Chapter 645: We Have to Deceive You First

"You must be Han Zhang, right?"

Based on the aura remaining on Han Zhang's belongings, Shen Yu quickly locked onto his location.

Standing before Shen Yu at this moment was an old beggar in tattered clothes, holding a broken bowl in his hands, staring at the sky with lifeless eyes, as if he had long since lost all hope for life.

At a first glance, this was just an old beggar who couldn't get enough to eat, only able to slump there and look helplessly at the sky.

But a person's aura cannot lie; this person was Han Zhang, and he was acting a bit too much.

"Young Master, have pity on me, I haven't eaten for days!"

When he saw Shen Yu appear suddenly, a glimmer of longing appeared in the old beggar's eyes, and he immediately raised his broken bowl, looking at Shen Yu as if begging.

His appearance was truly like that of a pitiful and helpless old man seeing a sliver of hope.

Yet, what greeted him was a terrifying Sword Qi that seemed capable of splitting the firmament, along with a merciless, biting intent to kill.

The terrifying Sword Qi submerged everything, but the old beggar's figure darted upward like a flying rainbow, leaving behind only phantom images in place that were shredded by the Sword Qi.

Even so, the aftermath of the Sword Qi caused his internal Qi and blood to churn, and a mouthful of blood surged from his gut as if it were about to spray out.

Just a casual, inadvertent wave was enough to make him barely dodge it; Shen Yu was truly terrifying.

Moreover, the aura on his body made it seem as if he were an entire World just by standing there, making anyone standing beside him feel only small and helpless.

The sense of crisis in his heart was frantically warning him of the terror of the person before him, seemingly urging him to flee quickly, but could he really escape when facing such an opponent?

"How did you discover me? I clearly had no flaws!"

"Still no flaws? Are you stupid!" With his sword once again held horizontally in the air, Shen Yu looked coldly at the other party.

"You played the beggar very convincingly, but when you saw me appear suddenly, you weren't afraid at all, nor did you show any curiosity!"

"With just that, you still say you're just an ordinary old beggar? Can an ordinary beggar be as calm as you?"

"Han Zhang, have you been stationed at the Tribute Hall for too long, and after being away from the Jianghu for so long, has your brain degenerated?"

"This..." He was speechless for a moment, but then Han Zhang hurriedly said, "Lord Shen, there might be a misunderstanding between us. I had compelling reasons for leaving the Tribute Hall!"

"A misunderstanding?" Raising an eyebrow, Shen Yu then smiled lightly and extended his right hand directly. "Alright, since you say it's a misunderstanding, then what about Mu Zishan's Broken Sword?"

"You give me the Broken Sword first, and we can talk about any misunderstandings slowly later!"

"Lord Shen, Mu Zishan's Broken Sword is of great importance, forgive me for not being able to comply!" At this moment, there was indeed an extra Broken Sword in Han Zhang's hand, but he held it carefully, with no intention of handing it over at all.

"Then what nonsense are you spouting with me? Go to hell!" A map suddenly appeared in Shen Yu's right hand, and very quickly, this map unfolded rapidly, intending to shroud Han Zhang within it.

But at the very next moment, Han Zhang held the Broken Sword horizontally in front of him and actually broke through space directly to escape.

"Breaking through space, he can actually achieve this step?" Raising an eyebrow, Shen Yu followed closely behind, breaking through space.

He hadn't expected Mu Zishan's power to reach such a level; this was power that could only be possessed in the Void Realm.

One must know that when Mu Zishan gifted the Broken Sword back then, the Spirit Qi was nowhere near as dense as it is now.

Does the world have a misunderstanding about Mu Zishan? This is no longer just an ordinary genius; he is clearly a big shot among big shots.

If the experts in the Jianghu are a pile of small bungalows, it is merely a matter of the houses being high or low, but Mu Zishan was already as high as several stories back then.

As such, he also needs to be a bit careful with Mu Zishan's Broken Sword; who knows how high Mu Zishan's realm could actually be.

"Han Zhang, where do you want to escape to?" Following closely behind Han Zhang, the Mountain and River Map in Shen Yu's hand unfolded rapidly, wanting to trap him directly within it.

Having witnessed the power of Mu Zishan's Broken Sword, there was no point in fighting; using the Mountain and River Map to sweep through everything was the true way.

But the next moment, countless Golden Runes suddenly appeared, actually trapping the Mountain and River Map that Shen Yu had just thrown out, and no matter how he controlled it, it was to no avail.

At the same time, there were also countless Runes that trapped Shen Yu, who had just appeared, and Han Zhang was also trapped inside along with him.

"Han Zhang, what is going on? You had an ambush set up early on!" Walking to Han Zhang's side, Shen Yu carefully looked at the surrounding Runes and then looked coldly at Han Zhang again.

Sword Intent surged, as terrifying as a monstrous wave, as if it would chop him into smithereens in the next moment.

This was clearly a trap; when he had found Han Zhang earlier, he had carefully scouted the surroundings and only appeared to take him down after confirming there were no traps.

Yet he never expected that Han Zhang could hold the Broken Sword and break through space to escape, and even less did he expect that there would be a trap waiting for him where Han Zhang fled.

This was clearly premeditated; such a powerful Array couldn't possibly have been prepared to deal with some Jianghu junior.

Moreover, the Golden Runes that trapped the Mountain and River Map were not quite the same as the ones trapping him; they were clearly two sets of Arrays.

The other party seemed to know he had the Mountain and River Map, so besides targeting him, they had also set up an Array targeting the Mountain and River Map.

Who all these traps were aimed at was naturally self-evident.

He prided himself on having walked the Jianghu for so long and having rich Jianghu experience, yet he hadn't expected to still fall for someone else's scheme.

"Quick, quickly let me out!" Seeing Shen Yu walk to his side, Han Zhang shouted in terror, seemingly asking someone to let him go.

Unfortunately, his request did not receive a response; all he got was Shen Yu's cold and ruthless intent to kill.

Saying he had hidden hardships and misunderstandings was all bullshit; it was clearly an attempt to lure him over on purpose. This Han Zhang was just asking for a beating!

Seeing Shen Yu raise his sword at him, Han Zhang's voice even carried a hint of trembling.

Only when Shen Yu revealed his true intent to kill at this moment did he understand how terrifying the person before him was. He didn't want to die; he just wanted to live.

"You promised me, didn't you Pinglou people say you wanted to save my life? Haven't we already made a deal?"

"Pinglou? You just said you had a deal with Pinglou?"

"That's right, Shen Yu, Han Zhang indeed had a deal with our Pinglou!"

The next moment, a pleasant female voice came over, and immediately after, Shen Yu saw two figures, a man and a woman, appear not far away.

"Du Xiyin? I didn't expect this, I really didn't!" Shen Yu had naturally seen these two people before; one was Du Xiyin, and the other was the young man who had been competing for favor with Fang Ziying.

At this moment, the aura on both of them was clearly at the peak of the True Soul Realm. Moreover, they seemed to have that special aura that only old monsters possess.

Shen Yu had never expected that this pitiful woman who had sold herself to Pinglou before him was actually the true trump card of Pinglou.

He could only blame himself for subconsciously assuming they were all pitiful people who had sold themselves to Pinglou, so he didn't strike at them, yet he didn't expect that he had been played by others.

"Han Zhang, the content of the deal Pinglou had with you before was for you to bring Mu Zishan's Broken Sword for us to take a look at, and we at Pinglou would save your life. Now, we have already done it!"

"Now that your chronic illness is gone and you have long since recovered your health, our deal has been fulfilled."

Looking at Han Zhang with disdain, Du Xiyin's gaze was high and mighty, as if Han Zhang was not even as good as an ant in her eyes.

"As for you being hunted by Shen Yu right now, tsk tsk, that is a different price!"

"You gave the Broken Sword to them?" Hearing this, Shen Yu's killing intent grew even thicker; this bastard actually dared to do it!

"I, I only let them take a look at it, just one look!" While speaking, Han Zhang raised the Broken Sword in his hand, "Lord Shen, look, the Broken Sword is still in my hand, look, it really wasn't lost!"

"Haha, Han Zhang, do you really think the Broken Sword in your hand is Mu Zishan's Broken Sword?"

Beside them, Du Xiyin gave a light laugh, yet in her hand appeared a Broken Sword exactly the same as the one in his hand.

"You, I, how could you?"

"Do you find it unbelievable? Are you curious why the Broken Sword in your hand also has such power? That is naturally the power we left behind!"

"As long as you swing the Broken Sword to tear open space, no matter where you are, the next moment you will arrive here!"

Speaking to this point, Du Xiyin even smiled at Shen Yu, "You came, so Shen Yu who is hunting you would come, and our setup would take effect. Otherwise, wouldn't our efforts have been in vain?"

"To deceive Shen Yu, we had to deceive you first. Only by making you believe that what you hold is truly Mu Zishan's Broken Sword could we deceive Shen Yu!"