Chapter 1682

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　　As Xu Taiping had expected before, his second senior brother Du Gu Qingxiao accepted the sword.
　　”Father, quickly think of some way.”
　　”That Cui Tiegu took the initiative to challenge with the sword. Clearly, he wants to take second senior brother’s life！”
　　”Father, don’t wait and see anymore. If Cui Tiegu really starts to take action, this competition will end soon！”
　　The senior sister Zhao Linglong beside was urgently sending a message to the sect master Zhao Qian with a jade slip.
　　After listening for a sentence or two, Xu Taiping withdrew his gaze from senior sister Zhao Linglong and turned to continue looking at the sword flat where the competition was taking place below.
At this time, on the sword flat of Qilin Peak, the remaining sword cultivators in the group Tianzihao had already returned to their respective seats.
　　Only Du Gu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu, who were about to challenge each other with the sword next, were slowly walking towards each other.
　　At this time, Fairy Lingyue suddenly sent a voice transmission to Xu Taiping and said：
　　”Taiping, if you are worried, I can think of some way.”
　　When Xu Taiping looked over curiously, Fairy Lingyue added via voice transmission：
　　Although the Sword Ranking left by the True Martial Emperor is a top-notch divine object in this world, if it’s just about rescuing Du Gu Qingxiao under its restriction, your sister here can still do it.
　　Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping nodded gratefully and said：
　　If it really comes to that, then I’ll have to trouble Sister Lingyue.
　　Fairy Lingyue nodded and then reminded Xu Taiping：
　　But Taiping, you have to be mentally prepared. If I make a move, it’s very likely to attract the attention of that Su Chan.
　　Xu Taiping had actually already thought of this. However, in his heart, the safety of the senior brothers and sisters of Qingxuan Sect was the first priority.
　　He wasn’t selfless enough to sacrifice his own senior brothers and sisters to save the people of the world.
　　So he nodded and said：
　　Sister Lingyue, if it really comes to that, you just go and save.
　　As he said this, Xu Taiping’s gaze fell back onto the sword platform again, and then he continued：
　　As for the rest, we’ll take it one step at a time.
　　Fairy Lingyue first nodded, and then curiously asked Xu Taiping via voice transmission：
　　Little Taiping, you don’t seem very worried about your second senior brother？
　　Xu Taiping shook his head and said：
　　It’s different.
　　Xu　Taiping　explained：
　　“If Second Senior Brother was merely in a dangerous situation, I would naturally be worried. But this sword interrogation is not like that.”
　　“In my opinion, the reason why Second Senior Brother didn’t use the Peace Order wasn’t because of losing face, but because he wanted to use this sword interrogation to temper his sword intent and swordsmanship.”
　　If it were the former Xu Taiping, perhaps he would have been as anxious as Zhao Linglong beside him.
　　But now, after experiencing several life-and-death trials, he could see the intention of his senior brother, Du Gu Qingxiao, at a glance.
　　In terms of cultivation, Xu Taiping and Du Gu Qingxiao were actually of the same kind of people.
　　Xu Taiping stared at the artificial limb of his Second Senior Brother, Du Gu Qingxiao, and murmured：
　　“Previously, I heard Senior Sister Linglong say that during the period when I was missing, Second Senior Brother went to the Dragon Fall Abyss again. When he came back, he slept for a full half a year and only woke up with his own perseverance.”
　　The Fairy Lingyue beside him took a deep look at Xu Taiping and then said in a slightly surprised tone：
　　“I didn’t expect that Taiping has actually learned to look at the people and things around him with the eyes of a cultivator.”
　　Although during the several decades in the Jinting Cave Heaven, she and Xu Taiping were almost together day and night, the growth rate of Xu Taiping in cultivation and mindset still surprised her from time to time.
　　Therefore, even the Lingyue Fairy is not very clear about how powerful Xu Taiping can burst out in the extreme state at present.
　　“Qingxuan Sect, Dugu Qingxiao, greets Elder Yu.”
　　And just at this time, Dugu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu on the sword flat successively walked to the center of the ring.
　　Dugu Qingxiao, whose body was as straight as a sword, saluted the mountain-guardian elder with a neither humble nor overbearing expression on his face.
　　Cui Tiegu, on the other hand, glanced faintly at the mountain-guardian elder of Qilin Peak with his dead-fish-like lifeless eyes, and then said in a lazy tone：
　　“I am a casual cultivator, Cui Tiegu.”
　　Elder Yu frowned, and then raised his head to glance at the several cloud tower stands in Western Zhou and said：
　　“Although there is no restriction on cultivation in this sword-questioning, when the weaker side in terms of cultivation level admits defeat, the stronger side must never continue to make a move. Otherwise, they will be directly expelled from Taiyue Immortal Mansion by the top of the Sword Champion list and will never be allowed to participate in the True Martial Sword Champion Conference again.”
　　This sentence was obviously a warning to Cui Tiegu.
　　The cultivators on the cloud tower stands in Western Zhou obviously also heard the implied meaning of Elder Yu’s words, and for a while, there was a lot of discussion.
　　After hearing Xu Taiping’s words, the little monkey Ping’an lying on his leg suddenly raised its head curiously and asked him：
　　“Big Brother, why doesn’t the Sword Supreme Ranking stipulate that high-level cultivators must not use deadly force when encountering low-level cultivators？”
　　Regarding this question, Xu Taiping actually didn’t quite understand either, so he looked at Fairy Lingyue.
　　Fairy Lingyue reached out and picked up the little monkey and held it in her arms, then looked at the stands below without blinking and explained：
　　“The True Martial Sword Supreme Ranking was originally set up to select the strongest sword cultivators. If high-level cultivators are not allowed to use killing moves, it is equivalent to restricting their combat power, which does not conform to the original intention of setting up this Sword Supreme Ranking.”
　　“So most of the time, low-level cultivators either choose to use the Truce Order or admit defeat on the spot.”
　　“The situation of Du Gu Qingxiao is actually not very common.”
　　Upon hearing this, Ping An nodded with a sudden realization on his face.
And these words also unlock some of the doubts in Xu Taiping’s heart.
　　I saw him murmuring thoughtfully：
　　“The reason why the first round of the True Martial Sword Supreme Meeting is to find opponents on one’s own to ask for a sword fight is presumably also to add a bit of a chance for cultivators with not so high cultivation realms to win the rewards of the True Martial Great Emperor.”
　　Fairy Lingyue nodded and said：
　　“Taiping, what you said is right. In fact, the rewards of the first round of the Sword Asking Trial of the True Martial Sword Supreme Meeting are left for the younger generation of cultivators with not so high cultivation realms.”
　　“Because for high-level cultivators, once they receive a reward in the second or third round, the reward of the first round will automatically be postponed to the cultivator ranked after them.”
　　With this explanation, Xu Taiping and the others became even clearer.
　　“Dang！ ……”
　　At this time, the bronze bell suspended above the Sword Terrace was suddenly struck by the astral wind swung out from Elder Yu’s sleeve.
　　Then, Elder Yu flew back to his seat while announcing：
　　“After three bells ring, the competition begins.”
　　“If you make a move before the end of the bell sound, you will also be removed from the Sword Champion Ranking！”
　　Upon hearing this, the people on the viewing stands around the Sword Terrace who were originally discussing stopped talking one by one, and their gazes All in unison looked at the ring below.
　　“Dang！”
　　Soon, the second bell rang.
　　“Boom！”
　　“Boom！”
Youdaoplaceholder0 this bell sound, Du Gu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu retreated while successively prompts their true essences.
　　Immediately, two extremely violent fluctuations of qi spread out from the Sword Terrace one after another.
　　Just from the fluctuations of qi emitted by the two people, the gap between Du Gu Qingxiao and Cui Tiegu was not large.
But Xu Taiping knew that this was because that Cui Tiegu had not driven all of his qi and true essence.
　　“Dang！ ……”
　　Soon, the third bell rang.
　　“Zheng！ ……”
　　Almost at the moment when the bell stopped, accompanied by a sword cry like a roaring roar, Du Gu Qingxiao’s figure rolled up the flame lotus transformed by the sky full of sword energy, and the sword momentum swept towards Cui Tiegu like a surging wave hitting the shore.
　　And the blooming fire lotuses in his sword momentum were even more full of the breath of destruction.
　　Any cultivator with some cultivation base could sense the terrifying destructive breath contained in each blooming fire lotus.
　　They just felt that if it was them who met Du Gu Qingxiao, this battle would be doomed to failure.
　　However, when facing Du Gu Qingxiao’s this sword, Cui Tiegu just stood up straight, held the scabbard in one hand and the handle of the sword in the other, and held the long sword with the ebony scabbard horizontally in front of his chest.
　　Then, with a still calm face, he coldly stared at Du Gu Qingxiao who was slashing with the sword with his pair of dead fish-like eyes.
　　“Zheng！”
　　Until the moment when Du Gu Qingxiao’s sword momentum was about to swallow him up, he then forcefully held the handle of the sword and suddenly pulled the sword out of the sheath.
　　“Boom！”
　　The moment Cui Tiegu’s long sword was unsheathed, the harsh sound of breaking through the air With exploded in this world.
　　Then, the cultivators on the viewing platform of the Western Zhou Cloud Tower all looked on in astonishment as the sword momentum of Du Gu Qingxiao and the fire lotuses condensed by the sword qi were all cut off by a straight sword light.
　　Even a white cloud floating in the sky behind Du Gu Qingxiao was also split in two by this sword.
　　“Zheng！”
　　However, before everyone could react, another harsh sword chirping sound suddenly rang out above the sword field.
　　The awakened crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Du Gu Qingxiao actually risked his life to let his primordial spirit leave his body and controlled a natal flying sword with his primordial spirit to cut open the sword light of Cui Tiegu.
　　“Hong！”
　　Immediately, the crowd watched in dumbfounded amazement as Du Gu Qingxiao’s primordial spirit merged with the natal flying sword and turned into a straight sword light three hundred zhang long, like a falling star from the sky, slashing down towards Cui Tiegu below.
　　“Peng！”
　　Amid the huge shock, the sword momentum of Cui Tiegu was actually broken by this sword of Du Gu Qingxiao, and his body flew backwards with a “Peng” sound.
　　Seeing this scene, someone couldn’t help but exclaim：
　　“This Du Gu Qingxiao is playing with his life！”