The Might of Sound Blades, First Visit to a Casino

On an open stretch of land outside the city, Meng Qi and Xu Changqing stood facing each other.

Meng Qi placed both hands on the guqin, then suddenly swept them forward. A Sound Blade shot out. Xu Changqing’s gaze sharpened. He had seen Su Yu use Sound Blades back on Shu Mountain, but Su Yu’s were far more terrifying than Meng Qi’s.

Xu Changqing held his sword in one hand and slashed at the Sound Blade.

Bang!

An explosive sound rang out. Xu Changqing was forced back a step, while the Sound Blade dispersed in midair. Xu Changqing said in surprise, "This Sound Blade can actually explode!"

"Be careful," Meng Qi suddenly said. Then, her hands abruptly sped up until Xu Changqing could see only afterimages.

Zheng, zheng, zheng, zheng, zheng…

Xu Changqing heard the guqin playing in a dense, rapid stream. Then a yellow Sound Blade flew toward him. The one from before had merely been a white Sound Blade, yet it had forced him back a step. This yellow Sound Blade, however, consisted of a hundred Sound Blades. Xu Changqing immediately sensed danger. He gathered all his True Qi onto his sword and charged forward.

Bang!

Xu Changqing’s longsword collided with the yellow Sound Blade. When he saw that it had not exploded, Xu Changqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If that thing exploded, he would likely be injured as well.

But in the next instant, Xu Changqing was startled. A crisp sound rang out, and he saw a small crack appear in his longsword.

The small cracks multiplied until, with a crack, Xu Changqing’s eyes widened. The longsword had broken just like that. As the Sound Blade was about to strike Xu Changqing, Meng Qi hurriedly plucked the guqin. The Sound Blade instantly dispersed, turning into a gust of wind that blew across Xu Changqing.

Meng Qi awkwardly walked over to Xu Changqing and said, "Sorry, I broke your sword…"

Xu Changqing smiled. "It’s fine. It’s only a sword. Still, Little Qi, you really are strong. Brother Su said our strength was about the same, but it seems he was only trying to comfort me."

Su Yu truly had not been comforting Xu Changqing. He simply did not know that Meng Qi had become able to unleash yellow Sound Blades over the past two days. Two days ago, when she could only unleash white Sound Blades, her strength really had been about equal to Xu Changqing’s. But after gaining the ability to use yellow Sound Blades, Meng Qi’s strength had surged two or threefold.

Hearing Xu Changqing’s words, Meng Qi gave an embarrassed chuckle. With Xu Changqing’s longsword broken, he had no choice but to find a tree and spend some time chopping it with a sword until he made a wooden sword.

Without a sword, he could not even fly on a sword, so he would make do with this wooden one for now.

The two soon returned to Tang Mansion.

Tang Mansion

Su Yu, who was sitting in the courtyard enjoying the breeze, saw the two return. After they came down, Su Yu froze when he saw Xu Changqing’s sword, then looked at Meng Qi. "Little Qi, your Sound Blades have reached the yellow level!"

Meng Qi nodded. "Master, how did you know?"

"Changqing’s sword is gone. I guessed you must have shattered it. And to shatter Changqing’s sword, anything below yellow-level Sound Blades would be impossible." Su Yu smiled.

As he spoke, Su Yu looked at Tang Xuejian. "Xue Jian, have the servants find Changqing a good sword. A Shu Mountain Disciple’s strength is greatly diminished without a sword."

Tang Xuejian nodded and left.

Xu Changqing had picked up on something from Su Yu’s words and asked, "Brother Su, what levels are your Sound Blades divided into?"

"Trying to find out how strong I am? There’s no harm in telling you. Sound Blades are divided into seven levels in total. A single Sound Blade is the first level. A Sound Blade made up of ten or more Sound Blades is the second level. One made up of a hundred or more is the third level. A thousand or more is the fourth level. Ten thousand or more is the fifth level. A hundred thousand or more is the sixth level. A million or more is the seventh level.

"Sound Blades from the second through seventh levels each have a certain color: white, yellow, purple, black, red, and gold. A single Sound Blade depends on the attribute of one’s True Qi. Every time you cross a level, the power of the Sound Blades increases severalfold, dozens of times over, or even hundreds of times over."

Xu Changqing drew a deep breath. "Brother Su, what level of Sound Blade can you use?"

"I can use seventh-level golden Sound Blades without any pressure." Su Yu waved his hand dismissively.

In truth, if Su Yu used all his strength to unleash a single Sound Blade, he could slice this entire world in half.

Xu Changqing was stunned. After a moment, he said, "I understand."

Not long after, Tang Xuejian returned carrying a longsword. Xu Changqing took it and looked at everyone. "Everyone, I’ll be leaving first. I still need to investigate the Poisoned People incident."

As he spoke, Xu Changqing started walking out.

"Hey, wait, wait! I’m going too!" Jing Tian suddenly called out.

Everyone looked at Jing Tian in surprise. Tang Xuejian asked doubtfully, "You big fool, aren’t you afraid?"

"How do you write the word ‘afraid’? With Wolf Lord here, wouldn’t a few Poisoned People be dealt with in minutes?" As he spoke, Jing Tian tightly hugged Wolf Lord’s arm.

Tang Xuejian rolled her eyes at Jing Tian. Now that you had a bodyguard, you were getting cocky.

"Since that’s the case, I’ll go take a look too." Su Yu said with a smile.

Meng Qi immediately said she wanted to go as well. That left only Tang Xuejian. Of course, there was no way she would stay behind. How boring would it be to remain here alone?

In the end, all six left Tang Mansion. Xu Changqing took out a compass and followed its direction. Before long, the six arrived at a bustling place.

Jing Tian said with a grin, "So White Tofu is a man of temperament too. You actually came to a casino."

Just as in the original story, Jing Tian had given Xu Changqing the nickname White Tofu.

Tang Xuejian asked in confusion, "Why did we come here?"

Xu Changqing’s expression turned serious. "The compass shows that the source of the Poisoned People incident is here. Let’s go inside and gather information!"

Tang Xuejian immediately said, "I’m not going into a casino."

Meng Qi also said, "Grandfather won’t let me enter places like this."

"I’ll go, I’ll go. I know casinos well! White Tofu, the four of us men should go in!" Jing Tian said excitedly.

Su Yu and Wolf Lord both nodded. To be honest, neither Su Yu nor Wolf Lord had ever entered a casino before. This would be a good chance to broaden their horizons.

The four immediately entered the casino. Jing Tian eagerly went to a table for betting on big or small and began gambling. Xu Changqing said helplessly, "Brother Jing Tian, we came to investigate the Poisoned People incident, not to play."

"Hey, what do you know? This is balancing work and rest." As he spoke, Jing Tian placed a little silver on big, then shouted along with everyone else, "Big! Big! Big! Big! Big!"

There was another chapter.