The mountain range that traversed the Western Region like a giant sword cutting the Western world in half had the reputation of being the Ancestral Mountain. All the dragon veins in the world originated from here. At a steep mountain pass that ran through the north and south of the Western Region, the mountains on both sides were dozens of meters high and the path was rugged and deep. This mountain gap was an important passage that connected the north and south of the Western Region. A caravan of merchants walked through it with difficulty, the sound of camel bells ringing. The merchants were dressed in tight-waisted Hu clothes and sturdy leather boots. Mixed in with them were some women who wore hats to cover their faces. They were also tall and strong. There was a rumor in the Central Plains that the Western Regions liked to order women around like men and men around like livestock. These merchants traveling from the south to the north, regardless of whether they were men or women, all wore machetes at their waists. Some men with outstanding physical strength even hung a unique armor bag near the back of their camel humps. Inside the bag was a rough refined iron chain armor. When they encountered Horse Gang bandits, they could use camels to replace horses and fight in armor in case of accidents. Suddenly, the caravan was startled by a series of thunder-like sounds from afar. The caravan stopped abruptly and their faces changed dramatically. They mistakenly thought that they had run into a large group of Horse Gang who were waiting at the mountain pass. More than 50 people pulled out their machetes at the same time. The strong young man even quickly took out his iron armor from his armor bag and put it on. But in fact, everyone knew that if they really encountered Horse Gang who could create such a scene, they could only kill a few people with their poor combat strength. However, in the chaotic Western Region that had been without laws for more than 200 years, as long as there were horses and machetes, there would be people willing to work for them. Before the camels lined up neatly, someone with sharp eyes raised his head and saw a horrifying scene. A figure was "running" from the high cliff, like an eagle hunting for food on the ground. It fell diagonally and landed in front of everyone. After its feet touched the ground, it walked forward seven or eight steps due to inertia. It was only ten steps away from the camel team. Everyone in the caravan was stunned. Some people swallowed subconsciously. They saw that the guy who fell from the sky had a different appearance from the people of the Western Region. He was young, handsome, and very clean. The young man carried a long sword in a white scabbard on his back and a machete on his waist. After taking a deep breath with dry lips, he raised his arm and made a gesture of drinking water. Then he asked with a smile in the common language of the Western Region, "Do you have water?"
The camel team was silent, not knowing what to do. On the other hand, a woman wearing a hat took off a sheepskin pouch that still had some water left without hesitation and threw it high into the air to the man who looked like a mountain spirit.
The young man with the sword and saber expressed his gratitude and quickly leaped out. After catching the water bag in the air, he looked back and grinned. He stepped on the air and turned his body, crashing into the cliff. Then, he bent down slightly and used the momentum to rush forward. He continued to "leap over roofs and vault over walls" like when he came. As he ran, he raised the water bag and drank a big gulp of water. After finishing it in one gulp, he casually threw it back, but it happened to land on the head of the woman in the bamboo hat. Just as the woman reached out to catch the water bag, a strong wind suddenly rose in front of the camel caravan. Another person fell from the sky like a falling rock. The strong wind blew and all the camels took a few steps back. The water bag missed the woman and fell lightly on the sand. Without waiting for the crowd to see the person's face clearly, he rose from the ground and disappeared in a flash.
Many years later, a rumor about an immortal borrowing water spread throughout the Western Regions.
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Hundreds of miles to the south of the mountain range, near dusk, two separatist forces that had dominated the southern part of the Western Regions for many years fought fiercely over a woman whose beauty spread far and wide. Both sides had more than two thousand horses and fought at the famous Emerald Lake in the Western Regions. It was said that after a young king of Beiliang became famous, the inferior party hoped to use the beautiful woman in their tribe to exchange for three hundred sets of iron armor and a thousand sets of bows from Beiliang, which was the best in the world, so they could dominate the southern part of the Western Regions. Seven hundred cavalrymen were dispatched to escort the woman to Beiliang. Then, they were intercepted at the Emerald Lake. After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the pursuers found out that the woman had already taken a detour and sneaked to Beiliang. They became angry out of humiliation and swore to kill the cunning tribe until the woman was the only one left. Without a man who could fight on horseback, they would see how they could rise in the desert. Just when the two sides were about to charge from horseback to dismount and fight, the whole battlefield was torn into two halves by a figure. Suddenly, people and horses were thrown off their feet. The front line that was cut open couldn't distinguish between friend and foe. They looked at each other and then at the same time at the guy who broke into the battlefield. They only saw that the man bent his knees, held the hilt of his sword with one hand and the tip of the sword with the other two fingers. The sword was held horizontally across his chest. The long sword was bent in a semicircle in front of him. After the dust settled, the long sword still maintained that strange arc and didn't return to its normal position.
Another tall and sturdy figure passed through the gap in the battlefield and fiercely crashed into the sword-wielding man with unparalleled strength. The latter's two fingers on the tip of the sword rubbed along the body of the sword. The vigorous strength that refused to disperse after charging at the long sword rolled and condensed in the semicircle. Together with the infusion of his own Qi, it finally formed a thunder ball with purple lightning lingering around it. With a light flick of his wrist, he "held the sword upside down" to meet the enemy. The fist-sized purple lightning ball circled around the tip of the sword. When the tall and sturdy figure that seemed to be attached to the bone appeared fifty steps in front of him, the travel-worn but not dejected young swordsman smiled slightly. Instead of retreating, he advanced. Tai Ah was held upside down and thunder was generated in the Square Inch.
This sword had the style of "holding the sword upside down" that Đồng Thái relied on to become famous. It also had the power of Gu Jiantang's Square Inch Thunder.
Tuoba Bodhisattva slapped away the purple lightning that was spinning from the tip of the sword to the hilt. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to press on the hilt to prevent the momentum from increasing. He swept a whip kick towards Hsu Fengnian's neck. When the sword in Hsu Fengnian's hand was pushed away without any resistance, Tuoba Bodhisattva knew that this guy was up to something again. However, he did not believe that Hsu Fengnian, who defended more than he attacked, could set up a deadly trap. The whip kick swept out without any delay. Hsu Fengnian, who had let go of his sword, raised his elbow to block the powerful whip kick. With Tuoba Bodhisattva as the center, Hsu Fengnian was driven into a complete circle by the kick before he flew out of the circle. It seemed that Tuoba Bodhisattva had the upper hand. However, when Tuoba Bodhisattva's feet landed on the ground, Hsu Fengnian, who had already used his left hand to hold the hilt of the sword on his right waist while he was spinning, moved closer and closer. The sword was only half an inch out of its sheath. In that half an inch, it shone brightly. The stunned spectators on the battlefield were blinded by the bright light. They could not stop crying even after they closed their eyes.
Hsu Fengnian held the sword but was not in a hurry to pull it out completely. As he rushed forward, the distance between him and the sword increased by half an inch. The scattered light that was like the sun in the sky also converged. It was like water condensing into ice. Although all these changes were complicated, they happened in the blink of an eye between Hsu Fengnian's advance and retreat. Tuoba Bodhisattva, who was calm and unruffled, narrowed his eyes and waited for Hsu Fengnian to pull out his sword after about ten steps. Was Gu Jiantang's famous Square Inch Thunder finally coming?
As for the purple lightning that was still moving behind him after he slapped it away, Tuoba Bodhisattva did not see it as a threat at all. This was because the speed of the purple lightning's movement was too slow compared to his body's movement. It was too slow. In all the martial arts in the world, as long as one was slower by a hair, it would be useless even if one had the power to topple mountains.
Hsu Fengnian, who was holding the famous Dafeng Blade, Chi Yun, closed in on him. Just as Tuoba Bodhisattva expected, he was about ten steps away from him. However, Tuoba Bodhisattva was wrong about one thing. The Square Inch Thunder was not released when the sword was pulled out, but when the sword was sheathed again. Between the two of them, there was a sudden clap of thunder. Even if Tuoba Bodhisattva had the physique of a genuine Vajra Realm, he did not dare to take the rolling thunder head-on. His palms were facing outwards and he raised them slightly to block most of the force. His body moved sideways with the momentum. Hsu Fengnian was directly facing the straight line. The sound of the tremors was endless. Hundreds of people on both sides were hit by the strong wind. In an instant, they were uprooted from the ground and fell backward.
After Tuoba Bodhisattva avoided the sharp edge, he almost instinctively circulated his Qi dynamic six hundred miles away to welcome Hsu Fengnian's true killer move. As expected, Hsu Fengnian's Square Inch Thunder was sheathed. The second stroke was a complete unsheathing of the sword. A dazzling white rainbow, like a flood dragon winding across the mountain range, pounced on Tuoba Bodhisattva. Tuoba Bodhisattva's' one breath 'started half an hour ago. His Qi was at its strongest. His punch had bent Hsu Fengnian's Soundless Sword in front of his chest, knocking Hsu Fengnian into the battlefield. Although his Qi dynamic was inevitably weakened, it was still more than enough to destroy the white rainbow. Tuoba Bodhisattva, who wanted to achieve success with one punch, spared no effort. He bent his arm like a hammer. Not only did he smash the white rainbow, he even smashed the narrow saber. Hsu Fengnian was trying to exhaust Tuoba Bodhisattva's Qi dynamic, waiting for the fleeting gap of breathing. Tuoba Bodhisattva was also waiting for Hsu Fengnian to exhaust his Qi dynamic and take a breath. Therefore, his punch not only exhausted Hsu Fengnian's Qi dynamic, but also forced Hsu Fengnian to take a breath of fresh Qi as he retreated. However, Hsu Fengnian's response was unexpected. He was not like Tuoba Bodhisattva who was staking everything. He chose to leave some leeway, allowing Tuoba Bodhisattva's punch to pass through the saber and hit his chest. Hsu Fengnian's body flew backward in the air like a butterfly. Just as he was about to crash into the ground, the tip of the narrow saber in his hand touched the ground lightly, stirring up a large handful of yellow sand. His body leaned back and his legs stumbled backward, facing Tuoba Bodhisattva. The old Qi that had not been released after the previous inhalation dissipated completely. Then, his lips moved slightly and he gently exhaled. To be precise, he was trying to complete the exhalation in one breath.
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