Mortal Bones

"Master, good news, good news!"

In the afternoon of the next day, in the villa provided by Qingxuan Sect for Huang Maple Valley and his party, Du Ziyin, a disciple of Huang Maple Valley, shouted and rushed into the main room quickly.

"Ziyin?"

Hearing this, at the top of the hall, a middle-aged man who was playing chess with his eldest disciple Shen Li raised his head and looked at Du Ziyin with a frown.

"Why are you in such a panic?"

he asked somewhat displeasedly.

"Master, the head of Qingxuan Sect has agreed to my Huang Maple Valley disciple's question about Xu Taiping, and asked Master to go and have a detailed discussion with him."

Du Ziyin replied excitedly.

Upon hearing this, the chess piece held by the owner of the Yellow Maple Valley shattered into pieces with a "pop" sound, and then he slapped the table hard with excitement on his face and said:

"good!"

The eldest disciple Shen Li, who was sitting opposite the chess table, also looked happy when he heard this.

"It's not in vain, Master, that you and I have been waiting in this mountain for nearly a month."

Shen Li smiled and threw the chess pieces in his hands into the chess box.

"Zi Yin, go and send a message. Your senior brother and I will visit Master Zhao in person in an hour."

The owner of Huang Maple Valley glanced at Du Ziyin.

"Disciple, obey!"

Du Ziyin immediately turned around and ran quickly out of the hall again.

As soon as Du Ziyin left, the owner of Huang Maple Valley looked at Shen Lida again:

"Although Du Ziyin and Xue Jian will ask Xu Taiping for swords this time, I know very well how many pounds they have. The only disciple in Huang Maple Valley who can really fight Xu Taiping this time is you, Xiao Li."

"Master, don't worry. I have already seen the Moon Shadow Stone that Du Ziyin and Xuejian brought back yesterday. I am at least 80% sure when I ask Xu Taiping about the sword this time."

Shen Li said with determination.

"80% sure?"

The owner of Yellow Maple Valley was a little surprised.

In his original idea, as long as he was 50% sure, Shen Li could fight Xu Taiping.

"From yesterday's battle with Junior Brother Ziyin and Junior Sister Xuejian, I can conclude that Xu Taiping's cultivation is still at the God Refining Realm, and there is no improvement compared to a few months ago."

"This proves that he was indeed under the bone-crushing curse."

Shen Li explained to the owner of Yellow Maple Valley.

"What I just said is just one of them."

He took out a Moon Shadow Stone from his arms and continued:

"During this period, the disciple has repeatedly watched every competition he had in the Golden Scale Association. The disciple has found ways to restrain his sword skills, boxing skills, and even the sword realm and martial arts ultimate intention."

"In addition, the disciple has already broken through to the Watching Heaven Realm, and can surpass him in terms of cultivation level."

"This disciple has no reason to lose."

When saying this, Shen Li always had a confident smile on his face.

Hearing this, the owner of Yellow Maple Valley suddenly felt happy.

He knew Shen Li's personality very well and knew that Shen Li would never be able to say these words unless he was really sure.

"In this case, I will go and talk to the leader of Zhao. As long as I can get you, Xiaoli, to be qualified to participate in the Qingyun Association, and as long as the Qingxuan Sect's request does not endanger the foundation of Huang Maple Valley, I will agree to it!"

The owner of Yellow Maple Valley also made up his mind at this time.

…

And on this evening.

Among the jade slips of many monks in Zhenwutian, they all received a message from Jiufu——

"Three days later, July 23, noon."

"Xu Taiping, Qingxuanzong, accepts the sword inquiry from Huang Maple Valley disciples Shen Li, Du Ziyin, Zhu Xuejian, Jiang Yuan and Zhu Yunpeng."

"At that time, all knights only need to spend ninety-nine gold coins to watch the sword question in the spiritual mirror."

"This is the first time for Jinlin Leader, and it will most likely be the last time that he will be asked about swordsmanship by Zhenwutian disciples. All knights, please don't miss it."

Just one message sent the entire Zhenwutian cultivation world into an uproar—

"Didn't Xu Taiping fall under the Bone Crushing Curse and become a mere mortal? How dare he accept the sword question from the disciples of Huang Maple Valley?"

"A few days ago, we went to visit Qingxuanzong and wanted to ask Xu Taiping for swordsmanship, but Qingxuanzong refused directly. What benefits did the Yellow Maple Valley give Qingxuan?"

"Qingxuanzong won't even risk the lives of its own disciples for some benefits, right? As far as I know, the cultivation level of Shen Li, the great disciple of Huang Maple Valley, seems to have broken through to the realm of Wangtian!"

"A hundred gold coins are spent to watch a question of swordsmanship. Are these Jiufu trying to steal money? I definitely won't watch it!"

For a moment, countless monks picked up the jade slips in their hands and began to communicate with each other.

Some scolded Qingxuan, some scolded Xu Taiping, and some scolded Jiufu for being greedy.

Of course, until the end of the scolding, most of the monks still obediently dug out the spiritual mirror in the cabinet, then drew the runes left by the Jiufu in the summons on it, then poured in a hundred gold coins, and finally cursed. :

"This hundred gold coins should be considered as my share of the money to buy a coffin for you Liu Chuxuan!"

…

"Ah...ah sneeze!"

In the study of the Lord of the Nine Palaces, Liu Chuxuan, who was staring happily at the spiritual mirror, suddenly sneezed heavily.

"Master, it seems that many people are scolding you."

The oriole on the side smiled when he saw this.

"Go ahead and scold me. After the scolding, don't you still have to pay to watch this competition?"

Liu Chuxuan stroked his beard and smiled heartily.

"But to be honest, Taiping's willingness to accept this question is indeed a bit beyond my expectation."

Huang Que suddenly frowned and looked at a messenger jade dish beside him.

On the jade plate, under Xu Taiping’s name, there was a short line of text——

"Qingxuan will get five, I will get three, and Jiufu will get two. Otherwise, forget it."