The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 528: Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road, three strong men stood in the middle

From a distance, the mountains are colorful.

Listening to the water is silent.

Spring is gone and flowers are still there,

Birds are not startled when people come.

These four short lines of poetry suddenly made Hou Xibai's ink-and-wash landscape painting look a little different.

Yang Xuyan: Xiao Hou, open your eyes and take a look. I, your senior brother, spent a quarter of an hour just to write (copy) a short poem?

Hou Xibai blinked his cute (dark circles) big eyes, very sure that this was his own painting. His senior brother had only written a small poem on it, completely ignoring the fact that he had only painted a half-finished work before due to lack of time, but now it was a complete work.

"Hey, Master actually left behind four sword techniques. It's such a waste. The young marquis doesn't practice swordsmanship. Master, please leave this painting to me, your disciple." Dugu Feng was born in the Dugu family. Even though she was devoted to swordsmanship, she still received a complete aristocratic education. She was not an illiterate and unappreciative dandy girl. She could tell the extraordinaryness of the painting at a glance, and she even comprehended the four sword techniques from the four lines of poetry. She couldn't help but like it more and more the more she looked at it.

Hou Xibai was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly stood in front of the painting. "Brother, what I left behind clearly contained a palm technique, a body technique, a fist technique, and a sword technique. How come it became four sword techniques after it came to you? Miss Feng has an outstanding appearance and superb swordsmanship, I admire her, but when it comes to Taoism, calligraphy, and painting, hehe... This painting should be left in the hands of someone who understands painting, so that it will not be buried. Otherwise..."

Dugu Feng glanced at him sideways, feeling somewhat disdainful towards this uncle who was good-looking and whose martial arts skills were just passable. However, as the authentic successor of the Huajian School, Hou Xibai had little resistance to beauties. It was just that Dugu Feng slapped him in the face, making him love and hate her at the same time, and he really couldn't find her cute.

Finally, after being comforted by Yang Xuyan, he promised to give her a sword manual that he had drawn by himself. Only then did Dugu Feng reluctantly give up the ownership of the painting. But it was unknown how much reluctance and secret pride were in her eyes. After all, it was her own master who suffered the loss. She saw the painting, understood the moves, and got an extra sword manual. No matter how you look at it, she made a big profit. Dugu Feng was very satisfied.

After bidding farewell to Hou Xibai, Yang Xuyan and Dugu Feng turned to leave. Hou Xibai's voice rang out from behind them: "Brother Yang, Master's strength is unfathomable. No one in the Saint Sect can defeat him. Even in the entire Central Plains martial arts world, it is unknown whether anyone can truly stop him. If..."

Did Shi Zhixuan tell Xiao Hou about his promotion to Grandmaster?

Yang Xuyan's heart moved, he turned around and looked at him deeply, that clear and unfathomable gaze made Hou Xibai feel a little uncomfortable. All he learned came from Shi Zhixuan. As the successor of Huajian School, he inherited only the part of Huajian School from Shi Zhixuan. On the contrary, Yang Xuyan was not as good as him because of his personal strength, and because he accompanied Shi Zhixuan in the battle against Fu Cailin, and exchanged the Huajian inheritance from him, he learned 90% of Shi Zhixuan's skills.

Why not the full set?

Haha, Shi Zhixuan is extremely talented. He has Huajian and Butian as his foundation, and on top of that he also created the "Immortal Seal". Yang Xuyan has mastered a full set of these martial arts. However, after Shi Zhixuan was promoted to a grandmaster, his strength level was greatly improved. Naturally, he would make another breakthrough in martial arts and create new grandmaster-level methods. However, he would not be able to complete these in a short period of time, so he would naturally not teach them to others.

Hou Xibai didn't know that Shi Zhixuan had been promoted to Grandmaster. It was just that after his master came back this time, he called him to his side to teach him martial arts. From his performance, it can be seen that his realm has been greatly improved. Originally, his master was known as the Evil King and was the best in martial arts among the Holy Sect. However, because the Yingui Sect was so powerful that it overwhelmed the Huajian and Butian Sects, he was ranked second.

Judging purely from martial arts, my master is definitely the best in the Holy Gate. And this time he has made another breakthrough in martial arts. Although it is not known whether he has been promoted to Grandmaster, he has definitely left the Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan of the Yingui Sect behind. And from the words of the master, it can be inferred that he has plans to reorganize the Holy Gate, suppress the Yingui Sect, and establish himself as the Evil Emperor.

From the Evil King to the Evil Emperor, all he lacked was the power around him!

The inheritance of Huajian Sect is not bad. If one fully comprehends it or even makes another breakthrough, he can be promoted to Grandmaster. Even if he cannot break through the realm, it is still a Grandmaster-level inheritance. Bu Tian Dao is the way of assassins. Although it is not liked by people, it has a large market. It was feared by people before and developed slowly. However, in the generation of senior brother Yang Xuyan, he used the Unconstrained Business Behavior as a cover to develop disciples on a large scale. The overall strength is far beyond the comparison of Huajian Sect.

If Shi Zhixuan can get the full support of the current Butian Dao, coupled with the reputation of the Huajian Sect (the only successor is the innate master Hou Xibai, who is of little help except for the reputation), and the full assistance of Anlong of the Tianlian Sect, it is possible that he can become a sect on par with the Yingui Sect.

After all, in the past few years, with the guidance and help of Yang Xuyan, Buzhou Trading Company has expanded rapidly, and has vaguely touched the bottom line of some people. Even the strength of Anlong Tianlian Sect Master is somewhat unable to control it, and Shi Zhixuan happens to be the best new sea-suppressing magic needle.

Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, three strong men stood in the middle.

Yang Xuyan and Dugu Feng did not try to conceal their whereabouts. Although they did not do it in a high-profile manner, it was still easy for someone to intercept them. Well, if we exclude the fact that someone always taught his female disciples various martial arts methods on a whim, and could even do it accurately to within a quarter of an hour, even so, An Long still waited for the person he wanted to wait for within an hour.

"It's been more than half a year since we last met, and less than three years since I left. I am really flattered that Uncle Long came out to greet me thirty miles away." The last time Yang Xuyan saw Anlong was in Liaodong, but it was less than a year ago, but it has been nearly three years since he left Sichuan. After all, Liaodong was newly conquered, and Goguryeo was eyeing it covetously. Without him in person, there would have been many setbacks during the three expeditions to Goguryeo, just like the cities of the Li, Yuwen, Cui, Wang and other aristocratic families were lost and regained over and over again.

"If someone else said so, Uncle Long, I would believe it, but as for you..." An Long smacked his lips, but he didn't believe a single punctuation mark of what Yang Xuyan said. He knew that the kid had failed before him. If Yang kid hadn't noticed anything unusual, then he really didn't deserve to be his partner for so many years, and he hadn't eaten him up completely.

Yang Xuyan shrugged slightly and laughed naturally, "Uncle Long really understands me. But if he knows me so well, why would he be so hasty in placing the bet? This is not Uncle Long's usual character."

An Long pointed at Yang Xuyan and laughed heartily, "This is the Yang kid I know, the confident and cunning Yang kid who kept scheming even after being beaten to a pulp by Brother Shi."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xuyan couldn't help but frown and shouted in dissatisfaction, "Uncle Long, let's not talk about the pain in our buttocks. We are still good friends. After all, I am now a master who accepts disciples and teaches others. The gossips and interesting things in the past are not suitable for outsiders to talk about."

An Long curled his lips in disdain and said, "There are no outsiders here. My two generals on the left and right are all aware of your embarrassing childhood. Are you asking your elders for face now that you have a new disciple? Or, do you have any bad thoughts about your beautiful disciple? It doesn't matter. We in the Saint Sect don't care about such things. It's common for masters and disciples to become Taoist companions."

After hearing this, Yang Xuyan was fine, but Dugu Feng's heart was moved. She thought to herself, it seems that joining the Demon Sect is not that difficult to accept. At least it is much freer to do whatever you want than the so-called famous and upright sects. The barriers in her heart disappeared in an instant, and Dugu Feng's aura instantly increased a lot, which made An Long and Yang Xuyan look at her sideways.

Yang Xuyan: Meow meow meow, what’s going on with my little disciple’s improvement?

An Long: As expected of Yang Xiaozi's disciple, she can break through anytime and anywhere. Are the women of the Dugu clan really that powerful? It's just that the men are a bit disappointing.