Chapter 168: Blade and Sword

Suppressing the rotating thoughts for the time being, Seeing Pei Ye drew his sword and started practicing the Cicada-Sparrow Sword again. Now only two places in this sword technique needed to be pondered. One was still 【Spread Wings】 and 【Clear Chirp】. Seeing Pei Ye hoped to be able to use them freely in the martial arts competition; the other was the last two styles of the Sparrow part. Seeing Pei Ye somewhat suspected whether there were any keys he hadn't opened yet, otherwise why would it be far inferior to the Cicada part.

The martial arts field these two days was still the teaching of the Cuiyu Sect, followed by the Seven Serpents Cave, and then the Luzhou Poetry Gathering, followed by the martial arts competition.

An afternoon passed like this. People on the martial arts field gradually dispersed. The moon hung on the building, the cool wind was fine and dewy. Seeing Pei Ye finished wiping the sword and looked up. A tall woman stood in front of him.

"Time is up," the woman said.

Seeing Pei Ye stood up, rubbed his wrists, swung a sword flower, and smiled at the woman: "Good, come on. But, parting for three days, one must look at each other with new eyes."

Zhang Junxue just held the blade horizontally in front.

"I am Three Lives, you have to hold back some strength," Seeing Pei Ye reminded with a smile, then turned his long sword and attacked with the Cicada-Sparrow Sword, saying in his mouth, "Qijiao Shang Huaitong, of course, is the Clumsy Realm of the Sword Path, right?"

Zhang Junxue looked at him in surprise, clearly remembering that when she first met this young man, he was only in the First Life realm.

"Correct."

"Then what is your strategy?" Seeing Pei Ye said, feeling his steady suppression of the woman. "Hard strength is not as good, and 'technique' is not as good either."

"Is it to find an opportunity to hold on, and then use those three blades?" Seeing Pei Ye recalled the second blade with terrifying power. "Can you let me see what the third blade looks like?"

".

"What's wrong? You can use it on me, I'll see if I can block this blade," Seeing Pei Ye suggested earnestly.

"No... it's four blades."

Seeing Pei Ye was startled and re-examined this companion he had been sparring with for a long time.

There is a fourth blade?

"I can only use up to the fourth blade currently," Zhang Junxue signaled Seeing Pei Ye to continue attacking, resisting with difficulty and saying, "The requirements of these few blades for physical strength are too high."

So that's how it is. No wonder she exercised her physique with such high intensity every day.

Seeing Pei Ye nodded and suddenly frowned: "So, are you planning to avenge yourself on Qijiao Shang Huaitong in the martial arts competition?"

Zhang Junxue actually nodded silently.

". Can one kill in the martial arts competition?"

"No."

".

Seeing Pei Ye remembered the instructor saying that the martial arts competition strictly forbade harming human life.

At least Bowang was like this.

Amputation, disability, all were fine, because it was unavoidable when not holding back. And once it reached this point, the winner and loser were already decided, and there was no need for a life-and-death struggle.

Granted, there were also ruthless martial arts that took lives in every move, and accidental killings in fierce battles... but the law would not lower the standard for these accidental situations.

Because once this opening was made, some things that were not accidents would also become "accidents."

Before the law prohibiting harming human life was promulgated, every martial arts competition would have four or five lives, and more than ten lives a year, each of which was an "accident" with sufficient reasons.

But after the law was promulgated, it dropped sharply to one or two each year.

This kind of martial arts competition that happened three times a year, with highly overlapping participants, would cause many unnecessary damages to martial arts talents if such restrictions were not made.

Therefore, the attitude of the Prefecture Office toward murder cases in the martial arts competition had always been strict and severe. Even Qijiao Shang Huaitong didn't use this method to cut off the roots of Zhang and Gu.

". You should still work with me," Seeing Pei Ye handed over a move and persuaded. "Let's not talk about the chance of winning in a one-on-one, even if you can win, wouldn't you be implicating yourself?"

"How do you plan to do it?"

"Kill him off the field."

"How to kill?"

"I haven't thought about it yet," Seeing Pei Ye said. "I will run around these few days, inquire, and find a loophole. When the time comes, we will work together, and the chance of winning will be greater."

". Fine. But if I don't succeed before the martial arts competition, I will do it in the martial arts competition," the woman said muffledly. "Because actually, I am better at this."

"Mm... then let's try it first, how about it?" Seeing Pei Ye vibrated the woman's blade with one sword. "You can use the third and fourth blades on me."

". I, will use the third blade first."

"Fine." Seeing Pei Ye didn't overestimate himself.

"Coming," the woman reminded, and the sound of the wind suddenly roared.

The first blade was the one against Chengjiang Hong that night, already powerful, and was barely caught by Chengjiang Hong with one hand. Facing this blade at this time, Seeing Pei Ye could barely resist with all his strength.

The second blade was the move that knocked Xiao Qiu's sword away with one blade a few days ago. Facing this blade, Seeing Pei Ye used 【Eat Leaf】 to calmly catch it, and made twelve swords.

The third blade had never appeared in Bowang City.

At this time, there was no one in the martial arts field. Under the night sky, the roar like a fierce tiger suddenly rose. Seeing Pei Ye used 【Eat Leaf】 to catch it again. This time he made twenty-one swords, almost reaching the limit of his current ability, and his arms were numb.

Seeing Pei Ye signaled Zhang Junxue not to stop with his eyes.

The fourth blade was truly like the anger of a dragon.

【Eat Leaf】 made twenty-three swords in a row, "Ding-ding-dang-dang" connecting into a piece of jade beads. After twenty-three swords ended, this blade still slashed with amazing power. Seeing Pei Ye finally blocked horizontally with his sword. Fortunately, the woman retracted her strength in time, and the young man flew out more than three feet. When he barely stood up, both arms were numb and soft, unable to hold the sword.

Seeing Pei Ye panted, looking at the woman, revealing a surprised and helpless smile. The ambition of the Three Lives just now was shattered.

But in fact, his pure strength now just exceeded Xiao Qiu's. Xiao Qiu was defeated under the second blade, and he could block the third blade, which was already very amazing.

"I think Qijiao Shang Huaitong might not be able to catch this move of yours," Seeing Pei Ye muttered. "You still held back strength, right?"

Zhang Junxue nodded.

"This, what blade technique is it?" Seeing Pei Ye produced a strong interest in weapons other than the sword for the first time.

"I use the method of 【Overlapping Waves】 to drive the 【Waist-Slashing Blade】," Zhang Junxue said. "【Overlapping Waves】 is the blade technique gifted by Zheng Shou that year. I didn't practice it, but I have seen it many times and remembered the techniques inside. Using this method, I can use the 'Waist-Slashing' with four times the power."

".

This is easy to say, but mixing two blade techniques together, and one of them hasn't been learned, this is originally a very difficult thing to imagine.

Even if Seeing Pei Ye doesn't understand the blade, he can imagine the woman's high talent by pushing from the sword.

Perhaps only her physique can support this kind of blade skill.

Seeing Pei Ye rubbed his arms silently and suddenly said: "You practice the blade so hard, actually not just for revenge... right?"

Zhang Junxue looked up, her eyes bright like stars.

"You actually liked the blade since you were a child, didn't you?" The young man revealed a smile, as if meeting a bosom friend. "Regardless of whether you carried hatred or not, you would have walked down this road."

Zhang Junxue looked at him, and the two smiled at each other.

"Yes," the woman's voice was clear.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 169 =====