Sword Among Us

Panda Novel

While countless players waited for the moment to attack Light Summit, the news of a man and woman who had been invited inside by the master of Shaolin Temple suddenly came from the area ahead. It instantly caused the crowd to burst into a commotion. Countless people tried to find out the details of what happened.

There were also people who had the idea of imitating Happy. They wanted to attack the martial artists at the defense line to get near the frontlines beforehand and obtain the chance to get close to the teachers of the six great system-allocated sects!

However, many people found themselves getting slapped in the face by their own actions.

The martial artist NPCs in front were all elites with extraordinary abilities. Even Happy could not have been able to get through if he did not have a great understanding of the various martial arts and their associated skills as well as using Dragon Capture to swiftly suppress his enemy.

Because the quest for the final battle at Light Summit should have only appeared half a year later, there were quite a number of outstanding players in Happy’s previous life who had been arrogant and used their abilities to instantly suppress the NPCs. They triggered the quest to attack Light Summit together with the six sects and protect the six teachers from those sects.

There had been plenty of great players at that time.

However, right then, people’s act of recklessly attacking the NPC elites outside the defense line only made them humiliate themselves.

“Get lost!”

When a Life and Death Realm player was just about to attack, he did not expect that his opponent would suddenly switch tactics at the last moment and turn his slash into a pull. The player’s balance was instantly destroyed, and his body fell forward against his will. The NPC turned around and kicked his chest. The Life and Death Realm player grunted, and he immediately flew more than thirty feet away.

“You’re thinking about heading forward with just this bit of strength? Leave this place and stay there.”

The player felt so embarrassed that he wanted to die. He returned to the crowd and vanished.

This sort of situation appeared everywhere.

Even some of the famous players in the game and some of the powerful players on the Dragon and Phoenix Rank were not summoned because they were engaged in a fierce fight. In fact, even after they defeated their opponents, they did not manage to attract the attention of the teachers from the six great system-allocated sects.

Instead, some unfamiliar faces with outstanding presence suppressed their opponents within just a few moves. They were summoned by Wudang Sect, Emei Sect, and Mount Hua Sect.

Soon, many players gradually gave up on the shred of hope.

Suppressing a Life and Death Realm player within a short moment was something impossible for them, unless their personal abilities surpassed those of an average person.

*****

Under the lead of the Shaolin monk, Happy and Momo moved through the defense line formed by the disciples of the six great system-allocated sects. They arrived at the place countless players wanted to go—the place where the teachers of the six sects gathered.

“Abbot…”

The disciple from Shaolin Temple walked to the front of a group of old monks with white beards and leaned over to whisper into the ear of an old monk with a dark yellow kasaya.

The monk called out the name of Buddha, stood up, turned around, and revealed a kind and honest smile at the young man who was not too far from him. “Heroes always come from among youngsters. Young swordsman, you are young, but you have outstanding abilities. I do wonder, who is your teacher?”

Happy wrapped his fist in his palm and answered, “I am Happy of the Murong Clan. Greetings, Abbot of Shaolin Temple!”

The abbot from Shaolin Temple was stunned. “I see, so you are a disciple of a famous clan. I have been disrespectful.” After he said those words, the expressions of the other teachers also grew attentive.

“The Murong Clan does indeed show concern to the world of martial artists. I, Annihilation, must personally go and visit the Old Murong someday later.” Emei Sect’s Mistress Annihilation smiled, even though she usually had a cold and arrogant countenance.

Happy naturally knew that those were just courteous words. He politely answered, and his actions were neither arrogant nor humble.

He did not have a lot of fondness for Mistress Annihilation. However, he paid some attention to the cold, charming, and alluring disciple beside Mistress Annihilation.

She was Zhou Zhiruo!

Zhou Zhiruo was one of the best disciples in Emei Sect. She was smart, and she was used to seeing all sorts of young heroes from various sects, so she did not seem to be very interested in Happy. She just stood behind Mistress Annihilation obediently. The other two female Emei Sect disciples curiously regarded Happy and Momo with slight disdain.

Song Qingshu of Wudang Sect completely ignored Happy. He just stared at Zhou Zhiruo with sparkling eyes. Great Swordsman Song from Wudang Sect felt very resigned in regards to that.

“Happy, since you’re a disciple of the famous Murong Clan, it means that you have extraordinary abilities. Why don’t you follow us when we become the first batch to attack Light Summit later? You can also make Murong Clan happy and proud of you. What do you say?” The person who spoke was an elder from Kongtong Sect. The teachers from the other sects looked over at him with attentive expressions.

The system’s notification arrived.

“Ding!

“Will you accept the quest and follow the disciples of the six great system-allocated sects to attack Light Summit?”

“I will show my respect to you by accepting your request,” Happy agreed to it resolutely.

“Good! If we have such a courageous young man with us, why should we be worried that we cannot destroy this evil cult?!” A hint of gentleness appeared on Mistress Annihilation’s cold face. She smiled and said, “But since you do not belong to any of the six sects, it would be better if we assign you to one of the sects so that we can take care of each other when you follow us. How about this? Which sect would you like to join?”

Happy was not surprised by this at all.

The quest itself had not changed much from his previous life. Once a player received the acknowledgment from the teachers of the six sects, that player had to follow a sect before they could obtain detailed subquests.

Happy pondered for a while before he quickly cast a glance at Zhou Zhiruo.

“I have looked up to the six sects in admiration for a long time. It would be very difficult for me to make a decision within a short period of time, so how about this: Since you are the one who issued the task to attack Light Summit, my friend and I will just follow the group from Emei Sect, teacher of Emei Sect.”

“As expected of a disciple of the Murong Clan. Haha! As expected, you are very good with your words. Very well, mistress, this young swordsman will follow Emei Sect.” Great Swordsman Song of Wudang Sect laughed heartily.

Mistress Annihilation clearly had an incredibly good impression of Happy. Even though her sect was filled with female disciples, she immediately made her decision.

“Alright. Zhiruo, you will be the host for this young friend of ours from Murong Clan.” Mistress Annihilation turned her head around. “Tell him some of the matters related to our mission this time, especially the situation with this evil cult’s Five Banner Division.”

When Zhou Zhiruo heard her master’s words, she finally raised her head and looked over. She cast a glance at Happy and Momo before she answered obediently, “Yes, master.”

Happy moved over to Emei Sect with a natural and graceful poise. Momo followed behind him, but she did notice that his gaze was fixed on Zhou Zhiruo most of the time.

“I will have to trouble you, Miss Zhou.” The duo sat down beside Zhou Zhiruo.

A light breeze caressed her dark hair, and an aroma that refreshed minds wafted into Happy’s nose from Zhou Zhiruo’s body. Even though he knew that she was an NPC, he could not help but be charmed by her bearing.

Right then, Zhou Zhiruo was still a kind junior sister who was obedient to her mistress, respectful toward her senior sisters, and a very obedient member of Emei Sect. If she had not been sandwiched in between her heartless mistress and the irresolute Zhang Wuji, which forced her personality to change drastically because of all sorts of persecutions, she would actually have been a very good woman.

Speaking of which, Zhou Zhiruo had a weak personality because of her humble background, but she did not have anyone to talk to, and she was very pitiful. Then, because of many reasons serving as impetus, a tragedy had happened.

Happy had quite a lot of compassion toward this woman who was regarded as someone vile and sinister by many people.