Chapter 129: Suspect Under the Moon (Part )
Late at night, in the dense forest outside Yingchuan City, a limping figure was walking slowly towards the direction of the moonlight.

Ten feet away, on a towering ancient tree, a man in black was sitting with his legs crossed, leaning leisurely on a branch.

The man in black had his arms folded across his chest, with a sharp sword slanting across his bosom. He wore a bamboo hat with the brim pulled down so low that it almost completely covered his face.

The hazy moonlight cast a dry and dim glow over the dense forest, and there was a deathly silence and solidified air without even a trace of wind.

A moment later, the lame man walked to the tree, stopped suddenly, and looked up at the man in black on the branch. An ugly face was revealed under the moonlight. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was sneering disdainfully, and his hoarse voice was like the wind blowing dry grass, a little harsh.

"Awaited!"

"Not long. I'm just one step ahead of you."

The man in black said with a smile, he gently lifted up his hat with his sword and shot two glances full of contempt, this man was Liu Xunyi.

Liu Xunyi looked down at the lame man smiling at him under the tree and said jokingly, "If your leg wasn't lame, I might not be able to catch up with you."

"You have been following me since you left the Donghu Gang. I wonder what is it about a cripple like me that attracts you?" The lame man asked knowingly.

"The smell of blood on you, and... the debt you owe!" Liu Xunyi sneered, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. The Pan family has suffered misfortunes one after another in the past few days, all because of you. Now that others have lost their families because of you, how can you just walk away?"

"So you are here to take my life?" The lame man smiled indifferently, "Who are you here for? Who are you going to avenge? Li Bao? Or Pan Wu?"

"It's good that you admit it." The smile on Liu Xunyi's face gradually faded, replaced by a hint of coldness. He said in a deep voice, "The Pan family is already weak, and the chances of winning the battle next year are slim. Even so, you still plotted persecution again and again, insisting on killing them all and putting the Pan family in a hopeless situation. Don't you think this is a bit too much?"

"No one can explain the grievances between the Pan and Qin families, so why bother to wade into this muddy water?" The lame man replied, "Since you are here, you can go back and tell Luo Tianjin a message for me, telling him to mind his own business in the future. There are some things he shouldn't and can't interfere in." After that, the lame man ignored Liu Xunyi and walked away with his head down.

Liu Xunyi leaped up and landed steadily in front of the lame man. He held his sword across his body, blocking his way and said coldly, "You should go and tell this to the Lord of Luo Mansion in person! I will not kill you tonight, but I will capture you. On the first day of March next year, I will tie you and Li Lao Hu to Shaolin and confront the Hexi Qin family. Let the Shaolin monks and fellow martial artists administer justice and see if what you did today is a heroic act? Is your Qin family considered an upright martial artist?"

"Haha..." Hearing this, the lame man suddenly laughed wildly, his laughter was dry and rough, making people feel disgusted. He stared at Liu Xunyi with bloodthirsty eyes and grinned: "You have to think clearly, 'capturing me' is more dangerous than 'killing me'..." After saying that, the lame man squeezed his throat again and let out a terrifying shrill laugh.

"Li Lao Hu is indeed vicious, but you are the main culprit." Liu Xunyi said, "You have taken away people's property and killed people. You have made the Pan family miserable. Not only do you have no regrets, but you have become even more arrogant. The evildoers are free and easy, while the good people have their families destroyed. How can this be justified? How can you bear to treat an old man like this?"

"If Pan Chuba hadn't guarded the 'Xuan Shui Xia Juan' to his death, nothing would have happened." The lame man sneered, "You should understand that a man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure. The one who really pushed the Pan family to the brink of death was not the Donghu Gang, nor the Hexi Qin family, but Pan Chuba himself. To this day, he still doesn't repent. In the future, more people in the Pan family will die, and the end will be even more miserable than it is now. If you want to help him, you shouldn't interfere in the feud between the Pan and Qin families. As long as the Xianwang Mansion doesn't interfere, Pan Chuba will no longer have any hope. Without hope, he will naturally learn from his mistakes and make the wisest choice. If that happens, no one in the Pan family will have to die, and even Pan Chuba... can stay away from the feuds in the martial arts world and live out his life in peace."

Liu Xunyi looked at the lame man in disbelief, and shook his head slowly, saying, "Absurd! It's the most absurd thing in the world! What you just said is simply nonsense. It was the Qin family who wanted to seize the Pan family's "Xuan Shui Xia Juan" first, but they pushed the blame on Mr. Pan Ba ​​and even on the Xianwang Mansion. It's really ridiculous! It's extremely hateful! According to what you said, the robber robbed and killed people, but the robber was innocent, and the person who was killed was at fault? He should have taken the initiative to hand over his property to the robber, and should not have resisted at all? Is it true or not?"

"Which is more important, money or life?" the lame man asked. "A smart person should know how to choose."

"But both money and life should belong to you, so why should you choose?" Liu Xunyi refuted, "You put the blame on the person who made the choice, but in fact, the one who is most at fault is the one who forced others to make a choice. They are the root of the trouble, just like you!"

The lame man sneered with disdain and said, "I thought the person who came to cause trouble would be that reckless man Lin Fangda, but I didn't expect it would be you."

"What about me?"

"In fact, the best way to put the Pan family to death is not to kill Pan Wu, but to kill the people from the Xianwang Mansion." The lame man said coldly, "As long as the people from the Xianwang Mansion die in Yingchuan, Luo Tianjin and Pan Chuba will definitely turn against each other. As long as the Xianwang Mansion no longer supports the Pan family behind the scenes, the Pan family will undoubtedly fail."

Liu Xunyi sneered, "You were originally here for us. On the day we came to Yingchuan, you had already been hiding in Gaosheng Inn, secretly monitoring us. You killed Li Bao because you wanted to use the Donghu Gang to deal with us, but Li Lao Hu was not stupid. He did not fall into your trap, but instead blamed the Pan family for Li Bao's death and took the opportunity to blackmail them. So when one plan failed, you came up with another one, and when you failed to deal with us, you tried your best to destroy the Pan family. You took advantage of the relationship between Li Lao Hu and Ding Cui to poison Pan Wu and separate Pan Chun, causing the Pan family to lose two of the three masters that they had cultivated with great difficulty. In this way, the Pan family has lost even the last glimmer of hope of winning."

"You are very smart, but you realized it a little late. If the person who came to see me tonight was Luo Ningyu or Lin Fangda, I would save myself the trouble and just take their lives and be done with it. As for you..."

Liu Xunyi seemed to have heard a clue from the lame man's words, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "What about me? Don't you want to take my life?"

"You have only been in the Xianwang Mansion for a few days? How can your position in Luo Tianjin's heart be compared with Luo Ningyu and Lin Fangda?" The lame man mocked, "Whether you live or die is just a trivial matter to Luo Tianjin."

Liu Xunyi looked at the lame man with doubtful eyes and asked in a strange tone: "Just because of this?" "Since killing you is useless, why should I waste my time? I am not interested in a business that loses money!" The lame man waved his hands impatiently and urged, "You are lucky tonight and you have saved your life. Go!"

Although Liu Xunyi didn't understand what the lame man meant by this, he didn't have time to think about it. He suddenly drew his sword, pointed it at the lame man, and shouted coldly: "You won't kill me, but I will capture you!"

"Just you?"

Before the lame man finished speaking, he had already pulled out his short knife with his right hand, striking first without warning. A flash of cold light appeared, and in a moment the sharp blade was slashing straight at Liu Xunyi's face. At the same time, the lame man shouted angrily: "Although I am too lazy to kill you, if you are stubborn and stubborn, I don't mind wasting my time to take your life."

"Hmph! What a joke!"

Liu Xunyi's reaction was not slow at all. He spun the sword in his hand quickly, and with a crisp "clang" sound, the sword had blocked the dagger. The friction between the sword and the knife made a sharp and piercing sound, and sporadic flames burst out faintly, reflected in the firm eyes of Liu Xunyi and the lame man who refused to give in to each other.

Suddenly, the sword and the knife separated, Liu Xunyi swung the sword and stabbed it out without hesitation, straight into the lame man's heart.

In a hurry, the lame man quickly turned the dagger in his palm, held the knife in his yin hand, and swung it fiercely to the left. With another crisp "clang" sound, Liu Xunyi's sword was deflected by the dagger.

Seeing this, the lame man hurriedly turned to the right, and the extremely sharp sword blade brushed against the blade and the lame man's chest, and flew out with a "whoosh", bringing up a sharp sword energy and cutting a gap in the cloth on the lame man's chest.

"Since you are seeking your own death, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As swords clashed, the lame man shouted and cursed coldly, but Liu Xunyi completely ignored the frustrated lame man and swung the sword in his hand repeatedly. His attacks were fierce and at tricky angles, one move after another, and one sword was better than the other, and the lame man was overwhelmed.

After sixty rounds, the lame man had gradually become a little flustered under Liu Xunyi's endless attacks, and the short knife in his hand flew up and down. At the beginning, he could still fight against Liu Xunyi on equal terms, but as time passed, his attacks decreased and his defensive moves increased, and finally it all turned into defensive evasion. Under the impenetrable sword force, the lame man had no time to fight back.

"It seems that your Qin family swordsmanship is just so-so!"

Liu Xunyi became more and more frightened as he fought with the cripple. He was surprised that the knife skills used by the cripple were not only not exquisite, but also crude and full of flaws.

Liu Xunyi had once experienced Pan Wu's Xuanshui swordsmanship and was left powerless to defend himself. While he was amazed at the exquisiteness of the 'Xuanshui Lower Volume', he also speculated that the Qin family's 'Chihuo Upper Volume' must be equally extraordinary.

But the Qin family swordsmanship displayed by the lame man in front of him was not only not exquisite, but even far inferior to the three heroes of the Qin family. In this case, how could Liu Xunyi not be surprised?

Suddenly, the lame man used his sword to force Liu Xunyi back, and flew away ten feet. Before Liu Xunyi could chase him with his sword, the lame man, who had been ready to fight to the death, turned around hastily without warning, quickly went deep into the dense forest, and disappeared into the darkness in a few flashes.

Liu Xunyi never expected that the arrogant cripple would say one thing and do another, running away in the middle of the fight. He was stunned, and when he wanted to chase him, the cripple had already escaped without a trace.

"I will spare your life tonight. If you have the guts, come to Shaolin and fight me again on March 1 next year. I, Qin Tianjiu, will accompany you to the end!"

The challenge from the cripple came from the depths of the forest, which really surprised Liu Xunyi. Although there were many people who liked to bluff in the martial arts world, it was the first time that Liu Xunyi encountered someone as treacherous and unpredictable as the cripple.

"Qin Tianjiu?" Liu Xunyi silently recited the lame man's name. After a moment of silence, he sheathed his sword.

For some reason, Liu Xunyi always had an illusion that Qin Tianjiu, with whom he fought tonight, although his swordsmanship seemed sparse and his martial arts skills were ordinary, actually seemed to be holding back and did not really go all out.

After thinking hard for a long time but still unable to find the answer, Liu Xunyi could only sigh in frustration and turned to walk quickly towards Yingchuan.

Along the way, there was a question that kept lingering in Liu Xunyi's mind and could not be dispelled for a long time.

"How did this Qin Tianjiu know that I had just entered the Xianwang Mansion?"

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