Seeing Shangshuyu walk towards him, Qin Chu slowly raised the long sword in his right hand to his eyes. “A sword can break, but it must break in battle. I will be like you; if I die, I will die on the path of battle!”
Talking to himself, Qin Chu raised his left hand, which had been covering the wound on his abdomen. His blood-stained left hand slowly smoothed along the hilt of the long sword, sliding towards the tip!
As Qin Chu’s left hand slid, the Aura around him changed, becoming sharp and piercing. The long sword also began to tremble.
Seeing Qin Chu’s change, Shangshuyu took two steps back, her eyes filled with surprise!
At this moment, a sharp glint flashed in Qin Chu’s eyes, and he swung his long sword, charging towards Shangshuyu.
The battle began! Qin Chu’s long sword trembled as he unleashed one strike after another towards Shangshuyu. Shangshuyu drew the long sword from her right hand, parrying Qin Chu’s attacks with her slashes.
Seeing this situation, Bai Yu gave up besieging the few stray enemies on the main peak with Liu Xue and began to help Qin Chu. However, as soon as he entered the field, Shangshuyu sent him flying a great distance with an aerial kick.
After kicking Bai Yu away, Shangshuyu continued to fight Qin Chu, though she remained on the defensive.
Roaring, Bai Yu continued to rush towards Qin Chu and Shangshuyu’s battle. He could not abandon Qin Chu. When they encountered the Violent Bear in Miyun Mountain, Qin Chu did not abandon him, and from then on, he considered Qin Chu a brother in life and death.
Shangshuyu performed another graceful aerial kick, sending Bai Yu flying once more.
Qin Chu’s long sword slashed, and the sharp Aura around him grew stronger. Shangshuyu’s fair face grew even colder, and the speed of her long sword swings also increased.
Just as Bai Yu, ignoring the blood flowing from his mouth, was about to charge again, Liu Xue held him back. “Don’t be impulsive. She has no intention of harming Qin Chu. She is passively defending!”
Bai Yu stopped and looked, realizing that the situation was indeed as Liu Xue had described.
After fighting for a quarter of an hour, Shangshuyu’s long sword clashed hard with Qin Chu’s, pushing Qin Chu back. “If you don’t treat your wounds, you’ll bleed out soon!”
Pushed back, Qin Chu propped his long sword on the ground with his right hand, his eyes fixed on Shangshuyu. He was a little confused by this woman; she had a chance to kill him, but she didn’t?
“Carelessly acting without understanding the situation is a sign of instability!” Shangshuyu tossed a bottle of Medicinal Pills from her left hand towards Qin Chu.
At this moment, Qin Chu understood. Shangshuyu had approached him earlier to give him Medicinal Pills, and he, in his haste, had drawn his sword and started a fight.
“Think more about that feeling you just had.” Shangshuyu retreated some distance, took out a mat, and sat down.
Bai Yu came to Qin Chu’s side, tore open Qin Chu’s outer robe, and pulled off his inner clothing. After wiping away the blood, he began to treat Qin Chu’s wounds.
After this battle, Qin Chu was indeed in a bad state. He had a long gash on his back and a large hole in his abdomen, both inflicted by Liu Nan.
Seeing Qin Chu’s bare upper body, Liu Xue and the others were very surprised, as was Shangshuyu, because Qin Chu had too many scars on his body. There were claw marks, tooth marks, and a conspicuous scar right in the center of his chest.
“Boss, why do you have so many scars on your body?” Bai Yu asked while treating the wound on Qin Chu’s back.
“To live, one must fight. These were left from fighting Yao Beasts while living in the mountains before.” Qin Chu tore up his ruined inner clothing, wrapped it twice around the wound on his abdomen where he had applied external medicine, then took out another inner garment to put on, followed by his outer robe.
After treating his injuries, Qin Chu looked at the battlefield. Liu Nan and the others were all dead. The only one still alive was Sha Han, who was missing his right hand.
“What happened?” Qin Chu asked Liu Xue.
“He is from Qianqing. This time, they planned to eliminate our people from Qianluo Peak first, and then kill you. My three Junior Sisters were all humiliated by them. To torment me, they tied me up and forced me to watch their atrocities. I took out a dagger from my storage ring, cut the ropes, killed one of their accomplices, and, with the desperate help of a Junior Sister, managed to escape!” Liu Xue’s eyes were filled with sorrow. She had escaped, but the other three female Disciples of Qianluo Peak were not only brutally humiliated but also eventually killed.
“Humans are sometimes human, and sometimes worse than beasts!” Qin Chu sighed. Some things he was helpless about; at that time, he truly couldn’t stop the Qianluo Peak Disciples from leaving.
“Everyone, recover first.” Qin Chu said, then sat down to heal his injuries. As for Shangshuyu, who was still off to the side, he no longer paid attention to her. He knew very well that if Shangshuyu had malicious intentions, he wouldn’t be able to resist her.
The Nameless Mind-Cultivation Technique circulated, and the speed of Qi and blood circulation in Qin Chu’s body increased, causing his wounds to scab over quickly.
After a battle, everyone was greatly exhausted, so they rested for a day and a night.
At dawn, Qin Chu opened his eyes, then drew his long sword. He still remembered the feeling he had when he fought Shangshuyu.
With a flick of his wrist, Qin Chu’s long sword extended straight out, then remained still. Subsequently, the Aura around him changed, continuously rising.
With a clear sound, Qin Chu’s wrist moved, and he performed his basic sword technique. But this time, his basic sword technique was different from before; it now carried a murderous Aura.
“A sword can break, but it must break in battle. This is the fearlessness of the sword. Only with such a state of mind can one comprehend the true meaning of the Sword Dao!” Shangshuyu spoke.
“Are you saying the feeling I have now is Sword Intent?” Qin Chu stopped his long sword and looked at Shangshuyu.
Shangshuyu nodded. “Remember, you owe me a great favor. If I had killed you yesterday, or if I hadn’t fought, you would have lost this opportunity. To have such an opportunity again, who knows how long that would take.”
After recalling the situation from yesterday, Qin Chu cupped his fists towards Shangshuyu. “Thank you, beauty. I, Qin Chu, acknowledge this favor. If you hadn’t fought with me, I truly wouldn’t have grasped this feeling.”
“Countless people spend their entire lives and never find this feeling. If you come to the Ancient Ruins of Qingwang, even if you gain nothing else, as long as you can leave alive, you are the biggest winner.” Shangshuyu said, looking at Qin Chu.
“Why did you scare me? But it was a good scare.” Qin Chu felt that this surprise came quite unexpectedly.
Shangshuyu didn’t speak. Qin Chu continued to practice his sword. Qin Chu felt that his Startling God Sword Art had undergone a different change, a feeling completely different from the Sword Spirit Realm. The Sword Spirit Realm was a Realm, while now it was an Aura.
When Qin Chu finished Cultivating his sword technique, Liu Xue poured him a cup of hot tea.
While Qin Chu was Cultivating his sword technique, Bai Yu and the others had prepared food and boiled hot water.
After looking at the roasted Yao Beast meat prepared by Bai Yu and the others, and then at Shangshuyu, Qin Chu took the teapot and placed it a short distance in front of Shangshuyu. He didn’t particularly want to get close to this woman; she was a bit intimidating!