Damn! What kind of situation is this?
Can't things get any worse? I just went out for a stroll and actually managed to encounter my grandfather's old enemy?
As the saying goes, "Unlucky in everything," and indeed, it seems that holds true for me!
However, for me at this moment, it didn't really matter anymore. In any case, it's all the same whether I die at the hands of an enemy or a stranger, isn't it?
"Haha--"
In stark contrast to my "unfortunate" appearance, the middle-aged man at this moment was so excited that he turned red, couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Speaking of which, I really have to thank you! If you hadn't activated the dragon aura on your own, I wouldn't have noticed at all!"
"It's been twenty years, a full twenty years! With the return of the dragon aura, my Liu family can finally hold their heads high again!"
The middle-aged man laughed heartily, but his eyes were filled with malice as he looked at me, and then he said with a sneer, "Hehe, don't worry, based on the aura of dragon energy inside you, I will make sure you die a very painful death..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man no longer hesitated, and with a big wave of his hand, the fish intestine sword flew into his hand in an instant. Without checking the life or death of the little green snake on the ground, he violently thrust the sword toward my heart.
"Shoo!"
Watching the sword coming at me, I truly felt despair this time, there would be no miracles happening again...
"Am I finally going to die?"
Having lingered on the brink of life and death several times in a single day, I had already become nearly numb. I was no longer as fearful, but rather consoled myself in my heart, "Death is certain, whether heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather..."
Perhaps it wasn't my fate to die, or perhaps even the underworld found me, this "lonely star," undesirable.
"Heh..."
Just as I was filled with despair, thinking that this time I was definitely doomed, a mocking laughter suddenly came from behind the middle-aged man, "The Liu family is so domineering!"
"Ruling over the Eastern Three Provinces isn't enough, now you want to act recklessly in this Miao territory?"
"Who?"
The sudden sneering made the middle-aged man startle, and he subconsciously retrieved the fish intestine sword, while also becoming cautiously alert.
However, strangely, when he looked in the direction from which the voice had just come, there was no one there at all, not a single trace of a person to be found!
Seeing is believing?
"Sneaky behavior, what kind of hero is that?"
The middle-aged man cursed, his face increasingly unsightly, then he closed his eyes. It appeared that he intended to sense the surrounding "aura" fluctuations in order to track the whereabouts of the person who had just spoken!
The so-called "aura" actually refers to "qi." Many metaphysical and even philosophical books have records related to this. According to these books, "qi" is ubiquitous, existing not only between heaven and earth but also within the human body, and is the most primitive substance that gives rise to and makes up all things in the world.
Of course, even though this thing is widely present in every person's body, not everyone can sense its existence. Even practitioners need to sense the "qi" before achieving "internal breath transformation" in order to barely perceive its existence.
Experts like the middle-aged man probably sensed the existence of the "aura" field several years or even decades ago.
As expected, the middle-aged man soon locked onto a direction through the "aura" field and immediately thrust his sword in that direction, loudly urging, "Show yourself!"
"Hehe..."
The mocking laughter resounded again, and a figure that wasn't particularly tall, and even a bit shabby, suddenly appeared in front of the middle-aged man. With a sardonic smile, he said, "I've been here for a long time. It's clearly just that you didn't see me, how can you say I'm sneaky?"
What! He's been here for quite a while?
How... did he do that? A grown person standing in front of us, and we didn't notice at all? Could it be that he knows invisibility techniques?
"Hmph, playing tricks!"
The middle-aged man's face turned as dark as pig liver, and I could clearly feel that he was actually nervous, and also filled with dread toward this suddenly appearing old man.
But he represented the Liu family after all, so as not to tarnish the reputation of the Liu family, he had to put on an air of disdain and said, "Do you think this can scare me off?"
"Scare you off?"
The old man chuckled, then looked at the middle-aged man with disdain, "When did I say I wanted to scare you off?"
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but show a trace of doubt in his eyes. He forced a slight smile and said to the old man, "May I ask, what is your advice, senior?"
Regardless of whether the old man's words were true or false, just the fact that he appeared behind him silently without being noticed had already been enough to instill fear in the middle-aged man! Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to easily confront this old man.
"I dare not regard what I have to say as advice, I just feel that what the young man just said makes sense..."
While speaking, the old man directly looked at me and then said with a serious expression, "Murder must be paid with life, and debts must be repaid. This is only natural!"
"Hmph!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's face became even uglier than a pig's liver, and he spoke with a grim expression, "By saying so, are you also intending to go against my Liu family?"
After saying this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but grip the fish intestine sword tightly and glared at the old man, as if wanting to start a fight at any moment.
"Haha..."
Hearing the middle-aged man's somewhat threatening words, the old man burst into laughter, then looked at the middle-aged man with disdain and said, "Is the Liu family that impressive?"
"A mere snake's nest, not to mention you, this inconsequential long worm, even if Old Seventh Liu himself were here, what I said just now would not change in the slightest!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man raised his right hand high, and a purple light instantly shot out, turning into a large net that immediately enveloped the middle-aged man.
"Purple symbol?"
Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man's face changed drastically, and he instinctively waved the fish intestine sword in his hand. As he swung the sword towards the purple light, he exclaimed in astonishment to the old man, "Who are you after all?"
"It doesn't matter who I am, what's important is that you have no place to act recklessly in this Miao territory..."
The old man didn't finish speaking but suddenly looked at me and said with a kind smile, "Young man, go do what you need to do. No one can stop you!"
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, I was stunned on the spot: do what I need to do?
Run away?
Of course not, based on the current situation, even if someone had to run, it should be the middle-aged man!
"Fool!"
Just as I was full of confusion, Xia Xiaoyi's voice suddenly sounded in my ears: "He asked you to quickly remove the snake demon just now!"
"Oh!"
Hearing this, I suddenly realized, and at the same time felt a great joy in my heart, quickly arched my hand towards the old man: "Thank you!"
After saying this, I didn't hesitate at all, and with one swift step, I rushed to the little green snake just now!
An eye for an eye!
Avenging Zhang ge, that is what I should be doing now!
The little green snake had just been injured by my dragon energy, and then suffered two sword wounds in a row. At this moment, it was so weak that it couldn't even escape. And the middle-aged man was currently in a perilous situation, if I didn’t kill it now, when would be the right time?
"Die!"
With a loud shout, I lifted my right leg high, without any mercy, and fiercely stomped towards its vital point!
I almost exerted all my strength with this stomp. Once it hit its vital point, it would have no chance of surviving!
"Wait!"
Seeing that my foot was about to take the life of the little green snake, the middle-aged man, who was fighting with the old man not far away, suddenly became anxious and subconsciously exclaimed: "He hasn't died yet. I can save him, one life for another!"
"Eh?"
Hearing this, I was suddenly stunned. My movements involuntarily paused, and as my body became unsteady, I fell to the ground!
"Is this true?"
Ignoring the pain in my body and not caring about killing the snake demon again, I quickly looked towards the middle-aged man with a face of surprise and asked.
"Naturally!"
The middle-aged man nodded quickly, and then arched his hand towards the old man: "Since the predecessor knows the Liu family so well, I’m sure you have heard of our secret technique of prolonging life called 'Tuiyi Xuming', right?"