Chapter 52

The two exchanged blows again, the Heaven-Reliant Sword and the Hero Sword collided, but it affected the injury on Abbess Miejue's shoulder, and she was nearly hit in the Divine Gate acupoint by the "Thirteen Swords of the Divine Gate" that Gu Gu Hanyuan thrust immediately after.

Fortunately, just as she was about to be hit, Gu Gu Hanyuan withdrew his hand in time, retreated a few steps, and stood tall.

A breeze blew, causing the hair he had tied behind his head with a white silk ribbon to flutter.

It was indescribably dashing and free.

This posture of a strong man who had easily stopped Abbess Miejue and even gained a slight advantage made the Emei disciples behind Abbess Miejue, including Ding Ding Minjun and Bei Bei Jinyi, have stars in their eyes.

They all thought: No wonder Junior Sister Zhou Zhiruo described him as being unparalleled in heaven and on earth.

"Abbess, why don't we stop here?"

Gu Gu Hanyuan didn't show any pride or arrogance, still maintaining his humble and gentle appearance.

Seeing his demeanor, Abbess Miejue couldn't help but be impressed and sighed:

"Zhang Zhang Sanfeng has taught a good grand-disciple, truly a hero among youths. Good! Today, I will give you face and spare Ji Ji Xiaofu's life."

Abbess Miejue thought about considering pursuing Ji Ji Xiaofu again after her injuries healed; after all, Gu Gu Hanyuan couldn't guard her for a lifetime.

Gu Gu Hanyuan seemed not to see Abbess Miejue's thoughts and thanked her happily.

"Thank you, Abbess, for your magnanimity. I will definitely visit you at Emei another day. I bid you farewell."

Saying this, he turned and left.

"I didn't expect that since we parted at Wu Dang, this talented youth has grown to this extent. Sigh, if my Emei sect also had such a disciple, why worry about not flourishing."

Abbess Miejue actually had a very good impression of Gu Gu Hanyuan.

As long as it didn't concern the Ming Cult, she wouldn't lose her mind and become extreme.

Such a young disciple of the righteous path, with top-notch talent, upright aura, and without losing the smoothness of dealing with the world, and with a good appearance, would naturally be appreciated by her.

She thought to herself that when Zhou Zhiruo grew up a bit more, if she wasn't married, she would marry her to him as an investment.

Afterward, Abbess Miejue took her disciples out of the valley.

As they were walking, a burst of wild laughter suddenly came.

"Old Nun Miejue, I have been looking for you for many days."

Hearing this voice, the Emei disciples subconsciously drew their swords to defend themselves.

They saw a man in black, wearing a Shura mask and holding a purple long sword, appear before them; it was Gu Gu Hanyuan, who had returned after changing into his Brother Wutian attire.

"Brother Wutian!"

Abbess Miejue looked solemnly at Brother Wutian, with whom she had fought once at the centennial birthday celebration.

Abbess Miejue had originally wanted to take Brother Wutian's Dragon-Slaying Saber and had been asking about his news during this time, but she didn't expect to run into him like this.

She was just a bit puzzled as to why Brother Wutian didn't bring the Dragon-Slaying Saber, but instead changed to a purple long sword that emitted a faint light.

"Old Nun Miejue, hand over the Heaven-Reliant Sword, and I can spare your lives."

Gu Gu Hanyuan stated his purpose directly.

"Delusional!"

Although Abbess Miejue was injured, thinking back to the brief exchange on the birthday celebration, she felt it wasn't impossible to fight.

What she didn't know was that one should look at a person with new eyes after three days of parting, let alone Gu Gu Hanyuan, who carried a system.

Gu Gu Hanyuan couldn't be bothered to talk much with Abbess Miejue, and to avoid the magic sword cutting the Heaven-Reliant Sword, he chose a sword qi attack, directly using "Sword Twenty-One."

He controlled twenty-one sword qi, reducing their power by 90%, and let them fall toward Abbess Miejue.

"Sword qi! How is that possible!"

Abbess Miejue's face was horrified; as the holder of the Heaven-Reliant Sword who could emit sword qi, she understood best the difficulty and power of emitting sword qi.

She hurriedly raised the Heaven-Reliant Sword to meet the enemy, but the quality of the sword qi was too different, and even the Heaven-Reliant Sword couldn't resist it. Before long, she was pierced by the sword qi of "Sword Twenty-One" and covered in blood, falling into a pool of blood.

In fact, Gu Gu Hanyuan's sword qi avoided all vital points; Abbess Miejue just looked scary, but most were skin wounds, although it would be normal to die if she lost more blood.

Ding Ding Minjun and the other Emei disciples were all scared by the sky full of sword qi and didn't dare to move.

However, Gu Hanyue didn't care about them, just taking the Heaven-Reliant Sword from Miejue's hand.

"Tell Old Nun Miejue that if she wants to get the Heaven-Reliant Sword back, she should come and find me again."

After Gu Gu Hanyuan finished speaking, he drifted away.

Seeing Gu Gu Hanyuan leave, Ding Ding Minjun and the others hurriedly surrounded Abbess Miejue, and seeing she wasn't dead, fed her medicine for emergency treatment.

Gu Gu Hanyuan snatching the Heaven-Reliant Sword was not only for the "Nine Yin Manual" inside, but also to spread Brother Wutian's reputation.

What could be more shocking than the Heaven-Reliant Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber, which had spread through the Wu Lin for twenty years, falling into the hands of the same person?

Afterward, Gu Gu Hanyuan easily cut the Heaven-Reliant Sword with his magic sword, dropping the "Nine Yin Manual" and the "Nine Yin Manual Quick-Success Method."

The original "Nine Yin Manual" had long been destroyed by Zhou Zhou Botong.

The "Nine Yin Manual" in the Heaven-Reliant Sword was the most complete one currently circulating.

In this world, it was entrusted by Huang Shang to Yue Fei to be placed inside back then.

Later, Yue Fei was unjustly killed, and the Heaven-Reliant Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber fell into the hands of Qin Hui.

The Emei founder Qin Sicong was a clansman of Qin Hui, but she had justice in her heart.

Although she couldn't save Yue Fei back then, she stole the Heaven-Reliant Sword.

(PS: The above is the setting for this book; please don't argue with the original work.)

The "Nine Yin Manual Quick-Success Method" had no meaning for Gu Gu Hanyuan.

He quickly memorized and learned the content of the "Nine Yin Manual," but had no intention of switching to it for the time being.

At the current stage, the most useful things were the mental secret technique "Soul-Shifting Technique," the light-body technique "Nine Shadows of the Spiral," and "Space-Crossing Shift."

(PS: The source of the Nine Shadows of the Spiral is debated; some say it's Dugu Dugu Qiubai's, others say it's Nine Yin's; this book sets it as Nine Yin's.)

After throwing the "Nine Yin Manual," the "Nine Yin Manual Quick-Success Method," and the broken Heaven-Reliant Sword into his storage space, Gu Gu Hanyuan chased after the Golden Flower Granny and Yin Li, who had been positioned by his divine sense.

When he caught up with them, he unexpectedly found that they were chasing and killing Hu Hu Qingniu and Wang Wang Nangu.

At this time, Hu Hu Qingniu had already fainted on the ground, and Wang Wang Nangu was also clutching her chest, looking like her injuries were not light.

Gu Gu Hanyuan jumped directly into the field.

"Brother Wutian!"

The Golden Flower Granny looked vigilantly at Gu Gu Hanyuan, who had appeared suddenly.

It was also the case that she had wanted to snatch Brother Wutian's Dragon-Slaying Saber, but didn't expect to meet under these circumstances.

"Wang Wang Nangu, do you need me to help you?"

Wang Wang Nangu didn't expect Brother Wutian to want to help her, but at this moment, it was the only straw she could grasp while drowning.

"I ask that you help me, Senior."

"If you want me to help, there is a price."

Gu Gu Hanyuan didn't have the intention of working for free.

"What price does Senior need? As long as I have it, I can give it to you."

Wang Wang Nangu wasn't surprised that Gu Gu Hanyuan would make a request; after all, they were not related.

"Don't worry, you definitely have this price."

Gu Gu Hanyuan's strange tone gave Wang Wang Nangu a bad premonition.

"This price is yourself."

Wang Wang Nangu thought she had misheard, and after being stunned for a moment, she scolded angrily:

"Shameless!"