Chapter 171: One Knife

Soon, Hu Jiaode stopped, and the scene reflected by the flying knife also froze, only swaying slightly with Hu Jiaode's body.

Obviously, Hu Jiaode has not discovered anything unusual about the flying knife. This is an alternative application of the "Demon Eye". It is no longer a pure spell, but uses a special flying knife as a carrier. Of course, these flying knives are very mysterious. They are specially made and the process is not complicated. However, because they are not mass-produced, they cost a lot of money, which Qi Xuansu cannot afford.

Yao Pei said softly: "He went to the lower palace."

"How come the blockade between the upper palace and the lower palace is like paper? Come and go as you say." Qi Xuansu said.

Yao Pei said: "If you have the cultivation level of a heavenly being and have lived in the Wanxiang Dao Palace for many years, it will not be difficult to go to the lower palace quietly."

Qi Xuansu thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case: "Are we going to the lower palace?"

"Of course I want to go. In terms of my familiarity with the Lower Palace, I'm not as good as you. Take a closer look, where is this place?" Yao Pei pointed at the scene in the fragments.

Qi Xuansu carefully identified it for a moment and said: "This should be a place not too far from Xingye Lake."

"Star observatory?" Yao Pei asked.

Qi Xuansu shook his head and said: "No, Xingye Lake has an irregular shape, so its embankment is also winding and quite long. This place is relatively remote and is quite far away from the observatory."...

Yao Pei took out a gold and jade pocket watch, looked at the time, and said: "In another quarter of an hour, if Hu Jiaode has not moved, then we will rush over immediately."

"How do we get down?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Yao Pei took out the token that Sun Hewu temporarily lent her: "Of course, go down from Mingtang in an honest manner."

Qi Xuansu said no more and waited quietly for a quarter of an hour to pass.

The perspective of the flying knife only moved left and right in a small range. It seemed that Hu Jiaode was pacing back and forth, no longer moving at the same high speed as before.

Yao Pei's eyes were looking at the dial, watching the hands move slowly, and then he closed the watch cover: "Let's go."

The two left Duiyuan and went directly to Mingtang.

The four doors on the second floor were all equipped with spiritual officers, but they did not prevent others from entering the Mingtang. Only when going to the first floor would there be special spiritual officers blocking the way. However, after Yao Pei showed Sun Hewu's token, these The spiritual officer quickly let them go. After reaching the first floor, there were still spiritual officers guarding the main entrance, and they were subject to interrogation when entering or exiting.

The two of them walked out of the main entrance on the first floor of the Mingtang Hall and arrived at the Lower Palace.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but be filled with emotion. After many years, he finally set foot on the land of the lower palace again. It could be said that he returned to his hometown.

Qi Xuansu looked around and said, "It seems like nothing has changed, it's still the same."

"In a few decades, this place will still be the same. Every plant and tree will affect the formation of the entire Wanxiang Dao Palace. It's not easy to change." Yao Pei Shajing said.

Qi Xuansu sighed, said nothing more, and led Yao Pei in the direction of Hu Jiaode.

Compared with the upper palace, the lower palace did not have as many formation restrictions and the defense was relatively loose, so the two of them did not encounter any obstacles along the way and quickly arrived at the shore of Hoshino Lake.

Hu Jiaode stood among the white reed flowers, only his upper body could be seen, and the flying knife on his body was shining with light.

He turned around suddenly, the sword in his hand reflected the moonlight, dazzling Qi Xuansu's eyes.

Hu Jiaode's face was extremely ferocious, with clouds all over his face and full of evil aura, and he stared at the two men fiercely.

Yao Pei's face was expressionless and his tone was calm, but the content of his words did not hide his disappointment: "He's just pacing back and forth here and doing nothing?"

She designed a not-so-clever trap in a hurry. Hu Jiaode seemed to have fallen into the trap, but he seemed not to have fallen into the trap.

Qi Xuansu had already pressed down on the handle of "Fei Ying" and said slowly: "It seems like this."

Yao Pei held a flying knife between the two fingers of his right hand. Her eyes could even be reflected on the clear blade: "Hu Jiaode, my patience is limited, I can give you one last chance."

Hu Jiaode finally said: "Yao Pei, your Yao family has a better reputation than the Li family, but that is because your Yao family is low-key. If you really want to talk about it in detail, how much better can it be? It falls to you Will there be any luck in my hands?"

Yao Pei stopped talking nonsense, raised his hand, and the flying knife shot out.

Although Hu Jiaode was on guard, Yao Pei predicted his dodge position in advance, so he was unable to dodge the knife and half of his ear was cut off, dripping with blood.

At the same time, Qi Xuansu also drew his sword and rushed towards Hu Jiaode.

The two fought again, and Qi Xuansu directly used the "Magic Sword" this time, but even so, it was still not easy at all. It was the "Thirty-Six Swords of the Big Dipper" known as the most lethal, plus Hu Jiao Qi Xuansu's moral cultivation is a level higher, and his fighting style is completely disregarding his life. No matter how intuitive and keen Qi Xuansu is, he is still defeated by ten skills.

In the blink of an eye, without any other means, Qi Xuansu could only fight with weapons, but could only parry, without the ability to fight back. Nine out of ten moves were defensive dodges, and only one could counterattack.

If it weren't for Yao Pei's pressure, Qi Xuansu would have been thinking about how to escape.

Just when Qi Xuansu gradually felt that his madness was about to take over his reason, Yao Pei finally took action. The speed was not very fast, but every step he took was just right to avoid the blockage of Hu Jiaode's sword energy. He got close to Hu Jiaode and had more in his hands. A press knife.

This is a short knife for self-defense. As the name suggests, it is used to press clothes. It is slightly longer than a dagger, but not too long. A tyrant in the martial arts world once used this knife to kill his mistress, so it became famous.

But when it comes to fighting head-on, this short weapon has a natural disadvantage. Qi Xuansu didn't expect Yao Pei to use such a weapon.

The next scene is not so mysterious. In the eyes of ordinary people, it will only feel ordinary. It's like a weak woman who can't use a knife at all, holding a short knife in her hand, step by step towards the swordsman wielding a long sword. The pace is normal, taking one step and stopping two steps, and the swordsman seems to ignore this woman at all, and only cares about fighting with the young man with a knife in front of him.

Although the woman's steps are messy, her speed is very fast. In the blink of an eye, she is only three feet away from the swordsman.

Hu Jiaode knew his own suffering. It was not that he did not want to stop Yao Pei, but every time he used his sword to stop him, Yao Pei seemed to have foreseen it and just dodged it. When he turned to deal with Qi Xuansu, Yao Pei took a step forward again. Every move was within her expectations. There was no sharp sword energy, nor was there a crazy momentum. Just walking and stopping, he came to Hu Jiaode lightly.

Hu Jiaode suddenly forced Qi Xuansu to retreat, and used the "Sword Shocking Cang Lei" style in the "Thirty-six Swords of the Big Dipper". As long as Yao Pei and the long sword in his hand intersected, he could use the sword intention to resonate with the true energy and shake the true essence in Yao Pei's body.

But Yao Pei just staggered a body position and actually dodged the sword, as if he had foreseen it. He even took this opportunity to get within three feet of Hu Jiaode and stabbed Hu Jiaode's heart with the pressing knife in his hand.

Hu Jiaode had no choice but to take a step sideways, holding the clothes-pressing knife with two fingers of his left hand that had not held the sword, and directly used the "Original Sword Qi" from the "Thirty-six Sword Art of the Big Dipper".

Yuanshi is the unity of yin and yang, the beginning of form, and it is transformed into form with qi. It has form but no substance. Since it has no substance, it cannot be followed, and it has no birth or death, so it is not bound by things and cannot be controlled.

In an instant, with Hu Jiaode's location as the center, the area within a hundred feet was full of sword energy.

There was no room to dodge.

Without seeing how Yao Pei moved, two snake shadows appeared with her as the center, forming a closed circle, covering an area of ​​about three feet.

Within the range of the snake shadows, everything lost its color and turned into pure black and white, and it also froze and stagnated.

It seemed that time stopped at this moment.

Those invisible sword energies were naturally no exception, and they completely stopped when they were less than half a foot away from Yao Pei.

Hu Jiaode still had a look of surprise on his face, as if he had seen something very scary.

Yao Pei pulled the clothes-pressing knife back from between Hu Jiaode's two fingers, and thrust it in again.

Almost at the same time, the two snake shadows began to fade, and Hu Jiaode regained his color, no longer still, and returned to normal visibly with the naked eye.

But it was too late, Yao Pei had already stabbed Hu Jiaode's heart with a knife.

Hit the bull's eye.

Yao Pei was also a celestial being in the free and easy stage, and she was a banished immortal, possessing semi-immortal objects, and she had a mind but no intention, and she also had Qi Xuansu, a helper, to attract attention from the front and create conditions for her.

With so many factors added up, Yao Pei had a huge advantage of crushing, and only one knife could decide the outcome, as well as life and death.

This was also the difference between Yao Pei and Qi Jianyuan. She was an extremely pragmatic person, and everything was for winning. In this respect, she was quite similar to Qi Xuansu.

Even if a celestial being's heart breaks, he will not die immediately. However, the clothes-pressing knife in Yao Pei's hand is obviously not an ordinary thing. Hu Jiaode's true energy and vitality began to dissipate rapidly.

A moment later, this special golden and purple instructor fell to the ground.

After Qi Xuansu was forced to retreat, he had been "appeasing" his madness and did not take advantage of the situation to attack. When he regained his composure, he saw Yao Pei groping on Hu Jiaode's body and found a Sumeru object that looked like a jade pendant.

With Yao Pei's status, she certainly was not greedy for that little money. She must be looking for relevant clues.

After a while, Yao Pei suddenly grasped the jade pendant in his palm, frowned for the first time and said: "No..."

"What do you mean no?" Qi Xuansu asked, "Is it a list? If there are not many people, then there is no need for a list, just remember it in your heart, it is reasonable that there is no list."

Yao Pei shook his head and said: "It's not a list, it's a container."

Qi Xuansu was stunned: "What container?"

Yao Pei said: "Of course it is a container for divine power. Since they are seeking the divine power in the statue of the Supreme Saint, and they can't take the statue away as a whole, then there must be a special container for the incense and vows. How could there be no container? What went wrong?"

"Is the container on those minions? Or was it hidden somewhere by Hu Jiaode?" Qi Xuansu said.

Yao Pei didn't speak, and fell into deep thought, his eyes gradually turned white.