CH 10

C10 – Water Moon Paradise

Yue Longzhang’s eyes were bloodshot. He kept retreating as he fought, but every step he took seemed to have been seen through by Liu Yuan. Every advanced technique he released was blocked in advance, and ordinary attacks were easily dodged as well.

He was desperate.

“Ahem…”

The hall was in a mess. Broken tables and chairs were scattered around, and dust was everywhere in the air.

Crack!

Liu Yuan swung his sword to block Yue Longzhang’s last arrow, which was cut in half and fell to the ground.

He sorted his robe lightly and paced towards Yue Longzhang with his sword in hand.

As a matter of fact, it was only a short while since the two of them started the fight, and everything happened so fast that all the mortal warriors present could barely see anything except the sword light and blue fog.

Liu Yuan and Yue Longzhang moved as swiftly as lightning, almost making the audience dizzy. In the end, people found that Yue Longzhang was retreating in a sorry state while Liu Yuan was charging forward. The result of the fight was quite obvious now.

It was self-evident who the winner was.

Upon seeing this, Gu Siyin could no longer be bothered with her jealousy; instead, she was so excited that even her little face turned red. She clenched her little fists and hailed, “Brother Junxuan! You are my hero!”

Her heart was overflowing with pride and admiration towards the man.

Two of Yue Longzhang’s techniques proved ineffective, and he was seriously injured by the sword Qi. As he staggered back, he noticed the disdain and contempt in the eyes of those mortals.

They must have been laughing at him and couldn’t wait to see his doomed failure.

Liu Yuan slowly walked over, looking assertive and aloof. Yue Longzhang took a few deep breaths and suddenly laughed in a low voice, and then shouted like a madman, “I heard you just now! You called Gu Siyin’s name, right?”

He suddenly turned around and flew towards Gu Siyin.

Swish!

The fan in Yue Longzhang’s hand suddenly unfolded, releasing a blue fog towards Gu Siyin in the crowd!

The girl was completely caught off-guard, and she just froze there.

Liu Yuan, on the other hand, instantly knew what Yue Longzhang was trying to do. However, he did not run over to stop him. Instead, there was a sympathetic look on his face, as if he was almost feeling sorry for the man.

Then he called out, “Rong Rong!”

Yue Longzhang was a bit dumbfounded, unsure of what was on Liu Yuan’s mind.

Deep down, he still thought of Ning Xiangrong as that cold-hearted senior sister who would never display her emotions. Little did he know that all the time she had been saving her tenderness and love for the one and only man.

Ning Xiangrong’s eyes behind the veil met Liu Yuan’s gaze and she said softly, “Remember, you owe me one.”

She then stretched out her delicate hand and suddenly an illusory full moon appeared in front of Gu Siyin. Water ripples and moonlight spread out, forming a separate distorted space, wiping away the blue fog within seconds.

“Water Moon Paradise!”

Yue Longzhang right away recognized the signature Core-Formation technique of Water Moon Dock. He growled, “Senior sister, how could you help an outsider kill your fellow disciples?! You will be expelled from the sect for this!”

Ning Xiangrong stared at Liu Yuan and murmured, “Outsider? He is not an outsider…”

Yue Longzhang was about to lose it, “Then who is he?”

Who the hell was this man?!

Yue Longzhang had no idea where this man was from, why he would suddenly appear in Pool Feather Mountain Manor, and how it was even possible for him to have met Ning Xiangrong, who had stayed in the sect for many years.

And it drove him mad to see that Ning Xiangrong was even willing to rebel against the sect for this man!

However, Ning Xiangrong couldn’t answer this question herself. In fact, she knew very little about this man. But she was certain about one thing, “He will be my future husband.”

Crack.

Yue Longzhang’s fan broke into two pieces.

It was broken by Liu Yuan.

After all, Liu Yuan wasn’t just some NPC who would stand idle. Of course he wouldn’t waste any opportunity to attack. He went straight forward and cut off Yue Longzhang’s weapon with his sword. Then he thrust his sword at Yue Longzhang’s throat.

Yue Longzhang watched helplessly as Liu Yuan’s sword drew closer and closer. Without his weapon, there was nothing he could do anymore.

“Junior brother! Help!” he desperately called for help.

However, Ma Shu was so scared that he was out of his wits. It took a while before he came to his senses and hurriedly stood up, but it was already too late by then.

Swoosh!

The sword had already pierced into Yue Longzhang’s throat and cut it through.

“Ahem… you…”

Yue Longzhang took one last look at Ning Xiangrong, who had been watching all the while.

However, Ning Xiangrong’s gaze had always been on Liu Yuan. She didn’t even bother to look at Yue Longzhang once.

“Hahaha…”

Yue Longzhang suddenly burst into laughter with bulging eyes, then fell to the ground and died, with his eyes still wide open.

“Phew…”

Liu Yuan let out a deep breath of relief and pulled out his sword. Blood spurted out.

As he looked at Yue Longzhang’s corpse, he didn’t feel anything in his heart. He just wanted to get it over with.

Maybe it was because he had done this so many times when he played the game before his transmigration.

Liu Yuan shook the sword with Spiritual Energy. The blood on the sword was shaken off and it became clean again. Then he put it back into the sheath.

He turned around and looked at the people of the manor as well as Ning Xiangrong, said, “Everyone here has seen what exactly happened. Yue Longzhang was the one who attacked first for no reason. I had no choice but to kill him and defend myself.”

“Yes! We all saw it. You had to fight back.”

He Ren the housekeeper hurriedly responded in a loud voice.

A wise man should know when to do or say the right thing. He wouldn’t want to make an enemy of Liu Yuan, especially not when the man had just killed someone.

He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and thought, ‘Innocent weak people would always be the ones to suffer during a war. Those who weren’t so lucky to be protected by Ning Xiangrong’s shield are all dead now. Alas…”

There were indeed a lot of corpses lying on the ground, which was horrifying.

And the “killer” claimed that he had been forced to do it… To hell with him!

It was obvious that Yue Longzhang had been no match for him at all. He had never had the chance to fight back. And in the end he had been tortured to death.

But no one dared to say a thing, except that they totally agreed to whatever he said. Gu Siyin threw herself into Liu Yuan’s arms, her eyes sparkling as she went on and on about how amazing she thought he had been.

He Ren immediately ordered the others to clean the mess in the hall, and then he supported Gu Feidao to sit down.

Gu Feidao coughed a couple of times, and He Ren and Gu Siyin looked at him worriedly. Apparently the old man had been tried hard to put himself together earlier; his best days had long passed. Otherwise, when the two of them fought, he would not have just stood by the side and watched.

He looked at Liu Yuan and asked, “May I ask who you really are?”

Before Liu Yuan could say anything, Gu Siyin cut in, “Father, he is…”

Liu Yuan reached out his hand to stop her from talking any further. He took two steps forward and respectfully looked at the old man, “My name is Liu Yuan, also known as Liu Junxuan, and I am a rogue cultivator. I was seriously injured a few days ago. Please allow me to extend my sincere gratitude to you and your family for taking me in.”

Gu Feidao’s face turned serious, “It’s all right, Mr. Junxuan. But now that you have killed a disciple of Water Moon Dock, I’m afraid…”

“Please, Master Gu, you don’t have to worry about it. Yue Longzhang attacked Liu Yuan first, and it served him right. I will see to it that Mr. Junxuan is safe and sound. You have my word.” Ning Xiangrong walked forward and held Liu Yuan’s hand with a smile. She deliberately stressed the words “Mr. Junxuan.”

While saying so, she was glancing at Gu Siyin, who was leaning against Liu Yuan.

Gu Feidao was still a bit confused, “Miss, may I ask who you are?”

Ning Xiangrong raised her chin and said, “I am the inner-sect disciple of Water Moon Dock. My name is Ning Xiangrong.”