Chapter 275

"The Chunyang Sect does not belong to your Xu family's, and Jiuzhou will never belong to your Xu family's either." Xie Bi An drew his sword and pointed it at Xu Zhi Nan, "A hundred years ago, neither you nor I would have thought that one day the sword you gave me personally would be used against you."

Xu Zhi Nan slowly glanced at the Junlan sword. There seemed to be something moving slightly and fleeting in his eyes. He smiled lightly: "Zi Heng, I have always thought about our former friendship, but you have repeatedly obstructed me. When you were the Emperor Zong, I also did my best to assist you, but now the tide has turned and I want to be the owner of the world, and you can't tolerate it anymore?"

"No need to provoke me with such words. You know that I don't care about being the emperor. What I can't tolerate is a core thief trying to steal the world.”

Xu Zhi Nan laughed sarcastically: "Since ancient times, it is right and proper for the Han and Ming dynasties to seize the world*, but so what? A truly enlightened ruler cares about making the world peaceful. I will definitely do better than you with Jiuzhou in my hands. Combined with the wealth of my Xu family and the foundation of the Chunyang Sect, I will be able to restore the immortal cultivation world, cleanse evil, and let the people live in peace and happiness."

"Shameless." Xie Bi An trembled with anger. "You accounted for half of the disaster of Jiuzhou. Although Jiang Qu Lian is evil, he has never tried to flaunt himself in the name of justice. You are worse than a ghost."

Xu Zhi Nan's expression changed slightly, and then he smiled again immediately, "This is a good remark, but unfortunately, not a lot of people will hear it anymore." He sighed lightly, "Zi Heng, let's finish this."

Xie Bi An and Fan Wu She attacked Xu Zhi Nan with their swords at the same time. Xu Zhi Nan faced them with empty hands. With only a sweep of his palm, the power of the wind generated from his palm forced the duo to retreat.

Xu Zhi Nan stood with his hands clasped behind his back, and his body was upright: "Take out your magical treasures. Otherwise, you guys are incapable of being my opponent."

It's not that Xie Bi An didn’t want to use the Shanhe Sheji Map, but he couldn’t use it. Not to mention he didn't have enough spiritual power, this battle was not suitable to change the terrain. At least this wouldn’t be the key to victory because they only had one enemy. The only weapon he could rely on now was the sword in his hand.

And Fan Wu She could no longer use the Heavenly Secret Talisman. They couldn’t awaken another demon in order to destroy one.

Xie Bi An gave Fan Wu She a tactical gesture that only they could understand. He stepped into the void and attacked with his long sword directly at Xu Zhi Nan's face.

Fan Wu She quickly went around to his back and cooperated with Xie Bi An in simultaneous frontal and rear attacks.

Although Xu Zhi Nan thought he had an extraordinary ability, he still didn’t dare to take it lightly when facing the world's top swordsmen even if his body was as hard as a bronze wall. The Chunyang Technique uses the body as a weapon. He seemed to accept the sword blows with bare hands, but in fact, his moves were both offensive and defensive, and he quickly circled between the two.

A group of Chunyang Sect disciples looked at each other on the sidelines. They knew that this was Xu Zhi Nan's personal grudge and did not dare to join the battle easily, and Qi Meng Sheng had been looking gloomy all along. Her gaze was moving within the three of them, as if she was examining something.

In the previous life, Xie Bi An and Xu Zhi Nan had sparred a few times. Although Xu Zhi Nan was humble due to his courtesy towards the emperor, he could still find out his cultivation level, which was as good as Xie Bi An’s. But the strength of this person in front of him was already the first in Jiuzhou. After breaking through the state of the Imperishable Heavenly Fire, his physical body was close to a god. Coupled with the double armor of ice crystals and the Golden Carved Jade Suit, not only his speed was astonishing, but he was also unharmed even after getting slashed by their swords.

The sword that stabbed him could not penetrate his flesh, which shocked the duo like never before.

Xu Zhi Nan stroked off the fragments of his clothes: "I told you, you guys are not my opponents. I would have the chance just now if I wanted to kill you guys."

"Then why didn't you do it?" Fan Wu She sneered, "Are you afraid of the Heavenly Secret Talisman?"

"If I were afraid of the Heavenly Secret Talisman, I wouldn't have come to see you guys in person, and if I couldn't pass this hurdle, I naturally wouldn't be able to rule the world." Xu Zhi Nan smiled faintly, "What's more, it is you two who are really afraid of the Heavenly Secret Talisman."

Xie Bi An mobilized his spiritual power and poured it into the Junlan sword. He said in a cold voice, "What you should be afraid of is what only those guilty people need to be afraid of."

Fan Wu She looked at Xie Bi An. His gaze had a few struggles, and Xie Bi An shook his head at him.

They attacked Xu Zhi Nan again. Xu Zhi Nan, who had been attacked from the front and back, fought with the two of them. He still appeared to be at ease. His speed was so fast that there was almost only a shadow left. Even if the two cooperated seamlessly and blocked his retreat, he could safely withdraw by relying on his invulnerable body and taking advantage of the gap to slap Fan Wu She.

This slap really had the power of a boulder on the chest, and Fan Wu She’s body flew several meters upside down. Fresh blood was spat from his mouth and spread on the ground, which looked horrifying.

Xie Bi An defended Fan Wu She and helped him up. The two suffered injuries in the battle with Jiang Qu Lian, and their spiritual power was greatly consumed. At this time, they were almost at the end of their ropes. And Xu Zhi Nan's strength was far beyond their imagination.

"Depending on you two......" Xu Zhi Nan sneered, "Why are you two the only ones left? Perhaps the immortal cultivation world knew how to go along with the trend and only you two are incorrigibly stubborn."

Xie Bi An gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and said in a deep voice, "It's not just us." He looked around at the disciples of the Chunyang Sect, "Is this person still the leader you want to follow? How can the doctrine of Chunyang Sect allow a core thief, who doesn't even let his own people off, to be the helmsman? Each of you has achieved success from cultivation, so where is your heart of Dao at this time?"

All the people of Chunyang Sect were blinking their eyes* in silence.

Xu Zhi Nan said sorrowfully, "They are all my disciples and followers. How dare you try to instigate them? Ridiculous!"

"First, they’re humans, and second, they’re your disciples." Xie Bi An's gaze finally fell on Qi Meng Sheng, "Immortal Lord Qi, this man killed the man you loved and took over his body. Are you willing to let it be like this?"

Qi Meng Sheng looked at Xie Bi An coldly and did not say a word.

Xu Zhi Nan suddenly became furious: "The more you do this, the more incompetent you show. Take out the ancient divine treasure and fight me to the death. Otherwise, this is your last chance."

Fan Wu She slowly pulled himself away from Xie Bi An's hand and stood up on his own. He said word-by-word in a gloomy voice: "Don’t be arrogant." With his five fingers outstretched, the Heavenly Secret Talisman received his call and flew into his hands from Xie Bi An.

"Wu She!"

"Big brother, no matter how many times, I believe you can pull me back from the darkness." Fan Wu She smiled faintly at him, and his spiritual energy gurgled into the Heavenly Secret Talisman.

As if facing a great enemy, Xu Zhi Nan was also ready to fight to the death: "Bring it on. Let me see what kind of final struggle the two of you can do."

At this moment, a cold and solemn voice sounded outside the monastery: "They are not fighting alone." The voice was not loud, but it was sonorous and powerful.

The crowd turned around in amazement. They only saw the visitor sitting in a wheelchair, dressed in a green crow Daoist uniform, and had one arm. His face was pale and cold, but he did not lose his dignity. It was Song Chun Gui, who had his golden core dug out and would never have a chance to be on the path to immortality again. There were even more cultivators behind him coming into the monastery in a steady stream.

 

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PS from Emzie: Song Chun Gui is such a respectable person. Not only is he just a normal person now, but he only has one arm and can't move on his own anymore. Even so he is still willing to face against evil and rally people to follow him. He is a true leader and thank you for listening to my Ted Talk QuQ

 

it is right and proper for Han and Ming dynasty to seize the world* [得国正者，不过汉明]---the right way to say is 得国正者，唯汉与明. You can find the reason here on why only Han and Ming dynasty has the rights to get the world.

blinking their eyes* [目光闪烁]--- 闪烁 itself means twinkle/flicker/gimmer/glisten, but if any of these words were used, it would make the sentence sound positive. 目光闪烁 can have a few negative meanings: guilty/thinking of bad ideas/embarrassed/frightened, so it really depends on the situation. I used ‘blinking’ so it sounded more neutral

 

Edited on 6 Aug. 21 (Emzie)

 

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