"I don't know how you killed him that night, but I know your sword source is very abundant, not weaker than mine."
Zhao Layue continued while looking at him, "I don't understand how someone as lazy as you could do it."
She had been preparing for Cultivation under the watchful eyes of the Aoyama Sect since she was sensible, or even since she was born.
Every morning when she opened her eyes, she would start to train her body and meditate. She didn't slack off even for a moment after she came to the Aoyama Sect.
It could be said that she was cultivating with every breath she took.
She had heard of Jing Jiu and knew that he was famous for his laziness, but she thought it was a misinformation after what had happened on the peak top that night.
It wasn't until she saw him with her own eyes that she found he was indeed very lazy.
She had never seen such a lazy person who wasted his talent like this.
What she didn't understand was how such a lazy person could cultivate such abundant sword source.
She wanted to know the answer to this question, but she was even more eager to know the true identity of Jing Jiu.
"Do you know why I'm willing to come to the Aoyama Sect to learn the sword work?"
Jing Jiu said while looking at her, "It's because this place doesn't care how the disciples cultivate. They can cultivate however they want."
He added in his mind that it was also because he was familiar with this place.
Zhao Layue said, "I don't know what you want to cultivate or what you want to hide, but you will become the center of attention if you do this."
Jing Jiu said, "I think it's too troublesome to hide it on purpose."
Zhao Layue pressed, "Even if your secret will be discovered?"
"There is no secret that can be kept forever, and the sharp awl in the pocket can't be hidden forever."
Jing Jiu said, "I've had similar experiences. The sun rises every day, but it's impossible for the sky to be covered with dark clouds all the time. If you always try to prevent the people on the ground from seeing your brilliance, it's a very difficult and even stupid thing to do."
Zhao Layue turned her head slowly to look at him, asking uncertainly, "You compare yourself to the sun?"
Jing Jiu said, "It's just an analogy."
"Many big sisters on Qingrong Peak are talking about me in private, saying that I'm very narcissistic."
After a moment of silence, Zhao Layue said, "I don't think I'm as good as you."
Jing Jiu said, "I think you should understand what I mean."
Zhao Layue remained silent.
She knew what Jing Jiu wanted to express.
She was a natural born Daoist seed, a genius in the art of the sword, and was favored by the Aoyama Sect. Ever since she was born, she had received countless gazes. After entering the Inner Gate, she chose the Tempered Body of Sword Will, which was a difficult and dangerous cultivation method. That way, she could hide in the depths of the clouds of the Sword Peak and not be seen by others.
She was silent and looked stubborn.
Jing Jiu raised his hand and stroked her hair.
Zhao Layue raised her eyebrows and glared at him with murderous intent.
Jing Jiu pulled back his hand and said calmly, "You should go wash your hair. It's just cultivation; you don't have to make yourself look so miserable."
Zhao Layue shook her head forcefully, the dust falling down from her head. She looked like a puppy who had just come home after playing outside for a whole day.
"I forgot."
Having said that, she rode her sword toward her manor cave on the cliff wall.
Jing Jiu felt that he had forgotten something as well.
It didn't take long before Zhao Layue came back. She had changed into a new robe, her short black hair still dripping with water.
The manor cave she lived in was much better than the regular disciples. It was located at the top of the cliff wall, and there was a hot spring drawn by the immortal masters of Xilai Peak.
Jing Jiu glanced at her hair.
Zhao Layue said, "The Sword Source is used to kill people; how can it be used for such a thing?"
As Jing Jiu was about to say something, he suddenly turned his head to look at the sky in the east.
Several extremely sharp whistling sounds rang out in the sky.
The clouds were torn apart, leaving several straight lines of clouds, which looked like arrows.
With a loud boom, the middle part of the clouds surged uneasily. A moment later, a sword light broke through the clouds and arrived above the Sword-Washing Stream.
The sword light was pure and bright, of a very high level, exuding an awe-inspiring Sword Will. The driver of the sword should be a swordsman with a profound Cultivation state. But for some reason, the flying sword was very unstable. It was crooked, like a drunken villager, or a wild crane that was so scared that it did not know where to go.
The sword light traveled between the cliffs by the Sword-Washing Stream, sometimes going up, sometimes going down.
An extremely shrill sound came from the sword, spreading in all directions.
"Even if there's no one, what about two?"
"If there's no one, what about two?"
The shout of the driver of the sword reverberated in the valley.
The horrible Sword Will fell from time to time, stirring up the water in the stream. Clear marks appeared on the cliffs, and crushed stones fell down.
Sword lights rose from the peaks in the distance, indicating that the personal disciples were on their way.
Under the summons of their masters, the sword-washing disciples by the stream hid in the Sword-Washing Pavilion.
Hearing the shrill sound in the sky and seeing the broken trees and rocks between the cliffs after being swept by the Sword Will, the disciples turned pale and panicked.
What was going on? Who was that person? Why was he so crazy and so horrible?
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Zhao Layue walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at the crazy sword light in the sky, her eyes full of vigilance and hostility.
Jing Jiu looked at her in Silence, wondering what the source of these two emotions was.
The sword lights from the peaks stopped when they were about ten miles away from the Sword-Washing Stream. They must have received an order.
That crazy sword light was too fast, and the sword rider was too strong. The ordinary direct disciples of the peaks were no match for it at all, and would only increase the number of casualties. Therefore, the hundreds of sword lights only guarded the periphery, forming several sword formations to protect themselves, and at the same time, to prevent that crazy sword rider from escaping.
After the sword formations of the disciples were formed, the sky and earth suddenly changed color.
The clouds scattered in all directions, and a square-shaped iron sword fell down from the sky.
The square-shaped iron sword grew longer in the wind and became a dome of more than thirty feet, pressing down on the crazy flying sword and pushing it to a mountainous area a few miles away.
The booming sounds, like real thunder, kept coming from under the dome of the iron sword.
The pebbles on the mountainous area were shaken and jumped up from the ground, rolling on the ground as if they had become living creatures.
The horrible shaking came to the Sword-Washing Stream from afar. The water in the stream was boiling, breaking into pieces after hitting the cliffs. Many fish were killed by the shaking.
An hour later, the fighting finally stopped, and the iron sword quieted down, like a real iron house.
It was unclear whether the person covered by the iron sword was dead or not.
Countless dead fish floated to the surface of the stream, looking like the richest merchants in Zhaoge City throwing out a dozen baskets of silver coins.
The cliff that was slashed open by that crazy sword slowly slid down and entered the river. Countless huge waves were stirred up, and who knew how many people sighed.
"Is this the power of the Broken Sea State?"
Zhao Layue said while looking at the scene in the distance.
Jing Jiu walked to her side and said, "Yuan Qijing hasn't fought in person for many years. I think he has probably reached the consummate state of the Broken Sea and entered the Heavenly Arrival State a long time ago."
Zhao Layue shot him a glance.
If what he said was true, the Aoyama Sect would have another figure in the Heavenly Arrival State, which would shock the whole land.
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