Chapter 116: Life hangs on a thread! Jedi strikes back!
All the strength of the ninth level of body washing was concentrated in the fingertips, which disappeared in an instant. In an extremely short period of time, it appeared out of thin air a few miles away.
After wrapping up a thin diamond-shaped piece of metal, it appeared out of thin air in Xu Chong's hand.
This already has the prototype of breaking the sky with one hand, but it can only act on external objects.
And after the special arrangement of picking stars and the hidden blessing of the inner demon, the strength condensed in Xu Chong's hands has far exceeded the scope of the ninth level of body cleansing and is infinitely close to the level of seeding.
Xu Chong did not hesitate and snapped his fingers.
His fingers seemed to pierce through space and disappeared in an instant.
When he reappeared, the metal sheet was no longer in his hand.
After doing all this, Xu Chong stumbled and held onto the tree trunk next to him.
Zheng Wu still kept his secret weapon activated and kept a close eye on the situation in the peach forest.
After a breath.
"Hit! Xie Changqing is dead! His neck was shot directly off! Hahahahahaha..."
Zheng Wu was overjoyed, "The head flew off, he is definitely dead now!"
However, Xu Chong's heart fell to the bottom: "Go... Go quickly!!!"
"What?"
Zheng Wu turned around, looking puzzled.
"That's not Xie Changqing! Go away!!!"
Xu Chong didn't have time to explain and directly pushed Zheng Wu.
"obviously it is……"
Zheng Wu stopped talking halfway.
He saw that in Xu Chong's eyes, the murderous intent was still tangible.
If Xie Changqing died, the murderous intent should have weakened as the inner demon dissipated.
But it didn’t!
Zheng Wu's face changed drastically. He grabbed Xu Chong's arm and ran in the opposite direction.
However, at this moment...
“——Bold!!!”
With a loud shout, a terrifying aura that captured people's hearts suddenly rose from the peach forest and approached the two of them at a rapid speed.
"Zhongdao?!!"
Zheng Wu was shocked.
"I have a way to get away with this. Go quickly."
Xu Chong was extremely calm. He spoke quickly and used the little strength he had just recovered to push Zheng Wu hard.
"Your Mightiness……"
Zheng Wu looked back in surprise.
This time he had been pushed more than ten feet away, and it was too late for him to turn around and rescue.
Seeing that there was no way to save the situation, Zheng Wu gritted his teeth and used the inertia to increase his speed by several times again.
"When you are about to die, you still have time to save others? Humph!"
The sound of ice coldness reaches my ears.
In an instant, the nine-day cloud layer fell down!
Just like the trick Jiang Zhihong used at the beginning, the clouds turned into palms and directly imprisoned Xu Chong in place.
Not only did Xu Chong not resist, he even breathed a sigh of relief.
Because Zheng Wu had completely disappeared from his sight.
As long as Zheng Wu is not caught, he still has room to maneuver.
"You'd better tell me everything honestly and don't force me to use shameful means."
An old Confucian scholar with a sage-like demeanor came down the slope and spoke slowly.
"I'm just here admiring the flowers. Why did you arrest me for no reason, Senior?"
Xu Chong looked puzzled.
"It seems that you are not going to cooperate."
The old scholar's eyes lit up.
Yunshou exerted force suddenly and tightened inwards.
--puff!
Xu Chong spat out a mouthful of blood and was seriously injured.
Without enough energy flowing, his physical fitness of just the ninth level of body cleansing seemed so vulnerable.
"You still have such a strong murderous intent in your eyes?"
The old scholar said calmly, "Let me guess... I'm afraid your target is not just Taiping Hou, right?"
“…”
Xu Chong's face trembled and he closed his eyes directly: "I don't know what you are talking about."
"It seems to be correct."
The old scholar nodded , "You want to kill not only Xie Changqing, but also others... Is it the Xie family? Or the imperial court?"
Hearing this, Xu Chong suddenly smiled and opened his eyes.
"Heh...heh...so what if you guessed it?"
"The court sent you to secretly protect Xie Changqing, but you let Xie Changqing die right under your nose. Hahahaha... You really want to kill me, right?"
"But do you dare?"
Xu Chong's expression was both smug and extremely arrogant, and with his eyes full of murderous intent, he looked as evil as possible.
"You said I dare not kill you?"
The old scholar raised his eyebrows, "Why do you think so?"
"Xie Changqing is the Marquis of Taiping and is a key protected person by the court."
Xu Chong curled his lips, "If he dies, the capital will be furious. In this case, if I die too, what will happen to you, a lackey?"
"Oh, is it so?"
The old scholar did not comment.
"Don't try to be calm."
Xu Chong looked disdainful, "You dare not kill me. At most you can beat me and humiliate me to vent your anger. In the end, you still have to take me to the capital, either to the three judicial departments for trial, or directly to the Blood Robe Guards' prison... I think it is more likely to be the Blood Robe Guards' prison, right?"
"I admit that your calculation is very reasonable and very likely to happen..."
The old scholar smiled faintly, "If he is really dead."
"What's the meaning?!"
Xu Chong's face suddenly froze.
The old scholar did not answer, but took out a token-like object and said, "Have you seen everything, Lord Xie?"
"It's clear, please continue to control him, Elder Mei. I will be here shortly."
A female voice came out from it.
Xu Chong chuckled, "If you want to trick me into speaking, at least find a man. You're taking me for a fool by finding a woman?"
"ignorance."
The old scholar glanced at Xu Chong calmly and said, "How can you, the insects of the Taiping Dao, guess the methods of the imperial court?"
“…”
Xu Chong looked unhappy and stopped talking.
Not long after, a large group of fully armed soldiers surrounded the hillside, and a woman in her forties walked up.
"Laume is old."
The woman clasped her fists and bowed to the old scholar, which looked weird no matter how she looked at it.
"Thank you, Lord. Please do as you please. Don't worry about me."
The old scholar waved his hand and walked aside.
The woman looked at Xu Chong, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
"Who are you? What is your relationship with Xie Changqing?!"
Xu Chong stared at the woman fiercely, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"It seems that my guess is correct. You don't want to kill me, but you want to kill all the people in the Xie family."
The woman raised her right hand and looked at the pure black ring on her thumb, a little puzzled: "This is the first time I've seen Pure Heart Glaze turn into pure black... I'm very curious, what grudge does the Xie family have against you that made you want to kill him so badly?"
"What do you mean? What do you mean I don't mean to kill you?"
Xu Chong's expression changed.
"Oh, I forgot, I haven't changed back yet."
The woman smiled faintly.
The next moment, his body began to twist.
Then……
Became like Xie Changqing!
Xu Chong's face turned pale in an instant: "How is it possible! How is it possible! I clearly killed you, I clearly killed you!!!"
"Can't you understand?"
Xie Changqing raised his lips, "Alright, I still have plenty of time, it doesn't hurt to explain it to you..."
Sure enough, it was just as Xu Chong guessed.
The formless robe originally owned by the water ghost was handed over to the court by Lu Zhong. In order to enhance Xie Changqing's survival ability, the court rewarded the formless robe to Xie Changqing.
At the beginning, it was indeed Xie Changqing who got off the carriage.
But, that’s not the case later.
Because Xie Changqing had to relieve himself once.
As a marquis, he couldn't just stand under a tree to relieve himself. Instead, he was surrounded by a lot of people, blocking all views, including Zheng Wu's.
Xie Changqing, who appeared later, was just a substitute arranged by the court.
Whether it's appearance, figure, clothing, or decoration, they are exactly the same as the previous Xie Changqing.
Daqing is so big that it is extremely easy to find a few people who look similar.
In this way, the fake Xie Changqing continued to have fun in the peach forest, while the real Xie Changqing had already secretly returned to a safer place.
"I was just being cautious. I really didn't expect that there would be someone like you in the Taiping Dao who could kill people from a distance of thousands of feet. Tsk tsk tsk... What a pity! If I hadn't been careful enough, you might have succeeded."
"Okay, I've said everything I need to say."
"Now that I am still alive, it means I can do whatever I want with you."
Xie Changqing smiled faintly, as if he was sure of victory. "Of course, if you can tell the truth, I will not hesitate to give you a quick death."
"Actually, you guessed one thing wrong..."
Xu Chong shook his head, "I already knew that move couldn't kill you."
"What?!"
Xie Changqing's face changed and he stepped back without thinking.
This is an obvious problem. If the assassin had known that he was not dead, he had been pretending to cooperate and tricking him into getting close.
Why?
Of course it was to kill him!
Xie Changqing retreated while staring at Xu Chong vigilantly.
However, nothing happened.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Xu Chong laughed sarcastically, "Even if you become a marquis of the imperial court, are you still as cowardly as a mouse?"
"Xie Hou, don't panic."
The old scholar said calmly, "I have already locked his entire body with the energy of heaven and earth. If it weren't for the cloud hand holding him, he wouldn't even be able to stand at this moment, and there would be no way he could assassinate me again."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Changqing stopped retreating suddenly and his face looked extremely ugly.
"Don't listen to this old man. If you dare to get within three feet of me, you will die."
Xu Chong laughed and mocked him as much as he could, "Run away quickly, the farther the better."
Xie Changqing's eyes were filled with viciousness and he began to walk forward.
After all, he was a marquis, but he was forced into a disgraceful state by an assassin. Even if he had a good attitude, he couldn't help but feel angry.
"It's three feet, kill me."
Xie Changqing kept walking, "It's two feet now, why don't you do it?"
"It's already ten feet, why don't you take action now?"
"With your whole body's strength locked, you are like a fish on a chopping board, a dog on the side of the road!"
After approaching him for ten feet, Xie Changqing was too lazy to waste words, and rushed over directly, grabbing Xu Chong's neck, "What are you going to use to kill me?"
"wait wait wait."
Xu Chong suddenly struggled to speak.
"Oh, are you scared now?"
Xie Changqing sneered and loosened the strength in his hands slightly.
"There is something you don't know, this old man doesn't know...even His Majesty doesn't know."
Xu Chong pulled the corners of his mouth and forced a smile, "I am the only one in the world who knows this. If you kill me, this secret will be buried forever."
Xie Changqing narrowed his eyes, his hand still on Xu Chong's neck.
In his opinion, Xu Chong's words were pure nonsense just to save his life.
However, he did not feel any energy fluctuations from Xu Chong's body.
In addition, Xu Chong was imprisoned by Yunshou, so it was impossible for him to pose any threat to him.
So he minded letting Xu Chong say a few more words.
"In this world, there is a kind of skill-based Kung Fu, but it is not a martial art, not a secret martial art, nor a side skill."
Xu Chong continued, "This skill is something I created myself."
"Oh, you're about to die, have you lost even the most basic common sense?"
Xie Changqing looked at Xu Chong with pity, as if he was looking at a clown.
As we all know, the foundation of martial arts is skills - true skills - orthodox methods, while the techniques used are martial arts - secret skills - side skills.
It is impossible to go beyond this scope.
"This skill is very powerful. To activate it, only one condition is required..."
Xu Chong spoke to himself.
"What conditions?"
Xie Changqing became a little impatient.
Xu Chong smiled strangely and slowly uttered two words: "Distance."
distance?!
Xie Changqing's face turned pale with anger and he exerted force on his hands.
But it was too late.
“——Avici Hell!”
Xu Chong muttered silently.
The murderous intent that had been lingering in his eyes disappeared in an instant!
