The person Shen Qiao saw wasn't someone unknown, it was the leader of the Fajing Sect, Guangling San.
The Sun and Moon Sect split into three sects at that time, and the Fajing Sect relocated far away to start operating in Tuyuhun. However, the world is currently in chaos. In an effort to secure a stake in the future, Guangling San has repeatedly interfered with the Central Plains' martial arts. He also took part in the encirclement and suppression of Yan Wushi. The Fajing Sect's influence quickly expanded eastward as the news of Yan Wushi's "death" spread that day, quickly luring up a number of Huanyue Sect forces in the Zhou Dynasty close to the Tuyuhun border while solidifying its own foundation.
To be honest, Shen Qiao has not had much contact with the leader of the Fajing Sect, but because the other party's status is unique, they are bound to attract attention. However, the other party rarely shows up in Jianghu, and few people around him recognize his identity. The other party, dressed in robes with wide sleeves, appears to be floating past the colonnade like an ordinary party guest.
Shen Qiao told Yuwen Song to sit still and not wander around, so he got up and walked towards where Guangling San had simply disappeared.
He appeared to be strolling through the courtyard, but he shrank to an inch, as if walking through clouds, but he was elegant and dusty, leaving no trace. The Huang Mansion maidservant who passed by him only noticed that someone was there. When he turned around, Shen Qiao was already out of his sight.
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He had no idea that Guangling San was walking quickly while appearing to be aimlessly wandering. At a corner, Shen Qiao saw three paths. One corridor led to the atrium, another to the backyard pond, and another gravel road led to a garden scene. In Runan, the Huang family had taken over a sizable portion of the land, obstructing the view with rockery. Guangling San disappeared, leaving his path unclear.
Shen Qiao paused and thought for a moment, he decided to take the last route rather than the middle one, which was more likely to lead to Guangling San.
The Huang family is one of the wealthiest in the area. This garden is attached to the house next door. There is nowhere to go because it was originally used to keep guests entertained by the host family. However, the host family may be entertaining guests in the garden, so ordinary people will not rush to the backyard.
Shen Qiao walked toward the pond for a moment, keeping his steps quiet. Suddenly, he heard a faint voice coming from up ahead. His heart grew heavy as he heard one of them speak. His breathing even became erratic right away, as if he had been struck hard.
Low-level martial artists won't even notice the subtle changes, even though it only takes a moment. A certain level of expert will be able to feel the qi in their environment and even activate their inner qi to interact with it. They will immediately feel off if there is even a small difference.
A leaf appears out of nowhere, but it is moving quickly as it comes from the front and breaks through the sky. It arrived quickly but quietly. Its martial arts were somewhat weak. It could have hit the road without even noticing. Fortunately, the other person didn't seem to want to kill anyone in the Huang family. Just a warning look at Shen Qiao's temples was enough.
If they are mansion servants or common Jianghu people, they will spontaneously cry out in surprise, dodge to avoid it, or flee as soon as they realize their skill is inferior to others. In other words, they will undoubtedly make noise.
Guangling San considered that today's Huang Family Birthday Feast is a modest affair. There are no extraordinary figures, and the Jianghu natives who came here were only mediocre martial artists. However, when this piece of leaf flew out like a stone sinking into the ocean, there was no sound whatsoever, which was a little odd.
He couldn't help but tremble and wonder if there were any master-level masters here who were unaware of their hidden talents?
"Who has come to this place, but knows not to hear or see?"
Guangling San spoke loudly as he slowly stepped outside, his sight was no longer covered by the rockery, and the person standing behind the rockery came into view as well.
As soon as the word "see" was finished, his look changed into surprise, though for a brief moment it was enough.
"Oh It's Shen-daozhang." Even though they had parted ways the previous time in a contentious manner, when they saw each other again this time, Guangling San still showed a smile, as if nothing had happened.
But Shen Qiao's attention was not on him, but on the person next to him.
The one who's standing next to Guang Lingsan is Yan Wushi.
The opponent stood against his hands, staring at each other with white stars, glory like jade. A slight smile on the corners of his lips, his aura is domineering full, as if they had met for the first time.
Even at the time of his downfall, Shen Qiao had never seen him show his pride like this, showing that he was full self-confident.
From the time he led him to Sang Jingxing, until the two broke up in the ruined temple. Shen Qiao went to Chang'an alone, and all kinds of things happened in the middle, so far it passed in four months.
Four months is not long, but also is not short. For martial arts people, if they can realize it, it will be enough overnight. If there is no advance, it will be useless for several years and decades.
Yan Wushi was a Grandmaster of martial arts, and there was no other "Zhu Yangce", including the volume related to the magic gate. He had previously told Shen Qiao that he already had a way to repair the magic heart flaw in his body. So, in these four months, it is not impossible to reappear after the first month.
But the question is, how did he recover from Sang Jingxing's martial arts that night?
Guang Lingsan apparently participated in the siege of the five masters, and even played a crucial role in it. It can be said that he directly caused Yan Wushi's injuries to intensify, and ultimately the culprit of defeat. How could Yan Wushi be with him again?
Moreover, depending on the situation, those two people laughed and smiled. They even looked quite harmonious. It didn't look like they were going to pull each other.
Shen Qiao had a lot of questions in his heart, and for a moment he didn't know if he should ask Yan Wushi whether he was good first, or deal with Guang Lingsan first.
Guang Lingsan smiled indifferently, "It seems that Shen Daozhang is very confused about why I am here?"
Shen Qiao settled down, and found that he had just appeared because of Master Yan. He was in a state of chaos and shook. He just used this sentence to calm his mind. Then he said, "The Huang Master party is not only for everyone, but also for the Guang Sect Leader. This dao is not the master here, so naturally he has no right to ask questions, but I don't know why Lord Yan is here again?"
Guang Lingsan looked at Yan Wushi with a smile and asked, "Should Lord Yan explain to Shen Daozhang?"
Unexpectedly, Yan Wushi said a moment. "Who is this person? Do I know him?"
It was like a pot of snow pouring down on the head, but Shen Qiao's heart was so cold when he heard. He looked carefully and found that not only the other person's expression was strange, but also his eyes were estranged, not to mention that it was not a long time to be happy, and he did not even have the familiarity of reunion.
In the ruined temple, the man who said "Silly Ah-Qiao" with a sigh of laughter was still in front of him, and that sentence seemed to be in his ears.
From the bottom of the half-step peak, the fate of the two seemed to be tied tightly by an invisible line.
If you say that Yan Wushi was the first who saved Shen Qiao, and after Shen Qiao also saved his life several times even pulling him back from the edge of life and death. Yan Wushi got it with no mercy to Shen Qiao, or even personally putting him into a fire pit by hand, almost made Shen Qiao suffer an outrageous disaster. To elaborate, it should be Yan Wushi that owes him a little, but the human heart in the world cannot be calculated as clearly as the business. Entanglement of grudges have long been unclear.
Until in the ruined temple, Yan Wushi placed him in a Buddha statue, but went alone to lead Sang Jingxing.
Everything seems to have changed.
But now, the people he couldn't find suddenly appeared in front of him, mingling with the enemy.
What happened in the meantime?
This should not be the case.
This should not be the case.
This sentence rang several times in Shen Qiao's heart. He suddenly remembered the situation when the other party woke up into a demon after waking up from a serious injury. Therefore, he forgot about QianChen, and Guang Lingsan just entered the situation at this time. He did not know what to say, so that Yan Wushi could believe him.
In the event of a sudden change, Shen Qiao then calmed down quickly and thought about the response.
"Lord Yan has such a bad memory that he couldn't even save his benefactor?" Shen Qiao said.
"Salvation benefactor?" Yan Wushi's voice was full of jokes, "I'm going to look at this seat, what can you do, dare to be my salvation benefactor!?"
As he spoke, his figure had floated out, and his five-finger Xunruo grabbed Shen Qiao with the pace of lightning.
Every action, every word and every action of a martial artist can reflect the martial arts level. Yan Wushi did not underestimate Shen Qiao. With this palm out, but he used at least 60% to 70% of the skill, even if the opponent is equivalent to him. Forced to have to draw swords to face each other.
However, Shen Qiao was well prepared. He was unwilling to fight Yan Wushi in the front of Guang Lingsan, not to mention that this was still someone's home. When he stepped back a few feet and fluttered out from behind the rockery, his figure was gone missing. It's really like a rootless duckweed. As soon as this light work is done, not only Yan Wushi's face is slightly surprised, even Guang Lingsan can't help but scream.
"Shen Daozhang's trivial achievement is incredible, I am afraid only a few people can afford it today. Tiankuo Hongying, so unpretentious, Xuandu Mountains really deserves its reputation!"
"The Sect Leader Guang has won the prize," Shen Qiao looked indifferent. "Here is HuangFu Family's place. It's hard to come here as a guest. It's not good to ruin the other's birthday party. If Lord Yan wants to fight, please set the hour location. Asking for the guide."
Guang Lingsan said with a smile, "Although there is no one here, it would not be beautiful if it shocked the host. Without a teacher, Shen Daozhang wants to tell you the old way, you might as well set a new time."
Shen Qiao's eyelids jumped.
Yan Wushi sneered: "I don't know him, so why should I tell him the old way? If everyone comes to you by this name, will I have to fight them one by one? Although he can still see his inner strength, his inner strength seems not perfect. But it's generally very good. However, relying on only a few hands to hold, you will lose to me under 100 moves. What kind of opponent can you see through at a glance?"
This remark was very different from what he said that day. What I want is a rival, not a friend, who is evenly matched.
Shen Qiao found that no matter how bad the situation was, he also learned to laugh at himself.
"If you don't fight, how do you know that I'm not as good as you?" Shen Qiao asked Yan Wushi. He tried to provoke Yan Wushi to fight with himself, but only to have the opportunity to be alone with him and to tell him that Guang Lingsan was an enemy not a friend.
It is a pity that Yan Wushi was too lazy to look at him again and dispersed to Guang Lingsan, "I was impatient to stay here longer because you have asked me to come to listen to music," Yan Wushi said.
Guang Lingsan groaned, but did not refute: "Yes, it is my fault."
Yan Wushi said, "Go and listen for yourself. Come to me at the end, you know where I am."
Guang Lingsan answered, "Okay, if you take a step, I won't restrain you."
The two seemed familiar with each other, and Shen Qiao could not intervene at all. Standing beside them made him superfluous.