After Zhou Zhiruo recovered from her injury, she had a sparring match with Xiang Yan. After the fight, she suggested to Xiang Yan that he should not use a knife when fighting with others, and that it was best to fight the enemy with bare hands.
Xiang Yan's swordsmanship is so poor that as long as the opponent has some martial arts skills - such as Zhou Zhiruo herself, he can easily snatch the weapon from Xiang Yan's hand using the skill of "seizing the blade with bare hands". Xiang Yan's use of weapons cannot increase his own combat power, it will only deliver weapons to the opponent.
What's more, if Xiang Yan uses fists to fight against the enemy, the opponent may only use fists to deal with Xiang Yan because of his face. Xiang Yan's defense was good, even if he received a few punches from the opponent, he might not be in trouble. But if Xiang Yan uses weapons against the enemy, the opponent will also use weapons against Xiang Yan out of caution. Xiang Yan's sword skills are too poor and he will definitely not be able to block the opponent's weapon. When the time comes, it will be Xiang Yan himself who is unlucky.
Xiang Yan was convinced and threw away the long swords that he had taken from the officers and soldiers. Therefore, when fighting Toutuo at this time, Zhou Zhiruo was holding a long sword while Xiang Yan was using his bare hands.
Zhou Zhiruo took advantage of Toutuo's fight with Xiang Yan and jumped back. Seeing Xiangyan being beaten back by Toutuo, he stabbed towards Toutuo again with his sword. Zhou Zhiruo's long sword was raised lightly, and she floated forward with a graceful posture like an immortal. The sword blade stabbed the lower body of the tutu several times, but the tutu leaned to dodge. After several moves, Zhou Zhiruo couldn't hold on anymore and was in danger.
Xiang Yan had finished adjusting his breath at this time. When he saw this, he rushed forward again and exchanged palms with Toutuo. His confidence suddenly increased: "Zhou Zhiruo is good at Qinggong. Toutuo can't defeat him within a few moves; Toutuo's skill is not better than mine." How much, he can't be hurt within one move. Zhou Zhiruo entangles the Tutuo, and rushes up to withstand the killing move at the critical moment. With the two of them joining forces, it's hard to say whether they can capture the Tutuo, but the Tutuo wants to capture the two of us. It’s not that easy.”
After a few more moves, Zhou Zhiruo couldn't resist again, and Xiang Yan rushed forward to defend Zhou Zhiruo from Toutuo. When his palms met, Xiang Yan felt that there was nothing in front of his fist, and his fist had no place to put any force. He staggered, his blood boiled in his chest, and he felt indescribably uncomfortable. Toutuo took the opportunity to sweep his leg over. Xiang Yan felt a pain in his left leg and heard a "click" sound. The tibia of his left calf had been broken. Xiang Yan suddenly fell to the ground, his heart filled with despair.
Just as Xiang Yan fell down, a golden flower suddenly rubbed Xiang Yan's scalp and shot towards Toutuo. Toutuo couldn't dodge and stretched out his hand to block it, but Jin Hua penetrated his right hand. Jinhua was blocked, changed direction, and shot Toutuo on the left shoulder. Toutuo turned around and ran away. Xiang Yan was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat: "If Toutuo hadn't knocked me down, Jinhua would have shot me."
There was a cough not far away, and a rickety old woman slowly walked out with a cane. Zhou Zhiruo saluted hurriedly: "Thank you, senior, for saving your life. Please give me your surname. In the future, if senior has instructions, I will never give up even if I die." Xiang Yan had no choice but to salute the old lady and thank him for saving his life.
The old woman said: "Children, are you from the Emei sect? I heard that the Emei sect was imprisoned by the Tatars in Wan'an Temple. How did you escape?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "Wish you all the best, senior. The fourth generation of the Emei sect. Disciple Zhou Zhiruo greets you." Then he pointed at Xiang Yan and said: "Xiang Shaoxia is not a disciple of Emei. When Emei and the righteous sects jointly attacked the demon sect, they were ambushed by the court, and the teacher sent the junior out. The junior was escorted by the court. When the people were chasing him, thanks to the young hero, I came to the rescue and accompanied the junior to Dadu to save people."
The old woman said: "Wan'an Temple is very well-defended. Just the two of you, how can you save people?" Zhou Zhiruo said seriously: "Senior, our sect was caught in the court's conspiracy, and the entire sect was captured. Only the younger generation escaped with his own life. Although the court is heavily guarded and I am also a young and weak woman, I have received great kindness from my mentor. Now that my mentor is suffering, how can I dare to live alone?"
The old woman laughed and said: "Master Miejie sent you out in times of crisis. It's not a mistake! Although your child's martial arts is weak, his character is strong, and he knows how to be grateful. Well, not bad, not bad, but his martial arts is poor. It can be practiced well, a country is easy to change, but one’s nature is hard to change.”
The old woman took Zhou Zhiruo's hand again and said softly: "I have only lost once in my life to your master. But that time it was not that my martial arts skills were not as good as your master's. It was just that I could not withstand the sharpness of the Yitian Sword. . In the past few years, I vowed to find a sharp blade and compete with your master again."
"The old woman has traveled all over the world, and her hard work has finally paid off. She has found a sword that can withstand the sharpness of the Yitian Sword. My dear child, don't be afraid. The old woman will definitely help you rescue your master, and then I can compete with your master for real. effort."
Zhou Zhiruo hurriedly thanked the old lady. The old woman asked again: "Why did you start fighting with that Tutu just now?" Zhou Zhiruo sighed: "When Chaoting ambushed our sect, that Tutu was among them. We originally planned to capture that Tutu and torture him out of Chaoting This is the place where my mentor and senior brothers and sisters are imprisoned, but I didn’t expect that Toutuo’s martial arts was so strong. Even if we work together, we are no match for him. Fortunately, you, the old man, came to the rescue, otherwise the two of us would be in danger today.”
The old woman was shocked and said: "You two kids want to catch him? Do you know who he is? He is Fan Yao, the Right Envoy of Light of the Demon Sect. His martial arts skills are not inferior to those of your master, Master Jue. If you practice for another thirty years, maybe you can You can fight him. But if you start fighting with him now, aren't you looking for death?" As he spoke, he shook his head and said, "Oh! Children are so bold."
