10: Chapter 10 Encounter

[Year 19]

[It has been a year since you obtained the Innate Sword Qi. You have spent most of your time on cultivation, only doing a daily review of your hidden weapon techniques and archery.]

[Under such hard work, by the end of this year, you still broke through to the sixth level of the True Qi Realm.]

[Innate Sword Qi can now leave the body up to ten meters.]

[Within ten meters, it is a dead-angle-free attack.]

[Of course, this consumes quite a bit of True Qi. You prefer to use it in coordination with hidden weapons; this way, the attack power is strong and the endurance is high.]

[Coupled with the Ultimate Sword, the kite-flying playstyle couldn't be more stable.]

["It's almost been twenty years. I'm very close to the fifty-year goal."]

[You let out a breath.]

[One skill point every fifty years.]

[I'm really looking forward to it!]

[Kill Line, Zhou Poison, and Infinite Storage Space have all been of great help to you.]

[Although the side effects are a bit ridiculous, it's not like they're unmanageable.]

[Time continues to flow.]

[The sun rises and the moon sets as time shifts.]

[Year 20]

[You are thirty-five years old now.]

[Because of your cultivation, you still look young.]

[You're too lazy to tie up your white hair, letting it hang loose all day. Your eyes are bright and piercing.]

[Your face is like polished jade, handsome and outstanding, with a compelling heroic spirit.]

[You sit up from the ground and messily tug at your white hair: "Ah, even if I'm in the True Qi Realm, so what? I still have to wash my face and hair, shit and piss, eat and drink."]

[Well, at least you don't need to sleep anymore.]

[You make your daily complaint, glance at the massive stockpile of supplies and gold/silver in your space, and look at the ever-growing sea of Zhou Poison. Your mood improves significantly.]

["Innate Sword Qi, the future Sword God—why hasn't anyone come to seek revenge on me yet?"]

[You stretch and mutter to yourself.]

[But you quickly shut your mouth.]

[Someone is coming.]

[Outside the door, a Man in Black wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a scimitar walks over step by step.]

[You raise an eyebrow.]

["Who is it?"]

[The Man in Black takes off the bamboo hat, revealing a flawless face, and smiles at you from fifteen meters away.]

["Is Your Excellency Zhou You, the son of Zhou Zhuan?"]

[Looking at the woman opposite you, you feel nothing in your heart.]

[After all, with Zhou Poison present, it's really hard for you to be interested.]

["I am not."]

[You say solemnly: "Miss, you must have the wrong person. I am Hang Dali, an ordinary..."]

["Stop quibbling!"]

[The Black-clad Woman interrupts you: "You are Zhou You."]

["Revered Master already told me your location. Revered Master would not lie to me."]

[She smiles: "Father, today I shall avenge you..."]

[True Qi erupts as she prepares to throw the bamboo hat in her hand.]

[However, how could you give her the chance to attack?]

[The moment you hear the word 'revenge,' you react instinctively. Innate Sword Qi pours into your hands, and both hands become a blur of afterimages.]

[They flicker incessantly near your nostrils, ears, mouth, and eyes.]

[Immediately after, a spray of gold, silver, black, and white light rains down upon the Black-clad Woman.]

[The bamboo hat in her hand falls heavily to the ground as she hurriedly circulates her True Qi for defense: "Despicable and shameless! To use such low-life methods..."]

[You threw out over a thousand hidden weapons in one breath, not caring about her words at all.]

[By now, you've already taken out your bow and arrow, drawing it to full strength and aiming right at her.]

[At the same time, all the hidden weapons close in on the Black-clad Woman.]

[Innate Sword Qi surges back and forth. The Zhou Poison on the hidden weapons turns into a thick mist, first soaking her clothes.]

[Then, all the hidden weapons envelop her.]

[At the critical moment, the Black-clad Woman throws out a medallion.]

[A sudden burst of scorching light blooms, blocking all your hidden weapons.]

[Clang, clang, clang!]

[Darts, flying knives, plum blossom needles, and iron chains fall all over the ground.]

[But the Black-clad Woman has no time to worry about that. She has already been poisoned; she collapses to the ground, her whole body limp and in great distress, with numbers constantly floating above her head.]

[-1]

[-2]

[-1.1]

[Watching this scene, you are exceptionally surprised.]

["What was that medallion just now?"]

["Isn't that a bit too overpowered, you bastard?"]

[Even as you say this, you release the bowstring.]

[An iron arrow flies out. This time, there is no medallion to defend her, and the arrow successfully pierces her abdomen.]

[As Zhou Poison enters her body, she loses even more health.]

[-8]

[-9]

[-9]

[But compared to others, it's still too slow.]

[This woman's poison resistance is quite high.]

[You walk forward, looking at the Black-clad Woman who only has 25 HP left, and can't help but ask: "Who is your father?"]

["Li Hu!"]

["How hateful!!"]

[The Black-clad Woman glares at you through gritted teeth: "I thought I could avenge my father after breaking through to the Peak of True Qi, but I didn't expect you to have such methods."]

["Disgusting, insidious, nauseating..."]

[You didn't expect her to be Li Hu's daughter.]

[It seems you didn't finish the job back then!]

[There was nothing you could do. You worked very hard at the time; who would have thought Li Hu had a daughter who survived?]

[You shake your head and step on her chest.]

[With a flick of Innate Sword Qi, you pop the medallion off the ground.]

[You catch it in one hand. The medallion is small, about the size of a wristwatch, with the character 'Gu' written on it.]

["Surnamed Gu... that's not good. People named Gu are not to be trifled with."]

[Based on your experience of being immersed in web novels for over a decade, the Revered Master behind this woman is definitely not simple.]

[Thinking of this, you can't help but lick your lips: "Maybe it's a skill point."]

[Surnamed Gu, with a beautiful female Disciple—this kind of setting sounds like a Protagonist's fate.]

[However, for the other party to find you so easily, they must have some tricks up their sleeve.]

[You look at the woman beneath your foot and ask again: "Miss, if I may ask, how old are you this year?"]

[The Black-clad Woman sneers and simply closes her eyes to wait for death, not bothering to answer you.]

[You get angry: "Am I the villain here?"]

["Back then, it was your father who conspired with other families in Qingyun City for his own benefit to attack my Zhou Family."]

["Your father killed my Second Senior Sister and wanted to kill me. What was I supposed to do!"]

[Your emotions are a bit intense. You take out a long sword and sever one of her hands in a single strike: "You think you're being righteous right now?"]

["In order to survive, I've been hiding for twenty years. Do you think it's easy?"]

[The Black-clad Woman is stunned.]

[She never thought you would say such things.]

[At this moment, her health is down to only 11.]

[With Zhou Poison plus a severed limb, it's hard for her to survive.]

[She closes her eyes again.]

["No matter what, you killed my father. The debt of a father's death is irreconcilable."]

["I am not your match. Kill me."]

[She endures the pain and weakness to utter those words.]

[Just then, you finally snap out of it.]

[Something is wrong.]

[Something is very wrong.]

[Under normal circumstances, you wouldn't talk nonsense and waste time at all.]

[Coming back to your senses, you stab her with your sword, directly severing her head.]

[Only after doing this do you feel much better in your heart.]

[A thin layer of sweat breaks out on your back.]

["Was I being manipulated?"]

["When did I fall for it? That shouldn't be possible."]

[You take a step back.]

[You collect the hidden weapons from the ground, then habitually search the body.]

[You didn't expect to actually find something.]