goodnovel Chapter 1268 - 619: Heaven-Burying Mad Saber (2)
Chapter 1268 - 619: Heaven-Burying Mad Saber (2)
Certainly, Zang Xu is well aware of his responsibilities. If it were a normal day, he wouldn’t leave the Holy Daughter’s side. But truth be told, now there are those around the Holy Daughter who are more skilled than him, so there’s no need to worry about further ambushes.
It’s rare for him to visit the Central Plains, and since the Holy Daughter has agreed, it’s a good time to stretch his muscles.
Zang Xu immediately flew out and pursued the two old guys into the forest, where he found the white-haired Sword Cultivator and the white-robed old man waiting for him, bowing left and right, saying,
"Sky Covering Mountain Xuan Yue"
"Taiyi Mountain Zhong Nanzi"
"...Heavenly Mountain Mad Saber"
Although Sky Covering Mountain is hardly recognized, Taiyi Mountain, being at the forefront of past expeditions into the Central Plains, blocking roads, is quite familiar to the Divine Sect.
Zang Xu immediately turned his gaze to the old man on the right, cruelly smiling,
"I wondered who it was, turns out it’s the cowardly turtle of Guanxi."
Zhong Nanzi smiled with squinty eyes, but his beard puffed up in frustration.
"Oh, you little brat, quite bold, see if when I have your heart and liver as drinks, there’s a taste of the previous Mad Saber."
Zang Xu retorted with coldness,
"You old turtle, cowardly when slaughtering your whole clan, now climbed out of your shell, why don’t you stay in there for life?"
Zhong Nanzi sinisterly cackled,
"Little brat, you’re spewing filth, watch as I don’t rip your tongue out, refine your rogue bones to feed dogs."
Zang Xu cursed back,
"Screw you, you pathetic loser! Come! Come then! Do it!"
Xuan Yue, "Wow, you guys swear so dirty, let’s be civilized..."
The two glared at him.
Xuan Yue coughed,
"Cough, cough, actually I’m just passing by, saw someone releasing Refining over here, so came to take a look.
Since you two have a feud, why don’t you settle it first? I can wait."
With that, Xuan Yue wasted no more words, transforming into Sword Rainbow, swiftly flew into the sky, maintaining a sword’s distance, clearly indicating he wouldn’t interfere, ready to eat seeds on the sideline.
Zhong Nanzi, unrestrained, sinisterly laughed, Cloud Qi enveloping him, took out a bronze axe, licking the axe blade with a deranged manner,
"Little brat, if I don’t crush and swallow your Demon Sect bones, my hands itch terribly! Peropero~~"
"Less nonsense! Come!"
Zang Xu coldly twisted his neck, which crackled terribly, simultaneously gripping his saber handle, Primordial Spirit locked onto the two before him, yet his heart remained icy calm, with faint unease.
After all, these two from the Mystic Sect were behaving oddly. It’s well known that the Nine Great Demon Sects are notorious for seizing advantages, preferring to outnumber rather than duel, ambush in shadows, justice assault, to attack rather than duel, to gang up rather than solo fight. Only after meticulously setting up a Heaven and Earth Net for your demise, they would strike.
Zang Xu particularly realized, though he was young and barely a thousand years old, the Mad Saber’s reputation wasn’t prominent in the Central Plains, probably few knew his rustic Swordman origin. But the old rascals of the Mystic Sect were adept in scheming, deeply rooted in Daoist traditions, especially Taiyi Mountain, an eternal foe; Zhong Nanzi since recognized his treasure blade as Heavenly Mountain Three Blades, should’ve calculated his refining of the famed Blood Flame Tyrant Blade.
Thus despite their antics before him, they clearly knew well of his Man and Sword as One, Mad Saber Slashes Heaven prowess. So they planned to collaborate, flanking attacks, Zhong Nanzi provoked, took damage first, while Xuan Yue supported from a distance, seizing chance to injure with Dark Sword. One close and one far, mutual assistance, forcing him to divide focus, hinder his saber speed.
Additionally, their exaggerated acting, the thin monk mentioned three great cuts in this match, maybe these two were Blinding Techniques, with a third hiding in shadows, ready for a real strike. And they deliberately performed letting him know besides the visible pair, there’s the unknown third to watch out for, hold back in caution, just as these Old Xuan Sect planned, intimidating his heart, slowing saber strike, possibly missing the one turned salvageable.
Yet, it wasn’t entirely unmanageable.
Even if it’s one against three, it’s customary for the Divine Sect to challenge one versus nine, since entering the Central Plains, Zang Xu had prepared for slash and be slashed, apart from wielding saber, he knew no other techniques, one comes it’s chop, a hundred it’s chop, thousands and horses the same chop, what’s the dilemma?
At most only three cuts, three opponents are just right; one at a time, chop them all down is the end.
Therefore, Zang Xu’s Daoist Heart remained steadfast, wholly unshaken, Man and Saber as One, Vigorous Qi combined, fully focused on Zhong Nanzi before him.
Zhong Nanzi’s skills Zang Xu knew a bit.
After all, though not a match for the Divine Sect, each encounter ended with Mountain Closing Gate, guards the Great Array, cowardly and disgusting, with nothing special to counter. After years of back-and-forth battles, both sides knew the other’s roots. So, even without knowing the details of Central Plains’ Mystic Sect, Taiyi Mountain’s frequent engagements revealed him the mastery Zhong Nanzi practiced was Taiyi’s ultimate "Cloud Transformation Technique".
Exactly, transforming the clouds in the sky.
In Taiyuan True Heavenly Book’s summary it states,
Taiyi births water, Cloud Qi leads first, when chaos shapes yet unformed, clouds above gather to be divine, disperse into smoke, encompass all truths, return to great mysteries.