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Yang Muyun made the first move and jumped up with one hand holding the sword. Sword energy gushed out from his body and concentrated in the air.

Liao Cheng frowned and placed his palms in front of his body. Both of his hands were red, and the air around him was slightly distorted due to the stimulation of his internal energy.

A wall seemed to have formed between the two of them. This wall blended the light and the darkness together, forcing the internal force of the two of them into a stalemate.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them fought in the dark, and it was a draw.

Liao Cheng had a sudden change in expression. He channeled his inner force and sent out a palm strike. The Astral Energy contained in the palm strike was like a ferocious tiger descending from the mountains, bringing with it the power of a prairie fire.

Fire Palm – Searing Sun!

Yang Muyun also did not want to be outdone, so he activated his sword aura, turning it into a beam of light, and jumped up like a carp ready to leap into the sky.

Wind Sword, Clouds Encompassed by Stars!

It was obvious that their internal energy was colorless and formless, or perhaps it could be said to be a kind of feeling, but at this moment, it looked like a fierce tiger and a carp.

The tiger descends to Pingyang, the brocade carp jumps to the dragon's gate.

Flaming flames splashed through the water, preventing the fight from happening!

The fierce tiger dragged the raging fire down, and the fish swam under the cover of the rain. The two clashed and disappeared.

"Bam!" The two's Qi broke through the gap between the two walls and collided with each other, exploding on the spot. The two were bounced off, but they steadily landed on the ground.

Just as the two of them stood firm, Liao Cheng was the first to react. He took out a dark, round object from his chest.

Yang Muyun thought it was some unique hidden weapon, and Liao Hua's sneak attack was all a strange move. The hidden weapon was hard to defend against, so it couldn't be underestimated.

He immediately retracted his sword to block in front of him, but who would have thought that Liao Cheng didn't throw that item at Yang Muyun and instead threw it onto the ground.

"Bang!" After the black ball hit the ground, it suddenly exploded and spewed out black smoke.

No, it was a smoke bomb!

Yang Muyun immediately rushed over, but before he even got close, he smelt a pungent smell, causing him to stop in his tracks.

From within the black smoke, Liao Cheng's voice could be heard. "Brother Yang, we regret our actions in the future!"

"Stop right there!" Yang Muyun knew that it was definitely Liao Cheng who had taken the opportunity to bring Liao Hua away. It turned out that the reason he had fought with him was not to defeat him.

Instead, he would find an opportunity to be distracted, throw out the Smoke Bomb and take Liao Hua away.

"If anything happens to Miss Su Mengfan, please come to my 38th boat or Liao Family. I, Liao Cheng, will be waiting for revenge anytime!" Liao Cheng's voice faded away into the distance beside Yang Muyun's ear.

As the smoke dispersed, other than the traces of the fight, there was nothing else. It seemed like Liao Cheng had already planned on running away.

"Damn it!" Yang Muyun kneeled on the ground and punched the ground in frustration. How could he have not expected this to happen?

Yang Muyun held his head and thought about it carefully. In this Great Yu Dynasty, smoke bombs were also a type of gunpowder that were strictly prohibited by the imperial government from spreading or being randomly used.

At the same time, all gunpowder, regardless of its type, including fireworks used for entertainment during festivals, was under the strict control of the imperial government.

Then where did this Liao Cheng get the Smoke Bomb? Neither the Liao family behind him nor the Eighteenth Dock of the Three Ships had the ability to detain gunpowder from the hands of the imperial government.

But there was one other way to obtain gunpowder, Yang Muyun recalled, and that was the Thunderbolt Hall!

When Yang Muyun thought of this, he couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. He wiped off his sweat.

Thunderclap Hall was the power of the martial arts world created by Yu Bin, the "General from the southeast of the town". It was also the only force in the martial arts world that was directly under the control of the imperial government.

If Liao Cheng got the Smoke Bomb from Thunderbolt Hall, then everything made sense.

With the development of Dayu's gunpowder manufacturing, other than the use of fireworks for the new year celebration, festivals and festivals could also be bought and set ablaze as long as there were no problems.

Liao Cheng must have obtained the Smoke Bomb through the path of a peddler. A sect would always have a few restless mice to do such irresponsible, selfish and selfish things.

All of this was just Yang Muyun's guess. As for the truth of the matter, he could only ask Liao Cheng.

"Phew!" Yang Muyun let out a breath of air and directly laid down on the ground without thinking.

The bright sunlight shone down on him. After so many battles, the white robe he wore was not dirty at all.

The blood from the battle, the cuts from the swords and sabers, the droplets of water and mud that pierced through the leaves, they didn't stain the white robe at all. It was enough to see that it was extraordinary.

Yang Muyun felt his entire body go limp. He had been tense from the yellow robed man to Liao Hua and Liao Cheng. He had experienced too many battles today.

No matter how amazing he was, he was still human. He would still be tired, and right now, he felt completely drained of energy.

When he was fighting with Liao Cheng just now, in order to deal with his opponent with a single blow, he had been forced to use that move. It was the 'Wind' move that he had used against Qian Youdao in the Zhen Yuan Escort Office.

Of course, 'wind' was only the name of this set of sword technique. This set of sword technique had many moves, however, because Yang Muyun had created it himself, it was temporarily limited to the 'Clouds Spreading Stars' technique.

However, just this move alone had consumed a lot of Yang Muyun's internal energy and physical strength. He didn't want to do anything else, it was like lying down and taking a good rest.

But he could not lie down yet. His time to rest had not come yet, so he propped himself up with his sword.

This time, Liao Hua had escaped. However, he still had to go back. He still didn't know whether Su Mengfan was dead or alive, so he had to go back and take a look.

Yang Muyun stood up with difficulty, and followed the direction he came from to go back into the forest.

This time, with his previous experience, he had mastered the terrain and walked much faster. He wanted to return as fast as possible.

Not long after, Yang Muyun had already returned to Su Mengfan's cabin.

He pushed open the door and saw Li Hanyi still in the same posture as before. Little He, Yang Qianqian and Cui Cui were standing beside him looking anxious.

"Big Brother Li." Yang Muyun guiltily shouted.

Li Hanyi didn't even turn his head as he asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "Mu Yun, how is it?"

Yang Muyun obviously knew what he was asking about, so he clenched his teeth and said, "Sorry, someone rescued him."

"I already knew this would happen. Tell me who saved him."

"'Searing Sun Hand' Liao Cheng."

"He is here? "No wonder that despicable person ran away." Li Hanyi fell silent again.

Yang Muyun did not feel reassured, so he quickly walked forward to see Li Hanyi's condition.

She looked at Yang Qianqian and Xiaohe, and they all shook their heads at him. Was she late?

Li Hanyi picked up Su Mengfan and laid her head on his chest. His eyes were red, and he had obviously been crying for a while.