Fire Captain

This Xuanyuan Sword was borrowed from Mo Yuan. Later on, Mo Yuan realized that he was able to wake up thanks to Bai Ziyang's Nuwa Stone and Yanshui Jade, so he wanted to repay him and gave him the Xuanyuan Sword. Bai Ziyang accepted it and just gave it to Hua Qiangu. Mainly because he seldom used swords. Even if he did, he still had a Zhuxian Sword, but he forgot where he got it from.

Three days later, Shan Chunqiu and his Seven Killers disciples came to Mount Shu again. With Bai Ziyang in charge, Hua Qiangu was naturally fearless. She opened the door of the hall by herself, walked up to Shan Chunqiu calmly, and said, "Shan Chunqiu, the Shushan Gong Yu is here. Don't you want it? Come and get it if you can!"

Before Shan Chunqiu could say anything, his subordinate Kuang Yetian laughed and said, "Hua Qiangu, do you need Shan Hufa to take action?"

Hua Qiangu sneered, "What? Are you scared?" Then she waved the sword in her hand, pointed at Shan Chunqiu and said, "Today, as the head of Shushan, I will learn Shan Protector's skills. If I lose, I will naturally offer Shushan Gong Yu and Shushan with both hands, and I promise that all Shushan disciples will never set foot in Shushan from now on. If you lose... Shan Chunqiu, you will take your group of subordinates and get out of Shushan! Shan Chunqiu, do you dare?"

Shan Chunqiu burst into laughter after hearing this. He naturally knew that it might be a trick, but in his opinion, Hua Qiangu was really overestimating her own abilities. In his opinion, killing Hua Qiangu was like crushing an ant. Hua Qiangu's words were a provocation to him. If Hua Qiangu wanted him to kill her, then he had to admit that she succeeded.

Shan Chunqiu swung a palm towards Hua Qiangu without saying a word. Hua Qiangu kept Bai Ziyang's words in mind, relaxed her whole body, and completely gave herself to and trusted Bai Ziyang. In an instant, Hua Qiangu felt as if someone was leading her. She swung the sword in her hand and completely blocked Shan Chunqiu's attack. The sword turned around and deflected Shan Chunqiu's attack back to him with a single move of force.

Shan Chunqiu had never thought that Hua Qiangu could block the attack and even reverse it. He took a step back without paying attention. Although he was not injured, he felt that his face was greatly reduced. His face changed immediately and he drew a semicircle with both arms and pushed towards Hua Qiangu.

Hua Qiangu immediately felt a cold gust of wind approaching her like a knife or a sword. If she was hit by it, she would probably vomit three liters of blood. She saw "herself" pinching her hands in a magic formula, and the Xuanyuan Sword hung in front of her by itself, changing from one to two, and then from two to four. In the blink of an eye, it turned into thousands of swords. With a wave of her mind, these thousands of swords attacked the Seven Killers together.

Except for Shan Chunqiu and his left and right subordinates, none of the Seven Killers' followers could withstand the power of the Xuanyuan Sword. They were pierced through the chest by the Xuanyuan Sword and instantly disappeared.

No matter how stupid Shan Chunqiu was, he now realized that it was impossible for Hua Qiangu to have such powerful skills on her own. There must be someone capable helping her. It seemed that today's goal could not be achieved. He immediately said, "Let's go!" and turned and left.

Hua Qiangu took back the Xuanyuan Sword and looked at it with her left and right hands. She didn't expect that the Xuanyuan Sword was so powerful. Bai Ziyang came out from behind and said, "Xiaogu, how are you? Are you injured?"

Hua Qiangu came back to her senses and said happily: "I'm fine."

The next few days will be the succession ceremony for Hua Qiangu, which will allow everyone in Shushan to see Hua Qiangu's selfless determination to protect Shushan, as well as her ability to turn the tide at a critical moment. From then on, everyone in Shushan sincerely hopes that Hua Qiangu can become the head of Shushan.

Bai Ziyang took Hua Qiangu back to Changliu Mountain after she officially succeeded him as the leader of Shushan. Apart from Mo Yan's tantrum, Bai Zihua didn't say anything about Hua Qiangu's return. It seemed that nothing Bai Ziyang said would work.

Hua Qiangu's return was naturally welcomed by everyone in Changliu, including Ni Mantian, although she herself would not admit it. Looking at Ni Mantian practicing sword, Qingshui said to Hua Qiangu: "She just has the temper of a young lady. You spoiled her like that."

Looking at the lively crowd, Mo Yan shouted, "What are you doing?" Bai Ziyang was with Sheng Xiaomo, and he walked over when he saw this. He just happened to hear Mo Yan scolding everyone, "You don't need to practice anymore, right? Do you think the punishment you received last time was not enough? The Fairy Sword Conference is about to begin, you should practice hard, and the leaders of all the sects will come to watch the ceremony. Don't embarrass Changliu!"

"Yes, World Honored One!" everyone answered with their heads down.

Mo Yan said with satisfaction: "Also... the one who ranks first in this Fairy Sword Conference will become your entry-level disciple..."

Hua Qiangu immediately raised her head upon hearing this, staring at Mo Yan with sparkling eyes and asked, "What about the second place?"

Mo Yan said angrily: "Why do you have so much to say?!"

Bai Ziyang smiled and said from behind: "I will accept the second-ranked one as my disciple!" Hua Qiangu's eyes immediately lit up and she looked towards Bai Ziyang.

Bai Ziyang looked at Hua Qiangu, who was like a rabbit, almost with her ears pricked up, and couldn't help laughing.

Except for Hua Qiangu, no one planned to be Bai Ziyang's disciple. In view of Bai Ziyang's dark history that is difficult to describe, although they have been in Changliu for a short time, they have already been educated about it by previous Changliu disciples.

Mo Yan glanced at everyone and said, "But whoever ranks last must leave Changliu!"

"Ah... this..." Everyone looked at each other in disbelief.

Mo Yan waved his sleeves and said, "Okay, let's go practice!" Then he turned and left.

Bai Ziyang didn't want to stay for long, so he secretly winked at Hua Qiangu and left with Mo Yan.

At night, Hua Qiangu brought the delicious food she bought from Shushan and waited at Ni Mantian's door. When she saw Ni Mantian coming back, she jumped up and said, "Mantian, you're back. Don't be angry. Look... I brought you a lot of delicious food from Shushan!"

Hua Qiangu was so pissed off that Ni Mantian took the food and yelled angrily, "Do you think everyone is like you, you foodie?"

Although she was scolded, Hua Qiangu was in a good mood when she saw Ni Mantian accepted her gift and said with a smile: "Mantian, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you, but there are some things that I don't know where to start..."

Ni Mantian said: "I don't know where to start, so there's no need to say it!" After that, she walked around Hua Qiangu and prepared to go back to the room.

Hua Qiangu quickly clung to Ni Mantian's door frame and said, "Mantian, I'm not asking for your forgiveness, I just want you to know that I always regard you as my good friend!"

Ni Mantian thought that since Hua Qiangu was about to "fall" into the hands of Bai Da Mo Wang Zi Yang, Bai Da Mo Wang probably would not have the time to "torture" her in the future. This could be equated with a life-saving grace. For this reason, Ni Mantian reluctantly said, "Okay, okay, I forgive you, okay!" After that, she slammed the door shut.

Hua Qiangu didn't expect to hear Ni Mantian say that she forgave her, and she didn't mind Ni Mantian's action of closing the door. She shouted happily from outside: "Then Mantian, you have a good rest!" Then she jumped away.

Two days later, when Bai Ziyang was going down the mountain, he saw from a distance Hua Qiangu handing a sachet to the guy named Meng Xuanlang. Bai Ziyang braked suddenly and almost fell off the sword. It seemed that he had to get this little brat under his nose as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to grasp his movements at all. He hadn't seen him for just two or three days, and he must not flap his little butterfly wings to do anything else.

"Xiao Gu!" Bai Ziyang shouted.

Hua Qiangu was just trying to find an excuse to reject Meng Xuanlang's invitation to practice swordsmanship together, but when she heard this, she looked up and said happily, "Dao Zun!"

Bai Ziyang looked between the two and asked, "What are you guys doing?"

Hua Qiangu quickly explained: "Dao Zun, ah... I... I am delivering something to Brother Lang on behalf of Qingshui, and I am about to go back."

Bai Ziyang said sternly, "Don't meddle in the affairs of the young couple. Go... to the back mountain so I can see how your sword training is going."

Hua Qiangu understood and said, "Yes!"

The two of them ran away together, leaving Meng Xuanlang confused. He always felt that what Dao Zun said just now was not right. When he came to his senses and wanted to explain: "Qingshui and I... we... don't..." But there was no trace of the two people anywhere.

Besides, Bai Ziyang really wanted to see Hua Qiangu's skills, "Practice your sword skills well. Do you think it's so easy to get second place?"

Hua Qiangu was surprised and asked: "Brother Bai, how did you know I wanted to come in second?"

Bai Ziyang stretched out a finger and poked Hua Qiangu's forehead and said, "Why? You don't want to be my disciple?"

Hua Qiangu quickly smiled and said in a flattering way: "How could that be? Brother Bai, I have always wanted to take you as my master!"

"Why don't you practice sword skills well!" Bai Ziyang had a stern face, but the smile on his face ruined the seriousness he had intended.

The next day, Bai Zihua, Mo Yan, and Sheng Xiaomo were in the hall for a routine meeting. Bai Ziyang felt bored and slipped out of the door. He sat on the long steps in front of the hall and watched the disciples practicing below. He was bored. Fortunately, Mo Yan was not there, otherwise he would probably say that Bai Ziyang was lazy and had no manners, and could not set an example for the disciples...Blah blah, just call him Balabala Little Magic Fairy...Eh? What am I saying? It seems like something has intruded...?

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Mo Yan and the other three saying as they walked by: "The qualifications of this year's disciples are much higher than those of previous years!"

Sheng Xiaomo asked, "Why? Senior Brother, do you also want to recruit another disciple from this class?"

"That's not what I meant. I was just wondering who will be the champion of this Fairy Sword Conference. After all, Zihua's apprentice is related to our Changliu's future!"

Bai Zihua turned around and said, "Let it be!"

Bai Ziyang suddenly said from below: "You go with the flow, but I don't. When the time comes, I will accept a disciple first, and you can't compete with me!"

Bai Zihua looked down at Bai Ziyang and said nothing. However, Mo Yan saw that Bai Ziyang was almost half lying on the ground. He immediately became very angry and said, "Why don't you stand up quickly? Look at what you have become!"

Bai Ziyang stood up slowly. Sheng Xiaomo reached out his hand to help him up and said, "Junior brother has always emphasized that he wants to accept disciples first. Which talented disciple have you chosen?"

Bai Ziyang brushed off the nonexistent dust on his body and said, "You'll know when the time comes."