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Chen Ping'an stayed on the mountain summit for two days, practicing his walking meditation in an unsteady fashion day and night.
On this day, a young man who resembled a Confucian scholar flew onto the scene on the stroke of daybreak. He instantly drew to a halt in mid-air upon spotting the crater that Chen Ping'an had lain in earlier. He then quickly spotted Chen Ping'an on the mountain summit, and he descended to the ground, looking very disheveled. As a swordsman on the cusp of the Nascent Tier, he had to have been traveling in a massive hurry for him to look so bedraggled.
Qi Jinglong remained silent and concealed this entire time, and only after making his landing was the talismanic light emanating from his robes dispelled to reveal his presence.
A faint smile appeared on Chen Ping'an's face, and he was finally able to relax a little.
Now that Qi Jinglong had arrived, he could afford to slack off.
Prior to the two of them parting ways at the Dragon Head Ferry Station, Chen Ping'an had given Qi Jinglong one of the two letter-bearing flying swords in the sword case gifted to him by Zhu Quan of the Flax Robe Sect.
He had done this so that the two of them could easily keep in touch with each other, but never had he imagined that he would need to use it so soon, nor had he imagined that Deer Cutter Mountain would be willing to completely destroy its own reputation just to hunt down a foreigner like himself.
In response to Chen Ping'an's letter requesting assistance, Qi Jinglong's reply had been absurdly concise: "Wait for me. Don't die."
Qi Jinglong took a moment to inspect his surroundings, then turned to Chen Ping'an with a perplexed expression as he asked, "What happened here? Were there two groups of people?"
Chen Ping'an sat down on his bamboo case, then pulled out his Sword Nurturing Gourd and offered it to Qi Jinglong.
"I'll pass. Tell me what happened," Qi Jinglong hurriedly said.
At this moment, Chen Ping'an was wearing the Hundred Eye Taotie Dao robe, and he took a swig of wine, then explained, "One of them was an old senior whose name I won't mention. That senior was the one who wrote the fist technique manual that I've been training. After he found me, he blessed me with three punches to hone my fist intent, and after that, he even took care of six Deer Cutter Mountain assassins for me."
"Is it him?" Qi Jinglong asked.
Chen Ping'an offered no response, and Qi Jinglong took that as silent confirmation.
The second group of Deer Cutter Mountain assassins hadn't left behind many signs to indicate their presence in the area, but they had clearly decided to come after Chen Ping'an even at the cost of breaking their rules. This meant that they regarded Chen Ping'an as a Nascent Tier cultivator, perhaps even one that was more formidable than average.
The old senior that Chen Ping'an had mentioned was purportedly the author of the Mountain Shaking Guide, so they had to have been a martial artist. A martial artist capable of slaying those six Deer Cutter Mountain...
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