Chapter 27: The Two Paths of Righteous and Evil

Baiban Shaxing and Qinghai Yixiao were "crushed to death" by a single sword strike from Lu Li, possessing absolutely no power to fight back.

With his long sword tilted slightly, Lu Li blew on it gently, and beads of blood slid off the blade, looking exceptionally desolate and beautiful.

The Gu Long world has Ximen Chuixue, and here there is Lu Chuixue.

Fei Bin, Lu Bai, and the other two were facing Lu Li, yet they dared not strike head-on.

On the other side.

Liang Fa, Xiang Danian, and the others were already locked in battle with the numerous masked men.

These masked men had high-level martial arts, but this time, Liang Fa and the others did not retreat in the slightest.

Because they saw hope in Lu Li, and the hot blood in their bodies had been ignited by Lu Li!

"Kill!"

Liang Fa let out a thunderous roar and began to fight hand-to-hand with two masked men.

The impact of flesh and blood flying and the surge of hormones in his body left Liang Fa in a state of blood-red fury.

But what truly changed him was the reshaping of his values.

He saw with his own eyes the senior martial uncles of the Songshan Sect leading masked men to intercept and kill the Liu Family kin; he saw a Liu Mansion disciple cut in half at the waist by a masked man, while another disciple tackled a masked man to the ground and tore off the masked man's ear with his teeth.

He saw opponents whose blades had snapped, yet they still lunged forward in a fight to the death, smashing their heads against the ground and gouging out a blood-smeared trench in the earth with force.

This was the true Jianghu, a primal slaughter just like that of wild beasts.

Previously, he had followed Linghu Chong down the mountain to uphold justice, and he had followed Yue Buqun to attend the alliance meetings, but those were all different.

Whether it was the Gentleman Sword or the Drunken Sword who made friends far and wide, both were completely ineffective here.

Only the Shura Sword of Huashan could keep everyone alive!

Liang Fa roared, his sword technique becoming exceptionally fierce as he pierced through an opponent's throat with one strike.

Yet his flank was also kicked hard by another enemy.

Intense pain and soreness surged through his entire body, and in an instant, Liang Fa lost control of his own body.

"Huashan brat, I'll hack you to pieces!"

The enemy's blade was already descending toward the top of Liang Fa's head.

The next moment.

Boom!

A flash of sword light streaked by, and the head of the enemy facing Liang Fa rolled onto the ground.

After a moment of daze, he noticed that more than half of the surrounding enemies were already dead!

Lu Li's figure drifted between the slaughter; wherever he went, a single sword strike was enough to slay a masked man!

Behind the path he walked lay blood flowing and pooling from the corpses.

Ten steps to kill one man, a thousand miles without leaving a trace.

Tonight, blood flows like a river.

The battle came to an abrupt halt; of the nearly twenty masked men, less than half remained!

Lu Li's green robes were already stained with blood; when they looked at Lu Li, it was as if they were looking at a Shura.

A strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

The dozens of masked men who had come to intercept and kill were all retreating for their lives.

And standing before them was merely a young swordsman in green robes stained with blood.

Lu Li had terrified them to the core!

Liang Fa sat dazed on the ground, hardly able to believe the reality unfolding before his eyes.

Lu Li had, almost single-handedly, driven all the enemies out.

After Lu Li slew Baiban Shaxing and Qinghai Yixiao, he did not continue to tangle with the four grand protectors of the Songshan Sect, but instead turned back and rushed toward the group he was escorting, driving away all the other masked men.

Those who were unwilling to leave, or who were too slow to leave, could only leave their lives under Lu Li's sword.

Such an act seemed to be telling everyone, even telling Zuo Lengchan far away on Songshan.

This group of people is under my, Lu Li's, protection!

To lay a hand on them is to pay a painful price!

The people of Liu Mansion and the Hengshan and Taishan disciples responsible for the escort were completely dumbfounded.

They only felt that between themselves and Lu Li, there was a gap of several Fei Bins.

What this massive gap brought was a sense of absolute security.

"So cool."

"Senior Brother Lu is even more satisfying to watch than when we were at the Songshan alliance meeting."

"I want to renounce my monkhood..."

"This feeling of beating up the Songshan Sect is really satisfying."

Lu Li, alone, drove the members of the Songshan Sect to the entrance of the courtyard.

With Lu Li as the apex, the corpses of countless masked men formed a fan-shaped area, spreading outward.

Seeing this scene, Fei Bin was nearly driven mad.

If he were to flee back to Songshan in disgrace today, he would never be able to hold his head up for the rest of his life!

His eyes were bloodshot as he screamed frantically: "Why are you running!

Let's hack him to death together!"

He had only one thought in his mind, and that was that Lu Li must not be allowed to live!

But the masked men no longer listened to him; the way they looked at him was as if they were looking at a fool.

"Want to go die? Go do it yourself."

It was unclear who said these words to Fei Bin.

Fei Bin let out an angry shout, unable to endure it any longer, and suddenly moved to rush out, but was grabbed and stopped by Lu Bai.

"Junior Brother Fei, this mission has failed, let us go."

Lu Bai's ranking was one higher than Fei Bin's.

During this operation, his voice carried more weight.

Lu Bai's words were like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the raging fire of anger surging in Fei Bin's heart.

Having said this, the group from the Songshan Sect turned to leave.

"Wait."

Suddenly, Lu Li spoke up.

"When did I say you could leave?"

Lu Li's fingers tapped lightly on his sword hilt, showing no intention of stopping at all.

As soon as these words were spoken, the people of the Liu Mansion behind him were completely dumbfounded.

Many of them thought to themselves, has Lu Li gone mad? Being able to force the Songshan Sect people away today was already the best possible outcome!

The people of the Liu Mansion would be safe, and the disciples responsible for the escort would have completed their mission.

Yet Lu Li actually wanted to keep the Songshan Sect people here.

Or rather, he wanted to wipe out the Songshan Sect people completely!

"Liang Fa, has your Senior Brother gone mad?"

"Why don't we just let it go? If the other side gets desperate, we will also suffer many casualties."

At this moment, Liang Fa bandaged his abdomen; he leaned on his scabbard and stood up unsteadily.

"I reckon, Senior Brother didn't ask you all to join in, did he?"

"What are you all afraid of?"

The crowd only then realized that Lu Li did not seem to have any intention of bringing them along; he intended to rely on his own strength to keep the Songshan Sect people there.

While speaking, Liang Fa had already gritted his teeth and stood by Lu Li's side.

"As for me, I naturally have to follow my Senior Brother."

Lu Li smiled and said, "Junior Brother, just stand to the side and guard the flank for your Senior Brother."

The expressions of the Songshan Sect members shifted, looking as uncomfortable as if they had eaten excrement.

And just at this moment, a rough, hearty laugh suddenly came from the courtyard wall nearby.

"Hahaha!

How satisfying!

The Five Mountains Sword Sects are fighting among themselves."

Who was it? Who dared to mock them at a time like this? Everyone looked toward the sound and saw a burly man with a full, curly beard squatting on the courtyard wall, watching everything in the courtyard.

He looked at Lu Bai and said disdainfully, "Second Brother Lu, since when did you Thirteen Taibao of Songshan become such trash, actually being chased and beaten by a Huashan disciple?"

"Zuo Lengchan is truly useless; do you want us, the Sun Moon Holy Cult, to step in and unify the Five Mountains for you?"

Lu Bai was ranked second among the Thirteen Taibao (New Revised Edition).

This person called himself Sun Moon Holy Cult and addressed Lu Bai directly as Second Brother Lu, so his status was likely not low.

Sure enough, Lu Bai said in a deep voice, "Tong Baixiong, you aren't dead yet."

That burly, curly-bearded man was none other than the Sun Moon Holy Cult Elder, Tong Baixiong!