Chapter 421: Reciprocity (3)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Don’t show your head.” Ye Jingtang looked at the black-robed old man coming from afar and found that the other party had taken the initiative to make way and retreated to the field by the road. He didn’t let down his guard. He rode his horse forward alone and took out a token from his sleeve. “I am the deputy commander of the Black Office, Ye Jingtang. Who are you? Do you have a pass?”

A hundred meters away, the black-robed old man raised his bamboo hat slightly when he heard the voice. Then he got off his horse, took a long bundle wrapped in black cloth from the side of the old horse, and held it vertically on the grass. “Your Excellency, are you Young Hero Ye, Ye Jingtang?”

The voice was old but not hoarse. Instead, it was very clear, giving people the feeling that it was right beside their ears.

When the people from the Black Office heard this, they felt that something was wrong. They quietly drove the carriage back and slowly retreated. The bird soared into the sky and observed the surroundings.

Ye Jingtang frowned. Because he couldn’t figure out the other party’s details, he got off his horse and walked forward with his hand on the hilt of his saber. “That’s right. Are you here to take the title of Saber Chief?”

Although the Eight Chiefs enjoyed extraordinary status in the Jianghu, they had also changed from challengers to defenders. Their treatment was the same as the ‘public enemies of Jianghu’. Everyone wanted to beat them up to prove themselves. Even Ye Jingtang wanted to beat up all the Martial Chiefs, regardless of gender.

As long as these kinds of challenges were in accordance with the rules of Jianghu, the Eight Chiefs couldn’t avoid them and not fight. The Martial Chiefs who were annoyed by this would most likely designate a disciple or fellow disciple to accept the challenge. The challengers had to defeat the gatekeepers first before fighting the Martial Chiefs.

And Ye Jingtang didn’t have a gatekeeper who could help him block people. Challengers who wanted to become the Saber Chief would naturally go straight to him.

But the black-robed old man in front of him didn’t seem to have any intention of challenging him. He slowly pulled down the long black cloth in his hand, revealing a sword.

The sword was three feet and three inches long. It looked very old, but it wasn’t aged. It was simple and unadorned. It was completely black and blue without any decorations.

Ye Jingtang stopped in his tracks. He originally thought that ‘Sword Saint’ Zhou Chiyang had come to take revenge, but the other party looked about the same age as Old Master Zhou and didn’t match. He said, “1 have something important to do. If you don’t tell me why you’re here, 1 can only be impolite.”

The black-robed old man held his sword in his left hand and slowly walked to the middle of the official road. “I have hidden this sword of mine in the box for thirty years. 1 want to find someone to compare it to. Young Hero Ye, I heard that your fast saber is invincible in the world. I wonder if it’s convenient?”

Ye Jingtang looked at the other party blocking the way. It was probably useless for him to say that it was inconvenient. He stopped talking and strode forward.

Tread, tread, tread…

The black-robed old man raised his head slightly, revealing his bearded chin and sharp eyes.

The old man didn’t look directly at his opponent. Instead, he looked at the full moon in the sky. “Young Hero Ye, do you think there are immortals above this azure sky?”

“There might be people above the sky, but I don’t think there are immortals.”

“Then, Young Hero Ye, what do you think the people above the sky should be like?”

“First, you have to train your body until your golden body is flawless and you can understand the fundamentals of humans. Then you have to train your heart and see through the various situations of the human world to understand the truth of the world. If you can do this, you will naturally become a person above the sky. You clearly haven’t reached that stage.”

“Hehe…” The black-robed old man laughed and retracted his gaze to look at Ye Jingtang. He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword. “1 haven’t reached that stage, but I have walked more than sixty years longer than you, so be careful of this strike!”

Clang!

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a crisp sound of an unsheathed sword by the riverbank in the autumn wind, but two cold lights flashed.

When the black-robed old man drew his sword, Ye Jingtang had already unsheathed the Hornless Dragon Saber at his waist. With a flash of saber light, he arrived in front of the old man.

The black-robed old man’s movements seemed neither fast nor slow, but they were clean and flawless.

The three-foot-long sword left the scabbard. It didn’t bring about any aftershocks of qi, but it made the guards of the Black Office behind feel a little cold, as if winter had arrived along the Clear River at this moment.

As Ye Jingtang attacked with his saber, he realized that something was wrong.

At the Martial Chief level, the ‘unknown’ was far more terrifying than any move with boundless lethality.

When facing Xuanyuan Chao, he could still see through all the other party’s possible intentions when he attacked. However, the black-robed old man in front of him didn’t have a strong aura, but the sword in his hand was like a corporeal blue phantom. Its trajectory was regular, but he couldn’t see through the intent of the attack at all.

Seeing that the other party could keep up with the speed of his attack, Ye Jingtang didn’t take the risk of increasing his speed and breaking the situation forcefully. Instead, he dodged to the side as he ran. In an instant, he rushed diagonally behind the black-robed old man and slashed at the old man’s back.

Swoosh!

The strong wind brought about by his violent attack instantly flattened the grass by the river and lifted the robes of the two people.

From the beginning to the end, the black-robed old man didn’t make any fancy moves. Instead, he turned the sword’s edge like flowing water. His thin figure was like a sharp blade as he thrust straight behind him.

Swish!

His body followed the sword, and the sword followed the qi.

The moment the three-foot-long sword attacked, a sharp whistle sounded out in the air.

This sword was like the breath of an azure dragon, and even the grass below had a straight line extending forward.

Ye Jingtang was still three feet away when he felt a sharp light piercing his eyes. A chill ran down his spine, and he immediately dodged to the side again.

Boom!

At this moment, the autumn wind suddenly intensified. The three-foot-long sword containing vast qi stabbed toward the riverside.

The powerful thrust carried thousands of blades of grass and leaves. Just like a blue flood dragon suddenly appearing, it crossed the grassland with the momentum of a dragon walking in the wild until it crashed into the river, creating a cone-shaped ripple on the vast river.

Crash!

Ye Jingtang dodged to the side to avoid the sharp attack. Although he was unharmed, he didn’t take advantage of the situation to attack..