Hanging up and cultivating immortality in the troubled times

Chapter 40 The glorious sword light rises to the sky

Pei Zhiqing is still busy these days.

Although food prices in Heyang County have stabilized and people's lives have temporarily stabilized, this does not mean they can sit back and relax.

After all, the threat from the Zhaoyang Army has always been there and has not disappeared.

Therefore, she has been convening people to preach the horror of this incident and mobilize the people to participate in defending the city.

Of course, ordinary people do not need to actually go up the city wall, they only need to carry some supplies within the city.

This is not a simple matter. Just explaining it takes a lot of effort, and you can't even care about anything else.

After a tiring day, she returned to the temporarily rented courtyard, poured herself a cup of tea, and fell into deep thought.

Today, she went to explain the defense of the city. One of the families was the mother and daughter who had saved her before.

The mother is Wang, and the daughter is only eight years old, named Lu Qin.

Originally there were two men in this family.

But the head of the house, his father, was drafted by the Zhaoyang army to become a civilian husband, and his brother Lu Heng was also drafted to build canals.

Cai Kang, the canal chief, died a few days ago, so the construction of the canal was stopped, and all the corvee workers were sent back to their hometowns.

But Lu Heng never came back.

The mother and daughter were very worried and asked Pei Zhiqing to help find out the news today.

"The Lu Heng mentioned by the senior and the mother and daughter has the same name."

Pei Zhiqing drank a cup of tea, and a lot of doubts arose in her heart, and she thought to herself, "Senior has told me these days to take more care of this mother and daughter and not let them suffer and starve. Could it be... but this is impossible."

Although the existence of Hero Lu is already well known to everyone in Heyang County, very few people know the specific name of Hero Lu. Their understanding of him is basically limited to knowing that his surname is Lu.

"Lu Heng is not a very rare name. It is normal to have the same name." Pei Zhiqing shook her head and shook off her previous guess.

After all, the gap between the Lu Heng described by the mother and daughter and the Lu Heng she knew now was so different that it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were worlds apart. It was impossible for them to be the same person.

However, she still couldn't help but think of the first time she met Lu Heng, in the Feiqi Courtyard next to the mother and daughter's home, and Lu Heng still lived there.

Is there really any connection between the senior and the Lu Heng the mother and daughter mentioned?
Pei Zhiqing's doubts arose again, but she still firmly believed that the two could never be the same person.

This one is the master of the ninth level of ascending to the sky, and the other is a thin, short and poor boy.

It can't be the same person.

"It's probably just a coincidence that they have the same name."

Pei Zhiqing came to the final conclusion in her heart and stopped thinking about it.

Just as he was about to get up and take a rest, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside.

Immediately afterwards, through the window, he saw three figures flying into his courtyard.

"Who!"

She immediately stood up, drew her sword, and rushed into the courtyard, looking alert.

At this time of night, if you come without warning and climb over the wall, you are most likely not a good person.

"Haha, Zhiqing, your martial arts have improved a lot in the past few years. We deliberately made some footsteps, and you noticed it immediately." Sun Siniang, the deputy sect leader of the Sifang Sect, walked over with a smile, "Don't worry, it's us. "

"Uncle Sun, why are you here, at this time?" Pei Zhiqing looked at the visitor in surprise.Her master Yuan Suxin and Sun Siniang were close friends. She had met Sun Siniang many times since she was a child, so she naturally knew them.

However, Pei Zhiqing did not know the other two people, so even though she saw Sun Siniang arriving, she did not relax her vigilance.

"Don't panic, we are here this time because we want to ask you about something." Sun Siniang smiled slightly first, and then said, "Let me introduce to you, this is Gu Chao, the great elder of Tiantong sect, Jiang Hai The deputy gang leader Chai Falcon."

"Junior has met Elder Gu, leader of the Chai Gang." Pei Zhiqing saluted respectfully, but felt awe in her heart.

She had roughly guessed what these three people were here for.

Among the Jianghu people who were killed by Lu Heng a few days ago for harming the people, there were people from the Tiantong Sect, the Jianghai Gang, and the Sifang Sect.

Most of these three people came here to seek revenge.

The three Ninth Level Grandmasters have arrived!
"Is the senior in danger?" Pei Zhiqing felt a little worried.

In her understanding, Lu Heng should be a very powerful Ninth Leveler with very special martial arts, so he could kill the Eighth Level one so easily without leaving any trace of his attack.

But if one person faced three Ninth Level Grandmasters, it would probably be very difficult.

Although Pei Zhiqing was beginning to feel uneasy, she still pretended to be confused on the surface and asked Sun Siniang: "Uncle Sun, do you have anything important to do when you come here late at night?"

"Well, there is indeed something very important, and we need your help." Sun Siniang nodded and said solemnly, "As the foreign affairs chief of Heyang County of the Zixiao Sect, you have already stayed in this county. In a short time, you should know the ninth level master named Lu."

"I know." Pei Zhiqing nodded, already thinking about how to deal with it.

She was full of gratitude and respect for Lu Heng.

On the one hand, Lu Heng is her savior. On the other hand, Lu Heng is really making the people of Heyang County live a better life, and he is also trying his best to protect Heyang County.

In Pei Zhiqing's view, this was a selfless person, and it was absolutely impossible for her to help others deal with Lu Heng.

"There's no need to give too detailed information, just tell me what you know." Sun Siniang said in a gentle tone. She was still wondering whether Pei Zhiqing was bullied by Lu during her stay in Heyang County.

"Yeah." Pei Zhiqing nodded, hesitated a bit, and said, "Actually, I don't know much about him. I only know that he seemed to appear suddenly..."

Rumble!
At this moment, an earth-shattering roar suddenly came from outside.

Loud noises shot up from the ground into the sky, and the quiet night sky was violently torn apart, awakening countless people in their sleep, and all of them looked at the sky with horror.

Pei Zhiqing is no exception.

Sun Siniang, Gu Chao, and Chai Falcon all jumped to the roof and looked in the direction of the roaring sound, and then discovered that there were two lights, one purple and one black, shining over there.

"This is the Bahuang Sect's unique sword technique and the Netherworld Sect's Black Evil Divine Fist!" Gu Chao exclaimed, "It turns out they also sent people over, and they even took action directly!"

"What a powerful aura, the brilliance is so bright, I'm afraid it's already the peak of the ninth level." Chai Falcon was also amazed, "The two of them actually figured out the situation of the person named Lu so quickly? They are going to get there first. We what to do?"

Pei Zhiqing's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this. Was the senior being besieged by two evil ninth level men? !

"We can't go over now and take action with the evil master. It will damage our reputation." Sun Siniang shook her head and said in a deep voice, "Let's wait and see...what, how is it possible?!"

Her voice suddenly rose, and she looked in that direction with horrified eyes. The expressions on the faces of the other two people also became extremely shocked.

I saw a pure white sword light with murderous intent rising from the ground and heading straight into the sky. Like a giant sword that wanted to spread out the world, it instantly swallowed up the two lights, one purple and one black, and then swayed slightly in the sky. Then disappeared without a trace.

The night sky once again returned to its previous silence, as if the roar and powerful light had never appeared before.

"This, how is this possible?!" Sun Siniang's face turned pale, her hands and feet felt cold, and she said in horror, "The power of the Gangqi of those two ninth levels disappeared, he, they died, they were killed with just one move ?!”

(End of this chapter)