Chapter 13 Drawing the Sword to Help
In the ruined temple, Liu Xunyi and Ding Qinghong were confronting each other. Luo Ningyu took the opportunity to rescue Lin Fangda, and tore off a strip of cloth from the hem of her skirt and quickly wrapped it around the wounds on his arms.

Luo Ningyu's actions were natural and quick, and she did not show any shyness even when she tore her skirt. This was something that only a Jianghu girl like her could do. If it were an ordinary girl, she would not even dare to think about it. Seeing this, Liu Xunyi could not help but think more highly of Luo Ningyu.

"Since you have covered your face with a black scarf, it is obvious that you do not want to be recognized. You are probably not from the Xianwang Mansion, right?" Ding Qinghong stared at Liu Xunyi suspiciously, and advised calmly, "If that is the case, why bother to wade into this muddy water? After you use three or five moves later, I will still be able to see through your martial arts. By then, you and I will have a grudge. One day, I will definitely go to your master to ask for an explanation. So what is the point of covering your face now?"

Liu Xunyi smiled and said, "Since you know that I don't want to be your enemy, why don't we both take a step back? This way, we can avoid creating a feud, and everyone will be happy, right?"

Ding Qinghong was startled when he heard this. He looked at Liu Xunyi with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes and said with a contemptuous smile: "Your Excellency has made a good calculation. If you and I both take a step back, I can't recognize your origin and you can help them out without any effort. You have become the best man in the world. How can I feel embarrassed?"

Liu Xunyi shook his head and said, "Although I don't know what misunderstanding there is between you and my two friends, since I have encountered it tonight, I cannot turn a blind eye to it."

Seeing that Liu Xunyi actually wanted to settle the matter with Ding Qinghong, Luo Ningyu couldn't help but feel ashamed and annoyed, and urged: "If you want to help us, kill him. There is no point in talking more. How can the people of Peach Blossom Fairy Island talk to you about reason?"

Liu Xunyi laughed dumbly upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "This girl is so pretty, but why does she always want to kill people? Such a cruel heart is really incompatible with this lovely appearance."

"It's a pity that you didn't hide in the bed and sleep soundly in the middle of the night, but came here to die." Ding Qinghong slowly raised his sword. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, his words were actually full of regret. Faced with Ding Qinghong's choice, Liu Xunyi had no choice but to accept it.

Seeing that Liu Xunyi and Ding Qinghong were about to fight, Lin Fangda hurriedly reminded them: "Brother Liu, be careful of this man. His peach blossom swordsmanship is amazing. I just accidentally fell into his trap."

Ding Qinghong sneered, "Lin Fang's skills are inferior to others, so how can he be 'careless'? I am somewhat interested in you now. I want to take a good look at what martial arts you are using. Take it!"

Before he finished speaking, Ding Qinghong flew forward, and the Peach Blossom Sword swept out in the air. In an instant, a ripple of sword energy cut through the void and swept towards Liu Xunyi.

"Well done!"

Liu Xunyi shouted softly, and his body soared into the sky with a tap of his feet. When his feet flew off the ground, the altar that was originally placed behind him opened with a loud bang. The huge altar was actually shattered into pieces by Ding Qinghong's sword. In mid-air, Liu Xunyi tapped his left foot and his right foot, and his body rushed towards Ding Qinghong like lightning. In the blink of an eye, he engaged in close combat with Ding Qinghong who was whistling at him. The broken temple was filled with the echo of "clang clang clatter". Sword shadows came from the east and west, and the fight was very lively.

"Brother Liu is really good at martial arts!" Lin Fangda's blood boiled with excitement and he clapped his hands in praise.

"Wudang swordsmanship?" Ding Qinghong saw a clue from Liu Xunyi's sword moves and asked, "Are you a Wudang disciple?"

"Wudang disciple?" Ding Qinghong's words startled Luo Ningyu and Lin Fang. Luo Ningyu looked at Liu Xunyi, who was fighting with Ding Qinghong, in confusion, and said to herself, "Wudang Sect and Xianwang Mansion are as close as a family. With his age and martial arts skills, he should not be a new disciple. But why have I never seen this person in Wudang Mountain before?"

"Haha... It turns out that Brother Liu is the disciple of Wudang Taoist Qingfeng. No wonder his martial arts are so amazing, wonderful! Wonderful!" Lin Fangda was overjoyed when he saw that Liu Xunyi's martial arts was even better than Ding Qinghong's, and he had the upper hand after fifty rounds. He kept praising him.

"Hmph! I've heard that Northern Sage King Luo Tianjin studied martial arts under Wudang when he was young. Wudang and the Sage King's Palace have been of the same bloodline for many years. Now it seems to be true!" Under Liu Xunyi's attack, Ding Qinghong was no longer as relaxed as he was when dealing with Lin Fangda, and his tone became cold.

Luo Ningyu smiled proudly and said, "The world is so big, my father has close friends all over the world, not just in Wudang. If you know what's good for you, just apologize and I may be able to spare your life."

After hearing what Luo Ningyu said, Liu Xunyi understood immediately: "It turns out that Luo Ningyu and Lin Fangda are not only from the Xianwang Mansion, but also this Luo Ningyu who regards human life as worthless is the daughter of the Northern Xianwang Luo Tianjin. I never thought that I would go to the West Lake Langyuan for a drink and accidentally meet Luo Tianjin's daughter."

Luo Ningyu's words were not false. Everyone in the martial arts world knew that Luo Tianjin was a generous and righteous person who liked to make friends from all corners of the world. In terms of his connections in the martial arts world, no one could match him. He was a recognized hero and a true hero in the martial arts world. Therefore, he was honored as the "Wise King", and was likened to the "first of the wise men in the martial arts world".

"Although you are using Wudang swordsmanship, it is mixed with many strange sword styles. It looks like a Wudang sword but it is not a real Wudang sword. The moves are varied and bizarre. It is not the skill that an orthodox Wudang sword practitioner can display." As Ding Qinghong and Liu Xunyi fought more and more, he gradually found the flaws in Liu Xunyi's martial arts, so he asked in a serious tone, "You are not a Wudang disciple, who are you?"

"If you are not satisfied with Wudang swordsmanship, then what about this set of swordsmanship?"

Liu Xunyi did not answer but asked instead, the sword moves in his hand suddenly changed, the originally steady and majestic Wudang swordsmanship suddenly became ghostly and agile, the sword was like a glimpse, it came quickly and went away even faster, the moves were agile and varied, and the moves were even more efficient, which caught Ding Qinghong, who was used to dealing with Wudang swordsmanship, off guard for a moment, and he was slightly suppressed in just three or five rounds.

Ding Qinghong did not dare to underestimate the enemy and concentrated on fighting with Liu Xunyi. However, as Liu Xunyi's sword style changed more and more, Ding Qinghong became more and more frightened, because he recognized that the sword moves Liu Xunyi was using at this moment were from his Peach Blossom Sword Island's "Falling Water Sword Style".

"You can actually use the sword techniques of my Peach Blossom Sword Island?" Ding Qinghong could no longer contain his excitement and asked in surprise, "Who are you? Where did you steal my martial arts from?"

Ding Qinghong's question also caused surprise to Lin Fangda and Luo Ningyu. They looked at each other with confusion on their faces, but unfortunately no one could figure out the reason.

"He showed up in the suburbs in the middle of the night, and he was dressed like this..." Luo Ningyu speculated randomly, "His martial arts are all mixed up and not orthodox at all... He looks like a thief who roams around stealing things... But his martial arts are not bad, he should not be an ordinary thief, he is probably a big bandit, he heard that there are many dignitaries in Lin'an City, so he came here to steal gold and silver treasures..."

Listening to Luo Ningyu's speculation, Lin Fangda's eyes were full of embarrassment. He looked at Liu Xunyi, who was wearing a nightgown, with confusion, and asked in a low voice: "Ningyu, what do you mean... Brother Lin just stole something from a noble family?"

"Could it be possible?" Luo Ningyu felt that what she said made more and more sense, and nodded seriously, "Otherwise why would he appear in the suburbs in the middle of the night?"

"Why?" Lin Fangda asked. "Of course he stole something and ran away." Luo Ningyu said seriously, "After stealing something, he didn't leave the city quickly. Did he stay in the city and wait to be caught by the government?"

"That makes sense!" Lin Fang frowned and thought for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement. But then he raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Even if Brother Liu is a bandit, he is also a hero who robs the rich to help the poor and likes to fight for justice!"

Luo Ningyu couldn't deny Lin Fangda's assertion. After all, Liu Xunyi was helping them out, so she was doing him a favor. How could Luo Ningyu repay kindness with hatred?

Liu Xunyi listened to Lin Fangda and Luo Ningyu's random guesses. There was no suspicion or vigilance in their voices. On the contrary, even though they believed that he was a notorious bandit, they still acknowledged him as a friend. He felt amused and touched at the same time. He thought to himself, "Not judging a hero by his origin or identity, this should be the biggest difference between the court and the underworld, right?"

"Brother Lin, Miss Luo, we should not stay here for long. I am here to entangle him, so you better leave quickly!" Liu Xunyi was worried that something might happen in Tianxing Tower, and even more worried that Ding Qinghong had bad intentions and that there were experts and reinforcements behind him, so he hurriedly urged, "You leave first so I can get away."

"Tonight is really strange. I've never had to escape in my life." Luo Ningyu muttered with little interest, "You're here to rescue us. Wouldn't it be disloyal for us to just leave like this? No, no!"

Liu Xunyi forced Ding Qinghong back with a sword and said, "Even if the mountains don't change, the water will change. We will meet again sooner or later if we are destined. It won't be too late for you to thank me then!"

Luo Ningyu was stunned at first when she heard that, then her eyes turned slightly and she suddenly thought of something. Her cheeks turned red, and she said angrily with shame and annoyance: "I can thank you, but I will never marry you, you evil villain, don't even think about that!" At this point, her voice was so low that she could hardly hear it herself, but her tone was still very firm.

Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly and thought to himself, "I didn't say anything but was called a villain. It's really unfair for me to save someone." However, he did not argue, but responded loudly, "Miss Luo, don't worry, I will never take the opportunity to make things difficult for you. It's almost dawn, you should leave quickly!"

"Miss Luo, don't go. Come with me!" When Ding Qinghong saw Luo Ningyu was about to leave, his face changed immediately. He forced Liu Xunyi back with one move and turned around to pounce on Luo Ningyu. A sword energy shot out in the air, lifting up dozens of blue bricks in front of Luo Ningyu.

"Go quickly, I'll stop him!" Liu Xunyi stood in front of Luo Ningyu and swung the sword in his hand to cut off the green bricks that were flying towards him one by one.

Lin Fangda no longer hesitated, bowed to Liu Xunyi and said: "We will remember your great kindness today, brother Liu. Feel free to come to Luoyang Xianwang Mansion to find me in the future. I will definitely reward you handsomely!" After that, Lin Fangda dragged the slightly hesitant Luo Ningyu and quickly walked out of the ruined temple. In a moment, they disappeared into the darkness before dawn.

When Ding Qinghong was about to chase after her in anger, Liu Xunyi blocked his way first. Ding Qinghong was anxious but helpless for the moment and could only watch Luo Ningyu escape right under his nose.

Liu Xunyi and Ding Qinghong fought in the dilapidated temple for about an incense stick of time. Suddenly, there was a loud noise of people shouting and horses neighing outside the temple. While Ding Qinghong was distracted, Liu Xunyi turned around and hid behind the Buddha statue. When Ding Qinghong chased after him, there was no one behind the Buddha statue. Liu Xunyi had already escaped through the window.

Ding Qinghong was still furious. He was quite passive in the fight with Liu Xunyi just now. He didn't take Liu Xunyi seriously at all in terms of his swordsmanship. However, Liu Xunyi's fighting style was treacherous and changeable, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes advancing, sometimes retreating. His swordsmanship was mixed with many different methods, which made Ding Qinghong unable to adapt to it for a while. Moreover, Liu Xunyi didn't kill him, but he couldn't do anything to Liu Xunyi either. He felt very frustrated when fighting.

Just as Ding Qinghong was about to walk out of the ruined temple in frustration, Qiu Han and Qin Wei had already rushed in with a dozen golden sword captains and bumped into Ding Qinghong head-on.

The two sides were on the verge of a fight when they met. Ding Qinghong snorted in a bad tone, "A good dog doesn't block the road! Get out of here!"

"Who are you?" Qin Wei shouted, "What are you doing here?"

Facing Qin Wei's questioning, Ding Qinghong remained silent, looking at Qiu Han and Qin Wei with contempt in his eyes. His angry look really made him look like a nagging woman, which made several golden sword captains laugh secretly.

"What are you laughing at? Be careful or I'll cut off your tongues!" Ding Qinghong scolded coldly.

"Who are you?" Qiu Han asked in a deep voice, "If you don't tell me, I'll take you back and torture you!"

"Wait a minute!"

Before the Golden Blade Captain could make a move, Bai Jin's angry shouts could be heard from outside the temple. Then Bai Jin strode over with more than 20 men in black. Before Qiu Han could question him, Bai Jin said, "He is from my West Mansion. You can't take him away!"

Hearing Bai Jin's words, Qiu Han could not help but glance coldly at the expressionless Ding Qinghong. After that, the two groups of people were in a stalemate without saying a word. Qin Wei looked around the ruined temple, then leaned close to Qiu Han's ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Brother Liu is not here, I guess he has escorted the woman out of the city."

Hearing this, Qiu Han nodded casually, then waved his hand to signal the golden sword captains to put away their weapons.

"let's go!"

Following Qiu Han's order, a group of golden sword captains left the ruined temple first under the watchful eyes of Bai Jin and others.

After Qiu Han took his men away, Bai Jin's tightly clenched fists finally couldn't help but burst into a series of "crackling" sounds in anger.

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(End of this chapter)