He gave Dugu Jing a look. Dugu Jing understood, nodded slightly, and turned to leave.
Yu Cang invited Yuan Gang to sit down and talk again, but Yuan Gang didn't sit. He stood there with his sword on his back.
Yu Cang felt helpless. He felt that this person was a bit stubborn and arrogant. However, he had a favor to ask, so he could only stand and accompany him.
They waited for a long time this time. About an hour later, Dugu Jing came back. At the same time, an old man followed her. Yuan Gang recognized the old man's beard. It was indeed the man who chased them in the desert.
He had a deep impression of this beard and kept it in his mind.
The old man stared at Yuan Gang as soon as he came in. Dugu Jing had already explained the reason.
"Pavilion Master!" The old man bowed to Yu Cang first.
Yu Cang waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be so polite. He said to Yuan Gang, "Brother Yuan, this is the elder of our sect, Bai Shangcheng."
He turned to the old man and said, "Elder Bai, this is Yuan Gang of Thatched Cottage Villa. You should know him."
Bai Shangcheng stared at Yuan Gang and said, "I do know him."
Yuan Gang also stared at him. He remembered the voice. Yes, it was this person.
Yu Cang said, "I'm sure Dugu has already told you. It's not that I want to criticize you, but you saw Brother Yuan riding the sand scorpion with your own eyes. If you knew that Brother Yuan could use the sand scorpion to help the army cross the endless desert, why didn't you say so earlier? Not only did you cause Qin to suffer heavy casualties, you even made Brother Yuan take the initiative to come here."
Bai Shangcheng cupped his hands. "I did see him riding a sand scorpion, but I wasn't sure if he could use it to transport a large number of people, so I didn't think about it."
Yu Cang was about to speak again when Yuan Gang interrupted, "Elder Bai, what is Su Zhao's real name?"
Bai Shangcheng was silent. "She is my niece. Her name is Baisu."
Yuan Gang said, "Since she is your niece, why did you kill her?"
Bai Shangcheng said, "Traitor! She can't be put anywhere. "
Yuan Gang said, "She never betrayed us, nor did she betray the Waning Moon Pavilion."
Bai Shangcheng said, "Then she shouldn't have run away. She should have stayed and explained everything. Once she ran away, she would be a traitor."
Yu Cang coughed and raised his hand to stop them. "Elder Bai, he's a guest. Is this how you treat a guest?" He was reminding the other party that they had a favor to ask of him.
Bai Shangcheng took a deep breath and softened his tone a little. "She is my niece, and I don't want to do that, but a country has its laws, and a family has its rules. There are many things that everyone has to do. I wonder if Brother Yuan is here to help my State of Qin or to seek revenge on me? "
Yuan Gang said, "I'm not here to help the State of Qin. I'm here to help Luo Zhao, and I'm also here to settle the score with you!"
Bai Shangcheng said, "Are you going to take this opportunity to threaten the Waning Moon Pavilion to kill me?"
Yuan Gang raised his hand and drew the long saber on his back. There were three tiger decorations on the back of the saber. One was an angry tiger, the second was a rushing tiger, and the third was a crouching tiger.
Seeing his actions, Yu Cang hurriedly said, "Brother Yuan, we can talk things out. There's no need to make a fuss."
Yuan Gang held the saber in his hand and ignored him. He stared at Bai Shangcheng and said, "Su Zhao is your niece. She regards you as a family member and is not as cruel as you are. She may not be willing to let me kill you for her! Let's not talk about Su Zhao, but you chased me, injured me, and almost killed me. I came back alive, so I'll settle this with you. "
He pointed the saber at Bai Shangcheng. "Take my saber! If you can take it, I'll let bygones be bygones! "
Bai Shangcheng said, "Just one saber?"
Yuan Gang said, "Just one saber!"
Bai Shangcheng looked at Yu Cang. "Pavilion Master, I have no objection. What do you think?"
Hearing that he would take the saber, Yu Cang was relieved. He said with a smile, "Brother Yuan, is it appropriate to use a saber as soon as we meet?"
Yuan Gang didn't say much. He walked past him with the saber and went outside alone. He went out the door and went straight down the steps outside the hall.
The people in the hall looked at each other. Yu Cang asked Bai Shangcheng in a low voice, "Elder Bai, be careful."
Bai Shangcheng stroked his beard and said, "I've seen his saber strength. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it has reached the peak of ordinary people. It is indeed extraordinary, but I can still take one saber from him. Pavilion Master is underestimating me too much."
Yu Cang patted his back. "Silly, I'm telling you to be careful and not hurt him. For now, focus on the bigger picture. I don't need to say anything else, right?"
Bai Shangcheng nodded. "Pavilion Master, rest assured. I know what I'm doing!"
Yu Cang walked out with large strides. Bai Shangcheng and Dugu Jing followed beside him.
They went down the steps one after the other. They saw that Yuan Gang was already standing in the open space of the square. He turned around and faced them, his saber in hand.
Yu Cang stopped, and Dugu Jing stopped as well, standing to the side.
Bai Shangcheng continued to walk forward. When he was about ten feet away from Yuan Gang, he stopped and raised his right hand to the left side of his waist. He grabbed the hilt of his sword and slowly drew it out. His left hand made a "please" gesture to Yuan Gang, looking like he was ready to fight.
At this moment, two people came from the corner of the long corridor beside the hall. Behind them was a group of palace maids and eunuchs. It was the Qin Empress Dowager, Zhuang Hong, and the Qin Emperor, Xia Lingpei.
The two of them had heard that Yuan Gang had come, so they rushed over to see him. As expected, they saw Yuan Gang. However, they were surprised to see the two of them facing off.
Zhuang Hong was a little worried. She had a good impression of Yuan Gang, and it was the kind of good impression that a man and a woman would have towards a strong man.
Xia Lingpei also had a good impression of Yuan Gang. After living in Thatched Cottage Villa for so long, he naturally knew that Yuan Gang was the brother of his teacher, Niu Youdao.
They didn't expect to see a fight. When the mother and son approached from the long corridor, Xia Lingpei shouted, "Mister Yuan."
Zhuang Hong shouted, "Pavilion Master, is this the way to treat a guest?"
Yu Cang and Dugu Jing looked back.
Yu Cang didn't think that the mother and son had come at the wrong time. If the mother and son could stop Yuan Gang, it wouldn't be a bad thing. Moreover, the mother and son should be more familiar with Yuan Gang. It would be good if they could neutralize Yuan Gang's stubborn attitude.
Bai Shangcheng also looked back. However, when he looked back, he glanced at Yuan Gang from the corner of his eyes.
Yuan Gang suddenly moved, like a beast waiting for an opportunity to attack. Once he saw the other party slack off, he immediately leaped out.
A sneak attack? Yu Cang also glanced back, and found that this stubborn guy was a little off.
Little did he know that Yuan Gang was not pedantic in the slightest when it came to fighting. From the moment he came into contact with the concept of fighting, the first person who trained him told him that there was only one goal in dealing with the enemy: to defeat the enemy!
Seeing that Yuan Gang had already launched an attack, Zhuang Hong and her son were shocked. They could still see Yuan Gang running for a few steps, and then they saw a figure flash across the square.
Yu Cang secretly praised, what a fast running speed!
After rushing for ten steps, Yuan Gang suddenly leaped up. He used the momentum of leaping to pounce on the target, holding the saber with both hands and slashing down wildly.
"Roar ~" A thunderous tiger's roar suddenly erupted from the saber, echoing throughout the square, causing the palace guards on duty to instantly look back.
Zhuang Hong and her son were startled.
Bai Shangcheng, who was staring at the attacking posture, revealed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.
The opponent's attack speed could only be described as swift and violent, but his reaction speed was not slow either, and he calmly raised his sword to block.
However, at the moment when the saber and sword collided, Yuan Gang, who was slashing down from the sky, suddenly twisted his body. Using the momentum, he swung his hand and sped up. The saber's momentum in his hand sped up again, and the attacking saber's momentum actually sped up a second time!
"Roar ~" A second tiger's roar erupted from the saber.
This roar was not as shocking as the first tiger's roar, but it was like thunder and lightning hidden in the dark clouds above the Ninth Heaven, waiting to explode. It felt as if everyone was looking at the lightning in the dark clouds, knowing that sooner or later there would be a thunderclap.
The sound was not loud and dull, but it was frightening.
The saber light suddenly accelerated. Under the refraction of the sunlight, it was like a bolt of lightning, but also like a fleeting rainbow light.
"Watch out!" Yu Cang, who noticed that something was wrong, exclaimed.
Bai Shangcheng, who had calmly faced the attack, was also shocked. He realized that his opponent had adopted a tactic for this attack, and he realized that he had been tricked and underestimated his opponent. However, the moment the saber and sword collided, he could not react in time and could only use all his cultivation to block this attack.
Boom! With the two of them as the center, a strong gust of wind blew in all directions.
It was as if the thunderclap that had been brewing in the dark clouds had finally exploded, shocking everyone.
The metallic sound of the saber and sword colliding reverberated, making everyone's scalp go numb and giving them goosebumps.
Bang! The sword in Bai Shangcheng's hand was shaken off, shattering the stone slabs on the ground. It was sent flying again, clanging as it rolled on the ground a few times in the distance before coming to a stop.
Yuan Gang twisted his body and held the saber with both hands. His movements were motionless, and his breathing was dull, like the sound of a bellow. Suddenly, he tilted his head slightly and stared coldly at Bai Shangcheng.
Bai Shangcheng stared at Yuan Gang in disbelief, his throat making a strange "ho ho" sound, as if he wanted to speak, but his voice was leaking air.
His feet had shattered the stone slabs and were nailed into the ground, up to his knees.
The remaining force that was sent into the ground caused the surrounding stone slabs to turn over chaotically, and the ground bulged.
As soon as the force came out, half of Bai Shangcheng's body suddenly collapsed. Blood gushed out, and his stomach and intestines flowed all over the ground.
He had lost half of his body, but his legs were still nailed to the ground, and his death was unbearable.
Half of his body fell to the ground, but his eyeballs could still move, and he stared at Yuan Gang in disbelief, his throat still gurgling.
This scene caused Zhuang Hong, who was in the corridor, to quickly cover her eyes and turn around, not daring to look straight at it.
Xia Lingpei also turned his head to look to the side.
Dugu Jing was stunned. No matter how good Elder Bai's personal fighting strength was, he was indeed at the peak of the Gold Core Realm. How could he not be able to block Yuan Gang's saber?
She now understood why Yuan Gang said, "Just one saber and all grudges will be resolved!"
Wasn't it just one saber and all grudges will be resolved?
A dignified elder of the Waning Moon Pavilion was killed by a saber in front of so many people?
Yu Cang's throat trembled, and he stared at the saber in Yuan Gang's hand that was as still as a hanging bell. He seemed to think of something and muttered to himself, "Xi Wuxian's Three Roaring Saber Technique … The angry tiger roars, the running tiger is silent … The running tiger roars, invincible … Is Xi Wuxian's wild words true?"
Yuan Gang's dull breathing calmed down, and he sheathed his saber. There was not a trace of blood on the saber, and it was bright. He no longer looked at the person who had died tragically in front of him, and ended everything with one saber. Then, he walked toward Yu Cang expressionlessly.
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