I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 823: Chapter 767: You Are Heartless!

After Jiang Yuebai and Pei Shengyue’s match ended, the battered grassland soon returned to its original state amidst swirling azure mist.

A gentle breeze blew, the grass lush and verdant.

Lu Nanzhi and Xie Jingshan stood facing each other, silently understanding, they took off their sect robes and removed items with sect insignia, returning to their true selves.

Lu Nanzhi’s silky black hair fluttered in the wind, her black long dress with narrow sleeves adorned with golden patterns had a cold elegance that exuded a sense of winter nights and snowy mountain shadows.

Xie Jingshan, with sword-like brows and starry eyes, was clad in a blue outfit, carrying two swords on his back. The Fat Golden Crow perched on his head warily gazed at the opponent alongside Xie Jingshan.

Clang!

Lu Nanzhi rubbed her thumb, and the sharp sword was unsheathed. Half of the world was instantly ravaged by cold winds and snowfall, with Lu Nanzhi as the center, the grass at her feet frosted and slowly extending outward.

Gulp!

Xie Jingshan swallowed hard, intimidated by Lu Nanzhi’s icy aura. The Fat Golden Crow on his head trembled and covered its eyes with its wings, burying its head in fear.

”Wait, wait,” Xie Jingshan hastily gestured for a cease and retreated, ”Can’t we find a more peaceful way to settle this?”

”No way!” Lu Nanzhi mercilessly replied.

As the frost approached, Xie Jingshan shivered and reluctantly said, ”Fine, can’t I just admit defeat?”

Lu Nanzhi’s gaze sharpened, ”You! Dare!”

As soon as her words fell, Lu Nanzhi struck down with her sword, Xie Jingshan’s eyes widened in horror as the ground shook, and a Six-Sided Ice Wall erupted, instantly enclosing him within.

Inside the ice wall, thousands of swords shot out, each one aimed at his vitals, except for his face.

Xie Jingshan gritted his teeth in anger, ”Lu Nanzhi, you’re ruthless!”

Xie Jingshan felt wronged to the point of burning up; Lu Nanzhi started with a powerful attack, not treating him as a friend at all.

Sure enough, in Lu Nanzhi’s eyes, only Jiang Yuebai was a dear friend who could be treated gently.

Boom!

Golden flames soared into the sky, shattering the Six-Sided Ice Wall, as a Fat Huo Dou, covered in golden fire, stormed out with imposing momentum.

Xie Jingshan stood atop the head of the Fat Huo Dou, with two swords hanging at his side, his clothes fluttering proudly yet gritted with determination.

”Lu Nanzhi, I won’t believe that I’ll always lose to you!”

Xie Jingshan attacked furiously, the double swords swiftly cut through the air, a green and a red sword mark spun and entangled, wind fueling the fire, and at rapid speed, as it reached Lu Nanzhi, it suddenly radiated with light, slashing heavily at Lu Nanzhi’s head.

Lu Nanzhi’s lips curled slightly in barely noticeable amusement, she gripped her long sword and struck defiantly.

Clang!

With an unpretentious move, Lu Nanzhi struck down Xie Jingshan’s double swords in mid-air, the residual force sweeping across, scattering grass.

The double swords transformed into a small Fat Huo Dou and a small Fat Wind Fox, rolling into the grass and landing flat on their faces, intimidated by Lu Nanzhi’s aura, they whimpered and scurried back to Xie Jingshan’s side.

Xie Jingshan swallowed hard once again, the fear from his childhood training being overwhelmed by Lu Nanzhi surged within him.

For sword dao, Lu Nanzhi possessed talent, while Xie Jingshan entered due to the elusive ’Sword Immortal Reincarnation’.

Despite his efforts since youth, sometimes trying hard was futile in the face of innate talent.

Back then, regardless of learning any sword technique, Lu Nanzhi only needed to see the sword manual once and practice no more than three times to grasp its essence.

While he had to bury himself in study, using every spare moment during Lu Nanzhi’s meal and rest times to practice tens, hundreds, thousands of times just to barely keep up.

Yet even so, every confrontation with Lu Nanzhi resulted in him being entirely defeated by her.

Lu Nanzhi never held back, she would use her full strength to crush him, never sparing even a fraction, how many times Shen Huaxi couldn’t bear it and rushed to help him, only to...

Both of them ended up crying from Lu Nanzhi’s blows!

Who would understand that he and Shen Huaxi were like brothers because of Lu Nanzhi, after all, they shared hardships, life and death, even cried together as iron-clad pals, sincerely crying, to the point where snot bubbled!

At this moment, Shen Huaxi outside the arena saw Lu Nanzhi strike Xie Jingshan and couldn’t help but swallow nervously, involuntarily moving slightly behind Jiang Yuebai.

However, because of Lu Nanzhi’s ’pressure’, Xie Jingshan and Shen Huaxi could always stay at the forefront among their fellow disciples, and Lu Nanzhi didn’t merely beat Xie Jingshan, she’d reveal the flaws in his sword techniques during battles.

”Again, let me see how far you’ve progressed over the years!”

Lu Nanzhi coldly commanded, snowflakes swirling around her, the grass beneath her feet frozen, standing expectantly for Xie Jingshan to make his move.