298 Unrivaled and Snow Moon
Lu Yuzhai walked up to Lei Wujie. "I didn't want to kill you."
"But what you’re about to say is what you really wanted to say." Lei Wujie did not look up. He watched his own blood staining the grass in front of him drop by drop.
Lu Yuzhai didn't deny it, and continued, "Your strength exceeded my expectations. If I let you go like this… Wushuang-shidi may really have an opponent in the future. I can't allow that to happen."
"You truly are Unashamed City." Lei Wujie shook his head.
"Die." Lu Yuzhai raised his spear and stabbed it down fiercely.
Lei Wujie closed his eyes. With his abilities, he had exhausted all of his strength in that sword move against Song Yanhui, managing to injure both sides. At this moment, don’t mention drawing his sword to fight Lu Yuzhai, he couldn’t even muster the strength to stand up.
Xiao Se, I won’t be able to see you step into that city.
Xiao Se, please take good care of Miss Ye.
Xiao Se, please don't die.
"Shixiong, be careful!" Suddenly, one of the Unrivaled City disciples shouted fiercely, "There’s a hidden weapon!"
Lu Yuzhai raised his eyebrows, and indeed, he heard something burst through the air, rushing towards him. He quickly withdrew three steps, flicked his spear, and sliced the hidden weapon into two.
But, juice spilled out of the hidden weapon.
"Poison?" Lu Yuzhai retreated another three steps, and thought to himself, Could it be Tang Lian.
But a strange smell began to fill the air.
It smelled like meat.
It smelled really, really good.
Everyone looked at the hidden weapon, only to realise that it was a meat bun that had been sliced into two pieces by Lu Yuzhai earlier. Now the meat juices splattered everywhere, and the delicious smell of meat diffused naturally.
Lu Yuzhai turned his head and looked in the direction the hidden weapon had come from, his eyes cold.
Somehow, a person was already standing there. He stood on the official highway with nothing in his immediate surroundings. If someone was coming, they should have seen him right away. But, this person appeared without a sound. The man was dressed in white, looking like an elegant noble son and holding a meat bun in his hand. He was still chewing a mouthful of the meat bun without care. "It’s true what they say about using a meat bun to hit a dog. Once gone, it'll never return."
Lu Yuzhai looked at him and asked, "Who are you?"
Lei Wujie also frowned and looked at the man who had used a meat bun to save his life. "Who are you?"
"Sure enough. You important people don’t remember me anymore." The man in white took another bite of his meat bun. "My name is Xie Yanshu from the Xie family of Lingnan. Now I’m studying martial arts in Snow Moon City. Lei-shidi, we’ve met before."
"Oh, it's you." Lei Wujie recalled him. At the time, he and Xiao Se had just arrived in Snow Moon City and he’d gone to the Tower of Ascension on his own. On the first floor, the person he met was this Xie Yanshu, who’s now standing in front of him. Back then, he was sitting on the steps eating his steamed buns and he’d even asked Lei Wujie to wait for him to finish his steamed bun before they started fighting. Such a pity though… he was beaten back with just one punch from Lei Wujie. Lei Wujie felt a little disappointed. "Back then, your martial arts seemed a little..."
Xie Yanshu shook his head. "My martial arts now are still the same. Others have gone to higher floors after training for a year, but I’m still guarding the first floor. You could say that in Snow Moon City, I’ve surpassed those that came before and since." When Xie Yanshu was talking, he was still eating his steamed bun leisurely. He didn’t feel ashamed at all, but seemed to regard it as some sort of honour.
Lu Yuzhai raised his spear. "So, you’re an expert disciple of Snow Moon City. Then, please instruct me."
Xie Yanshu ate the last bun and covered his ears. "Don't do this, don't do this. What you said really scared me. I’m just an untalented child from a noble family. Why are you intimidating me like this."
"Enough with playing the fool," Lu Yuzhai shouted angrily and swung down his spear.
"Sword Heart Dragon Swims," Lei Wujie whispered his words and the Heart sword flew out instantly, striking Lu Yuzhai’s spear away. Immediately, he leapt up and landed behind Xie Yanshu. He reached out and his sword flew back into its sheath. He whispered to Xie Yanshu, "Hurry and run."
Xie Yanshu shook his head. "Lei-shidi, have no fear. Do you remember what I said to you back then at the Tower of Ascension? In the future, when you wander the martial world, this shixiong will cover you. What this shixiong said, this shixiong will do. I won’t let you die today, nor will I let you run. I heard Qianluo-shijie say that ever since you started wandering the martial world, you’ve never won even once. Today, I’ll let you win once and experience how cool it feels. You see, our people are here!"
As soon as he spoke, over ten young disciples could be seen not far away wielding their swords as they made their way closer. Without exception, all of them wore white with a beautiful moon embroidered on their white shirts.
"Grandkiddies of Unrivaled City, look properly at what’s about to happen. We are the true youth of the martial world - the Snow Moon Gents!" Xie Yanshu shouted loudly. "Just wait for us to beat you to death!"
Lei Wujie was utterly dumbstruck.
"Don't carry everything on your own. You’re the disciples of the three citymasters and you’re a little stronger than the rest of us ordinary disciples. But, two fists are no match for four legs, so can’t you give us a little chance to show off too?" Xie Yanshu helped to support Lei Wujie who was about to fall off his horse. "Remember, you have Snow Moon City behind you. Unrivaled City is not enough for us to fight. Not even this entire martial world is enough for us to fight!"
Lei Wujie laughed. "Shixiong, your heroism is reaching the clouds."
"These words aren’t mine." Xie Yanshu scratched his head. "It was Third Citymaster who taught me."
Lu Yuzhai withdrew his spear, looked at the Snow Moon City disciples who were sprinting towards them, and said solemnly, "Snow Moon City and Unrivaled City have been at peace for so many years. Are you really going to force a conflict today?"
"Hahahahahaha." Xie Yanshu raised his head and laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing at?" Lu Yuzhai frowned.
"You really are the Unashamed City. You were going to kill my Xiao-shidi, stop my Lei-shixiong, and now you’re telling me that we should be at peace. Are you kidding me? What’s more, have we really been at peace all these years? We just can’t be bothered to deal with the likes of you!"
Lu Yuzhai's expression remained unchanged. "Lei Wujie himself admitted that he did not come as a disciple of Snow Moon City, and he said that this matter had nothing to do with Snow Moon City. This is not a trivial matter, but Snow Moon City insists on taking it on? Can you really afford to take on this responsibility?"
"Bah! They’re afraid to implicate their natal family, so they’d rather take everything on themselves. Would we really let them do that? Just dust off our butts and say this matter has nothing to do with us and let them go to their deaths? Well, I can’t do that. The disciples of Snow Moon City can’t do that. The three citymasters can’t do that either. They value sentiment, so we must also value righteousness. This is Snow Moon City. These are disciples of Snow Moon City! Their business is Snow Moon City’s business. Shitting and farting are all our Snow Moon City’s business!" Xie Yanshu's voice was passionate, and everyone within a few miles radius could hear him.
"Xie-shidi!" The group of over ten people were getting closer and closer, and the one in the lead shouted.
Xie Yanshu responded, rolled up his sleeves, and drew the long sabre from his waist. He raised it high and yelled, "Brothers, beat them up!
"Beat them all dead!"