Chapter 1348 The Sword God Smiles (Part 7)

When the sword cut through Liu Xilai's throat, the only word left in his heart was "regret".

There is regret only when there is concern.

What Liu Xilai cares about is not his own life.

More than 20 years ago, when he was defeated by "Zizhu Jushi", he already thought of himself as a dead man.

And when he lost everything, it was the Xie family who helped him and allowed him to live like a human again.

So, in his life after that, Liu Xilai did not live for himself, but for the Xie family... to repay his gratitude.

Compared with his own life, Liu Xilai cared more about the honor and disgrace and gains and losses of the Xie family.

Unfortunately, he still failed to protect Xie Wuhua.

Liu Xilai is indeed old. Before the age of 40, "Hands and Eyes All Over the Sky" had never made a mistake. The only time he misjudged the strength of his opponent was after the age of 40; and that oversight directly ruined his own Jianghu.

Today, he made a mistake again, and this time the mistake... is more serious.

Before Leng Yuqiu said, "I have the freedom to decide where to strike, when to strike, and who to kill... all of these are my freedoms," Liu Xilai still thought the situation was under control.

But when that sentence came out, Leng Yuqiu's aura changed...

At that moment, he no longer hid his surging sword intent, nor did he conceal his murderous intent.

It was at this moment that Liu Xilai discovered something, a terrible thing - Leng Yuqiu's martial arts skills were much higher than he expected... much higher!

From just now... Leng Yuqiu was not meditating on the bed, but practicing swordsmanship.

Perhaps some people would wonder, a person sitting on the bed, cross-legged, with eyes closed... is also considered practicing swordsmanship?

Generally speaking... not.

But Leng Yuqiu is obviously not within this "general" range.

When a person's martial arts reaches a certain level, his practice method is not limited to form; for such a person, the practice of "form" is inefficient compared to the practice of "intention".

Of course, there are very few people like that. Looking at the entire martial arts world, they are rare. Even Xie Xiuwen, the current head of the Xie family, has not yet reached this level.

However, Leng Yuqiu, a man who looks only about 30 years old, has already achieved such a level of cultivation.

So, Liu Xilai, who understood all this, quickly changed his attitude and tried to get out of it. He thought... with the reputation of the Xie family and his humble attitude... the other party would not attack because of such an offense.

However, Leng Yuqiu's next words made Liu Bo feel like he was falling into an ice cave.

Not only did he not let the two leave, he also told the reason why he killed Ma Da Huzi, because the other party disturbed his "sword practice".

These words sounded a little strange to Xie Wuhua, the naive young master; but to Liu Xilai's ears... it was like the roar of a death knell.

At this point, Liu Xilai chose to kneel down... His last words were to declare that he was willing to give up his life and dignity to save Xie Wuhua's life.

However, Leng Yuqiu did not even agree to this request.

Maybe... Xie Wuhua was relatively lucky. He didn't understand what happened in this room until he died. He didn't have to experience shock, fear, pain, despair, and finally leave the world with regret like Liu Bo.

He just died in surprise, died quickly, and didn't suffer much.

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The body fell to the ground, and the sword was sheathed.

Leng Yuqiu sat back on the bed and took a deep breath.

His sword killed people without blood.

But he was a bit bloodthirsty.

He liked to smell the fresh blood next to the dead.

This smell was only enjoyed by the winner, and it reminded Leng Yuqiu... the price of failure.

"You are still the same..." Suddenly, another person's voice sounded in the room, a gentle and deep male voice, "As long as you can find even a little reason to convince yourself, you can't wait to kill people."

Leng Yuqiu smiled when he heard this voice.

It was not a sneer or a sneer, but a happy smile from the heart.

"Heh... you came really fast." Leng Yuqiu laughed.

While he was talking, there was one more person in the room - a masked man dressed in black.

The doors and windows of this guest room had not been opened, and there were no beams or cabinets in the room where people could hide. Even Leng Yuqiu didn't know how this person got in.

But he came in, and he came quietly.

"Two unexpected helpers appeared, which allowed the task to be completed ahead of schedule, so I arrived half a day earlier." The masked man replied.

"Helpers?" Leng Yuqiu heard this and showed a trace of doubt on his face.

"Don't worry, these two people must be reliable." The masked man said.

"I can actually hear the four words 'must be reliable' from you..." Leng Yuqiu thought, "Could it be... they are..."

"Yes." The masked man knew what he was going to say, so he interrupted him directly.

"I see." Leng Yuqiu nodded, "Then... the plan remains the same?"

"Of course, but..." The masked man said, looking down at the two corpses on the ground, "You really know how to cause trouble for others, do you know who these two people are?"

"I know." Leng Yuqiu replied calmly, "It's just the young master and housekeeper of the Xie family..." He paused, "After tomorrow... the whole martial arts world will be our enemy. Do I need to worry about whether there will be more people with the surname Xie?"

"Ah..." The masked man sighed, "Well... what you said is true."

Before he stopped sighing, he stepped forward and picked up the sword beside Xie Wuhua.

"Leave this lilac sword to me, it may be useful." The masked man picked up the sword and turned to Leng Yuqiu.

"Well, if you can get rid of the body together, it would be even better." The introverted Leng Yuqiu seemed very relaxed in front of this man (and he didn't want to kill anyone at the moment), and even spoke to him in a joking tone.

"Stop dreaming, find a way to go, or you can let them sleep with you." After saying this, the masked man disappeared from the room, just like when he came, without a sound, without a shadow, and without a form...

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At the same time, on the first floor of the inn, in the guest room directly below Leng Yuqiu's room.

"Uh... this is blood..."

[Kuangzong Jianying] looked up at the ceiling, watching the blood dripping from the gaps in the wooden boards, and said with a depressed expression.

At this moment, he originally wanted to eat some food in the script to replenish his energy, but he didn't expect that just as he was about to use his chopsticks, some free "sauce" was poured on the food.

"It seems that something happened upstairs." [Not Afraid], who was also sitting at the dining table, also glanced at the ceiling and continued.

"Why not... let's go up and take a look?" Jian Shao thought for a while and said.

"Anyway, we can't eat this meal, so let's go up and take a look." Although Jian Shao is the management of "Jianghu", in this two-person team, the girl who is not afraid is the "leader", and the specific actions must be followed by her instructions.

"Okay." Since the leader had spoken, Jian Shao got up and left without saying anything.

Not afraid that the girl would follow him out of the room, the two of them turned a corner and went up the stairs to the second floor.

Kuang Zong Jian Ying was not Xie Wuhua. He didn't care about the "etiquette" in the martial arts world. When he came to Leng Yuqiu's door, he banged on the door.

"Is anyone there?" Jian Shao not only knocked on the door, but also called. After saying the first half of the sentence, he still felt that it was not appropriate, so he immediately added, "Is there anyone alive?"

Leng Yuqiu in the room was also stunned, thinking: "What's this? The martial arts people in the town should all know that I live in this room, and they can't knock on my door like this, but his voice and attitude don't sound like a shop assistant; could it be... an official who doesn't know the rules?"

He speculated while walking towards the door.

Since he could not sense the internal force of the person outside the house, Leng Yuqiu was quite sure of the conclusion of "a young official". Although this kind of person did not pose any threat to him, the method of staying indoors would not work for this passerby.

Squeak——

A few seconds later, Leng Yuqiu opened the door.

A young man and woman appeared in front of him, and they were dressed like people from the underworld (like the scripts of most martial arts worldviews, the system has adjusted the image of players in the eyes of NPCs).

Leng Yuqiu's problem came back. After opening the door, he just stared at the two players silently, but did not say a word.

Jian Shao and Bu Bu immediately discovered the body in the room, and then looked at each other again.

Logically, at this moment, the person in the room should speak first, but Leng Yuqiu just didn't speak, so... the scene fell into a deadlock, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

"Just killed?" After about ten seconds of silence, Kuang Zong Jianying couldn't help it, and he asked Leng Yuqiu a question.

Leng Yuqiu was also wondering in his heart. The two men didn't seem to know him, and they didn't show much surprise or fear about the corpse in the house.

"Hmm..." Leng Yuqiu thought for a second and nodded.

"Oh..." Jian Shao also nodded, "Well... the blood of the corpse has seeped downstairs, so we came up to take a look."

"Oh." Leng Yuqiu responded without any more expression.

"Oh what oh?" At this time, Bu Fei on the side couldn't stand it anymore, "Our food is dripping with blood, and there is also blood on the floor of the room. You just say 'oh' and it's over?"

Leng Yuqiu really didn't expect that the other party was not afraid, but would put on such a tough attitude. He thought to himself: "These two... are probably rookies who have just started out in the world, so they know who I am... and they don't know that the dead on the ground are Xie Wuhua and Liu Xilai..."

Thinking of this, he suddenly found these two people a little funny.

"Then according to your meaning, girl..." After a breath, Leng Yuqiu replied, "What should we do?"

"Nonsense, pay money!" Bu Fei said confidently.

Leng Yuqiu responded calmly: "Oh... How much do you want?"

"It's hard to say." Bu Pa said, "Let's be reasonable... The compensation should be enough for us to change rooms."

Leng Yuqiu nodded: "That seems to make sense." He said so, but he stood there without moving. After five seconds, he spoke again, "But I want to know, if I don't pay, what can you do?"

Leng Yuqiu has money.

Even if he doesn't have money, there is enough money on the two bodies lying on the ground.

And Leng Yuqiu has never been a person who loves money. For people like him, the driving force that money can generate is almost nothing.

Therefore, his reaction was definitely not because he was reluctant to pay the money.

At this moment, Leng Yuqiu was just acting out of interest.

Of course, he did not intend to kill anyone. He felt that it was not necessary for these two people to die, whether it was for people or things.

Leng Yuqiu just wanted to teach this pair of "newcomers" a lesson and tell them that the world is not a place for reason.

In a sense, he wanted to "help" the two people in front of him: it is indeed a good deed to let a person understand the injustice of the world and the importance of power as soon as possible.

People who have not experienced shamelessness will not understand the true nobility at all, and morality that is out of touch with reality is just another kind of stupidity.

Originally... it was indeed such a thing.

However, what Leng Yuqiu encountered was not some inexperienced rookie in the world, but a brutal alien traveler...

"Huh?" Seeing the other party's arrogant attitude, Kuangzong Jianying was a little unhappy at the time.

That's right, he didn't know Leng Yuqiu.

If he knew... here he would probably choose to be calm, thus triggering a plot line of cooperation with Leng Yuqiu.

But there is no such "if"...

The two Jianghu people's ability to collect intelligence is relatively average, but when it comes to their ability to face the enemy head-on, they are definitely not ambiguous.

When Kuangzong Jianying heard the other party ask that kind of question, he blurted out: "Then I will teach you how to write the word compensation."