Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  Right then, if he circulated Golden Quintessence Nine Yang Skill three times every day, he could gain at least 0.2 qi points, and over the past two or so months, he had increased twelve qi points just by circulating Golden Quintessence Nine Yang Skill. If he combined it with more than twenty qi points from practicing Golden Quintessence Nine Yang Skill, his qi had already climbed up to 427 qi points.

  427 qi points!

  However, the amount of qi did not really help Happy with his problem.

  He needed to obtain Nine Yang Divine Skill to handle the fight against One Emperor three months later.

  Even though he had come to understand three moves from Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm and had also gained an even greater understanding toward Ten True Dragon Styles' Dragon Capture and Petite Dragon to the point that their might had increased by leaps and bounds as they complimented each other, Happy was still not confident as to how many sword wills he could take from One Emperor.

  If he wanted to win against One Emperor, he had to obtain Nine Yang Divine Skill, and only when he perfected it would his qi come in endless streams, which would allow him to use Petite Dragon as he wished. Only then could he be in a relatively safe environment to execute his counterattack, or else, with his current Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, it would be impossible for him to win against One Emperor.

  Even though One Emperor did not represent any faction of power, Happy was the brand of Mu Clan…

  He could not lose!

  At the very least, when he faced One Emperor, he could not lose.

  As Happy thought about it, waves of majestic and dazzling red light swiftly covered his body, and they quickly restored his qi and spirit.

  Heat waves tumbled about on the summit, filing a circular area of thirty-two feet!

  When he opened his eyes, an old Daoist who looked like a sage was in front of him. The man had a Daoist hat and a Daoist robe, along with a horsetail whisk. He was also staring at Happy with an amiable expression.

  He finally appeared!

  In Happy's previous life, Wudang Sect's summit was the place where Zhang Sanfeng frequently appeared to train. He would usually come there to practice his sword technique or fist technique and sense the pulse of nature in the world. Almost every day, Happy stayed on the summit in hopes of meeting Zhang Sanfeng.

  He had not expected, however, that Zhang Sanfeng would only appear after two months!

  Happy did not dare to be negligent, he quickly got up and bowed to him respectfully. "I am Murong Clan's Happy. Greetings, Spiritual Master Zhang, sect leader of Wudang Sect."

  Zhang Sanfeng smiled faintly.

  "I heard about you a few months ago, my young friend. You helped Emei Sect's Mistress Annihilation attack Light Summit and saved the elites from the six great sects from their disaster. You have done a favor to Wudang Sect, and I should thank you."

  'If you want to thank me, give me Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill.'

  Of course, Happy would not say those words aloud. He wrapped his fist in his palm and said, "I came to Wudang Sect because I heard that Wudang Sect has a page of Nine Yang Skill. I also heard that you have brought your disciple, Zhang Wuji, to Shaolin Temple and Emei Sect to obtain Nine Yang Skill in the past in hopes to obtain the complete Nine Yang Divine Skill, but you failed."

  "I didn't expect that you would know about this, my young friend."

  A spark shone in Spiritual Master Zhang's eyes, and there was an underlying meaning to his words.

  Happy remained calm when he answered. "I had the fortune of being associated with Zhang Wuji on Spirit Snake Island for a few days. Cult Master Zhang mentioned certain matters to Lion King Xie Sun before, and I heard about it at that moment."

  Zhang Sanfeng was instantly relieved.

  "Lion King Xie Xun is a great martial artist of his generation. I wonder how he is right now."

  "Aside from being blind, Lion King is still well right now, and he's even stronger than before."

  When Happy saw that Zhang Sanfeng had decided to avoid the topic, he felt resigned. But he went along with the flow of the conversation and did not immediately head to Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill again.

  After a conversation, Zhang Sanfeng finally dragged the topic back. "I've watched you exercise your breathing just now, and you were vigorous and natural in your movements. It is much better than Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill. I wonder whether you used Emei Sect's Nine Yang Skill or Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill."

  Chapter 510 - Greatest Butterfly Effect

  "Spiritual Master Zhang, I am practicing Emei Sect and Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skills at the same time. This martial art is known as Golden Quintessence Nine Yang Skill. Right now, I am only lacking the last page for Nine Yang Divine Skill. I came here boldly because I wanted to ask you whether you are willing to teach me the incantations for Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill."

  "My young friend, you do indeed have amazing luck. You actually managed to convince Master Kong Xiang to give you Shaolin Temple's Nine Yang Skill? In the past, I brought my disciple to stand outside Shaolin Temple for three days and three nights, but the abbot refused to see us. Fortunately, my boy Wuji has great fate with fortune, or else, that cold poison would have taken effect a long time ago, and he would have died along with my short-lived disciple Cuishan."

  Zhang Sanfeng might have been a person walking down the path of Dao, but when he remembered how the abbot from ten years ago had nearly ended his pitiful disciple, Cuishan's, bloodline, he could not help the emotions surging in his heart. His Daoist robes began fluttering loudly without any wind.

  "Spiritual master, please calm down." Happy knew that the situation was bad, and he quickly said, "On that day, what happened to Fifth Swordsman Zhang is indeed something that makes people feel indignation. Metal Strokes and Silver Hook [1] are from Wudang Sect, and it was a great loss not only to Wudang Sect, but also to the world of martial artists.

  "However, when you gain something, you lose something. A good person will be repaid with good will. If it were not preordained by fate, how would the son of Fifth Swordsman Zhang and Yin Susu be a kind, benevolent, chivalrous, and gentle, and the exact copy of Fifth Swordsman Zhang in the past?

  "Right now, Zhang Wuji is also the cult master of Ming Cult, and he is leading Ming Cult down the path of kindness. From this alone, you can see how the heavens have their hand in this. If Fifth Swordsman Zhang learned of this in the underworld, he would definitely feel gratified, and it can be considered as something worthy of being happy about."

  When Zhang Sanfeng heard Happy's words, he remembered his disciple's wishes, and he sighed with a great deal of emotion in his heart.

  "My disciple Wuji is fortunate and tenacious, so I will not mention the matter about Nine Yang Skill anymore, but…"

  He paused for a moment, and his gaze moved to Happy's face. "My young friend, even though you have done a favor to Wudang Sect, I cannot hand you Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Sect so easily. I wonder if you are confident in receiving my test."

  When Happy heard his words, he was delighted. "Spiritual Master Zhang, please grant me your guidance."

  Zhang Sanfeng schooled his expression and said, "Qingshu received a messenger pigeon from Emei Sect a few days ago, and he suddenly left the mountain without saying anything to us. However, based on the messages from Ming Cult disciples, Qingshu seems to have been asked a favor by Zhou Zhiruo, and I have been ill at ease over the past few days."

  "Zhou Zhiruo?"

  Happy felt his heart let out a loud thump when he heard it. He did not expect that Song Qingshu would still head to Emei Sect to become Zhou Zhiruo's pawn.

  It seemed like after her temperament had changed, Zhou Zhiruo still headed down the path of being ruthless.

  Could it be that the test was for him to…

  As worry rose in Happy's heart, Zhang Sanfeng told him about the quest.

  There were many sides who stated that Zhou Zhiruo wanted to kill Zhang Wuji, and Zhang Sanfeng was worried that
Song Qingshu would get manipulated into doing ii. Zhang Sanfeng, thus, wished that Happy could stop this.

  "My young friend, I heard that you played the greatest part in Zhou Zhiruo being able to become the sect leader of Emei Sect. That means that your relationship with Sect Leader Zhou is very good, which is why I hope that you can tackle this issue and have Qingshu return to Wudang Sect. At the same time, please settle the grudge between Zhou Zhiruo and my disciple, Wuji."

  'I knew it!'

  The most complicated things in the human world were the affairs related to feelings, and the worst of them were the conflicts within love triangles!

  Song Qingshu might be the easiest to deal with, but for the sake of obtaining Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill and not offending the legendary Zhang Sanfeng, Happy could not be rough with him.

  Zhou Zhiruo might have a pretty good relationship with Happy, but she loved Zhang Wuji so deeply that hate was born from it, and when a woman went mad from her feelings, she was terrifying. Happy was not confident that he could dissolve her grudge and conflict.

  As for Zhang Wuji, even though the fact that he was kind, gentle, and irresolute made it possible to break the conflict, there was a very powerful woman standing behind him—Zhao Min. If he revealed even the slightest weakness in front of this woman, he would be manipulated instead, and he might end up losing everything.

  Zhang Sanfeng's quest was very challenging!

  There were two completion requirements for the quest. First, for Song Qingshu to return to Wudang Sect. And second, for Zhou Zhiruo to focus on training. These two requirements were great challenges that served as two great walls!

  But when Happy saw that the quest reward was Wudang Sect's Nine Yang Skill, which would be given to him by Zhang Sanfeng, Happy gritted his teeth and accepted the quest.

  The final page of Nine Yang Divine Skill had finally appeared, and for the sake of it, Happy decided to give it his all.

  Even if he had to break Song Qingshu's limbs, he would drag him back to Wudang Sect!

  Happy's mind began to run wild as his thoughts gradually went down the path of ruthlessness. Then, he suddenly began to laugh in a self-deprecating manner. He was ready to use all means possible to obtain Nine Yang Divine Skill.

  He bade farewell to Zhang Sanfeng and descended the mountain before quickly heading to Emei Sect.

  He went as swiftly as lightning!

  *****

  At that moment, news that caused everyone to be excited appeared.

  World of Martial Arts had been launched for nearly ten months, and the official developers decided to organize a large-scale martial arts tournament.

  Many people guessed that the competition system from Mu Clan had inspired the official developers of the game, and they decided to organize a martial arts tournament.

  But many other people also remembered the offline martial arts tournament three months into the game's operation.

  Then, the official developers had said that after a period of planning and troubleshooting, they had gained a lot of experience from the offline martial arts tournament in preparation to organize a Chinese martial arts tournament.

  Players could enjoy fighting against all the great martial artists in the game, even some of the famous "stars" like Wudang Sect's Zhang Sanfeng, Emei Sect's Zhou Zhiruo, Ming Cult's Zhang Wuji, Lu Xiaofeng, Ye Gucheng, even Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, Xuzhu, and Ling Huchong.

  The specific rules were soon released on the official website!

  All of World of Martial Arts went into a ruckus upon reading it!

  *****

  That included Happy, who was so shocked by the news that he temporarily logged out of the game to go to the official website to check it.

  *****

  As expected, the official website had already gone through a great change. The situation of all sorts of elites and their ultimate techniques was displayed on the webpage, and many of the images of the martial arts elites that many people spoke of were portrayed on the web page in a lifelike manner. Some of them stood above the rest, some of them looked savage and evil, and some of them had stern and cold expressions.

  Many great martial artists were displayed with their titles on the front page of the official website.

  Happy felt bewildered by it.

  A martial arts tournament like that had never been organized in Happy's previous life, and he did not know what the official developers were thinking.

  He suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and checked the time and rules for the martial arts tournament.

  The date was three days later.

  There were three days for the players to register themselves.

  The registration spots were the system-allocated sects and clans in the cities, and tournaments would be held within them.

  Players would represent their system-allocated sects when they joined the martial arts tournament as part of their lineup.

  It meant that Happy was going to represent the Murong Clan!

  Chapter 511 - Sky Demon Sect

  The sudden martial arts tournament threw Happy's plans slightly off course.

  If it were a normal main quest, Happy could naturally set aside Nine Yang Divine Skill for the time being, but there were many things involved in a martial arts tournament.

  Besides, this largely involved the Murong Clan, one of the eight famous aristocratic clans. Once Happy returned to the game, he received the Murong Clan Lady's personal letter via messenger pigeon, and he sank into a dilemma.

  Not only did the Murong Clan Lady mention that the matter with General Yang at Common Reed Bank had been solved she also asked him to immediately return to the Murong Clan!

  The Chinese chose to organize a martial arts tournament to elect a leader of the martial arts world, which would shove all responsibilities of mobilizing the martial artists on the sect which won. They would take the lead in the fight against Sky Demon Sect, which had resurrected from the grave.

  However, the tournament would also allow the great sects in the world of martial artists to show their sects' strength. Hence, the event was incredibly important. The Murong Clan Lady wanted to resurrect the Murong Clan's prestige, which was why she regarded the martial arts tournament with great importance.

  In fact, she stated that those who received the top ten ranks in the ranking tournament among the disciples would receive a valuable martial arts manual from the Murong Clan, and the person who ranked first will obtain the Murong Clan's peerless ultimate technique: Shifting Stars! But the requirements to train Shifting Stars had not changed. If the user had not mastered one hundred martial arts, they would still be unable to learn Shifting Stars.

  Nine Yang Divine Skill might be important, but the quest from one's master was even more important. Happy could not cast aside the reputation of his master's clan and all the hard work he had done for a single manual.

  Besides, the system would also provide pretty decent rewards for the martial arts tournament.

  The champion would receive a divine weapon, the first runner-up would receive Illusion Life and Death Pill, while the second runner-up would receive on Origin Leopard Pill as well as the incantations for a high-tier Life and Death Realm qi cultivation technique. The top one hundred martial artists as well as the top ten from the sects would each receive a title from the system on top of that.

  Emei Sect was a great sect in the world of martial artists, so Zhou Zhiruo should appear in the martial arts tournament as well. Hence, instead of travelling for hundreds of miles to Emei Sect, it would be better if Happy just waited around for Zhou Zhiruo, Song Qingshu, and Ming Cult's Zhang Wuji to appear.

  Under the influence of the unexpected martial arts tournament, Happy's plans changed. He quickly returned to Gusu City, where he first stayed, and went back to the Murong Clan.

  Clang!

  Ting! Clang!

  Before he even got close to Gusu City, Happy saw a group of people fighting fiercely against each other on the government-made road. T
he shadows of weapons flashed as the players fought with vigor. There were no fewer than one hundred corpses on the road.

  Fights in the game could be seen every day, but it was the first time Happy saw such a large-scale fight in Gusu City's territory. If hundreds of people fought to the death against each other, it was clear that the grudge between them was very deep.

  Originally, Happy did not want to get into trouble, but to his surprise, when he charged less than 328 feet forward, he saw a few people being surrounded by dozens of people at the edge of the battlefield, and there were a few familiar figures standing back to back among them. They formed a defensive circle to withstand the fierce attacks of the enemy.

  It would have been fine if Happy had not looked, but when he did, he saw Whirlwind Young Li, Eastern Green Gate, the Xuan brothers, Azure Wolf, Qian Kunzi, and Eleventh Crane. While the six protected him, Eleventh Crane kept firing arrows.

  Happy scowled, and without another word, he immediately jumped into the air from his horse.

  Whoosh!

  Phantasmal Body Movement Skill was peerless and brilliant, but a lot of people with this skill had appeared in the game, and it was now a common sight, which was why it was no longer shocking to see someone with it.

  Even though Happy's appearance was unexpected, the people who attacked Whirlwind Young Li and his party soon realized that the person who arrived seemed to be a part of the enemy. A few people split up from the group and attacked Happy with throwing knives and hidden weapons.

  "How dare you try to stop Profound Sky Sect from doing their work?!"

  "Die!"

  Their arrogant tone caused Happy to fly into a rage again.

  He snorted coldly. "Profound Sky Sect, what's that?! I've only ever heard of Chivalry Sect and Mu Clan in Jiangnan's Gusus. Profound Sky Sect? Never heard of it."