Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 80 Saving People

Chapter 80: Chapter 80 Saving People

Wind and Sand Inn.

The north wind was as sharp as a knife, slicing through the rolling sands.

A cavalry squad suddenly appeared on the horizon, like a sandstorm, arriving in an instant.

This was a fifty-man Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, led by none other than the Spiritual Crane Daoist.

In his palm, a paper crane floated in the air as if by spirit communication, its head pointing in a certain direction.

"Indeed... the rat has scurried in here."

A trace of disdain laced the Spiritual Crane Daoist’s face as he said, "The tracking techniques of our Cloud Mirror Sect aren’t so easily evaded..."

He suddenly turned to look behind him, raising his voice, "That scoundrel won’t escape a twenty-mile radius. Search!"

Xuanjia Cavalry members shouted, spurred their horses, and charged out.

Zhong Shenxiu, mingling among the knights, saw the piercing gaze of the Spiritual Crane Daoist swing his way, "Su Daoshi?"

"Your subordinate is here."

He frowned and stepped forward to receive the order.

"Are you aware that Lu Huolong injured a noble from Central Earth, and despite Junior Sister Feng Xixi’s wish to protect you, I do not agree," said the Spiritual Crane Daoist, not taking him seriously and continuing, "Hence, I’ve called you out this time. Consider it a chance to redeem yourself through merit. Make sure you perform well."

Behind him stood Zhang Hexi and Zhao Hu, one civil, one military, both subordinate officials. Upon hearing this, they immediately cast a mocking glance.

Clearly, they were dissatisfied with how Zhong Shenxiu had behaved the previous time.

Most importantly, the man didn’t offer a tip!

That’s just not knowing how to behave; no wonder he befriends bandits.

This time, even if he died in the sands, no one would speak for him.

"Understood."

Confronting a superior to his face, especially during the execution of military orders, was a foolish act.

Zhong Shenxiu immediately took the order, displaying a look of zeal in pursuing the enemy, and ventured into the wilderness.

’Lu Huolong...’

He thought of that swordsman, feeling a twinge of regret, ’I thought you could have gotten away, but it turned out... you left behind a trail.’

For a Loose Cultivator, this was a matter of life and death.

Normally, someone with the other’s experience wouldn’t get into such a predicament.

’Perhaps... something unexpected happened?’

Zhong Shenxiu sighed inwardly; after just a brief encounter hardly enough to develop a life-and-death camaraderie, his regret wasn’t overwhelming. He just felt extremely disgruntled as he glanced at the Spiritual Crane Daoist and his two henchmen.

Whoosh... snap!

He rode his horse on patrol without any real aim, obviously not expecting to find anything.

But not long after, a flare soared up from the west, the signal for help from the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry!

Seeing this, Zhong Shenxiu pursed his lips, whipped his horse, and the steed instantly galloped off.

Off in the distance, mana fluctuations were faintly discernible.

"Cultivators battling? Is it Lu Huolong against the Spiritual Crane?"

Zhong Shenxiu urged his steed faster, yet by the time he arrived, the battle had already ended.

On the ground lay several decapitated bodies, their dark red blood staining the earth.

The Spiritual Crane Daoist was sitting in meditation, his loyal guards all around him.

Only a few dozen breaths later, he leaped to his feet, laughing heartily, "This Lu Huolong was indeed a Sword Cultivator. Unfortunately for him, he was already poisoned and struck by my spell, with no hope for survival. Go, bring back his body, flog it for three days, and hang it at the city gate as a warning to others!"

"As you command."

A line of knights, now all energized as if injected with chicken blood, frantically pursued the trail.

Zhong Shenxiu intentionally slowed down, gradually distancing himself from the team.

He reached up to his face and wiped, and amidst the undulating flesh and blood, he astonishingly transformed into the visage of Young Master Shen Xiu.

Not only that, but the clothes on his body also underwent some degree of change.

Tossing some miscellaneous items onto his mount, and then sending the mount into a different space, Zhong Shenxiu completed a splendid transformation in the blink of an eye.

Riding the Headless Earl, he stood tall in the void, unmistakably a formidable boss.

High in the sky, he soon spotted something unusual.

Whoosh!

It was the sound of a flying sword cutting through the air, and it was the Hundred Steps Flying Sword of a Gang Sha Realm cultivator!

Within a hundred steps, controlling a flying sword was like an extension of one’s limb, paired with a deadly weapon, meant killing people as easily as slicing through butter.

The ancient sword in Lu Huolong’s hands didn’t look very impressive, but once it was unsheathed, its sword light blazed like fire, revealing that it was not an ordinary item but a Magic Artifact!

Pfft!

The flying sword swept through the air, descending from an inconceivable angle and instantly knocking a pursuing cavalryman to the ground, tumbling off his horse.

One strike was successful, and this flying sword seemed to possess its own sentience, swerving to pierce another pursuer through the heart.

But after this one strike, the sword seemed to have lost all its strength, falling to the ground with only the tip still trembling slightly, like a poisonous snake flicking its tongue.

The knights didn’t dare approach it, but instead shouted with glee, "He’s almost done for... This merit is practically like a gift from heaven."

Ahead, Lu Huolong was still in tattered clothes, now with even more streaks of blood on him.

He pulled out the wine gourd from his waist, took a swig, then suddenly coughed violently, spitting out large chunks of dark, congealing blood that fell to the ground and solidified unnervingly.

"Cough cough... Haha, if not for my injuries, how could I have been humiliated by the likes of you?"

Lu Huolong spoke with a generous and heroic spirit, seemingly unconcerned: "Mr. Lu’s precious head is right here waiting for you to claim it... Cough cough..."

Perhaps intimidated by his bravado, none of the soldiers dared to step forward.

"Is this the face of a man whose oil has run out and lamp has burnt dry?!"

At that moment, Zhong Shenxiu’s figure descended from the sky.

In his white robe, holding an ivory folding fan, impeccably clean, he appeared almost like a relegated immortal, stunning everyone.

Zhong Shenxiu paid no mind to the others and looked towards Lu Huolong: "You are about to die, do you have any regrets?"

"I’ve seen Senior Shenxiu before!"

Lu Huolong was somewhat surprised; he had met Young Master Shen Xiu and had even shared a drink with Su Daoshi, but he had never connected the two.

After all, one was a Superpower Expert and the other was merely Innate, too far apart to compare.

Now hearing Zhong Shenxiu’s question, he couldn’t help but reply, "I, Mr. Lu, live my life with no regrets... If it weren’t for the fact that I was trying to refine my spell and risked sneaking into the Poison Dragon Cave, thus sustaining serious injuries, I wouldn’t have been humiliated by a hound like the Spiritual Crane Daoist!"

"You really went to the Poison Dragon Cave?" Zhong Shenxiu shook his head; that was practically a death wish.

Lu Huolong was so fixated on the exotic snakes there, clearly indicating that they were critical to one of his spells, and surely that spell must be standard for cultivating Divine Skills, otherwise he wouldn’t have been so dedicated.

"Although Mr. Lu didn’t find any help, I was fully prepared. I chose to act when the Poison Dragon Venerable was away, but unfortunately..." Lu Huolong had a strange expression as he looked at those pursuers.

"It seems you have concerns? About them?"

Zhong Shenxiu pulled Lu Huolong and the two stepped through the void, disappearing in an instant.

Left behind, the knights could only look at each other helplessly, with no choice but to return and report to the Spiritual Crane Daoist.

They weren’t foolish enough to fight to the death with a Superpower Expert.

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