Chapter 321
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“Just now the Yellow Sparrow sent a message saying that Taiping has already obtained a bottle of Jade Gourd Mountain Spiritual Essence Liquid and three thousand Gold Essence Coins from the hands of the Nine Mansions. Logically speaking, he doesn’t lack those two bottles of Jade Gourd Mountain Spiritual Spring. Could it be that he is really going for the Walking Flood Dragon Token？”
Qingxiao frowned and speculated.
“If that’s really the case, I feel that this kid may be going to do something stupid again.”
Xu Ziyan smiled bitterly.
“Do something stupid？”
Zhao Linglong looked puzzled.
“For example, relying on his physical strength, he rushes to the top of the mountain while withstanding the sword qi.”
Xu Ziyan smiled bitterly.
Hearing this, Zhao Linglong was shocked, and then she held the spirit mirror and said：
“Little Taiping, you must not be impulsive！”
……
At the foot of Jade Gourd Peak.
Of course, Xu Taiping wasn’t impulsive.
And it wasn’t because of the Zou Jiao Token that he chose to participate in this tripod-seizing competition either.
“I’ve already promised Three-Three Scholar, I must chop down a few plum trees and take them back. Otherwise, it will be so embarrassing to meet him next time？”
As Xu Taiping walked towards the intersection of the road with plum blossoms on both sides of Jade Gourd Peak, he stretched his muscles and bones and muttered softly.
“Taiping, Taiping-ge！ ——”
Just as Xu Taiping was about to reach that intersection, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.
Turning his head to look.
I saw a Girl wearing a white dress running towards him.
Because she was running so fast, her whole face looked a little distorted.
“Xiao Yu？ Why did you come？”
Xu Taiping looked at the Girl with a bit of surprise on his face.
“I, I, I ……”
Duan Xiaoyu was out of breath and couldn’t say a word for a long time.
Xu Taiping gently patted her on the shoulder and used a wisp of true qi to make her breath even.
“Huh ……”
After her breathing became steady, Duan Xiaoyu let out a long sigh of relief, and the expression on her face also returned to a calm and reserved look, completely different from just now.
“I, I’m going to leave. Before leaving, I wanted to come and say thank you to Big Brother Taiping.”
Duan Xiaoyu said with a red face and a bit of shyness.
“You’re welcome. You also helped me in the Bingying Cave before.”
Xu Taiping shook his head.
“Oh.” Duan Xiaoyu suddenly didn’t know what to say and just nodded blankly.
“Then I’ll go over there.” Xu Taiping pointed to the intersection.
“Wait, wait a moment.” Duan Xiaoyu suddenly grabbed Xu Taiping’s sleeve, and then asked a little embarrassedly： “Big Brother Taiping, can you tell me where you live? I’ll send you some delicious food from our place later.”
“Okay.” Xu Taiping didn’t think much about it. He directly took out a pen and a bamboo slice and wrote down the location of Qiyuexuan.
As long as each mansion knows the address of the other’s Dojo , they can send letters with flying swords or spirit birds, but it will cost gold essence coins.
“Then I… I’ll go… go！”
Duan Xiaoyu happily took the bamboo slice and then turned around and ran away without saying a word.
But after running hundreds of steps, she suddenly seemed to remember something. While stomping her feet in place, she turned her head and looked at Xu Taiping and said：
“Big Brother Taiping, you will definitely be able to reach the top of the mountain！”
”Thank you.” Xu Taiping smiled faintly and nodded.
Nodding upon hearing this, Duan Xiaoyu’s feet moved like the wind as she quickly sprinted towards the distant teleportation formation.
”You run slower…”
”Bang！”
Just as Xu Taiping was about to remind her to run slower, before he could even finish speaking, she crashed head-on into a tree, breaking the tree that was as thick as a water bucket.
However, she herself seemed fine. After touching her head, she continued to sprint towards the teleportation platform.
Xu Taiping was dumbfounded.
……
Arriving at the intersection.
”Plum Valley Path.”
Xu Taiping read out the name on the road sign and then looked up.
On the snow-capped peak, one after another plum trees in full bloom were like clusters of red clouds floating on both sides of the mountain road.
”Such beautiful plum blossoms, if they are all chopped down, people will probably scold me, right？”
Xu Taiping furrowed his brows.
He felt that the Third Elder Sansan seemed to be setting him up.
”Forget it, if they scold, let them scold. The Third Elder Sansan has taught me swordsmanship for three years. As a disciple, I can’t even fulfill such a small request.”
After only a moment of hesitation, Xu Taiping made a decision – chop！
”This little brother, if you want to go up the mountain, you must carry a tripod up.”
Just then, a disciple in charge of reception at the foot of the mountain suddenly patted Xu Taiping on the shoulder.
Xu Taiping looked towards the west.
He saw that there were piles of stone tripods of various sizes beside him, and several disciples had already carried the tripods and walked up the mountain.
”What’s the difference between carrying a big one and a small one？”
Xu Taiping asked curiously.
”If they go up the mountain at the same time, the one who carries the big tripod wins over the one who carries the small tripod.”
That disciple replied.
”With your build, I think you should carry this small one. Don’t fall down the mountain later.”
He sized up Xu Taiping and then suggested.
”Thank you.”
Xu Taiping nodded and then stepped forward to the pile of stone tripods.
After carefully selecting for a while, he finally reached out and grabbed the largest stone tripod.
”Don’t overestimate yourself…”
”Boom, boom！”
That disciple was just about to say don’t overestimate yourself when Xu Taiping had already grabbed the stone tripod with one hand and swung it around twice.
”It’s only three thousand catties. I thought I could temper my body by the way.”
Xu Taiping muttered in a low voice while carrying the stone tripod and walking towards the intersection, leaving only that disciple stunned in place.
……
”Boom！”
Just as Xu Taiping stepped onto the steps, a gust of sword qi and astral wind suddenly whistled past above his head. A cauldrons-carrying disciple wearing a white daoist robe, from an unknown sect, had his head blown away by the sword qi and astral wind, and he rolled down the steps along with the cauldron.
”Brother, give me a hand！”
As he passed by Xu Taiping, that disciple reached out and grabbed towards Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping leaned to the side, just avoiding that disciple’s hand, and watched helplessly as he rolled down the steps with hatred in his eyes.
”You couldn’t hold on after just climbing seven or eight steps. Helping you would be harming you.”
Xu Taiping muttered to himself, and then continued to step upwards.
Falling from here would at most cause some minor injuries to the skin and flesh. If it was higher up, one’s life might not be guaranteed.
”Boom！ …”
Almost at the moment when Xu Taiping reached the seventh step, a violent gust of astral wind suddenly blew over from the side of Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping stopped in his tracks.
No matter how violent the astral wind was, he remained as steady as a mountain.
Many disciples who were struggling to resist the astral wind while carrying the cauldrons, upon seeing this scene, all looked sideways and revealed envious expressions.
However, they didn’t know that Xu Taiping stopped not to resist the astral wind, but because he saw the blooming plum tree by the roadside.
”Let’s start with this one.”
After choosing the plum tree on the left, Xu Taiping walked towards it with the big cauldron in one hand and pressing the handle of the knife with the other.
”Zheng！”
In the surprised eyes of everyone, Xu Taiping pulled out Chunhu and slashed at the plum tree with a “shua” sound against the fierce gust of wind.
……
”Taiping… What are you doing, Taiping？！”
In Youxuanju, Zhao Linglong and the others were so shocked by this scene that they all stood up.
