Chapter 0168 – The Return of the Peak – The Absolute Return

“I can’t believe I forgot about it!”

Xu Dalong slammed his head, he had actually forgotten all about the brocade plan that his master had given him.

“How could you forget it?”

“That’s why Master gave it to you for safekeeping.”

“Ah! Great! We’re saved!”

“Really? Originally, all you had to do was play normally and lose the match, but now, you’ve opened this pouch, and in case something happens, you could die.”

Xu Dalong froze.

“Are you using me to get a taste of the worst possible outcome ahead of time so I can calm down?”

“No, this time, I’m serious. Are you really going to open it?”

“Of course I’m going to open it, it’s the first ploy Master has ever prepared for me, win or lose, I have to see it.”

I opened the pouch and inside was a note rolled into a tube.

I handed the note to Xu Dalong, who took a deep breath and slowly unfolded it.

When he read the contents of the note, his face paled, and before he could finish reading it, with trembling hands, he handed it back to me.

“You …… you look!”

On the slip of paper, there was a set of mnemonics for a set of sword techniques.

That was the Blood Heavenly Demoness’s unique blade technique – the mnemonic for the first stance of the Exterminating Heavenly Demon Blade Stance. There was only the catchphrase of the first stance and nothing behind it.

At the end of the note, there was a small line:

“…… Although it’s only the first of the nine styles of the Heaven Destroying Demon Blade Style, it should be enough to deal with those upstarts. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask Mr. Li for advice and he’ll teach you how to hide my blade style.”

Shock was written all over Xu Dalong’s face.

“What’s wrong?”

“The Heaven Destroying Demon Blade Style is a martial art that only a personal disciple of the Master can learn.”

“That’s normal.”

“But why are you not surprised at all?”

“Why should I be surprised?”

“This means that master she …… she already sees me as her personal disciple!”

Xu Dalong’s voice, trembling, this is the first time I’ve seen him so excited since I’ve known him.

“Isn’t that normal?”

“Normal? Master she …… she actually wants me to be the next Blood Heavenly Demoness? This …… this is too unbelievable!”

“Other than you, who else is qualified to become a Demon Sovereign?”

Xu Dalong was incoherent with excitement.

To be honest, I didn’t know before whether or not the Blood Heavenly Demoness really intended to take Xu Dalong as her personal disciple. Although I had expected it, her decision was still faster than I had imagined. It seemed that she really appreciated Xu Dalong.

“But, master she …… how could she write such an important martial art, on a note, and pass it on to me?”

“That’s why she gave it to me for safekeeping; I won’t lose it.”

Although it was only the first style, it was also the Blood Sky Demoness’s unique technique, and for her to be willing to teach it to me, it was evident how much she trusted me.

“Ahhhhhh!”

Xu Dalong was so excited that he was incoherent.

“Did you see that last sentence?” I asked, pointing to the end of the note.

“Which sentence?”

At the end of the mnemonic, there is a small line:

“Lose and die by my hand.”

“Ah!”

Xu Dalong was instantly scared out of his wits.

I, on the other hand, couldn’t help but laugh out loud. I knew that with the character of the Blood Sky Demoness, she would definitely leave behind such a sentence.

“Why is this …… line so heavily written? Could it be that I’m really going to die?”

I certainly wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to flirt with him.

“What do you say? Using her martial arts to compete with those upstarts, and as a result, you lose? With her eccentric temper, do you think, she will let you go?”

“Ah! She’s really going to kill me!”

Xu Dalong clutched his head and groaned in pain.

“Even if she spares your life for my sake, you won’t be able to escape the hellish training.”

“I’ll be tortured by her for the rest of my life! Your Excellency, I must win! You must help me!”

“Don’t get excited, if you miss and injure Miss Jin or kill her, the Martial Arts Alliance, will definitely kill you. At that time, you’ll really be dead.”

The Martial Alliance Master already knows our identities, so we absolutely cannot harm Ms. Jin. The reason why he would let us participate in the finals is because we have a common goal – to eliminate the Heaven’s Destiny Society.

“Your Excellency, you must help me not to injure Miss Jin, but also to win the match! I must use the first stance of the Heaven Destroying Demon Blade Style to win the tournament, and, I must not let anyone see that this is Master’s martial art.”

“Do you realize how hard that is?”

“No one can help me but you.”

Five days to go until the final.

Fortunately, the first stance of the Heaven Destroying Demon Blade Style is not difficult to learn, and with Xu Dalong’s intelligence, he should be able to master it. Our goal is not to practice this blade style, but to utilize its subtleties to defeat Miss Jin. Just one move is enough.

“Since you’ve begged me, I’ll give you a hand. Go!”

We immediately moved off and headed to the martial arts training grounds in the mountains. We didn’t pay any attention to Miss Jin, nor the Martial Alliance, nor the Heavenly Fate Society.

I think, instead, this will not arouse the suspicion of the Heavenly Fate Society. Who would think that two martial artists who are about to participate in the finals would hide in the mountains to train? They would only think that we are a bunch of simple-minded martial artists from the countryside.

We went all in and I think that’s the best way to approach Destiny’s Club.

A few days passed by in a flash, and the day of the final, finally arrived.

The night before the finals, the entire Martial Alliance was immersed in a joyous and festive atmosphere. Martial artists from all over the world gathered together, bustling with activity. Many traders also took the opportunity to set up stalls and sell various goods. Some sects also sent out their disciples to perform martial arts on the streets to recruit disciples.

Some swindlers, too, mingled among them, attempting to deceive those fledgling youngsters; some thieves, too, waited for the opportunity, wanting to steal the money of those careless martial artists.

In order to maintain order, the Martial Arts Alliance had dispatched the Green Dragon Hall and other elite organizations to patrol the city.

Qin Xia Ling wore a bucket hat and walked into an inn. She inquired about Jian Wuji’s whereabouts from the owner, who told her that Jian Wuji and his male son, hadn’t returned for several days.

“Where the hell did they go?”

She was eager to see Jian Wuji again before the finals, and she wanted to joke with him, “Do you want me to let your son win?”

She was curious as to what she would do if Jian Wuji really begged her. Right now, she had no intention of letting go at all, but if Jian Wuji really opened his mouth and begged her, would she be soft?

With a hint of regret, she walked out of the inn. Since I can’t see him, I’ll say something else. When the match is over, I’ll say to him again, “If you had come to beg me earlier, I would have let your son win. Friend, where the hell have you been?”

The day of the finals, at last, has come.

The martial arts arena was packed with people, and all the important figures, were present to watch the battle.

In addition to the Martial Arts Alliance masters who organized the tournament, there were also the heads of the various halls of the Martial Arts Alliance, as well as the masters from all the major sects.

The biggest attraction of this competition was Xu Dalong. Everyone wanted to know if this young man from a small sect could create a miracle.

His opponent, the granddaughter of the Martial Arts Champion – Qin Xia Ling , if he can defeat her, then he will become a true hero.