Book 26 - Chapter 3 – The Song Familys Mountain City (1/2)
Book 26 Chapter 3 – The Song Family’s Mountain City
The outside appearance and the inside of the Song Faive people two co If in the former there was a re, the latter could only make people associate it with peaceful, leisurely ambience
Several hundred houses were scattered around within the city, connected to each other bystreets The most distinctive feature was that the houses were built in layers following the topography of the mountain Each layer was connected to the next by stone steps and ramp to provide convenient access for the residents, as well as the vehicles and horses
Trees, flowers and shrubberies were planted on the sides of the road There was also irrigation systes Interspersed aardens and residences, the strea water, with endless ponds and pavilions, creating beautiful scenery The open space was spacious but cozy, a garden design very specific to Jiangnan landscape Standing in it, one would feel like he was in a big garden on thecomplex was situated on the very top, the ninth layer, on a flat plain about two li wide The buildings were lofty and steep, the construction elegant, the main materials ood and stone Frole one was notwith so style of southern cultural feel, giving other people the stronger feeling of the Song Clan’s influential position in the south
Kou Zhong followed behind Song Lu and Song Zhi, two arden of flowers and trees, until they reached the courtyard gate of the Mo Dao Tang [grinding saber hall], at the end of theZhi stopped and said, “Shall the two of us acco Lu heaved a sigh and said, “Listening to the tone of your voice, Da Xiong ought to have instructed you that he wants to see Xiao Zhong alone”
Song Zhi nodded with a wry s said, “Lu Shu and Zhi Shu are afraid that Fazhu would want to test his saber onZhi said, “He will definitely test your saber technique; question is: will he kill you? Usually the person whose na his life under his saber”
Puzzled, Kou Zhong asked, “Why would he suddenly want to killto hi conducts are always difficult to measure He secretly went out of the raved your na hihtest hint Therefore, in this matter we can only bet on your luck If Shao Shuai decided to leave the city ihing aloud, Kou Zhong said, “How can I, Kou Zhong, be someone who shrink back as the tioing to get out alive and will look for two gentlehed indifferently and said, “Laolao, please do not misunderstand; I just want to see if I could borrow a saber”
Everybody was greatly astonished To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools [idioed by the saht, sharpness and speed That was the reason why reat importance to the weapon they carried on the period of tiht be encumbered by it and would not be able to unleash their , for example; he wanted to defeat ‘Mei Ji’ Sina in three strokes, but whether or not he could unleash the weapon’s characteristic would be the key influencing the outcoently borrowed a weapon that his hand had not had a chance to adjust at the last rasped clearly the weapon characteristic, and the three strokes would already be over
Lin Lang untied the saber hanging on his waist and handed it over to Xu Ziling, saying, “Gong Ye, please take a look if this can be used”
Huo Jitong snorted coldly; apparently he was unhappy with Lin Lang’s action
Xu Ziling took the long saber, and slowly pulled it out of its scabbard Holding the scabbard in his left hand and the saber in his right, his eyes shot fierce lightning light toward Huo Jitong, as standing next to Xia Miaoying, as he spoke heavily, “No matter how this matter will develop, the affair betweento do whatsoever with Wu Jiang Bang If I, Gong Chenchun, suffer defeat andcaptured, naturally I won’t have any credibility to speak But in the event that Ol’ Gong is lucky and score a victory, and in the future you, Huo Jitong are giving trouble to Wu Jiang Bang, I, Gong Chenchun hereby vow that no matter the size of the trouble, I will definitely take your life”
The moment the saber left the scabbard co hot saber qi i saber, like it was secretly rushi+ng forth to attack the ene heroic aura and the determination in his voice, it was indeed full of extre power
‘Mei Ji’ Sina, who bore the brunt of this silent attack, has never even dreamed that unexpectedly there was so pulled out so that it exuded such a formidable and fantastic qi power Immediately, as if her body did not want to follow its master’s will, she recoiled one step back, while brandishi+ng her sword to block the opponent’s invisible, yet so real, enored as well
Huo Jitong has early on felt the chill creeping in his heart just fro like the tide – arrived, unexpectedly he could not withstand and had to take two steps back;to retort
The other people felt that Xu Ziling’s words were quite fair and reasonable, simply because if in her capacity as the heir of Sichuan’s He Yi Pai, plus her position as one of the four– she was defeated in just three moves, then in the entire Sichuan, quite possibly the ‘Wulin Magistrate’ Xie Hui was the only person with the ability to protect Huo Jitong’s little life; other people could siarded the rules of Jianghu like that and relied on his power to vent his anger on Wu Jiang Bang later on, with Xie Hui’s ordinarily impartial style, he would never interfere or even care about it
Knowing that he already intiaze toward ‘Mei Ji’ Sina, while pointing the blade of his saber toward her
Strange thing happened
The surging, churning scorching saber qi suddenly vanished without any trace In its place was a yin in nature, an intensely cold, qi
Finally Xia Miaoying was overwhelmed with shock “Na’er, back off!” she shouted sternly, while stretching out her whisk
By this ti Chenchun’s’ ination, which ht desperately in three moves
By nature, Sina was obstinate, naturally she was unwilling to ad her teeth, she called out, “shi+fu, don’t worry!”
The sword in her hand created layer upon layer of fantastic sword shadows; turning frouest acts as host (idio as if it was hiding the sky and covering the earth, while carrying abundant power
Using thethe sword to play the ene were all in compliance with the law of the Yijian Technique, so finally Sina was forced to take the initiative by attacking first, which would save him not a few of effort
If she had been on the defensive, quite possibly he would be the loser in this limited-to-three-strokes battle
Actually, he had pulled a legiti the saber, he seized the opportunity to release the burning hot qi power fro Life’, which he suddenly turned into a cold qi according to Kou Zhong’s technique froh he did not le stroke, he had actually already made his move
If Sina suffered defeat in this o all-out and e and use just one saber strike to seize victory
Sina was already forced to take one step back by his saber qi She has just steadied her footing and had never expected that the opponent was able to transforreat chaos If she did not counterattack, her only way out was to retreat more; certainly it would be even more detrimental to her
In this momentum face-off, she had been utterly defeated Inwardly she clearly knew that she was definitely not Xu Ziling’s match Her only hope was that she could rely on her swordplay to pass the three ainst each other, if one’s as snatched away, one’s confidence would suffer blow, one’s poould naturally be greatly reduced And Sina had definitely fallen into Xu Ziling’s carefully laid trap
Whether it was ability, wisdoap between the tas si raised her whisk up, while pursuing closely behind Sina’s back, intending to enter the battle arena, but she was still one step too late
Xu Ziling took half a step back, the saber in his right hand drew a beautiful arc in the air,down on the e sucked dry that not even half a drop remained Her sword move became empty, like it was only a stance without any substance at all Furthermore, she felt as if she was draard his saber to receive her death Her soul fleay and scattered, she no longer cared about the three strokes, and withdrew her sword and retreated in panic
Xia Miaoying followed Sina advancing and retreating Brushi+ng past, her whisk, i true power – swept across toward Xu Ziling