"Give it away?"
Lin Tianli looked bewildered and asked Hua Youyue curiously, "Who is it?"
Hua Youyue gently raised her hand, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth. She turned her gaze, a faint smile appearing on her face, and said slowly, "A very interesting fellow. He said he'd bring me here to kill you!"
Looking at Lin Tianli's ever-changing expression, Hua Youyue sighed and continued, " Lin Tianli, you once injured my Spirit Root, and I harbored resentment in my heart. But now I have more important things to do. Before leaving, I only wanted to give that guy a gift. I never had any intention of competing with you for the Spirit Peak. Are you really going to be so stubborn?"
Upon hearing Hua Youyue's words, Lin Tianli's expression turned suspicious and uncertain. His face flushed red, and he clearly swallowed the blood he was about to vomit. He laughed loudly, staring at Hua Youyue with a gloomy expression, and said, "It's your business that you never had any intention of competing with me for the Spirit Peak. For me... the power within you is what interests me most. There's no point in saying more. Let's settle this before the Golden Crow!"
Hua Youyue's expression hardened. She stared at Lin Tianli for a moment, then her face returned to its usual calm. She chuckled and said, "I am no match for you now. Knowing about the power within me won't do you much good. However... if you dare to touch that Golden Crow, I will make you regret it for the rest of your life!"
Lin Tianli's expression was one of surprise and uncertainty, but then he suddenly burst into laughter, seemingly with a sense of exhilaration. A resolute aura erupted from him as he declared, "Then I, Lin, will be waiting for you!"
"You!" Hua Youyue's expression changed, she snorted coldly, and slowly drew her long sword, pointing it directly at Lin Tianli.
A playful smile appeared on Lin Tianli's lips as he stared at Hua Youyue and said, " True Essence cannot be used here. Does Spirit Maiden Hua wish to spar with me in Swordsmanship?"
"So what if it is?" Hua Youyue's expression darkened slightly.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Yang Zhen hurriedly said, "Wait, don't fight yet!"
" Yang Zhen?"
" Yang Zhen!"
Hua Youyue looked at Yang Zhen with surprise, a bright smile gradually spreading across her face. She sheathed her longsword, looked at Yang Zhen charmingly, and said, "You've come!"
Yang Zhen glared at Hua Youyue and said, "I'll settle the score with you later!"
Upon seeing Yang Zhen, Lin Tianli roared and scurried down the slope, his face filled with boundless hatred, as if Yang Zhen had placed a huge green hat on him.
Yang Zhen stared in disbelief and hurriedly ran upstairs, shouting, "Damn it, you surnamed Lin, why aren't you enjoying this fun place? What are you doing down here? If you're so capable, why don't you fight this Sage of Saunter on these stone steps?"
Seeing Yang Zhen's reaction, everyone who had just caught up was stunned.
The stone steps before me were shrouded in a massive barrier, not only radiating an overwhelming and intimidating aura of heaven, but also preventing the use of True Essence. Could this place be considered fun?
Just like Yang Zhen!
A group of people stared in disbelief as Yang Zhen ran uphill and Lin Tianli ran downhill, all of them bewildered and unsure of what Yang Zhen was up to.
Seeing Yang Zhen actually running up the stone steps, only to stumble after a few steps and look pained, Lin Tianli suddenly stopped. His anger turned to schadenfreude as he looked at Yang Zhen and asked, "Are you sure you want to stay here?"
"Absolutely, absolutely, and without a doubt!" Yang Zhen laughed heartily, stretching his arms and legs, and said with a satisfied expression, "This place is great! I love it here!"
Lin Tianli scoffed, his bravado masking his inner fear, and said, "Then let this be your burial ground. You can stay here forever!"
The Spirit Maiden Hongluan was greatly alarmed and whispered to Yang Zhen, " Yang Zhen, Lin Tianli's Swordsmanship is unparalleled; no one among his generation can surpass him. Don't be reckless!"
Superb Swordsmanship?
Yang Zhen was taken aback, then looked at Lin Tianli with great interest.
This is the guy who nearly killed Hua Youyue five years ago, and also damaged her Spirit Root, causing her to remain silent for five years, burying this grudge in her heart for five years as well.
How much psychological pressure must a woman of Spirit Road have endured over the past five years?
Yang Zhen looked Lin Tianli up and down, then looked up at Hua Youyue.
When they entered the Spirit Road, Yang Zhen failed to catch up with Lin Tianli, which frustrated him for a long time. Now that he had seen him, how could he let him off so easily?
As Yang Zhen said, this place is a good place for him because he cannot use his True Essence.
Seeing Yang Zhen looking over, Hua Youyue smiled and said, "Be careful!"
Yang Zhen was taken aback and asked, "Aren't you afraid that Lin Tianli's Swordsmanship is so superb that he might kill me with a single strike?"
Hua Youyue smiled gently, turned her gaze, and said, "I believe you!"
Yang Zhen grinned and said, "I think I'm feeling better!"
Hearing their conversation, Spirit Maiden Hongluan was taken aback, a complex expression flashing in her eyes.
Xiu'er pouted and tugged at Spirit Maiden Hongluan's sleeve, saying, "Silly sister, do you think Yang Zhen, with his cunning, would do something he's not sure of?"
Spirit Maiden Hongluan shuddered, shook her head with a wry smile, and gave Hua Youyue a deep look.
Lin Tianli looked around and saw that everyone was staring at him and Yang Zhen. He laughed loudly, pointed his sword at Yang Zhen, and said, " Yang Zhen, you're the one Spirit Maiden Hua is going to give the Golden Crow to, aren't you? I wonder what Spirit Maiden Hua's expression will be if I make you stupid?"
"Guess?" Yang Zhen blinked.
Lin Tianli: "???"
Seeing Lin Tianli's bewildered expression, everyone around couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Xiu'er leaned on Spirit Maiden Hongluan's shoulder, giggling like a little hen, and said breathlessly, "This Yang Zhen... oh my, I'm dying of laughter! Lin Tianli offended him, he's absolutely furious!"
The Spirit Maiden Hongluan couldn't help but chuckle as well, then muttered to herself, " Lin Tianli didn't offend Yang Zhen, but rather the Spirit Maiden Hua!"
After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he squatted down and pried off a piece of rock. He weighed it in his hand, turned to Hua Youyue, and said angrily, "Little girl, do you know what you did wrong?"
Hua Youyue was taken aback, and said hesitantly, "I shouldn't have left without saying goodbye."
Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "Leaving without saying goodbye is no big deal. What are you trying to do? Giving me Golden Crow? Are you kidding me? If I want this Golden Crow, can't I just go get it myself?"
"But..."
"There's no 'but' about it. You're stealing my Sage of Saunter, you know? Remember this from now on, leave these kinds of things to me. You can just cheer me on from behind!"
Hua Youyue chuckled and nodded, saying, "Alright!"
Yang Zhen laughed heartily and said to Lin Tianli, "Come, come, let this ' Sage of Saunter' see just how 'superb' your Swordsmanship really is!"
Seeing that Yang Zhen actually used a stone slab to fight him, Lin Tianli's face turned ashen. He pointed at Yang Zhen and said, "You're courting death! You think a mere stone slab can break my sword?"
Suddenly, a surge of power erupted from Yang Zhen's feet, and with a boom, he charged towards Lin Tianli, shouting, "Who told you this was a bluestone slab? In my hometown, this kind of Divine Artifact is called a brick!"
"A brick?" Lin Tianli's face froze for a moment, then he burst into laughter. The long sword in his hand suddenly transformed into countless sword shadows, stabbing towards Yang Zhen.
The sword strike was perfectly timed and incredibly unpredictable, leaving everyone on the edge of their seats.
No one expected that Lin Tianli could unleash such a bizarre Swordsmanship with just a long sword and without using any other martial arts skills.
Seeing Yang Zhen rush forward on his own initiative, carrying only a bluestone slab in his hand, everyone gasped in surprise, staring at Yang Zhen as if he were a madman.
Among the crowd, only the Shameless Cat's eyes gleamed, muttering to himself, "Oh my, could this be the 'brick-breaking martial arts' that the kid was talking about, unstoppable by anyone?"