Chapter 42: Excitement

Gao Ling rode on the horse, pointing at her body to seal the acupoints all over her body, even blocking the operation of true energy, which barely stopped the flowing blood.

She leaned helplessly on the horse's back, watching the scenery beside her retreat, only feeling her whole body cold, and her eyelids getting heavier and heavier.

Zuo Lishan stabbed her three times and slashed her five times, leaving eight deep wounds on her body.

Zuo Lishan's Wu Gong was not right.

It wasn't that being defeated by Zuo Lishan was strange; first-rate in front of top-tier was almost like a young child, and being able to leave a life was already the best result.

It was precisely because Zuo Lishan's state was not right that Gao Ling was able to escape.

To say the strength of true energy and strength, Zuo Lishan was simply like a different person, and the vigorous power brought by every move directly pressed against Gao Ling's sword and "smashed" on her body.

Some of the wounds on Gao Ling's body were not even Zuo Lishan's work, but the result of her own long sword being pressed back and cutting on her body.

According to Gao Ling's judgment, Zuo Lishan's true energy and strength had exceeded the level of top-tier experts, reaching a level that could be said to be unmatched in the world.

But, the moves had changed.

Zuo Lishan's originally majestic and domineering sword moves became difficult and stiff, not returning to the previous roundness. It had turned from the self-created sword technique he had pushed through the old and brought forth the new to another kind of sinister and vicious sword technique.

And Zuo Lishan's strength operation also had problems, often getting stuck, and his right hand seemed to be not very flexible, and would even twist into an angle that shouldn't appear on a human body.

Because of this, the threat of Zuo Lishan's moves was greatly reduced, and Gao Ling was able to grasp a gap in Zuo Lishan's attack, pay the price of being slashed with a huge wound on her back, and escape.

She was dying.

Because of this, she didn't dare to rush to the main hall or main hall when she fled, exposing Zuo Lishan's evil deeds in public.

Zuo Lishan had been in charge of the Taishan Sect for nearly ten years, with deep roots, and his character was one who said one thing and did another, cultivating many confidants.

Zuo Lishan's appearance was bizarre at this time, and it could be seen at a glance, but he didn't need to show up. With Gao Ling's injuries and Zuo Lishan's prestige, no one needed to come forward to speak for Gao Ling, and Gao Ling would die of serious injuries herself.

Gao Ling only cared about practicing martial arts and teaching disciples in the sect on weekdays, and didn't have many confidants in the sect. Not many people would jump out to speak for her against Zuo Lishan.

Once she died, Zuo Lishan waited for his appearance to return to normal, came out to say a few high-sounding words, put a few hats on her, and this matter would end quietly.

She could only shout a few times on the way to escape, shouting a few words like "Zuo Lishan betrayed the sect, practiced demonic arts," "Elder Liu has already died in his hands," "He wants to kill me to silence me," and then fled down the mountain without looking back.

Fortunately, Zuo Lishan didn't dare to appear in front of people at this time and couldn't chase and kill her.

She had to go to Tai'an City.

There were medical clinics in Tai'an City, maybe she could save her life.

Survive first, then discuss other things.

Gao Ling couldn't support herself, gradually lost consciousness, and fainted on the horse's back.

Fortunately, the old horse knew the way, used to this road from the Taishan Sect to Tai'an City, didn't need to be driven, and galloped toward Tai'an City on its own.

Half an hour later, it arrived at the city gate.

The soldiers guarding the city gate originally saw a horse galloping from a distance without slowing down, and were secretly alert, only to be shocked when the horse arrived in front of them.

On the horse's back, how did it seem like a dead person was lying?

The horse naturally couldn't enter the city by itself, and stopped at the city gate. Gao Ling had already fainted, and under the serious injury, she had been jolted on the horse's back for half an hour, and was now dying, her body crooked, and she fell to the ground.

The soldier went up to check; Gao Ling was pale, covered in blood, and her chest only rose and fell slightly.

He wanted to send the person to the medical clinic for treatment first, but was pulled by his colleague.

He turned to look, and his colleague shook his head at him, pointing to the long sword at Gao Ling's waist: "Jianghu person."

"Jianghu vendetta, don't care."

He realized, took a few steps back, and didn't care about other people's business.

The imperial court and the Jianghu were originally the same group of people in the same place, formed by different identities.

In some places, the imperial court's rules are greater. In some places, the Jianghu's rules are greater.

In this Tai'an City at the foot of the Taishan Sect, the local government couldn't be strong, so most of the time, as long as it involved Jianghu vendettas, the people in the local Yamen held an attitude of "your business, you solve it yourself."

As long as it was Jianghu people who were killed, not involving ordinary people, then follow your rules, the more you die, the better.

This soldier also had his considerations; he was just a gatekeeper, his life was like grass. If he was rashly involved in a Jianghu vendetta, he wouldn't even know how he died.

Five or six silver coins a month, what kind of life are you playing for?

You brought weapons to walk the Jianghu yourself, isn't it tacitly acknowledging that you can kill others, and others can kill you? When killing people, follow the Jianghu rules, and when being killed, want to follow the imperial court's rules, there is no such cheap thing.

Of course, this was just the soldier's belly-aching; he turned around and stopped looking at Gao Ling, returning to the city gate to stand.

Seeing that the Yamen didn't care, some curious people gathered around and formed a circle, starting to watch the excitement.

People came and went at the city gate, and in a while, a crowd gathered, including a few Jianghu figures.

One of the Jianghu people looked carefully at Gao Ling's face, and his heart was shocked: "Isn't this... Elder Gao of the Taishan Sect?"

It was the Jianghu person who chatted at the tavern at noon, was caught by Gao Ling, and recognized her.

"She left in a hurry after speaking, as if she was going back to the Taishan Sect. It hasn't been two hours, how did she get hurt like this?"

"Don't be... internal strife in the Taishan Sect!?"

He knew that the Embroidered Uniform Guard was going to take action against the Taishan Sect, and was caught on the spot by Gao Ling, and had already had the intention to leave this place of right and wrong. Now he happened to run into Gao Ling's miserable state.

His heart was beating wildly, and he didn't dare to reveal Gao Ling's identity, fearing that he would be involved.

It would take an hour for the Taishan Sect to go back and forth to Tai'an City, so he thought the time she fought with others wouldn't be too long. Gao Ling was also a famous first-rate expert, and there weren't many people in this Jinan Prefecture who could hurt her to the point of dying and fleeing in such a short time.

In the Taishan Sect, the only person he could think of was the Taishan Sect leader, "Mountain-Suppressing Sword" Zuo Lishan.

At this time, his mind was fluctuating, and he didn't know what to do, when a person passed by him and was about to walk toward Gao Ling.

He hurriedly grabbed the person: "Brother, don't go, can't touch!"

"This matter is not simple, I'm afraid there is a huge inside story. Don't easily be kind, delay your own life!"

He was also kind, thinking that although he was a stranger to this person, he couldn't say his guess at will. But pulling someone, saving a life, could be considered fulfilling the duty of being a person.

Li Miao smiled back at him: "It's okay."

"She looks like this, eight out of ten are because of my calculations."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 43 =====