The Counterattack of the Villains

At two quarters to noon, that is, around 10:30 in the morning, Ruan Xingzhu brought breakfast, a bowl of vegetable porridge, a plate of pickles, and a few pancakes.

After breakfast, Li Mu continued to work until the sun set.

After a whole day of pondering and many attempts, Li Mu was still unable to integrate the sword energy of the Six Meridians Divine Sword into the long sword.

Because when the true energy condenses into the fingertips, it has already formed the sword energy. Once it is released from the fingers, it has a direct killing effect without any conduction effect.

After comparing the Yi Yang Finger and the Six Meridians Divine Sword back and forth, Li Mu gradually felt the veins.

He finally understood that it was simply unrealistic to turn the Six Meridians Divine Sword into a long sword.

In other words, after the Six Meridians Divine Sword is transformed into a long sword, it is no longer the Six Meridians Divine Sword.

Although the Six Meridians Divine Sword is based on a Yang Finger, it is not a Yang Finger after all.

Only the Six Meridians Divine Sword cast with fingers is the real Six Meridians Divine Sword.

If you want to use a long sword to release sword energy or form a sword glow, that's no problem.

Li Mu slightly changed the route of the true energy, then output the true energy from the Laogong point in his palm and poured it into the long sword.

However, the sword energy released by the long sword is not the six-meridian sword energy, and cannot have the effect of the six-meridian divine sword at all.

Sword Qi and Six Meridians Sword Qi are completely different things.

The sword energy shoots out directly and becomes an invisible air sword, creating a long-range assassination effect.

It cuts out with a crescent-shaped air blade, causing a long-range chopping effect.

When it condenses on the sword body but does not emit, it can form a sword light, which has an indestructible melee killing effect.

But no matter what, it cannot be as majestic, dexterous, erratic, or clumsy as the Six Meridians Sword Qi, let alone the six meridians coming out together to form a sword formation.

The weapon is an extension of the arm, but it is not a real arm after all, because the weapon has no meridians and acupuncture points.

After Li Muming realized this, he finally stopped forcing it. He just practiced to release the sword energy and condense the sword light, and then let go of the matter.

With sword energy and sword light, coupled with the sky sword technique, it is enough to be rampant in this world. The Six Meridians Divine Sword can be regarded as its strongest trump card.

Li Mu thought to himself, if in the future he could use this unique skill of sword energy and sword light to become a sword master, would others think that he was just relying on his sword skills to show his power?

It would be fun if the enemy thought he had no sword in his hand and was almost useless.

I tried my best to make myself without a sword, thinking that I would be defeated, but I found that I was even scarier without a sword. When the time comes, I would ask the other person, "Are you surprised or not?" It felt like, tsk tsk...

At a quarter past one o'clock in the afternoon, Ruan Xingzhu came to ask Li Mu to have dinner and followed her back to Ruan's house. The apprentices had already dispersed.

The food has been put on the table, and Ruan Xiong, his wife, and Ruan Baiming are sitting under the eaves waiting.

Seeing Li Mu come back, Ruan Xiong stood up and asked with a smile: "My dear nephew, will you gain anything if you work hard for a day?"

Li Mu smiled and nodded: "It's a great harvest, uncle, please take a look."

As he spoke, he pulled out the long sword and held it straight outwards. Nine Yang Zhen Qi ran along a specific route and poured into the sword body through the Laogong point in the palm of his hand.

Ruan Xiong and his wife, as well as Ruan Xingzhu's sister and brother, saw a faint purple light glowing on the sword body.

The next moment, the purple light extended forward along the tip of the sword until it was six or seven feet long before stopping.

The purple light was clearly a slightly illusory long sword. Although the tip was uncertain, it clearly looked like the tip of a sword.

The four members of the Ruan family were stunned. Ruan Xiong said in disbelief: "My dear nephew, could this be the one in the legend..."

Li Mu nodded affirmatively and said: "Yes, this is the sword light, which can cut through gold and jade, and is invincible."

After cutting off the true energy output, the sword light disappeared, and Li Mu returned the sword to its sheath.

Ruan Xiong said in a daze: "My master told me about this back then, and he said that since the Tang Dynasty, no one in this world has practiced sword light for nearly two hundred years."

"I never thought that I would be able to experience such magical skills in my lifetime. I will have no regrets in this life."

What Mrs. Ruan was thinking about was that this person who had mastered a magical skill that no one had mastered for two hundred years was her future son-in-law. That would be great.

…

There was no drinking tonight. After dinner, the four members of the Ruan family sat in the hall with Li Mu and talked about business.

Ruan Xiong smiled and asked Li Mu: "Xiannephew, what are your plans for the matter between you and Xingzhu?"

Li Mu thought for a while, then said seriously: "Uncle, aunt, Xingzhu, I have to apologize to you for something."

After saying that, he stood up and clasped his fists, giving a deep bow to several people.

Ruan Xiong's face changed slightly, and Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Xingzhu's mother and daughter felt their hearts tremble.

Ruan Xiong asked solemnly: "What is the good nephew talking about?"

Li Mu stood up and said with shame: "My nephew's surname is not actually Li, nor is his name Li Mu. This is just my nephew's pseudonym."

"But my nephew likes Xingzhu and wants to be with her forever, so we must not hide this. If Xingzhu doesn't want to get married because of this, my nephew has nothing to say."

Since she has decided to marry Ruan Xingzhu, she will know about it sooner or later.

Instead of waiting until her identity is revealed later and letting her blame herself for hiding it for so many years and having a grudge against her, it would be better to make it clear from the beginning.

If Ruan Xiong is courageous enough, maybe he will be a big help to him.

Ruan Xiong and his wife looked at each other, and Mrs. Ruan asked tentatively: "Is it because of the identity of the nephew? Is there any danger?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "You can say that."

Ruan Xiong's expression also became cautious, and he said slowly: "Where does the young master come from?"

Li Mudao: "My nephew's real name is Duan Yanqing, and he was the former crown prince of Dali."

"What?" Ruan Xiong stood up suddenly, shocked.

Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Xingzhu also looked at him in surprise. Ruan Baiming looked at this and that. He was a little confused about the situation and did not dare to speak rashly.

Li Mu sighed softly and spoke eloquently: "Three years ago, there was a rebellion in Dali. The powerful minister Yang Yizhen launched a mutiny. After killing my father, the emperor and my mother, he proclaimed himself emperor."

"My nephew took advantage of the chaos and escaped from Dali, went to the East China Sea, and worked hard to practice his family's secret skills. After two years of martial arts success, he wanted to return to Dali to kill Yang Yizhen and regain the throne."

"So my nephew returned to Dali half a year ago, only to find out that Yang Yizhen proclaimed herself emperor and only served on the throne for four months before being executed by Marquis Shanchan."

"They couldn't find their nephew and thought that he was no longer alive. But the country could not live without a king for a day, so they made Duan Zhengming, his cousin, emperor."

"By the time my nephew returned to Dali, Duan Zhengming's foundation was solid and unshakable. Even my uncle who was a monk in Tianlong Temple refused to help me."

"He is only willing to teach me the Duan family's supreme skill, the 'Six Meridians Divine Sword', as compensation. My nephew has no choice but to leave Dali for the time being, planning to secretly accumulate strength and wait for an opportunity to regain the throne in the future."

After listening to Li Mu's story, Ruan Xiong and his wife were speechless for a long time. They never expected that Li Mu's origin would be so amazing.

Ruan Xingzhu lowered his head slightly, biting his lower lip and said: "Brother Li... Duan, if you take back the throne and become emperor, there will be many concubines in the harem, right?"

Li Mu said solemnly: "No, you are overthinking this. Although the Duan family of Dali is a royal family, they can also be regarded as people of the world, which is different from the Song Dynasty."

"We yearn even more to find a woman who truly loves us and to be together for the rest of our lives."

"No one in the court will force the emperor to marry more concubines. My cousin Duan Zhengming, the current emperor of Dali, is just a queen."

After listening to Li Mu's words, Ruan Xingzhu raised his head, looked at him and said firmly: "If this is the case, I am not afraid of danger. As long as eldest brother doesn't let me down, even if you fail to seize the throne, at worst, I will accompany you to death."

Ruan Xiong's eyes narrowed and he was about to say something, but when he saw his daughter's firm gaze, he swallowed his words again.

When my daughter gets older, she belongs to someone else’s family after all!