Chapter 136: Golden Horn turns into Haoyang, Battle of Yanming Lake!
After fighting with Sword Saint Liu Bai and crippling the butcher and the drunkard, Ning Que returned to the back mountain of the academy.

Not long after Ning Que returned, he was approached by Situ Yilan, whose purpose was to seek revenge on her for being killed by Xiahou Jie.

"Mr. Ning, I wonder if what you asked me about the gift I wanted after entering the academy still counts?" Situ Yilan looked at Ning Que who was playing chess with Mo Shanshan with anticipation.

"Of course. Tell me, what do you want?"

Ning Que put down the chess piece in his hand and looked up at Situ Yilan.

"I want Mr. Ning to teach me how to defeat Xiahou!"

"Xiahou?"

Ning Que was puzzled, and then he figured out the twists and turns. One of the reasons was that Situ Yilan wanted to settle the feud with Xiahou, and there was another reason, which was related to her ambition.

Situ Yilan wants to prove to the world that she is qualified to be a female general of the Tang Empire, and the simplest and most effective way is to defeat Xiahou, the veteran general of the Tang Empire.

But Ning Que did not agree immediately, but asked: "Why don't you go find the teacher?"

"I've looked for him. The teacher said he has something to do during this period, so he asked me to come and find you." Situ Yilan said with a wry smile.

"All right!"

Ning Que looked at the stubborn and determined Situ Yilan in front of him. It was obvious that it was impossible to ask her to change her mind. There would be a battle between Situ Yilan and Xiahou.

Otherwise, Situ Yilan’s thoughts would not make sense!

Ning Que smiled slightly and agreed: "In that case, I have some grievances with Xia Hou, so I can use your help to resolve them."

"When will you duel with Xiahou?"

Situ Yilan felt a little embarrassed at this time. She recalled the scene when she rashly signed a decisive battle contract with Xiahou:
Situ Yilan stopped Xiahou on the street and said, "I have some grudges with General Xiahou before, so I want to fight with you to see who is better and to decide life and death!"

"I know that I can't kill a great general who has been guarding the border for the Tang Kingdom for many years and is about to die of old age without any reason."

"So, I plan to resolve the grudge between us in my own way."

Situ Yilan took out a dagger and cut her left hand. The blood flowed down her palm and soaked the duel contract. She used her strength to lift the contract and flew in front of Xiahou.

"Okay, you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"

Without saying a word, Xiahou drew a long sword from the waist of his personal guard and cut his palm to swear an oath.

"Thirty days later, at Yanming Lake, life or death will not matter!"

.........

After getting Situ Yilan's answer, Ning Que glanced at Situ Yilan, who was still smiling, speechlessly. This girl was really rash in doing things.

In thirty days, it is undoubtedly impossible for a cultivator at the upper level of the Dongxuan realm to defeat or even kill a martial arts master by conventional means.

The only thing I can do is to cheat for her!

"Where is the Golden Horn?"

As Ning Que finished speaking, the golden-horned boy appeared in front of Ning Que in a hurry, with a chicken leg stuffed in his mouth and his face greasy from eating.

“Ugh…Pah!”

The golden-horned boy pulled the chicken leg out of his mouth, then hurriedly saluted and said, "Master, are you looking for me?"

Ning Que's mouth twitched when he saw this. He slowly raised his right hand, a light of creation flashed in his eyes, and his hair fluttered in the wind.

Then he pointed his finger into the air, and a strange and special force spread out layer by layer like water ripples with Ning Que as the center.

The golden-horned boy in front of them turned directly into the prototype of the golden-eyed unicorn, and then turned into a golden spear engraved with ancient seal characters in front of the two of them.

The words "Haoyang" are written on it!
"Alright!"

Ning Que held the Golden Scale Spear in his hand. A golden glow on the tip of the spear seemed to be able to illuminate the rules. It was the will of the God of Light. The boundless Haotian Divine Light seemed to have received an order, shining brightly and rushing towards Ning Que.

Endless light enveloped Ning Que's figure, and the dazzling sunlight made it almost impossible for Situ Yilan to open her eyes.

She could only cover her eyes slightly with her hands, hoping that she could see Ning Que's movements more clearly.

When Situ Yilan saw clearly, she found that the light of the sun in the sky had become dim, as if the temperature had been forcibly taken away by someone.

In front of Ning Que, circles of golden flames were floating. The extreme brightness and scorching temperature made the space creak, and even the space could not bear it.

"The bright sun melts gold, the blue flames are boundless!"

Ning Que drew mysterious patterns in the air with his hands, and the golden flames containing countless lights and scorching temperatures turned into ultimate power that covered the gun body.

The gun body was scarlet-gold, with shadows of the sun wandering on the tip. The sharp gun intent did not conceal its power. Silky bright divine wills turned into golden clouds, as if leaping and rejoicing on the gun body.

From time to time, a little bit of brilliant fragments were scattered, breaking up the clouds in the sky, and under this devastating force, they were all turned into ashes.

With one shot, chaos returns to its original state!

In order to comply with the rules of the Ever Night world, the path that the Golden Horned Boy takes is the path of the sun's light, and he can condense the golden flame of the sun.

The bright divine will therein was also obtained by Ning Que when he comprehended the apocalyptic state of mind of Haotian Divine Glory. It was to evaporate and annihilate the enemy with the help of the brilliance of the sun.

As for the Silver Horned Boy, needless to say, he took the Road of the Moonlight. However, there was no moon in the world of Ever Night yet, so he could not exert much power.

In order to avoid Haotian's vigilance, Ning Que lent Situ Yilan the spear transformed by the golden-horned boy.

"Here, how much do you understand about the trajectory just now?" Ning Que asked Situ Yilan.

“I just understood a little bit…”

Situ Yilan felt a little embarrassed. Such a power that could allow her to defeat Xiahou was right in front of her, but she couldn't grasp it. She felt extremely unwilling.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Ning Que handed the Golden Scale Spear to Situ Yilan and said:

"For the next period of time, I will suppress your cultivation to the same level as you, and hone your combat experience. During this period, I will not be gentle with you. Sangsang will apply medicine to you at night, so you must be prepared."

Ning Que said the most heartbreaking words in calm voice.

After that, Situ Yilan experienced things that shattered her worldview every day. Although Ning Que was obviously at the same level as her, Situ Yilan was beaten all over by Ning Que every time.

At the beginning, she couldn't even take a single move, but Ning Que could accurately hit Situ Yilan's weakness with every move.

Time passed little by little.

The snow was floating in the air, falling on the eaves, on the city walls, and on the hurried shoulders of passers-by.

By the lake, Ning Que looked at the gray-haired but energetic leader of the Tang Dynasty military, with a hint of respect in his eyes.

Although this old man was always worried that the strength of the academy would affect the operation of the empire, as the military leader of the Tang Empire.

Without this kind of dedication to the country, it would be detrimental to the country's development. At least, General Xu Shida only wanted the country to become better when it came to the academy, and he had no selfish motives.

He is fair and selfless, and this alone is enough to make him worthy of Ning Que's admiration.

"Meet General Xu Shi!"

Ning Que nodded and smiled in a friendly manner.

"Mr. Ning is also interested in the battle between the girl Situ Yilan and General Xiahou?" Xu Shi was a little puzzled.

In his opinion, a cultivator like Ning Que should not be interested in a fight between cultivators of this level. It would be like two children fighting with weapons, which was not worth watching at all.

"Isn't General Xu Shi here too?"

Ning Que smiled slightly and said, "Logically speaking, the general should be in the Ministry of War and discussing the next war with the generals instead of coming here."

"Xiahou did something wrong. He robbed and killed the Thirteenth Master of the Academy without authorization. He should pay the price. We should not just look at who has made contributions to the country and break the law."

Ning Que didn't care about the hostility in Xu Shi's tone and spoke calmly.

"How does Mr. Ning know the Ministry of War's recent plans?" There was fear in Xu Shi's eyes, his hand on his pistol, as if he was ready to fight to the death if there was any disagreement.

"It's simple, because I was the one who suggested it."

Xu Shi took his hand away from his pistol and looked at Ning Que in disbelief.

"A new era is coming, are you ready, General?"

Ning Que looked up at the sky, his tone inexplicable, full of determination and uncertainty. Xu Shi was speechless, but just bowed to Ning Que.

Outside the capital, in a dense forest of towering trees, an ascetic monk in tattered clothes holding a wooden staff came quickly towards the city of Chang'an.

Suddenly, the monk stopped and heard the rapid chirping of cicadas all around.

.........

Yanming Lake, the cold weather has frozen the lake surface.

Xiahou held his spear on the ice, wearing a bright armor, looking at Situ Yilan, with invisible auras colliding.

Situ Yilan did not carry the Qingluan Spear as usual, but quickly opened the box in front of her and assembled the Thirteen Yuan Arrows.

The bowstring is pulled, runes flow on the arrow, and the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the back mountain shows its edge.

"call out!"

The arrow was enhanced by the talisman and the bow formation, and its speed was invisible to the naked eye. Xiahou was worthy of being a martial artist at the peak of martial arts. A layer of black aura enveloped him.

Situ Yilan's arrow, which came at high speed, hit it, and its powerful force was melted and fell on the ice. Seeing that it could not break through, Situ Yilan shot the remaining arrows at the ice next to Xiahou.

The arrow hit the water, and the backup plan buried underwater was triggered by the talisman. Situ Yilan had made a lot of preparations for this battle.

Soldiers who, deception also!
Situ Yilan's realm is far inferior to Xiahou's, so don't blame her for using all her tricks.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Countless flames engulfed Xiahou. Situ Yilan stared at the lake without blinking. The flames rising into the sky could be seen from far away, touching the hearts of many people.

The exploding flames melted the snow around Yanming Lake. Just as Situ Yilan was waiting anxiously, in the flames, Xiahou flew out from the bottom of the lake with majestic momentum and fluttering hair and beard.

This powerful attack didn't hurt him at all.

"Do you think you can defeat me just because you know I'm afraid of water? You've used up all your thirteen arrows, right? What else do you have?"

Xiahou sneered and hurt Situ Yilan's heart with words.

"With the spear in my hand!"

Situ Yilan reached out into the air with her right hand, and a golden spear with dazzling golden light appeared out of thin air in her hand.

"Comparing guns?"

"Haha, interesting!"

Xiahou seemed to be interested.

The spear is the king of all weapons because it is difficult to defeat any other weapon. People respect the spear as the king of arts because there is no other skill that can surpass it!

"I will let you know that the pinnacle of martial arts cannot be shaken by your Dongxuan realm!"

Xiahou lightly tapped his heel, and the spear spun and flew into the air. After reaching out to catch it, he rushed straight towards Situ Yilan.

A bit of cold light arrived first, and then the gun came out like a dragon.

Xiahou was originally from the Demon Sect. He absorbed the vital energy of heaven and earth into his body, so his speed was naturally very fast.

Add to that more than ten years of fighting on the battlefield, if the original Situ Yilan faced such an opponent, it would be really difficult.

After more than twenty days of Ning Que's fighting instruction, Situ Yilan had already learned how to use ten points of strength to achieve twelve points of result in a fight.

Xiahou no longer concealed his origins as a member of the Demon Sect. His blood and martial arts aura mixed together, and a series of gun shadows enveloped Situ Yilan.

Situ Yilan stood with the spear horizontally in front of him, taking a defensive stance. The golden flames and flowing clouds were like the divine light of Haotian, pure and bright. The powerful force flowed along the Jinlin spear and turned into a wall of golden light.

The shadows of guns hit the golden wall with a clanging sound. This was the second time after Ke Haoran that the people from the academy had fought with pure descendants of the Demon Sect.

After blocking it, Situ Yilan turned from defense to offense and rushed towards Xiahou at a very fast speed with the Golden Scale Spear in hand.

"clang!"

"clang!"

The sounds of gunfire colliding could be heard, like a hymn to the snow and wind.

Xiahou took advantage of Situ Yilan's unpreparedness, seized an opportunity, grabbed Situ Yilan's ankle, used the bow and horse as one, and smashed hard in the opposite direction.

"Oh!"

Situ Yilan was smashed heavily on the ice by Xiahou. The powerful force passed through Situ Yilan's body and spread to the ice surface, causing spider-like cracks to appear on the ice surface.

It is conceivable how great a shock Situ Yilan suffered.

Xiahou originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when Situ Yilan was smashed on the ice to kill Situ Yilan with a single shot, but at the critical moment, Situ Yilan's Golden Scale Spear was against his chest, and Xiahou failed.

So, the moment Situ Yilan turned over, he gathered strength with his right foot and kicked her directly in the stomach.

Situ Yilan could only insert the Golden Scale Spear into the ice and use the resistance to stop herself.

She drew a long wrinkle on the wide surface of the lake.

"Come again!"

Situ Yilan let out a stubborn growl, and his figure flashed at an extremely fast speed. He ran directly in the void, like a ghost, appearing and disappearing out of nowhere, and killing Xiahou from incredible angles.

But in the end they were all blocked by Xiahou.

"Hoohoo!"

Situ Yilan was breathing heavily. This method of borrowing power from the void was extremely taxing on him, but in the end it had no effect on Xiahou.

"Try this trick!"

"Rushing to the sea, the sword intent of the great river!"

Situ Yilan used her spear as a sword and displayed Liu Bai's Great River Sword Intent. The countless snow on the lake surface turned into transparent long swords, which turned into a river of sword intent by Situ Yilan and rushed towards Xiahou like a torrent.

The spear turned into a golden dragon, controlling the long river of sword energy. The golden dragon was in charge of the sword river in the sky, merging with the intention of the dragon turning into a dragon, with an overwhelming and irresistible force, more surging than the original sword intention of the river!

This Great River Sword Intention was also the skill that Ning Que taught Situ Yilan in this month after he analyzed the Great River Sword Intention. After all, it has its merits.

"Withering and flourishing, the fighting spirit is overwhelming!"

Xiahou's spear drew out a series of trajectories, and for a moment, the scene of spring and summer withering and flourishing, and yellow sand on the battlefield appeared, with Xiahou as the source, colliding with the sword intent of the river.

"boom!"

"Cough, cough!"

Situ Yilan was half-kneeling on the ground with her spear poking into the ground. There were tiny holes in her clothes, and blood was spreading inside.

"Situ Yilan, as a girl, you are indeed very capable. You have learned the Demon Sect, the Academy, and even Liu Bai's Great River Sword Intentions. However, you are only a cultivator in the Dongxuan realm."

"Now that all your trump cards have been used up, you still can't kill me. This is destined to be your burial place."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xiahou laughed arrogantly.

"Who said I've run out of cards?"

Situ Yilan placed her hands on the Golden Scale Spear and stood up little by little. She seemed to be chosen by the light. The light flowed over her body like water waves, and the simple spear body turned into a red-gold color.

"The bright sun melts gold, and the bright light breaks armor!"

Situ Yilan roared and stabbed out a huge red-gold spear shadow, with endless sharpness, extreme temperature, and powerful aura that swept across everything around.

Wherever the gun shadow passed, the frozen lake surface was unfrozen and shattered. Xiahou was horrified by this sudden attack that exuded an extremely terrifying aura.

The energy of heaven and earth in his body turned into a barrier, and at the same time activated the runes on his Mingguang Armor, making them operate at full power.

However, under the absolute power, Xiahou's barrier only held out for a moment before Situ Yilan's spear pierced through his chest, and even the spear in his hand broke into two!
This spear was created by Situ Yilan specifically for Xiahou. She knew that it would be impossible for her to master the spear taught by Ning Que in just one month, so she simply settled for the second best and focused on breaking armor.

With the power of Haoyang's molten gold, Situ Yilan could break Xiahou's defense. As long as she could stab him, she would win.

Xiahou slowly lowered his head and saw a huge wound on his chest, then looked up at Situ Yilan.

Situ Yilan was seen leaning on the golden spear, leaning against the wind, and barely standing.

When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

Xiahou said slowly: "Situ Yilan, I have lived my whole life for others, but you are different. I envy you very much."

"So, you have to live well and live better than anyone else. I hope you can take good care of Datang. If possible, please take care of my poor sister."

It was as if Xiahou had a last burst of energy. After saying these words to Situ Yilan, he looked in the direction of the imperial palace and slowly turned into countless tiny particles of dust, dissipating between heaven and earth.

Only the broken spear on the lake surface proved that he had been there.

Ning Que saw this outcome. Since Xiahou was dead, the cause and effect had been resolved. He turned and left, but with a soul in his hand.

In another unknown place, Li Manman had a shocking battle with Ye Su from Zhishou Temple. He looked at Ye Su, standing in front of him, without moving a step.

As the battle of Yanming Lake came to an end, Li slowly looked in that direction with a smile on his face.

"I lost!"

Ye Su's expression was gloomy. He had clearly already broken through the mysteries of life and death and reached the end of the five realms of the human world, but now, he couldn't even break the defense of the great master of the academy.

“Is this the academy?”

Beside Ye Su, Ye Hongyu, dressed in red, looked at her brother whose faith was shattered, feeling very sorry for him.

"I have learned how to fight with Jun Mo. It's normal that you can't beat me. Your path is not in Zhishou Temple. Maybe you should go out into the world more often."

Li Manman didn't want to see the fall of a genius, and for the sake of Ye Hongyu and Chen Pipi, he couldn't help but give Ye Su some advice.

(End of this chapter)