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Chapter 300: Chapter 221: Mountain and Sea Blade, Flee at First Glance
 

On the imperial road, Ma Gu was engaged in heated battle, alone with his saber, against over a dozen disciples.

Surprisingly, with his own saber technique, he forced the group of disciples into constant retreat.

This scene not only made Wei Zian’s blood boil but also left Zhao Qianlin flabbergasted.

She could never have imagined that this slightly lean figure, who during his days hiding from the rain at the Taoist temple, either chopped wood or tended to horses or kept to himself, possessed such formidable martial arts prowess.

He was able to face over a dozen disciples from Flowing Cloud Sect all by himself.

One should note that among those disciples, several were of the same realm as Ma Gu, having also achieved Great Success in the Muscle Bone Realm.

Yet under Ma Gu’s saber technique, they seemingly couldn’t withstand his attacks. It was incredible.

“Old Ma’s Mountain and Sea Saber Technique is quite well-practiced; it has a bit of Senior Wei’s essence already. Given time, he may well reach the Grandmaster Level.”

Lu Qing gave an approving look when he saw Ma Gu’s saber technique.

Ma Gu was currently using the Mountain and Sea Blade, a technique taught to him by Wei Shanhai.

It was a technique of Grandmaster Level that Wei Shanhai himself had created and perfected before stepping into the Innate Realm by integrating all he had learned.

As Wei Zian’s master, Ma Gu had been living in a separate residence of the Wei Family for the past two years, guiding and supervising Wei Zian’s cultivation.

Wei Shanhai often stayed in the residence for short periods, and upon seeing Ma Gu’s diligence, would teach him his once-famous saber technique on a whim.

And he would occasionally offer him pointers.

Sometimes, when Lu Qing saw Ma Gu practicing his saber skills, he would share his insights as well.

Under the tutelage of these two Sword Dao Grandmasters, who had both grasped the sword intention, Ma Gu’s saber technique had made leaps and bounds over the past two years.

He was not too far from reaching the Grandmaster Realm of the Harmony of Strength and Gentleness, meticulous and profound as it was in saber skill.

Because of this, he was able to fight back the group of over a dozen Flowing Cloud Sect disciples with just himself and his blade.

“Doctor Lu, let me help my master too?”

Seeing his master look so formidable, Wei Zian, who was watching at the side, felt his blood surge and was itching to get involved.

Lu Qing pondered for a moment.

The Wei Family had brought Wei Zian along precisely for this kind of experience.

Now was undoubtedly a great opportunity.

He nodded, “Go ahead, but be careful.”

“I know!”

With Lu Qing’s permission, Wei Zian immediately became excited.

Reaching behind, he pulled out two short sticks he had been carrying on his back, joined and twisted them with both hands, turning the two pieces of steel into one long staff.

“Master, I’m here to help!”

Wei Zian called out as he leapt into the battlefield. His staff, swift as a shooting star, aimed for the head of a Flowing Cloud Sect disciple wielding a sword.

That disciple, initially seeing Wei Zian as just a young boy and underestimating him, showed a ruthless glint in his eyes upon the attack.

Forcing out a flurry of sword shadows, instead of retreating, he advanced towards Wei Zian, intending to strike him down in one go and disturb Ma Gu’s state of mind.

He had heard quite clearly a moment ago, this youngster with the staff calling Ma Gu ‘master.’

If he could kill him, or even injure him, Ma Gu would surely be thrown into disarray.

Then, his formidable blade technique would inevitably show a flaw.

Despite this being Wei Zian’s first true combat experience, he did not panic when facing the dazzling sword shadows of the enemy.

With a laugh, he shook his iron staff slightly, and a sudden burst of staff shadows enveloped the sword-wielding disciple from Flowing Cloud Sect.

The overpowering force of the heavy staff technique instantly broke through the opposing sword shadows, followed by a continuous succession of strikes, with one blow landing squarely on the chest of the Flowing Cloud Sect disciple.

Wei Zian’s iron staff, weighing dozens of pounds, combined with his powerful strength, was simply too much for the young disciple who had just entered the Muscle Bone Realm to handle.

His chest caved in, he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed limply on the ground.

One Breath Stick Technique!

This revamped stick technique by Lu Qing had been completely handed down to Wei Zian after he stepped into the Muscle Bone Realm a year ago.

Over the past year, he had cultivated it to a state of utmost proficiency.

This was the first time he wielded it against enemies and, to his surprise, he had achieved a significant feat, slaying an opponent of the same realm.

“Master, let’s face the enemy together!”

With a successful strike boosting his confidence, Wei Zian called out and spurred his stick technique into action, twirling like a dancing dragon, pushing back several opponents in front of him to join forces with Ma Gu.

“Good, let’s fight the enemy together!”

Ma Gu, seeing his disciple’s valiant performance, was greatly delighted. He laughed loudly and once again swung his blade forward.

With Wei Zian covering for him, Ma Gu no longer had to worry about his back. His saber technique became even more ferocious and within moments had injured three more disciples from the Flowing Cloud Sect.

Altogether, five disciples from the Flowing Cloud Sect had fallen, leaving fewer than ten able to fight.

As strength ebbed and flowed, the united front by master and disciple Ma Gu became even more organized, pressuring the remaining disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect.

This scene was a continuous surprise for Zhao Qianlin.

She had never expected that on Old Doctor Chen’s side, not only was Ma Gu so formidable, but even the usually quiet and servant-like Wei Zian also possessed such astonishing strength. It was completely beyond her expectations.

She remembered how she had just been persistently urging the elder doctor to flee, and her face burned with embarrassment.

It turned out she was the one with a shallow understanding, having failed to see that the coachman and the servant by the elder doctor’s side were, in fact, such high-level martial artists.

No wonder their composure that day when her master mentioned they were being pursued by the Flowing Cloud Sect; they had such a reliable force to count on.

“A bunch of useless trash!”

Seeing more than ten disciples he had brought under suppression by two individuals on the opposite side, even suffering casualties, the man in grey’s expression turned remarkably ugly.

Inside, he was seething with rage.

These two, Ma Gu and Wei Zian, only showed Muscle Bone Realm cultivation.

Even if they had formidable martial arts and techniques, among the more than ten disciples he brought along, all were also Muscle Bone Realm martial artists.

A few of them had cultivation no lesser than Ma Gu, having reached the Great Achievement of Sinew and Bone.

Yet, under such a disparate comparison of strength, his own people failed to overcome the opposition; instead, they were slain by the enemy. How could he maintain face?

His face smeared with a ruthless look, the man in grey once again raised his bow and arrow.

However, just as he was about to shoot Ma Gu and his disciple from the shadows, he suddenly felt an intense chill rise from his heart.

The man in grey stiffened. Following the direction of the chilling sensation, he turned his head stiffly.

There, he met a pair of tranquil eyes.

“If I were you, I’d choose to put down that bow and arrow,” Lu Qing said indifferently.

The man in grey stared at Lu Qing, the chill enveloping his entire body.

At this moment, how could he not realize that Lu Qing, seemingly of low cultivation and harmless, was actually a terrifying being?

Otherwise, he, a strong practitioner of the Internal Organ Realm, would never tremble instinctively just from the other’s gaze.

He had hit a snag!

Although he did not understand why the seemingly young Lu Qing gave him such a terrifying feeling,

the man in grey trusted his martial artist intuition, honed through countless trials and ordeals.

The group before him wasn’t simple passersby that he originally thought could be easily squashed, but were instead disguised so as to consume the tiger – appearing weak yet concealing a fearsomely powerful existence!

Escape!

Realizing this, the man in grey made an immediate decision.

He cast aside his disciples still in combat, wove a series of movements, and directly employed his movement technique to flee backward.

He had chosen to flee without fighting!