Chapter 131 - 130: That Sword, This Blade
The character was very ugly,
at least, to Gu Zhan, who had read books and practiced writing for many years, this character was truly hideous.
Even the characters Gu Zhan wrote when he was five or six years old looked better than this one.
This character,
indeed resembled a character written by a naughty beginner, assembled stroke by stroke, without any flair or penmanship,
not even worthy of being called careless,
yet this character was strangely full of charm,
but to say what exactly this charm was,
was indescribable,
it could only be said to have the flavor of a sword!
A very stiff and ugly "sword" character,
composed of nine strokes,
as if they were nine swords,
nine being the ultimate number,
this was the ultimate sword,
these nine swords leapt off the rice paper,
then, as if nine mighty torrents rushed forth,
in an instant, in this expanse of heaven and earth,
the wildflowers, grass, rocks, springs, and lush trees everywhere roared, becoming soldiers, as if a torrential summer rain was about to fall, instantly covering the sky, leaving only a vast white expanse,
perhaps it was the sword.
That sword was very unreasonable,
senseless,
just like the young man standing above the mighty river!
...
In that moment,
Gu Zhan saw the endless mighty river,
and on the surging river stood a person quietly on a rock in the long river, like a rootless duckweed, ready to be swallowed by the turbulent waves,
yet that person,
just casually pointed,
the murky yellow river water fell from the sky, turning into a sword,
countless rivers outside the dome descended like a waterfall, transforming into endless swords,
the great river rushed forth face-on,
innumerable swords roared forward,
that was the river of heaven,
that was a sword!
...
That was the sword of the legendary Sword Spirit Qi Baiyu,
very much in Qi Baiyu’s style,
without reason,
so, when that sword appeared,
the entire manor remained calm,
although Gu Zhan could see the endless torrent of Sword Qi like the reversing river of heaven,
yet his surroundings showed no change,
the sun was bright, shining down on the human world,
that piece of rice paper fluttered gently, carried by the breeze toward the ground,
all was so mundane.
Qi Qianyu had a frenzied smile on his face,
he was still the invincible Little Sword Spirit below the Dao Realm,
no one knew he had been easily defeated by such an unknown little figure,
because, this person would die,
the world would only know Qi Qianyu had killed an arrogant frog at the bottom of a well, no one would know he borrowed a sword from Qi Baiyu,
perhaps, not even Qi Baiyu would know,
because this sword,
was merely a character written at will by Qi Baiyu ten years ago when he had just turned twenty, realizing the Dao Realm by observing the surging tides.
No one noticed the piece of rice paper discarded on the ground by Qi Baiyu because he thought the character too ugly,
so, no one would know,
that this was a random sword by Qi Baiyu ten years ago,
everyone would only know,
that Little Sword Spirit Qi Qianyu killed an unknown figure,
and he remained invincible below the Dao Realm!
...
Qi Qianyu’s smile was frenzied, his faith was shattered by this unknown figure, also shattering a dream he would not wake from,
now, he could sustain this dream,
and the person who awoke him,
deserved to die, must die!
Yet, in the next moment,
the smile on his face turned to astonishment,
because he saw a sword,
a three-inch Flying Saber shaped like a willow leaf, simple yet shimmering with a cold light, flew out from Gu Zhan’s hand.
When that Flying Saber emerged,
its Sword Momentum surged grandly, engulfing vast, unparalleled power,
it was a power between life and death,
at that moment,
the Primordial Qi within a few miles of heaven and earth madly surged in an instant, altering the original order of operations, continually converging towards this manor,
the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was stirred,
countless silver beams burst from the somber blade body like a full moon descending from the night curtain, like a meteor flashing past in twilight.
Gu Zhan saw,
Qi Qianyu also saw,
only the two of them saw,
that ordinary Willow Leaf Flying Saber collided with a sword,
there was no earth-shattering hum,
no dazzling disturbance,
no fierce sparks flying,
just simply sword point to saber tip,
at that moment,
the Willow Leaf Flying Saber shattered, starting from the sword, reduced to iron filings scattered by the wind under the sunlight, as strands of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi twirled around,
the piece of flying rice paper suddenly caught fire,
as the violent wind howled,
the paper burned rapidly,
from one corner, it swiftly burned to the middle,
burning to the character for sword.
Actually very quickly,
just in the blink of an eye,
that Willow Leaf Flying Saber appeared to wither in the wind,
released from the hand,
flew into the air,
and then turned into flying fragments,
at the same time,
that piece of rice paper burst into flames,
turning to black ash floating in the air,
the world seemed silent for a moment,
then, the next moment returned to its clamor.
Gu Zhan staggered back, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his body bursting with golden light, that was the Celestial Spirit Golden Body, only, the ordinarily invulnerable Celestial Spirit Golden Body now showed many fine sword cuts,
blood seeping from Gu Zhan’s skin,
strands of hair falling,
his hairband snapped, his hair unkempt, a sword scar on his face, blood flowing, appearing somewhat ferocious.
And Qi Qianyu opposite him was sent flying, crashing down hard, knees hitting the ground, blood gushing from his mouth, trembling all over, face pale as if recovering from a great illness,
his hair scattered, pounding the ground hard, roaring hysterically: "You lied to me, you lied to me, Qi Baiyu, you lied to me...
saying again and again that the Sword Dao was invincible,
claiming it unmatched in the world,
your sword couldn’t even kill such an unknown figure, couldn’t even kill a mere Innate Martial Artist, what do you count as unmatched in the world, what first Dao Realm...
it’s all lies, all fake,
you lied to me!! You lied to me..."
The sunlight was bright, the world brilliant,
the manor was still so chaotic, fighting everywhere,
no one realized that just a moment ago,
there had been a battle between heaven and man,
"Trash is trash!"
Gu Zhan gently wiped the blood from his face, revealing an obvious sword scar, he laughed lightly, reached out his hand, and the Horizontal Saber flew into his hand, he rushed step by step towards Qi Qianyu,
his body covered with sword scars, blood seeping and staining his black clothes red,
Qi Qianyu looked in horror at the approaching Gu Zhan, wanting to flee, but having just borrowed a sword from Qi Baiyu, he exhausted all his True Qi and now lay weakened, unable to move,
he shouted in terror, hysterical: "My brother is Qi Baiyu, if you dare to kill me, he will tear you to pieces, you cannot kill me, my brother is Sword Spirit Qi Baiyu!"