Let Go of that Girl

"I knew something was wrong with them. They turned out to be demons from the Demon Cult!"

"I said that a woman could never have such a high level of cultivation!"

"Anyone who is a member of the Demon Cult must be killed by anyone!"

"In that case, the previous competition does not count!"

"Yes, who knows what kind of witchcraft they used before!"

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Many of the swordsmen who had left quietly before came back at some point, and each of them was more excited than Tie Qingfeng.

"Interesting, really interesting." Qiao Xiaoqiao couldn't help but stand up and said with a smile: "Master Tie really has a keen eye."

“Still pretending here!” Tie Qingfeng stood up suddenly, stared coldly at Qiao Xiaoqiao, and said with disdain: “I have received a secret report that someone from the Demon Cult has infiltrated the sword meeting, so I came here to watch the battle. Now I have indeed discovered you two spies! Come on, surround them for me!”

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With a loud shout, dozens of palace guards immediately rushed out from every corner, holding spears and crossbows, and surrounded Qiao Xiaoqiao and Gu Hanshuang respectively.

Qiao Xiaoqiao frowned, she was extremely disappointed with the governor. He was so bold to do such a thing for his own selfish reasons. He treated Qingjianzhou as his own home. So she warned him, "Tie Qingfeng, are you sure you want to do this? You abuse your power and use public power for personal gain. You don't want to be a governor anymore, do you?"

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"You still dare to threaten me. You are really stubborn!" Tie Qingfeng shouted and raised his hand to order the guards to take action.

"Master Tie, wait a minute!" This scene made the owner of the manor, Jian Jiuming, dissatisfied, and he couldn't help but speak out to stop Tie Qingfeng.

Tie Qingfeng was about to attack, but was stopped by Jian Jiuming, with a slightly unhappy look on his face: "Master Jian, why are you stopping me from killing the demon from the Demon Cult?"

Jian Jiuming asked casually, "Do you have any evidence that they are members of the Demon Cult?"

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"They have done it so obviously, what evidence do you need?" Tie Qingfeng naturally did not have any evidence, he was just looking for an excuse to vent his anger on his son, "Master Jian, you are not trying to protect these two demons, are you? Look at the swordsmen present, they all think these two women are demons!"

Jian Jiuming understood what Tie Qingfeng and those clamoring swordsmen wanted to do. They simply didn't want a woman to become the sword master. They felt that this would bring shame to Qingjianzhou. However, it was difficult to offend the public anger. After all, the Sword Casting Villa was in the territory of Qingjianzhou, so they had to give face to Tie Qingfeng and those swordsmen.

"They are not demons from the evil cult." At this time, Wu Jiu finally spoke, speaking slowly.

Tie Qingfeng and Jian Jiuming were both stunned. They didn't expect that the imperial envoy would speak for the two women.

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"Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy, why do you say that?" Tie Qingfeng had no idea what Wu Jiu meant, so he had no choice but to ask.

Although Wu Jiu had not received the order from Qiao Xiaoqiao to take action, he would not allow the old man to slander the two hostesses like this: "Because they set out from Lanjing with this imperial envoy and arrived in Qingjianzhou on the same day."

Tie Qingfeng was stunned by these words. He had never expected that the Imperial Envoy would actually speak for the two women. However, he had already made things so serious, and there was no reason to slap himself in the face. He could only defend himself more strongly, "This just shows how treacherous they are. They actually used the Imperial Envoy as a cover. Their hearts are worthy of death, and their actions are hateful!"

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"Do you think this imperial envoy is as stupid as you?" Wu Jiu replied unhappily, and then continued: "Wanting to catch the demon cult monster is a good thing, but using public power for personal gain is a taboo. Lord Tie, please don't make the mistake!"

"Since the Imperial Envoy wants to protect them, I have nothing to say." Tie Qingfeng's expression changed several times, but he finally endured it. He waved his hand to withdraw the crossbowmen and said with a smile: "But I still insist on my opinion. If there are any mistakes later, I hope the Imperial Envoy will not blame me for not reminding you in advance."

Wu Jiu was too lazy to argue with him: "You don't need to worry about anything. This imperial envoy will also investigate the rekindling of the Demon Beacon while visiting Qingjian Province. Just don't make trouble."

"In that case, I'll just watch the show with peace of mind." Tie Qingfeng sat down again with a half-smile on his face.

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Wu Jiu turned his head and said to Jian Jiuming, "The sword will continue."

"Okay." Jian Jiuming guessed that the two women were probably arranged by the imperial envoy, so he said, "Then let's continue. If no one dares to challenge Miss Gu, then she will be the champion of this sword competition."

After asking this question, the audience fell silent.

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"Since no one dares to fight again, I, the owner of the manor, will announce that the champion of this sword competition is Miss Gu." Jian Jiuming deliberately delayed for another two or three minutes before slowly saying, "Go, invite all the participating swordsmen to the lobby to watch the ceremony, and sharpen the magic sword immediately!"

Soon, except for the dead swordsman, all the living people were invited back to the lobby.

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What follows is to witness a miracle, oh no, witness the moment when the sword of the gods is sharpened.

"Please bring out the sacrifice!" The tall butler took over the process, stood under the main seat, and shouted loudly.

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As soon as he finished speaking, a pretty girl with her hands and feet shackled slowly walked to the side of the arena with the help of two maids.

"Burning sword furnace." The tall butler shouted again.

The arena was split into two ends, revealing the sword furnace underneath again. Flames ignited, burning everyone in the hall so hot that they could not stand it.

"Sword of Ascension!"

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Flames flowed in the furnace. The sword, of which only the hilt could be seen, suddenly trembled, as if a red fire dragon slowly rose from the furnace and hovered in the air.

"Throw a sacrifice!"

The two maids pushed the graceful girl and walked slowly towards the sword furnace with blazing flames.

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The young girl was a little frightened and took a few steps back, but the two tall and strong maids held her body and forced her towards the sword furnace.

"I don't want to die, Dad. I don't want to die yet." The young girl looked up at Jian Jiu Ming and begged bitterly while crying.

Jian Jiuming had no expression on his face, and waved his hand calmly: "Don't dawdle. If you delay the auspicious time for the sword to be sharpened, I will kill you two bitches."

The two maids were terrified. They hurriedly picked up the beautiful girl and threw her directly into the sword furnace.

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"Wait, let that girl go." Qiao Xiaoqiao couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she stopped the two maids and said loudly, "Do we have to sacrifice a life to sharpen the sword?"

"Miss Qiao, please be patient." Jian Jiuming explained at this time: "The divine sword is a divine weapon of the time. If you don't offer a suitable sacrifice, I'm afraid it won't be able to reach its peak sharpness. This is the sharpening method that has been passed down in my Sword Casting Villa for thousands of years. We don't blame you for not knowing it, but please don't interrupt the process of offering sacrifices and sharpening, as this will damage the quality of the divine sword."

Qiao Xiaoqiao asked coldly, "Don't you think it's cruel to sacrifice a life for a mere weapon?"

"Cruel?" Jian Jiuming looked confused and asked, "Why did Miss Qiao say that?"

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Qiao Xiaoqiao then said, "Have you asked the little girl's opinion? Will she agree to sacrifice her life?"

"It is my daughter's supreme honor to sharpen the sword. She is grateful enough. How could she refuse?" Jian Jiuming laughed, not thinking there was anything wrong with it. "Besides, devoting oneself to the sword is the natural mission of the women of my Jian family. She has no way of refusing."

Qingjianzhou is a place where swordsmen gather and sword forging is popular. In addition to the Sword Forging Villa, there are more than ten thousand sword forging furnaces of various sizes. It has been a basic operation for sword forgers to offer young girls as sacrifices to the forged swords for tens of thousands of years. Therefore, most swordsmen just watched expressionlessly and did not think there was anything wrong with it.

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"For a mere woman to sacrifice herself for the divine sword is a blessing earned in eight lifetimes!" a swordsman could not help but yell.

Qiao Xiaoqiao glared at the sarcastic swordsmen and said coldly, "If this is a blessing earned through eight lifetimes of hard work, why don't you take it and use it instead of forcing a weak woman to die?"

"You!" The swordsman was choked by Qiao Xiaoqiao and argued, "You are just making up stories. Sacrificing women was a rule set by the sword-making master Jianzi Maya ten thousand years ago! He also sacrificed his own little daughter back then, which made the Haoqi Divine Sword famous in Xianyun Continent."

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"That's right. Sacrificing young girls is a tradition of Qingjianzhou for tens of thousands of years. Do you still want to go against tradition and Jianzi Maya?" Another swordsman could not help but respond.

"That's not right." When Qiao Xiaoqiao was on the Fairy Island, she had read the Qingjianzhou history books that Empress Ji had found in the imperial library. She retorted, "According to the Qingjianzhou Chronicles, after the sword master Maya I forged the Haoqi Divine Sword, his little daughter slipped and fell off the sword furnace. He regretted it and threw himself into the sword furnace, which sharpened the sword and made the Haoqi soar into the sky. So the sword was sharpened because of him. Even if it became a tradition, it should be a sacrifice of men, not a sacrifice of girls. It's nothing more than you men who are greedy for life and afraid of death and bully the weak and the strong!"

This insult made the swordsmen blush. They wanted to refute but didn't know what to say. They had to turn the debate into humiliation and muddy the waters first.

"These two women are so short-sighted. What do they know about swordsmanship and sharpening?"

"Stop talking nonsense! You're delaying the sharpening of the sword!"

"Master Jian, these two women are really insulting the way of swordsmanship, they should be kicked out!"

"You two bitches, how dare you insult the thousand-year-old tradition of Qingjianzhou? You deserve to die!"

"Kill them and restore the reputation of Qingjianzhou!"

“…”

"Shut up, everyone!" Gu Hanshuang swung her sword, and a cold frosty air burst out, frightening the shouting swordsmen so much that they felt cold all over and almost froze into ice.

Those people suddenly fell silent, just as Qiao Xiaoqiao said, they were all bullies who only bullied the weak and feared the strong.

"Master Jian, I have a question for you." Gu Hanshuang raised her eyes and looked at Jian Jiuming.

Jian Jiuming was also shocked by the huge spiritual pressure emanating from Gu Hanshuang, and said slowly: "Miss Gu, just speak frankly."

"Since I am the sword master, does that mean this magic sword belongs to me?" Gu Hanshuang asked calmly.

"According to the rules of the sword association, it is true." Jian Jiuming nodded, but hesitated again, "However, the sword has not been sharpened yet, if..."

"It's fine as long as it's mine." Gu Hanshuang didn't bother to listen to his nonsense and said loudly, "Then I declare now that my sword does not need to be sharpened. Let this girl go immediately."

These words caused a huge ripple. The swordsmen who had been shocked became excited again. Gu Hanshuang was simply provoking the most sensitive and fragile nerve of all the swordsmen and challenging the stubborn tradition of Qingjianzhou for tens of thousands of years. He would not only attract the anger of the swordsmen in front of him, but also the hatred of the entire Qingjianzhou and even all the male swordsmen.

However, Gu Hanshuang was not afraid. She was going to carry out the plan that Qiao Xiaoqiao had agreed on last night.