Chapter 640

Mission, Wu Gong, and the like can all be set aside.

Bai Yang immediately leapt again, picked up the Deer-Slaying Blade, and pulled hard.

Just like Shen Bijun, it did not budge at all.

"Old Bai, have you not eaten?"

Green Willow could not help but laugh mockingly, and snatched the Deer-Slaying Blade straight out of Bai Yang's hand.

Then he circulated a wisp of true Qi and pulled hard.

449 What exactly is the secret of the Deer-Slaying Blade?

The awkward thing happened again—Green Willow also failed to pull out the Deer-Slaying Blade!

"What's going on?"

Bai Yang could naturally tell that Green Willow had played a little trick this time and used true Qi.

With true Qi driving it, how could he fail to pull out this three-foot short blade?

Puzzled, Bai Yang took advantage of Green Willow's moment of shock and dodged the Deer-Slaying Blade again.

Then he circulated twenty percent of his true Qi and pulled the blade once more.

Both old men had already reached the half-step Earthly Immortal Realm.

That is to say, their true Qi was gradually transforming into true essence.

Though it still looked like true Qi, in reality it already possessed some of the effects of true essence.

Twenty percent of true Qi already amounted to no less than ten thousand jin of force.

But even so, the Deer-Slaying Blade still did not budge at all.

At this, Bai Yang was once again astonished.

Green Willow, taking advantage of his astonishment, snatched the blade again; this time, he directly unleashed forty percent of his true Qi.

But it still did not work!

Just like that, the two old men would snatch it from each other—one would pull, then the other would snatch and pull again.

At first they used no true Qi, then twenty percent, forty percent, then full power and even one hundred twenty percent.

In the end, one old man grabbed the sheath while the other grabbed the hilt.

Then the two shouted in unison and channeled all their true Qi to pull.

Under such tremendous force, the Deer-Slaying Blade still did not budge at all.

It made both old men's faces flush from red to blue-green, yet they still could not pull it out.

"Puchi!"

Seeing the two old men being so comical, Shen Bijun could not help but cover her mouth and laugh lightly.

Bai Yang immediately deflated and could not help but complain,

"Young Master, Old Green, how is this a Deer-Slaying Blade? It's clearly just a lump of iron!"

In fact, even if it really were a lump of iron, two top experts pulling with all their might would have dared to tear it into pieces.

"Senior Bai, the fact that you cannot pull it out does not mean this is not a real blade, you know?"

Shen Bijun, finding what he said amusing, could not help but say.

"Hmph, then you pull one out and show me."

Bai Yang directly tossed the Deer-Slaying Blade to Shen Bijun.

How could Shen Bijun pull out the Deer-Slaying Blade? She handed it back to Xiao Shiyilang.

In fact, Xiao Shiyilang had already confirmed that this was the Deer-Slaying Blade.

After all, no one else could pull it out—only he could.

But the strange thing was precisely here.

When he pulled it out himself, it was a scrap blade covered in rust.

How could such a scrap blade be the legendary immortal-grade divine weapon?

But since Shen Bijun handed it over, Xiao Shiyilang understood her meaning and immediately exerted a gentle force.

The scrap blade was pulled straight out of the sheath.

"How could this be?"

Bai Yang and Green Willow were utterly astonished.

Green Willow even shifted his body, about to snatch the scrap blade from Xiao Shiyilang's hand to examine it closely and see what was so miraculous about it.

He was at the half-step Earthly Immortal Realm, while Xiao Shiyilang was only at the Grandmaster level.

The gap between them was enormous, so Green Willow snatched it directly.

But the moment the blade left Xiao Shiyilang's hand, it refused Green Willow's control and slid accurately back into the sheath.

"What on earth is going on?"

The two old men were completely dumbfounded.

"It seems this Deer-Slaying Blade really can only be used by the Blade-Guarding Clan?"

Fenghuo Liancheng was now fully certain that this blade was the legendary Deer-Slaying Blade.

He just did not understand—even if only Xiao Shiyilang could use it, what use was such a scrap blade?

But his scheming for the Deer-Slaying Blade clearly went beyond wanting the blade itself.

"Xiao Shiyilang, I'll give you a little more time. Hand over the secret of the Deer-Slaying Blade, and I'll let the two of you leave."

After saying this, without waiting for Xiao Shiyilang's reply, he vanished directly into the clouds above.

"Secret? What exactly is the secret of the Deer-Slaying Blade?"

Not to mention Shen Bijun, Bai Yang, and Green Willow—even Xiao Shiyilang himself did not know what secret Fenghuo Liancheng wanted.

After all, this was his first time seeing the Deer-Slaying Blade.

After that, Shen Bijun boredly bickered with Bai Yang and Green Willow, trying to coax out the secret the two had mentioned.

Only Bai Yang was simple and easy to fool, but Green Willow was sly; every time she was about to trick the secret out of Bai Yang's mouth, Green Willow would intervene.

Still, Shen Bijun had already gotten a bit of information: the reason Lian Chengbi had locked the two of them in was precisely because they knew the secret of his origins.

As for the specific secret, Shen Bijun had no way of finding out.

Xiao Shiyilang, meanwhile, paid no heed to any of this, devoting himself entirely to pondering the secret of the Deer-Slaying Blade.

After all, this Puppet Shanzhuang was, in the end, a cage.

If he didn't leave this cage, how could he formally wed Shen Bijun, and how could he spend his life with her?

So as long as he could uncover the secret of the Deer-Slaying Blade, and as long as that secret was harmless to him, then using it to bargain his way out of here wasn't unacceptable.

For seven days straight, it was just like this.

Just as Xiao Shiyilang grew increasingly restless, unable to think of the secret.

That night, a man in black suddenly appeared at his bedside.

"Who are you?"

Xiao Shiyilang had been drowsy, but now he was jolted wide awake and immediately sat up.

Since Bai Yang and Green Willow had come in, this was the first new person he had seen.

"Boy, how long do you intend to lie here like this useless wretch?"

The man's tone was patronizingly authoritative, as if he were an elder of Xiao Shiyilang's.

"Wait—who are you?"

Xiao Shiyilang asked again, then gave a wry smile,

"This Puppet Shanzhuang is bizarre beyond words. All these days I've been searching for a way out, and I still can't find one."

This place is a lone peak ringed by sheer cliffs on all sides; unless one is a master of the Earthly Immortal Realm who can truly ride the wind, there's no leaving.

But Xiao Shiyilang isn't at the Earthly Immortal Realm!

He's not even at the Absolute level!

"Idiot! From what I've seen these past days, where have you ever looked for a way out? All you've done is moon over love or hunt for the secret of the Deer-Slaying Blade, haven't you?"

The man scolded him again, with a hint of exasperation at his unpromising nature.

Indeed, before Lian Chengbi had appeared, Xiao Shiyilang had at least put some effort into searching for a way out.

But after Lian Chengbi showed up, he devoted himself entirely to the secret of the Deer-Slaying Blade and to flirting with Shen Bijun.

Actually, apart from being a cage that prevented him from formally joining with Shen Bijun,

this place was Xiao Shiyilang's ideal residence.