Chapter 54: The First Match, Cui Tiegu Cuts the Clouds with One Sword

As Xu Taiping had expected, his second senior brother Dugu Qingxiao took the sword.

"Dad, please think of something quickly."

"Then Cui Tiegu took the initiative to ask for the sword, he clearly wanted to take the life of the second senior brother!"

"Dad, don't wait any longer. Cui Tiegu is really going to take action. This competition will be over soon!"

Senior sister Zhao Linglong on the side was eagerly using jade slips to send messages to the head Zhao Qian.

After Xu Taiping listened to a sentence or two, he looked away from his senior sister Zhao Linglong and continued to look down at the sword field where the competition was taking place.

At this time, on the Qilin Peak Sword Terrace, the remaining sword cultivators in the Tianzi-shaped group had returned to their seats in the audience.

Only Dugu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu, who were about to question the sword next, were left, slowly walking towards each other.

At this time, Fairy Lingyue suddenly sent a message to Xu Taiping:

"Taiping, if you are worried, I can think of something."

When Xu Taiping looked over curiously, Fairy Lingyue added through a voice message:

"Although the sword leader left by Emperor Zhenwu is a first-class divine object in the world, if you just rescue Dugu Qingxiao under its restriction, your sister and I can still do it."

Xu Taiping nodded gratefully and said:

"If we really get to that point, there will be Sister Lao Lingyue."

Fairy Lingyue nodded, and then reminded Xu Taiping:

"But Taiping, you must be mentally prepared. If I take action, it is very likely that Su Chan will be aware of it."

Xu Taiping has actually thought of this, but in his heart, the safety of the brothers and sisters of Qingxuan Sect is the first priority.

He is not selfless enough to sacrifice his brothers and sisters to save the world.

So he nodded and said:

"Sister Lingyue, if we really get to that point, just go and save her."

When he said this, Xu Taiping's eyes returned to the Jianping, and then continued:

"As for the rest, just take a step and see."

Fairy Lingyue nodded first, and then asked Xu Taiping with some curiosity:

"Xiao Taiping, don't you seem very worried about your second senior brother?"

Xu Taiping shook his head and said:

"Different."

Xu Taiping explained:

"If the second senior brother was just in danger, I would naturally be worried, but this is not the case in this sword quest."

"In my opinion, the reason why the second senior brother did not use the Zhi Ge Ling was not out of shame, but because he wanted to use this sword questioning to hone his sword intention and sword skills."

If it were Xu Taiping in the past, he might be as anxious as Zhao Linglong next to him.

But now, after experiencing several life and death experiences, he could see the intentions of his senior brother Dugu Qingxiao at a glance.

In terms of cultivation, Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao are actually the same type of people.

Xu Taiping stared at the prosthetic leg of his second senior brother Dugu Qingxiao and murmured:

"I heard from Senior Sister Linglong before that while I was missing, Second Senior Brother went to Fallen Dragon Abyss again. When he came back, he fell into a coma for half a year, and then he woke up with his own perseverance."

Fairy Lingyue on the side looked at Xu Taiping deeply, and then said with slight surprise:

"Unexpectedly, Taiping has learned to see the people and things around him with the eyes of a monk."

Although she and Xu Taiping had been together day and night during the decades in Jinting Cave, Xu Taiping's growth rate in cultivation and character still surprised her from time to time.

Therefore, even Fairy Lingyue is not very clear about how powerful Xu Taiping can be in the extreme situation.

"Qingxuanzong, Dugu Qingxiao, met Elder Yu."

At this moment, Dugu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu, who were on Jianping, walked to the center of the ring one after another.

Dugu Qingxiao, whose body was as straight as a sword, greeted the elder who was guarding the mountain with a face that was neither humble nor arrogant.

Cui Tiegu glanced at the elder guarding the mountain at Qilin Peak with his eyes as dull as a dead fish, and then said in a lazy tone:

"I'm a casual cultivator, Cui Tiegu."

Elder Yu frowned, then raised his head, glanced at the surrounding cloud tower stands and said:

"This time I ask the sword, although there is no limit on cultivation level, when the weaker side admits defeat, the stronger side must not continue to take action, otherwise they will be directly expelled from the Taiyue Immortal Mansion by the sword leader, and will be forever. You are not allowed to participate in the Zhenwu Jiankui Association."

These words were obviously a warning to Cui Tiegu.

The monks in the surrounding Yunlou stands obviously heard the implication of Elder Yu's words, and they started talking about it for a while.

After hearing what Xu Taiping said, the little monkey lying on his lap suddenly raised his head curiously and asked him:

"Brother, why doesn't the Sword Leader List directly stipulate that high-level monks are not allowed to kill when they encounter low-level monks?"

Xu Taiping actually didn't know much about this issue, so he looked at Fairy Lingyue.

Fairy Lingyue reached out and lifted the little monkey into her arms, then looked at the stands below without blinking and explained:

"The Zhenwu Sword Leader List was originally established to select the strongest sword cultivators. If high-level monks are not allowed to kill, it will limit their combat power. This is inconsistent with the original intention of establishing the Sword Leader List."

"So most of the time, low-level monks either choose to use the Killing Order or admit defeat on the spot."

"Dugu Qingxiao's situation is actually rare."

Hearing this, Ping An nodded with a sudden look on his face.

And these words also solved some doubts in Xu Taiping's mind.

I saw him murmuring thoughtfully:

"The reason why the first round of the Zhenwu Sword Contest is to find an opponent to ask for swords by yourself is probably to give cultivators with low cultivation levels a chance to win the reward of the Zhenwu Emperor."

Fairy Lingyue nodded and said:

"Taiping, you are right. The reward for the first round of the Zhenwu Sword Contest is actually reserved for the younger generation of cultivators with lower cultivation levels."

"Because once a high-level cultivator wins a reward in the second or third round, the reward for the first round will automatically be postponed to the cultivator who ranks behind him."

With this explanation, Xu Taiping and the others understood it more clearly.

"Dang!..."

At this time, the bronze bell suspended above Jianping was suddenly hit by the strong wind from Elder Yu's sleeves.

Then, Elder Yu flew back to his seat and announced:

"After three bells, the competition will begin."

"If you start before the bells end, you will also be removed from the sword leader list!"

Hearing this, the people who were still discussing in the stands around Jianping stopped talking one by one and looked at the arena below.

"Dang!"

Soon, the second bell sounded.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Amid the sound of the bell, Dugu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu activated their true essence while retreating.

Immediately, two extremely violent aura fluctuations spread out from Jianping one after another.

From the aura fluctuations emitted by the two, the difference between Dugu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu was not big.

But Xu Taiping knew that this was because Cui Tiegu did not activate all his blood and true essence.

"Dang!..."

Soon, the third bell sounded.

"Zheng!..."

Almost at the moment when the bell stopped, accompanied by a roaring sword sound, Dugu Qingxiao's body rolled up the flame lotus formed by the sword energy in the sky, and the sword force swept towards Cui Tiegu like a raging wave hitting the shore.

And the fire lotus in his sword force was full of destructive aura.

Any cultivator with some cultivation could sense the terrible destructive aura contained in the fire lotus.

I just felt that if they met Dugu Qingxiao, they would definitely lose this battle.

However, when Cui Tiegu faced Dugu Qingxiao's sword, he just stood up straight, holding the scabbard with one hand and the hilt with the other, and held the ebony sheathed long sword flat in front of his chest.

Then his face was still calm, and he stared coldly at Dugu Qingxiao with his dead fish-like eyes.

"Zheng!"

Until the moment when Dugu Qingxiao's sword was about to engulf him, he gripped the hilt of the sword hard and drew the sword out of the sheath.

"Bang!"

When Cui Tiegu's long sword was unsheathed, a sharp sound of breaking through the air exploded in the world.

Then the monks on the surrounding Yunlou stands all looked at it in astonishment, Dugu Qingxiao's sword and the fire lotus condensed by the sword energy were all cut off by a straight sword light.

Even the white cloud floating in the sky behind Dugu Qingxiao was cut in two by this sword.

"Zheng!"

But before everyone could react, another sharp sword sound suddenly exploded above the sword platform.

The people who were suddenly awakened looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that Dugu Qingxiao actually directly left his soul without caring about his life, and used his soul to control a flying sword of his own life, and cut off Cui Tiegu's sword light with one sword.

"Boom!"

Then everyone was stunned to see that Dugu Qingxiao's soul merged with his flying sword, and the sword was like a star falling from the sky, turning into a straight sword light of three or four hundred feet, and slashed down towards Cui Tiegu below.

"Bang!"

Amidst the loud tremor, Cui Tiegu's sword was broken by Dugu Qingxiao's sword, and his body flew backwards with a "bang".

Seeing this scene, someone couldn't help but exclaimed:

"This Dugu Qingxiao is playing with his life!"