dare to use any tricks, you just hide and dodge like a rat in a sewer."

Soon, the Jinyiwei people came back and reported that it was indeed the case.

In fact, it can be seen at a glance that although his realm is a little unstable, Norn has already reached the sixth level of swordsmanship, which is higher than Alayya.

The king snorted and said to me:

"I won't punish you this time. But don't even think about asking Norn to apologize to you. Who do you think you are? Do you think you deserve him to apologize to you? You were lucky this time. He made a breakthrough in swordsmanship and couldn't control himself for a while, so you survived. Otherwise, you wouldn't even know how you died! Send a gift to Norn's room later, preferably medicinal herbs, otherwise..."

He didn't finish his words, but turned and left with a flick of his cape. Norn's guards were also preparing to leave with their master on their backs. I staggered to my feet, covered in blood. Alayya had her hair loose and had many scratches on her body. She walked up to me with her head down, looking like a child who had done something wrong. She was quite cute.

I touched her head and said with a smile:

"What's the matter."

Alayya bit her lip and silently bandaged my wound.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she tried hard not to cry and just said:

"Master, next time something like this happens, just let Alayya do it."

I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth with my sleeve and said to her in a low voice:

"It's not your fault. It's just that right now, they are the ones making the rules. If we play by their rules, we will certainly not be able to beat them. One day..."

I didn't say anything else, but just stroked her head gently and said:

"Let's go back to the room. I'm a little hungry."

I wanted to hold Alayya's hand, but suddenly I found that my hands were covered in blood, so I wiped them on my trouser legs and planned to take her away. I didn't walk too far when I heard a voice from behind:

"Stay."

I turned around and found it was Qingyun.

He still stood there. The king left, Norn and the guards left, but he was the only one who didn't leave.

At this time, the king and others had not gone far. I just wanted to go back quietly and didn't want to have any interaction with him, so I asked politely:

"Sir, what's the matter? I'm covered in wounds and I want to go back and get them bandaged."

Unexpectedly, the king turned around and asked:

"Qingyun, what do you have to say to that useless guy? Come back with me quickly."

Qingyun replied calmly:

"I just promised that I would teach swordsmanship to whoever wins. Your Majesty, I'm afraid you forgot."

A nail that is neither soft nor hard.

The king snorted and said:

"Of course I remember! But is such a loser who can't even use a sword worthy of your guidance?!"

Qingyun did not reply. He did not seem to obey the king's orders.

The king sneered and left.

When I heard about the swordsmanship instruction, I took back my leg that was about to step forward, bowed to Qingyun, and said:

"Hello Mr. Qingyun, I'm Lide from Yuxi City. As you can see, I'm a small city lord with no special features. But my maid is extraordinary and a one-in-a-million martial arts genius. Don't teach me anymore, teach her instead. It would be best if the kind that guarantees that you will learn and master it, and also provides after-sales service... Hey, hey, hey, where are you going?"

Before I could finish, Qingyun had already left, leaving only one sentence:

"Come with me. I'll treat your injury while I'm at it."

Alayya supported me and I followed. Although the wounds on my body were simply bandaged, blood was still dripping all the way.

Qingyun's room is deep in the bamboo garden, an ordinary little house. It's obvious that he lives alone, a single man, and even washes his own clothes. Looking at Alaiya next to him, I immediately straightened my back. So what if he is at the tenth level of kendo? He still can't find a wife.

Extremely comfortable.

When they reached the fence of the house, Qingyun said to Alayya:

"Just wait here."

Alayya hesitated, but still did as she was told.

I followed Qingyun into the house, closed the door, turned around, and suddenly found the tip of a green bamboo against my throat.

If you go in half an inch further, I'll be killed.

I was stunned for a moment, and Qingyun looked indifferent and said to me:

"You are familiar with all the weapons and fighting techniques recorded in the human world, as well as various killing techniques that I have never seen before. The complexity of your martial arts is unheard of. You are not practicing a single martial art, but the sum of all the martial arts that humans have been able to master since their birth. For you, every martial art must have a breakthrough, and your realm level can rise one step as a whole. If one martial art stops, your realm will not move forward. You are walking the most tiring road in the world, but one day in the future, you may break through the limits of human beings, break through the tenth barrier and move forward one step."

He raised his head, looked at me with a calm and peaceful gaze, and said slowly:

"However, as long as you don't reach the tenth level, I can kill you. Do you understand?"

42. This is all I can teach you

I nodded.

Qingyun lowered the bamboo sword in his hand.

I had no doubt about what he said, because he had just drawn his sword so quickly. And there was no sign at all, no killing intent, no change in his aura, nothing. Before I could react, the sword was already at my throat.

But I wasn't too scared, because if he wanted to kill me, he wouldn't have brought me here.

Qingyun put the sword back on his waist and muttered:

"Destroying a person's realm is ultimately against the way of heaven."

My eyelids trembled slightly, Qingyun glanced at me and said lightly:

"What? Do you think I'm as easy to fool as they are? They can't see through your tricks, but I can. What's the blessing in disguise and breakthrough to the sixth level? His cultivation level will stop there at best. What's more serious is that within five years, he will be backfired by the way of heaven, his realm will drop, and he will eventually become a useless person. This is what you are thinking."

Qingyun picked up the half-cup of cold tea on the wooden table and drank it.

Seeing this, I quickly poured tea for the boss and poured myself a cup at the same time.