Chapter 89: Legends of Jianghu
Most of the people present were experts. Seeing Xiang Wentian's expression, they knew that the two of them had secretly exchanged a move. It seemed that Xiang Wentian had suffered a small loss.

For a moment, the heroes were very surprised. Along the way, many people had fought with Xiang Wentian. Even those who had not fought with him had seen Xiang Wentian fighting with others.

Xiang Wentian looks heroic, but in fact he is resourceful and unscrupulous. His kung fu is rare in the martial arts world, especially his internal strength, which is outstanding. He could have killed a man who was wielding a heavy weapon before, which shows how powerful he is.

But just now Xin Zhen delivered the gourd with one hand, and seeing that the gourd was not moving very fast, he did not expect that Xiang Wentian would suffer a small loss!
What is even more surprising is that Xin Zhen used internal energy rather than sword moves.

Sword moves can be compensated by comprehension, but internal strength needs to be honed over the years. Xin Zhen looks like a young man in his twenties. How did he cultivate his internal strength to such a level?
Xiang Wentian ignored all this. He stuffed the beef strips into his mouth and started chewing them. At the same time, he tore a piece of cloth to wrap the sword wound. After wrapping it, he gulped down the monkey wine in the wine gourd and threw the wine gourd at the old beggar.

Xiang Wentian laughed and said, "Xin Tanhua, come on."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Don't you want to take a break?"

Xiang Wentian shook his head and said, "There's nothing to rest for. Come on."

Xin Zhen nodded, and with a clang, he drew his sword out of its sheath, saying, "Watch out for the sword."

Xin Zhen casually handed over a sword, and Xiang Wentian swung the chain towards Xin Zhen's waist.

The chain was extremely long and heavy, and it was difficult to stop it from sweeping across unless one jumped backwards or upwards.

The Four Emei Men had suffered such a loss before. They used their long swords to block, but the long swords were bent in an instant, and they had to change swords before they could continue fighting.

Xin Zhen was not in a hurry, as he had seen Xiang Wentian use the iron chain before.

Xiang Wentian used a whip to urge the chain. Although it looked different because of the restraint, it was actually the same thing.

The Dugu Nine Swords has a sword style that is specifically designed to counter soft weapons such as long whips, called the Rope-Breaking Style.

A reader asked, why not the broken whip style?

In fact, the whip-breaking style can break various short weapons such as steel whips, acupoint-pressing pegs, crutches, Emei spears, daggers, axes, hatchets, iron plates, octagonal hammers, iron spikes, etc.

The rope-breaking method is to use various soft weapons such as long ropes, short whips, nunchakus, chain guns, iron chains, fishing nets, flying hammers, meteors, etc.

Xin Zhen suddenly thrust out a sword and hit the iron chain. The originally whistling iron chain suddenly became limp like a snake that was hit in the vital spot. Then he thrust forward with the sword and pointed it directly at Wentian's wrist.

Xiang Wentian was shocked and suddenly turned his body, causing the chain to rotate at high speed, trying to force Xin Zhen away.

Xin Zhen did not even try to dodge, but raised his sword and placed it across Xiang Wentian's neck. If Xiang Wentian wanted to turn around, he would have to use his neck to block Xin Zhen's sword. If the iron chain did not fall on Xin Zhen's body, his head would have rolled on the ground.

Xiang Wentian was caught off guard, and his immediate move was to lie down on the ground and roll several times before he managed to avoid the sword.

This was the most embarrassed Xiang Wentian had appeared since he was besieged.

The heroes from both the good and evil sides cheered: "Great swordsmanship!"

Xin Zhen was relentless and took two quick steps forward, the tip of his sword trembling and glaring at Xiang Wentian's eyes. Xiang Wentian wanted to wrap the chain around Xin Zhen's ankles, but the tip of the sword was already trembling in front of his face. He had no choice but to roll over again to avoid it. Xin Zhen moved forward again, not giving Xiang Wentian any chance to get up. Xiang Wentian could only roll over and over, but he was on the edge of a cliff, and if he rolled over again, he would fall into the deep valley.

Xiang Wentian roared, covered his face with his arms, and with all his strength, swung the chain in his hand, thinking that even if he lost one arm, he would seriously injure Xin Zhen.

Xin Zhen smiled, withdrew his sword and stepped back a few steps. Only then was Xiang Wentian able to stand up. The danger of this incident was so great that Xiang Wentian, who had always been calm and composed, now had a look of horror on his face.

Xiang Wentian asked: "What kind of swordsmanship is this?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Nine Swords of Dugu."

Xiang Wentian showed a thoughtful look on his face. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said, "Is there such a set of swordsmanship in Huashan Swordsmanship?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "The Huashan Qi Sect doesn't have it, but the Huashan Sword Sect does. My mentor Feng Qingyang also has the Dugu Nine Swords."

Xiang Wentian showed a thoughtful look: "I seem to have heard this name a long time ago..."

The older ones among the righteous heroes, such as the two Kongtong elders, were asked: "You two are the oldest here. Have you heard of Feng Qingyang and Dugu Jiujian?"

The two elders of Kongtong also showed reminiscence on their faces. After a while, Shen Rongzi, one of the two elders, suddenly said: "I know him. When I was a teenager, I heard that there was a swordsmanship genius in Huashan Sect. He was a romantic and suave person who wandered around the world.

However, I only heard that he was very skilled in swordsmanship, but I don’t know what swordsmanship he used. Later, for some reason, he disappeared from the martial arts world.”

Someone asked: "The swordsmanship is very high, how high is it?"

Shen Rongzi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't know. At that time, I was still young and was still squatting in the sect, being scolded by my master and brothers. What I know is that my master and brothers used it to motivate me."

Xin Zhen shook his head. Even the oldest people in the martial arts world had hardly heard of his master's name, so how could they know about the Dugu Nine Swords?

I guess that either my master didn't use the Dugu Nine Swords very often when he was traveling around the world, or his attainments were not particularly high, or the environment was relatively peaceful at the time and there was no opportunity to use it.

Otherwise, with Feng Qingyang's current level, he would probably have to compete with Dongfang Bubai for the title of number one in the world.

Xin Zhen looked at Xiang Wentian and said with a smile: "The Dugu Nine Swords can break all kinds of martial arts moves in the world. It is impossible for you to beat me in moves. Why don't you try your Star Absorbing Technique?"

Xiang Wentian secretly groaned in his heart: If I really had the Star-Absorbing Art, how could I be chased by these people in such a miserable state?
Xin Zhen couldn't help but smile when he saw Xiang Wentian's expression. How could he not know that Xiang Wentian didn't know the Star Absorbing Art? If Xiang Wentian knew the Star Absorbing Art, he could try to see if the Star Absorbing Art could absorb his Zixia Divine Art.

Ever since Xin Zhen started practicing Zixia Magic Art, he always had the feeling that this Zixia Magic Art was not as weak as it appeared when Yue Buqun used it.

Xin Zhen felt a huge difference after all the true energy in his body was transformed into Zixia magic skill.

At first Xin Zhen thought that Zixia Gong was just a technique of using internal force, similar to the Great Shift of the Universe.

But I don’t know if it’s because my physique is different, but after practicing Zixia Gong, the growth of my internal strength is no worse than when I was practicing Hunyuan Gong, and it’s even a little faster.

(End of this chapter)