Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 533: Reveal My Face

Voices of surprise arose all over the banquet hall. For the first time, someone broke his sword in front of He Ju and took two steps forward.

Although this was a challenge initiated by He Jiu casually, he had to truly defeat this sword first before he could get the promised reward.

Although the Taoist leader Shenxiao is not here at this moment, her descendants have brought the aura of "high above the divine sky, millions of miles away from the earth".

There are many young swordsmen showing off their swords in front of the guests tonight, and each of them has won the reputation they need. Names like "Chu Shuiting" and "Chen Quan" will begin to circulate among the upper class of the Tang Dynasty starting tomorrow... and this girl, with just this one sword, is enough to firmly rank among the top two.

Only Jiang Yin'er herself showed no signs of fluctuation.

She pursed her lips and stared at the opponent in front of her. From the moment she set foot here, what she wanted was not to use a stunning sword, but to really penetrate the "Seven-Step Sword Control".

The girl was never sure of winning.

Even though she had watched He Ju's sword strikes several times and had made her own plans and preparations, it was only when she actually stood here that she could feel the suffocating pressure.

The young man in front of her with a sword on his back looked at her with a smile, and at the same time she felt the gazes dropping from above, and the sword in her hand inevitably felt heavier than usual.

As the four swords clashed, she could no longer help but loosen her numbed hands. The feedback from the swords was always strange and unfamiliar.

The person in front of her had a completely different understanding of the sword from all the opponents she had ever sparred with. His terrifying intuition, ghostly jumps... when combined together, he made her look so ethereal and graceful.

She had absolutely no intention of using the sword of will, as she believed that the higher the level of swordsmanship, the greater the gap between her and her opponent would be. However, the opponent had used the [Tianlan] move first.

By the sixth step, the situation had exceeded her expectations.

"Seven-Step Sword Control" is a bracelet.

Jiang Yin'er thought this matter through when she took off her mask.

It is difficult for people to beat Senior He in such a game of swordplay. It does not depend on the victory or defeat of a single move, nor does it mean that one can win step by step by just constantly using more powerful sword moves... because Senior He's swordplay does not get stronger as time goes by.

It just keeps looking back.

Back to the first sword.

When the two swords first intersected, he saw your sword, and a point of origin was created. Every subsequent encounter was an extension of it, and when you finally stepped into the fog and couldn't see where you were ahead... you would suddenly find yourself back to the starting point.

And the first sword that was swung was actually directed at my present self.

That is Jianye's suppression. Because you cannot see the sword clearly after seven steps, you can only see one third, half, or more than half of the bracelet... In short, it makes no difference.

Senior He would choose to complete this bracelet at the third sword, the fifth sword, or the seventh sword...it doesn't make any difference.

The foreshadowing left by the first sword will only be revealed after entering the fog.

What Jiang Yin'er knew clearly was that she had now stepped into this fog.

As for Yiqian herself, she is already proud enough. She is four or five years younger than Chen Quanning Chaolie, and seven or eight years younger than Chu Shuiting, but she stands at the forefront of them. Although the number of steps is far from representing the level of strength, it definitely reflects her talent and understanding of sword.

But for victory, it is about to come to an end.

Six steps above, there was still a vast world for He Ju, but the girl could not see her hand in front of her face.

A bright sword light broke out from the fog, and He Ju's faint smile was behind the sword light. He should have won the victory with this sword, but the girl could not see and could not know how he would do it.

Jiang Yin'er pursed her lips and looked at it. Her hands were indeed a little stiff, as if she had returned to the "ignorant" feeling when she first held the sword.

……

The atmosphere was as cold as freezing.

Lu Xiu's gaze fell down and stopped on the young man.

The boy looked up at her.

"Pei, Ye?" Lu Xiu asked calmly, his voice obviously getting a little colder.

It had been a long time since she had been offended like this, and the sudden anger had almost disappeared from her memory.

"Pei Ye" was not a strange name to Yu Luxiu. Whether in the Sword Training Institute, beside Cui Zhaoye, or from some other news... she roughly sensed that this name was wandering on the edge of the powerful and wealthy recently, and was very active.

There are many such names every year, and the number seen at each Fantasy Tower Banquet has exceeded ten.

Of course they were not in her eyes, but since they were here, Lu Xiu had no objection. There were always high and low people in a banquet hall, and people who were striving to climb up were everywhere, just like insects and ants climbing trees.

So when this insect with a name uttered the eight words just now, the atmosphere was immediately filled with absolute silence.

Lu Xiu looked at the mask quietly, chuckled for the third time, and said calmly, "You will pay the price of your whole life for these eight words today."

This was the most solemn verdict. The eldest daughter of the Lu family certainly would not fight with a gangster. She had never even thought about it.

Because one sentence is often enough.

The Five Surnames were the masters of the Tang Dynasty.

Only those who have truly traveled in the capital and wasted years in Fengchi will truly understand the weight of this sentence.

Among the vast number of scholars and warriors, who is not holding the hem of the Five Surnames? As long as you climb up the Tang Dynasty, how can you possibly bypass them? A reckless statement today will bring you a lifetime of failure.

Xu Menglang looked at the young man beside him almost suffocatingly, almost seeing him as a white-haired traveler with nothing accomplished... and Lu Xiu shifted his gaze away and moved it to him.

The hand still handed over the paper.

Pei Ye didn't say anything at this time, nor did he stop him. While the man was looking at him, he was also looking at the man quietly.

Xu Menglang looked up at the woman blankly. In the depressing and uneasy atmosphere, his helplessness and panic were almost visible to the naked eye. He raised his hand, as if he had subconsciously taken the paper, but he pursed his lips and said, "Pei, Master Pei, he didn't mean it..."

Pei Ye was slightly startled, and Lu Xiu's expression also paused for a moment, then turned into icy cold, and then he withdrew his hand and left.

Xu Menglang stood there stiffly, his mind in a mess. The panic of falling and the unreality of having spent years trying to disappear in an instant gripped his heart at the same time.

He looked at the young man with a pale face, his slender eyebrows and soft eyes were dazed at this moment, and his slightly messy hair was hanging down.

Pei Ye raised his hand and offered him a bottle of wine without saying anything.

After a long time, Xu Menglang lowered his head and poured himself a glass with trembling fingers. When he raised it up, a lot of wine had spilled, but he still touched it lightly. Amid the clear sound of music, the two of them drank the glass of wine.

"… We came from the dust and will return to the dust. There is nothing wrong with that." The man chuckled, his throat trembling slightly, and looked at him, "But if you say something like that, no matter what results you get in today's sword test, I'm afraid it will be useless."

"Didn't we just say that poetry and swordplay are not meant for them to see?" Pei Ye's eyes were calm and bright. "Brother Xu, there is no need to learn the art of reading and swordplay and join the army. Your character is a hundred times stronger than any commander of the imperial guards I've ever seen."

He pressed the mask and stood up with the sword. Xu Menglang was stunned: "...Where are you going?"

"Isn't it my turn now?" Pei Ye smiled, "I'll report it to you first - since I wrote the poem, I can read it whenever I want, why bother about who they are."

"..."

The young man smiled and left. The sword wrapped in cloth knocked twice on the edge of the table - it had never appeared since entering the building.

……

Jiang Yin'er put all her energy into the sword in her hand, and her body was tense to the extreme.

The bright sword light of He Jiu was already before his eyes.

In the eyes of all those who understand swords, she will be defeated by this sword - in the same way as the previous people, she will lose the ability to fight if she loses the sword field. "Seven-step Sword Control" is such a thing. You are in the circle it creates, and all your moves are naturally included and penetrated by it, while its moves are beyond your sight. How can you win?
"Within seven steps, my sword is invincible" is the truth that the strong will always be strong. Unless you really have a higher sword field and a more sensitive sword sense than the little sword fairy... But in these two things, how can the sword testers surpass this former Tianbi?
Chen Quan just answered the questions within the scope of the topic.

But... this girl seems to have answered better!
The scream spread throughout the venue in an instant, the sword energy fluttered her hair, and the girl's pure and upright face became even calmer. He Jiu's sword hit her sword one foot and three inches away, which was exactly the gap left by the previous sword. The girl's sword seemed to be about to slip off her wrist and fall, but during this shock, her wrist turned, and He Jiu's sword actually emitted the same out-of-control resonance!
…That was the first sword she buried.

Before He Jue won, the girl actually completed her "Six-Step Sword Control" first!
There is no need to marvel at the amazing talent here, because the most sensitive swordsman has already seen it at the first moment. The moment this smaller bracelet is completed, more exciting possibilities emerge!
This certainly doesn't mean victory can be achieved by just taking the lead. The girl used this extremely clever method to resist the sixth move which would have been a sure defeat. However, her bracelet was still a circle smaller than He Ju's. "Six-Step Sword Control" was still within the "Seven-Step Sword Control", and she still needed to face the seventh step.

But it is at this moment that the true wonder of this treatment is revealed to the viewer.

There is no "seventh step", only the second "first step".

Of course, completing the return to the first sword first will not make you win, because the starting point you return to is also the place where He Ju laid the foreshadowing, and it was buried better and deeper than yours.

But...it forced the battlefield back to the first step.

Jiang Yiner took the initiative to start a war.

Then the "Seventh Form" hidden in the mist disappeared, and the myriad elusive possibilities collapsed into one at this moment.

The girl couldn't see his next strike, so she didn't need to see it clearly at this time. In the sixth step, they returned to the first strike, and the seventh step could only be carried out with this strike.

Everyone was amazed at the girl's dexterity with the sword, but everyone knew that this did not mean victory.

You just... just got the opportunity to face the Sword of He Jue head-on.

In front, He Ju would retreat three, four, or five steps... It didn't matter, it was his active choice, it just delayed the victory a little.

But now this is the last step. If he chooses not to retreat... can you break this sword head-on and force him to take a step back?
Even if this sword has already appeared.

He Jiu pursed his lips for the first time, the smile disappeared from his face, his eyes sank, and took on a sharp shape.

Jiang Yin'er was more focused than ever. This might be the first real challenge she faced since she came down the mountain... It might be a little too harsh, but the girl was doing it with all her heart, and besides victory, she had a more important purpose in her heart.

[Zhao Shen] was out of control for a moment, but was now under the control of the girl a moment earlier. He Ju's seventh sword had already appeared, and it was indeed a truly violent sword force - in many previous games, He Ju would never use such a sword.

【Failure】

The wind is old and the frost is heavy, the wings are withered... a straight cold sword with murderous intent!
Since you want to answer it, come and answer it!
……

Pei Ye lowered his head and placed the sword on his knees. He unwrapped the strips of cloth one by one, and the slender and beautiful sword body appeared before his eyes.

There was no expression on the young man's face. Everyone in the banquet hall turned their eyes to the flying sword shadows in the middle. Pei Ye looked quietly at the stage filled with Zen incense.

In the eyes of those three, everything on the field was indeed just a game. He heard the girl's question just now and saw her difficult fight. He was a little curious about her identity and purpose.

"She seems to be Mr. Pei's sister." Cui Zhaoye said seriously in a low voice.

"..." Pei Ye was slightly stunned and slowly mobilized his tendons, muscles and bones.

Cui Zhaoye held up his chin and looked at him, his beautiful eyes slightly frowned: "Young Master Pei, we came to Huanlou together, but you were not with me half of the time. And you asked me to take you with me."

"W-what sister?"

"That Jiang Yin'er, the one who was taught by Master Ying, the leader of the Divine Sky Dao." Cui Zhaoye tilted his head and said, "She has very pretty eyes. When she came to find me, she asked me in a very polite way: 'Miss Cui, why didn't you see Brother Pei Yeshi?'"

"'Shixiong' Oh." She emphasized in a low voice.

"..."

Pei Ye paused as he prepared to use his sword, staring blankly at Cui Zhaoye. This information came so suddenly that he didn't know how to react for a moment. He just had an inexplicable strange feeling in his heart... He subconsciously turned his head to look at the sword field, and his heart was suddenly lifted.

……

Jiang Yin'er stood like a young bird on a branch in the storm.

The sword was coming straight at her with such blood. If she chose to lift the curtain, she would have to face such naked power.

The girl had already clenched her teeth silently, her eyes fixed on the sword. She did not waste the advantage she had gained in the previous step, and before the sword appeared, her strength and energy had already accumulated in the sword.

The two men faced off in swordplay.

——A sword attack to break He Jiu’s sword.

At this moment, Jiang Yin'er showed her absolute respect for the game of swordplay, which was also a true tribute to the "ancient sages". She never used the advantage of the first move to launch a powerful and unexpected sword attack. That might win, but it was definitely not "swordplay". The principle of swordplay is to counter intention with intention and clumsiness with clumsiness.

The girl believed that she had used tricks to reach Senior He's seventh step, so she naturally had to try her best to take the sword head-on.

【Stunning】

The girl did not choose "guard", but chose the more impeccable "break". The sword comes with wind and frost, and leaves with a reflection. Will you destroy my sword, or will I pass through the gap in your violent sword power and break it with one sword?
The sword feeling at this moment was like a divine presence... Jiang Yiner saw it.

"Whenever you attack with a sword, there will be a gap." This sentence is not in the book, but her master told her.

Even during Senior He's sword attack, there were some areas where Fengshuang was temporarily careless!

[Jinghong]...We can definitely catch it!
The girl's eyes were bright at this moment. He Ju's sword was fast, but her sword was faster; He Ju's sword was straight, but her sword was straighter... The timing was just right. This was almost the most satisfying sword she had ever used!
...but the next moment, Jinghong missed.

Fengshuang suddenly stopped with incredible grace, and the straight and violent sword force turned into a spring breeze in an instant, brushing across the girl's sword, sleeves, and hair on her cheeks. Her sword froze in the air, and Hejiu's sword was just one step late, and hit her sword exactly.

The strength in her hand had already been deflected due to the missed attack. Jiang Yin'er stumbled in shock and was caught off guard. The sword in her hand fell to the ground with a clang. She retracted her hand and pressed her numb forearm in a daze.

She looked up in a daze at the man in front of her. He was making a sword flower gracefully, then raised his hand and took a sip of wine with a faint smile.

The banquet hall was in complete silence.

Jiang Yin'er also felt a chill in her heart.

...【Ji Yu】, she recognized this sword.

The birds folded their wings and stopped flying, just like the wind stopping and the frost melting away. Senior He's sword skills are unquestionable as he can control such a smooth flow of sword energy.

But...how could he do this?

“Seven-Step Sword Control” means seven moves, right?
Everyone had been fighting within this default rule, so that they could play a wonderful game of swordplay. She also aimed at these four words, and at the last moment she had clearly seen her victory... But Senior He made the eighth move.

He used the "Seven-Step Sword Control" with clever, ghostly and unreasonable moves, and his powerful swordsmanship talent was suddenly revealed. The girl who was still staring at the "bracelet" was naturally crushed unexpectedly.

Jiang Yin'er was surprised and angry, but also a little aggrieved - if you said you didn't want to use the "Seven-Step Sword Control", then we would have done it normally from the beginning, how could it suddenly become like this?
But at this moment she didn't know how to say it, because putting everything aside, the other party just used the sword better than her... He just didn't respect her.

That was indeed no longer the "Seven-Step Sword Control", but she certainly had not taken the seventh step.

The girl lowered her head in silence, and [Zhaoshen] fell at her feet. At this time, she probably understood... because she said "Can you take off your Buddha mask?"

——Perhaps the young swordsman during the Yufeng years would admit defeat, but He Ju of Huanlou would not.

Jiang Yin'er silently lowered her head to pick up her sword, stood up and pursed her lips. She could feel the gazes from above falling on her, and He Ju was standing in front of these gazes. Xiu Jun's figure seemed insurmountable.

The sixteen-year-old girl tried hard to control her emotions, lowered her head and prepared to perform the sword salute.

But at this moment, she heard a clear and cold voice behind her.

It sounded behind her, but it was moving towards her... right towards He Ju who was standing in front of her with a sword, making the girl feel an inexplicable support in this strange place.

"Hey." The boy said coldly, "Are you good at using a sword?"

(End of this chapter)