Cultivating Immortality, Starts with Green Plum

Chapter 312: Keep Gambling! (4000 words)
Xu Ming felt the two people walking towards him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At the beginning, the reason why Xu Ming made this bet with Shi Xin was because Shi Xin was too clean and Xu Ming couldn't help but want to bully her a little.

Who would have known that bullying her would seem to subvert her worldview.

As a result, if I win all of them, what a huge shock it will be to Shi Xin.
But it seems that now, even if I don’t want to win, I have to win.
Zeng Rong took a poisoned dagger, aimed at Xu Ming's heart, and stabbed it directly. The dagger glowed coldly!

"Ah, Amitabha."

Shi Xin sighed and chanted a Buddhist name. Golden light continued to condense in front of Xu Ming, and finally formed a golden cover to block the poisoned dagger.

"when!"

There was only a crisp sound, and the dagger in Zeng Rong's hand was directly bounced away.

Zeng Rong was so shocked that he took a few steps back.

Xu Ming and Shi Xin both opened their eyes.

Originally, Wang Mingshan and others had not slept. After seeing that the assassination failed, these four people suddenly attacked at the same time and wanted to kill Xu Ming while he was not prepared.

However, the sword energy emanating from Xu Ming's body hammered them directly against the wall, and the four of them spat out blood.

Xu Ming slowly got up from the ground, brushed off the dust on his body, and held a long sword in his hand: "Hey, you people, I have no grudges against you, I really don't know why you want to kill me?"

"Haha, of course someone wants to buy your life. The life of a top scholar is too valuable!"

Zeng Rong got up from the ground and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Since my plan has been exposed, then let it be exposed. It doesn’t matter. Since this is the case, I can only use my strength to prove it!
"Who wants to buy my life?" Xu Ming frowned.

Mo Zhuer had said before that someone inside the Wu Kingdom wanted to buy her life.

Unexpectedly, after failing so many times, the other party not only did not slow down, but instead directly sent someone into the rootless secret realm to kill him.

This person's power in Wu State is definitely not low.

And people who can have such power.

In Xu Ming's mind, he already had a vague range in mind, but he just couldn't lock on to a specific person.

"No need for you to know this, Mr. Zhuang." Zeng Rong raised his lips, "Mr. Zhuang, just hand your head over to us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zeng Rong had already instantly stabbed in front of Xu Ming.

Xu Ming shook his head. Since they didn't want to say anything, he would use his sword to make them speak.

Xu Ming swung his sword casually, and a burst of sword energy slashed past. Zeng Rong dodged, and Xu Ming's sword energy hit the stone wall of the cave.

The whole cave was shaking constantly.

"Ok?"

Xu Ming looked down and found that his shadow was swinging a sword at him.

Xu Ming dodged sideways and hit the stone wall with another sword.

"It means something."

It was the first time that Xu Ming had seen this kind of magic that could control someone else's shadow, and the sword that his shadow had just wielded had nearly 70% of his own power.

If I hadn't gone through a lot of life and death experiences since I was a child, I would have really been killed by this sword.

Just when Xu Ming's shadow was about to swing the second sword, Xu Ming stepped on his own shadow with one foot, then stepped forward and threw a punch, which hit Wang Mingshan heavily.

"boom!"

Wang Mingshan was hammered against the wall by Xu Ming, and his whole body sank into the wall, leaving a dent that looked like it couldn't be removed even with a push.

At this time, the rocks in the entire cave were falling even more violently and were about to collapse.

Xu Ming pulled Shi Xin's hand and flew out of the cave, then swung a sword backwards.

Under Xu Ming's sword, the cave entrance collapsed rapidly and a huge rock fell towards them.

Bai Zhan threw a punch and smashed the huge rock into pieces.

Zeng Rong and four others also escaped.

Xu Ming never thought that it would be so easy to kill the other party, not to mention that Xu Ming didn't want to kill them yet.

Xu Ming swung Shi Xin away like throwing a chain, and then he started fighting with Zeng Rong and the other four.

In Shi Xin's eyes, Xu Ming was like a ferocious beast, using his fists, feet and sword at the same time. Each of his moves was powerful and he didn't give anyone a moment to breathe.

Shi Xin had fought with many people before, and had suffered some hardships.

But Shi Xin had never seen this kind of fighting style.

The opponent is integrating boxing and swordsmanship together.

However, in Xu Ming's opinion, Wang Mingshan's spell to control shadows was indeed annoying. Fortunately, Xu Ming quickly found the key to balance the power.

Wang Mingshan needs to use his own shadow to control other people's shadows.

As long as his shadow is not connected to Wang Mingshan’s shadow, it will be fine.

After grasping this key point, Xu Ming began to pay close attention to Wang Mingshan's every move.

As soon as his shadow approached Xu Ming, Xu Ming immediately moved away, not giving Wang Mingshan any chance.

Bai Zhan’s magic is also quite interesting.

He can absorb huge amounts of spiritual energy and infuse it into his body. Then, his body will continue to expand and then smoke. His body can become more and more robust, so that every move he makes can unleash tremendous power.

Although he is not a martial artist, he uses martial artists' boxing techniques, except that he uses spiritual power instead of true energy.

It seems that this move of his is perfect. It not only has the killing power of a warrior, but also can be used as a qigong practitioner, allowing him to have a long life.

but it is not the truth.

The reason why a warrior is called a warrior is because he does not believe in heaven and earth, he only believes in himself.

Monks absorb spiritual energy from the outside world, but warriors rely entirely on themselves to generate true energy.

In other words, a warrior regards his own body as a small world.

The difference between the two means that Bai Zhan's punches and kicks are far less oppressive and lethal than those of warriors at the corresponding level, and his body is also far less excellent than that of warriors at the corresponding level.

He was just imitating.

"boom!"

Xu Ming threw a punch, meeting Bai Zhan’s fist.

A gust of wind and waves swept away.

"what!"

Bai Zhan's cry of pain spread out.

Bai Zhan's arm that collided with Xu Ming was directly broken.

Xu Ming turned around again and swung his sword, hitting Xu Sheng's body. Xu Sheng was shocked and quickly chanted a spell, and his whole body turned into stone.

Xu Sheng, who turned into stone, was chopped to pieces by Xu Ming's sword.

However, these stones continued to condense and reorganize, turning into human form again.

"The skills you guys use are really interesting."

Xu Ming stood in front of the four people with a sword in his hand, recalling the spells they had just cast.

Regardless of the quality of these spells, at least each spell is very strange and I have never seen them before.

Zeng Rong and three others stood up and stared at Xu Ming.

They had long anticipated that this number one scholar would be very difficult to defeat, and they had already prepared themselves mentally. After all, the opponent was ranked second on the Qingyun list.

But what they didn't expect was that this top scholar was so difficult to beat.

“If the number one scholar wants to learn, we can teach him.” Zeng Rong said with a grin.

"No need." Xu Ming shook his head, "I only believe in my punches and swords."

After he finished speaking, Xu Ming slashed at the four of them with his sword again.

The four of them were shocked and quickly dodged the sword.

Zeng Rong turned into a black shadow and disappeared from Xu Ming's sight. Xu Sheng raised his hands, and stones kept condensing above his head. Bai Zhan clashed his fists together, and his body turned red. Behind Wang Mingshan, his shadow gradually separated and turned into a huge shadow monster.

Looking at the appearance of these four people, Xu Ming knew clearly.

These four people want to use their ultimate moves.

To be honest, the ultimate skills of these four people are indeed quite oppressive.

Xu Ming felt that if he had not gone through that year's trials and tribulations and had not obtained those opportunities, it would have been really difficult for him to fight with them. He might even have been yelled at by now.

But after experiencing life and death that year, these people seemed like child's play in front of Xu Ming.

To deal with them, it's just a matter of one sword.

So Xu Ming just swung out the sword.

This sword directly cut Wang Mingshan's shadow monster into two pieces.

This sword blew away the tiger fist attack that Bai Zhan had launched.

This sword chopped the meteorite that Xu Sheng threw at him into pieces.

This sword directly chopped Zeng Rong, the villain who was looking for an opportunity to assassinate in the dark, and sent him flying several meters away.

Shi Xin, who was standing not far away, looked at Xu Ming in surprise.

Shi Xin had never seen anyone of his generation wield such a sharp and clean sword.

Moreover, Shi Xin knew that all this was the result of Xu Ming holding back.

Otherwise, all of these people would die under Xu Ming's sword.

"puff!"

Zeng Rong and four others spat out blood, fell to the ground, and covered their hearts tightly.

When they just raised their heads, Xu Ming was already holding a sword and walking towards them step by step.

"Mercy! Number One Scholar, please spare our lives! We are willing to do anything!"

Zeng Rong and the other three knew that their lives were in Xu Ming's hands, so they quickly knelt down and kowtowed for mercy.

They were crying and trembling, looking extremely scared.

It seems that Xu Ming is the one who bullies the weak, and they are all innocent weaklings.

I have to say that the cultivation level of these casual cultivators is not that good, but they are quite good at begging for mercy. If they were soft-hearted people, they might really let these guys go.

But it is true that these independent cultivators often walk between being killed and killing others. When they are about to be killed, they must have practiced the skill of "begging for mercy".

I just don’t know, when some monks really let them go, whether those monks who let them go are still alive.

"I can spare your lives, but you are willing to do anything. Is this true or false? I don't like people lying to me." Xu Ming pointed his sword at Zeng Rong. There was no mercy in Xu Ming's sharp eyes.

"Really, really!" Hearing that they still had a chance to survive, Zeng Rong and the others became even more excited. They kowtowed quickly, their foreheads were broken, and blood dripped onto the ground. "Give us ten thousand guts, and we won't dare to deceive you, No. 1 Scholar! From now on, our lives belong to you, No. 1 Scholar! We will do whatever you ask us to do!"

"Then tell me, who wants to kill me?" Xu Ming asked.

"This..." Zeng Rong and others broke out in cold sweat.

"What? You can't say it anymore?" Xu Ming sneered, "Just now you were still swearing that you could do anything."

"Top Scholar, it's not that we don't want to say it, but we have been put under a forbidden spell. Once we say or write those words, our bodies and souls will be destroyed and turned into a pool of pus!"

"But what we can tell you is that the man is not in the capital, and he is a powerful prince!" Wang Mingshan added quickly, "Your Excellency, we can only be specific to this point. If we continue, we are really afraid that the forbidden spell will take effect."

"Okay, then I won't embarrass you." Xu Ming put away his sword. "I am not a bloodthirsty person either. Especially since Master Shixin has been teaching me Buddhism recently, telling me to be kind to others, to forgive others when they need me, and not to commit too many serious sins of killing. I think what Master Shixin said makes sense, so I have been cultivating my mind and chanting Buddha's name recently."

Release: “.”

Shi Xin actually didn't understand why Xu Ming could say these words without blushing or getting nervous.

"So, I don't need you to work like slaves for me. I'll give you a chance to make amends for your crimes." Xu Ming looked at Zeng Rong and the other three. "If you agree to help me get the Bodhi fruit, I'll spare your lives. How about that?"

"Of course! We will definitely agree. The number one scholar is simply a living Buddha!"

Everyone was overjoyed to learn that they were still alive. The four of them kept kowtowing, as if they were Xu Ming's most sincere believers.

"Get up." Xu Ming put away his sword.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zeng Rong and the other three stood up timidly.

But when they stood up, a gloomy gleam appeared in their eyes as they lowered their heads.

Xu Ming! Wait for us!

Then we'll see how we deal with you!
"Let's go and find a new place to live. Don't attract any night beasts."

Xu Ming turned around and walked into the forest.

A lot of blood was shed in the fight just now, and it is very likely that the night beast will be attracted here, so we have to leave quickly.

But when passing by Shi Xin, Xu Ming said softly: "I'm sorry, I won the first round, otherwise we shouldn't continue gambling, our bet doesn't count."

"No!"

Shi Xin looked at Xu Ming with firm eyes.

Those flawless golden eyes revealed the girl's stubbornness.

"Keep gambling!"

[Hehehe, the fever is gone~ I don't have a fever today, luckily, luckily, I was shocked. It looks like I don't need to get an IV drip. Otherwise, everyone would be on holiday during the National Day, but I would be in the hospital getting an IV drip. That would be really miserable! ]

(End of this chapter)