Vol 1 CH 26 (1/2)
Chapter 26:Memories
All of a sudden, there was a powerful ly came from another direction
Yi Ping, Gongsun Jing, Qiu Wufeng, Xiao Youxue, Ding Yunzi and Lie Qing looked towards that direction and saw asilently towards them!
Yi Ping had recognized him to be Zuo Tianyi!
Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “Whoever tries to lay a hand on Maiden Ding, I will kill him”
Ding Yunzi gasped, “Tianyi…”
Qiu Wufeng spit out, “So it is young master Zuo Tianyi Are you here to take our lives too? I have great respect for the old sword saint but you are just a lackey of the Honor Manor!”
Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “I don’t care what the Honor Manor wants but since you have the intention of killing Maiden Ding, then don’t blame me”
He looked at Yi Ping and said, “We seem to have an unfinished duel”
Yi Ping said, “Indeed! But unfortunately I have no wish to fight you and I don’t have a sword”
Zuo Tianyi looked at Yi Ping coldly, “You can always borrow one With or without a sword, I will not hesitate to kill you”
Lie Qing stole a glance at Ding Yunzi before saying to Zuo Tianyi, “I a will never forgive you”
Zuo Tianyi asked, “What do you mean?”
Lie Qing sé ht the three of us too”
Zuo Tianyi was taken aback, “He is your protégéYunzi for answers He had always thought that Ding Yunzi was froe master
Ding Yunzi said coolly, “That is so”
Qiu Wufeng immediately knew by now that these three maidens were not his enemies So he was relieved as he said quickly to the three h ht on your side!”
Lie Qing looked at Qiu Wufeng as she said, “At least you have so or else I would have killed you instantly earlier”
Qiu Wufeng s hiht, “If I were to be killed by her, itafter all After all, I have lost everything now…”
Gongsun Jing was stunned as he said, “You are all on the same side!?”
Zuo Tianyi stared at Gongsun Jing, “Then I have to kill only you instead”
Gongsun Jing looked at Yi Ping and said, “Brother Yi Ping, you got to help me!”
Yi Ping rubbed his nose as he looked at everyone before he said to Gongsun Jing, “I don’t wish to help you because what you want to do is not an entire chivalrous act Everyone knows that Gongsun Bai had been oppressing the orthodox fraternity for many years…”
Gongsun Jing shi+fted uneasily
Yi Ping said, “Even though you have the nick of Gongsun Jing the Benevolent and is different from your father But that is not what everyone thinks”
Gongsun Jing looked down in guilt It was true He had known of his father lofty a time and had even tried to persuade him to take a more benevolent path but his father had scorned at his advice
Yi Ping looked at Zuo Tianyi as he continued, “Moreover, I don’t want to make enemies of Zuo Tianyi The Zuo and the Yi Clan had been acquaintances for enerations We are not enemies in the first place and why should it turned into a feud?”
Zuo Tianyi nodded slightly He knew that was the truth It was because the Infinity Sword Clan had adjusted its swordplay three generations ago to counteract the Horizon Swordplay And when they had dueled, he had found Yi Ping to be very fah they had dueled before The reason that they had fought to a standstill was that both of theh they had fought before on numerous times!
That was also why Yi Ping’s father, Yi Tianxing knew the Infinity Swordplay so well that he was able to forewarn Yi Ping that the Horizon Swordplay could be broken by the Infinity-First Swordplay
Finally Yi Ping said to Gongsun Jing as he smiled bitterly, “Your father had courted his own death and refusing to let Xiao Shuai go It was a fair duel Even without Maiden Ding interfering, do you think your father would able to win against Xiao Shuai?”
Gongsun Jing said sole had not interfered, the outcome would still be uncertain!”
Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “That was not what I have seen”
Gongsun Jing asked, “What do you mean?”
Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “Even before Maiden Ding had struck your father, Xiao Shuai had already penetrated through his Invincible Divine Force!”
Gongsun Jing said, “That is impossible There were so many eyes in that hall that day Xiao Shuai attacks cannot possible penetrates through my father’s Invincible Divine Force!”
Yi Ping said, “That is because your eyes are not sharp enough If Gongsun Bai could even deflect Xiao Shuai’s flying sith his bare hands, do you think that Maiden Ding’s flying sword could even cut through his arms at all? That was because at that very instant, his Invincible Divine Force had already been breached!”
Gongsun Jing was stunned Why he had not thought of that?
He finally said, “You guys have already thought of that?”
Xiao Youxue interrupted as she said, “They didn’t and didn’t have to They just witnessed it Why did you think that Gu Tianle and the rest of the protégé e at all when Gongsun Bai was killed? It was because their eyes were quick enough to see it themselves”
She knew because she was there too but re ambit to lure Xiao Shuai into the Honor Manor!
She added, “The one that really killed your father is Xiao Shuai I have heard that even Gu Tianle and Jue Yuan is hunting you You can’t even avenge against Xiao Shuai, Gu Tianle and Jue Yuan yet you are looking to avenge against Maiden Ding? You are really courting your own death!”
Yi Ping said, “Moreover, even if the two of us added up together, do you think we can win against the sword in her hands?”
Yi Ping still shi+vered when he recalled the battle with her He had only accidentally hen she had sprained her ankle at the wrong ti!
He did not dare to look into Maiden Ding’s eyes directly as he said that It was because he very well knew that she was toying with hih he had already used up all the strokes of the Horizon Swordplay! He was noorried that he s if he was too close to her The sa too…
Yi Ping said coolly, “You have to decide if you want to avenge against her noant me as your sworn brother”
Gongsun Jing looked at everyone slowly It was the hardest decision that he had ever made in his life
Actually when he first seen Maiden Ding, he had already been attracted by her quiet demeanor and air When she had stormed into the Honor Manor with Xiao Shuai, he was in fact worried ould happen to her fate What he had not expected was that Xiao Shuai actually did the impossible and killed his father And because afterwards, he was persecuted by Gu Tianle, he was filled with a burning hatred for everyone that was involved in the demise of his clan
When he looked at Maiden Ding’s quiet de the heart to even lay a finger on her even though he still held her partly responsible
Gongsun Jing said slowly, “I will still want to be Brother Yi Ping’s sworn brother My real enemies are Xiao Shuai and Gu Tianle”
Yi Ping said, “Then I’ll be able to help you I still have a score to settle with Gu Tianle and Jue Yuan for conspiring with your father to injure o”
Gongsun Jing said, “You won’t hold against me? My father was the one that…”
Yi Ping interrupted, “What your father did is his own business That has nothing to do with you Moreover, he is dead now I hope you can forgive Maiden Ding too Or else I won’t agree to be your sworn brother at all if I bear a grudge against you”
Gongsun Jing was deeply touched as he looked at Yi Ping who see sense of benevolent and righteousness
He sta at all…”
Zuo Tianyi said, “Pity I have co”
Everyone looked at Zuo Tianyi startled They had alotten that Zuo Tianyi was not on their side yet
Lie Qing blinked at Zuo Tianyi as she said, “Great Hero, I can tell immediately that you are a master swordsman What do you mean? Are you here on the behalf of the Honor Manor?” as she took a step forward
Zuo Tianyi took a step backward as he smiled, “Hold it Don’t co and Ye Lu were killed by you”
Lie Qing was offended as she said, “Am I so terrible to behold or too fierce for your taste, Great Hero?”
Zuo Tianyi smiled, “I alance at Ding Yunzi who looked shyly away
Yi Ping, Qiu Wufeng and Gongsun Jing were clearly amused It was because even a blindwas and Zuo Tianyi was telling her how unattractive she was to him!
Lie Qing replied coldly, “So what do you want?”
Zuo Tianyi laughed, “I just want to be a sworn brother to Yi Ping as well and then we find a place to drink or else it will be hard for o off just like that”
Yi Ping was surprised too as he quickly said, “It is my honor too! Brother Tianyi!”
Zuo Tianyi said, “Brother Yi Ping!”
Ding Yunzi interrupted softly, “You better go The further away, the better it is! What we are going to do next will put you in a very difficult position”
Zuo Tianyi said, “Yunzi, why are you so cold towards …”
It was only now that it was apparent that Zuo Tianyi and Ding Yunzi had known of one another! No wonder, when Gongsun Jing had wanted to avenge against Maiden Ding, they could sense a strong killing malevolent intent from him!
Lie Qing muttered with displeasure, “No wonder you are not interested in talking to me So you already have a sweetheart You are afraid that she et jealous…”
Qiu Wufeng quickly said, “If Maiden did not mind, you can always talk to me…”
Lie Qing hummed coldly, “You should practiceto me”
Qiu Wufeng immediately flushed red with embarrassment
Ding Yunzi said, “You did nothing wrong I just don’t want to see you”
Zuo Tianyi said, “I know that you are from the Virtuous Palace and that Xiao Shuai e in the past But I aé master of the Infinity Sword Clan now, surely Xiao Shuai would take that into consideration and…”
Ding Yunzi interrupted coldly, “You think too o”
Yi Ping said to Zuo Tianyi, “We know that the Honor Manor is raising an expedition to attack the headquarters of the Holy Hex Sect We are going there to help a friend ofenemies of all the orthodox clans in the fraternity I a meant well”
Zuo Tianyi said quickly to Ding Yunzi, “Even if I were to make enemies of the orthodox clans, I will still join you! I don’t even care if the Virtuous Palace is now the enemy of the orthodox fraternity I will still ask for your hands in e ”
Ding Yunzi said coldly, “I aer in the Virtuous Palace”
Zuo Tianyi was taken aback as he asked, “You are not?”
Ding Yunzi said, “I have betrayed the Virtuous Palace and now, I a hunted by the Virtuous Palace In fact, we are all being hunted by the Virtuous Palace or the Honor Manor Even if you have ten lives, you may not live to survive it You are so foolish The Infinity Sword Clan has painstaking took more than three centuries to establish its position in the fraternity As your cousin, I feel ashamed that you can choose to throay the repute of the Infinity Sword Clan just like that How could you face your Zuo Clan ancestors?”