Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 206 - 173: Ingenious Brocade Bag Strategy

December 25, 2017

Qian Yue undoubtedly expressed more than one person's heartfelt thoughts.

Among the thousands of spectators, everyone cursed in unison in their hearts: Damn rich people!

Only Li Wanqing in the front row of the contestants' seats was laughing so hard she couldn't straighten her waist.

"I told you, among the four siblings of the Qian Family, the one I have the most hope for is this little girl, Qian Yue. She's just so interesting!"

Shen Qingming appeared a bit anxious: "You're still laughing! Chaolu is about to lose!"

At this moment, the situation on the field was very clear. Although Li Chaolu had managed to drag things to this point, it was obvious she was about to lose with no chance of turning it around. No matter how awkward Qian Yue was, she still had more strength left than Li Chaolu.

"That's where you're wrong. Chaolu is going to win." Li Wanqing said, "She clearly has a backup plan, waiting for this moment on purpose... right, Mr. Wang Jiu?"

Wang Jiu frowned at this moment.

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On the field, facing Qian Yue's relentless flaunting of wealth, Li Chaolu sneered coldly: "Do you think you've already won, rich girl Yue? Well, if Mr. Wang Jiu hadn't prepared a clever plan for me in advance, you probably would have... but now, everything is as I anticipated."

As she spoke, she raised her hand lightly, and the air in the entire arena changed instantly. Countless fine points of light gathered from all directions, imbuing Li Chaolu's face with a trace of blood color.

At the same time, Qian Yue raised her delicate eyebrows and softly said, "Turn into spring mud to protect the flowers!"

The Eighth Heaven of the Hundred Flowers Sword, with sword qi leaving the body, dispersing but not disappearing, permeating the battlefield. At a critical moment, it can be recovered and reused, miraculously extending life at the brink of exhaustion. Just like fallen petals turning into flower mud, nourishing future generations.

Though the recovered True Essence is mixed and of poor quality, if all is put into the last moment, even one more straw might break the camel's back.

"Nice observation." Li Chaolu remarked with a mocking tone, "For this move, I laid the groundwork for the entire match. Fortunately, your reaction was just as Mr. Wang Jiu anticipated, so my efforts weren't in vain."

As she spoke, Li Chaolu reached into her pocket and took out a brocade bag.

The brocade bag was open, containing a meticulously folded letter.

Li Chaolu shook the brocade bag and smiled: "Mr. Wang Jiu told me long ago that if I encounter you, as long as I take the initiative, it's easy to provoke you into a battle of attrition. You're detail-oriented and full of tricks. But your combat style, though seemingly agile and flashy, is actually stable and conservative, especially in important scenarios. You'd rather have an unappealing scene if it means more chances of winning. So seeing through this point, your thoughts become predictable. As long as I use Ephemeral Flash to scare you a little, you'd rather squander more True Essence and Spirit Stones to tire me out in a long battle. And with that, my 'turning into spring mud to protect the flowers' becomes useful."

Qian Yue paused slightly when she heard this, then curved into a slightly defiant smile: "Ha, it seems you really came prepared. Mr. Wang Jiu must have given you quite some special treatment lately."

Li Chaolu proudly said: "Of course, I'm Mr. Wang Jiu's favorite student. He naturally takes good care of me. Before the match, I asked him for help in devising targeted tactical strategies. He tirelessly made over a hundred brocade bags for me, to open against different opponents, each containing detailed tactical plans. And for you, it was just that plan, which seems to be very successful now."

In the meantime, she had already refined and filtered the recovered Sword Qi, feeling she had regained about two to three-tenths of her strength, enough to execute the Ephemeral Flash twice more.

As for Qian Yue, though slightly more energetic than herself, she was also at her limit, unlikely to withstand even one nearly complete Ephemeral Flash Assault Sword.

Hahaha, after all, what good is it being a year older? What good is a higher realm in True Essence? What good is owning so much real estate?!

Mr. Wang Jiu is on my side! How could a shameless mistress hope to compete with a neglected wife! Do you think Mr. Wang Jiu is as money-minded as your Qian family?

However, just when Li Chaolu was about to reap the victory, she heard Qian Yue chuckle lightly, the sound crisp and pleasant, indescribably relaxed and comfortable.

"You really are naïve and endearing, my little sister Chaolu. Clever plans, hahaha, they indeed are useful, especially considering they're Mr. Wang Jiu's plans."

As Qian Yue spoke, she playfully winked.

Li Chaolu felt a foreboding rising in her heart, with a more rational voice warning her.

Stop listening! Act immediately, use Ephemeral Flash, Assault Sword, and seize the fruits of victory firmly!

Villains die from talking too much, but more often it's the supporting actors on the righteous side who perish from hesitation at crucial moments!

Yet on the other hand, Li Chaolu felt that Qian Yue must hold some earth-shattering trump card, possibly overturning the situation once again.

At this moment, Li Chaolu preferred to be cautious.

If it were any other opponent, she might have let go and taken a reckless shot, but against Qian Yue... she really couldn't afford to be reckless.

And indeed, Qian Yue did not disappoint her. Soon, she revealed a shocking trump card.

"It's just that Mr. Wang Jiu's brocade bags, you're not the only one who has them, so do I."

As they spoke, Qian Yue took out a delicate brocade bag, identical in style to the one in Li Chaolu's hand!

Li Chaolu's delicate eyes widened, looking incredulously at the brocade bag, and then at her own, she couldn't help but open her mouth and murmur.

"Impossible..."

"Why is it impossible?" Qian Yue smiled, "If you can ask for a brocade bag, can't I? And if I were to ask, would Mr. Wang Jiu refuse me?"

Li Chaolu really wanted to say, with her deadpan look, Mr. Wang Jiu would definitely kick her to death! But rationally thinking... that gentle and kind Mr. Wang Jiu, who is particularly easy to talk to, probably really had no reason to refuse Qian Yue.

Damn it, why didn't I think to tell Mr. Wang Jiu in advance not to provide technical support to the competition opponent?

Now... what to do?

Meanwhile, Qian Yue, shaking the brocade bag, asked: "You know, at first, I was really puzzled. The brocade bag told me to release 'Dazzled by Gold' throughout the field after the battle began, and then I could naturally win. This cultivation technique releases special True Essence, polluting the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. The polluted Spiritual Qi would interfere with the operation of the True Essence within a cultivator's body, and serious cases could trigger True Essence backlash... But it is practically useless in combat because no one would recklessly absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi without filtering, right? And my 'Dazzled by Gold' is not at a high enough level to bypass the filtering process. Unless there's some fool who recklessly absorbs a large amount of polluted Spiritual Qi into their body, just like you are doing now."

At this point, Qian Yue pointed a finger: "Chaolu, don't you feel like your lungs are hurting a bit now?"

Li Chaolu snorted coldly, without saying anything, but on the other hand... indeed, there was a faint tearing pain in her lungs.

"Alright, now the situation is very clear. The brocade bag is good, but you and I both have it, and besides the brocade bag, if we compare hard power, I think the outcome is very obvious, isn't it? Or do you insist on making a last attempt?"

Li Chaolu gritted her teeth, just planning to withstand the risk of backlash and go for one last effort when Qian Yue spoke again.

"Now Mr. Wang Jiu is probably in the audience watching us, expecting your desperate fight to leave a good enough impression on him."

"..." Li Chaolu's movements suddenly froze.

Exactly, this was not just a battle between Li Chaolu and Qian Yue, but one being watched by Mr. Wang Jiu. And then, Li Chaolu wouldn't want to leave him the impression of being unreasonable and persistent to no end.

"Alright, this time… consider yourself lucky!"

Li Chaolu said, and then felt her eyes turn red.

It was really... so unwilling, unwilling to lose to her arch-enemy, and even more unwilling that Qian Yue was holding the same brocade bag!

Exactly, Mr. Wang Jiu is not his exclusive property— in fact, he's not even willing to move from the Shen Garden to the Li Family Mansion. But, but how could he provide technical support to the Li Family's competitor!

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Meanwhile, in the audience, Shen Qingming also incredulously questioned: "How could you give Qian Yue a brocade bag!? Even if she's your number one fan, she's our competitor in this Cyan Cloud competition!"

Wang Jiu was silent for a moment, then said, "I didn't give her anything. Even though if she asked me, I wouldn't refuse... but she never asked for a brocade bag from me."

"What!?"

——

On the playing field, the referee finally gave the final verdict.

"In this match, Qian Yue wins!"

Meanwhile, Li Chaolu had already turned to leave, wiping her eyes with her hand.

Qian Yue stood on the field, let out a long breath, and then said in a voice loud enough for Li Chaolu to hear clearly.

"I was just kidding you, silly child."

Li Chaolu's steps suddenly halted.

"I would never ask Mr. Wang Jiu for a brocade bag," Qian Yue said, "On the tactical level, I don't want to depend on anyone, not even Mr. Wang Jiu."

Li Chaolu turned back, looking at Qian Yue with even more disbelief.

"Oh, you want to know about the brocade bag in my hand? It's just a simple illusion technique," Qian Yue said, wiping her hand over the brocade bag, which immediately changed shape, "It's just my personal sachet. I saw you flaunting it there, so I hastily used illusion to imitate it— my craftsmanship isn't bad, right?"

Li Chaolu didn't speak because her body was already starting to tremble violently.

"As for 'Dazzled by Gold,' it's obviously nonsense. I was raining gold like crazy back then, saving on True Essence was a priority, who had the time to set up such a trap? I didn't even know you had the ability to transform into spring mud to protect the flowers... Oh, you want to ask why your lungs hurt? Very simple, after such vigorous activity, if you suddenly stop, your respiratory system is bound to be strained, hahaha!" Qian Yue said, laughing so hard she could hardly stand up, "Honestly, when you took out the brocade bag, I was really in despair, Mr. Wang Jiu's tactics are indeed brilliant. Even though he's never watched any of my battles, he predicted my tactical arrangement without any errors, forcing me into a corner. In the end, I had no choice but to try to improvise and bluff, I just didn't expect you'd actually believe my on-the-spot nonsense... Seriously, while you were cultivating at the Li Family Mansion Inner Sect, didn't you ever attend a human physiology class?"