Chapter 23: Encounter with the Enemy!

  As he walked out of the valley, that man was still standing there. The impression Xiao Yun had left on him was obviously very deep. Seeing Xiao Yun come out, he recognized him at a glance. Seeing Xiao Yun empty-handed, he immediately curled his lip and a hint of disdain flashed across his eyebrows.

  Xiao Yun smiled calmly and didn't bother with him. As he walked past him, he casually tossed a mid-grade spirit crystal over.

  He subconsciously reached out and took it, and the man was stunned for a moment. When he clearly saw that it was a medium-grade spirit crystal in his hand, he suddenly felt overjoyed.

  The man's expression on his face completely changed. A low-grade spirit crystal he could look down on, but a mid-grade spirit crystal was equivalent to two months of his salary, absolutely a big income. In this market, there were many people coming and going every day, but few gave him tips, let alone one that handed out a mid-grade spirit crystal at once.

  "Thank you..."

  When he came back to his senses, Xiao Yun's figure was already gone from in front of him. The man tightly grasped the Ling crystal in his hand, indeed, one cannot judge a person by appearance.

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  "Xiao Shixiong, I've already fixed your guqin for you, take a look."

  By the stone elephant lake, although these two days were again chopping firewood and carrying water, Xiao Yun still arrived on time for the appointment. Lin Chuoyin handed over Xiao Yun's paulownia wood zither, the broken string had been replaced by a new one.

  Xiao Yun took over the Tongmu qin, the string was a brand new white one. With a light strum, an instant burst of sound rang out on the qin. She cocked her head to listen, turned the tuning pegs to adjust the pitch.

  "This string is made from the mane of a white horse," said Lin Chuyin, "although it looks a bit mismatched, but it's already the best material I can find!"

  "It's already good enough, thank you Miss Lin." Chen Dashi said gratefully. This string is much better than the previous one, it can be seen that Lin Chuyin really put in a lot of thought.

  "Alright, you two can stop being polite now. The Elite Assembly is just around the corner and Elder Xiao's zither has been repaired. Hurry up and teach us how to cultivate our melody! These past two days, I and Shifu have had many places of confusion that we urgently want to ask you about." Luo Qing said from the side.

  He Lin and Chu Yin exchanged a smile, then Xiao Yun asked, "What don't you understand?"

  "It's not that we don't understand, but the sheet music you gave us is a bit too difficult." Lin Chuoyin smiled wryly. They had always been practicing simplified scores, and suddenly switching to high-level precise scores was bound to leave them with many parts they didn't understand.

  The two women immediately surrounded Xiao Yun, taking turns speaking as if they wanted to hand over all the difficulties and doubts they had encountered in their cultivation to Xiao Yun for solution.

  After listening to Xiao Yun's explanation, the two girls looked thoughtful. After a while, they each took out their own guqin and sat on the grass, starting to practice playing.

  Under the guidance of Xiao Yun, this 'famous teacher', the two women made very significant progress, with a huge improvement compared to a few days ago. Later on, Xiao Yun even took out the Feng Ming Xiao and started playing it, harmonizing with the two women's guqin and xiao.

  The two women occasionally looked up at Xiao Yun, their eyebrows furrowed in confusion and surprise. To them, this senior brother was too mysterious, not only was he proficient in the art of qin, but his flute playing was also so smooth, it made them wonder if he was a disciple of the Tianyin Sect, as if when it came to music, Xiao Yun didn't seem to have anything he didn't understand.

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  It was almost noon when he left the two women alone by the lake to practice their music. Xiao Yun bid farewell and departed.

  The mountain road is difficult to walk, with a storage bag, the firewood cut out is all put in the storage bag, Xiao Yun feels much lighter, walking while humming a little tune.

  "Hmm, young man, you look like you're in a pretty good mood!"

  He turned into a small grove, and suddenly a voice came from the front. Xiao Yun raised his head to look, two men in green clothes came out from behind a big tree, with their arms around each other, looking at him with a playful and leisurely expression.

  "Is it you? What do you want?" Seeing the two people in front of him, Xiao Yun's eyebrows immediately furrowed. These two were none other than Qin Yu and Xiao Ming, the elite disciples from Jingyuan Academy who had clashed with him at Lingyao Hall that day.

  "Haha!" Qin Yu walked over slowly, a hint of coldness in his eyes. "What did you say? Kid, it must have felt great hitting me with that one punch at the Lingyao Hall that day. Are you interested in coming at me again?"

  "I don't know what you're talking about, would you mind moving aside and not blocking my way?" Xiao Yun's face turned extremely ugly upon hearing this.

  No doubt this guy must be here to settle the score with himself, these days haven't seen any movement from him, and he thought it was all over, but it turns out he's been waiting for himself here, this guy can really hold back, looking at the situation, it's absolutely not a coincidence that they bumped into each other, but rather they deliberately waited here, in other words, they also spent their minds figuring out his whereabouts.

  "Stop pretending to be stupid!" Qin Yu suddenly changed his face, staring fiercely at Xiao Yun, "Don't think that just because you're a miscellaneous servant under Shifu's command, I won't dare to do anything to you. I'm telling you, servants are always just servants. If you dare to fight back, that's a capital offense. As long as I do it cleanly, no one will suspect me."

  "It seems that you have been carefully planning your revenge. " Xiao Yun sneered, secretly guarding against his move on herself.

  Qin Yu was a master of the early stages of the Realm of Joy, but Xiao Yun's heart did not have any fear!

  "Hmph, you're about to die and yet you're still so calm. A servant like you who can rise to this position is truly rare in history. But let me tell you, a servant will always be a servant. A salted fish will never be able to turn over!" Qin Yu's tone was icy cold, the ruthless intent in his eyes not hidden at all.

  "Xiao Yun, don't blame me for not helping you. If you kneel down and apologize to Qin Shixiong now, I can still help you beg for mercy and let Qin Shixiong spare your life." Xiao Ming stood aside with a zither in his arms, but he couldn't help speaking out at this moment. Although it was he who had instigated Qin Yu's plan to take revenge on Xiao Yun, when the time came, he became somewhat timid instead. He had never experienced killing anyone before.

  "Huh?" Qin Yu heard this and suddenly smiled, "Alright, little Xiao, if you really kneel down and beg me, then I'll spare you today for the sake of your senior brother Xiao."

  Qin Yu's tone was extremely arrogant, Xiao Yun was just a joyful child boundary, last time he was only able to take advantage of his unpreparedness and launch a sneak attack on him, this time he would absolutely not make the same mistake again, in Qin Yu's eyes, Xiao Yun was as weak as a chick, he had that confidence, even if he only used one hand, he could still eliminate Xiao Yun.

  Xiao Yun's face sank, "What if I don't?"

  "Then take a look at this forest, do you like it? If you do, I'll make it your burial ground." Qin Yu glanced around, his face wearing a playful smile, but his eyebrows were shrouded in an aura of killing intent.

  "Heh heh, thinking of killing me? I'm afraid you don't have the ability to do that yet." Xiao Yun replied coldly, her face showing undisguised disdain.

  "Hmph, still stubborn even when death is near. Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish. Remember, this is the consequence of offending me!"

  Qin Yu was extremely displeased with Xiao Yun's tone, and the anger that had been pent up in his chest for several days was triggered by Xiao Yun's words, causing him to suddenly go berserk. He took two large strides, covering nearly ten meters, and directly punched towards Xiao Yun's head.

  Qin Yu's speed was extremely fast, his realm of joy and labor had reached a high level, his strength could surpass a thousand catties. Xiao Yun didn't dare to harden the attack, he could only choose to dodge and hide, immediately urging the spiritual platform, the majestic energy poured into the seven-note divine image, each note flew out, gathering in the center of the spiritual platform as a human figure, 'Caiyun Zhuiyue Qu' was added to his body, his toes lightly touched the ground, quickly retreating backwards.

  "Huh?"

  With a punch in the air, he looked up and saw Xiao Yun standing ten meters away from him, her eyes wide with surprise. Qin Yu's face flashed with astonishment.

  This kid really has some strength, and he can actually dodge his own attack, not hitting once. Qin Yu becomes even more furious, and again rapidly charges towards Xiao Yun, using all his might to slap a palm at Xiao Yun's chest.

  "Bang!"

  That palm was about to slap onto Xiao Yun's chest, Qin Yu even felt that he had touched Xiao Yun's collar, but it was suddenly dodged by him. The palm slapped a small tree behind Xiao Yun, accompanied by a loud noise, and the thick thigh of the small tree was broken in half.

  Witnessing this scene, Xiao Yun secretly thought that he was lucky. If not for the advantage of his agility and combat skills, that palm would have landed on himself, and even if he didn't die, he would have been severely injured.