C11 Fortuitous Encounter

For the past few days, Sima Feng had brought Qi Tianyun to play in the daytime and talked with him at night. His parents only treated him as an ordinary friend, so they didn't think too much of him.

Although Sima Feng had a lot of friends, brothers, parents, and people who had always admired him, he still had to be polite to these people, for fear of breaking the rules and insulting them, so he didn't know who to talk to. Whenever he went to Lu Xiaoqing to talk to her, he would always shut the door, and when he found out that this new acquaintance of his would leave him very soon, he really wanted to tell his the details of his many years of accumulated worries.

Qi Tianyun also told Sima Feng everything about him, including the matter between him and Lin Xue, but he didn't mention anything about the heavy sword on his back.

On the day of the farewell party, Sima Feng invited Qi Tianyun to a restaurant for a drink and ordered a few delicate dishes.

Sima Feng raised his glass and said, "I wish you a safe journey in this cup! "Cheers!"

Qi Tianyun also raised his glass and said, "Cheers!" Then, he drank it all in one gulp, only to see Elder Brother Sima standing there in a daze, not knowing what to think. He couldn't help but ask: "Elder Brother Sima, what's wrong?" He turned his head when he saw the young man staring at him from behind.

It turned out to be Lu Xiaoqing and her servant, Jasmine, had arrived. As soon as they walked over, they immediately sat at the empty seats beside the table.

When Lu Xiaoqing saw Sima Feng looking at his with a puzzled expression, she asked, "Why are you looking at me? Aren't you welcoming me?"

Sima Feng quickly said, "Oh, of course I welcome you." He also drank up that cup of wine.

Lu Xiaoqing looked at Qi Tianyun, who was still drinking with his head down, and sneered, "What's wrong? When she saw me, she was scared to the point of shitting her pants and rushing back home? "You know your own limits, huh!"

Sima Feng wanted to ease her hostility, but he couldn't stop her.

Seeing that Qi Tianyun ignored her and still pretended not to hear his, Lu Xiaoqing could not help but say angrily: "Speak! Are you deaf or dumb! "

Her tone made it difficult for even Jasmine to continue watching, so she stammered, "Young miss …" However, she waved her hand and interrupted him. "Don't worry about it! Hey! I was talking to you, did you hear me or not? "

"Hmm?" Qi Tianyun seemed to have just heard her. He raised his head and slowly said, "Of course I heard it. The girl's thunderous voice was heard several miles away. How could I not?"

Lu Xiaoqing was about to explode, but Qi Tianyun continued, "Such a loud voice like this must be emitted by someone with profound inner strength. This girl has great martial arts, if I deliberately follow such a 'despicable, shameless, vulgar person' like you, wouldn't it be a waste for me to train in such a peerless sword technique? Isn't that too much of a pity? "

"Puchi!" Jasmine covered her mouth and laughed. She knew that these were the words that her young miss had scolded him before, but there was no tone of scolding coming out of his mouth now. She only replied sarcastically, saying that if she wanted to get close to someone like him, she would definitely be in trouble.

However, she would not tell Lu Xiaoqing about this. It was not easy to give her a way out, and if they were to cause trouble again, it would be awkward.

Lu Xiaoqing was indeed enjoying the show. Not only did he admit her evil intentions towards him, he even brought a high hat on her, so it could be said that she had gained enough face by doing so. She feigned modesty as she waved her hands: "Forget it, forget it, I'm in a good mood today, I don't want to bother with you anymore. Jasmine, let's go!"

Molly followed her young lady out of the restaurant.

At this time, Sima Feng finally came back to his senses. He said in shock: "Wa!" "Why do you have to make yourself sound so terrible?"

Qi Tianyun replied nonchalantly, "That's nothing. That's her evaluation of me. I'm just returning the favor."

"What?" Did she say that about you? "

"That's right, she called me a despicable and shameless person the day she saw me."

"Then why are there two more?"

"That's because I keep staring at her breasts. That's why she added them."

"What?!" Sima Feng spat the wine in his mouth onto the floor, "You're staring at her breasts?"

Sigh, don't be in such a hurry, the situation is like this, "Qi Tianyun took a bite of the dish and said," I originally thought that by revealing your relationship and my relationship with you, I would be able to stabilize her first. But when your name was mentioned, she became even angrier. So I lowered my head a little, and tried to figure out how to deal with it. When she suddenly stabbed me, I thought she was angry that I should not mention you.

"Haha, so that's how it is. I thought I had a love rival in vain, ha-ha... Elder Brother Qi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry for the trouble she has caused to my brother! This little brother greets you! " Sima Feng quickly poured a glass of wine to apologize. Qi Tianyun gulped it down happily.

Sima Feng suddenly asked with a serious face, "Elder Brother Qi, honestly, when you almost killed her, you were scared off by his Senior Brother's dart?"

He mumbled, "Actually, I just went over to check if she was still breathing. But speaking of it, she was very polite to me, when her dad wanted to kill me, I even called him uncle, maybe it was because of this' Uncle 'that made him let me go."

"That's not right, right?" Sima Feng was surprised. "Didn't you injure him?"

"How could there be such a good thing in the world? He is still young and has no experience in the martial world, yet he was able to fight against one of the best martial artists in the world without getting any injuries."

If not for the heavy sword on his back that day, who knows if that palm would have shattered his breastbone and made him spit blood to death. Just seeing an expert like Lu Xianji be injured by the rebound force, one could imagine how lucky he was.

Hearing him say that, Sima Feng believed him 90%, because that was more reasonable.

"So you've been recovering from injuries for a long time?"

"Sigh!" "Let's part ways today, don't mention such a depressing matter."

Seeing that his interest in talking had waned, Sima Feng couldn't bring it up anymore.

After finishing the several pots of wine and the dozen or so dishes served, the two of them stood up and left the restaurant.

Sima Feng insisted on sending him out of the Chang'ang City, and the two of them walked towards the outside of the city at a leisurely pace.

Although there were tea shops and restaurants outside the city, they could no longer be compared with those inside the city.

"Sigh!" Look at that! There are bullies who are trying to rob a commoner! "

It was unknown who shouted. The people drinking tea, eating food, chatting, and so on all turned their gazes in that direction.

Qi Tianyun and Sima Feng looked at each other and immediately dashed forward.

A youth in a yellow robe stood with his sword in hand. Eight large men holding a long-hilted saber surrounded him in the center, forming a formation to attack. However, he didn't see any girls around him.

Qi Tianyun looked around for the girl that was robbed, but he couldn't find her. It wasn't until the youth slightly shifted his body that a pair of small feet suddenly appeared beneath him. Only then did he realize that the girl had hidden herself beneath his body.

Qi Tianyun secretly laughed at that girl's cowardice. He already had someone standing up for her, but she didn't even dare to look at the ferocious men. He shook his head slightly and asked Sima Feng, who was beside him, "Should we go over and help him?"

Sima Feng shook his head after seeing the boy's face clearly, "No need, do you know who that person is?" Without waiting for Qi Tianyun's reply, he continued, "That is the top sword technique in Chang'ang City, the third son of Xiang Cangloong, Xiang Soong. Although his family's reputation is not as good as mine, his sword techniques are not inferior to mine."

"Oh, really?" Qi Tianyun couldn't help but nod, "Then why didn't he scatter them before they even started their attack?"

"Didn't you see the girl hiding under him? If he wanted to quickly move her body, how could the young lady be as agile as him? If she could follow him and freely jump up and down, she would not be too afraid to meet people. Furthermore, Xiang Family is not a bloodthirsty person, it would be best if she could not see blood. "

At this time, the eight men suddenly launched an attack. Two of them chopped at his face, while the other two split his arms and arms, while the other two chopped at his back from behind. The remaining two people bowed and cut towards his heels.

Qi Tianyun frowned. He was clearly trying to kill someone by attacking them mercilessly.

However, his worries were unnecessary. Xiang Soong was not scared to the point of being flustered. He waved his sword from left to right, pointed it at the back twice, and then stabbed it towards the two people's heads.

Xiang Soong had used a point thrust which made it seem as if the sword light was floating in the air. It flowed in an arc, and wherever it went, those people would be able to dodge it in time as they let out a series of screams.

"Good sword art!" Qi Tianyun praised sincerely.

However, he heard Sima Feng mutter, "Strange, weird."

"Strange? "What's weird?" Qi Tianyun didn't understand. Could it be that his swordsmanship aroused suspicion?

"You don't know," Sima Feng recalled, "Many years ago, Xiang Cangloong came to my house to find my father to spar with him. That day, everyone from Sima Family went to watch it, and I also squeezed in to watch it. They fought for an entire day, and I also watched it for an entire day.

"Rumors?" Just as Qi Tianyun was about to ask for an explanation, he suddenly heard the sound of a heavy stamp on the ground.

After the eight men were pushed back, they launched another siege, only to be stabbed in the wrists and knocked out of their hands; some of them were hit on the head and scared out of their wits; some of them had their clothes cut on their chests and were screaming and retreating; the remaining two jumped up and slashed at them with their sabers, their knees touched with their swords, and they fell from the air and lay on their backs on the ground; Xiang Soong stabbed them twice, and the two of them rolled over in the dust like loaches waving their sabers.

This time, no one dared to besiege him again. Each of them picked up their weapons and disappointedly ran away. The sound of their footsteps was heavy as they stepped on the dust in the air.

"Alright!" There was a murmur of admiration from the crowd.

Qi Tianyun also felt that although he could not move, he could deal with the fierce attacks from all directions, which was very rare, not to mention that he was the same age as him. Judging from the combined attack of the eight big men, they were clearly well-trained and experienced, but he was able to determine their weaknesses in an instant.

"Girl," Xiang Soong said, "they've already left. You can come out now."

"Can I really come out? They were all beaten away by you? " the girl asked uneasily.

"They really left. I won't lie to you. Besides, you can't hide under my clothes forever, right?"

"Alright, then I'll come out." When the girl came out, she patted his clothes and said, "Big brother, what's your name?"

Xiang Soong hurriedly saluted, "I am Xiang Soong."

The girl was about to say something to express her gratitude when she suddenly heard Qi Tianyun, who was not far away, shout, "Younger Sister Xue!"

The girl was Lin Xue. She suddenly turned around with a surprised and happy expression on her face. She shouted, "Elder Brother Tianyun!"

Qi Tianyun hugged Lin Xue who pounced on him. He couldn't help but ask happily, "How did you get here? Where's Grandma?"

Lin Xue giggled. "I left a letter for Grandma and sneaked out on the 'White Vulture', you're really hard to find, I haven't seen you for a long time, the eight big guys just sat there chatting, I was just asking them if they've seen you, who knew that they were so fierce and wanted to capture me, but that big brother showed up in time" — she pointed at Xiang Soong — "Otherwise, you wouldn't have seen me."

Qi Tianyun's head doubled in size as he heard this. However, he still expressed his gratitude to Xiang Soong: "Thank you, Elder Brother Xiang, for helping us!"

Xiang Soong was curious as to how he knew him, and said politely, "It's a simple task, not worth mentioning!"

Sima Feng suddenly laughed loudly: "Elder Brother Xiang, long time no see! After all these years of not seeing you, where are you going to practice your peerless sword technique? "

Xiang Soong saw Sima Feng, felt surprised yet at the same time, also laughed out loud: "Oh, it's Elder Brother Sima! I am not practicing some peerless sword technique, but I will often go to some desolate mountain forest or a place with water flow or a waterfall. I will be practicing my sword alone without disturbing you, so Elder Brother Sima Mo has to make fun of me. "

Just as Qi Tianyun was about to take Lin Xue and say goodbye to them, he heard Lin Xue point at Liu Tie and say, "Elder Brother Tianyun, didn't you want to learn martial arts? This big brother's martial arts is really good, so why don't you learn from him?"

"Huh?" Qi Tianyun was stunned. Actually, if it wasn't because he saw that Xiang Soong had used a sword technique, he would also have had the same intention. But now, he could only give up on this idea.

When Xiang Soong heard this, he was also stunned for a moment. He hurriedly asked Sima Feng, "Elder Brother Sima, who is this? He seems to be with you, right?"

"Oh, this is my new friend - Qi Tianyun." Previously, when Sima Feng heard Qi Tianyun say that he wanted to learn martial arts, he was skeptical. However, the words that came out of his mouth couldn't be wrong. Logically speaking, with his skills, he should be able to become a master by now.

He shook his head and decided not to think about it anymore. He asked about Xiang Soong's whereabouts, and when Xiang Soong said he was going to a waterfall to practice his swordsmanship, he cupped his hands to bid farewell to the three of them and turned around to return to the city.

Xiang Soong carefully looked at Qi Tianyun and asked, "What is Elder Brother Qi's desire?"

Qi Tianyun was at a loss and said, "I don't know where to go, so I might as well go with Elder Brother Xiang."

Xiang Soong said happily, "Since Elder Brother Qi has already decided, let's go on our way together." As he spoke, he led the way.

"Why did you sneak out by yourself and leave Grandma alone?"

"You also said that after you left for so long and no one was around to talk to you, and Grandma was so quiet, so many words were annoying me, so I had no choice but to come out and look for you. However, the outside world is so big, I don't know where I went the moment I came out, and there's also such a fierce person … What, Elder Brother Tianyun, are you not happy to see me?" Lin Xue saw that his brows were scrunched into knots.

"Ugh." Qi Tianyun's heart was a bit troubled, "Recently, I encountered some things that I almost couldn't handle by myself. If it was you —"

Lin Xue cut him off abruptly, "Oh, I know! You don't like me being in your way, do you? I'll go back alone! Don't think about meeting me again in the future! " She really turned around and left in a hurry. The two pigtails on her forehead trembled.

"Younger Sister Xue!" Qi Tianyun took a few steps forward and held her small hand, "That's not what I meant."

Lin Xue tried her best to struggle free from his grasp. "That's obviously what you mean!" However, she couldn't pull her hand away. Qi Tianyun didn't care how she resisted, she just held her hand and walked forward.

Xiang Soong sighed as he heard the argument behind them. He picked up his bearings and walked in the direction he had walked so many times before.

It was no longer noisy behind them, so Lin Xue was dragged forward obediently.

Qi Tianyun was thinking of a very troublesome problem: He can't always carry the heavy sword by his side, this way, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of many people. But before that, he must find another powerful weapon and learn some body defense techniques. But the question that followed troubled him: when that day came, where would the sword go?

"Aiya, how far are we from now? Are we there yet?" Lin Xue suddenly didn't want to go anymore. Previously, she could only rely on wanting to see Qi Tianyun when she was far away, but now that Qi Tianyun was by her side, she no longer had this kind of perseverance.

Qi Tianyun didn't want Xiang Soong to delay his own business, so he squatted down and said, "Come up, I'll carry you."

Lin Xue happily climbed onto his thick back and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Qi Tianyun lifted her body up a bit, hugged her legs with one hand and his bag with the other. He bent his body and quickly followed Xiang Soong's steps.

At this moment, Xiang Soong was immersed in comprehending the way of the sword, so he didn't care about what was going on beside him and just walked forward at a leisurely pace. When he passed by a mountain road that took a long turn in front of him, he stopped. "Huh?" Something's not right! "

"Huh?" Qi Tianyun asked, "Elder Brother Xiang, what's wrong?"

Xiang Soong was stunned for a moment before he said, "There seems to be someone running over from the front. The footsteps sound is chaotic, indicating that something terrible has happened. Could it be that something has happened?"

"Elder Brother Xiang, you're so far away, could you have heard wrongly?"

"No, I could clearly feel movement from the bottom of my feet just now, and it was coming from the mountain side, not from behind."

"Oh? "Is that so?"

Qi Tianyun was surprised that he could use his feelings as his ears. A wave of clear footsteps came from the other side of the bend, so he stopped and let Lin Xue go.

The sound of footsteps was right in front of him.

A few woodcutters ran around the bend, carrying firewood, looking panicked, glancing back from time to time, as if afraid the disaster might follow.

Xiang Soong grabbed one of the axman and asked: "Uncle, why are you in such a panic?"

The shriveled old man stammered, "We-w-wench!" With that, he ran for his life.

"Evil woman?" Qi Tianyun thought to himself, just how evil must that woman be to be able to take on such a notoriety, "Elder Brother Xiang, who is the 'Banshee'?"

Xiang Soong remained silent as if he couldn't explain it with a few words. He just said, "Let's go and have a look!"