Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

"Are they all dead?"

"Yeah... just as I expected. The Great Xia Sword Sect really cares about him."

Long Cheng, wearing a mask, didn't care about the Candle Dragon Sword Pavilion members who had been killed.

Nor did he care about Wei Changming's failure.

On the contrary, Wei Changming, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, was confused and terrified.

Wei Changming's breathing was rapid, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Long Cheng, leaning back in his chair, calmly watched Wei Changming.

Silence filled the hall, with only Wei Changming's heavy breathing.

On the high platform, Long Cheng rested his chin on his hand.

The surrounding candlelight flickered, highlighting the eerie black mask.

Beneath the mask, golden eyes calmly watched Wei Changming.

"You seem... very afraid of me?"

Wei Changming lowered his head, his forehead pressed against the cold stone floor, and trembled as he spoke.

"This subordinate has failed in his duties and couldn't complete the task assigned by the master... Please punish me!"

Wei Changming breathed a sigh of relief after saying this.

From the beginning, Long Cheng didn't seem to blame him, but he still had to keep his posture low.

However, the next moment...

Creak!

The sound of the chair scraping against the ground rang out, and Wei Changming's body trembled, not daring to look up.

But he knew that Long Cheng had stood up!

Beneath the mask, the corners of Long Cheng's mouth slightly lifted.

"Hmm... you're very sensible."

"But I don't like your behavior of trying to guess my intentions in such a clever way."

Thump, thump, thump!

Long Cheng slowly walked down the steps, arriving next to Wei Changming.

The corner of Wei Changming's eye could barely see Long Cheng's feet.

Bang!!!

Long Cheng stepped on Wei Changming's head, the stone floor cracking, and half of his face was crushed into the ground.

Wei Changming's half-bloody face tightened, and he looked at Long Cheng in horror!!!

Long Cheng kicked Wei Changming's ribs.

Bang!!!

The enormous force directly broke several of Wei Changming's ribs.

His body was dragged dozens of feet across the ground, directly breaking several stone pillars in the hall!!

Boom, crack, boom!

Half of the hall's roof instantly collapsed, dust billowing, and tiles falling.

Wei Changming crashed into a thick stone pillar, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The next moment...

His scalp tightened, and Long Cheng grabbed Wei Changming's hair, lifting him into the air.

Raising his hand, several sword lights severed Wei Changming's tendons.

Puff, puff, puff!

Blood splattered on the black mask.

Long Cheng said expressionlessly.

"Since you want to be punished, then I will fulfill your wish."

The blade cut horizontally towards the corner of Wei Changming's mouth!!!

Wei Changming desperately shook his head, his tongue even feeling the coldness of the blade.

Long Cheng slowly pushed the blade forward!!

The sharp blade cut open the flesh at the corner of Wei Changming's mouth, extending all the way to the root of his ear!!

Flesh turned outwards, and the jawbone and teeth could be clearly seen.

If this sword were pushed back a little further, it could completely slice Wei Changming's head open!!

Moreover, the blade contained a very special power.

This power would prevent the power within Wei Changming's body from repairing the damage.

Wei Changming's eyes were covered in mist, and the intense pain caused his body to spasm uncontrollably, but he still didn't dare to move at all.

Long Cheng casually threw Wei Changming aside, flicking the blood droplets off the blade with a flick of his wrist.

He turned around so calmly, as if he had done something insignificant.

Wei Changming, kneeling on the ground, overflowed with a large pool of blood from his mouth...

Long Cheng chuckled at the man's back, casually tossing a pure white mask to him.

"From today onwards, you will no longer be called Wei Changming."

Wei Changming tremblingly picked up the mask, looking at Long Cheng with terrified eyes.

Long Cheng stopped, turned his head to look at Wei Changming, and chuckled.

"From now on, you will be called Smiling Face."

"Do you understand?"

Wei Changming nodded in fear.

Lowering his head, his fingers trembled as he stained the blood on the ground, then drew a distorted smile on the blank mask.

Stopping the bleeding, Wei Changming put the mask on his face.

Trembling, he stood up, bowing and bending over as he said softly.

"Yes... Master."

"From now on, I am 'Smiling Face'."

Long Cheng was very satisfied with this scene, putting his hands behind his back and laughing heartily.

Stepping out of the hall, he transmitted his voice softly.

"Let's go, there's no need for this place to exist anymore."

"Let's... go find some more puppets."

Wei Changming, wearing the mask, underwent a significant change in temperament compared to before.

It was as if...

Wei Changming was the Candle Dragon Sword Pavilion Master full of vigor before he put on the mask.

The one wearing the mask...

Was just a running dog named 'Smiling Face'!

Boom!!

Smiling Face followed one step behind Long Cheng, and with each step he took, the surrounding domain's mountains and pavilions would collapse a bit.

All the way to the domain's gate, the entire Candle Dragon Sword Pavilion's domain had ceased to exist.

Just a probing ambush had exhausted the Candle Dragon Sword Pavilion's foundation.

Only he, Wei Changming, had exchanged it for a cultivation realm that would be difficult to improve even in a thousand years.

The domain shattered, and Long Cheng stood in the void at the domain's gate, looking back at Wei Changming.

The corners of his mouth under the mask slightly lifted.

This dog... is easy to use.

Li Guanqi walked out of the living room and saw Lin Wujiu waiting in the yard early in the morning.

"Hahahaha, finally finished chatting, come, come, Old Li, come drink with me!"

Li Guanqi smiled and came to his side, took the wine jar and started drinking.

Lin Wujiu was the same.

"Hahahaha, that's great!"

Lin Wujiu wiped his mouth, put down the wine jar and laughed loudly.

He looked at Li Guanqi with bright eyes, raised the corners of his mouth and said with emotion.

"No wonder you always told me to go out and see!"

"I saw it, and I regret it a bit..."

Li Guanqi turned his head to look at him and smiled.

"Regret? Regret what?"

Lin Wujiu laughed loudly.

"Regret that I didn't go out sooner!!"

Li Guanqi smiled, this scene was so similar to when he and Ye Feng left the Great Xia Sword Sect back then.

"By the way, have you contacted the Seven Kill brothers?"

Li Guanqi nodded.

"I contacted him before, but I don't know where he ran off to later."

"But his life jade tablet is fine, so I didn't ask him again."

Lin Wujiu nodded.

"Well, I heard about it too. I contacted him once some time ago, and it seems he ran to Yuhua Land."

"Tsk, he ran even farther than me."

Just as the two were drinking and chatting, Lin Wujiu also learned that Li Guanqi had found all his brothers!

Excited, Lin Wujiu said that he must come to Northern Jizhou one day to see Li Guanqi and his brothers.

Yuan Chengjie and Lin Jinting walked out of the living room side by side.

"Congxin, the sect sent a message, it seems that people from other branch sects have arrived, should we go back too?"

Li Guanqi's eyes lit up!

He got up and looked at Lin Wujiu and smiled.

"If there's a chance in the future, you must come to the Great Xia Sword Sect, I'll introduce you to some people!"

Lin Wujiu put down the wine jar, a hint of loss flashed in his eyes, he hadn't even finished a drink.

Lin Wujiu smiled and got up.

"Definitely, I will definitely go."

Li Guanqi also went to see Lin Shengwu and Lin Changlu, and finally said goodbye to Lin Jinting and Lin Wujiu.

Li Guanqi followed Yuan Chengjie onto the cloud boat, waving goodbye.

Lin Jinting looked at the lost Lin Wujiu, patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

"What's wrong? Is my son ashamed of himself?"

Lin Wujiu turned his head to look at Lin Jinting, pouted and smiled.

"Dad!"

"I'm not."

"I just feel... it's not easy to meet, but now I haven't even finished a drink."