At the foot of Shiyue Peak, in front of the grand hall, countless pine trees were planted around the stone platform.
As the winter wind blew over, the accumulated snow on the trees rustled, as if it was snowing again.
The snow on the stone platform had been swept to one side by the caretakers, melting gradually under the sunlight, but the temperature in the hall dropped even lower.
The expression in Tong Lu's eyes was cold, as he looked at the disciples of Aoyama in front of him and said, "Jing Jiu doesn't dare accept the challenge. This isn't the style of your Aoyama Sword Sect."
The purpose of the visit of the Western Sea Sword School was to invite some influential figures of the Aoyama Sect to participate in the Four-Seas Banquet that was to be held in a few days.
The elders of the Western Sea Sword School would negotiate with the masters of Shiyue Peak. Tong Lu formally issued the challenge, which was rejected by Shenmo Peak as expected.
"If Cultivationist Tong Lu really wants to have a duel, I'd like to give it a try," said Yao Songshan. "Or you can pick any one of us."
Tong Lu said, "You're not my equal, and neither are you; there's no need to do this."
In the past, it would have been Guo Nanshan or Gu Han, who were the top-ranking disciples of Liangwang Peak, who were responsible for receiving Tong Lu.
However, they had been punished by the sect rules for a certain matter, and hadn't left the manor cave for two years.
Tong Lu vaguely guessed that the matter was the death of Lo Huainan.
Yao Songshan was ranked eleventh on Liangwang Peak, so he knew that he was indeed not Tong Lu's equal, so he wasn't angry when he heard what Tong Lu said.
"In my opinion, Cultivationist Tong is also not my young senior master's equal; there's no need to do this."
Tong Lu didn't want to argue with him, so he turned around and walked toward the grand hall.
What could he do if Jing Jiu didn't want to accept the challenge?
Looking at Tong Lu's back, Yao Songshan shook his head and said, "He thinks Senior Master Jing will accept his challenge; he's delusional."
"It's more than delusional; he's an idiot."
"That's right. Young Senior Master is such a lazy person; he won't waste his time on such matters. When has he ever had a sword duel with anyone?"
Any disciple of Aoyama who didn't accept Tong Lu's challenge would be regarded as a coward and looked down upon by his peers.
However, that person was Jing Jiu, so he wouldn't be despised. It was because all the disciples of the Green Mountain knew that Jing Jiu wasn't that kind of person.
A disciple suddenly thought of something, saying, "Yes. Young Senior Master fought three rounds in a row at the Sword Trial of Green Mountain."
"It was because of Liu Shof."
Of of Liu Of Of Shisui.
The crowd dispersed.
…
Of the sea of …
The huge shadow seemed to be moving slowly on the surface of the sea, but it was actually moving at an astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, it had crossed the Great Chaotic Reef and hundreds of ships and arrived outside Haizhou City.
Of the Of of Yin of Zhou of the Peak of of the city. of Peak of the of of of the sea of of of of.
The Heavenly Whale flapped its wings and flew away from the city. Large waves rose on the surface of the sea, crashing against the cliff rocks and making booming sounds, but it couldn't drown out the cheers of the populace in the city.
The Four-Seas Banquet of this year had officially begun.
As a product of the competition with Zhaoge City, the Western Sea Sword School had increased its investment in the Four-Seas Banquet. Though it was still far from the Plum Meeting, it had improved greatly in both scale and level. More and more Cultivation practitioners took part in the banquet. In the last three years, all the elders of Zhongzhou School were in the Yuanying State.
But the Aoyama Sect still sent a few disciples to participate in the banquet as they had done in the past, showing their attitude clearly.
It was interesting that the Four-Seas Banquet's current reputation was largely due to the Aoyama Sect.
Zhao Layue and Jing Jiu made their first appearance in the Cultivation circle here.
It was here that Jing Jiu won first place in the chess tournament. It was also here that he participated in the Plum Meeting and played that shocking chess game with Tong Yan.
Zhao Layue didn't participate in the Four-Seas Banquet, but the way she made her appearance was even more impressive.
In the grand hall of the Cloud Platform, she killed the free-traveling practitioner Zhu Jie with a flash of blood-red light in front of the elders of the Western Sea Sword School and the highly achieved swordsmen of various sects.
Countless palaces were hidden in the thick clouds over the ocean all year round, and that was the Cloud Platform.
Standing by the edge of the grand hall, Tong Lu looked at the distant ground and thought of all this, his face looking terrible.
The Cloud Platform was an important place of the Western Sea Sword School, responsible for communicating with Chaotian. Though he was the personal disciple of the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean, he seldom came here.
The Western Sea Sword School was located on a large island two thousand miles deep in the ocean. That was the place where he practiced his sword work diligently.
In his eyes at the moment, the blue bay looked like a precious gem, and the buildings in Aoyama looked like tiny dots.
The results of this year's Four-Seas Banquet had already been announced. Later, the winners would come here by the Cloud Boat to receive the four precious treasures presented by Xiwang Sun.
As the representative of the young disciples of the Western Sea Sword School, he was responsible for receiving the important guests.
Thinking of the boring pleasantries and the boring affairs, his face grew even more terrible.
Lately, the Western Sea Sword School and the sects close to them had taken the opportunity of the Four-Seas Banquet to spread the news that he challenged Jing Jiu in Aoyama and that Jing Jiu didn't dare accept the challenge.
He was quite famous at the moment, but it was meaningless.
It would be some time before the Four-Seas Banquet was over. Tong Lu walked back to his room and found a letter on the table.
Who could come and go as he pleased in the important place of the Western Sea Sword School?
He examined the letter with the Piercing Discernment, making sure that no formation or poison was attached to it. He picked it up and tore it open.
Two simple messages were written on the letter: the time and the place, which represented the challenge.
What surprised him was that the signature was a red sword.
A Thoughtless Sword?
…
…
More than ten days later.
On the ocean outside of Haizhou City, far from the coast, there was a large area of disordered reefs poking out of the water. The seawater was rolling and rolling among them, turning into countless white scales.
When the waves were at their highest, the seawater would gush out from the reefs, looking like a whale spurting water. It was quite a spectacular scene.
The mist all over the sky obscured the view, making it difficult to see anything from a distance.
A man in black stood among the reefs in Silence, as if he wanted to merge with the reefs. If one didn't observe carefully, it would be hard to notice his existence.
A sword light fell, and Tong Lu showed up.
The man in black looked at him and said, "I didn't expect you to be so proud that you came alone. Aren't you worried that this is a trap to assassinate you?"
Tong Lu said, "This is the Western Sea. Nobody can set up a trap to assassinate me here."
The man in black asked, "Perhaps it's because you know who the assassins are?"
Tong Lu said, "I'm more curious about who would dare pretend to be a disciple of Aoyama."
The man in black said, "It's true that I'm no longer a disciple of Aoyama, but I'm not pretending to be one."
Tong Lu guessed who the man in black was. After a moment of silence, he said, "Just state your identity."
"I heard that you want to avenge Lo Huainan, and that's why you went to Aoyama to challenge Jing Jiu."
The man in black took off the black cloth covering his face, revealing a face that was even darker than before, though the expression on his face was as sincere as ever.
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