Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

They couldn't understand Qi Yan's identity, let alone the source of his confidence.

From Qi Yan's every move, they couldn't see any signs of martial arts training; he looked more like a weakling who couldn't even kill a chicken.

Qi Yan's confidence actually made them start to lose confidence.

"I started wielding a sword when I was ten years old."

Qi Yan suddenly spoke to himself: "At the age of twelve, I defeated all my peers; at the age of thirteen, I knocked the sword from my master's hand; and then, over the next three years, I defeated all those who called themselves swordsmen in the world."

From then on, no one was qualified to make me draw my sword anymore. In solitude, I stood alone by the river under the willows, watching the river flow by and the endless falling leaves rustle and drift, and I realized the state of no sword.

After that, my sword sank to the bottom of the river and was never seen again.

My sword, from that point onward, will forever remain with me.

This sudden, high-class remark startled the group of men in tight-fitting clothes, causing them to take several steps back.

Qi Yan gently swept the wooden stick across the surface and slowly said:

"I possess a sword that can move mountains, sever rivers, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress monsters, command gods, pluck stars, destroy cities... and cleave the heavens!"

A faint glimmer of light flashed across the translucent bone mark on the back of Qi Yan's left hand.

The next moment, the sky and earth changed color, and the mountain wind raged.

The gentle forest breeze transformed into the most terrifying killing intent, utterly destroying everything in its path. The men in tight-fitting clothes in front of Qi Yan didn't even have time to scream before they were reduced to dust along with the trees and rocks in the mountains.

The lingering force of the wind and waves continued to spread forward for hundreds of feet, dispersing the clouds and mist in the sky and leaving no obstruction in sight, revealing a smooth road leading directly to the towering city whose outline was faintly visible beyond the forest.

Qi Yan sheathed his sword and stood to his side, turning his head to look at the man from Liboli and asking:

"Do you want to avenge your master?"

Chapter 817 The Master Who Walks Like a Crab

The drifting wind blew Qi Yan's white hair and clothes.

Sunlight streamed through the severed clouds, bathing Qi Yan and illuminating the barren ground around him.

But in the eyes of the Liboli man, Qi Yan was the most dazzling person at this moment, even the sun in the sky could not rival his brilliance.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Li Boli man knelt on the ground and respectfully addressed Qi Yan, his voice trembling slightly:

"Thank you for your help, Grandmaster, but... I have a request."

"This junior wishes to avenge my master personally."

Qi Yan withdrew his gaze and strode towards the distant city-state, which was only an outline, to see who or what had caused Lian Zixu's premature death.

But the Liberian man suddenly called out to him:

"Grandmaster, what I mean is that I wish to follow you by your side and return one day to avenge my master!"

Qi Yan turned around, puzzled: "Why make it so complicated?"

The Liboli man looked ashamed and said dejectedly:

"The reason for Master's situation is partly due to my own fault. If I hadn't been framed and accidentally killed someone, Master wouldn't have been forced to bleed three liters according to the rules."

I am ashamed of my master's kindness in teaching and nurturing me. If I have to rely on a grandmaster to take revenge, how can I face my master's spirit in heaven?

"I humbly request the Grandmaster's permission that, after my great revenge is avenged, my life will be entirely at your command!"

Qi Yan commented without any politeness.

The man from Liboli looked even more ashamed, but he still stubbornly refused to change his tune.

Chen stepped forward and advised, "Let's go along with his wishes. Yan Kingdom values ​​martial prowess, and people are willing to sacrifice their lives for loyalty and righteousness."

If he doesn't personally understand this inner conflict, he might be tormented by it for the rest of his life.

Qi Yan gazed at the distant city-state.

Based on the story of Li Boli and Lian Zixu, he roughly guessed that the city was Gouwu City near the Gray Qi Mountains.

However, seeing the attitudes of the man from Liboli and Chen, Qi Yan did not insist and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going to find out what was going on.

Lian Zixu's death is now in the past, and there is nothing in that city that can attract Qi Yan anymore.

“Let’s go then, to Gray Mountain.” Qi Yan casually tossed the wooden stick to the man from Liboli. “You lead the way. As a local, you’re definitely much better at directions than Old Chen, who has no sense of direction.”

Chen's face darkened, and without hesitation, he punched Qi Yan in the soft flesh of his waist:

"You're the one who has no sense of direction. The reason I got lost was because of you!"

Qi Yan's masterful demeanor, which he had just put on, collapsed instantly. He screamed and clutched his kidneys, scrambling out with the gait of a crab.

The Liboli man respectfully accepted the wooden stick with both hands, only to find that it was just an ordinary wooden stick, not some divine weapon. Looking at the marks left by the power of the sword strike, his respect for Qi Yan deepened even further.

Chen stepped forward and introduced himself:

"My name is Chen Huijie..."

"Wrong, your name is Bajie!" Qi Yan suddenly interjected. "I am Sun Wukong, and the one next to me is our master Tang Sanzang."

Liboli man: "..."

Qi Lin: "..."

List:"……"

With a swift movement, her fist struck Qi Yan's soft waist again, sending him tumbling in a crab-like motion.

"Do you think we've never read storybooks?!" Chen glared angrily at Qi Yan. "I'll give you a piece of my mind, you're the one who's like Pigsy!"

"Can it really reach the lungs?" Qi Yan asked, her eyes wide with anticipation.

"I'm swearing at Longmen!"

His foul mouth earned him another beating.

The man from Liboli stared in disbelief as his idol was brutally beaten.

He glanced at Qi Lin beside him, then at Qi Yan who had been beaten the whole time without fighting back, and finally at Chen, as if struck by a sudden realization of the truth.

This is all flirting between the Grandmaster and this Miss Chen!

This is not simple; the relationship between these two is not simple!

Having seen through the truth, the man from Liboli stood up, quickly looked away, and turned to look at Qi Lin.

He was about to introduce himself, but then he realized that he had enemies watching him. Even if the Grandmaster wasn't afraid of them, it would still be troublesome.

“My benefactor is Wu You. Thank you for saving me, Master and my benefactor,” the man from Liboli said earnestly.

Qi Lin merely glanced at him, showing no intention of speaking, and nodded in response before continuing to look at Qi Yan.

Undeterred by setbacks, Wu You carefully stored the wooden stick away and continued:

“Since the Grandmaster and my benefactors want to go to Gray Mountain, I will lead the way for you immediately. I am familiar with this area, and I have some connections whether it is to find people or things.”

Upon hearing Wu You mention serious matters, Chen also stopped persecuting Qi Yan and nodded, saying:

"Then trouble you."

"No trouble at all," Wu You waved his hands repeatedly. "Doing these things for a Grandmaster is not even worth a fraction of the kindness the Grandmaster has shown me."

"Alright, stop calling me Grandmaster. Just call me benefactor."

Qi Yan had also had his fill of being a grandmaster, and casually said, "The real grandmaster is in Yumen. I'll call myself a grandmaster after I knock him out with a stick."

Chen asked with a strange expression, "You're not talking about that Chongyue, are you?"

Chen immediately said sternly, "I'm warning you, don't cause any trouble. The Great Yan will not allow you to act recklessly!"

"How could that be? It's just a martial arts competition, nothing illegal. We're law-abiding citizens!" Qi Yan solemnly assured him.

The more he assured Chen, the more suspicious he became.

Wu You was already terrified when he heard the name Chong Yue. He silently ran ahead to lead the way, not daring to say a word in such a topic.

At the same time, he became even more convinced of Qi Yan's status as a grandmaster.

After all, someone who dares to challenge a master who has guarded the border for many years must have already reached the pinnacle of his skill and would only have such thoughts if he wanted to go further.

As for Qi Yan's youthful appearance, it was already just an appearance in Wu You's eyes.

This is definitely someone from my master's generation or even older. For these extraordinary beings, the art of preserving youth is nothing more than a minor skill.

As Wu You led the way, Chen's doubts had reached a point where he had to voice them.

"You said you came to Yan Kingdom to seek revenge," Chen said warily. "Don't tell me the giant beast you're going to kill is Chongyue... or rather, that Venerable Sui?"

Wu You, who was leading the way, was already feeling a bit weak in the legs.

He realized that he seemed to have underestimated Qi Yan's strength.

"How could that be? Young children are so cute, why would you want to kill them?"

Qi Yan curled his lip and said, "Don't worry, the guy I'm going to kill isn't on the known list of the Great Yan. He's a guy who's been lying dormant in the Great Yan territory for a long time."

Wu You walked with a slightly unsteady gait.

He keeps talking about giant beasts; is this really news he should be listening to?

Chen was still uneasy and asked to confirm, "Then he is in Gray Mountain?"

"No, Huiqi Mountain is one of the old films."

Wu You almost knelt down on the ground.

Even though he wasn't qualified to deal with things at this level, he knew that those fragments of the Year Beast were definitely the Achilles' heel of the Great Yan.

Isn't this benefactor afraid of the people from the God of the Year coming to his door?

Chen was puzzled and continued, "What exactly do you want to do? I have already reported your situation. Although they must have some disagreements about your arrival, they have managed to maintain a balance."

"If you go and kill that giant beast now, it won't cause too much of a stir. But if you rashly make contact with those individuals of Sui, Si Suitai will definitely intervene."

"I'll repeat myself again, I am a law-abiding citizen!"

Qi Yan said angrily, "If I just kill them, that's called provoking trouble, but if I wander around Yan Kingdom with Da Bai for a while, that guy will definitely notice."

When he comes looking for a fight in a rage, I'll kill him with a swift retaliation. That's called self-defense, don't you understand the Yan Kingdom?

Chen's breath hitched, and he wanted to refute, but suddenly he felt that Qi Yan's words actually made some kind of fallacy.

Wu You, who was leading the way, was now starting to feel unsteady on his feet.

He realized that he might have inadvertently gotten involved in something extraordinary.

Chapter 818 People from the Suitai Temple

Outside Gouwu City, a group of constables dressed in official robes looked rather pale.

Their muscles were tense, their hands gripped the swords at their waists tightly, and they huddled together, taking small steps toward the traces left by the sword energy.

When they were still a hundred paces away from the desolate area, the group of constables stopped in unison.

"Who did this?"

"Look at this mark... a single strike destroyed the forest and almost affected Gouwu City."

“I don’t think this is something we can control. We should just go back and report it honestly. Why risk our lives for a mere few hundred dollars a month?”

The last person had barely uttered a word when the captain glared at him.

"Don't say what you shouldn't say!"

"……Yes."

After reprimanding his men, the captain glanced at the desolate, ravaged ground ahead and unconsciously swallowed.

“However, Lao Liu wasn’t wrong either.” The captain quickly changed his tune. “I meant we should go back and report this. We can’t handle this kind of strong person.”

"The captain is absolutely right!"

The call was met with immediate response, and the squad of constables hurriedly turned and ran into the city.

Before they could run a few steps, they were blocked by two figures.

The captain stopped in his tracks, and his pupils contracted sharply after he saw the newcomer's attire:

"Red robes...and black cloaks with red undershirts...the people from the Suitai?"