Chapter 45: A Thousand-Mile Chase!

Linghu Chong opened his eyes wide and looked at the sword carefully. Xin Zhen's sword was faster than the last.

After a while, Xin Zhen's sword was even faster than Tian Boguang's knife.

But this is not over yet, Xin Zhen’s sword is still accelerating!
Xin Zhen laughed as he drew his sword: "Tian Boguang, you are too slow! Faster! Faster!"

There was only a ding sound, followed by a clang sound. Tian Boguang covered his hand and the long sword had fallen to the ground.

Tian Boguang turned around and ran away.

It was only the name that was wrong, not the nickname. Tian Boguang was worthy of being called the lone traveler of thousands of miles. In just the blink of an eye, he escaped more than ten feet away.

Xin Zhen turned around, smiled at Linghu Chong and said, "Wait for me a moment."

After that, he chased after Tian Boguang like a flash of smoke.

Linghu Chong also followed suit, but stopped after chasing for dozens of steps, because the beast was getting farther and farther away and he could not catch up.

Linghu Chong was secretly amazed: Tian Boguang was known for his speed, and he had been rampant in the martial arts world for so many years. There were countless upright masters who wanted to take his life, but he still walked around alone and unrestrainedly, which showed how powerful his Qinggong was.

But my brother Xin was able to keep up with him, and his lightness skills are also extraordinary.

Xin Zhen told Linghu Chong to wait for him for a while, so Linghu Chong waited with peace of mind. After all, with Xin Zhen's brother's martial arts, there would be no danger even if he couldn't catch up.

However, he waited until the next day and still hadn't seen anyone, so Linghu Chong had no choice but to start practicing sword skills by himself.

He was worried, so he practiced sword skills while counting. He counted and found that he practiced Huashan sword technique ten times, Dugu sword technique breaking sword style twenty times, and practiced Hunyuan Gong for twenty cycles before he waited for Xin Zhen to return.

As soon as Xin Zhen arrived at the Cliff of Repentance, he slumped down on the ground, not caring about his image at all, and said, "Brother Linghu, hurry up, bring me the drinks and food, I'm so tired!"

Linghu Chong could hardly recognize that the clay-like man in front of him was the handsome Xin Zhen. He asked in surprise, "Brother Xin, what on earth have you been through?"

Xin Zhen pointed at Tian Boguang who was following behind him and said proudly: "He didn't get away. I finally caught him."

Tian Boguang was also covered in dust and dirt. He lowered his head with a sad face and lay dead on the ground.

Xin Zhen said proudly: "Wow, this guy can really run. He ran to Songshan Mountain in Henan Province for a whole day and night!

If I hadn't boasted that I would never kill him again if I couldn't catch him, I really wouldn't have chased him. It's too damn tiring!"

Linghu Chong was speechless for a moment.

From Huashan to Songshan, it is at least six or seven hundred miles.

It took these two people one day and one night to go back and forth, covering more than a thousand miles?
Xin Zhen put his hands on his hips and said proudly: "Tian Boguang, your Qinggong is indeed first-rate, but my advantage is that I have a long breath.

No matter how far you run, I can run with you. If you want to run to Fujian, I can run with you. I just want to ask you if you accept it!"

Tian Boguang spoke, but his voice was hoarse: "I'm impressed. This is the first time I've seen you run so fast.

Your swordsmanship is superb, and your internal energy seems to be endless, so it's normal that I can't outrun you.

I will accept death by your sword with all my heart."

There is not much food on the Cliff of Repentance, and it is basically brought up by Lu Dayou every day.

Linghu Chong searched for a long time but found nothing. Fortunately, Sixth Junior Brother was about to come up today.

Sure enough, not long after, Linghu Chong saw a figure on the road leading up the mountain. It was Lu Dayou.

Linghu Chong hurriedly said to Xin Zhen, "Brother Xin, my junior brother is here. Do you want to see him? If not, you can hide." Xin Zhen wanted to get up, but after just moving a bit, he lay down again: Who cares? Even if the Jade Emperor comes, I won't get up at this moment!

Xin Zhen didn't want to get up, but Tian Boguang was already fast asleep, snoring loudly.

When Lu Dayou came up, he saw two dusty people and asked curiously, "Big Brother, who are these two people and why are they here?"

Linghu Chong said helplessly: "The one sleeping is Tian Boguang..."

"What!" Lu Dayou was shocked.

The master and his mistress went to Chang'an to hunt down Tian Boguang, but Tian Boguang secretly ran to the Cliff of Repentance. I guess they were trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain. I'm afraid he has some plans!
Lu Dayou was very anxious and said, "Big Brother, what should we do now? Master and his wife are not here, and we are no match for him! How about we kill him with a single blow while he is sleeping?"

Linghu Chong said quickly: "Don't worry, with Brother Xin here, Tian Boguang won't be able to cause any trouble."

Lu Dayou looked at the other person. The man was so dusty that his original appearance could not be seen. When he saw Lu Dayou looking at him, he grinned and said, "Lu Dayou, how long has it been? You don't recognize me?"

Lu Dayou was shocked again: "Xin Tanhua?"

Xin Zhen sat up, waved to Lu Dayou and said, "Hurry up and bring the food basket over. I'm starving to death."

Lu Dayou looked at Linghu Chong at a loss. Linghu Chong quickly took the food basket, walked to Xin Zhen, and took out the food inside.

It was a roast chicken, two bowls of rice and a small bottle of liquor.

Xin Zhen didn't even bother to wash his hands. He tore the roast chicken with his hands and started to chew it. When he felt a little choked, he gulped down some liquor.

This image of a starving ghost surprised Lu Dayou greatly.

In his impression, this guy is a tall, jade-like, handsome scholar. Why is this the case?
Lu Dayou asked in a low voice: "Big Brother, what did this person go through?"

Linghu Chong then told him about Tian Boguang's climb up the cliff and how Xin Zhen chased and killed Tian Boguang.

When Lu Dayou heard that Xin Zhen had chased Tian Boguang to Songshan and then back to Huashan for a whole day and night, his mouth opened wide for a long time.

It was Linghu Chong who asked Lu Dayou to go down quickly and bring up some food, otherwise Lu Dayou would be shocked until late at night.

After Lu Dayou went down, he came up again soon, and this time Yue Lingshan followed him up.

Linghu Chong felt complicated when he saw Yue Lingshan.

This time when he came back, the junior sister seemed not so close to him. Although her attitude was still gentle, it was completely different from before.

Linghu Chong thought that because of the many disasters he had caused while rescuing Yi Lin, his junior sister looked down on him, which made him quite uneasy.

When Linghu Chong saw Yue Lingshan, he happily went up to her and said, "Junior Sister, you're here?"

Yue Lingshan smiled briskly and said, "Well, Senior Brother, I'm here. Hey, Senior Brother, where is Xin Tanhua?"

Linghu Chong shuddered and immediately had a bad feeling.

He looked at Xin Zhen, who was sitting on the ground and eating, with a complicated look.

Yue Lingshan looked at Xin Zhen, who was lying on the ground covered in dust, in surprise, then walked over. She felt it was impolite to talk to Xin Zhen while standing, so she squatted down and looked at Xin Zhen.

Xin Zhen looked up and saw Yue Lingshan, and said with a smile: "Miss Yue, we meet again."

Yue Lingshan smiled brightly and asked, "Xin Tanhua, why are you like this?"

(End of this chapter)