Chapter 190

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　　“You want to give me something？” Liu Zijin was slightly surprised.
　　“Junior Brother Taiping, treasures on the mountain cannot be taken out of the mountain by Junior Sister.”
　　At this time, Du Qianjiang reminded Xu Taiping.
“It’s not a treasure.” Xu Taiping held up a small wooden box under one hand and then opened the lid of the wooden box with the other hand.
　　As soon as the lid was opened, a bright golden light emitted from the wooden box.
　　Everyone took a closer look and couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.
　　It turned out that what Xu Taiping brought was a box of gold.
　　But immediately, the headmaster Shen laughed heartily again and said：
　　“It’s still Taiping who has considered it comprehensively. At the foot of the mountain, this thing is more useful than the elixir and spiritual treasure.”
　　“Thank you.”
　　Liu Zijin also smiled happily at this time, and then took the box that Xu Taiping handed to her.
What made her happy was not what Xu Taiping gave her, but that in this huge Qingxuan Sect, there was still someone who was thinking of her after all.
　　“Liu Zijin, you have seen the person, it’s time to set off.”
　　At this time, the spiritual crane Grey Wing urged again.
　　Hearing this, Liu Zijin’s eyes dimmed again, but immediately a smile was squeezed out on her slightly haggard and beautiful face and she said：
　　“Farewell,　junior　Taiping.”
　　When speaking, she held the box of gold tightly.
　　“Farewell.”
　　Xu Taiping also nodded with a smile.
　　……
　　Outside　the　mountain.
　　In a verdant forest.
　　Liu Zijin stood alone under a huge Chinese fir tree.
　　And above the forest above her head, a spiritual crane was slowly disappearing into the sky.
　　Looking at a small path in the forest in front, Liu Zijin was in a daze.
Although when she said goodbye to her master and them, she behaved very calmly and calmly but all this was just a disguise made to reassure these people who were still caring about her.
　　In fact, the real her is still desperate and powerless.
　　She has no idea at all how to continue living under the circumstances of losing her sister, losing her spiritual bone, and being unable to avenge her great hatred.
　　Sorry, Master, Senior Brother, and Taiping Junior Brother. I may disappoint you again, but this is the last time.
　　Liu Zijin stood motionless in place, murmuring to herself.
　　As she spoke, she put down the box of gold that Xu Taiping gave her, and then took out a self-defense dagger from her waist and pulled it out of its sheath.
　　She has no motivation at all to walk out of this mountain and into the secular world.
　　Sister, the useless younger sister is coming to see you. This time, we will never be separated.
　　As she spoke, she pointed the dagger at her chest.
　　Click！
But at this moment, in the silent mountain forest, a strange sound of ice cracking suddenly rang out.
　　Liu Zijin instinctively put down the dagger.
　　Then, the “click click” sound rang out one after another.
　　After listening carefully, Liu Zijin suddenly found that the sound actually came from the box beside her feet.
　　The box that Xu Taiping gave to her.
　　Could it be that Taiping still hid something under this box of gold？
　　Driven by curiosity, Liu Zijin put down the dagger, opened the box, and then took out the gold ingots in the box one by one.
　　When picking up these gold ingots, she suddenly found that each gold ingot was cold to the touch, as if it had been refrigerated in an ice cellar.
　　After taking away all the gold ingots on it.
　　Liu Zijin saw a large cracked ice block.
　　”This is…”
　　Liu Zijin, with a confused face, reached out and picked up the large ice block.
　　And when she finally saw the front of the ice block, a beautiful face froze there.
　　It was a head frozen in ice.
　　It was Lu Chen’s head.
　　After being stunned for a long time, Liu Zijin suddenly knelt down on the ground.
Immediately, a burst of wailing rang out in the mountain forest.
However, although the voice was heart-rending, it was more like a vent of some emotion rather than a desperate cry.
　　Just as the sun was setting in the west and the setting sun shone into the mountain forest, Liu Zijin, who had a hoarse voice, stopped crying.
　　She stood up, wiped the tears on her face vigorously, and then looked at the mountain road in front and said：
　　”I have no right to die here. For the sake of our sisters who met by chance, Junior Brother Taiping dared to assassinate that Lu Chen. What face do I have to meet my sister？”
　　“Since this ordinary bone cannot take the path of a cultivator, then I will take the path of a warrior. Even if I cannot achieve longevity, my cultivation cannot stop here！”
　　With this thought in mind, she placed Lu Chen’s head properly, picked up the wooden box, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, walked firmly towards the path at the foot of the mountain.
　　……
　　The next day, at noon, the sun was scorching like fire.
　　At the Five Elders Pool, on the Sword Flat.
　　“Boom！”
　　With a huge shock, Jiang Zhi, the eldest senior sister of the Seven Peaks on the Sword Flat, was sent flying backwards. The cyan light curtain that originally enveloped the six disciples of the Seven Peaks, including Du Gu Qingxiao, shattered in an instant.
　　“Alas, if only we could hold on a little longer. Just hold on a little longer, and when the time comes, the Fifth Peak’s attempt to break the formation this time will be considered a failure.”
　　Seeing this scene, Wu Liang, the eighth disciple of the Seven Peaks, sighed with some reluctance.
　　Xu Taiping, who was sitting beside him, also had a look of regret on his face.
　　Today is the third round of this Seven Peaks Competition, and unity is strength.
　　In this round, the competition is about the offense and defense of the sword formation. The two sides determine who will attack and who will defend by drawing lots. Then one side forms a killing formation and the other side forms a defensive formation, contradicting each other to see whether the spear breaks through the shield or the shield blocks the spear.
And in this round, obviously, the ‘shield’ of the Seven Peaks failed to block the ‘spear’ of the Fifth Peak and lost completely.
　　“No wonder they’re always the last place Seventh Peak. Now they’ve lost all three matches, and in this one, they lost in the first round. They even lost to the Fifth Peak, which didn’t even have a full team. If I were a disciple of the Seventh Peak, I’d be so ashamed that I’d dig a hole and bury myself on the spot.”
　　“They have thick skins. Don’t talk about losing three matches. Even if they lose seven matches, they’ll still participate in the next Seven Peaks Tournament.”
　　Amid the hubbub in the Cloud Tower, several disciples sitting behind Xu Taiping and Wu Liang, from an unknown peak, suddenly began to taunt and sneer at the Seventh Peak.
　　“You guys…”
　　“Eighth　Senior　Brother.”
　　Eighth Brother Wu Liang rolled up his sleeves and was about to argue with those people behind him, but before he could stand up, he was pushed back into his seat by Xu Taiping.
　　“The mouth is on them. Let them talk. We’ll perform well in the next match and make them shut up.”
　　Xu Taiping smiled at Eighth Brother.
　　“Sigh…”
　　Eighth Brother let out another long sigh.
　　With the current state of the Seventh Peak, even he didn’t hold much hope for the next match.
　　“Let’s go and pick up Senior Sister and the others.”
　　Xu Taiping stood up and patted Eighth Brother’s shoulder with a smile.
　　“Hmm.”
　　Eighth Brother nodded with a heavy expression.
　　And just as they were going downstairs, the two of them heard several disciples discussing their Seventh Peak again——
　　“I heard that for the fourth round of Drops of Water Wear Through Stone, the Seventh Peak will also participate.”
　　“Didn’t it say that one of their disciples was injured and couldn’t participate？”
　　“It is said that they found that newly initiated disciple to make up the number.”
　　“What about that Xu Taiping？”
　　“Yes.”
　　“Can this Xu Taiping control a sword？”
　　“He has only been initiated for a few months. I think it’s unlikely.”
　　“Then we will have a good show to watch tomorrow.”
　　Obviously, in this competition among the seven peaks, the seventh peak has already become the laughingstock of the disciples of Qingxuan Sect.”