752 The Book Chamber (1/2)
Lü Mian and Deng Yuanlei were standing at the door, each wielding an exquisite sword. One of them looked dead and the other delighted.
Han Fen didn't sense danger and happily said, ”We meet again. Eek, why's your waist fatter?”
Deng Yuanlei slightly flushed – he had looted plenty of treasure on his way here, then sternly said, ”You're a disciple of the Waning Moon Hall, Han Fen, so step aside. The Qingcheng Sect and the Dragon King are going to fight to the death.”
It was only now that Han Fen did a double-take. ”That's so strange. How have you both regained your powers? Was it because Indra Fragrance shouldn't be used concurrently with the paralytic powder? I'll have to tell the Master Commander.”
Old Man Mu gave a long sigh. ”I haven't recovered yet. Old Deng, Junior Lu, you… Did the Khan hide some antidote in this mausoleum?”
Deng Yuanlei was only a few years younger than Lü Mian, so he was shocked for a while when he heard the way Old Man Mu had addressed him. Then he gave a hideous smile. ”More than that. The Khan spared a room for the Waning Moon Hall, and there's also a statue of the Master Commander in it, ha-ha…”
Before his laugh stopped, Han Fen pounced on them out of the blue. Deng and Lu evaded her subconsciously, raising their swords and pointing them at her. But Han Fen had already run into the corridor, yelling loudly, ”Where's the room of the Waning Moon Hall…”
Deng Yuanlei muttered ”maniac” under his breath, and resumed talking. ”This is what people mean when they say 'God sees all.' We took our respective roads. While you were here reading fake books, Sect Leader Lu found the real antidote. Dragon King, come out and face your fate. Today, the Qingcheng Sect will slay the devil.”
Old Man Mu wanted to try his best to buy the Dragon King some more time. He gave a few laughs and said, ”If the Dragon King dies, you won't be able to get Khan's head.”
Deng Yuanlei glanced at Lü Mian who was beside him. The latter indicated him that he could tell the truth, so Deng Yuanlei gave a few loud laughs in response. ”Ridiculous. The Khan's head is right here in this mausoleum. The wing guard of Khan was tricking us all long. Dragon King, you didn't even realize that you were tricked by him too, did you?”
Old Man Mu let out a few loud laughs the same way Deng Yuanlei had, yet he had nothing to boast about – Mo Lin had apparently given them a counterfeit head, which was completely against all expectations, so he had to brazenly lie. ” You idiots. The Dragon King knows everything. He was just fooling you. You think that the head here is real? You're terribly wrong.”
Deng Yuanlei was about to contradict, when Lü Mian ran out of his patience. ”Enough. Move!”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
Although Deng Yuanlei had regained his internal energy, his wounds hadn't healed yet, especially his injured leg, so he didn't want to be the vanguard. But he also didn't dare disobey his Sect Leader's order, so he started moving forward slowly, monitoring the bookshelves on his two sides vigilantly. Out of the blue, he changed his mind and sped at Old Man Mu, shouting out, ”Let me roast the old devil first.”
Old Man Mu leaped backwards until his body was against the wall. ”Heh-heh, I'm totally powerless. You're from the prestigious sects of the Central Plains, so you have to behave ethically, right? Actually, we don't have any grudges against each other, and even the Dragon King doesn't hold any grudges towards you.”
”Don't have any grudges?” Deng Yuanlei had had a bad day, and had been suppressing his resentment this whole time, so he refused to hold back anymore. ”The Dragon King said that he defeated the Qingcheng Sect's Harmonious Sword of Wisdom, but in fact all he did was cheat and plot. Yet he bragged about it relentlessly. If I don't avenge myself, I would be…”
Poof, all the oil lamps on the left wall suddenly went out almost simultaneously.
The Dragon King had been silent all this time, so Lu and Deng were guessing that he was going to launch a sneak attack, and thus they had been vigilant all along. As soon as the lamps went out, they pounced towards the left side instantly. Though they each had a wounded leg, their movements weren't slowed at all.
Gu Shenwei launched an attack from behind Lü Mian, at his back.
The moment the two challenged him, Gu Shenwei had come up with a tactic. He tilted the lamps on the left side, and hid in ambush behind a bookshelf on the right side, waiting for the fuel to burn out.
Lü Mian was taken by surprise, and for the first time, Gu Shenwei saw the true swordsmanship of this Sect Leader of Qingcheng Sect.
He had once cut words on the foreheads of more than seventy cavalrymen and then retreated unharmed. He had also once displayed the quintessence of the Gu Family sabermanship with a sword before the Dragon King, and done so well enough to trick Gu Shenwei into believing him.
But currently, this kung fu expert didn't have enough time to perform his swordsmanship and could only pelt his opponent with throwing knives in the underground chamber.
Gu Shenwei was ninety percent sure that this saber attack would hit its target. Once Lü Mian was downed, Deng Yuanlei would be of no concern.
Lü Mian had barely merged into the darkness on the left side of the book chamber when Gu Shenwei's saber, which had been following him as closely as a shadow, suddenly took form.
There was nothing where Lü Mian was supposed to be. It seemed as if he had sped up the moment he merged into the darkness. Gu Shenwei could still choose to keep moving, but his move had lost its momentum, which meant that he would be forced into a passive situation if he missed.
Gu Shenwei was shocked – this Sect Leader of Qingcheng Sect was better than he had expected. So he made the choice to retreat.
It was at this exact moment when he made this choice that a sword struck out from the darkness as fast as a snake's tongue.
Gu Shenwei twisted and maneuvered between the two bookshelves behind him.
The left side of the room was dark and the right side was bright. For quite a while, there was silence. At last, Deng Yuanlei hesitantly called out, ”Sect Leader, you…”
”I'm fine. Guard the door.” Lü Mian's voice reverberated in the whole room and made it impossible for others to locate him.