69novels Chapter 178 You came at the right time
Chapter 178 You came at the right time
Mondstadt, in the territory of an old noble family.
No. 1 Ye Li had a look of boredom on his face as he sat at a table on the balcony by the window on the second floor. He slowly glanced to the left and saw a red-haired boy practicing swordplay with another red-haired middle-aged man. He was thinking about what had happened in the past week.
First, he was dragged out by Dicas for pointing and talking about the drinks in the tavern, and then he met a group of people looking for trouble when he was staying in a hotel. Fortunately, although Dicas's swordsmanship was not very good, he still held back a few guys who were fighting with real swords and guns, and held out until the knights guarding the lonely king of the tower came to correct the chaos on the scene.
There was nothing that could be done, because it was the troublemaker who started it first, and Dicas, who started it later, only paid a silver coin as compensation and was then released from the Knights' Camp.
Nothing serious happened in the next few days. They both passed through three cities safely and arrived at the fifth city, which was the location drawn on the old map in Dicas's hand.
As for why Dicas did not drive someone away after arriving at his destination, the reason was that as a businessman, the things possessed by No. 1 Ye Li might help this somewhat declining and even small noble family in the city to improve a little.
After all, that pile of silk clothes and precious items such as jade from Liyue were made with first-class craftsmanship, and coupled with the evaluation of some guys with vision and insight, No. 1 Ye Li, under the helpless expression of Dicas, the grandson of his ancestor was also invited by his current uncle Dicas to temporarily live in this special family with all red hair, some of which have white hair due to old age.
Seeing how hard Dicas was trying to learn swordsmanship from his uncle's eldest son in order to rebuild his family's glory, No. 1 Ye Li could more or less see the problems that the other party had when swinging the sword.
He also studied swordsmanship, and his understanding of the way of swordsmanship was enough to make all the swordsmen in the entire continent of Teyvat go crazy looking for him to learn or seek insights.
After all, from the time he started to cultivate the sword intent to the point where he had engraved the golden elixir with the Five Great Daos, the effort he had put in was no less than that of Lucas.
Of course, the situations of the two cannot be generalized.
Yawning, No. 1 Ye Li reached out to take the teacup poured by the maid beside him, and said lazily:
"I'm really bored. If I had known, I would have gone out to a tavern and evaluated the drinks there instead of watching a grown man swing a sword."
"Brother Ye, do you have any unique insights into the swordsmanship I created?"
At this time, the white-haired old man who was sitting opposite No. 1 Ye Li and also watching Dicas swinging the sword hard raised his eyebrows and looked at the foreign merchant in front of him with interest.
"It's mainly because I've seen too many and too detailed divisions in the swordsmanship in my hometown. Each school has its own unique flavor and method. The swordsmanship you use is an extension of another path, but in the end, they all end up in the same place, and they can't get away from the basics of point, horizontal, chop, split, lift, and stab."
"Well said. It seems that Brother Ye has also practiced swordsmanship. I wonder if you can spar with me. I am also curious about what the difference is between foreign swordsmanship."
No. 1 Ye Li had a slightly strange expression on his face. He looked at the elderly man in front of him who was almost 60 years old and said in an uncertain tone:
"Old man, are you sure?"
"It seems that I have been underestimated." The white-haired old man laughed loudly, with a glimmer of light in his turbid red eyes, and said in a tone of former heroism:
“Hahahaha! I’m Ludica Legenfind, one of the top 100 knights in the Knights’ Camp. Even though I’m old, I can’t be looked down upon by young people. Little brother, just tell me whether we want to compete or not. If I beat you, you have to exchange your treasured possessions with me.”
"What if you lose, old man?"
No. 1 Ye Li's tone was just right, from his original indifference to seriousness, and he spoke with a slightly serious expression.
"If I lose, I will give you the most expensive wine in my family. What do you think? You won't lose anyway."
Rudica laughed so loudly that his voice reached the ears of Dicas who was practicing sword on the second floor below. For some reason, an ominous premonition took root in his mind, as if the days to come would be more difficult than the present.
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Xumi is on the sea route leading directly to the North Sea from the border of Liyue Sea.
The water in the sea was surging, and the residue formed by countless demons began to pollute and spread the sea. However, before it spread to a certain area, it was surrounded by countless huge rock spears to form a formation and suppressed here. The residue and resentment could not shake it in the slightest.
Above the sea, a figure wrapped in a black robe swung his sword at the three slightly injured and very embarrassed enemies in front of him. The golden sword light flew out and forced them back a thousand meters away.
No. 4 Ye Li looked at the West Sea Alliance army in front of him with a lack of interest. The army had already been defeated and only three upper demon gods were left, watching him vigilantly. He said with a hint of ridicule in his tone:
"It's really scary. You actually let a group of my men blow themselves up and die with me. It's a pity that I ran away a little faster, otherwise you would have succeeded."
In this road-blocking attack, No. 4 Ye Li fought while holding up his shield, in order to buy more time for his main body to delay the West Sea Alliance's army on Xumi's side.
But he didn't expect that these guys were so cruel that they would use their own little brothers to blow themselves up, causing huge tsunamis to be set off wave after wave, and a small piece of the sea surface was evaporated.
"Damn it, the plan failed. Keep the manpower and retreat."
The leader, the upper demon god, had a flash of fear and dread in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and conveyed the order to retreat to his companions behind him. He turned around and split into three streams of light, fleeing in different directions.
"Want to run? Have you got my permission?"
The voice of No. 4 Ye Li echoed around, and the three demons were so frightened that they ran as fast as they could, wishing they had two more legs.
A stream of golden light streaked across the sky, and the invisible spear became real, piercing the throat of the leader demon god, directly sealing the opponent's power to escape, shocking and terrified him, and finally dissipated under the sword light.
The other two demons were so frightened when they saw this scene that they ran away even faster.
But it was too late to run away, because the sand flow and vegetation in front of them had already cut off their way, and no matter how they attacked, they could not break through that barrier.
"Damn, why is this sand so solid?"
At this time, the demon god who was running towards the south kept shooting out flames, blasting the sharp sand flow in front of him into potholes, but he couldn't break a gap.
"Where does this sea come from? Get out of here, annoying branches!"
The fleeing demon god in the north looked at the countless plants and trees rushing out from the deep sea in front of him, quickly growing into a forest on the sea. With the nutrients from the water, they continued to extend huge branches to block his way. The wind blades in his hands kept cutting, but the endless branches made him despair.
The demon god who ran away first had been killed by someone's gun. At this moment, No. 4 Ye Li, who was rushing to one of the places, looked at the demon god in front of him who was wrapped by countless branches and exhausted with a smile. He turned his head and looked at the Great Compassion Tree King Dao floating in the air next to him, which had the aura of the king of plants:
"You came at the right time and saved me a lot of effort."
The Great Compassionate Tree King smiled and waved his hand gently. The forest that appeared on the sea surface was instantly compressed into a prison, bringing the demon god, who was already exhausted and had no light in his eyes, to Ye Li's side.