Chapter 477: Qin Family’s Old Grudge (I)

"you?"

As soon as Qin Ku appeared, he immediately attracted a lot of questioning looks.

"What? Am I not considered a member of the Xianwang Mansion?" Qin Ku glared and said seriously, "Liu Xunyi recruited me into the Xianwang Mansion. Does that mean that after he switched to Yulong Palace, all the things he promised me before are no longer valid?"

"How dare you!" Jiang Yiwei's face darkened, and he scolded, "What do you think the Xianwang Mansion is? How can you allow people to be so reckless and laugh, and change your orders every day? Moreover, Liu Xunyi is just a soldier in the mansion, how can he influence the rules of the Xianwang Mansion?"

"That's great." Qin Ku let out a long sigh as if relieved of a heavy burden, and smiled innocently, "When he was still Hei Zhishan, he once solemnly promised me that he would ensure that I would have no worries about food and clothing, and live a prosperous and glorious life in the Xianwang Mansion."

"you……"

"Eh!"

Xie Xuan waved his hand to interrupt Jiang Yiwei's scolding, looked at Qin Ku with an innocent face with a half-smile, and said lightly: "Since it is the promise made by Liu Xunyi when he served as the Black Fan, it is the promise made by the Xianwang Mansion to you, and it will be fulfilled. You don't have to worry about this. But delicacies from mountains and seas, silks and satins are enough for food and clothing, and eating coarse food and rags is also enough for food and clothing. As for whether you can live a prosperous and wealthy life as you wish..."

At this point, Xie Xuan's eyes suddenly flashed with cunning, and he smiled lightly and said, "It depends on whether you have the ability! As you know, the Xianwang Mansion is not a charity, and it will not take in useless people. I believe that Liu Xunyi should have told you about this."

"I did mention it twice..." Qin Ku muttered, and suddenly his eyes straightened, and he hurriedly asked, "What do you mean? Are you bullying me because I am not well-educated and want to quibble with me?"

“Haha…” Xie Xuan waved his hand and laughed, “Although the Xianwang Mansion is not a famous family, it will not take a few million taels seriously, and will not argue with a young man like you. Qin Ku, you are just an ordinary disciple of the lower three sects now. Although you have no worries about food and clothing, it is difficult for you to become rich and powerful in the next three to five years, unless…”

"Unless what?" Qin Ku couldn't help feeling anxious when he saw Xie Xuan deliberately keeping him in suspense.

"Unless you can be like Liu Xunyi in the past, helping the Palace Master solve problems and clearing thorns for the Xianwang Palace."

"what do you mean……"

"You also know that the Palace Master only has two chances left to help. It is very risky to give it to a disciple who has just entered the Palace. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous." Xie Xuan pretended to be generous and said, "However, I can beg the Palace Master to let you go on stage to fight Qin Tianjiu, but you must promise me one thing!"

"What's the matter?"

"Defeat Qin Tianjiu!" Xie Xuan said seriously, "At least, we have to fight him to a draw."

"Fighting is a matter of chance, and victory and defeat are common in the military, so how can we predict the future?" Qin Ku muttered, "I don't want to lose, and Qin Tianjiu doesn't want to..."

"If you can tie with Qin Tianjiu, you will receive a reward of 100,000 yuan when you return home, and you will be promoted to deputy sect leader." Luo Tianjin, who had not said a word, suddenly said, "If you can beat Qin Tianjiu, you will receive a reward of one million yuan, and you will be promoted to sect leader!"

"Really?" Qin Ku's eyes lit up, and he spoke rapidly, "I don't care! The Northern Sage King is a man of his words, and once he's spoken, no matter how many horses he has, he can't catch up!"

"A word is settled!"

Luo Tianjin's refreshing smile made people feel like spring breeze.

"Good, good, good! The Northern Sage King is indeed wealthy and powerful. What a pleasure! Haha..."

Accompanied by a burst of unbridled laughter, Qin Ku strode towards the sword-fighting arena with big strides, completely ignoring the strange looks from the people around him.

Seeing Qin Ku swaggering onto the sword-fighting stage, the faces of Qin Ming, Qin Tianjiu and others changed one after another, and an indescribable sense of shame and anger immediately appeared in their eyes.

Especially Qin Ming. When he saw that his nephew actually stood up for Luo Tianjin and became an enemy of the Qin family, he couldn't help but feel angry and do evil.

"It's really you!"

On the sword-fighting arena, Qin Tianjiu stared at Qin Ku who was coming slowly, and there was a hint of viciousness in his hoarse voice.

"Old man, do you still remember me?"

At this moment, Qin Ku no longer looked like his usual pleasing, honest and simple appearance. His huge face was now ferocious and he looked ferocious, with a bloodthirsty aura lingering around him.

"You little bastard, you have no rules!" Qin Tianjiu scolded angrily, "Your father wouldn't dare to speak like that to me. Didn't he teach you to kowtow to your elders?"

"You have no right to mention my father!" Qin Ku's eyes turned cold and he sneered, "If you weren't so cruel, how could my parents have died in vain?"

"bass!"

Before he finished speaking, Qin Ku's right hand, which was tightly gripping the hilt of the knife, suddenly swung it towards the sky. With a slight sound, the scabbard flew off. Under the clear sky and blue sun, the long sword pointed towards the sky, shining brightly.

The shiny blade, the sharp edge, and the faintly discernible might and domineering aura wrapped around the blade can't help but make people feel uneasy and frightened.

"Boy, I taught you how to hold a knife the first time, and now you dare to show off in front of me?" Qin Tianjiu said with a broken voice, laughing contemptuously, "Bugu Leimen, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

"You aided and abetted the tyrant, deposed the eldest and enthroned the youngest. Aren't you afraid that the ancestor will come to you in the middle of the night to question you?" Qin Ku's words instantly froze the smile on Qin Tianjiu's face. His eyes were like knives, piercing Qin Ku's heart, and he threatened: "Be careful what you say, beware of the disaster that comes from your mouth. If you ruin the Qin family's decades of foundation because of you, you can't afford it! If you know what's good for you, get out of here now, and then go back to the Qin Mansion to apologize. Maybe the mansion master will spare your life for the sake of blood relationship and take you back into the Qin family."

"Bah! Ever since you and Qin Ming emerged from the Qin family, the family business of several decades has been doomed to fail. You want to use the same tricks you used against my father against me? You are just dreaming!" Qin Ku said contemptuously, "Today, I will kill you, the old bastard with ulterior motives, and then I will settle the score with Qin Ming!"

"Just you?"

"With this knife in my hand!"

Before he finished speaking, Qin Ku suddenly shouted loudly, his body shook, and instantly turned into a series of afterimages, swinging his knife and heading straight for Qin Tianjiu.

"Since you are so stubborn, don't blame me for not caring about the relationship between grandfather and grandson!"

Amidst the exclamations, Qin Tianjiu held the short blade across his body and tapped the ground with his limping foot, but his body did not move. His old eyes stared at Qin Ku who was getting closer and closer, like a leopard ready to pounce.

In a blink of an eye, Qin Ku came to him. Qin Tianjiu's pupils shrank suddenly, and he tilted his head to avoid the whistling sword. Then, the short blade stretched forward like lightning, straight to Qin Ku's heart.

One move split the Huashan Mountain and went straight to the top of the head. Another move went straight to the Huanglong and stabbed the heart. Both sides used killing moves as soon as they attacked, leaving no room for the other side.

Sure enough, a quarrel between relatives is three times more ruthless than that between enemies.

Amid waves of disbelieving exclamations from all around, Qin Ku and Qin Tianjiu fought fiercely in close combat.

The blades collided with each other in a fierce and vigorous manner. One blade was faster than the other, one move was more ruthless than the other, and the clanging sound of the swords continued to rise and fall, without stopping, as if to vent all the grievances and hatreds accumulated over more than a decade on the sword-fighting stage.

Jiang Yiwei couldn't help but look worried as he watched the increasingly stalemate. But before he could speak, Luo Tianjin suddenly waved his hand and said, "Actually, I also want to see how powerful the rumored 'Ghost Seer' is."

"But Qin Tianjiu is a veteran in the battlefield after all. His experience and methods are far beyond Qin Ku's. What if he..."

"Do you remember the Shaolin battle last year?" Luo Tianjin changed the subject and said with a faint smile, "Liu Xunyi's martial arts are not as good as Qin Tianjiu's, but he was able to defeat him. Why?"

Murong Bai recalled: "I remember the Palace Master said that it seemed that there was an expert behind Liu Xunyi, and that person was very familiar with Qin Tianjiu's swordsmanship and methods..."

Having said this, Murong Bai, Jiang Yiwei and the others' expressions suddenly changed, and a look of astonishment flashed in their eyes as they looked at Qin Ku.

"The 'expert' that the mansion master mentioned, could it be that he is referring to... Qin Ku?"

"That's right." Luo Tianjin said, "Although I haven't sent anyone to find out this boy's background, I have guessed about 70% of it."

"Please teach me, Lord!"

"What's Qin Ku's last name?"

"Qin..." Xie Xuan's voice stopped abruptly, and he suddenly realized, "The mansion master means that Qin Ku and Hexi Qin family..."

"They are from the same lineage!" Luo Tianjin said with a mysterious smile.

"Why do you make such a statement, Lord?"

"With the knife in his hand."

"Knife?"

"That's right!" Luo Tianjin laughed, "When I first saw Qin Ku, I felt that his knife looked familiar. It was only just now that I suddenly remembered where I had seen it before."

"where?"

"The cavalry of Duanjiabao!" Luo Tianjin recalled, "More than ten years ago, Duan Tianhong, the master of Duanjiabao, was ordered to escort 3,000 soldiers and horses to Dongping Prefecture. On the way back, he passed through Luoyang City and showed me five precious swords. He said that he bought these swords from a Korean merchant at a high price. The five swords are Longyuan, Xuanfeng, Yingui, Lieyang, and Changkong. Among them, the Changkong sword is Qin Ku's weapon."

"Hiss!" Xie Xuan frowned and said hesitantly, "The names of these five swords seem familiar..."

"Once, when I visited Duanjiabao, I inadvertently asked about the whereabouts of these five swords." Luo Tianjin said, "Duan Tianhong told me that the previous head of the Qin family took a fancy to his precious swords, so he borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and presented the five precious swords to the head of the Qin family as a birthday gift. Not long after, the five swords were given by the head of the Qin family to his descendants. Among them, the two most valuable swords are Changkong and Longyuan, and the Longyuan sword is now in the hands of Qin Ming. As for the remaining Xuanfeng, Yingui, and Lieyang, they fell into the hands of the three illegitimate sons of the head of the Qin family. They are the famous 'Three Heroes of the Qin Family', Qin Da, Qin Er, and Qin San."

"I see!"

Xie Xuan pondered and said, "Four of the five precious swords are in the hands of the Qin family's son. So, the Changkong Sword, which is as valuable as Longyuan, should be given to the Qin family's eldest son. Why did it fall into Qin Ku's hands?"

"In the past, the Qin family was introverted and had strict family rules, so the outside world knew very little about the Qin family's family affairs. It was not until Qin Ming came to power that the Hexi Qin family became more and more outspoken." Luo Tianjin speculated, "Although I don't know what Qin Ku's relationship with the Qin family is, I am sure that his relationship with the Hexi Qin family must be extraordinary. As the saying goes, 'the disciple surpasses the master', let us wait and see, maybe... Qin Ku can really bring us a big surprise."

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(End of this chapter)