Chapter 976 Luzhou Inn (Part )

In full view of everyone, the ruthless Yan Bugui approached the weak Pan Yuyin with a sword in hand.

At this moment, the eyes of the disciples of Prince Xian's Palace were all bloodthirsty and excited, as if victory was in sight.

Xie Xuan secretly channeled a powerful internal force into his palm, and slowly extended two fingers from his right hand curled up in his sleeve, pointing at Yan Bugui's back through the air.

Facing Pan Yuyin, whose life was in danger, Liu Xunyi could no longer care about guessing Xunzhen and Xie Xuan's thoughts, and he dared not pin his hope of survival on Pan Yuyin herself. Therefore, he changed his trance and stared at Yan Bugui, who was walking away, with his bright eyes. He sat up straight without making any sound, and hid his left hand behind his back without leaving any trace, and used his five fingers to firmly support the wall.

Once the time is right, Liu Xunyi can use the force to fly and rush to Pan Yuyin's side at lightning speed. Today, he has full confidence that he can save Pan Yuyin before Yan Bugui makes a move.

However, Liu Xunyi's move would mean that all the disguises tonight would be in vain. At that time, both Xie Xuan and Yan Bugui would be forced into a desperate situation of "life and death", with no other choice.

At this moment, Xunzhen took in Xie Xuan's plan and Liu Xunyi's intention, and quickly calculated it in his mind.

They have gone through so much hardship and finally come to this day, Xunzhen does not want to "lose the whole game with one wrong move". But she cannot let Yan Bugui kill Pan Yuyin, Abaolu and others one by one.

It was difficult to have both. After much hesitation, Xunzhen simply made up his mind, closed his eyes, and let Liu Xunyi and Xie Xuan make their own decisions without interfering.

Thousands of thoughts changed in a flash. When Xie Xuan, Liu Xunyi and Xunzhen successively put aside all distractions and decided to give it a try, Yan Bugui was less than ten steps away from Pan Yuyin.

"Den, Deng, Deng..."

In the silent Luzhou Inn, Yan Bugui's low and resolute footsteps struck everyone's heart again and again, making everyone's heartbeat more and more rapid, and their breathing more and more heavy.

"Keng!"

Seven steps away, Yan Bugui waved his right hand and swung the sharp and narrow sword to his side. The tip of the sword tempered by fine steel hit the ground heavily, making a deafening sound like a death knell. While shocking everyone, it also made Pan Yuyin, who was in a state of mental depression, frown slightly in the blur of waking up from a dream, and a layer of fine beads of sweat gradually overflowed from her white forehead.

At the critical moment, Liu Xunyi and Xie Xuan trembled at the same time, their pupils suddenly froze, and a fierce murderous intent burst out from their eyes.

"boom!"

"Click..."

"Whoosh!"

However, before Liu Xunyi and Xie Xuan could make a move, a tightly closed window on the east side of the lobby was suddenly opened by brute force. Along with a loud bang of a window sash breaking, a biting cold wind mixed with bean-sized raindrops swept in, and the wind and rain howled violently, immediately blowing out most of the candles in the inn, and the dim yellow light and shadow instantly dimmed a lot.

At the same time, a green figure stepped into the wind like a lightning dragon and emerged from the rain.

With a clang, the silver sword came out of its sheath, flashing a cold light. The man swung out a sharp sword energy, breaking countless beams and railings, shaking off thousands of sand and gravel, and overturning tables, chairs and benches. He continued to attack with unabated momentum, and with the force of thunder and lightning, he went straight for Yan Bugui's head.

"who?"

"boom!"

Just as the frightened Yan Bugui was dodging in a hurry, another loud noise of doors and windows breaking came from the west side of the lobby.

Then, a gray-clothed man who was even faster than the blue-clothed man rushed into the crowd with the force of a tidal wave and the courage of a hungry tiger swallowing a sheep. He dodged and knocked down seven or eight Xianwangfu disciples who were caught off guard. With a tap of his foot, he left a half-foot deep dent on the ground, and shot out, approaching Yan Bugui who was dodging in panic in the blink of an eye.

"and who are you……"

"Drugging and ambushing, what an unfair victory! I never thought that the famous 'Thousand Miles Lone Sword' would act in such a despicable way, not even letting a weak woman go."

Accompanied by a rebuke full of frustration, the man in gray attacked as fast as lightning, his five fingers like hooks, and reached for the throat of the frightened Yan Bugui like a hot knife through butter.

"You said I was being despicable? How could your sneak attack during the chaos be considered smart?"

Yan Bugui was no pushover either. Facing the pincer attack from the man in green and the man in gray, she remained fearless and quickly calmed her mind. At the same time, she swung her sword and stabbed the man in gray in the heart.

According to Yan Bugui's plan, she first made a feint with her sword to repel the attack of the man in gray, and then turned around to fight the man in green who was approaching.

However, unexpectedly, the man in gray seemed to see through her thoughts at a glance. Instead of being scared off by Yan Bugui's feint, he rushed forward to meet the sword. In a flash, he turned his body sideways, allowing the extremely sharp sword to pierce his robe. The cold sword blade passed by his strong chest.

"call……"

"Keng!"

Just as Yan Bugui's fake move failed, he suddenly felt a piercing cold wind on the back of his neck, and at the same time his scalp went numb and his spine tightened.

Out of instinct as a martial artist, she had no time to be surprised by the gray-clothed man's decisiveness. Instead, she turned her horse without thinking, swung the sword across, tore through the gray-clothed man's robe, and took advantage of the situation to meet the green-clothed man's killing move.

As the saying goes, "between two evils, choose the lesser one." Compared to the unarmed gray-clothed man, the green-clothed man with a sword is naturally a greater threat. Therefore, under the situation of being attacked from both sides, Yan Bugui knew that his turning around would give the gray-clothed man an opportunity, but he still turned around without hesitation to block the green-clothed man's sword. After all, it is better to be strangled by the gray-clothed man than to be pierced through the neck by the green-clothed man's sword.

Sure enough, when Yan Bugui barely managed to block the sword of the man in green, a strong and powerful hand, like five unbreakable iron claws, tightly grasped her neck. The unmatched and terrifying force made her lose her resistance in an instant.

Then, Yan Bugui felt his body lighten, and was easily clamped by the man in gray-clothed arms, which were as hard as iron and as thick as willow wood, as if he was holding a chick. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not move at all.

It sounds slow, but in fact everything is smooth and done in one go. The situation is reversed in the blink of an eye.

"You...are here."

It was not until this moment that the frightened crowd gradually identified the identities of the two "uninvited guests" from the dim candlelight.

Seeing them, Xunzhen was overjoyed, Xie Xuan felt relieved, but the disciples of Prince Xian's Mansion looked as pale as death.

The man in green was none other than the “ruthless swordsman” Tang Afu, while the man in gray was none other than the “fastest swordsman in Mobei” Su He.

Thinking about it this way, it wasn't that Yan Bugui's martial arts skills were not good enough, but that his opponent was too strong. Looking at the entire martial arts world, there were probably only a handful of people who could fight against Tang Afu and Su He's joint sneak attack without losing.

Apparently, the geese not returning is not one of them.

Faced with the sudden change, Xunzhen, who was originally disheartened, rolled his eyes and quickly cast a mysterious look at Liu Xunyi, who had a look of astonishment on his face.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xunyi understood what he meant. His eyes, which were once filled with cold light, instantly returned to a lazy and tired state. His body, which had been ready to go, collapsed against the wall again like a withered flower.

At the same time, Xie Xuan, who was aware of the situation, rushed forward like a tiger pouncing on its prey and quickly captured the "depressed" Liu Xunyi.

"Su He, Tang Afu, if you dare to hurt Yan Bugui, Xie will make Liu Xunyi wish he could neither live nor die!"

At this moment, Xie Xuan was restraining Liu Xunyi, and Su He was restraining Yan Bugui. Both sides were either dragging their wounded bodies or forcing themselves to separate to the left and right with their spirits scattered.

After a while, there was a clear standoff in the lobby of Luzhou Inn.

Tang Afu looked expressionlessly at the disciples of Xianwang Mansion who were supporting each other with angry faces, then slowly put the Merciless Sword against Yan Bugui's neck and said calmly: "Thank you, Master. If you don't want her body to be separated from her head, release Liu Xunyi immediately."

"Tang Afu, Su He, one of you is a disciple of Jueqing Valley, and the other is from Chifengling. Tonight is a personal feud between Xianwang Mansion and Liu Xunyi. What does it have to do with you?" Xie Xuan was furious and threatened coldly, "Don't you want Jueqing Valley, Chifengling and the entire Central Plains martial arts world to become enemies?"

"Red Wind Ridge and Jueqing Valley have no intention of interfering in this matter. The Xianwang Mansion and Brother Liu have a personal grudge, and we also have a personal relationship with Brother Liu. Thank you, Lord Mansion, how about... one for the other?" Su He's eyes were like torches, and he spoke loudly, "You release Brother Liu, and we release Fourth Master Yan..."

“No need to discuss it with them!” Before Su He finished speaking, Yan Bugui had already stretched his neck and shouted at Xie Xuan, “It’s not a pity for me to die! With only the two of them tonight, there’s no way they can rescue all these sleepy people from the Western Regions. You know exactly what the madam and Qingfeng Alliance Leader mean, Liu Xunyi must not be let go…”

"But……"

"Master Yan is right. Two fists cannot defeat four hands, and a good tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves. No one can save us tonight with only the two of them!"

Before Xie Xuan, who was in a dilemma, could reply, an indignant voice suddenly sounded from outside the door of the inn.

Then, Gan Yonglin led dozens of Gan family disciples who were eager to see what was happening and rushed into the inn. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded Su He, Tang Afu, Xun Zhen and others.

"Brother Yonglin, you..."

Seeing Gan Yonglin coming in to disrupt the situation, Xie Xuan couldn't help but feel annoyed, but he didn't dare to show any abnormality. He could only pretend to be calm and said, "Xie has already said that you should wait outside..."

"The situation has changed. How can I just sit back and watch?" Gan Yonglin didn't know the truth, so he was unaware of Xie Xuan's worries. Instead, he put on a generous and righteous attitude, "Brother Xie, don't worry. I will risk my life tonight and won't let you fight alone."

"Brother Yonglin, although there are only two of them, they are top-notch masters. Although the Gan family disciples are numerous, they are still... unable to match the 'ruthless swordsman' and the 'fastest knife in Mobei'." Xie Xuan suppressed his distress and complained, "Once the fight starts, the Gan family disciples will have no power to fight back against them, and will only die in vain..."

"Haha... How could I not know about Brother Xie's kindness?" Facing Xie Xuan who was having a hard time speaking out, Gan Yonglin laughed nonchalantly, as if he had nothing to fear. "Actually, it's not that I'm conceited, nor that the Gan family disciples don't know how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is. The reason why I dared to lead people to rush in with such a big fanfare is because..."

"It's all because I support the Gan family!"

Before Gan Yonglin finished speaking, another old voice came from outside the inn. Upon hearing this, Xie Xuan's face suddenly changed, and his eyes became more complicated, because he had recognized the owner of this voice.

As expected, more than a dozen Wudang disciples wearing conical hats and straw raincoats walked into the lobby of the inn in the wind and rain. The last one to walk in was Liu Zhong, who was carefully holding an umbrella and escorting an old man in a black robe who was strolling leisurely.

This person is none other than Gu Ri, the leader of the "Four Elephants of Wudang" and the chief Taoist priest whose status is second only to the head Taoist master Qingfeng.

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(End of this chapter)