Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  "Chivalry Sect decided to mobilize all their forces from around ten branches in the area, and they have more than twenty thousand people with them. If we fight, Chivalry Sect might not have a great upper hand, but our foundations will definitely be damaged. At that time, if other sects try to take advantage of this…"

  "Sect masters, why are you afraid? Chivalry Sect is attacking Abyss Tower's headquarters. I'm not afraid, so why should you? Besides, as long as we can defend this place, Wind and Rain Alliance will prove that we truly have the right to replace Chivalry Sect as the top sect!

  "The timing is perfect now! Mu Clan and Towering Palace are standing in a tense confrontation, and Mu Clan doesn't have the time to take care of Chivalry Sect. We can give them a fatal strike." Xie Yi stopped talking for a moment, then said with smugness, "Don't worry, I hired someone from Assassin Hall. Once Lin Xiao shows up, we'll kill him first to destroy Chivalry Sect's morale."

  "Someone from Assassin Hall?" The sect masters of Wind and Rain Alliance had surprised expressions. "Assassin Hall shares a close relationship with Class One Hall. Could it be?"

  "Everyone, you just need to know this in your hearts." Xie Yi lowered his voice, but a faint certainty still showed up in his eyes.

  The sect masters looked at each other and nodded.

  "Alright!"

  "Since we have reinforcements, we'll take a risk for you this time!"

  "Great! Everyone, gather your elites here. When Chivalry Sect's people rush into the headquarters, we'll give them a fatal strike from behind and make them unable to go back!"

  "Alright!"

  The group released messenger pigeons and began making arrangements.

  However, their scouts, who were supposed to send news to them once every minute, repeatedly sent word during the next twenty minutes saying that the people from Chivalry Sect stopped a mile away from the city and were still continuously amassing people. They did not show any intention to immediately take action. However, they did gather a lot of people around them.

  "What's going on?" Xie Yi frowned slightly.

  Another ten or so minutes passed.

  The scouts reported that the people from Chivalry Sect had basically all arrived, but Lin Xiao ordered them to rest and reorganize themselves. They did not seem to have any intention to enter Yangzhou and attack Abyss Tower's headquarters any time soon.

  "What exactly does that guy have up his sleeves?!"

  The sect masters of Wind and Rain Alliance said nothing, but they became uneasy.

  They had secretly mobilized many elites from their sects, but Chivalry Sect was just surrounding them and not attacking even after such a long time had passed. Were they thinking about attacking THEIR headquarters?

  The tens of thousands of people outside the city calmly set up their stations. Lin Xiao stood at the forefront of his group while holding his sword and stared to the east, as if he was waiting for something.

  Chapter 647 - Arrive at Towering Palace

  The headquarters of Towering Palace were set in a big city in the coastal area. Traveling was convenient there. There were a lot of martial artists who came from everywhere, and they were up to date on all news.

  But recently, there were fewer people who came to Towering Palace. Even some of the foreign factions of power who previously had frequent contact with Towering Palace temporarily left the area.

  Even though they had managed to find their footing in the Chinese server and earning quick money through trading with Towering Palace, they learned more as time passed. They gradually understood the situation in the server—there were four giants who stood at the top!

  Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect basically occupied half of China.

  At that moment, the giants were fighting, and if the small organizations were dragged in, they would just lose some blood if all went well, but if they got unlucky, they would find themselves trampled by the top-class sects. They would be reduced to ashes and no longer exist!

  Hence, even though they had a close relationship with Towering Palace, they acted cautious in the Chinese server, because they were treading on thin ice.

  "Business has been pretty slow recently, big sister." Musical Note stared at her older sister in worry while in the prison of Towering Palace.

  "Right now, Mu Clan is frequently mobilizing their troops in various branches. Should we contact them and ask them to temporarily ease up on the tension? If they continue like this, it will not be good for our development."

  "Do you think that I don't want to?" Clear Music sighed. "This is an important turning point for Mu Clan! I was thinking about attacking to stop Mu Clan's development while Happy was fighting against One Emperor so that we can grow stronger at an even faster pace and become the strongest sect in China.

  "But I didn't expect that Wind and Rain Alliance would act so impatiently and make the situation so tense. The people from Three Dragons Guild also contacted the people from Class One Hall and attacked Mu Clan…"

  "Why did Class One Hall attack so soon? Dream Clouds doesn't seem like someone so reckless."

  "Of course Dream Clouds wouldn't do something like that, but the limitations she's suffering in the north are very great. If she doesn't take action now and weaken Mu Clan as well as Chivalry Sect, Class One Hall will not have a chance to march south, because the fight at Mount Tai is actually nothing to Mu Clan. Sigh, Dream Clouds has actually thrown a wrench into the best development plan for Towering Palace."

  Clear Music was rather troubled. "Wind and Rain Alliance caused too much of a ruckus, and Chivalry Sect mobilized all their forces to attack Abyss Tower. They might have already received instructions and support from Happy, or else, with Lin Xiao's personality, he would not gather his men and settle things once and for all in such a resolute manner. He knows very clearly that a large-scale confrontation will deal great damage to Chivalry Sect."

  Musical Note nodded quietly.

  Chivalry Sect had always been rather restrained and gentle in their actions. Yet this time, they suddenly decided on a large-scale operation. Clearly, something had changed, and they decided to take a swift and ruthless action to end the conflict in the south.

  Only Mu Clan would be able to affect Chivalry Sect's actions. They were the only ones who could swiftly make the south calm down.

  "But Three Dragons Guild failed in their ambush, and if Mu Clan truly wants to blame this on us, what should we do?"

  "Don't worry. Happy will not interfere with the battle in the south and the coastal area. Even if he could, he would not be able to fight."

  'Is it really that way?'

  "Palace master! Palace master!"A nervous and urgent cry came from the entrance of the palace prison. "Bad news!"

  "Look at you, why are you panicking?" Clear Music frowned and scolded the person in an awe-inspiring manner. "Hai Dongqing, you're an elder of the headquarters right now. What exactly did you run into that would require you to shout like this?"

  Hai Dongqing's face was filled with anxiety. Even though he was scolded when he rushed in, the anxiety and nervousness on his face did not reduce even in the slightest. "Happy…"

  Musical Note knew that Hai Dongqing liked her, and she also knew that he acted like an obedient kitten when he saw her older sister. Something unbelievable had to have happened for him to change, so her tone immediately became gentle. "Slow down and tell us what happened."

  Clear Music noticed that something was off, and she temporarily stopped her training.

  A snow white messenger pigeon flew in gently and landed on Clear Music's shoulder.

  Hai Dongqing used up a lot of strength to take a gulp of fresh air and pointed at the messenger pigeon on Clear Music's shoulder.

  "Happy's…"

  "What?"

  The two women's expressions changed.

  Hai Dongqing finally calmed down his rapid breathing and enunciated his words clearly. "Happy is outside."

  Clear Music said nothing. She paused in the middle of opening the le
tter, and shock appeared on her face.

  "What did you say?"

  Musical Note s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath and arrived next to her older sister in a single step. She then craned her head to read the note in Clear Music's hands.

  [Apologies for coming without an invitation. I hope that you will grace me with your presence, Palace Master Music.]

  The words in the letter were very polite. She could not tell any signs of hostility or animosity.

  But the words that Hai Dongqing said brought a pressure that came crashing into their faces.

  "He said that he came here for the matter of the foreign organizations. He also mentioned that for politeness' sake, he will ask for our intentions first, because we did mention that we won't allow anyone to chase away the foreign organizations. He came here to ask whether we will fight Mu Clan's intentions of chasing away Three Dragons Guild and stand up for them, or if we will stand on the sidelines and watch."

  "What a great tactic."

  "Happy, what a man. It's no wonder why Class One Hall was defeated by him."

  Clear Music's expression was slightly dark and unpleasant.

  Even though Happy sounded very gentle, and he had even politely asked for Towering Palace's stance in the matter, he was actually retreating for the sake of advancing by forcing Towering Palace to choose their stance.

  After all, without any proof that Towering Palace was working together with Three Dragons Guild, Mu Clan would not gain popular support if they attacked Towering Palace.

  But Happy decided to take action via Towering Palace's ban in the coastal area, forcing them to make a decision on whether they wanted to protect Three Dragons Guild or to watch from the sidelines.

  If they chose the former, they would indirectly verify everyone's guess that Towering Palace was connected to Three Dragons Guild, thus giving Mu Clan an excuse to attack them.

  If they watched from the sidelines, then Towering Palace would be slapping themselves in the face. They would be destroying their own reputation. In fact, they would give the impression that they were the type to bully the weak and fear the strong.

  What caused the two women to be even more frustrated was that if Happy had asked for it in any other way, Towering Palace could choose to delay the meeting and not give an answer.

  But Happy had quietly appeared outside Towering Palace's headquarters!

  If Clear Music refused to meet him and give him an answer, Happy might look for an excuse to charge in and destroy Towering Palace's foundation.

  Neither Clear Music nor Musical Note said anything for a time.

  The two women finally understood why Hai Dongqing had run to them in such great panic.

  It was clear that Happy had come to force them to take action, and he intended to get a checkmate.

  "Big sister!"

  "We can't care about anything else now. We'll go out first and plan as we go."

  Clear Music was caught off guard by Happy's move, but she knew that she could not drag it out, so she decided to head out and see if anything came to mind on the way.

  Musical Note and Hai Dongqing followed closely behind her.

  Chapter 648 - Throwing Dart from the Crowd

  The heroes, who came from everywhere, gathered outside the headquarters of Towering Palace's headquarters like a swarm when they heard the sensational news that Happy had come.

  In just a moment, the place was filled with people!

  "That person is Happy? The strongest player in China?"

  Quite a number of blond and green-eyed foreign players watched from the crowd with great curiosity.

  The person who stood at the center of the empty spot outside the headquarters was young and not someone with an astonishing c.h.e.s.t, waist, and hip size, nor did he have arms that were larger than an ape's, which was completely against what they imagined. They could not help but be puzzled by that.

  Quite a number of Chinese players felt smug in the crowd.

  "Aside from him, who else would be able to make Towering Palace so nervous?"

  They had stayed for a long time at the coastal area and knew just what sort of status and prestige Towering Palace enjoyed. It was quite likely that even if Class One Hall and Chivalry Sect's leaders were here, they would not be able to cause such fear and make the people from Towering Palace so nervous.

  "That person doesn't seem like much. He doesn't look special."

  A girl who appeared to be around sixteen years old and looked like a Barbie doll stared at the young man standing on the empty ground with an expression that showed her refusal to believe that he was as strong as rumors had it.

  "What's the point of having so many people surround and watch him? Hmph," she said to an old man with a white beard who stood next to her.

  Her tone was adorable, and the people beside her smiled. No one thought that she was going overboard with her words because she was a girl.

  The old man stroked his white beard and laughed heartily. "He's already very impressive to have been able to reach this stage in less than one year. Right now, he's the only one who has three out of four ultimate techniques which have reached Grandmaster Realm."

  "Tsk, he's just a little lucky! I'll definitely be better than him in the future."

  "Hehe, of course. You'll definitely become better than him in the future, Young Ru." The old man stroked his beard and laughed again.

  When the young girl heard the perfunctory tone of her grandfather, she snorted in a refusal to admit defeat and suddenly threw a dart.

  When the people around her registered what she did, the black dart was only thirty-two feet away from Happy.

  *****

  Ever since Happy showed up and stated his identity, he stood at the entrance and sensed the grand mannerisms of Towering Palace along with the atmosphere that was different from his previous life.

  It had to be said that Clear Music was a dark horse because she seized a good time. In Happy's previous life, she had been nameless. But in the new one, she managed to rise up despite being stuck between Mu Clan, Chivalry Sect, and Class One Hall. Even though most of it was due to luck, if she did not have some tricks up her sleeve, she would not have been able to do it.

  When Happy thought of that, the images of Loving Sword Hai Dongqing, Merciless Saber Shangguan Lian, and Vast Heaven, successor of Six Pulses Divine Sword, popped up in his mind.

  He closed his eyes and used his mastered Nine Yang Divine Skill to sense everything around him.

  Happy soon entered a very strange but clear state of mind.

  Everyone's breathing within a circular area of 328 feet turned into a pulse beat that rose and fell at a magnificent scale. Everyone's actions and words were all clearly gathered and weaved together.

  Wherever Happy's attention went, the sounds and images in that direction became incredibly clear as if he was listening to them and watching them at a close distance! It was a very mysterious feeling.

  At that moment, Happy suddenly noticed a group of people walking over quickly from Towering Palace's headquarters.

  Two of them were familiar faces.

  One of them was Musical Note. He had met her once when they were about to kill Yao Hua at Fox Cave.

  The other was Loving Sword Hai Dongqing. He followed behind Musical Note willingly. The trio had grave expressions on their faces, and they looked as if they were about to face a great enemy!

  However, right when his thoughts were distracted for a moment, his ears twitched, and his spiritual senses caught a rather intense movement in the pulses. He also heard a shrill sound of air being torn.

  A dart was coming at him from behind.

  The instant Happy noticed it, he accurately pinpointed the trajectory of the dart. He also saw a teenage girl who had a mischievous look on her face and did not actually have any real killing intent in her.

  He was slightly stunned.

  His feet remained plastered to the ground, and he just moved his upper body slightly without batting an eyeli
d. A shrill and cold gust of wind grazed past his c.h.e.s.t before it struck the ground near him.

  Boom!

  The crowd instantly burst into an uproar.

  Someone tried to assassinate Happy at the entrance of Towering Palace's entrance right before everyone's eyes!

  Countless martial artists in the area went into a commotion. They looked for the direction from which the hidden weapon came in hopes to discover something.

  "Where did the dart come from?"

  "Seems like the foundation is pretty good. It should be a high-tier hidden weapon technique!"

  "Who would have the guts to ambush Happy at this moment? Don't they know that Happy became famous with hidden weapons?"

  Due to the sudden chaos, the people of Towering Palace became so anxious that they broke out in cold sweat.

  After all, quite a number of people wondered whether the attack was from Towering Palace.

  "Did they think that they could kill Happy because he came alone?"

  "He was ambushed while standing at the entrance of Towering Palace's headquarters. Tsk tsk, Towering Palace will not be able to reason themselves out of this situation now."

  A group of Towering Palace members rushed out from the palace and surrounded Happy from the distance.

  They also rushed to the direction from which the dart had come in a fearsome manner.

  "Who is it?!"

  "Who dared to throw that hidden weapon?!"

  "None of you are allowed to leave! Don't let her escape!"

  The teenage girl had long since been pushed out by the people around her. All of them declared that they were innocent while they handed over the culprit. The white-bearded old man was so angry that he could only glare at his naughty granddaughter and huff. He felt enraged as well as resigned.

  "My apologies, my granddaughter is young and mischievous. She has caused trouble to all of you. Please don't blame her."

  Clear Music had walked out of the headquarters moments before, and she was just in time to witness all that happened. She was also so shocked that she broke out in cold sweat.