Duan Yan Qing saw a purple long sword appear in Gu Han Yuan’s hand and vigilantly focused his attention on him.
“Prince Yan Qing, I have always felt guilty towards you. Today, I will help you.”
Duan Zheng Ming felt that he had usurped the throne because of what happened in the past, so he also wanted to take this opportunity to resolve his hatred.
Duan Yan Qing, however, didn’t appreciate it at all. He used his abdominal speech technique to speak:
“Duan Zheng Ming, don’t think I will give up on reclaiming the throne.”
Duan Zheng Chun originally didn’t want to get involved, but first, he was resentful towards Gu Han Yuan, and second, he couldn’t let Duan Zheng Ming help alone, so he called upon Master Huang Mei and the four “Fisherman, Woodcutter, Farmer, Scholar” to come forward together.
Ye Er Niang and Yue Lao San were apprehensive, but they had faith in Duan Yan Qing and didn’t think Gu Han Yuan could kill him in one move. At this time, they were quite resolute in helping him with weapons in hand.
Gu Han Yuan didn’t care about the increasing number of people on the other side, because besides Duan Yan Qing and Duan Zheng Ming being Grandmasters, the rest were merely Innate.
“Sword Twenty-One.”
After Gu Han Yuan uttered a soft shout, sword energy appeared on the magic sword, and the sword energy continued to increase, a total of twenty-one sword energies shot towards Duan Yan Qing, mixed with an overwhelming momentum.
Duan Yan Qing had been on his guard, but because the two were quite far apart, he stood still waiting for the other to make a move.
He didn’t expect it to be a sword energy attack, and there were so many of them.
Duan Zheng Ming had always thought that the “Six Meridians Excalibur” was the only martial art in the world that could launch sword energy, but today he saw even more terrifying sword energy.
Just by the looks of it, he felt that Duan Yan Qing wouldn’t be able to block it.
Duan Yan Qing, Duan Zheng Ming, and Duan Zheng Chun desperately launched “One Yang Finger”, only managing to knock down a few sword energies. The remaining ten-odd sword energies still shot towards everyone.
Except for Duan Zheng Chun, who was still useful, and managed to avoid being hit, the others would be killed if they were hit by the sword energy.
Even everyone’s eyes began to show signs of despair.
However, at this time, five monks entered the field.
It was the high monks of the Heavenly Dragon Temple, led by Master Ku Rong.
Master Ku Rong had been hiding in the shadows, concerned for the safety of Duan Zheng Ming and the others.
After all, he was the emperor of a country. If he died, the country would inevitably be in turmoil.
Moreover, he also felt guilty towards Duan Yan Qing, and wanted to prevent him from being killed, so he ended up here.
Duan Zheng Ming and the others were already somewhat desperate, but they didn’t expect to be able to escape from this predicament.
They saw the five monks of the Heavenly Dragon Temple simultaneously launch sword energy from their fingers, using the “Six Meridians Excalibur”.
Especially Master Ku Rong’s “Shao Shang Sword” was able to knock down a sword energy almost every time.
The Heavenly Dragon Temple, as the foundation of Dali, all its members were Grandmasters, and Master Ku Rong was even a late-stage Grandmaster. He was using the “Six Meridians Excalibur”, a peerless martial art, and he quickly knocked down most of the sword energies.
But there were still a few sword energies that fell into the crowd.
Duan Yan Qing’s shoulder was pierced.
Master Ku Rong was the main force in the resistance and was hit by three sword energies. His arm, thigh, and abdomen were bleeding. Fortunately, his realm was high enough. He avoided the fatal attacks at the last minute, only sustaining serious injuries.
Ben Guan and Ben Xiang were also injured in their arms by the sword energy while protecting Duan Zheng Ming.
The “Fisherman, Woodcutter, Farmer, Scholar” and the others had a low realm and were not the main targets, so they were not hit.
“Amitabha. Your martial arts skills are unmatched. Please spare Duan Yan Qing. The Heavenly Dragon Temple will be eternally grateful.”
After stopping the bleeding by acupuncturing a few wounds, Master Ku Rong folded his hands in a gesture of respect and said.
He knew that it only took one move to make everyone helpless, and if he insisted on fighting, no one would be able to leave alive.
He didn’t dare to be stubborn and directly pleaded.
“This one keeps his word. Since you didn’t die under this one’s ‘Sword Twenty-One’, he will be given a chance to live.”
Gu Han Yuan didn’t have the intention to kill Duan Yan Qing. Since he wasn’t destined to die today, he let him live.
Master Ku Rong breathed a sigh of relief and performed another Buddhist greeting.
“From now on, the Four Great Evildoers shall retreat at the sight of your presence.”
Duan Yan Qing also knew that he was just lucky today. After being shocked by Gu Han Yuan’s martial arts, he softened his words and directly ran away with Ye Er Niang and Yue Lao San.
Dao Bai Feng looked at Duan Yan Qing who was leaving with ambiguous eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
Duan Zheng Ming also gestured to Duan Zheng Chun with his eyes not to provoke such a powerful enemy.
Duan Zheng Chun nodded in frustration, knowing that Gan Bao Bao was gone.
Everyone left.
Gan Bao Bao was somewhat unwilling to accept this result, but she knew that her position in Gu Han Yuan’s heart was not high, and she didn’t dare to demand anything.
She thought about asking Zhong Ling to help her plead with him.
Gan Bao Bao collected Zhong Wan Chou’s body and returned to Wan Jie Valley with Gu Han Yuan.
Zhong Ling was also very sad after learning from Gan Bao Bao about Zhong Wan Chou’s death.
Although she already knew he was not her biological father, she still had deep feelings for him after being raised by him for over ten years.
Afterwards, Gu Han Yuan stayed at Wan Jie Valley to comfort Zhong Ling.
Gu Han Yuan was also a bit tired from the continuous traveling and rested for a few days at Wan Jie Valley.
During this time, Zhong Ling gave herself to Gu Han Yuan.
“Brother Gu, I like you. Even if you are a bad guy, I still like you.”
Zhong Ling bravely wrapped her arms around Gu Han Yuan’s neck.
Gu Han Yuan, who had removed his mask, looked at Zhong Ling, who was like a startled fawn, with gentle eyes.
“I like you too.”
“Brother Gu, will you always like me?”
Zhong Ling was still afraid of what was about to happen.
Gu Han Yuan didn’t answer. He just extinguished the candlelight with a palm strike.
This forest elf-like girl had jumped into his heart, how could he possibly let go.
Gan Bao Bao was still very worried if Zhong Ling could bear it because of what happened before.
Fortunately, Gu Han Yuan was still very gentle towards Zhong Ling. After all, it wasn’t like the wives of others who he wouldn’t feel bad using.
But although Zhong Ling was innocent, she was also intelligent.
These few days, Gan Bao Bao would always find all sorts of excuses to visit her and chat about meaningless things.
But her eyes were often stealing glances at Gu Han Yuan, and she knew that something must have happened between them.
Plus she knew that Gu Han Yuan was a bad guy, so she wasn’t too surprised when she saw them come out of the room together.
Of course, she was inevitably dissatisfied and didn’t talk to Gu Han Yuan for a while.
However, she was after all sunny and cheerful and soon became sweet and clingy again.
Gu Han Yuan spent a few days at Wan Jie Valley, living a life where only the mandarin ducks and the immortals were envious.
He also took the opportunity to check his previous gains.
First, the evaluation of the secret room was SS-grade, 6000 Villain Points.
It was a bit less than he expected. Although his operation added a lot of points, the relationship between Gan Bao Bao and Duan Yu took several turns, so this was the evaluation.
If it had been Dao Bai Feng at that time, it would have been higher.
Then there was the S-grade evaluation he got for using “Sword Twenty-One” to intimidate everyone, 2700 Villain Points.
Just like the situation with Kong Zhi, he used the Four Great Evildoers, whose notoriety was far-reaching, to brush up his reputation, plus the monks of the Heavenly Dragon Temple.
The reputation of Wu Tian began to spread.