The Demon Swordsman 3
Ch. 71 - Unexpected Meeting

Ye Long had stopped at several rivers to drink water, letting Xin Zhan tend to his own injuries

A faint laugh sounded from Xin Zhan's mouth as Ye Long had already gone far away from him, gone hunting.

"I must be crazy."

Xin Zhan propped up one hand on his forehead and lay down on the riverbank rocks. Her view.

All the things he has done this year are honor, self-esteem, ethics and rules. It was all destroyed in two bloody nights that made him seem to forget himself to be a bloodthirsty demon figure.

"How much more do I have to kill for this to be over?"

"Killing them won't make your body a demon." Ye Long suddenly came carrying the forest bird he found. He burned the bird with a very weak fire. Otherwise, the bird will be charred into charcoal.

"But make my soul into a demon."

"Then what do you expect to fight a pack of demons by becoming a weak human being? Align yourself with them, if you want to win and protect what you want."

The sunlight on it made Xin Zhan's eyes narrow. Then suddenly the shadow from the side made him surprised instead of playing.

"A-you-you!?"

The two young men with disguised looks were shocked instead of playing like just seeing a demon in broad daylight.

Lan Zhuxian and Lao Zi, both of them had just escaped from Fanlu City and were intending to go to the Valley of the Gods alone. Lan An had forbidden Lan Zhuxian from going there, but he could not keep that promise. His heart could not calm down and was always reminded of Xin Chen's safety.

"Thus ... Ah ...," Lao Zi was at a loss for words, making Xin Zhan who did not know the two for using bamboo caping could only ask back.

"Who are you?"

"I, Lan Zhuxian. And he's Lao Zi, we're both core members of the Four Surveillance Units."

Xin Zhan was not so surprised, he could guess where the two people were about to go. But if he could say that the real Four Surveillance Units they mentioned were now moving backstage to finish off the entire Empire.

"What about Second Young Master Xin?" lao Zi asked straight to the point. Xin Zhan threw away his face, the calmness on his face was slightly piqued. "I left him."

The two were shocked speechless other than to quietly wait for another explanation from Xin Zhan.

"I was badly injured and did not allow to fight for a while. Xin Chen had me go to look for a medicinal expert named Yan She who could restore father's memories and save Shui the Water Dragon. But what I'm doing here is just letting the man die and the killer get away with it."

Disappointment appeared on his face now. Xin Zhan let out a breath, facing the faces of the two youths who were both stunned to hear his story.

"I understand." Lan Zhuxian nodded. "Is there anything we can help you with?"

"Helping Xin Chen in the Valley of the Gods will only make you die. The temperature there is already beyond the reasonable limit."

"What can we do to help you? Young Master Xin Zhan's face looked complicated, was there a problem?"

Xin Zhan did not answer directly. But Ye Long immediately cursed with a mouth full of food.

"We will go to Qin Yujin's place and take her head to end this war!"

The two young men were stunned again. Then turned to look at Xin Zhan as if waiting for the young man to justify the words of the rancid dragon.

"It's not that easy. To find Yan She alone we are overwhelmed."

"Then we will help the Young Master to do so!"

Lao Zi tightened his grip on the rope bag whose weight beat his own weight, indeed inside it they stored a lot of supplies to deal with the war situation and there was also food.

Xin Zhan's mind was too scared to be invited to chat further, he assented without speaking other than a nod of resignation. Then the two young men sat down and began to tell me how they had arrived at that place. It is still the least monitored border area by guards. If it is the safest area if you want to travel without obstacles. It was unexpected that they would meet Xin Zhan who had just returned from the headquarters on the edge of the Qing Empire.

The next headquarters he will visit is located in the SangXu village. Only a small village as far as it is, it seems that the villagers have long since moved from there due to the onslaught of ferocious stealth coming down from the hills and some pests that make the crops fail. From the map that Xin Zhan got, there was the fastest path they could travel. Moreover, with the help of Ye Long, naturally the journey would be faster.

"We only have one day . You willing?"

"Capable!"

"Just pray Xin Chen can still hold on before we return."

***

Ye Long let out a blue light, when that night had come bringing darkness to SangXu village. The village is not much different from the news that has been heard. The reot houses were no longer inhabited and almost collapsed when the storm came. Their illumination only came from Ye Long's blue flames

Down the muddy path. They arrived at a road that led them to a house larger and slightly grander than the others. If it wasn't a noble house, it might just be the village leader's house. The age of the building is also not new anymore, already infested with wild plants.

Some places are still managed that means this village is still inhabited, although from the outside it looks creepy like an abandoned village. It seemed that their enemies were indeed good at finding hiding places to operate the organization. Evidently now, after walking some distance they can see the sources of life are quite frenetic. Beside the magnificent house stood a connection that was no less magnificent. It forms a second-floor dormitory.

I don't know what purpose they're building hiding out there. But Xin Zhan had realized before he could reach this village, the forests surrounding this place were filled with ferocious demons. It seemed that the presence of the demon was indeed intentional. If they were to travel from the land, they would surely now be troubled against dozens of ferocious Demons.

Xin Zhan's steps came to a halt for a moment. Realizing the presence of the opponent in front of him who raises himself, as if knowing the arrival of guests on a quiet night.

Before the man realized Lan Zhuxian and Lao Zi's presence, Xin Zhan told all of them to split up and search for the target. Either Fu Qinshan or Qin Yujin.

"It seems you've been waiting for me. Is it too long until you're bored?"

The man chuckled.

"My name is Hu Xingye. I'm not gonna linger, my job is just to stop you."

Instantly in the high speed of the fight in the middle of the night began, the two of them clashed with fierce weapons.

Sparks splashed as the sword complaints grew heavier, Xin Zhan and his opponent retreated five meters back.

"Master doesn't have to bother coming to get rid of you. With my power alone is enough to kill this filthy rat." Said continued.

"You can die with respect in my hands, no need to regret it after this."

Unexpectedly Xin Zhan instead threw the sword in any direction making Hu Xingye speechless for a moment, her forehead creaking in astonishment trying to guess what was about to happen.

Even though the sword had fallen and stuck to the ground nothing happened. Hu Xingye's bewildered face became slightly bright as she could guess for sure the reason Xin Zhan did so.

"Well, would you give up? Or are you so confident in your strength and want to fight without a sword?"

There's no answer. The wind blows hot mixed with fishy make the lungs feel tight. Hu Xingye waited a bit longer and began to impatiently look at him.

"You're wasting my time!"

"You haven't seen the actual show. Do you want to end this?" After a long moment of silence the young man finally spoke calmly, the power that had been radiating from his body had become increasingly stronger and even began to impact warriors like Hu Xingye. The man could feel his shoulders being so heavy under such pressure.

Hu Xingye had just realized the foreign energy that had been emitting from Xin Zhan's body was the same power as the light power of one of the famous swordsmen of the Shang Empire. He gulped a coarse gulp increasingly realizing what was about to greet him after this.

The sword belonging to Xin Zhan that was originally stuck on the ground disappeared. Until another sword came out from somewhere else and shot sharply into Hu Xingye's heart in less than a second. Xin Zhan turned the power of light into a certain form to fool his opponent. And with the Book of Seven Keys he had now, Xin Zhan was able to turn his sword into a power of light and bring it up in different places for a surprise attack.

Hu Xingye's mouth opened for a moment looking at this power, he realized his mistake was looking for trouble with a figure who had held the title of being the First Pillar of the current Shang Empire. The man intended to run away using his fastest Lightning Step and report this to the superior.

But unfortunately Xin Zhan did not let him leave just like that. "There's something I want to ask. Can you wait a minute?"

"Wait any minute for my life to float!" hu Xingye exclaimed unconcernedly at Xin Zhan who was chasing just as fast. The man cursed inwardly after previously underestimating Xin Zhan, a hint of embarrassment began to come upon recalling the words of the taunts he had uttered earlier to Xin Zhan.

"You're so scared you look at the devil. Then take me to the man.

"

Hu Xingye wanted to cuss at the crescendo again, Xin Zhan was not just a ghost but rather more terrifying than a ghost. The man's heart grew increasingly racing as his steps were successfully overtaken by the enemy.

There was no other option he was facing back trying to put up a fight to outwit.

At about the same time Xin Zhan also carried out a brutal attack, Hu Xingye greeted him and fended off so easily.

"Wrong. You should have looked behind you."

Hu Xingye subconsciously obeyed the words and when she managed to look back another strange move appeared.

"The Book of Seven Keys - Sword of Light."

That technique was the only technique that Xin Zhan had created after years of studying the Book of Seven Keys, and with that genius it allowed him to create more powerful combined techniques than the ones in the book.

Hu Xingye gasped in shock and reflexively fended off a sword that had emerged from void space

Xin Zhan's sword seemed to be chasing after him, faster than the male's own running.

Hu Xingye could be aware of the movements around him, he fended off the incoming attacks but another round of attacks came besieging the man. He could not guess whether Xin Zhan had any poison in his sword, he felt a strange sensation on his own body.

Rain began to pour down the earth, the drops of blood were like poison burning his skin. Hu Xingye did not find a place of escape to shelter from this rain, she felt tremendous pain as the rush of this rain touched the surface of her skin nonstop. The poison spread throughout his body due to the rain. Go to another injured place. Makes him in unmitigated pain.

Before long Hu Xingye who was shrieking in astonishment, the man was thrashed endlessly by the poison that gnawed at his body. More painful. Worthy of his murder was done by slashing his skin little by little until finally all that was left of his body was just a skeleton drenched in blood.

Hu Xingye's screams grew louder and louder, inviting many other warriors at the venue. The man rolled around trying to relieve the pain that had afflicted him since.

"Come in peace."

Shortly after the effect of the poison ended with Hu Xingye's body falling lifelessly sprawled, the man had died a moment ago in a very horrible manner.

Xin Zhan closed his eyes for a long time. Feel the headache. Didn't expect today he would use the dirty technique he had said as a way of a loser.

"It seems like I've been a loser before."

Xin Zhan lowered his sword while looking back where the other enemies who had already arrived looked at him were trembling, imagining already how death they would have if they had to die at the hands of that young man.

Xin Zhan paused for a moment to let out a force that drained his energy from earlier, his physique also received a heavy burden when using the Book of Seven Keys especially the self-created technique, which he had created, still not perfect like other moves that save more strength. And again upon seeing Hu Xingye's body he recalled the path he had now taken, becoming a loser. That's not so terrible. But what if he turns in the wrong direction?

"Am I still standing on the right path?" he murmured slowly, for a moment he recalled the fact that he might have been far from the road he had been on. The path of being a swordsman is still very long and he is worried that he is even mired in a perverse way. Xin Zhan looked up looking for answers above the gloomy sky. The anger, resentment and ambition that was so strong that coming out of nowhere, it felt that it would never be extinguished would even burn even more when he killed many humans. Wanted more blood and more victims.